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{{quote|''"Hello, my name is Mr. Snrub, and I come from, er... someplace far away!"''|'''{{spoiler|[[Captain Obvious|Mr. Burns]]}}''', ''[[The Simpsons (
When someone has to think of a pseudonym for themselves, an oddly popular choice is their own name, but written backwards. You'd expect them to be more imaginative, and smart enough to realize that such a pseudonym can easily give away your true identity. Sure enough, most of the time someone notices, often by exclaiming "(Eman Sdrawckab) spelled backwards is (Backwards Name)!"
The technical term for this is an "Ananym". (And yes, it does spell "My Nana" if written backwards). On a technical note, this trope is much more interesting depending on whether it's the ''sounds'' or ''letters'' that have been reversed, compared with whether it occurs in written or spoken form. For example, compare "[[Who Wants to Be
Also note that some other languages, such as Chinese and Japanese, assign ''whole syllables'' to each character, so while the names really ''were'' spelled backwards in their native alphabet, their English equivalents got [[Lost in Translation]]. This includes palindromes, such as "[[Love Hina|Maeda Ema]]" (spelled Ma-e-da-E-ma) and "[[Infinite Stratos|Yamada Maya]]" (Ya-ma-da-Ma-ya).
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== Agnam & Emina ==
* In the KC Grand Prix ''[[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.
* 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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** In the manga short story ''Ami-chan's First Love'' (and in the anime special based on it) Ami's mysterious rival known as "Mercurius" turns out to be a local geek named Kurume Suuri, and he even explains how he came up with this pseudonym.<ref>His name in Japanese is read ''Suuri Kurume''; reversing the syllable order produces ''Merukuriusu'', which is the Japanese rendition of "Mercurius".</ref>
* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' already features Mine Yoshizaki's [[Author Avatar]] (known as Yoshizaki-sensei), but there's also a background character called ''Yoshi Mine''zaki - she's an [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]] who could be easily mistaken for a [[Stringy Haired Ghost Girl]].
* Part of the [[Dub Name Change]] for the American version of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' involved renaming characters Kish and Tart to Dren and Tarb. That's a fair (if teeth-grindingly dumb) description of [[Bratty Half-Pint|Tart]], but [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] apparently thinks "nerd" is synonymous with [[Stalker
* In an omake gag 4-koma in ''[[Full Moon
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
** The sixth arc provides Kanon's [[Only Known
** And for a way more obvious example: Dlanor A. Knox, a reference to the author [[wikipedia:Ronald Knox|Ronald A. Knox]], who is her father.
* Not used as a disguise, but Krad and Dark of ''[[D.N.Angel]]'' have each others' names spelled backwards. This is most likely intentional, as they are two halves of the same artwork.
* Elbaf, the land of giants, in ''[[One Piece]]''. The Viz translation missed this and translated it as "Elbaph".
* 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 [[
== Semag Drac ==
* ''[[Magic:
** [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 (
** The Citanul Druids (and other such) -- "Citanul" becomes "lunatic"....
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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
** In the Fleetway continuity, Dr. Robotnik used to be a friend of Sonic's, a kindly scientist called Dr. [[Meaningful Name|Ovi]] Kintobor. In one of the novels, Sonic goes back in time before the transformation occurs, nearly blurting out Robotnik's name at one point before realising that, while Kintobor is a little ditzy at times, he's not stupid.
** He was also called Kintobor in the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (
* There were two different [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] comic book villains named "[[Everything's Better
* Another Golden Age villain named "Dr. Doog", in the origin of Starman, was reused in ''[[All-Star Squadron]]''. It was originally supposed to be "[[Doomy Dooms of Doom|Doom]]" and needed to be changed, but the new name happens to be "Good" backwards (in other words, evil).
* In DC Comics, the extradimensional imp [[Superman|Mr. Mxyzptlk]] can (usually) only be banished by somehow tricking him into saying his name backwards.
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== 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
* In ''[[FoxTrot]]'', Eileen uses the on-line handle 'Sgt. Neelie'.
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* In ''Fallen Angel'', The title of the book Katherine is reading is "''Noisull id nanoit peced''" or, fixed, "''Deception and Illusion''" Both backwards and spaced wrongly, but it makes sense when you know who's reading it.
