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== [[DC Comics]] ==

* The number of times that [[DC Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]] superheroes have beaten on an [[Alternate Company Equivalent]] of their rival's characters are too numerous to count.

** It's been a tradition for the two companies to do light-hearted jabs at each other for over fifty years. Unfortunately, writers today [[Armed ~~With~~ Canon|tend to forget that]].

** It's been a tradition for the two companies to do light-hearted jabs at each other for over fifty years. Unfortunately, writers today [[Armed with Canon|tend to forget that]].

* Ironically, when ''[[The Ultimates]]'' came out, their version of The Avengers seemed to be heavily influenced by a satirical version introduced when [[Mark Millar]] took over; a team of black-ops sociopaths controlled by the US government. The major villain on Millar's first arc is basically [[Jack Kirby]]; he's specifically described as "the guy who would've created all your favorite comic books" if he hadn't been hired by the US government. The series has a ''lot'' of [[Author Appeal]], and [[Anvilicious|they're not subtle about it either]]. He even takes shots at Charles Atlas bodybuilding ads. Also;

{{quote| '''[[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|Legally-distinct-parody]]-of [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|The Hulk]]:''' Comics are for retards.}}

* ''[[The Authority]]'' took this to a ridiculous extreme by fighting (and utterly destroying) satirical versions of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, SHIELD, and the X-Men. The authors explained this was a deliberate poke at traditional superheroes who they felt embodied and maintained the status quo.

{{quote| '''Hawksmoor:''': (To [[Bill Clinton]]) We're not some comic book super-team who participate in pointless fights with pointless super-criminals every month to preserve the status quo.}}

** The comic itself later received a Take That in the form of the "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?" story arc of ''[[~~Superman (Franchise)|~~Superman]]''.

** The comic itself later received a Take That in the form of the "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?" story arc of ''[[Superman]]''.

*** Ironically, despite the creator of "What's So Funny" intending for "The Elites" to basically be a one/two-shot deal, a second version of the Elites appeared... and turned out to be pulling a [[Xanatos Gambit]] to pretend to be the second coming of the original Elites in order to make humanity pull together for one major effort needed to waive off [[Gaia's Vengeance]]... a smackdown that Gaea herself was planning to dish out. They subsequently became the shortlived "[[Justice League Elites]]", in essence the black ops branch of the [[Justice League]] family.

** ''[[Justice League (~~Animation~~)|Justice League]]'' even had an episode that showed what would happen if the titular heroes, which [[The Authority]] is patterned loosely after, were to suddenly decide that [[Knight Templar|they knew better than everyone else]]. It's not clear if it was a deliberate [[Take That]].

** ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'' even had an episode that showed what would happen if the titular heroes, which [[The Authority]] is patterned loosely after, were to suddenly decide that [[Knight Templar|they knew better than everyone else]]. It's not clear if it was a deliberate [[Take That]].

** Also in the series, during [[Warren Ellis]]' last story, is the Authority attempting to ''kill God''. Ellis is a staunch atheist.

* A bunch of defectors from Marvel (Byrne included), snuck in an epic [[Take That]] into the DC series ''Legends'', where Guy Gardner, [[Green Lantern]], beat the crap out of a transparent [[Expy]] of Star Brand and Shooter, without even breaking a sweat. Viewable [http://daveslongbox.blogspot.com/2006/10/guy-gardner-vs-jim-shooter.html here].

* ''[[Watchmen (~~Comic Book~~)|Watchmen]]'': Two words: [http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=4448 Rorschach sucks].

* ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'': Two words: [http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=4448 Rorschach sucks].

** [[Misaimed Fandom|There's a good chance Moore would agree.]]

* [[~~Grant Morrison (Creator)|~~Grant Morrison]]'s mini-series ''[[DC One Million]]'' begins with [[Plastic Man]] doing a [[Take That]] at DC's other stretchable superhero [[Elongated Man]]: "I could never figure out while the League kept choosing Elongated Man over me. Don't get me wrong, nice guy, nice wife, but hey! Someone left the stable door open and his charisma just bolted I guess!"

