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* in Paw Patrol fanfic {{Fanfic/Curse of the Dualshock}}, Shelly is an inversion of CoolLoser: her FourthWall Breaking habits are often found annoying by the other pups (especially Rocky), yet respected due to her kindness.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' inverts CoolLoser.
** Noah's a TeenGenius, AmbiguouslyBi, and a DeadpanSnarker, all of which could theoretically make him treated like a loser, but [[AllThereInTheManual his official bio and entry video]] show that he's class president and seems to be popular at his school, in part because he's smart enough to get on people's good side and use his snarky zingers effectively.
** Owen overweight appearance, poor hygiene, and gross habits would leave him pretty low on the teenage popularity chain in theory, but he's one of the most well-liked people on the show amongst his fellow contestants, which is likely attributable to his NiceGuy personality.

* In ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'', ComicBook/BlackCanary [[InvokedTrope deliberately tries to reform]] Comicbook/LadyShiva [[MoralityPet by giving her honest friendship and human contact]]. Shiva, however, is perfectly aware of Dinah's intentions, and lets Dinah get a good look at her real personality and history for one reason: she wants to make her ''stop''.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' inverts StoodUp. In a recent issue of ''Spider-Man'', where Peter Parker is (unintentionally) stood up by ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson after spending the day trying to remember where he agreed to meet her. Of course, Peter has had to ditch a fair number of dates while trying to save the day.

* While Cartoon Network US is trying to bury the existence of WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016, their European feeds once seemed to believe it's the '''only''' version ever made of the Powerpuff Girls! Not true anymore as of September 2023.

* While Cartoon Network US is trying to bury the existence of WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016, their European feeds seem to believe it's the '''only''' version ever made of the Powerpuff Girls!

* [[NubileSavage Krystal]] from ''Franchise/StarFox'' inverts DigitalBikini. When she first appeared, her pubic area (which her impressively short loincloth fails to cover) was rendered as a [[BarbieDollAnatomy completely featureless]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190420031948/https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/1ec06389-f4ab-497e-a62f-e26f580ff146/dcdwg1h-2e838433-d9ee-43b2-97ba-0db87673525f.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzFlYzA2Mzg5LWY0YWItNDk3ZS1hNjJmLWUyNmY1ODBmZjE0NlwvZGNkd2cxaC0yZTgzODQzMy1kOWVlLTQzYjItOTdiYS0wZGI4NzY3MzUyNWYuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.kftPPYmtciq_xj4K7Ob2SW5npLpWxDD-W1KYLKp-qMo white patch]] that somewhat resembles panties. ''Videogame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' replaced the simple white texture with ''[[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1NEb5AXcAATaog.jpg detailed]] [[https://i.imgur.com//OffoMLh.jpg labia]].''

* ''FanFic/HuntingTheUnicorn'' plays a lot with its [[{{Troperiffic}} many, many tropes.]] But as a DeconstructionFic of [[Series/{{Glee}} Blaine and Kurt]]'s canonical ButNotTooGay status, it turns out that Blaine [[spoiler: lost his virginity at sixteen because he wanted to invoke SexEqualsLove(!!!)]]. Being [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome real life]] as opposed to a fairy tale, [[BreakTheCutie it didn't work at all]] and left him with [[TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest deep emotional scars]]--leading to a very painful inversion of ''YouNeedToGetLaid.'' This is one of the biggest {{Cerebus Retcon}}s for Blaine's RelationshipSue status in canon, and [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap reviewers frequently want to give Blaine a hug.]]
* In ''FanFic/TheGamesOfTheGods'', Book One, chapter 54, Kari invokes DuckSeasonRabbitSeason. Rachel, who is smarter than Daffy Duck, inverts this trope. Kari says "No" and Rachel says "Yes". When Kari switches to "Yes", Rachel wins by not switching to "No". An identical example appears in ''FanFic/{{Vortex}}'', chapter 8, when Anne says "No" and Revdur says "Yes". Again, Anne switches to "Yes" and Revdur wins.
* ''FanFic/{{Shatterheart}}'' in a reversal of CloningBlues [[spoiler: Real!!]]Syaoran is initially seen as an shallow imitation of [[spoiler: his clone]] and Kurogane has to learn that he's a separate person from the boy he first knew.