* In the universe of ''[[Marissa Picard (Fanfic)|Marissa Picard]]'', there's a star system named "Naklab". It's home to the planets Nevolsia, Troac, Sobnia, and Bresia.
* In ''[[
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* ''[[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.
* In the movie ''[[
* ''[[Young Sherlock Holmes]]''. Villain Eh Tar uses the alias of Professor Rathe for his cover job at Brompton Academy. Watson even spells this out towards the end of the film as a "very important clue."
* In ''The Watcher in the Woods'', when the Curtis family receives a puppy as a pet, the younger daughter Elle, under the influence of the Watcher, gives it the name Nerak, which is backwards for Karen, a girl who, during a seance-like ceremony, disappeared 30 years ago.
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* In ''Time Runner'' with [[Mark Hamill]], the evil alien mole [[President Evil|bidding for President]] of the United States is named "Neila". Did we mention he is an alien?
* The very character of Emit Flesti, played by Willem Dafoe, in ''Faraway, So Close!''
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' has [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tuckerization a few]. For just three, Coleman Trebor (reference to visual effects artist Rob Coleman), Cin Drallig (the stunt coordinator who plays him, Nick Gillard) and a huge in-joke: the canon name for the [[E.T. the
* "Grebleips" first appeared in Steven Spielberg's first feature film ''[[Duel (Film)|Duel]]'', as the name of a pest control company.
* In ''Splice'', the two scientists name their creation "Dren", "nerd" backwards.
* ''Tobor the Great'' (1954) was about a robot designed to replace astronauts.
* Commander of the Soviet spacecraft in ''[[
* A robot named "Tobor" shows up in the film ''[[The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl]]''.
* In the short film "Mouse Mania" made by (and starring) rogue independent film-maker [[Mike Jittlov (Creator)|Mike Jittlov]], the character he portrays visits a pyschoanalyst who, according to the sign on his door, is named "Dr. Ekim Volttij".
== Erutaretil ==
* In the ''[[Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
* In Piers Anthony's ''[[Incarnations of Immortality|Being a Green Mother]]'', the heroine Orb shares a romantic attachment with a man named Natasha, whose true identity is revealed when he proposes marriage to her: "Ah, [[Satan]]".
* The syllabic version of this trope is [[Older Than Print]]: Tristram disguises himself as "Tramtris" in the [[King Arthur|Arthurian]] legends.
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* The villain of [[James Thurber]]'s juvenile fantasy ''The White Deer'' is named Nagrom Yaf.
* ''[[Discworld]]''
** Early in ''[[Discworld
** ''[[Discworld
{{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.
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** The town of Llamedos, which is "Sod'em all" backwards, and is itself a reference to the Welsh town of Llareggub in ''Under Milk Wood''.
** ''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 ''[[Discworld
* 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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* [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]] wrote a novel entitled ''Falcons of Narabedla''. [[Frederik Pohl]] wrote an apparently unrelated novel called ''Narabedla Ltd''. Both titles are derived from the star Aldebaran.
* A series of German children's novels by James Krüss include the Baron Lefuet, from the reverse of the German word for Devil.
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'': Beren and Finrod Felagund, while masquerading as Orcs in some of the earliest versions of Tolkien's ''[[The History of Middle Earth
* As discussed on the [[Lost in Translation]] page, a robot in a [[Stanislaw Lem]] novel uses the battle cry "awruk", which spelled backwards is a Polish expletive literally meaning "whore" but used as an exclamation in the same way as "fuck" is in English.
** Michael Kandel translated it as "tikcuff!" Other language translators weren't as imaginative.
* One of the main characters of ''[[Holes]]'' is named Stanley Yelnats. It doubles as a palindrome. His great-great-grandmother actually gave her son the name Stanley because she noticed this.
* ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' doesn't play this exactly straight, but it ''does'' feature a minor character called Sir Charles Latrom in the second book. Spell his last name backwards, then take a wild guess as to what ends up happening to him.
* The Mirror of Erised from ''[[Harry Potter (
{{quote| ''Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi.''<ref>''I show not your face but your heart's desire.''</ref>}}
* According to [[Word of God]], [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] did this in her famous story ''The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas''. She saw a sign for Salem, O (regon) and reversed it, based in part by the similar sound of Salem to Shalom/Salam and the fact that when reversed, it gave a similar sound to the word helas (alas). Thus, the effect something like "[[Utopia]] when read forward, [[Dystopia]] when read backwards".
