"She put something in my tea and had me cross over to this other world where I saw another version of myself. It was a really intense trip, and trust me, I've had a few. My junior year was pretty wild—jam bands, mushrooms, Birkenstock Kevin—[...] But this was something else entirely. It was everything your sister said—a different dimension, a parallel universe—whatever you wanna call it, it's real."

—Chrissy Beppo to Lois Lane^[src]

The Inverse World,^[1][2][3] also known as the Bizarro World,^[2][4] is a "bizarre" alternate dimension to Earth-TUD25. It differs from that universe in a number of ways, such as having a red square sun,^[5] and its Earth is a rounded cube instead of spherical, as is its moon.^[2][6]

Overview

This dimension was the home universe of Kal-El and his family. This dimension has its own version of some American businesses; including Warner Bros. Studios, the U.S. Postal Service, and the Daily Planet, which is now titled The Planet Weekly.^[7] Its Smallville Gazette is named Deadline Smallville Daily.^[2]

History

Following the Big Bang, Earth-TUD25's reality split under unknown circumstances creating an inverse version of the universe adjacent to the original.^[5]

Kal-El was a superhero in this world, with his brother, Tal-Rho being famous as well. At some point Kal married Lois Lane. Around 2005, Lois became pregnant and the couple moved from Metropolis to Inverse World. Around 9 months later, in 2006, Lois gave birth to their twin sons, Jonathan and Jordan-El. At some after, when Jonathan and Jordan were still babies, Tal got married to Lana. ^[6] At some point, President Seinfeld called for investigation of the Star City riots,^[7] likely caused by Ally Allston.^[6]

Eventually, Ally Allston used her pendant to become the dictator of this world, with Lana-Rho, Jonathan-El, Tal-Rho, and Mitch Anderson as her followers. After she took over, Kal-El was no longer well regarded by the .^[6]

A few months later, Kal-El defeated Ally's followers and stole her pendant. Then he went to Earth-TUD25 to destroy her pendant before both versions could merge together, but he got stuck in the Shuster Mines. He was later released but was confronted by his Earth-TUD25 counterpart^[5] and was later killed by Lieutenant General Mitch Anderson, who gave the pendant to Earth-TUD25's Ally.^[8]

Later, Ally, Anderson, and her followers tried to enter the Inverse World through a portal, but Ally was stopped by Superman and trapped in the DOD, and Anderson managed to enter.^[1] Lucy Lane used her father Sam's DOD keycard to break Ally out of her cell. Ally then used Kal-El's armor to safely travel to the Inverse World. Superman then followed her through the portal. In the Inverse World, Anderson and Superman joined Kal-El's family against Ally, and she managed to merge with her counterpart. Later, Jon-El went to Earth-TUD25 to merge with his Earth-TUD25 counterpart.^[9][6]

Jon was able to travel to Earth-TUD25 through the portal connecting the two worlds and went to the Kent Farm, but he was later defeated by Jordan Kent and was arrested.^[6][10]

With her new powers, Ally began to merge the worlds.^[11] As Ally merged them, people and objects from both worlds began to pass through the portals and merge (flicker/disappear at random). John Henry Irons^[12] and Tal-Rho tried to stop Ally, but she defeated Irons and later began to absorb powers from Tal, but Jordan Kent appeared and stopped her. When John Irons and Natalie Lane Irons tried to destroy the portals, Ally tried to kill them, but they were saved by Superman. They fought, and Ally tried to absorb his powers, but this overwhelmed her and caused her to split. Superman later managed to separate the worlds by flying around them. The Allys were arrested by the Department of Defense, where they were held in the same cell.^[13]

The Inverse Society tries to merge with their shadow selves.

The portal, close up.

Inside/through the portal.

The Sun of this world.

A map of this Earth.

Earth-TUD25 and the Inverse World begin to merge.

As viewed from the Inverse World's Earth.

The worlds have merged together.

Known individuals

Residents

Former residents

• Ally Allston (currently on Earth-TUD25)
• Mitch Anderson (deceased)
• Jonathan-El (currently on Earth-TUD25)
• Kal-El (deceased)
• Kal-El's mother (deceased)
• Lana-Rho (currently on Earth-TUD25)
• Tal-Rho (deceased)
• Francis P. Duffy (deceased)

Visitors

From Earth-TUD25

• Ally Allston
• Mitch Anderson
• Superman
• Tal-Rho

Known locations

• Sol (star)
  • Earth (planet)
    • North America (continent)
    • United States (country)
      • California (state)
        • Burbank (city)
        • Los Angeles (city)
          • Hollywood (neighborhood)
            • Ricardo Montalbán Theatre (building)
      • New York (state)
        • New York City (city)
          • Times Square (plaza)
      • Massachusetts (state)
        • Boston (city)
      • Metropolis (city)
      • Kansas (state)
        • Smallville (town)
          • El Farm (farm)
          • Hofherr Building (building)
          • Shuster Mines (landmark)
      • Star City (city)
      • Washington, D.C. (capitol city)
    • Pacific Ocean (ocean)
    • Eurasia (continental landmass)
      • Asia (continent)
        • Asia-Pacific (region)
      • China (country)
        • Shanghai (city)
        • Taiwan (island)
          • Taipei (city)
      • Japan (country)
        • Tokyo (city)
    • Europe (continent)
      • France (country)
        • Paris (city)
    • Africa (continent)
      • Madagascar (country)
    • Atlantic Ocean (ocean)
      • South America (continent)
      • Antarctica (continent)
        • Kal-El's fortress (structure)
    • Moon (moon; in orbit)
• Krypton (planet; destroyed)

