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{{quote|'''Jerry:''' Like Bizarro Superman ... who lives in the backwards bizarro world. Up is down, down is up. He says "Hello" when he leaves, "Goodbye" when he arrives.
'''Elaine:''' Shouldn't he say "''bad''bye?"
'''Jerry:''' No, it's still goodbye.
'''Elaine:''' Does he live underwater?
'''Jerry:''' No.
'''Elaine:''' Is he black?
'''Jerry:''' Look, just forget the whole thing.|''[[Seinfeld]]'', "The Bizarro Jerry" (1996)}}
{{quote|''"Inverted world, where the spazzes make fun of the cool guys!"''|'''Tom Servo''', ''[[
An [[Alternate Universe]] where everything is the same... but different. Superman originated this, and it has been parodied by a number of shows.
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Compare [[Opposite Day]], a similar idea on a much smaller scale. Compare [[Mirror Universe]], which sometimes has some Bizarro elements to mix things up.
{{examples}}
== Western Animation ==
* In the ''[[
* ''[[Megas XLR]]'' has an episode where, in an alternate dimension, Coop is an evil warlord, Jamie is a disillusioned freedom fighter and the world is post-apocalyptic.
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]!'', "Arnold Visits Arnie", where (for example) Stumpy is the smart kid and Fifi is the idiot, as opposed to Stinky being the idiot and Phoebe being the smart kid. The episode itself is the opposite of an earlier episode, "Weird Cousin".
* [[The Simpsons (
** Shelbyville also has a nuclear power plant, but run by flamboyant billionaire Aristotle Amadopoulos. That suburban towns the size of Springfield and Shelbyville can't share a single plant speaks to the depth of their rivalry.
*** Of note is that Bizarro Homer does not work there. He is instead his own boss at the Shelbyville car impound (or he changes job every two weeks, just like his Springfield counterpart).
** Shelbyville stores do not stock Springfield-made products. The ''Speed''-E-Mart and ''Joe's'' Tavern prefer Fudd Beer to Duff, despite Fudd's connection to hillbilly blindness. Krusty Burger doesn't seem to exist, replaced with some weird place called [[McDonald's]].
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'''Wiggum:''' Get out! Well, what do they call it?
'''Lou:''' A Quarter Pounder with cheese.
'''Wiggum:''' Quarter Pounder with cheese? Well, I can picture the cheese, but, uh, do they have Krusty partially gelatinated non-dairy gum-based beverages?
'''Lou:''' Mm-hm. They call 'em, "shakes." }}
*** A later episode reveals that Krusty pays Fat Tony [[Comically Small Bribe|$50 a month]] to keep the big chains out of Springfield.
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*** Interestingly, Milhouse's mother Luann (who looks strikingly like her husband Kirk) is from Shelbyville, possibly making herself her own (now ex)-husband's Bizarro counterpart!
*** [[Fridge Brilliance|No wonder they couldn't get along.]]
* In one episode of ''[[Codename
* The ''[[Sealab 2021]]'' episode "Bizarro" had the titular underwater research lab being taken over by bizarro versions of the crew who wanted diamonds.
** Don't you mean ''BIZARRO'' diamonds?
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** I thought they wanted a laser beam.
*** They eventually decided they wanted diamonds ''and'' the Destructo-Beam. '''''BIZARRO!'''''
* In the ''[[Beetlejuice (
* An episode of ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'' has a magic mirror bring The Mondays, their [[Evil Counterpart|
* A ''[[
** There is a difference, the results of coin flips are opposite of the other universe which create new scenarios if the coin flip leads to an important event. Bizarro Fry and Leela got married, while the Professor has a scar from removing his own brain.
*** In fact, it was implied that coin-tosses were the ''only'' differences between the universes. Which doesn't explain how [[Alien Sky|the sky was a different color]]....
*** After the episode comes back from a commercial, the screen pans in from a galaxy view down to the Earth, and a big pink and purple and yellow cloud can be seen over New New
** The characters (of both worlds!) [[Wrong Genre Savvy|originally assume]] that the other world is a [[Mirror Universe]] and begin fighting. ([[Fearful Symmetry|hilariously]])
*** "[[Fearful Symmetry|Perfectly symmetrical violence never
* An episode of ''[[Recess]]'' had the main character go to another school for a kickball game. Gus takes notices of the similarities to their school before they face their opponents. Which are near clear cut copies of
* Orko's home world in ''[[He
== Web Original ==
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== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[
* ''[[Terror Island]]'' [http://www.terrorisland.net/strips/040.html theorem 040]: panel 1 shows the logical problems with DC's Bizarro universe.