* [[
* ''Racso and the Rats of NIMH'' by Jane Leslie Conly. Racso admits to Timothy Frisby at one stage in the book that his real name is "Oscar", but he much prefers the Sdrawkcab nom de plume he came up with.
* ''Midnight's Sun - A Story of Wolves'' by Garry Kilworth uses Sdrawkcab names for some of his characters. Athaba's mother and father are Meshiska and Aksishem, respectively. Although this is totally ignored in Athaba's case when he becomes {{spoiler|Ulaala's mate.}}
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* Three of the seven stories in ''[[Tuf Voyaging]]'' center on S'uthlam, a planet in perpetual crisis due to overpopulation.
* In Talbot Mundy's ''Jimgrim'', [[Femme Fatale]] secret agent "Princess Baltis" signs into a hotel as "Ranee Sitlab". Somewhat justified in that she wasn't actually trying to avoid notice.
* A characteristic of the twisted magic contained in ''The Book of Atrix Wolfe'' by [[Patricia
* The mystery short story "Death by Rubik's Cube", published in the August 2011 issue of Games Magazine, features a police detective by the name of Errol Lorre. The [[Genre Savvy]] suspects realize that his parents loved puzzles a lot and that he himself hates them.
* Alec Leamas from ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold''. (Leamas reverses to [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Samael]].) [[Defied Trope|No, he's not]] [[Satan]] [[Louis Cypher|or any other supernatural figure in disguise]], but a [[Fake Defector]] and [[Reverse Mole]] [[Anti-Hero]] whose moral dilemmas form a major part of the plot.
* Several in ''[[
* [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''Tunnel In The Sky'' includes a warning to the main character's class to watch out for stobor, the most dangerous creature they willl encounter on their field exam. The students don't realize that "stobor" is "robots" spelled backwards; {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Stobor are]] [[Humans Kill Wantonly|hu]][[Humanity Is Insane|mans]]; [[What You Are in
* [[Roger Zelazny]]'s ''[[Amber]]'' series of stories. The Pattern is in Castle Amber, which is located on a mountain overlooking the sea. The Castle and Pattern have a duplicate in the seas bordering Amber, in an underwater world known as Rebma.
* 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 ''[[
* 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.
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== VT Noicta-Evil ==
* ''[[Doctor Who]]: The War Games'', The War Chief's space-time-travel machines are called SIDRATs.
* These work better in real life than one might think. In the reality show ''[[Who Wants to Be
* Long-running American soap opera ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' is well-known for its far-fetched plots, particularly those centered around the arch-villain Stefano DiMera. One plot had several characters leave the show's usual locale of Salem during the Fall of 1995 to attend a wedding in the town of Aremid. Events conspired to make many of the characters stay in Aremid until the following spring, but in that time nobody seemed to notice that Aremid was actually DiMera spelled backwards. The show repeated the trope nine years later when several characters found themselves abducted from Salem and kept captive on the island of Melaswen (New Salem), a place filled with recreations of several landmarks from their hometown.
* ''[[
** In the episode, "My Princess", a [[Something Completely Different]] episode in the form of a fairy-tale Dr. Cox is telling his son, Bob Kelso's counterpart is the [[Evil Overlord|Dark Lord]] Oslek (which, on a completely unrelated note, is what Ted calls him when he suffers stress-induced dyslexia).
** Another episode had the Janitor use the name "Rotinaj".
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'''Janitor:''' ''(to Indian doctor)'' Mornin', Dr. Rotinaj.<br />
'''Doctor:''' Good morning, Mr. cleanup man! }}
* ''[[Star Trek:
** An episode mentioned a toxic substance called Selgninaem. One of the show's writers acknowledged this to be a comment on the meaningless nature of [[Techno Babble]].
** In the second-season episode "Where Silence Has Lease", the Omnipotent Being of the Week was named "Nagilum", or "Nagillum," depending on what you read. That second name is important when you consider that the producers originally wanted Richard Mulligan for that role....
* The CBBC Fantasy-based kids game show ''[[Raven]]'' has a villain known as Nevar and a general anagram in another character, Ervan.
* [[Dave Barry]] also writes about a kids TV show he used to watch called ''Captain Video'' and mentions an episode with a robot named TOBOR.
