History Main / SdrawkcabAlias

* In ''The Last Seduction'', there's a rather convoluted example. Linda Fiorentino's character is adept at mirror writing, and can easily reproduce her signature upside down and backwards. At one point in the movie, she is preoccupied with her plan to return to New York, and is caught off-guard by someone asking her name. She instinctively replies "Kroy... Wen...dy Kroy." And uses "Wendy Kroy" as her alias from that point on.

* An early ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' comic had a criminal masquerading as record shop owner "Old man [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Rekoj]]". He has also gone by Dr. J. Reko, [[DepravedDentist DDS]].
* It once took the JusticeSocietyOfAmerica an entire issue to realise that evil Professor Elba and kindly Professor Able were one and the same. Not exactly their finest moment.

* For legal reasons, the Melvins album ''Prick'' was credited to Snivlem.

* Toriyama loves this one. He recently revealed in an interview that Mr. Satan's (whose FamilyThemeNaming involves devil puns) moniker is just a wrestling stage name. His real name? Mark. A bit of a LostInTranslation pun to American audiences: pronounced with a Japanese accent, it sounds like "Maaku." Reverse the order of the syllables and you get "Akuma," [[BilingualBonus a Japanese word meaning "devil" or "demon."]]

* ''TheCulture''
** In ''TheCulture/ConsiderPhlebas'', Bora Horza Gobuchul at one point identifies himself as Orab.

** Such is the case with all of Organization XIII, although not every member's original name is known. There's Ansem (Xemnas), Braig (Xigbar), Dilan (Xaldin), Even (Vexen), Aeleus (Lexaeus), Ienzo (Zexion), Isa (Saïx), and [[spoiler:Sora]] (Roxas) in addition to the aforementioned Lea. Things get confusing when it turns out that [[spoiler:Xemnas (an incarnation of Xehanort) stole his name from another character he was an apprentice to before becoming a Nobody]] and that Xion, the 14th member introduced in ''Days'', [[spoiler:has her real name given as "No.''i''", [[SignificantAnagram hinting at how she's only a nominal, not an official, member of the group]], as she's an incomplete, female Replica of Sora]].

* Hector from ''CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' 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 [[TheGrimReaper Death]].

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When Dracula does this, see {{Alucard}}.

** The sixth arc provides Kanon's [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname real name]], [[spoiler:Yoshiya]]. This is, in fact, a modified Japanese reversal of [[spoiler:Shannon's real name, Sayo]]. [[spoiler:Shi and ya need to be slurred together into one sound, as the Japanese kana does to write the letter "Sha," and you wind up with "Shayo," which is only slightly different from "Sayo."]] This was one of the many big hints given in that arc that [[spoiler:Shannon and Kanon are probably the same character with some sort of SplitPersonality disorder]].

* He was also called Kintobor in ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''. ''Julian'' Kintobor, at that. "Julian Kintobor of the House of Ivo", fully. (In ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM SatAM]]'', he was called "Julian", but no last name was given.) However, it gets confusing considering that there are separate Kintobor and Robotnik families! [[AllThereInTheManual The Official Encyclopedia]] [[{{Retcons}} clears the matter]]: When Julian came to power, he took his father's name (Ivo) and mother's surname (Robotnik).

* He was also called Kintobor in ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''. ''Julian'' Kintobor, at that. "Julian Kintobor of the House of Ivo", fully. (In ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM SatAM]]'', he was called "Julian", but no last name was given.) However, it gets confusing considering that there are separate Kintobor and Robotnik families! [[AllThereInTheManual The Official Encyclopedia]] [[{{Retcon}} clears the matter]]: Ivo Kintobor married one of Gerald Robotnik's daughters, thus united the two lines. When Julian came to power, he took his father's name and mother's surname.

* The GrandFinale of the original ''Manga/LupinIII'' manga series featured the MusicalAssassin Ataginez. [[spoiler: Turns out it's Inspector Zenigata in disguise.]]

* In the KC Grand Prix ''Anime/YuGiOh'' arc, Yugi's grandpa disguises himself as a duelist named Apnarg to enter a tournament. If [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] were a bit more clever, they could've gone with Nomolos.

* In ''PrincessNine'', Nene disguises Kanako by reversing the syllables in her name -- Konaka Tami.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''

* The GrandFinale of the original Manga/LupinIII manga series featured the MusicalAssassin Ataginez. [[spoiler: Turns out it's Inspector Zenigata in disguise.]]

* ''SonicTheHedgehog''
** In the Fleetway continuity, Dr. Robotnik used to be a friend of Sonic's, a kindly scientist called Dr. [[MeaningfulName 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 [[Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehog Archie Comic series]]. ''Julian'' Kintobor, at that. "Julian Kintobor of the House of Ivo", fully. (In [=SatAM=], he was called "Julian", but no last name was given.) However, it gets confusing considering that there are separate Kintobor and Robotnik families! [[AllThereInTheManual The Official Encyclopedia]] [[{{Retcon}} clears the matter]]: Ivo Kintobot married one of Gerald Robotnik's daughters, thus united the two lines. When Julian came to power, he took his father's name and mother's surname.
* One story of the ''Turma da Mônica'' (''MonicasGang'') comics had Monica, Cebolinha/Jimmy Five and Cascão/Smudge meeting a knight named Rengaw (actually an [=RPG=]-obsessed man living in his very own fantasy world) and getting captured by a dragon. At one point, Cebolinha [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this by saying that Rengaw's name is just "Wagner" backwards, implying that this might be Rengaw's real name.
* An early ''{{Batman}}'' comic had a criminal masquerading as record shop owner "Old man [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Rekoj]]". He has also gone by Dr. J. Reko, [[DepravedDentist DDS]].