* In ''[[
** And now that things finally seem to be going right for Ethan, Evan's in a coma.
** Note that there isn't a Mike counterpart...{{spoiler|because Mike himself moonlights there, albeit in his nice, drunk persona.}}
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* ''[[Teh Gladiators]]'', in its third chapter, takes the protagonists into ''[[World of Warcraft]]: Cataclysm'', albeit a completely different one from the third expansion pack to that notable game. Instead, a magical catastrophe has created an alternate universe in which everything is a complete role reversal of its standard characterization. Gnomes are nature lovers, Taurens are militaristic, Humans are cannibalistic savages, and Orcs are pacifists, to say nothing of the changes to the world and its NPCs.
* [[VG Cats]] features a strip in which Aeris and Leo envision a world in which Brawl has all you "favorite character and no...ice climbers". Cue cut to VG Dogs, the bizarro equivalent of VG Cats in which the Leo analog is the smart one and the Aeris analog is the stupid one. In this world, [[Sega]] appears to have won out in the console wars over [[Nintendo]], and the Brawl equivalent, Sonic Heroes, has included Mario as a [[Fan Service|fanservice]]. Bizzaro Aeris mentions liking a game called "Yoshi the Dinosaur", an apparent analog to [[Shadow the Hedgehog]]. Then the crew from [[Sliders]] randomly shows up. The strip is appropriately titled [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=243 "Bizzaro!"].
** ... and there was a sequel to [[
** As a side note, the troper who posted this noticed that the random page title at the time he went to the strip to make his post was "Other Scotts update on time". He is unsure if this if this intentional on Ramsoomair's part or just awesome coincidence.
== Video Games ==
* Moonside in ''[[
** From the same game, [[Wackyland|Magicant]].
* Praetorian Earth in ''[[City of Heroes]]'', which is the standard good to evil switch. Statesman becomes Tyrant, Ms. Liberty becomes Dominatrix, Manticore becomes Chimera, et cetera.
** Interesting use in that players will be able to play in it in the upcoming Expansion, as well as execute a [[Face Heel Turn]] or [[Heel Face Turn]] through it.
*** Turns out they did a bit of a Retcon for the release; rather than "all the good guys are evil," it's more along the lines of "All the nice guys are ruthless". Where Statesman is the selfless hero of the world (but mostly America), Emperor Cole is the man who "grudgingly ascended to the throne" and quickly turned Praetoria - the last standing metropolis in the world - into a [[Utopia Justifies the Means|very pretty but VERY sternly run dictatorship]]. He also killed his best friend before they drank from the Well of the Furies, so Lord Recluse just doesn't have an alternate any more. The rest of the world is pretty damn inhospitable, what with a series of minor nuclear wars making the Devouring Earth rise up to destroy humanity, only getting pushed back by MORE nukes which, of course, made them angrier... It's [[Crapsack World|not as nice a place as the shiny capital city seems]].
* [[Gaia Online]] has released the Dark Reflection item, which is a minigame where the player searches for a lost NPC who went [[Shout
* Termina is this to Hyrule in [[The Legend of Zelda:
* Pandemonium 2 has this towards the final levels.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[GURPS]] Alternate Earths'' has Bizarro Earth, where doing things backwards started as a harmless fashion in the early 19th century that quickly grew out of control. On this Earth, Kennedy was deposed for shooting
* Naturally, ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'' has these for
== Sketch Comedy Show ==
* ''[[The History Of The World Backwards]]'' takes place in a parallel world where history flows backwards.
== Professional Wrestling ==
* [[CM Punk]] called the October 10, 2011 episode of [[WWE Raw|Monday Night RAW]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|something to this effect]] while commentating a match between [[Sheamus]] and [[John Cena]] guest-reffed by [[Triple H]] since everyone else<ref>besides just enough of the tech team needed to run the show</ref> had walked out on Hunter the week before.
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== Live Action TV ==
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* Sketches set in "The Bizarro World" - done with a jerky low-frame-rate camera effect and funky audio filtering - were a frequent feature on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' during the early 1980s.
