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One would have to be [[Nietzsche Wannabe|the most cynical misanthrope in the world]] to disagree with concepts like "[[Adolf Hitler|Leadership]]" or "[[Torches and Pitchforks|Teamwork]]", but one would also have to be the most optimistic [[The Pollyanna|Pollyanna]] in the world to deny that the presentation varies between [[Glurge|painfully corny]] and [[Narm|unintentionally hilarious]].
Thus, the [[Fauxtivational Poster]] was born in response. It takes diverse forms, all united in their use of the poster medium to [[Playing
[[wikipedia:Successories|Successories]] is probably the most popular brand of Motivational Posters (inspiring many imitators); consequently most parodies follow the same layout that Successories popularized: A stock photo on a black background, with a one-word title in large text below, with a pithy saying or quote beneath that.
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== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[
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* Barney from ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has a wall full of actual motivational posters, including a tailor made one for Awesomeness, but one seems decidedly fauxtivational which he showcased for Marshall (who questioned its motivational ability). It was an image of a group of Penguins, with the the text being the uplifting "Conformity: It's the one that's different that gets left out in the cold".
* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' has two: In Gnothi Seauton five bad ass resistance fighters have a cute kitten "hang in there baby" in their hideout, which conceals a safe. In Dungeons And Dragons the future resistance have a badass mural of the same theme, except it's a lion jumping out of fire, a Terminator skull in its jaws.
* The Doublemeat Palace in season 6 of ''[[
{{quote| '''Tara''': I have this sudden urge to dedicate my productive cooperation...}}
* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'': "Fun and Failure start the same way".
* ''[[
== Videogames ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Dead Space (
* From the [[First Encounter Assault Recon|F.E.A.R]]. factory level: "Remember it's Quantity, Quality, Safety, ''in that order.''"
* In office level of [[Blood Rayne]] 2 there are several posters including
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** a marble with the caption "You are this sharp"
** stick men - caption "Just remember you are an individual, just like everybody else"
* In [[The Adventures of Sam
== Web Animation ==
* The [[Homestar Runner
== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[
* ''[[
** Also, [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=121 the First Treatise] ''could'' be considered a straightforward motivational poster [[Bilingual Bonus|for those who know Latin]]: "Pray, read, read again, work, and you shall find."
*** And the page is also a [[Genius Bonus|spiffy reference for those who know alchemy]]: it's from the Mutus Liber, a 17th century Huguenot alchemy text, Latin and all.
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{{quote| '''Riff''': "Hey, 'Relationships'! That one works!"}}
* An early Bizarre Uprising comic had a poster saying "Reading is KITTY!" in a classroom background.
* Mike of [[
* In the ''[[Zodiac (
** Related to the above is a similar poster depicting a lion. Its caption: "'''Humor''': [[Brick Joke|See notes on Patience]]."
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* ''Worth1000'', a site which organizes daily photoshop, photography and other contests, has also run some contests where people had to [http://www.worth1000.com/contest.asp?contest_id=13238&display=photoshop create posters with photoshopped images].
* [http://www.encyclopediadramatica.ch/Demotivators Encyclopedia Dramatica] has a whole bunch, some that are hilarious, but after some you'll probably need to [[Brain Bleach|scrub your eyes]] (and those two types aren't mutually exclusive). You have been warned.
* This is a popular game over at the [http://boards.9thwonders.com/index.php?showtopic=56084 9th Wonders] ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' forum.
* [http://www.halolz.com/category/motivational/ Halolz.com] also has some of these. While not as bad as the 4chan example above, there's still some [[NSFW]] things there.
* [http://www.motifake.com/ Even more of them].
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* [[Wikipedia]] has one accompanying the [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Somebody Elsechr(27)s Problem|essay "Somebody Else's Problem"]].
* [[RPG Net]] used to have a monster thread full of specifically RPG-themed instances of this genre, but in the end it was deleted because of its server-crushing posting volume.
* In [[
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What are you, Chicken?<br />
Bwak Buk Buk Bawk!" }}
* Peter Potamus has several posters with a hippopotamus "reaching for ''that thing''" in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney
* Played straight but subtle in ''[[Transformers Animated]]''. When we see Prowl's room as he meditates, there's a poster of a cute little puppy on a branch reading "Chin up!" Made hilarious as one wonders where Prowl found the poster (that size) in the first place, and what prompted the [[Deadpan Snarker]] to hang it in his zen spot.
** This is made interesting by the fact that it appears ''every'' time that room is shown. Possibly one of the writers has it in their office.
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** And a [http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbeltjones/3365682994/ response].
* The American Library Association (ALA)'s famous [http://www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=160 "READ" posters].
** ...and the inevitable parody (see ''[[
* A painful example of wildly inappropriate (and probably sadistically ironic) Straight Lesson in the wrong environment would be the infamous "Arbeit macht frei" (Work makes [you] free) at the entrance of Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps.
* Another painful example is the use of so-called inspirational posters in a classroom whose teacher is so utterly repressive as to recite the occasional [[Dystopian Edict]] to the students.
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