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* In Season 5 of the WebVideo/LifeSMP, Scar's Day 4 secret task is to do the opposite of everything someone tells him to do. When Impulse and Pearl come to him asking for a favor to gift a heart towards Skizz (who had lost a lot of hearts the previous session), he [[ApologeticAttacker hits Skizz twice]] instead to take a heart. When Joel and Martyn ask him to "come over here and take that helmet off" (because [[HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic helmets are against the rules of the series]], which he briefly forgot), he runs away and keeps it on.

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* In Season 5 of the WebVideo/LifeSMP, ''WebVideo/SecretLifeSMP'', Scar's Day 4 secret task is to do the opposite of everything someone tells him to do. When Impulse and Pearl come to him asking for a favor to gift a heart towards Skizz (who had lost a lot of hearts the previous session), he [[ApologeticAttacker hits Skizz twice]] instead to take a heart. When Joel and Martyn ask him to "come over here and take that helmet off" (because [[HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic helmets are against the rules of the series]], which he briefly forgot), he runs away and keeps it on.
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Do not compare JustTheIntroductionToTheOpposites. Has nothing to do with RussianReversal, BizarroUniverse, and MirrorUniverse. Closely related to {{Not}}... '''''Not!'''''

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* In Season 5 of the WebVideo/LifeSMP, Scar's Day 4 task is to do the opposite of everything someone tells him to do. When Impulse and Pearl come to him asking for a favor to gift a heart towards Skizz (who had lost a lot of hearts the previous session), he [[ApologeticAttacker hits Skizz twice]] instead to take a heart. When Joel and Martyn ask him to "come over here and take that helmet off" (because helmets are against the rules of the series, which he briefly forgot), he runs away and keeps it on.

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* In Season 5 of the WebVideo/LifeSMP, Scar's Day 4 secret task is to do the opposite of everything someone tells him to do. When Impulse and Pearl come to him asking for a favor to gift a heart towards Skizz (who had lost a lot of hearts the previous session), he [[ApologeticAttacker hits Skizz twice]] instead to take a heart. When Joel and Martyn ask him to "come over here and take that helmet off" (because [[HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic helmets are against the rules of the series, series]], which he briefly forgot), he runs away and keeps it on.

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* In Season 5 of the WebVideo/LifeSMP, Scar's Day 4 task is to do the opposite of everything someone tells him to do. When Impulse and Pearl come to him asking for a favor to gift a heart towards Skizz (who had lost a lot of hearts the previous session), he [[ApologeticAttacker hits Skizz twice]] instead to take a heart. When Joel and Martyn ask him to "come over here and take that helmet off" (because helmets are against the rules of the series, which he briefly forgot), he runs away and keeps it on.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The first season includes [[ThreeShorts half an episode]] titled after this trope, where Squidward lies to Spongebob and Patrick about there being an Opposite Day. He hopes that this will make them behave long enough for him to make the neighborhood presentable enough so he can sell his house and move out, but inevitably spirals out of control.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The first season includes [[ThreeShorts half an episode]] titled after this trope, where Squidward lies to Spongebob [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick about there being an Opposite Day. He hopes that this will make them behave long enough for him to make the neighborhood presentable enough so he can sell his house and move out, but inevitably spirals out of control.
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It actually lasted a very long time - into the 19th and perhaps early 20th century there was a tradition in Britain and the US for at least some wealthy households to still serve food and give gifts to the servants at Christmas. I could cite sources, but with no other sources on the page it feels unnecessary.


* There have also been similar festivals throughout European history, for example the Roman Saturnalia in which, for example, slaves might be waited upon by their masters and other Roman cultural norms were reversed. During the Middle Ages, some of these traditions even seem to have been attached to Christmas, including those pertaining to this trope.

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* There have also been similar festivals throughout European history, for example the Roman Saturnalia in which, for example, slaves might be waited upon by their masters and other Roman cultural norms were reversed. During the Middle Ages, some of these traditions even seem to have been become attached to Christmas, including those pertaining to this trope.
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* The "Boy Bishop" aspect of the Day of Misrule is reflected in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'''s Unseen University, which used to have a Boy Archcancellor tradition, in which the younger students would select one of their number to take this role during Hogswatchnight, and the senior wizards would have to do whatever he said. The Boy Archancellor was usually the least popular student, due to what happened on the following day, when the senior wizards were back in charge.