** "NBC am in third place! This am great!"
* ''[[
** In ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Father Ted]]'', where Rugged Island has another set of three priests with the same dynamic as the regulars on Craggy Island. Although Father Dick Byrne is more manipulative and evil than his counterpart, the "comparitively" good Father Ted Crilly. As for Cyril [[Mc Duff]], he's such an eejit even Dougal knows it.
* The ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "The Bizarro Jerry" (1996) posits Elaine as the focal point between two universes: Jerry, George, and Kramer being their juvenile, petty, and doofy (respectively) selves are contrasted with Kevin, Gene, and Feldman who are mature, considerate, and clever. The episode goes to [
** Kevin's apartment is a mirror image of Jerry's, built from the same set. The paint scheme is reversed as well, as are the camera angles. It also has a statue of Bizarro, similar to Jerry's of Superman.
** At the Bizarro Coffee Shop (i.e., Reggie's), the Bizarro Gang sits in a booth by the window, which the normal gang does but rarely (and often to their consternation).
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** Feldman apparently has several ideas for inventions that are both new and useful, but dismisses them as "not practical", whereas Kramer's ideas fall into two categories: bad ideas, and good ideas he claims were stolen from him.
** Feldman knocks on the door to Kevin's apartment, rather than barging in as Kramer would, and actually brings Kevin groceries.
** They also play the Seinfeld theme backwards near the end.
** Let us not forget Bizarro Newman (named Fargas). He and Bizarro Jerry are good friends, and Fargas is a
** The last scene has the [[No Hugging No Learning|three hugging each other]] and Bizarro Jerry saying, "Me so happy. Me want to cry,"
* On ''[[The Daily Show]]'', John Oliver referred to "Bizarro Hitler", who spent his time hugging Jews and got his ass handed to him by France. Also, his face was all moustache except above his lip- when Jon Stewart said he imagined Bizarro Hitler would be a black man with blond hair and a pencil beard, John Oliver told him he was thinking of Dennis Rodman.
** In another episode, Jon Stewart's Bizarro version is mentioned: the "ruggedly handsome, non-neurotic" Jon Leibowitz, who pretends to be independent, but actually is a "right-wing nutcase."
*** And with the February, 2011 strike in Wisconsin, the Union strikers are apparently the Bizarro Tea Party.
* In a ''Red Dwarf'' episode, the boys visit an alternate universe with an alternate Red Dwarf, and meet female counterparts of Lister and Rimmer and even the computer Holly (it's a world with a female-dominated history). When the Cat runs off eagerly and lustfully to find his female counterpart:
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'''Dave Lister:''' Why?
'''Debbie Lister:''' His opposite isn't female.
'''Dave Lister:''' What is it?
'''Debbie Lister:''' It's a dog. }}
** ''Red Dwarf'' also features the episode "Backwards", where the crew visits a "backwards Earth".
* In the ''Star Trek: The Original Series''
** The Mirror Universe was later revisted in a series of episodes on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' to show how Kirk and company's interaction affected things. Now, the human race is enslaved by a Klingon/Cardassian alliance, with Kira their Intendent and Worf their regent. Sisko was a [[Jerk
** Later ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''
* The old Canadian kid's show ''[[You Can't Do That
* In the ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]'' episode "The Wild Wipeout", after failing to surf a wave, Tori winds up in an alternate Blue Bay Harbor, where Lothor is the good-natured mayor, his underlings are model citizens, Marah and Kapri are hippies, and the Rangers are super-powered juvenile delinquents. Even their hobbies are reversed: when they are arrested near the end of the episode, Bizarro Dustin expresses his desire to go skating, which Bizarro Shane dismisses as lame, preferring to ride motorbikes instead.
* The ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' episode "Stranger in a Strange World" introduces Other World when Iolaus accidentally trades places with his double. Here, Hercules is a brutal tyrant known as the Sovereign, Iolaus is his cowardly jester, [[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]] is a conniving schemer, Gabrielle is an infamous executioner, Ares is the god of love, Aphrodite is the prim and proper queen of the gods, and Joxer is a quick-witted rebel leader. And mentioned but not seen is god of war Cupid.
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== Comic Books ==
* The two most famous are from [[DC Comics]]: [[Trope Namers|Bizarro World]] and the Crime Syndicate of America (or sometimes Amerika).
