Baby Swap

A character accidentally takes home the wrong baby. Usually what tips them off is the baby's gender or race.

Perfect Strangers

Appearances

• Too Close for Comfort: Season 3, episode 7, "Who Was That Baby I Saw You With?" (1982). Muriel holds a baby photoshoot in the apartment, and a grandmother accidentally leaves with Andrew instead of her grandchild, who was in an identical baby seat. Monroe is the only witness, but he can't remember the name of the woman who took Andrew.
• Perfect Strangers: Season 2, episode 8, "Two Men and a Cradle" (1986). Balki offers to babysit his friend Gina's baby, Frankie, for a weekend. When he and Larry take Frankie to the park, they take home someone else's baby by mistake.
• Malcolm in the Middle: Season 5, episode 13, "Lois's Sister" (2004). Hal comes home from the park going on and on about how much fun he and Jamie had. Then Lois points out that he brought home the wrong baby.