* [[Grant Morrison]]'s mini-series ''[[DC One Million]]'' begins with [[Plastic Man]] doing a [[Take That]] at DC's other stretchable superhero [[Elongated Man]]: "I could never figure out while the League kept choosing Elongated Man over me. Don't get me wrong, nice guy, nice wife, but hey! Someone left the stable door open and his charisma just bolted I guess!"

** In Alex Ross's Justice, Plastic Man is portrayed as a complete jerk, especially to Ralph (Elongated Man)'s face. Ralph comes off as the bigger man when he doesn't retaliate.

** An episode of ''[[Batman ~~the~~ Brave And The Bold ~~(Animation)~~|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' features a similar jab, with Plastic Man dismissing Elongated Man as a "D-list doppleganger".

** An episode of ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' features a similar jab, with Plastic Man dismissing Elongated Man as a "D-list doppleganger".

** And of course there was the episode of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' that had Elongated Man whining about how Plastic Man is more popular than him despite the fact that he is a far more competent hero than Plas.

* Some fans have speculated that the' ''[[Justice]]'' miniseries was either a [[Take That]] or at least a "measured response" to the ''[[Identity Crisis]]'' miniseries.

* [[Mark Waid]]'s ''[[Kingdom Come]]'' series is essentially a middle finger to the 90's era of comics. The irresponsible hero Magog (who causes the death of thousands of civilians) is an obvious parody of the X-Men character Cable, a popular character during that time period. Additionaly, many of the DC heroes introduced in the 90's such as Kyle Rayner (who Ross has gone on record as saying he hates) and Tim Drake were completely ignored.

* [[~~Animal Man (Comic Book)|~~Animal Man]] thinks to himself while experimenting with the abilities of a spider: "Of course I wouldn't want ''only'' spider powers... that'd make me a [[Spider-Man|third-rate super-hero]]."

* [[Animal Man]] thinks to himself while experimenting with the abilities of a spider: "Of course I wouldn't want ''only'' spider powers... that'd make me a [[Spider-Man|third-rate super-hero]]."

* The ''[[Teen Titans Go ~~(Comic Book)~~|Teen Titans Go]]'' comic edition "Stupid Cupid" took a massive, though lighthearted, shot at the [[Shipping|shipping community]], with Raven mentioning that shipping is rather pointless.

* The ''[[Teen Titans Go!|Teen Titans Go]]'' comic edition "Stupid Cupid" took a massive, though lighthearted, shot at the [[Shipping|shipping community]], with Raven mentioning that shipping is rather pointless.

* Mister Miracle villain Funky Flashman was a publicity hogging sleazy businessman based partially on [[Stan Lee]]. Many fans believe this was a [[Take That]] by Kirby after leaving Marvel due to creative differences with Stan.

** Issue #3 of Adventure Comics uses Funky Flashman as a throwaway villain, trying to steal a Mother Box. Take that as you will.

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* When [[Dwayne McDuffie]] recycled the old, tossed out idea of superhero Black Power, who has access to his powers in [[Captain Marvel]] style - transformation after saying certain word - and from white man turns into black one, he made his white form look like ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]]'' writer [[Brian Bendis]], and his black form very similar to Luke Cage, Bendis' favorite character. This may have been more of a [[Shout-Out]] though.

* Prior to Mcduffie's death, he had been in some very publicized disputes with [[Dan Di Dio]] and DC editorial over the [[Executive Meddling]] his ''Justice League of America'' run and his ''Milestone Forever'' mini-series received. After he died, a one-shot tribute comic was published, and it contained a metafictional story where [[Static (~~Comic Book~~)|Static]] and [[Young Justice (~~Comic Book~~)|Rocket]] (two characters he created) discuss Mcduffie's passing, and both state that now that he is dead, the same people who bullied Dwayne and made his job difficult would try to cash in and pretend that he was important to them.

* Prior to Mcduffie's death, he had been in some very publicized disputes with [[Dan Di Dio]] and DC editorial over the [[Executive Meddling]] his ''Justice League of America'' run and his ''Milestone Forever'' mini-series received. After he died, a one-shot tribute comic was published, and it contained a metafictional story where [[Static (comics)|Static]] and [[Young Justice (comics)|Rocket]] (two characters he created) discuss Mcduffie's passing, and both state that now that he is dead, the same people who bullied Dwayne and made his job difficult would try to cash in and pretend that he was important to them.

