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'''Basic Trope''': A character, animal, or vehicle is helpless if flipped on its back.
* '''Straight''': ''Legends of Troperia'' features a [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant beetle]] as an obstacle for its heroes. They manage to flip it over, at which point it can only flail helplessly.
* '''Exaggerated''': Flipping over causes the giant beetle to go instantly comatose.
* '''Downplayed''': The giant beetle can get back on its feet, but only with considerable time and effort, leaving it open to attack.
* '''Justified''': The giant beetle's shell is very hard and flat on the back, leaving it in a bad position to get up from, and it's not strong enough to get back up on its own.
* '''Inverted''': The beetle somehow becomes ''[[AttackBackfire more powerful]]'' after the heroes manage to flip it over.
* '''Subverted''': TheBigGuy gives the beetle a mighty shove while it's rearing up for an attack, causing it to go tumbling end over end... with enough force that it ends up landing back on its feet.
* '''Double Subverted''': The beetle lands close to a ledge. It takes a few steps backwards and accidentally falls off, ultimately landing on its back and being unable to get up.
* '''Parodied''': The beetle has a button on a pendant chained around its head, which it manages to press while flipped over. A lift assist team comes in to get the beetle back on its feet, like it's an old person who fell down.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The beetle is a RecurringBoss. Sometimes it's competely helpless when flipped over, sometimes it can get back up, and sometimes it can still defend itself when on its back.
* '''Averted''': The heroes defeat the beetle without ever thinking to flip it over.
%%* '''Enforced''': Something in RealLife that causes ExecutiveMeddling and/or the authors to use the trope.
* '''Lampshaded''': "It landed... on its back? I don't think it'll be getting up any time soon..."
* '''Invoked''': TheSmartGuy of the team tries a plan to lure the beetle close to a ledge, hoping to make it fall off and land on its back.
* '''Exploited''': After the beetle flips over, the heroes waste no time in [[AttackItsWeakPoint attacking its exposed underbelly]] with everything they've got.
* '''Defied''': Knowing that the beetle failed the first time due to being flipped over, the EvilGenius equips it with a self-righting mechanism on its back, so it can get back up.
* '''Discussed''': "That thing's shell looks pretty flat on top. If we can flip it over, it might not be able to get back up!"
* '''Conversed''': "Oh, you got to the giant beetle boss! He's really easy if you can flip him over and lower his defence."
* '''Implied''': TheBigGuy's trophy room includes a portrait of him with his sword planted into the giant beetle, which is lying helplessly on its back.
%%* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in a way that shows various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
%%* '''Reconstructed''': The trope is played straight, but with the problems raised by the {{deconstruction}} dealt with or addressed.
%%* '''Played for Laughs''': The trope is played straight in a comedic way.
%%* '''Played for Drama''': The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.
%%* '''Played for Horror''': The trope is played in a horrifying way.
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[[FlippingHelpless Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!]]
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* '''Straight''': ''Legends of Troperia'' features a [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant beetle]] as an obstacle for its heroes. They manage to flip it over, at which point it can only flail helplessly.
* '''Exaggerated''': Flipping over causes the giant beetle to go instantly comatose.
* '''Downplayed''': The giant beetle can get back on its feet, but only with considerable time and effort, leaving it open to attack.
* '''Justified''': The giant beetle's shell is very hard and flat on the back, leaving it in a bad position to get up from, and it's not strong enough to get back up on its own.
* '''Inverted''': The beetle somehow becomes ''[[AttackBackfire more powerful]]'' after the heroes manage to flip it over.
* '''Subverted''': TheBigGuy gives the beetle a mighty shove while it's rearing up for an attack, causing it to go tumbling end over end... with enough force that it ends up landing back on its feet.
* '''Double Subverted''': The beetle lands close to a ledge. It takes a few steps backwards and accidentally falls off, ultimately landing on its back and being unable to get up.
* '''Parodied''': The beetle has a button on a pendant chained around its head, which it manages to press while flipped over. A lift assist team comes in to get the beetle back on its feet, like it's an old person who fell down.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The beetle is a RecurringBoss. Sometimes it's competely helpless when flipped over, sometimes it can get back up, and sometimes it can still defend itself when on its back.
* '''Averted''': The heroes defeat the beetle without ever thinking to flip it over.
%%* '''Enforced''': Something in RealLife that causes ExecutiveMeddling and/or the authors to use the trope.
* '''Lampshaded''': "It landed... on its back? I don't think it'll be getting up any time soon..."
* '''Invoked''': TheSmartGuy of the team tries a plan to lure the beetle close to a ledge, hoping to make it fall off and land on its back.
* '''Exploited''': After the beetle flips over, the heroes waste no time in [[AttackItsWeakPoint attacking its exposed underbelly]] with everything they've got.
* '''Defied''': Knowing that the beetle failed the first time due to being flipped over, the EvilGenius equips it with a self-righting mechanism on its back, so it can get back up.
* '''Discussed''': "That thing's shell looks pretty flat on top. If we can flip it over, it might not be able to get back up!"
* '''Conversed''': "Oh, you got to the giant beetle boss! He's really easy if you can flip him over and lower his defence."
* '''Implied''': TheBigGuy's trophy room includes a portrait of him with his sword planted into the giant beetle, which is lying helplessly on its back.
%%* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in a way that shows various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
%%* '''Reconstructed''': The trope is played straight, but with the problems raised by the {{deconstruction}} dealt with or addressed.
%%* '''Played for Laughs''': The trope is played straight in a comedic way.
%%* '''Played for Drama''': The trope is played in a melodramatic or serious way.
%%* '''Played for Horror''': The trope is played in a horrifying way.
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[[FlippingHelpless Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!]]
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