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* In the first ''[[Great Lakes Avengers]]'', [[Squirrel Girl]] and Grasshopper appear in an offstage prologue. Grasshopper says "The only people reading comics now are [[Take That, Audience!|overweight thirty-year-olds]] [[Basement Dweller|living in their mother's basement]]." [[Squirrel Girl]]'s sidekick replies in an inset: "Hey, fanboys, don't take that lying down! Write angry letters to [[Marvel]] today!"
* Hazmat in ''Avengers Academy'' #10: "Today's gonna suck as much as all the others... but just a little bit ''harder''. Because it's ''[[One More Day]]''... with ''no end in sight''."
* A comic story of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
== Film ==
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== Literature ==
* In ''[[
* Sci-fi author [[Philip José Farmer]], in his ''[[Riverworld]]'' series where all the Earth's population is resurrected into a wholly unexpected afterlife, has the character who is his [[Marty Stu]] in the book (legitimate, as we are ''all'' characters on the Riverworld) meet a publisher who once cheated him. Near-lethal vengeance is administered. The publisher is given the name Sharko.
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** At least one jab was aimed at the viewers, in a piece about computer games:
{{quote|"Yes, videogames are going through a renaissance, and you should not miss out - like you are now, by choosing to watch TV instead, like some kind of medieval throwback farmhand fuck."}}
* Although not a comedy, ''[[The Bill]]'' had a moment where two character were checking a hotel's CCTV cameras during an undercover operation. They were making comments related to the order of channels on the TV set. [[BBC 2]] was gardening, ITV (the show's own channel, before it became [[ITV 1]]) was adverts and the final conclusion to the joke was that [[Channel 4]] (not named) was sex, as they discovered Dave and Polly kissing in a hotel room. Taking the joke further, [[Channel Five]] equals porn (although, not as much... [[CSI Verse|these days]].)
* In one skit on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'', Colin Mochrie screamed at Ryan Stiles and Wayne Brady: "You're not human! You're less than human! You're ''network executives''!" However, after the game, Drew Carey went to great lengths to point out that Colin wasn't talking about ABC (the American one).
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*** And then, when that didn't work, he said them in ''Spanish'' (complete with ''subtitles''):
{{quote|"NBC is like a Goat that Eats Money and Shits Trouble."}}
* ''[[The Daily Show]]'' and ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' do this frequently. One toss between the two shows had a jealous Colbert mocking fellow Daily Show alumnus Ed Helms for [[The Office|not having a nightly show]]. When reminded that his own show was on ''Comedy Central'', Colbert broke down sobbing: "I know! God, it's horrible! I wish I was on the Food Network!"
** An episode of the former once showed a clip of [[Barack Obama]] being asked if he had ever seen the [[Comedy Central]] show '''[[Lil' Bush]]'', to which he replied "I heard of it, but I've never seen it." Cut to Stewart saying "Join the club."
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** Colbert also mocks this trope a lot, when he was feeling uneasy about giving Jon advertising.
{{quote|"No free rides, [[The Daily Show|guy]] who made my career."}}
* ''[[Strangers with Candy]]'' bit the hand hard in their final episode. Two property developers show up at Flatpoint High and repeatedly deny that they're tearing it down and building a strip mall, even as classrooms are demolished and food outlets built in their place. At the end of the episode, the teachers and students [[Trash the Set|go on a rampage of destruction and burn down the school]], with one teacher gloating "They'll never turn it into a strip mall now!" The [[Reality Subtext]]: the property developers were based on two Comedy Central network execs. ''[[Strangers with Candy]]'' was being cancelled, and replaced with a show called ''Strip Mall''.
* During the 2006 Emmy Awards on NBC, host Conan O'Brien, whose show is also on NBC, puts it delicately:
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Yeah, we got trouble, right here at NBC
I hate to disrespect, but my lawyer checked and I can't be sued! }}
{{quote|So NBC asked the host of Late Night to come to LA and host a different show. [[Tempting Fate|What could possibly go wrong?]]}}
* ''[[Harry Hill's TV Burp|Harry Hills TV Burp]]'' makes fun of all channels about equally and does not spare its parent ITV. For example:
{{quote|'''Harry''': If you enjoyed the BBC's ''Who Do You Think You Are''? you may be interested in ITV's ''You Don't Know You're Born''...[[Follow the Leader|which is]] '''[[Follow the Leader|the same]].'''}}
* ''[[X-Play]]'' would occasionally jab at G4 after its [[Network Decay]], with specific references to being on the same channel as ''[[The Man Show]]''.
