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* Parodied mercilessly in a viral campaign for ''[[Dante's Inferno (video game)|Dante's Inferno]]'', which offered a game at the complete opposite end called ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRMiRFJzIKA Mass: We Pray]''. And naturally, [[Take That|it was presented as]] a game using [[Wii]]-like technology. The punchline was that, whenever you clicked any link on the fake website for the game (which is now dead), you got a message more in the style of the ''real'' game informing you that performing mass without a real Catholic priest [[You Bastard|falls under the sin of Heresy]].
* People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has made a number of animal rights-themed [[Web Games|Flash parodies]] of popular games.
** ''[http://features.peta.org/super-meat-boy-parody/ Super Tofu Boy]'' was their version of ''[[Meat Boy|Super Meat Boy]]''. Funnily enough, Team Meat decided shortly after to [[Ascended Fanon|add Tofu Boy to the PC version as an actual playable character]]... while [https://
** PETA also has a version of ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros]]'' on their web site called ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20111129160153/http://www.peta2.com/superchicksisters/index.asp Super Chick Sisters]''. The titular characters have to save [[Baywatch|Pamela Anderson]] from Colonel Sanders and the evil Kentucky Fried Chicken lair.
** And now ''[http://features.peta.org/mario-kills-tanooki/Default.aspx Super Tanooki Suit]'', in protest of Mario's Tanooki suit. Which comes from a leaf, and [[Super Mario Bros 3|has been around for over 20 years]]. Also, we're talking about a guy who routinely uses turtle shells as weapons. It's the Tanooki suit you're taking issue with? They later claimed [[Parody Retcon|it was just meant as a joke]] after getting [[Internet Backdraft|hordes of Nintendo fans on their case]].
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