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* The *The "Boy Bishop" aspect of the Day of Misrule is reflected in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'''s ''The Literature/{{Discworld}} Companion'', which says Unseen University, which University used to have a Boy Archcancellor Archancellor tradition, in which the younger students would select one of their number to take this role during Hogswatchnight, and the senior wizards would have to do whatever he said. The Boy Archancellor was usually the least popular student, due to what happened on the following day, when the senior wizards were back in charge.
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* The "Boy Bishop" aspect of the Day of Misrule is reflected in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'''s Unseen University, which used to have a Boy Archcancellor tradition, in which the younger students would select one of their number to take this role during Hogswatchnight, and the senior wizards would have to do whatever he said. The Boy Archancellor was usually the least popular student, due to what happened on the following day, when the senior wizards were back in charge.
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->'''Not A Dude:''' I'm gonna punch you in the face! (''prepares fist'')\\

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%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''. HilarityEnsues from TheGrimReaper's unfamiliarity with the concept. A blatant logical paradox thwarts him at the last second.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'' features an episode fittingly entitled [[Recap/CraigOfTheCreekS4E13OppositeDay "Opposite Day"]]. In it, Opposite Day happens during solar eclipses, due to the light of day being turned into the opposite, the darkness of night. All the kids of the creek are compulsively acting opposite their true nature, such as Kelsey being a spineless pacifist instead of a confident warrior, or Kit giving away her wares for free instead of trading for them. This even extends to physical attributes becoming opposites, such as Kelsey's sword gaining healing properties, or the short girl Big Red being turned into a giant named Little Blue. After seeing the total chaos caused by this event, Craig, Kelsey, J.P. and Wren decide to end opposite day by lassoing the sun out of alignment. Wren points out that this shouldn't work due to all the laws of science broken by doing so, but Craig points out it is opposite day, so it should work because under normal circumstances it shouldn't. Which it does.
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* One ''WebAnimation/CyanideAndHappiness'' short is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zEGjlHZMiM set on the titular day.]] As usual for C&H, things start off innocently enough, and then take a turn for the dark and weird.

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* One ''WebAnimation/CyanideAndHappiness'' short is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zEGjlHZMiM set on the titular day.]] As usual for C&H, things start off innocently enough, and then take a turn for the dark and weird.weird -- culminating in some firefighters setting a building on fire.



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* The comedy group Derrick Comedy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiFKS62wQAA parodied this]].
* Serves as a minor plot point in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ9WEpZ4PCI first episode]] of the webseries Extended Run.
* [[http://twitter.com/#!/thedaleks/status/16575531376 TODAY WAS OPPOSITE DAY.]]
* There was a ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffGXR1AlRO8 parody]] based on it.
* There were several episodes of Website/NFLQuarterbacksOnFacebook devoted to the subject. And an "Assblast Week," which was basically Opposite Day under another name.
* The movie version of ''WebVideo/BerserkAbridged'' gives us a decidedly ''horrific'' take on Opposite Day by having this be the reason for [[spoiler:Gambino having Guts raped by Donovan]].
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* %%* The comedy group Derrick Comedy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiFKS62wQAA parodied this]].
* %%* Serves as a minor plot point in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ9WEpZ4PCI first episode]] of the webseries Extended Run.
* %%* [[http://twitter.com/#!/thedaleks/status/16575531376 TODAY WAS OPPOSITE DAY.]]
* %%* There was a ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffGXR1AlRO8 parody]] based on it.
* %%* There were several episodes of Website/NFLQuarterbacksOnFacebook devoted to the subject. And an "Assblast Week," which was basically Opposite Day under another name.
* %%* The movie version of ''WebVideo/BerserkAbridged'' gives us a decidedly ''horrific'' take on Opposite Day by having this be the reason for [[spoiler:Gambino having Guts raped by Donovan]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''. HilarityEnsues from TheGrimReaper's unfamiliarity with the concept. A blatant logical paradox thwarts him at the last second.

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* Every word spoken by Ramjet, Starscream's lying clone, in [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental materials]], from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''.
* There was a ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' episode whose plot revolved around this trope.

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* %%* Every word spoken by Ramjet, Starscream's lying clone, in [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental materials]], from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''.
* %%* There was a ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' episode whose plot revolved around this trope.
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* There was a Feast of Fools in medieval Europe, in which the commoners could do as they pleased, and the Lord of Misrule outranked the nobility for the day. Monasteries celebrated this Feast by choosing a young monk to be abbot for the day, eating and drinking in chapel and replacing services with songs and dancing that bordered on blasphemous. An aspect of this survived until more recent periods as the "Boy Bishop" ceremony on St Nicholas's Day. This was referenced in ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', where Quasimodo is mistaken for one of the revelers in a horrible mask and then crowned King of Fools due to his ugliness. In [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame the Disney movie]] this is depicted with the musical number "Topsy Turvy".