* In one episode of ''[[Dirty Jobs]]'', there was an incident in a salt mine where one of the camera men narrowly avoided getting hit on the head by a large rock. One of the mine workers joked that when someone is injured to 'go for the wallet first.' Cue Mike Rowe's reply "He's a camera man. For the ''Discovery Channel.'' There's nothing in his wallet."
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'''Mike:''' Sir, I've been in television so long, I'm a pro at [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|bending over and taking it.]] }}
* Something similar happened on ''[[Destination Truth]].'' Josh Gates is browsing through a marketplace in Turkey (I believe) and sees a beautiful rug. The shop owner tells him the price and Josh looks surprised. They then cut to him looking at much smaller rugs, roughly the size of a sheet of paper (the shop owner suggests using them under a telephone,) and Josh says "I work on cable, my friend, this is all I can afford." He never explicitly mentions Syfy, but the implication is there.
* While presenting the Best Animated Feature nominees at the 2009 [[Academy
{{quote|'''Jack Black''': Each year I do one [[Dreamworks Animation]] [[Kung Fu Panda|project]], then I take all the money to the Oscars and bet it on [[Pixar]].}}
* While we're on the topic of the Oscars, after the 2008 show played a montage of movies addressing the social issues of their time (in a very "look how awesome we are for doing this" tone):
{{quote|'''Jon Stewart''': [[Sarcasm Mode|And none of those things were a problem ever again]].}}
* In the [[Spike Milligan]] series ''Q6'' (1975), the first episode features several digs at the BBC's security guards, the "crummy wardrobe department" and the high prices in the canteen.
* ''[[The Goodies]]'' contains numerous swipes at the BBC, most notably in the episodes "Alternative Roots" and "The End", during which a service announcement warns of "cutbacks of a hundred percent" - and the screen immediately goes black!
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* In his show ''[[No Reservations]]'', celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain frequently pokes fun at his producers and The Travel Network.
** Although compared to the absolute ''demolishing'' of [[Food Network]] in his book, ''A Cook's Tour'' (which was funded by the network in question), Bourdain is pratically complimentary.
* ''[[The Soup]]'' takes sooooooooo many jabs at [[
** Also a staple of ''[[Chelsea Lately]]''. Chelsea Handler frequently ridiculed the network president, even while she was dating him.
* An episode of ''[[Family Matters]]'' had Carl passive-aggressively chewed out by his wife for liking [[The Three Stooges]], and essentially calls him childish and sadistic for liking a show about people getting hurt. His nephew Richie even says that the show was too juvenile for him. Saying this while The Three Stooges is essentially the grandfather of sitcoms (including ''Family Matters'') and is practically responsible for physical comedy as a whole. Even hypocritical considering how much physical comedy ''Family Matters'' itself used.
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'''Kid:''' There're trying to kill it! There're trying to kill it!
'''Cory:''' Those are bad, bad people. }}
* One of the reasons ''The [[Dana Carvey]] Show'' was cancelled was because Dana mocked his sponsors so much that they stopped backing his show.
* The 2011 episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' with guest host [[Miley Cyrus]] had a sketch called "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZdIFRKeSso&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL19B7160BD391FE59 Disney Channel Acting School]", where Miley (dressed in an exaggerated [[Hannah Montana]] costume and poofy hair) and [[Raven-Symone]] (played by [[Kenan and Kel|Kenan Thompson]]) host an infomercial for the school. The sketch parodies the writing, wardrobe and comedic devices [[Disney Channel]] [[Kid Com]]s such as ''[[Hannah Montana]], ''[[That's So Raven]]'' and ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' use regularly.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' has a long history of poking fun at the [[FOX]] network.