* ''[[Final Crisis]]: Rogues' Revenge'' has this thinly-veiled meta-commentary on Marc Guggenheim's run on [[The Flash]] and its misuse of [[Friendly Enemies|the Rogues]], as well as the quality issues of certain big events such as ''[[Amazons Attack]]'' and ''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]''.

{{quote| Heat Wave: This isn't for Kid Flash. <br />

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** During a brief team-up, Wolverine asks Alex Power of [[Power Pack]] if he's ever considered "movin' up to the big leagues". Alex replies that he has once or twice, but "it turns out I'm pretty happy with the team I'm on." This is likely a reference to the change the character underwent in the '90s when he ''stole his siblings' powers'' not once but ''twice'' so he could fight without his siblings as one of the New Warriors.

** Sadly, it is because of this that [[Executive Meddling]] got involved and canceled the comic.

* In [http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6540566.html this] [[Spider Man]] comic, featuring a cameo by [[Stephen Colbert]], [[Joe Quesada]] is on his "On Notice" list.

* In [http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6540566.html this] [[Spider-Man]] comic, featuring a cameo by [[Stephen Colbert]], [[Joe Quesada]] is on his "On Notice" list.

** That issue went far easier on Quesada than the [[Daredevil]] movie, where the title character beats up and damns a rapist named "José Quesada" to hell before letting a subway crush him.

* The ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' series REALLY likes to dress up female lunatics in the costumes of whatever super-heroine is making Crisis Crossover trouble for the Marvel Universe today and drag them by police officers screaming their new catch-phrase. It's mostly [[Self-Deprecation]] as the series got girl dressed as Scarlet Witch screaming [[House of M|"I'M NOT CRAZY! I'M NOT!"]] and one dressed as Spider-Woman yelling [[Secret Invasion|"EMBRACE CHANGE! EMBRACE CHANGE!"]] and [[Brian Bendis]] writes both USM and the cross-overs involved. However, one exception was the guy in the Speedball costume yelling [[Civil War (Comic Book)|NOT LIKE THIS! NOT LIKE THIS!!!]]

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'''Ion Man''': You make those guys?<br />

'''Silikong''': Did you think we were some kind of [[Secret Invasion]] from other planet? Don't be ridiculous. }}

* [[Brian Bendis]] wrote a few take thats towards [[One More Day]], not only having [[~~Spider Man|~~Spider-Man]] reveal his secret identity to New Avengers as soon as he could and having [[Spider Woman]], who never has any [[No Fourth Wall|fourth wall breaking moments]], asking if Peter wasn't married.

* [[Brian Bendis]] wrote a few take thats towards [[One More Day]], not only having [[Spider-Man]] reveal his secret identity to New Avengers as soon as he could and having [[Spider Woman]], who never has any [[No Fourth Wall|fourth wall breaking moments]], asking if Peter wasn't married.

* The [[Ultimate Marvel]] version of of the [[Iron Man]] story arc ''Armor Wars'' has Iron Man at point mixing it up with other power armored soldiers [[Halo|who bear a striking resemblance to a certain Master Chief]]. Iron Man then proceeds to casually blow them out of the sky. [[Word of God|The writer, Warren Ellis]] stated online that [[Stealth Parody|he used the story as an excuse to have a little fun and throw in as many jokes as possible]] (including one about Tony Stark using his computers to browse 4Chan).

* And who can forget this one line by Ultimate [[Captain America]]: ''"[[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys|Surrender? SURRENDER?! You think this letter on my forehead stands for France?]]"''

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* Almost every ''Spider-Man'' writer since 1996 thinks making at least one joke about ''Clone Saga'' (sometimes really funny, [[Sturgeon's Law|more often not]]) to be his holy duty.

* Marvel's ''Wha... Huh?'' features take thats against DC and people complaining about comics at the Internet.

