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== Gnisitrevda ==
* Old example: Serutan, as its commercials would point out, was "natures" spelled backwards. ''[[Bored of the Rings]]'' appropriated the brand name for its parody counterpart of Saruman. The commercials themselves were spoofed by the chapter title "Serutan Spelled Backwards Is Mud".
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* Evian (a brand of bottled water) spelled backwards yields "naive", which is too tempting to use as a [[Take That]] in places where you can get clean drinking water off the tap.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''
▲== Agnam & Emina ==
** In the dub version of the KC Grand Prix ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' arc, Yugi's grandpa disguises himself as a duelist named Apnarg to enter a tournament. If [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] were a bit more clever, they could've gone with Nomolos.
** Otes in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]'', the [[Mysterious Backer]] to the heroes. His name is "Seto" spelled backwards, as he is clearly supposed to be an [[Expy]] of Seto Kaiba.
* This is what clues Goku in to Uub being the reincarnation of the evil Buu in the final episodes of ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. Considering Uub had no idea he was Buu's reincarnation, this makes it an awfully convenient name.
* Dr. Mashirito, the [[Mad Scientist]] antagonist in ''[[Doctor Slump]]'' was named after Toriyama's editor at the time, whose surname was Torishima. It may not be obvious, but written in the Japanese syllable-alpabet, it is indeed a Sdrawkcab Name. To western eyes, it just looks like an anagram.
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* The [[Grand Finale]] of the original [[Lupin III]] manga series featured the [[Musical Assassin]] Ataginez. {{spoiler|Turns out it's Inspector Zenigata in disguise.}}
* The Fuji television block [[NoitaminA]]
== Semag Drac ==▼
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'':▼
** [http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=37 Nevinyrral's Disk], a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Larry Niven]] (and specifically to his story "[[The Magic Goes Away (novel)|The Magic Goes Away]]"). To wit, that story contains a magical disk that destroys all magic in the vicinity when activated, and that is precisely what the card does.▼
** The Citanul Druids (and other such) -- "Citanul" becomes "lunatic"....▼
== Skoob Cimoc ==
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* [[Mandrake]]'s [[Mirror World]] counterpart Ekardnam.
* A [[Carl Barks]] story featured female creatures called "larkies". When disguised as males, the called themselves "eikrals". Each larkie's eikral counterpart has a name that's the larkie's name spelled backwards. For example, the larkie named Agnes became an eikral named Senga.
* While not strictly a name, per se, the "magic word" which triggers [[Miracleman]]'s [[Transformation Sequence]] is "kimota". [[Alan Moore]]'s [[
== Repapswen -- Scimoc ==▼
* During his tenure as writer on ''[[Dick Tracy]],'' Max Allan Collins was fond of giving his villains last names that were words describing them, spelled backwards.▼
* In ''[[Terry and the Pirates]]'', the Dragon Lady sometimes used the alias Miss Nogard.▼
* In ''[[FoxTrot]]'', Eileen uses the on-line handle 'Sgt. Neelie'.▼
== Skrow Naf ==
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* In ''[[It's My Life|ITS MY LIFE!]]'' there is Assirram Strebor, {{spoiler|Marrissa Roberts' [[Evil Knockoff]]}}.
== Mlif ==
* The sorcerer in the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment of ''Fantasia'' is called Yen Sid, which is Disney spelled backwards. Similarly, the Disney live-action film ''Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N'' has a story credited to [[Walt Disney|Retlaw Yensid]].
* King Llort from ''[[A Troll in Central Park]]''. Not as obvious outside of the context of this page as one might think.
* ''[[Troll 2]]''. "Nilbog! It's Goblin spelled backwards!"
* In ''The Last Seduction'', Linda Fiorentino's character has some kind of upside-down, back-to-front spelling obsession. She's able to produce a perfect signature upside down. Having ripped off her husband and hidden in a small town, she wants to get back to New York, and chooses the name "Wendy Kroy". Knowing both her backwards-writing thing and her love of NYC helps her husband to find her.
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* The villain of [[James Thurber]]'s juvenile fantasy ''The White Deer'' is named Nagrom Yaf.
