History Main / AbnormalLimbRotationRange

* Cats, having detached collarbones, can turn their heads further than people, to the degree of being able almost look backwards.

** So can Bowser in ''Super Paper Mario''. [[Chuggaaconroy Chugga]] did not ignore this.

** So can Bowser in ''Super Paper Mario''. [[Chugaaconroy Chugga]] did not ignore this.

** So can Bowser in ''Super Paper Mario''. {{Chuggaa}}conroy did not ignore this.

** So can Bowser in ''Super Paper Mario''.

* ''ComicBook/DoctorMidNite'': Hooty the Owl.

* Lyra has this in the ''Fanfic/TriptychContinuum'' due to an unusual degree of just about full-body double-jointing, leading to some rather nonstandard postures which virtually nopony else can replicate. Just watching her stretch can be a mildly traumatizing experience.
* Similarly, the [[Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse Lunaverse]] iteration of Lyra is specifically noted to be amazingly flexible for a pony, capable of bending her limbs and back in ways that would badly hurt just about anypony else.

* Hooty the Owl from Creator/DCComics.
* Owl (Leland Owlsley) from ''Mainstream'', ''Age of Apocalypse'', ''Everyone knew Daredevil was blind'', ''Super Spidey Stories'' and ''Last Gun on Earth Universe'' in Creator/MarvelComics.
* The DC SuperVillain Ragdoll completely revolves around this. He's triple-jointed, meaning that he can bend any of his body parts to any position he wants. His youngest son, the ComicBook/SecretSix's Ragdoll, was born with normal joints. Daddy Doll didn't take too kindly to this, and had all of his joints replaced with omnidirectional ball and sockets, so he’ll bend in every possible way, and even some impossible ways. It helps that he has the [[WordOfGod stated]] superpower of superfast surgical recovery...
* One of Franchise/SpiderMan's lesser-known powers, famously emphasized by Todd [=McFarlane=] during his run.

* Famous Let's Player ''LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}'' can turn his feet backwards and walk with them. It's really fucking creepy and he knows it.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has this happen to some of the characters, including [=SpongeBob=].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** It happens to Homer Simpson in "Treehouse of Horror XVI", to parody the above ''Exorcist''. He also does it again with audible crunching noises in the car with the family screaming him to turn the head to the left instead farther to the right.
** It also happens to Maggie Simpson in "Home Sweet Home-Diddily-Dum-Doodily" and the unusual thing is.. it's not a Halloween episode!
** The carny son, Spud, in "Bart Carny" can unhinge all joints at once and twists his body around.

'''Grytpype:''' [[CatchPhrase You silly]] ''[[CatchPhrase twisted]]'' [[CatchPhrase boy.]]

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'': One of the perks of being a far more advanced version of the Lin Kuei {{cyber ninja}}s is that Frost has unlimited articulation on all of her joints. One of her attacks involves wildly spinning her torso and outstretched arms, while her lower body and head remain facing forward. Other moves allow her to create [[ThisIsADrill ice drills]] from her forearms and launch them at her opponents. She can also use DetachmentCombat, in which a new head will materialize and automatically affix itself to her robotic body.

* The DC SuperVillain Ragdoll completely revolves around this. He's triple-jointed, meaning that he can bend any of his body parts to any position he wants. His youngest son, the ComicBook/SecretSix's Ragdoll, was born with normal joints. Daddy Doll didn't take to kindly to this, and had all of his joints replaced with omnidirectional ball and sockets, so he bend in every possible, and even some impossible ways. It helps that he has the [[WordOfGod stated]] superpower of superfast surgical recovery...

[[caption-width-right:350:[[BodyHorror Please, stop!]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[BodyHorror Please stop]]!]]

* Used in the 1999 horror game ''VideoGame/{{Koudelka}}'', the first in the series that would become ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts''. Basically, a man named Patrick resorts to using black magic to bring back his dead love, Ellaine. As is typical with most grief-based resurrections, said love is brought back as a soulless MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil with the image of an angel. When the team of heroes first meet her, she emerges gooey from a demonic flower and then proceedes to hop onto the ceiling and crabwalk across the ceiling. Even after being shot down from the ceiling, the monster gets right back up (complete with bones breaking and limbs contorting to an almost hose-like consistency) and chases after the heroes, still in her crabwalk pose. This, combined with the primitive graphics and the fact she never changes her facial expression beyond DissonantSerenity puts this squarely on UncannyValley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6_eDb75BoA

* Orianna of ''Franchise/LeagueOfLegends'' is a [[{{Magitek}} Hextech]]/clockwork robot powered by a large key in her back. The fact she can freely twist her arms to wind said key unassisted is one of many things that others find [[UncannyValley deeply unsettling]] about her.