** DC was hit with [[Identity Crisis]] parody with Impossible Man turning evil and murdering [[Stuffed Into the Fridge|Aunt Petunia]] for [[C List Fodder|being a character without a movie deal]] and then being killed by Identity Girl - "a new character you've never heard of that's just watered down version of a bunch of characters you have heard of." It was also featuring ''What if DC would let us do [[Batman]]\[[Daredevil]]'' by [[Brian Bendis]] and David Mack, which was a picture of frozen Hell.

** DC was hit with [[Identity Crisis]] parody with Impossible Man turning evil and murdering [[Stuffed Into the Fridge|Aunt Petunia]] for [[C-List Fodder|being a character without a movie deal]] and then being killed by Identity Girl - "a new character you've never heard of that's just watered down version of a bunch of characters you have heard of." It was also featuring ''What if DC would let us do [[Batman]]\[[Daredevil]]'' by [[Brian Bendis]] and David Mack, which was a picture of frozen Hell.

** There was also "What if Internet existed in" segment, showing posts which would be written if Internet was around in [[The Sixties]], [[The Seventies]] and [[The Eighties]]. Here's few of them:

{{quote|-Who the hell does [[Jack Kirby]] think he is? Why can't he let someone else drawn a damn comics book? Who died and made him king?<br />

-The new [[~~X Men|~~X-Men]] [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|team sucks!]] Why are they coming up with "great" new characters like Storm (white-haired black woman-- give me a break) and Colossus (like Thing but Russian) when we all know they're all going to fail. The only cool one was Thunderbird, so of course they killed him off! [[Ruined FOREVER|It's an insult to the fans of real X-Men]] [[Stan Lee]]'s X-Men, that we're forced to endure those pretenders!|All of sudden Matt Murdock is a ninja?? You gotta be kidding me?! Bring back Gene Colan and stop giving your books to these crazy people who clearly have never read a comics book before. }}

-The new [[X-Men]] [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|team sucks!]] Why are they coming up with "great" new characters like Storm (white-haired black woman-- give me a break) and Colossus (like Thing but Russian) when we all know they're all going to fail. The only cool one was Thunderbird, so of course they killed him off! [[Ruined FOREVER|It's an insult to the fans of real X-Men]] [[Stan Lee]]'s X-Men, that we're forced to endure those pretenders!|All of sudden Matt Murdock is a ninja?? You gotta be kidding me?! Bring back Gene Colan and stop giving your books to these crazy people who clearly have never read a comics book before. }}

* Subversion - [http://www.4thletter.net/2009/11/okay-now-im-getting-mad this page] created some [[Internet Backdraft]], because it was seen as [[Take That]] against everybody who criticize sexist costumes of superheroines, but [http://www.4thletter.net/2009/11/boobgate-nine-days-later/ this response from Jen Van Meter] explains it was never intended to be take that.

* One issue of [[Marvel Adventures]]: Avengers poked fun at the infamous [[Captain America]] direct to video movie (where Cap wore rubber ears on his mask) by having [[Wolverine]] sarcastically ask him "Are those ears real?!"

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* [[Garth Ennis]] has also been known to viciously parody the concept of [[The Cape]]. Ironically, he's clearly fond of [[~~Superman (Comic Book)|~~Superman]]; when Superman appeared in an issue of ''Hitman'', the character was treated with complete respect, and a later issue had the [[Anti-Hero]] main character remark that Superman was the only superhero he had any time for.

* [[Garth Ennis]] has also been known to viciously parody the concept of [[The Cape]]. Ironically, he's clearly fond of [[Superman]]; when Superman appeared in an issue of ''Hitman'', the character was treated with complete respect, and a later issue had the [[Anti-Hero]] main character remark that Superman was the only superhero he had any time for.

* In an early issue of ''[[The Savage Dragon]]'' -- created and written by ex-Marvel artist Erik Larsen -- Officer Dragon is [[Let's You and Him Fight|randomly attacked by superhero Bedrock]], who at the end of the issue explains that it was a test to see if he was tough enough to join the team Youngblood.