* ''[[Discworld]]''
** Early in ''[[
** ''[[
{{quote|''It's a sad and terrible thing that high-born folk really have thought that the servants would be totally fooled if spirits were put into decanters that were cunningly labelled ''backwards''. And also throughout history the more politically conscious butler has taken it on trust, and with rather more justification, that his employers will not notice if the yksihw is topped up with eniru.''}}
** The Discworld concept of being "knurd"—so sober that you actually need an alcoholic beverage or two to be normal.
** Another example, this time as a parody of "Erewhon/Nehwon": an area in the Hublands called "Ecalpon".
** The
** ''[[Carpe Jugulum]]'': The narration describes vampires' apparent inability to compensate for their well-known weaknesses, and at one point says "Do they really think spelling their name backwards is going to fool anyone?"
** In ''[[
* The eponymous country in ''Erewhon'' by Samuel Butler is an almost-reversal of "nowhere". (An exact reversal would be "Erehwon".) This is a reference to "Utopia", which means "nowhere". The inhabitants (for the most part) have names like Senoj Nosnibor.
* On a similar note, the world of Fritz Leiber's ''[[Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser]]'' tales is Nehwon.
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* In Jane Langton's ''The Diamond in the Window'', Edward Hall speaks backwards fluently and daydreams about an alter-ego named Trebor Nosnibor. It's stated that he wishes his name were Robert Robinson specifically because he thinks it sounds much cooler backwards than "Drawde Llah" would.
* This is how Wizards dealing with the Darke hide themselves in ''[[Septimus Heap]]'': By spelling their name backwards. [[Played With]] in Septimus's case, as he takes only the last letters S-u-m on Marcellus Pye's advice.
* In [[Brian Aldiss]]'s illustrated poem "Pile", (subtitle "Petals from St. Klaed's Computer") the hero escapes from Pile and it's computer "St. Klaed" to find the alternate world of Elip run by St. Dealk.
== VT Noicta-Evil ==
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* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' features a sketch in which Lew Zealand and Rowlf sings "Owt Rof Aet" ("Tea for Two" backwards).
* The [[Shout-Out Theme Naming]] of the main characters in ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'', has Tomoko Nozoma, who was named after ''[[Kamen Rider Amazon]]''.
== Cisum ==
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* Sort of done with [[Daft Punk]]'s "Funk Ad", which is a backwards reprise of "Da Funk" - if it were fully backwards, it would of course be "''Knuf'' Ad".
* The name of the [[Folk Metal]] band, [[SuidAkrA]], is the guitarist/vocalist's first name "Arkadius" spelled backwards.
== Aidem Wen ==
* The official web site for the film ''[[Memento]]'' is [http://otnemem.com http://otnemem.com/].
▲* During his tenure as writer on ''[[Dick Tracy]],'' Max Allan Collins was fond of giving his villains last names that were words describing them, spelled backwards.
▲* In ''[[Terry and the Pirates]]'', the Dragon Lady sometimes used the alias Miss Nogard.
▲* In ''[[FoxTrot]]'', Eileen uses the on-line handle 'Sgt. Neelie'.
== Gniltserw
* Former [[TNA]] wrestler John Hugger, also known before that as Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli in [[WCW]]/[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]], worked under the gimmick of the monster RelliK (with a backwards K). Rellik is Killer spelled backwards. [[Memetic Mutation|Rellik is killer spelled backwards!]] He also went by Redrum in indy promotions. Mike Tenay '''always''' mentioned that "[[Rule of Three|Rellik is Killer spelled backwards]]" whenever he appeared. Hugger created the gimmick during his indy days between his [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] release and signing with TNA. The gimmick was originally called "REDRUM".
* In [[WCW]], [[The Ultimate Warrior]] decided to make a stable to combat the [[New World Order]] (nWo). He called it the One Warrior Nation (oWn). It only had one member besides Warrior, Ed Leslie aka The Disciple. The horridness of everything Warrior did in WCW in general and Warrior's general flakiness as a performer spelled a quick end to it.
== Oidar Teppup ==
* The setting of ''Under Milk Wood'', Llareggub; at the time also a case of [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]].
* In the radio version of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'', the Lintilla clones are approached by Allitnil clones with offers of marriage {{spoiler|which are actually agreements to cease existence}}. The name "Allitnil" was pronounced as if "Lintilla" were played backwards on tape.
== Semag Potelbat ==
▲=== Semag Drac ===
▲* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'':
▲** [
▲** The Citanul Druids (and other such) -- "Citanul" becomes "lunatic"....
=== SGPR Potelbat ===
* The dark messiah "Susej", from ''Satanis Unbound''.