* The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/5979817 Cross-Cultural Contamination]]'' inverts AccidentalProposal - Mirage eats a box of electric blue candy given to him by Trailbreaker, but has no idea that Trailbreaker was proposing to him using Gygax tradition (which involves making electric blue candy as a proposal gift) and that by eating the candy, he was accepting said proposal. In other words, Mirage made an Accidental Acceptance.

* ''Art/TheFightingTemeraire'': ´RidingIntoTheSunset is partially inverted. the vessels are coming ''out of'' the sunset, but the significance --the sunset is beautiful and represents finality-- stands.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsZYjDo-ky0 reverse fanfiction tropes]] by WebVideo/ColeyDoesThings is, as the title would imply, all about Inverted Tropes. ThereIsOnlyOneBed becomes '''There Are Too Many Beds''', HanahakiDisease becomes '''Ikahanah Disease''' (causes those who are in a reciprocal relationship to eat flowers), '''Sold To A Boy Band''' becomes '''Bought a Boy Band''', [[FromRoommatesToRomance And They Were Roommates]] becomes '''And They Were In Separate Rooms''', FoundFamily becomes ''Found Foes'' (complete with VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 reference), HurtComfortFic becomes '''Comfort/Hurt Fic''', [[LoveIsInTheAir Sex Pollen]] becomes '''Abstinence Pollen''', [[WillTheyOrWontThey Slow-Burn]] becomes '''Speed Inferno''', ChildhoodFriends becomes '''Childhood Enemies''', '''Gang Leader Kidnapping''' (being kidnapped my a gang leader) becomes '''Gang Leader Kidnapping''' (**kidnapping** a gang leader), and LoveTriangle becomes '''Hate Triangle'''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsZYjDo-ky0 reverse fanfiction tropes]] by WebVideo/ColeyDoesThings is, as the title would imply, all about Inverted Tropes. ThereIsOnlyOneBed becomes '''There Are Too Many Beds''', HanahakiDisease becomes '''Ikahanah Disease''' (causes those who are in a reciprocal relationship to eat flowers), '''Sold To A Boy Band''' becomes '''Bought a Boy Band''', [[FromRoommatesToRomance And They Were Roommates]] becomes '''And They Were In Separate Rooms''', FoundFamily becomes ''Found Foes'' (complete with VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 reference), HurtComfortFic becomes '''Comfort/Hurt Fic''', [[LoveIsInTheAir Sex Pollen]] becomes '''Abstinence Pollen''', [[WillTheyOrWontThey Slow-Burn]] becomes '''Speed Inferno''', ChildhoodFriends becomes '''Childhood Enemies''', '''Gang Leader Kidnapping''' (being kidnapped my a gang leader) becomes '''Gang Leader Kidnapping''' (*kidnapping* a gang leader), and LoveTriangle becomes '''Hate Triangle'''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsZYjDo-ky0 reverse fanfiction tropes]] by WebVideo/ColeyDoesThings is, as the title would imply, all about Inverted Tropes. ThereIsOnlyOneBed becomes '''There Are Too Many Beds''', HanahakiDisease becomes '''Ikahanah Disease''' (causes those who are in a reciprocal relationship to eat flowers), '''Sold To A Boy Band''' becomes '''Bought a Boy Band''', [[FromRoommatesToRomance And They Were Roommates]] becomes '''And They Were In Separate Rooms''', FoundFamily becomes ''Found Foes'' (complete with VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 reference), HurtComfortFic becomes '''Comfort/Hurt Fic''', [[LoveIsInTheAir Sex Pollen]] becomes '''Abstinence Pollen''', [[WillTheyOrWontThey Slow-Burn]] becomes '''Speed Inferno''', ChildhoodFriends becomes '''Childhood Enemies''', '''Gang Leader Kidnapping''' becomes '''Gang Leader Kidnapping''', and LoveTriangle becomes '''Hate Triangle'''.

