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* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', "Arnold Visits Arnie", where (for example) Stumpy is the smart kid and Fifi is the idiot, as opposed to Stinky being the idiot and Phoebe being the smart kid. The episode itself is the opposite of an earlier episode, "Weird Cousin".

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' had the main characters go to another school for a kickball game. Gus takes notices of the similarities to their school before they face their opponents. Which are near clear cut copies of themselves--except a majority of the counterparts are a [[RaceLift different race]] and TJ's a girl.

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* The heroes of the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'' have encountered several of these. In addition to two of the "standard" good-to-evil-switch [[MirrorUniverse mirror universes]], there was Neanderthal-Earth (all the people were the same, but they were all neanderthals), Ape-Earth (where gorillas were the dominant species and humans were just a kind of smart animal... though there was an entire city of "Smart Humans" hidden in the mountains of Africa), Lizard-Earth (where the dinosaurs never died out and everyone was a Deinonychus-like being), Medieval-Earth (modern society based on magic rather than technology, where science never got past the Dark Ages.
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* Wrestling/CMPunk called the October 10, 2011 episode of [[Wrestling/WWERaw Monday Night RAW]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments something to this effect]] while commentating a match between Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} and Wrestling/JohnCena guest-reffed by Wrestling/TripleH since everyone else[[note]]besides just enough of the tech team needed to run the show[[/note]] had walked out on Hunter the week before.

* In episode 132 of ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'', Mametchi and his friends find a secret village in the forest called Tamagotchi Village, where all of the inhabitants are the same as Tamagotchi Village but with their personalities reversed (for example, the normal Mametchi is a smart GadgeteerGenius, whereas his Tamagotchi Village counterpart, Mamesaku, is a nerd who doesn't invent anything).

* Similarly, FanFic/TheRainsverse is set in a world where the Mane Six fell into darkness, and where Chrysalis and Sombra are the {{BigGood}}s. Moreover, the six Rainsverse Bearers are all ponies who, in the Celestiaverse, were villains (Lightning Dust as the Bearer of Laughter, Aria Blaze as the Bearer of Honesty, Suri Polomare as the Bearer of Loyalty, Starlight Glimmer as the Bearer of Generosity, Sonata Dusk as the Bearer of Kindness, and Adagio Dazzle as the Bearer of Magic).
* FanFic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse is something of a Deconstruction of this trope. Essentially, it starts by reversing two fundamental elements of MLP canon. In the first place, it is Celestia who fell into madness, not Luna. In the second, six canonical background ponies become friends and find the Elements of Harmony (Trixe Lulamoon as Element of Magic, Lyra Heartstrings as Element of Loyalty, Ditzy Doo as Element of Kindness, Raindrops as Element of Honesty, Carrot Top as Element of Generosity, and Cherilee as Element of Laughter). The Deconstruction lies in the next step, which is the extensive analysis of all the other things that are changed (not just reversed, but changed in all sorts of ways) either as a result of or in order to cause the two primary changes, as well as the consideration of what things ''don't'' change.
* Fanfic/BeyondTheOuterGateLies: Harry refers to the ''LightNovel/HighschoolDxD'' universe as this, and it fits the profile. In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', devils and angels (both regular and Fallen) are pillars of creation, have nigh-infinite power, can only be created by god, and are almost as hard to kill. Magic functions on willpower and emotion. And the wizard never gets the girls. In ''LightNovel/HighschoolDxD'', most devils aren't much stronger than humans, they can reproduce normally or turn humans into devils, and can be killed almost as easily. And magic is performed with complex math.

* This is the basic premise of the ''Franchise/{{The Legend of Zelda}}'' fanfic "Zelda and the Manacle of Cahla." Zelda is the hero of humble origins saving the world, Link is the prince and heir to the throne, Ganondorf is the royal family’s advisor, and Hyrule is a Steampunk-y {{Magitek}} empire instead of a medieval kingdom. However, it is revealed everything is a lot more complicated: [[spoiler:This universe was created by Ganondorf mucking with time travel, and Zelda is Link's long lost big sister and therefore ''still'' a princess.]]

* {{Franchise/Transformers}} features the "[[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass Shattered Glass]]" universe, where heroic Decepticons fight evil Autobots.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has the Edolas arc, and [[AuthorAppeal it's apparent the mangaka likes this trope]]. Among other things, [[FieryRedhead Natsu]] is an ExtremeDoormat, [[TheChick Lucy]] is a {{Delinquent}} {{Tsundere}}, [[WalkingShirtlessScene Gray]] wears multiple layers of clothing and stalks [[StalkerWithACrush Juvia]], and [[BrokenBird Erza]] is a villain. It's also revealed that [[spoiler: Mystogan is actually that universe's counterpart to Jellal, who came over to the regular universe to stop his world from harvesting magic power that doesn't belong to it.]]

