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{{quote|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}RepTEN4J3sU Ooops! Heh...had the silly thing in reverse!]|''[[Duck Dodgers in The Twenty Fourth And A Half Century (Film)|Duck Dodgers in The Twenty Fourth And A Half Century]]'' (the [[Trope Namer]])}}
 
A device or technique is used ... in reverse. Commonly, it is setting a car to reverse.
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In comedies, or a comedic moment anyway, a new driver will pull forward, only it's in reverse. Conversely, they may put the car in gear as if it's in reverse, look behind themselves, and then drive forward.
 
Often a [[Sub -Trope]] of [[Driving Stick]]. Compare [[Backwards -Firing Gun]]. See [[Wiper Start]] for more comedic driver incompetence.
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'': one of Yukari's trips starts out with the car [[Drives Like Crazy|careening all over the yard before returning to its initial position]], at which point she notices she was in reverse.