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== Agnam dna Emina ==

* 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.

** 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".

** ''[[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 ''[[Thud!]]'', the Ankh-Morpork City Watch's new vampire recruit Salacia sends a "clacks" (a sort of [[Punk Punk|clock-punk]] version of a telegram) using the alias "Aicalas". The normally practical and intelligent vampire Salacia von Humpeding suffers from the curse of her kind : the deep and abiding conviction that ''[[Alucard|no one will recognise your name if you spell it backwards]]''. Of course, Vimes instantly sees through that, mentionning it as one of the vampires' lesser-known failings.

* 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.

 

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