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''
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** Dragon magazine #96 had an April Fools section which included the joke module ''Nogard'' ("Dragon" backwards).
** Module I12 ''Egg of the Phoenix''. After the [[Chaotic Evil]] illusionist Tuke is defeated by the [[PC]]s, he shows up later going under the alias Captain Ekut.
== Syot ==
* Tobor. While this notamotua been off the line forever, it's immortalized for sponsoring the ''[[Star Wars Holiday Special]]''.
== Semag Oediv ==
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* ''Fortix'' has the [[Evil Sorcerer]] Xitrof as its [[Big Bad]].
* ''[[The Spellcasting Series]]'' has the [[Atlantis|Lost City of Sitnalta]] in the third entry.
== Scimoc Bew ==
* ''[[The
** Elan's [[Cain and Abel|evil twin brother]] Nale. Apparently, these are their birth names; either the reversal is a coincidence or their parents have a unique sense of humor. Given that said parents were a Chaotic Good barmaid and a Lawful Evil warlord
*** {{spoiler|We eventually meet said father and he is quite [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] indeed
** In contrast to pure fighter and [[Genius Bruiser]] Roy, there's the Thieves' Guild's pure fighter and [[Dumb Muscle]] Yor (the stereotype Roy does his best to avert).
* In ''[[Corner Alley 13]]'', Tsac Tuo is revealed to be {{spoiler|the shapeshifter Drel in disguise}}, and points out that his name is 'just outcast spelled backwards'. The heroine's response? "I ''thought'' it sounded foreign."
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* "Retsinif" is "Finister" spelled backwords. No dout another one of Finister2's Internet names.
* Fender, the mascot for ''[[Fur Affinity]]'', has a [[Distaff Counterpart]] named Rednef, originally from an [[April Fools' Day]] joke.
== Noitamina Nretsew ==
* ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]''
** Walter ("Pavel Chekov") Koenig wrote a episode featuring a poisonous plant called a retlaw.
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** In 1943's ''The Hungry Goat'', the title animal tells the projectionist to run the film backwards so he can re-examine the title card.
** In 1961's ''There's No Space Like Home'', cans of aersol spinach cause Popeye's space capsule to blast off and go the speed of light, causing everything on Earth to go backwards.
* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* In ''[[American Dad]]'' episode "Dungeons and Wagons", Hayley breaks up with Jeff, but when she tries to get back with him he's too busy playing an [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] with Steve. In order to get Jeff away from the game, Hayley kills Steve's character with a special command: his character's name backwards.
** Later on in the same episode they attempt to revive Steve by taking him to the Castle Roodpart. Haley calls it immature, and when Jeff starts talking about how it probably has some deep plot significance, Haley interrupts with "[[Oh Crap|Crap, it's 'trapdoor' spelled backwards]]."
* In a first-season episode of ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', a talisman brings Jade's beloved Gnomekop toy to life. Remember that the G is silent.
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* ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' had one episode where Pinky started saying "Troz", which, as Pinky explained, is "Zort" backwards.
* ''Ruff and Reddy'' was a [[Hanna-Barbera]] show in the late Fifties. The very first story arc involved "the dreaded planet Muni-Mula," which the narrator went out of his way to inform viewers is "aluminum spelled backwards." Muni-Mula actually looked more like the [[Star Wars|Death Star]] (almost twenty years early) than a planet.
== Efil Lear ==
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* One name that has become somewhat popular in recent years is Nevaeh, "heaven" written backwards. It seems to be a rule that if a new parent is telling you that s/he named a child Nevaeh, the conversation will almost inevitably go, in a breathless rush, "We named her Nevaeh -- that's Heaven spelled backwards." It begins to grate after a while.
* Other backwards-spelled names that have come into somewhat occasional use (though not to the extent of Nevaeh, which is in the U.S. top 100 as of 2005) include: Semaj, Senga, Traeh, and Neleh. The last one was the name of a contestant on ''[[Survivor]]'' in 2002.
* [[wikipedia:Suicide of Rehtaeh Parsons|Rehtaeh Anne Parsons]], teen Canadian abuse and bullying victim, now deceased. Her name is "Heather" spelled backwards.
* The transport company "Elddis" is a reverse of its original name, "Siddle".
* [[The Oprah Winfrey Show|Oprah's]] production company is called Harpo, Inc.
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