Editing Flipped Images

[[File:BL backwards.png|thumb|200px|Choosing between fresh and fly]]
When animating characters from different angles, it is often easier to '''flip images''' rather than draw new ones. While often this technique works, without careful attention the flip will reverse text or other asymmetric features unintentionally. [[The Brothers Chaps]] will sometimes do this intentionally as a parody of cheap or amateur animation, although sometimes they fall prey to this themselves. [[Matt Chapman|Matt]] has referred to this as "Blue Laser Commander eyepatch syndrome."

==Appearances in Alternate Animation Styles==
===[[Cheat Commandos]]===
*[[Blue Laser Commander]]'s eyepatch often switches eyes, though the Blue Laser insignia on his chest usually isn't flipped.
*[[Silent Rip]]'s headset and vest buttons switch sides.
*[[Fightgar]]'s ammunition sash switches sides.
*The aisle of [[Price Style]] that has been shown has the same goods on both sides, but flipped.
*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] &mdash; Fightgar, shooting his machine gun, flips a few times, switching his shooting arm a few times. This is seen again in an Easter egg in [[virus]].
*[[Let us give TANKS!]] &mdash; The fork in the injured Blue Laser Minion's eye switches eyes depending on which direction he is facing.
*[[An Important Rap Song]] &mdash; The "fresh honey" scene is the same as the "fly girlie" scene, but flipped; the "BL" logos on the [[Blue Laser Minion]]'s and Blue Laser Commander's uniforms are backwards.
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 1]] &mdash; [[Flashfight]]'s medals switch sides. Silent Rip's Jaded Teen Pizza hat's logo flips as well.
*[[2 Part Episode: Part 2]] &mdash; The text on Dryghost's T-shirt is backwards when he is seen riding the Ramshankle.

===[[Powered by The Cheat]]===
*Most characters have a noticeable flip animation when turning around.
*[[New Boots]] &mdash; [[The Cheat]]'s cool boots sometimes have the dollar sign backwards. Homestar's sock-covered foot changes after being knocked down. Coach Z's medallion is sometimes shown backwards in the scenes with multiple Coach Zs in front of the multicolor background.
*[[Rap Song]] &mdash; [[Tenerence Love]]'s watch switches wrists.
*[[Where U Goin' 2]] &mdash; In the "paunchberry ice cream dancing team" scene, The Cheat's "PAUNCH" shirt flips, and many cartons of ice cream in the back are backwards.

===Others===
*[[Teen Girl Squad 3]] &mdash; After meeting a possum, [[What's Her Face]]'s exposed leg switches sides when the girls pose.
*[[Ballad of the Sneak]] &mdash; The monocles on the members of [[The Barbershop Trio]] occasionally switch eyes.
*[[Under Construction]] &mdash; The green glob on [[1-Up]]'s face changes sides when he moves into the background.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]], [[Stinkoman_20X6_Walkthrough_Level_4|Level 4]] &mdash; [[Stinkoman]]'s stone fist switches between being his left hand and right hand, depending on which direction he's facing.
*[[From the Vault]] &mdash; The second-to-last scene in the roller coaster portion is a flipped version of a previous scene.
*[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] &mdash; The duck on Homestar's shirt flips before Homestar somersaults.
*[[The Limozeen Advantage]] &mdash; When [[Limozeen]] is running from the Galactic Space Hippo Spider, one scene is simply the previous scene flipped. The band members' shirts are flipped, reversing the Z logo and Perry's shirt design.
*[[Weekly Fanstuff 2007]] &mdash; A [[Trogdor]] balloon is flipped so that there are two of them.
*[[Twenty THANXty Six]] &mdash; When Stinkoman is wearing his [[Wikipedia:Deere & Company|John Deere]] hat, the logo flips horizontally each time his head changes directions. 

==Appearances in the Standard Animation Style==
*[[Marzipan]]'s eyes are occasionally backwards. In the DVD commentaries for [[marzipan]] and [[suntan]], Matt accuses Mike of doing this. Other characters with [[mismatched eyes]], like [[Bubs]] and [[The Poopsmith]], usually have their eyes placed consistently, so Marzipan is a bit of an anomaly.
*[[Senor Cardgage]]'s combover switches sides. In the DVD commentaries for [[alternate universe]] and [[rated]], Mike points this out.
*Features on the [[Tragic Clown Dog]] costume switch sides, most notably the teardrop and, in [[On Break]], the door for Strong Bad's face. 
*[[Tofu Homestar]] faces different directions in [[The Luau]] and the [[Luau Main Page]], but since he's just drawn on blocks of tofu he should be unable to do so.
*[[The Luau]] &mdash; Coach Z's nametag flips when he turns his head.
*[[A Jorb Well Done]] &mdash; The label on the "job" tape is backwards in some scenes.
*[[A Decemberween Pageant]] &mdash; Coach Z's headset switches sides.
*Email [[ghosts]] &mdash; The Ghostbusters logo on Strong Bad's T-shirt is sometimes backwards.
*Email [[dragon]] &mdash; Coach Z's [[Wormdingler]] drawing flips. Mike points this out in the DVD commentary.
*[[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]] &mdash; Bubs's eyes flip when he walks away as [[Homestar]] looks in the bag.
*Email [[personal favorites]] &mdash; The Kikkoman logo is backwards on some soy sauce bottles.
*Email [[funny]] &mdash; While Strong Bad is doing something bizarre in front of Strong Sad, the floppy disk taped to his head flips occasionally.
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] &mdash; The moon on [[Pom Pom]]'s body flips when he and Homestar split with Bubs and [[Coach Z]].
*Email [[couch patch]] &mdash; In the Strong Sad flashback where Lil' Strong Bad is writing on the couch, the text on the marker is mirrored.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] &mdash; The [[Pom Pilot]] has its text reversed. Coach Z's medallion is backwards at one point as well.
*Email [[replacement]] &mdash; The Cheat's name tag appears on the opposite side when he turns around to leave.
*Email [[pom pom]] &mdash; The [[BMW Lighter]] has a backwards logo at some points.
*Email [[other days]] &mdash; Homestar's polo shirt, with "Diskettes Etc." on it, switches sides and yields backwards text.
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] &mdash; [[Strong Mad]]'s Pistons jersey is reversed when leaving the locker room.
*Email [[garage sale]] &mdash; [[Gooblies]]'s image is flipped, as evidenced by the "G" on the tag being backwards.
*Email [[portrait]] &mdash; In the Easter egg, the keyswordtar switches directions as Strong Bad waves it around.
*Email [[more armies]] &mdash; Coach Z's medallion briefly appears backwards.
*Email [[bike thief]] &mdash; When Strong Bad turns around after talking to Bubs, the berries and branches on his bush disguise are reversed, as is the label on his box of [[Bubs' Old Pizza]].
*Email [[4 branches]] &mdash; Strong Bad's polo shirt's logo switches sides.
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] &mdash; The advertised burger flips when its name is changed.
*[[Rotten Eggs]] &mdash; [[Strong Bad]] tosses the egg between his hands, flipping the text on it.
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] &mdash; The buttons on Homestar's shirt switch sides when he faces different ways, as do The Cheat's zippers as he faces different directions.
*[[Which Ween Costumes?]] &mdash; Homestar's costume's fold switches sides when he turns around to comment on Strong Sad's costume.

==See Also==
*[[Hanna-Barbera]]
[[Category:Inside Jokes]] [[Category:Entertainment running gags]]