Take That, Audience!: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"Hey, [[Sarcasm Mode|that's neat]], I paid money for this game and it insults me."''|'''[[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]]''', on ''[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2009/10/30/fmv-hell-halloween-special-bloodwings-pumpkinheads-revenge/ Bloodwings: Pumpkinhead's Revenge]''}}

 

 

Aiming a jab at the audience, usually for being such a loser that they'll [[Self-Deprecation|waste their time watching/reading/playing this nonsense]], or so dumb they'll pay good money for it. In videogames, this extends to mocking the player's lack of skill.

 

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* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' features personified nations. It pokes fun at each nation and its people. So, if you live in a country represented by a Hetalia character, it has insulted you. [[MST3K Mantra|Fans don't seem to mind]].

** In one episode of the English dub, the narrator makes fun of the American fans watching, "assuming" that they don't know where Poland is, or that anime fans know nothing about [[WWII]].

* Some fans believe that ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|End of Evangelion]]'' was this to the series' [[Unpleasable Fanbase]] after their reactions to the way the series ended. Given the fact that they involved ''death threats'', some of us would probably have the same reaction.

 

== Comic Books ==

* ''[[Wanted (Comic Book)|Wanted]]'' spends its last few pages mocking the readers for enjoying the book.

 

 

* The horror satire/social commentary film ''[[Funny Games]]'' is intended as a giant [[Take That]] at the concept of viewers enjoying watching non-real people suffer and die for their own amusement. It carries itself as a psych-horror film, but it breaks the fourth wall several times to ensure that the viewer feels guilty ''for enjoying the film as a horror film.'' There's even an in-character debate about whether or not fiction and real life are the same thing.

* ''[[Wanted (film)|Wanted]]'' leaves you with this message as its ending.

'''''Woody''''': It was symbolic of a car. }}

 

* This jokey example from ''[[Red Dwarf]]'': In the episode "Backwards," in the scene where the cast are fired from the pub in Retsehcnam, the manager is actually addressing "the one prat in the country who has bothered to get a hold of this recording, turn it round and actually work out the rubbish that I'm saying. What a poor sad life he's got!"<ref>Keep in mind that back then, reversing a recording was really hard.</ref>

* ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'', especially the earlier series. A tie-in book even claimed the 'typical' HIGNFY fan was a [[Serial Killer]].

{{quote|'''[[Charlie Brooker]]''': "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."}}

** During the sixth episode of ''[[Nathan Barley]]'' (a collaboration between [[Charlie Brooker]] and [[Chris Morris]]), there's a brief shot of a police sign appealing for witnesses to a crime to step forward. [http://i.imgur.com/TmD1v.jpg The small text at the bottom of the sign] insults the viewer for being sad enough to pause the DVD to check if the shot contains a [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]:

* In [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]], Episode 8's climax is one massive [[Take That]] towards the audience, as the creator had gotten tired of the fans demanding 'the true solution' to everything instead of trying to work it out themselves. {{spoiler|The main characters are [[Zerg Rush]]ed by [[Giant Mook|massive]], [[Wild Mass Guessing|stupid-theory-sprouting]] [[Mooks|Butler-Goats]] [[This Loser Is You|that ate away at the mystery and demanded answers]].}} [[Sarcasm Mode|Subtle.]]

* When the first trailers and screenshots of [[Diablo III]] were released, there was a ''lot'' of backdraft over the game not being [[Fan Dumb|"dark enough"]], to the point everyone thought the game was going to be a [[Lighter and Softer]] cash-in. Blizzard's response? [[Joke Level|Whimsyshire]], the game's new cow level, which has you fighting your way through a [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] landscape of rainbows, smiling clouds, dancing flowers, and unicorns.

 

== Webcomics ==

== Western Animation ==

 

* The announcer on ''[[Danger Mouse]]'' would start prattling off hypothetical questions at the end of some episodes, and at the end of a particular episode he quipped "Why do you watch this stuff?"

* ''[[Family Guy]]'': "You know what really grinds my gears? You America. [[Precision F-Strike|Fuck you!]] Diane?