->''"Inverted world, where the spazzes make fun of the cool guys!"''\\
--'''Tom Servo''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' ''(Film/{{Laserblast}})''

** The Wishverse is not a Bizarro world, despite Cordelia's remark "I wish us all to Bizarro World", but a combination of ForWantOfANail and a subversion of WonderfulLife (Cordy wished somebody ''else'' had never come to Sunnydale).

** At the Bizarro Coffee Shop (i.e., Reggie's), the Bizarro Gang sits in a booth by the window, which the normal gang does but rarely (and often to their consternation).

* On ''Series/TheDailyShow'', John Oliver referred to "Bizarro Hitler", who spent his time hugging Jews and got his ass handed to him by France. Also, his face was all moustache except above his lip- when Jon Stewart said he imagined Bizarro Hitler would be a black man with blond hair and a pencil beard, Oliver told him he was thinking of Dennis Rodman.

** Most recently, ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' expanded upon the 23rd century of the Mirror Universe. Phillipa Georgiou is now a ruthless tyrant, her adopted daughter Michael is a traitor. Meek Cadet Tilly is now a cruel captain with the unimaginative nickname "Captain Killy".

** Bizarro has been around long enough (and had enough different people writing him) that in any given story it's possible for him to be embracing nearly any variation on this trope. Occasionally he's treated as a villain (actually evil) but usually he's portrayed as more of a hindrance (he tries to be helpful but is really bad at it, or perhaps he just has a decidedly twisted notion of what "helpful" means). He is, however, nearly ''always'' dumber than the box of rocks he appears to be made of.

* On ''Series/TheDailyShow'', John Oliver referred to "Bizarro Hitler", who spent his time hugging Jews and got his ass handed to him by France. Also, his face was all moustache except above his lip- when Jon Stewart said he imagined Bizarro Hitler would be a black man with blond hair and a pencil beard, John Oliver told him he was thinking of Dennis Rodman.
** In another episode, Jon Stewart's Bizarro version is mentioned: the "ruggedly handsome, non-neurotic" Jon Leibowitz, who pretends to be independent, but actually is a "right-wing nutcase."

* A third season episode of ''Series/Glee'' saw Tina fall into a fountain, hitting her head, and seeing her Glee teammates' personalities switched.

* A ''Series/Glee'' story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9109281/1/Opposites-Attract Opposites Attract]]'', follows Kurt hitting his head and being launched into an alternate reality where all of his teammates have not only had their personalities twisted but even the UsefulNotes/{{Homosexual|gay characters}} have [[IncompatibleOrientation become straight]].

* Nick and Eve visit a parallel universe in an episode of ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' that is the exact opposite of Earth; humans live scared and in constant danger inside primitive tribal camps always under siege by very aggressive Wesen who cannot [[GameFace Woge]]. Oh and everyone speak German.

* The old ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode ''Inferno'' saw the Doctor accidentally transported to an alternate universe where Britain had become a fascist, militant country. While he's able to redeem a few of the alternate characters, he's unable to save them and winds up traumatized as he's forced to watch them being killed by the volcanic eruption that was set off by their experiment before he escapes. ExpendableAlternateUniverse is very much not at play: his failure to stop its destruction haunts him for some time after this.

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' had an episode with a universe where the Charmed Ones are evil and demons are good. It also turned out that the "Power of Three" which normally requires three sisters could be used by combining the normal and reversed universe characters' powers as the Power of Four.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' had the heroes travel to a mirror universe where all the heroes were villains. We never see the mirror universe counterparts of the villains, though other things are backwards. For example: a woman doing laundry takes her clean clothes and throws them into a mud puddle to make them dirty.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'':

** And more fittingly, many of the inhabitants are the counterparts of characters from ''Ocarina of Time'', but with radically different names, occupations and/or personalities. The stuck-up princess is in a rock band, the same girl at two different ages is now a pair of sisters, etc.

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* The heroes of the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'' have encountered several of these. In addition to two of the "standard" good-to-evil-switch [[MirrorUniverse mirror universes]], there was Neanderthal-Earth (all the people were the same, but they were all neanderthals), Ape-Earth (where gorillas were the dominant species and humans were just a kind of smart animal... though there was an entire city of "Smart Humans" hidden in the mountains of Africa), Lizard-Earth (where the dinosaurs never died out and everyone was a Deinonychus-like being), Medieval-Earth (modern society based on magic rather than technology, where science never got past the Dark Ages.
* The ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'' episode "Bizarro Barbie" sends Raquelle to an alternate version of Malibu. While there, she effortlessly steals the spotlight of their Barbie (gloomy Blarbie), and makes friends with their Nikki and Teresa (agreeable Vicki and Clarrisa, respectively).

