History Main / HeadTurnedBackwards

* This happens to Sheen Estevez in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' episode "Vanishing Act" when he reattaches his head after finding his body, which also heavily Lampshades this trope.

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* A biker goes on a roadtrip with his girlfriend, who's wearing a leather jacket back-to-front to reduce the wind. The bike crashes, sending both into the bushes. When the biker comes to, he gets up to find his still-unconscious girlfriend surrounded by helpful locals, one of which is telling the others, "On three, [[NeckSnap we twist her head]] back right way round! One, two, three!"
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* This is the "power" of lesser {{ComicBook/Nightwing}} foe Torque. Due to radical surgery following a NeckSnap, he continues to live with his head turned 180 degrees.

* Deliberately invoked in ''PerdidoStreetStation'', where some of Motley's moth-keepers are reMade this way to allow them to safely view the moths through mirrors while the rest of their bodies are directed towards them.

* A sketch show on [[TheBBC Radio 4]] had a man wake to find his head was on backwards. It turned out to have been done by medical students as a fundraising stunt -- to raise money for the victims of their previous fundraising stunts.

* ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'': After demonstrating that having Ezra's head loped off isn't going to stop her, Cube counter this by letting it fall backwards on her neck, and her regeneration power immediately glue it in position, putting a serious damper on her combat capability. Until her brother turns said head the right way, in a move that would be a NeckSnap if they weren't undead.

* Happens to Moredcai in ''RegularShow'', caused by a rap battle of all things.

* The hero of "The Two Brothers" from the Creator/BrothersGrimm collection is beheaded in his sleep by a wicked marshal. When [[TheBeastmaster the hero's]] train of [[LoyalAnimalCompanion animal companions]] find him, they send the hare to fetch a magic root that can restore people back to life. It works, but the not-too-bright animals have put his head on the wrong way. The hero does not immediately realize this due to being lovesick, and only when he tries to eat lunch he notices there is something amiss. The animals fess up to their mistake, and the lion mends the damage by ripping the head off with his talons, then putting it back on the right way with the magic root.

* A biker goes on a roadtrip with his girlfriend, who's wearing a leather jacket back-to-front to reduce the wind. The bike crashes, sending both into the busehes. When the biker comes to, he gets up to find his still-unconscious girlfriend surrounded by helpful locals, one of which is telling the others, "On three, [[NeckSnap we twist her head]] back right way round! One, two, three!"

When a [[{{Telefrag}} freak teleportation accident]], [[LosingYourHead head reattachment]] [[EpicFail gone wrong]] or some other strange occurrence ends up with a character's head on or turned the wrong way. Could also be the result of AmusingInjuries. Very likely to happen after a CraniumChase.

When a [[{{Telefrag}} freak teleportation accident]], [[LosingYourHead head reattachment]] [[EpicFail gone wrong]] or some other strange occurrence ends up with a character's head on or turned the wrong way. Could also be the result of AmusingInjuries.

!!Examples

* ''DeathBecomesHer''. After a fall down a flight of stairs, the now-immortal Madeline finds her neck broken and her head backward. Cue the quote above.
* ''TheEmpireStrikesBack'' sees this happen to C-3PO after Chewbacca reassembles him.

-->-- '''Madeline Ashton''', ''DeathBecomesHer''

* There's a LaurelAndHardy short where they run into some big guy who threatens to "turn their heads north and south" if they don't stop annoying him. The final scene shows them with their heads on backwards.

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* This happens to Sheen Estevez in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron'' episode "Vanishing Act" when he reattaches his head after finding his body, which also heavily Lampshades this trope.

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* WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes, ''RabbitFire''. One of Elmer's gunshots turns Daffy's head upside down.

When a [[{{Telefrag}} freak teleportation accident]], [[LosingYourHead head transplant]] [[gone wrong]] or some other strange occurrence ends up with a character's head on or turned the wrong way. Could also be the result of AmusingInjuries.

When a freak teleportation accident, or some other strange occurrence ends up with a character's head on or turned the wrong way, but this is a case where this is the result of a teleportation or tripping, or bumping against something accidentally. Could also be caused by the head being reattached backward.

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* LooneyTunes, ''RabbitFire''. One of Elmer's gunshots turns Daffy's head upside down.

* In ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', this happens to [[MelBrooks President Skroob]] via TeleporterAccident:

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''. In one instance, in ''Bender's Big Score'', Zoidberg affixes Hermes' head wrong.

* In ''{{Spaceballs}}'', this happens to [[MelBrooks President Skroob]] via TeleporterAccident:

[[caption-width-right:320:"Hey, check it out! Now I can see where I've been!"]]

* ''LooneyTunes'', "RabbitFire". One of Elmer's gunshots turns Daffy's head upside down.

!!Examples:
* ''DeathBecomesHer''. Uses the quote above.
* ''TheEmpireStrikesBack'' sees this happen to Threepio after Chewbacca reassembles him.
* In ''{{Spaceballs}}'', this happens to President Skroob via TeleporterAccident:

* ''{{Futurama}}''. In one instance, in ''Bender's Big Score'', Zoidberg affixes Hermes' head wrong.
-->'''Zoidberg:''' I thought you were happy. Look, your tail is wagging.
* This happens to Sheen Estevez in ''TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron'' episode "Vanishing Act" when he reattaches his head after finding his body, which also heavily Lampshades this trope.

* In the ''[[DivineComedy Inferno]]'', fortune-tellers have to walk forwards with their heads on backwards, unable to see what is ahead, [[IronicHell because of their forbidden attempts to see the future in life]].

* ''LooneyTunes'', "RabbitFire". One of Elmer's gunshots turns Daffy's head upside down.
* In the ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' episode "Neptune's Spatula", King Neptune blasts Patrick to cinders. He revives him, only with his face on his butt.