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A [[Hostile Show Takeover]] is an episode where a (lead) character is some
A '''Hostile Show Takeover''' is an episode where a (lead) character is some

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'''{{color|purple|[[Self-Demonstrating Article|Waluigi interrupts whatever stupid thing you are reading to bring you something better!]]}}'''
'''{{color|purple|[[Self-Demonstrating Article|Waluigi interrupts whatever stupid thing you are reading to bring you something better!]]}}'''


'''{{color|purple|''[[Home Page|What is this about?]]'' This website used to be a page about the [[Hostile Show Takeover]] trope, but Waluigi didn't like the stupid guy who wrote the page, so now ''it's ALL WALUIGI, ALL THE TIME!''}}'''
'''{{color|purple|''[[Home Page|What is this about?]]'' This website used to be a page about the Hostile Show Takeover trope, but Waluigi didn't like the stupid guy who wrote the page, so now ''it's ALL WALUIGI, ALL THE TIME!''}}'''
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=== '''{{color|purple|Examples of Waluigi!}}''' ===
=== {{color|purple|Examples of Waluigi!}} ===


* '''{{color|purple|[[Super Mario Bros.|SUPER WALUIGI BROS!]]}}'''
* '''{{color|purple|[[Super Mario Bros.|SUPER WALUIGI BROS!]]}}'''
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* A recent episode of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' featured a cold open where Stephen Colbert has a nightmare that [[The Office|Steve Carell]] had hijacked his show and renamed it ''The Carell Corral''. Colbert promptly bursts into his own nightmare and steals the show back from him.
* A recent episode of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' featured a cold open where Stephen Colbert has a nightmare that [[The Office|Steve Carell]] had hijacked his show and renamed it ''The Carell Corral''. Colbert promptly bursts into his own nightmare and steals the show back from him.
* On an episode of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', ''[[Cheers]]'' actor John Ratzenberger and the Blue Man Group attempt to kill Drew and take over the show. Yep.
* On an episode of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', ''[[Cheers]]'' actor John Ratzenberger and the Blue Man Group attempt to kill Drew and take over the show. Yep.
* Dramatic in-show example: During the Dominion War on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', Vic Fontaine's program in the holosuites hit a periodic trigger that caused Vic's nightclub to be taken over by the mob. His fans on the space station manage to take time out of the war to help him out--because if they don't, his character will be permanently erased.
* Dramatic in-show example: During the Dominion War on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', Vic Fontaine's program in the holosuites hit a periodic trigger that caused Vic's nightclub to be taken over by the mob. His fans on the space station manage to take time out of the war to help him out—because if they don't, his character will be permanently erased.
* [[Messy Pig|The pigs]] take over an episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. Miss Piggy is torn between her love for Kermit the Frog and her desire to be a bigger star.
* [[Messy Pig|The pigs]] take over an episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. Miss Piggy is torn between her love for Kermit the Frog and her desire to be a bigger star.
** When Glenda Jackson guest-starred on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' she led a literal pirate takeover, deposing Kermit and turning the theater into a ship.
** When Glenda Jackson guest-starred on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' she led a literal pirate takeover, deposing Kermit and turning the theater into a ship.
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Oh no... not again...
Oh no... not again...


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'''{{color|purple|WALUIGI TIME!}}'''
'''{{color|purple|WALUIGI TIME!}}'''