* In the ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[Round the Twist]]'', the kids discover a machine in the top room of the lighthouse that makes mirror-image copies of whatever you put into it. When Linda [[Cloning Blues|clones]] herself, the mirror-image copy is dubbed "Adnil".
* ''[[Babylon 5]]''. The name of Londo Mollari's first wife (and the one he does not choose to divorce) is Timov. That is all.
* One episode of ''[[
* The {{spoiler|"H. Maddas" files}} in ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' turn out to be this (and a [[Chekhov's Gun]]).
* In ''[[Dark Oracle]]'', Cally's {{spoiler|[[Baleful Polymorph|pet frog]], Nemo}}, turns out to be the Season 1 [[Big Bad]], {{spoiler|Omen}}. Justified in that he was named by someone else, as a joke ({{spoiler|Nemo translated to "nothing"}}).
* On ''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]'' principal Grace Musso had a devoted flunky called Lemmer; in a few episodes, her rival Norman Pankow had a flunky called Remmel. Remmel was visually an anti-Lemmer: while Frank Lemmer was a pale-skinned, dark-haired guy dressed all in black, Remmel was a black guy with blond hair who dressed all in white.
* Archie Campbell's retelling of Cinderella ("Rindercella") on ''[[Hee Haw]]''. (Actually more like anagrams and [[Spoonerism|spoonerisms]], but the joke was that he was telling the story backwards.)
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Clerk:''' It was a pun.<br />
'''Customer:''' A pun??<br />
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'''Clerk:''' Yeah!<br />
'''Customer:''' It's not a palindrome. The palindrome for "Bolton" would be "Notlob"! }}
* ''[[
* [[The Beatles (
* The first episode of ''[[
* ''[[The L Word]]'' uses an [[Alucard]] variant of when one of the main cast ends up dating an expert in vampiric folklore with slightly vampiric tendencies (stronger than usual, preference for night, pale complexion, etc.). Her name is Uta Refson.
* When a character named Nilrem appeared in Brazilian show "Caça Talentos", the fairies were worried because that name was [[Merlin]] spelled backwards.
* ''[[Kratts' Creatures]]'' has an [[Medium Blending|animated character]] named "Ttark", possibly to sound like an African name.
* A variation on ''[[CSI: NY]]'': Stella's psycho ex-boyfriend named a sculpture he made for her the Aresanob, which was her last name, Bonasera, spelled backward. He then uploaded a sex tape to Aresanob.com shortly after.
* In an episode of ''[[Law
* During the All-Star season of ''[[America's Next Top Model]]'', each of the girls had to write lyrics for, record and make a video for a song, and they were required to use the phrase "Pot Ledom is Top Model Backwards" someplace in the song. The "Pot Ledom" thing was reinforced in the videos when they would cut away from the model to show Tyra in a "Pot Ledom" shirt and repeating the full line.
* ''[[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 ''[[
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* The B-side of the classic [[Sanity Slippage Song]] "They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!" by Napoleon XIV is "!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT". It's credited to "Noelopan VIX", and is in fact the A-side played backwards. [[wikipedia:File:Napoleon Xiv B side Original Issue.jpg|Even the label of the b-side was almost entirely in mirrored writing]].
* Rapper [[Kool Keith]], a.k.a. Dr. Octagon, has also released an album under the name Mr. Nogatco. The title of the album? ''Nogatco Rd.''
* [[
* Symbion Project, on its Red album, has a song called Tcejorp Noibmys.
* Australian band TISM had a song called "U.O.Y. Sevol Natas", a pisstake of rockstars and rumours of backwards masking.
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* After vocalist Lynn Strait's death, Snot eventually reformed as Tons.
* The [[Bloodhound Gang]]'s ''One Fierce Beer Coaster'' ends with a short sketch consisting of someone doing a [[The Simpsons|Homer Simpson]] impression and [[Don't Explain the Joke|explaining the joke of the album title]] - to avoid potential copyright issues, it was titled "Reflections Of Remoh".
* [[The Beatles (
** The end of the 1966 tune "Rain" (B-side of "Paperback Writer") has John repeating the first line of the song backwards.
** Zig-zagged: "Revolution No. 9" has a voice loop of someone calling "number nine" ad infinitum, which if when played backwards is supposedly "Turn me on, dead man," one of many clues to the "death" of Paul.