* The animated ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' reverses the "male predator = vampire" expectation in an early episode when a fat, lecherous man hires a prostitute and feels her up while leering at her. The viewer is cringing for the inevitable DisposableSexWorker scene when Alucard reveals himself and calls out the vampire... who is the prostitute. (Though [[TheVamp dangerously sexy women]] are also a trope, so...)
* The [[AlternateContinuity 2009 TV Special]] of ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' inverts the AdaptationalBadass trope; the title character went from being the poster-cub of {{Killer Rabbit}}s to a wimpy coward.
* ''Anime/{{Interstella 5555}}'' reverses the AlienAbduction trope by having the ''humans'' abduct the ''aliens''.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'''s Colonel Roy Mustang is a HeroKiller ''killer'', wiping the floor with Homunculi.
* ''Literature/OkamiSan'' inverts the GuysSmashGirlsShoot trope. Eponymous ActionGirl Ōkami relies on GoodOldFisticuffs, whereas Ryoshi Morino uses slingshot initially.
* ''Manga/AkameGaKill'' inverts HeroicCaninesVillainousFelines with the hero's and villain's Imperial Arms. Leone (one of the heroes) has an Imperial Arms that gives her cat-based powers, while Seryu (one of the villains) has one that looks like a dog.

* Light Yagami from ''Manga/DeathNote'' is very deliberately a complete Inversion of the StockShonenHero. He's a VillainProtagonist; he's a TVGenius, instead of being BookDumb; he doesn't have to go through TrainingFromHell to [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential unlock his true potential]], he just finds a magic notebook randomly, his strong sense of justice leads to him turning into a villain; he's cool and calculated instead of being HotBlooded; where most Shonen protagonists are proponents of ThePowerOfFriendship, Light is almost completely sociopathic and rather than having a ToBeAMaster plotline he instead has a quest to get himself worshipped as a god via a prolonged spree of mass murder.

* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'':
** [[spoiler:Nadeshiko]] inverts the OccidentalOtaku trope. As a child, she was raised to be a YamatoNadeshiko, but hated being forced into such a restrictive lifestyle. Then she discovered an American movie, and became so enamored with the freedoms American children were allowed compared to her own upbringing that she developed an obsession with America, to the point of dying her hair blonde and calling herself [[spoiler:"Naddy"]].
** Yamame inverts the OneHeadTaller trope. Her exact height is 200 centimetres (6' 7"), which is taller than most men. She seems aware of the unusual nature of this trope being inverted, as she was insecure about bending down to kiss Rentarou until he stood all his other girlfriends on dirt piles to make them seem as tall as her to prove that he's willing to love girls of any height.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/VillainousCartoonNetwork Villainous]]'' inverts HateSink. There is literally nothing remotely good in Black Hat, as far as we've seen. He's nailed down kicking dogs and generally being unpleasant to an art form. However, how he carries himself due to how powerful and impressive he is, along with being a VillainProtagonist, means the audience can't help but like how inexplicably awesome he is.

* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'' Inverts XanatosSpeedChess. When it comes to Heather, she is quick to take advantage of anything that comes her way, though often times the results backfire in her face, sometimes quite literally.

* ''LightNovel/OkamiSan'' inverts the GuysSmashGirlsShoot trope. Eponymous ActionGirl Ōkami relies on GoodOldFisticuffs, whereas Ryoshi Morino uses slingshot initially.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' inverts MalignedMixedMarriage by having the Asari ostracize Asari who have romantic relationships with other Asari.
* ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'' hands out an [[CosmeticAward Achievement]] for infiltrating the homeworld of a pre-[[FasterThanLightTravel FTL]] Reptilian species while playing as a Humanoid species, which would mean pulling off the exact opposite of a ReptilianConspiracy.

** Akira Toriyama also likes to invert LargeAndInCharge, as often when there is a pair or group of new characters (usually villains), the smaller, less intimidating-looking one is the leader (and often [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking the most powerful]]). Examples include Commander Red compared to the rest of the Red Ribbon Army, Vegeta compared to Nappa, Freeza compared to most of his underlings like the [[EliteMooks Ginyu Force]], Babidi compared to Yamu, Spopovich, and Dabura, Beerus compared to Whis, and Zeno compared to all of his attendants and angels.

* ''The Caveman's Valentine'' inverts the generally parent-to-child SoProudOfYou by having Lulu say this to her [[Creator/SamuelLJackson crazy father]].

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'' inverts AbsurdlyHugePopulation. According to Dragon Ball Minus, the Saiyan population was only a few thousand on their home planet before Frieza destroyed them. It implied because there was a warrior race constantly at war with other races and each other, it was difficult for them to increase their numbers.

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' inverts TheChainOfHarm. In the climax after being forgiven for her betrayal by her friends, Mei repays that debt by extending a hand of caring and understanding to her traumatized mother. That support gives Ming the inner strength she needs to apologize to ''her'' mother for losing control and scarring Wu so long ago.