History Laconic / OppositeDay

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The day when you say the opposite of what you mean.

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Not the day when you say the opposite of what you mean.

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->'''Not A Dude:''' I'm gonna punch you in the face! *prepares fist*
->'''Not A Guy:''' But it's Opposite Day.
->'''Not A Dude:''' OH NOOOO- *fist lands on own face*
-->-- Definitely not WebAnimation/{{asdfmovie}} 5

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%%The last rule of OppositeDay is you do NOT talk about OppositeDay!
%%%Except in Moonside Wiki.

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.

Do not compare JustTheIntroductionToTheOpposites. Has nothing to do with RussianReversal. Closely related to {{Not}}... '''''Not!'''''

!!Aversions

[[AC:Neither {{Anime}} nor {{Manga}}]]
* Manga/{{Yotsuba}} spent a chapter, ''Yotsuba & the Restaurant'', playing the Opposites Game with Dad, Asagi, and Torako. She capped it by calling Asagi "an ugly old hag" without warning...
* 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.

[[AC:Not LiveActionTV]]
* There was an Opposite Day episode of ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'', where Ugg and Budnick switched positions; Budnick went DrunkWithPower.
* ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'' had a series of Opposites skits OnceAnEpisode, set up by a clever prank on one of the cast members.
* ''Series/TheColbertReport'' has [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/182107/july-25-2006/the-word---opposite-day a relevant segment available online for leisurely viewing]].
* ''Series/TheWhitestKidsUKnow'' had a sketch on it, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEqgTw7N_88 here]].
* One episode of ''Series/WorldsDumbest'' features such things as a guy in a banana costume attacking a guy in a gorilla costume and a convenience store clerk stealing from a customer, prompting Mike Trainor to wonder if it's Opposite Day. He then imagines "World's Smartest Law-Abiders," featuring a man crossing the street on the green light, Frank Stallone complimenting him and saying that he must be Russian, and [[DumbBlond Tonya Harding]] using SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. Trainor then decides that he doesn't like Opposite Day.

[[AC:Not NewspaperComics]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' had a story arc based on this and the logical paradoxes inherent to it.
-->'''Calvin''': Is there a bee on my back or not?
-->'''Hobbes''': No.
-->'''Calvin''': Good, now I- OW!
-->'''Hobbes''': ''*Hiding in a tree*'' Remember, at midnight Opposite Day is over. Got it?
-->'''Calvin''': ''*Holding a baseball bat*'' 'Yes'.

[[AC:Not WebAnimation]]
* ''UnforgottenRealms'' had [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unforgotten-realms/468-Episode-15-Opposite-Day an episode]] using Opposite day while dealing with a random encounter.
* The {{ASDFMovie}} and its sequels had an opposite day, especially asdfmovie5, which provides the page quote.

[[AC:[[WebOriginal Web Unoriginal]]]]
* The comedy group Derrick Comedy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiFKS62wQAA parodied this]].
* Serves as a minor plot point in the [[http://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'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffGXR1AlRO8 parody]] based on it.
* There was an episode on Website/NFLQuarterbacksOnFacebook devoted to the subject.
* 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]].

[[AC:Not WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''. HilarityEnsues from TheGrimReaper's unfamiliarity with the concept. A blatant logical paradox thwarts him at the last second.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''' first season includes [[ThreeShorts half an episode]] titled after this trope.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'':
-->'''Wooldorf''': "Foxxy does not have a brain tumor. ''[all sigh with relief]'' I too would be relieved, were it not ''opposite day!''"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode, ''The Wife Aquatic'' has Homer believing it's opposite day. The captain of the ship that Homer is on tells the crew "It's not opposite day!" in response to Homer's shenanigans and one of the crew members responds with "That must mean it '''is''' opposite day!".
* Every word spoken by Ramjet, Starscream's lying clone, in [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental materials]], from ''TransformersAnimated''.
* The animated adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'' features an episode where Iznogoud attempts to take advantage of the Opposite Day to permanently take the Caliph's place.
* There was a ''WordGirl'' episode whose plot revolved around this trope.
* ''{{Archer}}'' had a bit in the episode "Viscous Coupling" where Cheryl believed they were in Opposite World, resulting in her mixed-up communications interfering with Archer's plan.

[[RealLife Unreal Life]]
* 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 was 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 was depicted with the musical number "Topsy Turvy".
* 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.

* One episode of ''Series/TheSmokingGunPresentsWorldsDumbest'' features such things as a guy in a banana costume attacking a guy in a gorilla costume and a convenience store clerk stealing from a customer, prompting Mike Trainor to wonder if it's Opposite Day. He then imagines "World's Smartest Law-Abiders," featuring a man crossing the street on the green light, Frank Stallone complimenting him and saying that he must be Russian, and [[DumbBlond Tonya Harding]] using SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. Trainor then decides that he doesn't like Opposite Day.

* 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]].

* The {{ASDFMovie}} and its sequels had an opposite day, especially asdfmovie5.

[[WebOriginal Web Unoriginal]]

* The animated adaptation of ''{{Iznogoud}}'' featured an episode where Iznogoud attempted to take advantage of the Opposite Day to permanently take the Caliph's place.

Not the day when you say the opposite of what you mean.
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