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* After The Gits' vocalist Mia Zapata's murder, [[Joan Jett]] joined the remaining members of the band for a benefit concert and an album under the name Evil Stig. Evil Stig is of course "Gits Live" backwards.
* [[Eels]] "Efil's God", sort of: It's based around a backwards sample of an earlier song of theirs called "Dog's Life".
* After [[
* Sort of done with [[
* The name of the [[Folk Metal]] band, [[
== Aidem Wen ==
* The official web site for the film ''[[
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== 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
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== Semag Oediv ==
* {{spoiler|Sarevok/Koveras}} in ''[[
* In the otherwise unrelated first act of ''[[Tex Murphy]] - Under a Killing Moon'', the robber's accomplice gives the name Ema Nymton. As Murphy himself notices, it's of course "Not My Name" spelled backwards.
* Hector from ''[[Castlevania: Curse of Darkness]]'' is aided by a priest by the name of Zead. It was easier to tell in the original Japanese, but his name is a phonetic reversal of [[The Grim Reaper|Death]].
* The main protagonist of the Miyamoto-created series ''[[Pikmin]]'' is Captain Olimar. In Japan, though, his name is written with the three katakana characters O-RI-MA. [[Mario|Write them backward...]], as you can see the English version retains the pun via [[Significant Anagram]] (and an l).
* In ''[[Snatcher]]'', {{spoiler|the bounty hunter Random Hajile turns out to be a [[Ridiculously Human Robot|bioroid]] made in the image of Elijah Modnar, an [[Evilutionary Biologist]], by his father who disagreed with his son's methods.}}
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** The same game also had a royal scribe named Remoh.
* ''Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine'' takes place in the wild-west town of Anozira.
* Grobyc, the assassin with a robotic arm in ''[[
* {{spoiler|Colonel Redips/Spider}}, the [[Big Bad]], in ''[[
* The Skrejgib, alien antagonists from ''[[Captain Comic]] 2''.
* ''[[La
** A rather tricky one: ''La Mulana'' was developed by a programmer by the name of Naramura. Write the syllables in that name in reverse order, and you get Ramurana. And with the lack of distinction in Japanese between "r" and "l"...
** And in an even further pronunciation stretch for English speakers: syllable-reverse the name of developer Samieru, and you get ru-mie-sa, the origin of "Lemeza", the main character's name.
** The third developer, duplex, also got this treatment. The elder you consult at the beginning of the game is named Xelpud.
* ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]''
** In Case 3 of ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]: Trials and Tribulations'', you hear of someone going around impersonating Phoenix, and Maya immediately takes to calling this person Xin Eohp.
** The "Tear of Emanon" in the third game.
** In [[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney|Apollo Justice]], there's a noodle chef named Guy Eldoon. His noodle stand has a sign reading "NOODLE" on one side, and "ELDOON" on the other. {{spoiler|This is a plot point! A witness's lying about where they were standing is revealed when they say the sign read noodle, when from where he claimed to be standing it read Eldoon.}}
* In ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' the character {{spoiler|Yeager}} maintains the double identity of {{spoiler|Regeay}}. The "two" characters are near total opposites in personality and demeanor.
* Noitu Love and Xoda Rap from the ''[[Noitu Love]]'' indie game series.
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* The Seiddab from old [[ZX Spectrum]] game ''Astroclone'', making this (in video games, at least) [[Older Than the NES]].
* ''[[Thief the Dark Project|Thief 2 - The Metal Age]]'' features a memorable extra named Ekim, famous for the number of people who stopped killing extras after killing him and reading his love letter. Do I need to tell you the name of the person who created him?
* In ''[[
** The Nintendo port of the game, at the very least, ''does'' make it "Yrots Evac."
* ''Dragon Quest Swords''
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** Also, all the [[Bonus Boss|Bonus Bosses]] are cameos of enemies from previous games with reversed names.
* In the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' series Noob Saibot's name is in fact the last names of the series' creators written backwards (Tobias and Boon).
* In ''[[The Sims|My Sims Kingdom]]'', there's a robot named... wait for it... T.O.B.O.R., mixing this with [[Fun
* ''[[Pokémon]]''
** Three Pokémon: Ekans and its evolved form Arbok from ''Gen. I'', and the ''Gen. IV'' Electric/Ghost-type Rotom.
** And the syllables of Lucario when subjected to Japanization and listed backwards and then re-un-engrished spell (Sound) out Oracle. Ru Ca Ri O -- O Ri Ca Ru -- Oricaru -- Orical -- Oracle. Yes, THAT was intentional.
