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{{quote|"Are you watching Shintaro? Talk is cheap...but all the talk in the world won't save your floundering economy...let alone your Earth!"|'''
Anime and manga writers can be as blunt or as subtle as anyone at [[Take That|dishing out criticism]].
* One of the many interpretations of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' is that it's a big [[Take That]] on otaku culture.
** This is also an implication from [[The End of Evangelion]], being as [[Hideaki Anno]] was quite upset people didn't like what he saw as a fitting conclusion to the original series (He got death threats about it. Imagine that when you're extremely depressed).
** Soon after, Sunrise tried to smack it down with ''[[
* The intro to ''[[Puni Puni Poemi]]'' features the main heroine brutally killing magical girls from various other shows, including one scene where she snaps the neck of ''[[Sailor Moon|Sailor]] [[Actor Allusion|Moon]]''.
* Twice in the ''[[
* ''[[Magical Project S]]'', made in the mid-90s, depicted a President of the United States that looked like a Valentino caricature.
* Supposedly, in the ''[[Pokémon (
** This has been a common theme that dates back to Blue in the original games, who Oak chastises for not giving his Pokémon the love they deserve. A similar revelation occurs to the next game's rival, Silver, whose Golbat does not evolve into the happiness-required Crobat until after said revelation.
*** Green/Blue was remotely nice [[Character Development|pre-Red/Leaf becoming champion]]. A cocky jerk, but nice. Paul on the other hand...
** There's also a backwards message [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZlIcJbbm08&fmt=18 here] that says "[[Biting the Hand Humor|Leo Burnett and 4Kids are the devil! Leo Burnett!]]"
** Burgundy's critiue of Ash's Pokemon could be seen as a Take That to [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]] who believe that only certain natures/abilities/moves are good for certain Pokemon, and instead of being happy with the one you have you need to catch a "right" one. She gets better.
* In the same vein Kagurazaka, a one-shot [[Ditto Fighter|Ditto Dueler]] from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' is meant to be a jab to the TCG players that try to win duels by "net-decking", copying a Championship-winning deck in the hopes of achieving a cheap, effortless victory.
** As another "take that", when copying one such high-powered deck against Sho, who is supposed to be one of the weaker characters, Sho beats him handily and admits he was inspired by how Judai beat the deck's original user. Which is pretty much how the TCG goes, once someone figures out how to break an overpowered deck, everyone follows suit and the overpowered deck becomes an underplayed deck.
* The second episode of ''[[Cromartie High School]]'' has the main character sitting in school, delivering a rant in voice-over about how whenever a manga is made into an anime fans of the manga "bitch about everything from character designs to the voice actors." It slowly devolves into a self-depreciating [[Take That]] at anime's budget-cutting habits, however--the character then realizes "Wait a minute--some anime this is! Nothing's moving!" followed by a reused animation from the first episode of a pencil dropping and the character saying "Oh, oh, wait, ''now'' it's moving!"
** Taken a step further when that last line is abruptly interrupted by [[The End]] {{spoiler|of the introduction.}}
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
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'''Majiru Itoshiki:''' "No, stop, you're going to talk about something stupid. Like [[Lucky Star
** Also, [http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/10/18/goku-zetsubou-op-revealed-skewers-lucky-star/ one section in the Goku OVA] makes some jabs at Chinese knockoffs, including a scene where a Chinese [[Honey Trap]] specialist tries to bribe a group [[Otaku]] upon whom government secrets were confided, with inferior knockoffs of ''[[Clannad (
*** In the same episode, they're showcasing some genious breakthoughs, including a CD with "re-recordings of [[Enya]] songs that don't make us want to kill ourselves."
** Episode 5 of the first season shows Kafuka Fuura in an "[[Lucky Star
** Of course, since this ''is'' a satire series, it's loaded with [[Take That|Take Thats]], from [[Michael Jackson]] to corporate sponsorship naming rights. They're also not as insulting as normal [[Take That|Take Thats]] are. And as if to leverage their external criticisms, the show is also fond of [[Self
* Exclusive to the dub of ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'', we have the lines
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** A similar Take That appears in the theme song itself.
* In the English dub of ''[[
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* ''[[Naruto]]'' has one that's fairly subtle and [[Genius Bonus|obscure]]: Deidara notes that his art is not "pop art" but "superflat". You'll only notice that [[Take That]] if you know what [
* Earlier chapters of the ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' manga feature swipes at numerous Japanese politicians.