Appearances

Superman & Lois

Comics

EARTH-PRIME

• "Controlled Burn" (pictured)

Trivia

Planets & stars

• The Inverse World's Earth is cube-shaped like its comic counterpart, Htrae. Other objects that are spherical on Earth-TUD25, including pool balls, also take on a cube shape in the Inverse World.^[6]
• In the Inverse World, everything down to the locations, signs, television broadcasts and even the sentences spoken by humans from Earth-TUD25 are all backwards (mirrored, even punctuated inversely). This also happens with those who visit the Inverse World from Earth-TUD25 and vice versa, as seen with Superman upon reaching the Inverse World.^[6]
• The Earth (Inverse World)'s red sun appears to work slightly different from Earth-TUD25's red sun lights/lamps, as Superman is still weakened by it, but does not immediately lose his powers like he has in other situations. This is also the same case with their Kryptonite, as he remained unaffected by the stockpile in the inverse Shuster Mines.
  • Also, on the show it is it's own dimension rather then a separate universe (though it has sometimes been referred to as such, as with Earth-TUD22 for the new multiverse & original multiverse, when regarding the newly discovered existence of Earth-TUD25's multiverse) per se; and its void's space is much more than a single planet (and now with its own Moon & Sun) like it was in the comics.

Behind the scenes

• In the DC comics, the Bizarro World, also known as Htrae, is a backwards world created by the deformed clone of Superman known as Bizarro, commonly depicted as a cube, and populated by further clones of Bizarro and Lois Lane, as well as Bizarro versions of Superman's friends and rogues gallery. It was originally a different planet that was created in the same universe at first but then in the New 52, it was allocated into a parallel universe with the designation "Earth 29". However, in the comics, all of Bizarro World's inhabitants share Bizarro Superman's chalky white skin, backwards way of thinking and low intellect, and unlike this Inverse World, which is a fully-realized world in it's own right, Htrae is simply a crude recreation of Earth itself (and is even spelt backwards!).
• Real-life similarities (all of which has been mentioned or seen) that have been confirmed to exist on this Earth (Inverse World) include;

People

• • Writers such as Emma Bull and Steven Brust, who co-authored the book Freedom & Necessity;
  • Political figures and celebrities such as Jordan Michael, Jerry Seinfeld,
  • soldiers such as the chaplain Francis P. Duffy;

Media

• • books such as Freedom & Necessity and Professional Skin Care;
  • films such as Pacific Rim, Misfired and Portal 29;
  • magazines such as Persons Magazine and Youngstime;
  • Broadway musicals such as Newsies, Once and Cinderella, and the Tony Awards & Grammy Awards ceremonies;
  • Hollywood shows hosted at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre in Los Angeles;
  • songs such as the music track album Magna Carta Holy Grail and Ween's "Tried and True";

Organizations

• • U.S. military groups such as the Department of Defense's US Army;
  • U.S. national or state-wide events, such as: the 1630 founding of Boston; Massachusetts & 1625 for New York City, the establishment of Washington, D.C. in 1783, the 1899 newsboys' strike in New York, the Spanish-American war, World War I, Mexican cross-border raids, annual Fourth of July independence/holiday celebrations, and the New Years' Times Square ball drop;
  • U.S. Government agencies and organizations such as the United States Postal Service and New York's Parks Department/NYC Parks/New York City Department of Parks and Recreation;
  • American sports such as Scat & Dander's pool billiards and Jordan Michael's basketball;
  • American companies/businesses, and international corporations/conglomerates, such as: Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank; California, the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood; Los Angeles, & Times Square's Academy Bus Charter, American Eagle Outfitters, Bank of America, Clear Channel Outdoor, The CW, Disney, Forever 21, MAC Cosmetics, Mariott Marquis, Hankook: driving emotion, McDonalds, Kodak, Toshiba, and NYC's taxicabs in New York;
  • Chinese companies/businesses, and international corporations/conglomerates, such as: Oriental Pearl Tower (东方明珠广播电视塔), Ping An (中国平安), BoCom (交通银行), Bank of China (中国银行), China Customs (中国海關), HSBC (滙豐集團), Super Brand Mall (正大广场), Mirae Assets (未来资产), Pudong Shangri-La (浦東香格里拉大酒店), , BEA (東亞銀行), Aurora (震旦), and Citigold (花旗集团), all established with offices around The Bund in Lujiazui, Shanghai;

Miscellaneous

• Cult groups had a very important and pivotal role when it came to the inter/national politics of this Earth (Inverse World) due to the fact that various members came from across the world as rogue elements and made a home in the USA.
• Next to Earth-1, Earth-38, Earth-X, Earth-90, Earth-19 and Earth-TUD5, this earth has a whole history of events that has occurred on it, but is typically only inferable from Times Square's billboards or U.S. national riots that occurred due to the rise of Ally Allston's Inverse Society cult.
• This Earth (Inverse World)'s history is akin to a few others including Earth-1, TUD25 and X except for the outcome of certain events such as World War I.
• This earth is identical to both Earth-1, TUD5 and TUD25 in many ways such as aesthetics (except for everything facing backwards), time (except for everything being spoken backwards), social demographics, the existence of real-life figures such as celebrities, politicians and artists, currency, law enforcement, crime, vigilantism, international government, mass media, fine art, history, historical events, holidays, international politics/political issues, the internet, social issues, magic, life/and everyday life, physical laws, nature, Greek Mythology, science, popular culture and technology unlike many other Earths in the new multiverse.

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