* In ''TerryAndThePirates'', the Dragon Lady sometimes used the alias Miss Nogard.
* In ''FoxTrot'', Eileen uses the on-line handle 'Sgt. Neelie'.

* ''YoungSherlockHolmes''. 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 Piers Anthony's ''[[IncarnationsOfImmortality 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 Arthurian legend's use of a backwards name is {{Lampshaded}} in Gerald Morris' novel ''The Ballad of Sir Dinadan'': "Tramtris. That was the best he could come up with. Didn't you realize it was Tristram?" Spoofed further when Dinadan talks to a holy hermit who wants to write an allegorical adventure story, the villain of which is "Stultus," being Latin for fool. Then the two dismiss that as too obvious and call him "Sutluts" instead. So much better. When "Tramtris" comes in and begs Dinadan not to reveal his name, Dinadan says "Don't worry. If anyone asks, I'll say you're Sir Sutluts."
* In ''{{Deryni}} Checkmate'', Duke Alaric Morgan's bard Gwydion ap Plenneth informs him about public opinion in his ducal capital Coroth, including popular songs against Morgan. One of these is about an evil oppressor and entitled "The Ballad of Duke Cirala". In his report, Gwydion lampshades the trope: "...I might also mention that the name Cirala is quite familiar if one only spells it backward: C-I-R-A-L-A-A-L-A-R-I-C."

* ''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.

* Taken to extremes and lampshaded in ''YoungWizards'', where a [[spoiler:dog]] turns out to be [[spoiler:guess]].
* One Dutch children's book titled ''Lyc-Drop'' features a character called Seuz. He turns out to be a Greek deity, and if you can't guess which one, you just might be an idiot.
** He's not the god of canals, is he?

* In ''Dead Beat'', a novel of ''TheDresdenFiles'', Harry gives himself a minor self-deprecation for not figuring out that [[spoiler:Sheila (shee-la)]] was [[spoiler:Lasciel (la-sheel)]].

* Creator/RobertAHeinlein'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: [[SubvertedTrope Stobor are]] [[HumansKillWantonly hu]][[HumanityIsInsane mans]]; [[WhatYouAreInTheDark their competing classmates]]]].

* 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.

* The RedHotChiliPeppers' song titled "Emit Remmus" has a stealth TitleDrop in chorus: "London in the summertime".
* StevieWonder released an instrumental album credited to Eivets Rednow.

* The BloodhoundGang's ''One Fierce Beer Coaster'' ends with a short sketch consisting of someone doing a [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] impression and [[DontExplainTheJoke explaining the joke of the album title]] - to avoid potential copyright issues, it was titled "Reflections Of Remoh".
* After The Gits' vocalist Mia Zapata's murder, JoanJett 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.

* [[spoiler: Sarevok/Koveras]] in ''BaldursGate''. The part of the trope description where one would expect him to be more imaginative is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when one of his underlings mistakenly thinks that you're working for him too and tells you all the details of the EvilPlan. Regarding the pseudonym, he says something like "Not very original, I'll admit, but then it's not like any of us are gonna be stupid enough to tell him that!"
* ''Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn'' features Danved as a playable character, who has a striking resemblance to Devdan in ''Path of Radiance''. Instead of a full reversal, they swapped the syllables and reversed one of them. Furthermore, in the Japanese release, Danved was known as Nadved -- a full reversal. [[DubInducedPlotHole Said Japanese name was also used]] in ''Path of Radiance'''s Danved/Largo supports.

* ''KingdomHearts''
** Axel's name turned out to be a reversal of his original name (Lea) with an X added.

* Though ''StarcraftII'' has only just begun its "trilogy", WildMassGuessing has already pegged a certain [[spoiler:Professor Narud]] as being an important character from the previous game who was conspicuously absent in this one. WordOfGod has since confirmed this.
* One puzzle in ''VideoGame/KingsQuestI'', 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.

* Similarly, the AlmightyJanitor Mr. Suez in ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans'' is... well, you figure it out.

* [[TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah's]] production company is called Harpo, Inc.
** Fun fact: In TheColorPurple, Oprah Winfrey played Sofia, whose husband was named Harpo.
* People do fall for this in real life. WaltDisney bought up land in Florida with a dummy company called Retlaw Enterprises. "Retlaw" = "Walter".

* One of the pen names of DrSeuss was "Theo [=LeSieg=]", a reversal of his actual surname, Geisel.

* In "The Further Adventures of Nick Danger", on the FiresignTheatre's album ''How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All?'', the title character looks up at one point and reads the name written on his office door: "Regnad Kcin".
** This is because he's inside his office, and the door is closed, not because his name is spelled incorrectly.

* The official web site for the film ''Film/{{Memento}}'' is [[http://otnemem.com http://otnemem.com/]].

** He was also called Kintobor in the [[Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehog Archie Comic series]]. ''Julian'' Kintobor, at that. "Julian Kintobor of the House of Ivo", fully. (In [=SatAM=], he was called "Julian", but no last name was given.)

-->-- '''[[spoiler:[[CaptainObvious Mr. Burns]]]]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

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* During his initial appearance in ''TotallySpies'', 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 ''TheSimpsons'', 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.
* Greek god Ares goes by the alias "Mr. Sera" in ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' "Hawk and Dove".
* Similarly, the AlmightyJanitor Mr. Suez in ''ClassOfTheTitans'' is... well, you figure it out.
* In ''ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue'', the BigBad's MadScientist assistant, Dr. Trebla, turns out to be Shaggy's missing Uncle Albert in disguise.

* A series of German children's novels by James Krüss include the Baron Lefuet, from the reverse of the German word for Devil.

* The ShoutOutThemeNaming of the main characters in ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'', has Tomoko Nozoma, who was named after ''KamenRiderAmazon''.