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* There was a Feast of Fools in medieval Europe, in which the commoners could do as they pleased, and the Lord of Misrule outranked the nobility for the day. Monasteries celebrated this Feast by choosing a young monk to be abbot for the day, eating and drinking in chapel and replacing services with songs and dancing that bordered on blasphemous. An aspect of this survived until more recent periods as the "Boy Bishop" ceremony on St Nicholas's Day. This was referenced in ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', where Quasimodo is mistaken for one of the revelers in a horrible mask and then crowned King of Fools due to his ugliness. In [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney the Disney movie]] this is depicted with the musical number "Topsy Turvy".
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': "Turnabout Day" at Madison High School, the brainchild of Walter Denton. Teachers were students and students were teachers, and Walter Denton was principal, regaled in a Osgood-Conklin style three-piece-suit. Miss Brooks wore a pair of tight jeans to school. [[DumbJock Stretch Snodgrass]] taught English while wearing a dress (and carrying a football). Mr. Conklin wore a three-propeller beanie and a Mickey Mouse shirt. Mr. Conklin had wanted nothing to do with the notion; but the head of the board of education, Mr. Stone, had "ordered" it. That is to say that Walter Denton forged Mr. Stone's signature on a letter to Mr. Conklin . . . .
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* In ''Franchise/{{Anpanman}}'', there is a character named Backwards Fairy who says the opposite of what he means. Baikinman has to watch what he says when he disguises himself as him.

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* In ''Franchise/{{Anpanman}}'', ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'', there is a character named Backwards Fairy who says the opposite of what he means. Baikinman has to watch what he says when he disguises himself as him.

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Opposite day is '''not''' the special day when everyone does the opposite of what they would normally do. On opposite day, which everyone agrees happens on a specific day of the year, you always tell the truth and do everything the same as usual.

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Opposite day is '''not''' '''[[SelfDemonstratingArticle not]]''' the special day when everyone does the opposite of what they would normally do. On opposite day, which everyone agrees happens on a specific day of the year, you always tell the truth and do everything the same as usual.
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Do not compare JustTheIntroductionToTheOpposites. Has nothing to do with RussianReversal. Closely related to {{Not}}... '''''Not!'''''

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Do not compare JustTheIntroductionToTheOpposites. Has nothing to do with RussianReversal.RussianReversal, BizarroUniverse, and MirrorUniverse. Closely related to {{Not}}... '''''Not!'''''
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The first season includes [[ThreeShorts half an episode]] titled after this trope.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The first season includes [[ThreeShorts half an episode]] titled after this trope.trope, where Squidward lies to Spongebob and Patrick about there being an Opposite Day. He hopes that this will make them behave long enough for him to make the neighborhood presentable enough so he can sell his house and move out, but inevitably spirals out of control.
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* There was a Feast of Fools in medieval Europe, in which the commoners could do as they pleased, and the Lord of Misrule outranked the nobility for the day. Monasteries celebrated this Feast by choosing a young monk to be abbot for the day, eating and drinking in chapel and replacing services with songs and dancing that bordered on blasphemous. An aspect of this survived until more recent periods as the "Boy Bishop" ceremony on St Nicholas's Day. This was referenced in ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', where Quasimodo is mistaken for one of the revelers in a horrible mask and then crowned King of Fools due to his ugliness. In [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame the Disney movie]] this is depicted with the musical number "Topsy Turvy".

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* There was a Feast of Fools in medieval Europe, in which the commoners could do as they pleased, and the Lord of Misrule outranked the nobility for the day. Monasteries celebrated this Feast by choosing a young monk to be abbot for the day, eating and drinking in chapel and replacing services with songs and dancing that bordered on blasphemous. An aspect of this survived until more recent periods as the "Boy Bishop" ceremony on St Nicholas's Day. This was referenced in ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', where Quasimodo is mistaken for one of the revelers in a horrible mask and then crowned King of Fools due to his ugliness. In [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame the Disney movie]] this is depicted with the musical number "Topsy Turvy".
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* There was an episode on Website/NFLQuarterbacksOnFacebook devoted to the subject.

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* There was an episode on were several episodes of Website/NFLQuarterbacksOnFacebook devoted to the subject.subject. And an "Assblast Week," which was basically Opposite Day under another name.
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* One ''WebAnimation/CyanideAndHappiness'' short is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zEGjlHZMiM set on the titular day.]] As usual for C&H, things start off innocently enough, and then take a turn for the dark and weird.
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* In ''Film/TheATeam'', B.A. wonders if it's Opposite Day when Hannibal carjacks him.
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