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* Termina is this to Hyrule in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''. While Hyrule is the home of the Triforce and watched over by 3 goddesses, Termina is watched over by 4 male giants.

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* ''TheHistoryOfTheWorldBackwards'' takes place in a parallel world where history flows backwards. So Nelson Mandela started life as a popular politician, then went to prison and became a terrorist, the United States fought to join Great Britain and Christopher Columbus loses the Americas and proves the world is flat.

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'''s Wishverse is not a Bizarro world, despite Cordelia's remark "I wish us all to Bizarro World", but a combination of ForWantOfANail and a subversion of WonderfulLife (Cordy wished somebody ''else'' had never come to Sunnydale).

* In a ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode, the boys visit an alternate universe with an alternate Red Dwarf, and meet female counterparts of Lister and Rimmer and even the computer Holly (it's a world with a female-dominated history). When the Cat runs off eagerly and lustfully to find his female counterpart:
--> '''Debbie Lister:''' I think he's in for a bit of a shock.
--> '''Dave Lister:''' Why?
--> '''Debbie Lister:''' His opposite isn't female.
--> '''Dave Lister:''' What is it?
--> '''Debbie Lister:''' It's a dog.

* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' an episode entitled "Mirror, Mirror", a transporter malfunction causes Kirk and some of his crew to be transported to a Bizarro World, where the Federation was a cruel, [[ANaziByAnyOtherName racist empire]] (complete with the [[strike:Nazi]] ancient Roman salute), and where ''[[BeardOfEvil Spock had a beard]]''.

* The old Canadian kid's show ''YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'' had every so often their 'Opposite Sketches', featuring this.

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* Apparently [[RussianReversal Soviet Russia]] is like this.
* ''{{Website/YTMND}}'' has a bizarro universe called "[[Film/FindingForrester Punch The Keys For God's Sake]]", where every meme is slightly changed [[note]]For example, "O RLY?" becomes "R U SHUR?"[[/note]]. Things get even more bizarre in other universes such as "YES YES", "Heh", "[[{{Film/Highlander}} You Have The Manners Of A Goat]]" and "Typing noises".

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* ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'': While driving into a bad neighborhood, Harold and Kumar watch in horror as a "crappier version of them" get beaten up by thugs.
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** Another IZ story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7737244/1/Mirror Mirror]]'', is about an accident with a portal sending Zim, GIR, Dib, and Gaz being sent to a universe where everyone's personalities are the opposite of the main universe. Here, Irkens are a peaceful race, Dib is a MadScientist who wants to rule the world, Gaz is a [[TastesLikeDiabetes sickeningly-sweet]] girl, and Professor Membrane is an idiot.

* In ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' volume ''A Game of You'', the character Wanda was supposed to be a (DC Comics) Bizarro fan (significant since she is a [[{{Transgender}} trans woman]] and had to deal with feeling very out of place growing up in the Bible Belt). However, Gaiman wasn't allowed to use the Bizarro name[[note]]it is left unstated whether the problem was with making DC Bizarro comics a part of the Sandman universe or if it was with a trans character liking the comics[[/note]], and instead had to invent an ersatz "Weirdzo" comic series for Wanda to like. This sadly interferes somewhat with her characterization as readers would have been more able to connect and sympathize with a Bizarro-reading Wanda.

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-->'''[[TheStinger Waldorf]]''': I wonder what this page would be like in Bizarro World? \\
'''[[Series/TheMuppetShow Statler]]''': Hm... Entertaining!?! \\
'''[[JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf Both]]''': Do-ho-ho-ho-ho!

* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' has the twin cities of Flipside and Flopside which are opposite counterparts to each other. The two cities look mostly the same, except all of the buildings are reversed and look more run down. The inhabitants have differently colored skin, opposite personalities, and differently shaped noses. Flipside has a white tower with seven doors leading to colorful worlds, while Flopside has an ominous black tower with a single large door leading into the void. And there are several other differences. Two inhabitants of the cities decide to switch places with each other when they are unhappy with their lives.

* Nick and Eve visit a parallel universe in an episode of ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' that is the exact opposite of Earth; humans live scared and in constant danger inside primitive tribal camps always under siege by very aggressive Wesen who cannot [[GameFace vogue]]. Oh and everyone speak German.

* ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'', the 7th installment of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is entirely based on an alternate universe then the original setting. Some sections of the plot, as well as the characters, are basically the same, such as Diego Brando, Gyro Zeppeli and Johnny Joestar. These three were the main characters of the original setting.