** They also take swipes at the last US president and former Vice President Al Gore.
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' has Shinji's dad mentioned he's surprised a model [[A Mech
** [[Full Metal]] Panic ''Fumoffu'' parodied [[Gundam Seed]]. In [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]], revenge was exacted by making Setsuna F. Seiei (an [[Expy]] of Sousuke) do a ripoff version of Sousuke saving Kaname from danger in a dramatization.
* The ''[[Code Geass]]'' fandom has a rather vocal segment which feels that the [[School Festival]] [[Filler]] episodes are pointless wastes of time that distracts from the main plot. Bandai's response came in the dub, when during one of those selfsame [[School Festival]] episodes, Milly comments that "Sometimes life just has these little filler moments - and that's okay!".
** Unknown if this is dub only, but episode 18 appears to have a subtle Take That against the [[Never Say "Die"]] in American Anime Editing.
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* [[Pluto]] makes only the barest attempts to hide its criticisms of the Iraq War. The United States of Thracia suspects another country of making Robots of Mass Destruction, but before other countries can complete their investigation into whether it's true, Thracia sends troops in and starts a horrific, wasteful war that desvastates the country and leaves just about everyone who fought in it with PTSD, human and robot alike. And the president of Thracia is a guy taking orders from a teddy bear.
* One episode of ''[[Dancougar]] Nova'' features a blatant [[Eagle Land]] Type 2 general who does everything but foam at the mouth as his [[Humongous Mecha]] crushes Dancougar, declaring that [[Might Makes Right|because his country is strong, they get to decide what's right]]. It also has a reporter outright say "The Iraq War was fought over oil."
* The main female character of ''[[
* ''[[
** Basically the ''entire'' first series is based on [[Shout
* In ''[[Maria Holic]]'', Mariya chastises Kanako for mistaking a cross necklace for a rosary, describes what an ''actual'' rosary is supposed to look like and be used for, and points out that they're not meant to be worn as jewellery -- i.e. a series of swipes at [[
* [[Mayoi Neko Overrun]] takes a subtle jab in the first chapter at magical girl shows ([[Pretty Cure]] being used as an example) about making anime shows for little girls that even older men can enjoy. A case of a [[Take That]] on [[Misaimed Fandom]].
* [[Ghost Stories]]. The ''dub''. Subtlety is for the weak: "Our president is an idiot and a liar. God bless America, land of free speech!"
* Around 99% of the Japanese version fans agree that ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!
** Playing Card Games on MOTORBIKES is 'don't try this at home' bait.
** The plot is literally almost impossible to get through without watching every single episode.
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** The main antagonists of the second season have to DIE to become villains.
** One of the main [[Plot Coupons]] is on a ''severed arm''.
* In ''[[
** In the dub, Osaka suggests that he resembles "that American man, [[Bill Clinton]]".
** Which doesn't make sense because [[Bill Clinton]] left office with the highest end-of-term approval rating of any American president.
* [[Hunter X Hunter]] has some fairly blatant ones against the government of North Korea. The repressive Republic of East Gorteau is run by a guy whose name is an anagram of Kim Jong-Il, and he gets eaten by a giant ant shortly after being introduced (and after the giant ant makes a little speech about how pathetic the dictator is).
* [[Go Nagai]] is responsible for one of the biggest take thats in the history of manga if not one of the biggest take thats in general. After PTA forced Shonen Jump to end his debutant series ''Schameless School'', Go Nagai finished series by having titular school attacked by PTA and all characters killed while fighting evil forces of censorship.
* ''[[Team Medical Dragon]]'' is one massive Take That to the Japanese Medical System, there is generally more focus on the politics of the profession than the actual medicine. That makes the original writer's death from [[Death
* In The English dub of ''[[Dragon Ball Kai]]'', Goku references the CW turning Mr. Popo blue by pondering what the dragon on Namek will look like, adding "Maybe he's blue."
* The Funimation dub of ''[[
* The overarcing theme of [[Martian Successor Nadesico]] is that it's alright to enjoy anime, even bad ones, [[Serious Business|but don't take it seriously and let it run your life]]. Unfortunately, this often gets misconstrued as an attack against anime period.
* ''[[Panty
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