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Family Guy]]'' both have histories of poking fun at the [[FOX]] network. Probably the most striking example was [https://web.archive.org/web/20090828170638/http://www.hulu.com/watch/41275/family-guy-canceled the first scene in the first episode of ''Family Guy'' after it had been revived from cancellation], where Peter recites the long list of every prime-time show that Fox cancelled after ''Family Guy''.▼
** There is a list [https://web.archive.org/web/20131108070159/http://www.snpp.com/guides/foxswipe.html here] of many of the jabs at Fox. Specific ''Simpsons'' examples:
*** ''The Simpsons'' reached a disturbing new nadir in its "MoneyBART" episode, its [[Couch Gag]] (storyboarded by subversive street artist [[Banksy]]) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo depicting] the production of ''Simpsons'' episodes and merchandise taking place in a toxic sweat shop within a bulding shaped like the 20th Century Fox [[Vanity Plate]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11510513 This BBC report] claims the sequence "led to delays, disputes over broadcast standards and a threatened walk out by the animation department."
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{{quote|'''Lisa''': But he's a big star!
'''Krusty''':Yeah...[with disgust] on ''Fox''. }}
{{quote|'''Betty White''': Sure, Fox makes a fortune from advertising but it's still not enough.
'''Rupert Murdoch''': Not nearly enough! }}
{{quote|'''Ned''': Oh Maude, the network slogan was true! "Watch Fox and be damned for all eternity!"}}
{{quote|'''Homer''': And we can't watch Fox because they own those chemical weapon plants in Syria.}}
{{quote|'''King''':I'm your moderator, Larry King. Now, a word to our audience: even though we're being broadcast on...Fox, there's no need for obnoxious hooting and hollering.
'''*Cue obnoxious hooting and hollering*''' }}
▲* ''[[
▲*** They also inverted this trope, in the episode "Death Is a Bitch". Assigned by Death with the task of killing the cast of ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'', Peter demurs:
{{quote|'''Peter:''' I'm not gonna kill those kids. If they die, I'll have nothing to watch on Wednesdays. ''[Glancing at the camera, and breaking out in a nervous grin]'' Other than the fine programs on Fox.}}
{{quote|'''Molly:''' Hey did you guys hear on the news how President Gore hunted down and killed Osama bin Laden with his bare hands?
'''Lois:''' Yeah, who woulda thought that bin Laden was hiding out in the cast of [[Mad TV]]?
'''Quagmire:''' Man, the perfect hiding spot. The one place no one would look! }}
{{quote|'''Announcer:''' We now return to [[Fan Service|Showgirls]]...
'''Peter:''' Yeah!
'''Announcer:''' ...[[Nipple-and-Dimed|on]] [[Edited for Syndication|TBS]].
'''Peter:''' Aww. }}
* ''[[Animaniacs]]'':
** In
** Their treatment of the network censors in "Valuable Lesson"...
** From the Thanksgiving episode, arguing over a turkey:
{{quote|'''Pilgrim:''' Give me the bird!
'''Yakko:''' [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|We'd love to, really]], but the Fox censors won't allow it. }}
* [[The Critic]]'' had a few, which make sense, seeing as the protagonist was, well, [[Captain Obvious|a critic:]]
**
* The intro to the first ''[[Futurama]]'' movie is a long string of jokes where the cancellation of the show is compared to Planet Express' flight license being canceled by the "Box Network", which is in turn an unending string of attacks on Fox for canceling the show in the first place.▼
* ''[[Futurama]]'', being a [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' had many:
▲** The intro to the first
** The [[Couch Gag]] tagline for that movie is ''[[Self Deprecating Humor|"It just won't stay dead!"]]''
** In the first string of Lampshade jokes that opens the movie, the Professor mentions that the executives responsible for their cancellation had been fired, then beaten up, badly mauled and finally ground into a fine powder that was then packaged and sold as 'Torgo's Executive Powder,' a product with a million and one uses.
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{{quote|'''Fry''': Wow, so this is a real TV station, huh?
'''Technician''': Well, it's a Fox affiliate. }}
{{quote|'''Technician''': Oh my God. You knocked FOX off the air!
'''Fry''': Pfft, like [[Exact Words|anyone on Earth]] cares. }}
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' took aim at network execs in general in its very first episode:
{{quote|Babs: "It takes a group of highly-paid network executives YEARS to come up with a TV show!"