** And Muk... that one probably wasn't intentional, though.
* The final boss in the NES version of ''[[Double Dragon|Double Dragon III]]'' is an evil sorceress named Queen Noiram, who is revealed to be Marion ([[Spell My Name
* Naxat Soft, the video game division of Kaga Electronics, had a short-lived American subsidiary called Taxan. Ironically, only one of the 11 games Taxan distributed (''Serpent'' for the [[Game Boy]]) was developed or published by Naxat Soft.
* ''[[
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''
** Wonk uoy naht noitceffa erom deen i...
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* ''Rome: [[Total War]]'' features an [[Easter Egg]] unit called Yubtseb Elephant. According to the unit description, their summoning involves dark rituals dedicated to G'ni'tek'ram, the God Of Shiny Things Man Does Not Need But Desires Anyway.
* One of the Daedric Princes in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' games is Namira, which is Ariman backwards.
* ''[[
* Though ''[[Starcraft II]]'' has only just begun its "trilogy", [[Wild Mass Guessing]] has already pegged a certain {{spoiler|Professor Narud}} as being an important character from the previous game who was conspicuously absent in this one.
* The [[Fan Nickname|Fan Nicknames]] for the two Toads in ''[[
* There is a town called Gorlab in ''[[Ultima I]]''. It also appears in Serpent Island as the Gorlab Swamp (the town itself was pulled into the dream realm). Gorlab is balrog backwards.
* One puzzle in ''[[King's Quest I]]'', Rumpelstiltskin gives you a riddle on how his name is spelled. The clue received is to think backwards. You think it's spelled "Nikstlitselpmur", but you have to reverse the alphabet (A becomes Z and so on) which spells the quite unpronounceable "Ifnkovhgroghprm". This was resolved in the remake by making both solutions acceptable.
* In the first episodes of the ''[[
* ''Shufflepuck Cafe'', an air hockey game, allows you to play against one of nine computer-controlled opponents. The two with the strongest AI are named Eneg and Nerual.
* In ''Breakline'', a 1993 [[Breaking Out]] game, copy protection and the save-state system use codes built from eight symbols, the "Runes of Power". Four of them have Sdrawckab Names, slightly disguised: Drasah (hazard), Terces, Telfer (reflect) and Immenne (enemy).
* [[Conan the Barbarian|Nanoc the Obliviator]] from ''[[Comic Jumper]]''.
* In the "[[Developer's Room|meet the programmers]]" ending of ''[[
* In ''[[Ghost Trick]]'', a big part of the game's plot is kicked off by a meteor landing in Temsik Park... a meteor that {{spoiler|[[Green Rocks|grants people the ability to manipulate objects]], or even [[Screw Destiny|go back in time and alter the past to save people from death]].}} "Temsik" spelled backwards is "kismet", which means "fate" in Turkish.
* ''Fortix'' has the [[Evil Sorcerer]] Xitrof as its [[Big Bad]].
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* ''[[The Order of the Stick
** 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... (and guess who raised which boy). A [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] father could've intentionally named them both that way, without even knowing which one would be the evil twin.
*** {{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."
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Looking for Group]]'', the [[Jerkass]] undead warlock Richard named his imp familiar Hctib Elttil; "I was looking for something to define what his role in our partnership would be."
* In ''[http://www.fantasycomic.com/ Chasing the Sunset]'' our heroes are accompanied by a pixie named Feiht, [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|(pronounced "Fate")]], who lives up to her sdrawkcab name by regarding all shiny things as her possessions. [[Hilarity Ensues]] (usually).
* [http://www.bmoviecomic.com/?cid=312 This] ''[[The B
* ''[http://www.geist-panik.com Geist-Panik]'' does this with "Sevink". Which is just "Knives" backwards.
* In possibly the most blatant example ever, the opposite of Chris-chan in ''[[Sonichu]]'' is called... Reldnahc Notsew Naitsirhc. This idea for names generally works better when it's simply one name spelt backwards rather than three in a row, but that's the level of unimaginativeness of this comic.