** Bizarro World is a planet (or sometimes a universe) that works on Bizarro logic, where everything is opposite of Earthly ways (the planet itself is actually a cube and named "Htrae"). Bizarro World in the [[Silver Age]] had a law stating it was a crime to do anything good or make anything pretty or to do things correctly. This was instituted by Bizarro #1 after Lois Lane called him a hideous, and backwards "Bizzaro" [[Superman]]. The inhabitants actually rejected the first Bizarro baby because it was perfect by human standards, then
*** What's weird about it too was, Bizarro was supposed to have originated because the duplicator ray just couldn't handle duplicating Superman, but later this was changed so that everything duplicated was a Bizarro style duplicate. Remember, Lex Luthor built the original.
*** That's the [[Post-Crisis]] explanation. The [[Pre Crisis]] duplicator ray ''always'' made Bizarro copies. Luthor wasn't even the inventor (the inventor considered the gizmo a failure), but he co-opted the design because he figured a Bizarro Superman might side with him. He was wrong, and Bizarro quickly flew off to pursue his own wacky agendas, regardless of what Luthor wanted.
** On the CSA's parallel world of "Earth-3" (later rewritten during DC's [[Post-Crisis]] period to be in Qward the anti-matter universe), Earth history is reversed (Britain fought the Revolutionary war to gain independence from America, President John Wilkes Booth was assassinated by Abraham Lincoln, and so on) and everyone generally acts the opposite of their counterparts in the "normal" universe (i.e., all heroes are villains and vice versa). Also ([[Post-Crisis]]) the laws of physics are changed so that evil always wins.
*** Another version of this morality-swapped universe is the post-[[Infinite Crisis]] Earth-3, featuring the Crime Society of America, which differs slightly from the antimatter version. It's supposed to be the morality-swapped version of Earth-2, while the antimatter universe is the morality-swapped version of the main Earth.
** An issue of ''[[Cartoon Network Presents]]'' featured a tribute to Bizarro World in the form of a story where Peter Potamus visits a pyramid-shaped version of it, inhabited by Bizarro versions of [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoon characters (among them: a [[
* [[Requiem Chevalier Vampire]] Takes it to it's most [[Hell of a Time|hellish]] extreme: Where the sea was on Earth there is now land, and likewise for the oceans. Instead of growing older people regress in age, until they turn into foetuses and are then entirely forgotten, and most integreally to the plot, the more cruel a person was in life, the better they are rewarded in death...
* The [[Mirror Universe]] of Moebius in the [[Archie Comics]] [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] series also has some Bizarro elements, besides the morality flip. A pacifist, Irish-accented Knuckles guards the Sunken Island, and instead of the rare and powerful [[Mineral MacGuffin|Chaos Emeralds]] there is a bountiful supply of Anarchy Beryl, which gives [[Power At a Price]] (Sonic figures this out in an impressive moment of [[Genre Savvy]]).
* ''[[Transformers]]'' features the "[[Transformers: Shattered Glass|Shattered Glass]]" universe, where heroic Decepticons fight evil Autobots.
== Card Games ==
* In ''[[Magic:
** Except for faeries, they're pricks in both worlds.
** And it's rather neat that the races don't simply become opposite, but remphasize their core identity to fit the darker world (causing only one of their two colors to shift). Boggarts were always mass breeding, hostile to the outside, and crazy, but now they've traded in pranks for full out violence. Kithkin always lived in tight knit communities, but drew even tighter together when the outside world became dark. Elves still based everything around the importance of beauty, except now that there was so little they became valiant protectors of it rather than facist enforcers. The merfolk's focus on wealth and secrets quickly reverts to hording and theft rather than mutual trade. The giants surrender their noble side to their barbaric simplicity. The treefolk still defend the woodlands, but the woodlands are so fetid and diseased that they must be protected with greater savagery.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''Zoku [[Sayonara, Zetsubou
** And then there's the episode in ''Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei'' where everyone goes to a spa and detoxifies, reversing all of their negative personality quirks.
* Chapter 16 of the ''[[
* ''[[
** It's interesting to note that Mira is basically the same kind and sweet person in both universes, except that regular Mira, used to be kind of a jerk, and went through a serious personality shift after the death of her younger sister which didn't happen to Edolas Mira {{spoiler|except it did, and the regular universe version of her sister appeared in Edolas in her place.}}
* "Steel Ball Run", the 7th installment of ''[[
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'''[[The Muppet Show|Statler]]''': Hm... Entertaining!?!
'''[[Statler and Waldorf|Both]]''': Do-ho-ho-ho-ho!
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