Buster: "Which means it should take US... about as long as this next commercial break!" }}
{{quote|'''Buster:''' And one guy who does nothing except sign his name on it! ''[Steven Spielberg falls onto the top of the pile.]''}}
* ''[[Invader Zim]]'' had a minor character named 'Nick' who was created as a symbol for [[Nickelodeon]]. Nick had various disturbing science experiments performed on him by the main character. Considering that Nick was perpetually happy, it might be a jab at how Nickelodeon disliked the dark stuff ''Zim'' was putting out, instead living in an eternally happy rainbow land.
* Yet another Fox example occurred from J Jonah Jameson on ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'': "All the networks are laughing at me. Even FOX!"
* In the "Cartoon Wars" episodes of ''[[South Park]]'', the creators had a very public disagreement with Comedy Central over their right to visually portray the Islamic prophet Mohammad in their show, after a French satirical magazine was fire-bombed by terrorists for doing just that. The episode is essentially an extended debate between freedom of speech (in regards to comedy and satire) and censorship in the name of political correctness. During the scene where Mohammad was supposed to appear, South Park inserted a neutral title card stating (truthfully) that Comedy Central had ultimately refused to allow Mohammad to be show. The irony was that South Park had featured Mohammad as a character in the episode "Super Best Friends" and had him hidden in the title sequence of the show for the last two seasons.
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{{quote|'''Reducto:''' No! [pulls out a complicated schematic] There is no government, just a few multi-national corporations that run everything.
[The words "An AOL/Time Warner Co." appear on the bar's sign in the background.] }}
* ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'':
** After the original version of the episode was rejected for not meeting Broadcast Standards and Practices guidelines, the
** A filmstrip that makes its point by showing the incorrect and then the correct way ''[[Crosses the Line Twice|to blow a nun's head off]]''.
** Another example in the one hundredth episode has Shake trying to push the show's merchandise at the Adult Swim Shop, saying they "sell all our stuff for more than you can buy in other places."
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* The beginning of "Tortoise Beats Hare" has Bugs Bunny reading the credits out loud. He blows his top after seeing the cartoon title:
{{quote|'''Bugs:''' ''(angrily)'' Why dese guys don't know what they're talkin' about, the big buncha joiks! (''smugly'') I oughta know. I woik for 'em.}}
* "Blooper Bunny" has [[Daffy Duck]] kvetching about his role in the Bugs Bunny 51
{{quote|'''Daffy:''' Who writes this slop?! (''Groans'') Warner Brothers doesn't have a creative bone in their...}}
* After ''[[ReBoot]]'' was dropped by ABC the show retroactively dubbed [[Big Bad|Megabyte]]'s forces "'''A'''rmored '''B'''inome '''C'''arriers. Which leads to the line:
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Treacherous Dogs.}}
* ''[[Duckman]]'' frequently made jabs at the USA Network.
* ''[[Eek! The Cat]]'' has an episode of Eek visiting his own production studio, to find out that series writers are treated as slaves, being forced to write to the point of getting crazy of it and haven't seen the outside world for a long time and that [[Executive Meddling|executives will do anything to get their way]], including ''riding them over with a steamroller''.
* The years when ''[[Daria]]'' was on the N! network... whose other shows oozed the same dumb popularity-obsessed teen attitude that Daria mocked.
* ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' has been known to poke fun at their producers on occasion. Example:
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'''Rocky:''' I'm not talking about the Bullwinkle Show.
'''Bullwinkle:''' You had better; we could use the publicity. }}
{{quote|'''Rocky:''' They said A-bomb! Do you know what that means, Bullwinkle?
'''Bullwinkle:''' Sure. "A bomb" is what some people call our show!
'''Rocky:''' (''miffed'') I didn't think that was very funny.
'''Bullwinkle:''' (''looking to camera'') Neither did ''they,'' apparently.
* In one scene from ''[[Amphibia (TV series)|Amphibia]]'' (a cartoon produced by [[Disney]]) Polly goes into a store in the mall where kids can construct their own stuffed animals. After perusing the available pieces, she finds a nose-mouth piece that resembles that of Mickey Mouse. "Eh, no thanks," she says and tosses it aside.
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