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* ''[[Star Trek:
** Walter ("Pavel Chekov") Koenig wrote a episode featuring a poisonous plant called a retlaw.
** The episode "The Counter-Clock Incident" has a planet named Arret in a universe where time runs backwards. Arret is Terra backwards, and Terra is often used as an alternate name for Earth.
* ''[[Mighty Orbots]]'' has a [[The Syndicate|Shadow-controlled]] duplicate of the Orbots called Tobor.
* ''Every single race''' in ''[[
** The Xelor (yes, the watch brand. They manipulate time.), Sadida (yes, the shoe brand. Don't ask.) and Enutrof (they really like money) are just the most obvious English ones.
** And at least one case have managed to [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|get crap past the radar this way]]: The [[Whip It Good|whip-wielding beastmasters]] are called "Osamodas" -- "Sado-maso".
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** Tomax and Xamot.
** The character of Dusty Tadur in the toyline and comics, who was named after G.I. Joe artist [http://www.yojoe.com/faq/rudat.shtml Ron Rudat], was renamed Dusty Rudat in the animated series.
* In ''[[The Emperor's New School
* In ''[[
* During his initial appearance in ''[[Totally Spies]]'', Tim Scam masquerades as Mac Smit. Alex figures it out when she sees his name tag in the mirror, although the letters are not mirror-image reversed.
* In the "Marge vs. the Monorail" episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Mr. Burns attempts to get his money back by disguising himself with a fake mustache at the town meeting and calling himself "Mr. Snrub". Surprisingly, it fails instantly. Remember, this is ''Springfield'' we are talking about.
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** In ''Shaggy and [[Scooby Doo]] Get a Clue'', the [[Big Bad]]'s [[Mad Scientist]] assistant, Dr. Trebla, turns out to be Shaggy's missing Uncle Albert in disguise.
** All of the "Wild Brood" bikers in ''[[Scooby Doo Mystery Inc]]'' have these, from smooth-acting leader Odnarb, to Foog and Dren, to the disgusting Gabtraf.
* The second ''[[
* A strange example in ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' is Poof's anti-fairy counterpart Foop. I say strange because he's the ''only'' anti-fairy with this kind of name, all the others share their counterparts names with "anti" in front of it (Anti-Cosmo, Anti-Wanda, etc.). Why he doesn't follow this naming convention? Presumably because "Anti-Poof" might be considered homophobic. Then again, the Anti-Fairies might think names like "Omsoc", "Adnaw", "Negroj", "Yknib" are too odd.
* One episode of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' had Sector V visiting a [[Mirror Universe]]. The KND counterpart was the Destructivly Nefarious Kids (DNK), the Delightful Children From Down The Lane (DCFDTL) were now the Little Traitor Dudes From Childrens Defense (LTDFCD), and the alternate Lizzie was named Eizzil, leading some fans to believe this applies to all names (the DNK operatives are only referred to as Negative Numbuh X).
* Spoofing Superman's "Mr. Mxyzptlk", an episode of ''[[
* In the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "A Sitch in Time", Shego uses the pseudonym "Mrs. Ogehs" in her scheme to break up Team Possible.
* During the season one episode of ''[[Regular Show]]'', in the episode "Dizzy", had Pops has a hallucination about a non-humanoid versions of Mordecai and Rigby, [[Nightmare Fuel|Iacedrom and Ybgir]].
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** 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 and Mandy]]'': At the start of "The Prank Call Of Cthulhu," Mandy says "Cartoons will rot your mind" backwards.
* In ''[[
** 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 ''[[
* [[Filmation]] ''[[The New Adventures of Superman]]'' episode "Luthor Strikes Again". Lex Luthor's lair is a paint factory owned by the "Rohtul Paint Co."
* ''[[Danger Mouse]]'' episode "The Hickory Dickory Dock Dilemma": DM sends himself and Penfold into the future in the time-traveling grandfather clock where DM sees London is ruled by Dlofnep the Magnificent, a spitting image of and whose name is backwards for Penfold.
* ''[[Polly Pocket]]'' story "Pollyworld" featured two exchange students named Karl and Lark.
* ''[[
* In one episde of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', Dr. Doofenshmirtz invented a substance he named "Eulg" that works opposite to glue.
* ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' had one episode where Pinky started saying "Troz", which, as Pinky explained, is "Zort" backwards.
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