diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Characters/Character.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Characters/Character.cs
index 8e75cc189a..c5cb63a0f5 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Characters/Character.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Characters/Character.cs
@@ -5994,6 +5994,20 @@ public void StopClimbing()
             AnimController.StopClimbing();
             ReleaseSecondaryItem();
         }
+        public void TryFlipCharacter()
+        {
+            if (AnimController is FishAnimController fishAnimController)
+            {
+                if (fishAnimController.CurrentFishAnimation.Flip)
+                {
+                    fishAnimController.Flip();
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                AnimController.Flip();
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     class ActiveTeamChange
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Characters/Health/Afflictions/AfflictionHusk.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Characters/Health/Afflictions/AfflictionHusk.cs
index fbed88ebec..2697e5155e 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Characters/Health/Afflictions/AfflictionHusk.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Characters/Health/Afflictions/AfflictionHusk.cs
@@ -385,6 +385,10 @@ private IEnumerable<CoroutineStatus> CreateAIHusk()
             }
 
             husk.SetStun(5);
+            if (character.IsFlipped)
+            {
+                husk.TryFlipCharacter();
+            }
             yield return new WaitForSeconds(5, false);
 #if CLIENT
             husk?.PlaySound(CharacterSound.SoundType.Idle);
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Map/Levels/Level.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Map/Levels/Level.cs
index ef426fdb44..5ba2bd926a 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Map/Levels/Level.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Map/Levels/Level.cs
@@ -4973,6 +4973,10 @@ public void SpawnCorpses()
                     corpse.EnableDespawn = false;
                     selectedPrefab.GiveItems(corpse, wreck, sp);
                     bool spawnAsHusk = Rand.Value() <= Loaded.GenerationParams.HuskProbability;
+                    if(Rand.Value() <= 0.5)
+                    {
+                        corpse.TryFlipCharacter(); // Random chance to spawn flipped
+                    }
                     if (spawnAsHusk)
                     {
                         corpse.TurnIntoHusk(playDead: true);
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/StatusEffects/StatusEffect.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/StatusEffects/StatusEffect.cs
index b85b390807..bdcb7408c7 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/StatusEffects/StatusEffect.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/StatusEffects/StatusEffect.cs
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ public AITrigger(XElement element)
 
         private readonly int useItemCount;
 
-        private readonly bool removeItem, dropContainedItems, dropItem, removeCharacter, breakLimb, hideLimb;
+        private readonly bool removeItem, dropContainedItems, dropItem, removeCharacter, breakLimb, hideLimb, flipCharacter;
         private readonly float hideLimbTimer;
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -1014,6 +1014,9 @@ protected StatusEffect(ContentXElement element, string parentDebugName)
                         removeCharacter = true; 
                         containerForItemsOnCharacterRemoval = subElement.GetAttributeIdentifier("moveitemstocontainer", Identifier.Empty);
                         break;
+                    case "flipcharacter":
+                        flipCharacter = true;
+                        break;
                     case "breaklimb":
                         breakLimb = true;
                         break;
@@ -1671,6 +1674,9 @@ protected void Apply(float deltaTime, Entity entity, IReadOnlyList<ISerializable
             PhysicsBody parentItemBody = parentItem?.body;
             Hull hull = GetHull(entity);
             Vector2 position = GetPosition(entity, targets, worldPosition);
+
+            bool isNotClient = GameMain.NetworkMember == null || !GameMain.NetworkMember.IsClient;
+
             if (useItemCount > 0)
             {
                 Character useTargetCharacter = null;
@@ -1748,6 +1754,17 @@ protected void Apply(float deltaTime, Entity entity, IReadOnlyList<ISerializable
                     if (targetCharacter != null) { RemoveCharacter(targetCharacter); }
                 }
             }
+            if (flipCharacter && isNotClient)
+            {
+                for (int i = 0; i < targets.Count; i++)
+                {
+                    var target = GetCharacterFromTarget(targets[i]);
+                    if (target != null)
+                    {
+                        target.TryFlipCharacter();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             if (breakLimb || hideLimb)
             {
                 for (int i = 0; i < targets.Count; i++)
@@ -1817,8 +1834,6 @@ protected void Apply(float deltaTime, Entity entity, IReadOnlyList<ISerializable
                 }
             }
 
-            bool isNotClient = GameMain.NetworkMember == null || !GameMain.NetworkMember.IsClient;
-
             for (int i = 0; i < targets.Count; i++)
             {
                 var target = targets[i];
@@ -2130,6 +2145,10 @@ entity is Item item &&
                                     foreach (var target in targets)
                                     {
                                         if (target is not Character character) { continue; }
+                                        if (character.IsFlipped)
+                                        {
+                                            newCharacter.TryFlipCharacter();
+                                        }
                                         if (characterSpawnInfo.TransferInventory && character.Inventory != null && newCharacter.Inventory != null)
                                         {
                                             if (character.Inventory.Capacity != newCharacter.Inventory.Capacity) { return; }