Editing Head transplant (section)

==Popular culture==
'''Literature'''
* ''[[Professor Dowell's Head]]'' (1925), science-fiction novel by [[Alexander Belyaev]], a mad scientist performs head transplants on bodies stolen from the morgue, and reanimates the bodies.
* [[Arthur Nagan]] or "Gorilla-Man", Marvel Comics scientist character whose head was transplanted onto a gorilla's body.
* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' (1987), [[Dio Brando]], the main antagonist of ''[[Phantom Blood]]'' and ''[[Stardust Crusaders]]'', transplanted his head on [[Jonathan Joestar]]'s body, the main protagonist of ''[[Phantom Blood]]''.
* ''NOGGIN'' (2014) by [[John Corey Whaley]]; Travis Coates wakes up after undergoing a head transplant after five years of being [[Cryogenics|cryogenically frozen]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://johncoreywhaley.com/untitled/ | title=NOGGIN}}</ref>
* "[[Dog Man]]"(2016) After a dog and a cop are injured in an explosion, a nurse transplants the dog's head onto the cop's body.

'''Film and television'''
* ''[[The Brain That Wouldn't Die]]'' (1962), science-fiction/horror film
* ''[[The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant]]'' (1971), science fiction/horror film
* ''[[The Thing with Two Heads]]'' (1972), science fiction film
* ''[[Professor Dowell's Testament]]'' (1984), Soviet film based on the A. Belyaev story mentioned above
* "Donor" (1999), an episode of ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
* ''[[The X-Files: I Want to Believe]]'' (2008), science fiction film
* In May 2024, a realistically animated rendition of a head transplant became a [[viral video]] on social media<ref name="MIT TR">{{cite news|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/23/1092848/that-viral-video-showing-a-head-transplant-is-a-fake-but-it-might-be-real-someday/ |title=That viral video showing a head transplant is a fake. But it might be real someday|first1=Antonio|last1=Regalado|work=MIT Technology Review|date=May 23, 2024}}</ref>

'''Video games'''
* [[B.J. Blazkowicz]], protagonist of the ''[[Wolfenstein series]]'', has his head transplanted on to a genetically engineered body in ''[[Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus]]'' (2017).