{{quote| '''Dragon''': ''THAT'S THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD!''<br />

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** Larsen has also taken a dig at fellow comics creator John Byrne with his villains "Johnny Redbeard's Nixed Men", a team composed of parodies of various characters Byrne has written. The long-winded introductory speech summarizing some of their back stories is a vicious critique of Byrne's "senseless revamping" of various comics, including ''[[She Hulk]]'' and ''Namor''. Redbeard is portrayed as a bad leader with a huge head who indiscriminately endows people with poorly conceived powers before eventually abandoning the mess he made of them. After the team's one appearance, where they beat up some homeless people and get their asses handed to them by the protagonist, the She-Hulk parody would later [[Face Heel Turn|reform]] and return to the series as the recurring She-Dragon.

* An early Archie ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comic featured a robot called the "[[Spawn|Spawnmower]]". It acted much like the [[Darker and Edgier|dark and edgy]] real-life comic hero it was named after, in that it stopped to make a dramatic pose every few seconds. Sonic was able to defeat it without too much trouble.

** This wasn't the first time a comic written by Michael Gallagher took a stab at dark and edgy '90s-era comics. ''[[~~ALF (TV)|~~ALF]]'' #38's cover featured a huge, fierce-looking silhouette of Alf, along with the labels "Darker!", "Grittier!", and "Alien with an attitude!". At the bottom of the cover was normal Alf standing in front of a spotlight, asking if the "revamp" would [[No Fourth Wall|actually boost the comic's income]].

** This wasn't the first time a comic written by Michael Gallagher took a stab at dark and edgy '90s-era comics. ''[[ALF]]'' #38's cover featured a huge, fierce-looking silhouette of Alf, along with the labels "Darker!", "Grittier!", and "Alien with an attitude!". At the bottom of the cover was normal Alf standing in front of a spotlight, asking if the "revamp" would [[No Fourth Wall|actually boost the comic's income]].

*** In a similar vein to this, Sonic the Hedgehog #4's cover boasted Sonic as a "grittier! Darker!" chimney sweeper.

**** Bizzarely, the series became [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|darker itself]], what with geniocide, murder, love triangles, huge family trees, Eggman cracking, implied incest, [[Complete Monster]] villains like Fintevius and Kage in contrast to the [[Affably Evil]] current Robotnik or [[Harmless Villain]] old Robotnik from the early issues, nuclear bombing, and other horrific stuff.

** The whole Special Zone arc of the British [[Sonic the Comic]] was an affectionate parody of Marvel comics, most notably when Sonic walked in on a team of local superheroes in a fight with the Legion of Evil. After a comment about the property damage both sides are causing and a brief attempt to work out which side is which the cops arrive, at which point ''both'' groups make a quick retreat.

*** A later story introduces an obvious X-Men parody, including a Wolverine knock off with [[Could Have Been Messy|corks attached to his claws]] and the stated superpower of [[Informed Ability|snarling, getting angry and talking about what a badass he was.]]

*** Not to mention the [[Super Mario Bros|Marxio Brothers]]. The [[Marx Brothers]] references were for comic effect, but the Mario ones enabled all sorts of anti-Nintendo gags. For example, they come from a far-off land, [[Super Mario World (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Super Marxio World]], which even they hate, and their games are utter tripe.

*** Not to mention the [[Super Mario Bros.|Marxio Brothers]]. The [[Marx Brothers]] references were for comic effect, but the Mario ones enabled all sorts of anti-Nintendo gags. For example, they come from a far-off land, [[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Marxio World]], which even they hate, and their games are utter tripe.

* [[Alan Moore]]'s ''Supreme'' had a gratuitous scene with the Televillain killing Courtney Cox's character on ''[[~~Friends (TV)|~~Friends]]'' using his powers, thus showing that, in spite of his tacky feel, he was awesome.

* [[Alan Moore]]'s ''Supreme'' had a gratuitous scene with the Televillain killing Courtney Cox's character on ''[[Friends]]'' using his powers, thus showing that, in spite of his tacky feel, he was awesome.

** Billy Eliot is one big [[Take That]] against Grant Morrison and the resident [[Butt Monkey]]. His M.O. is to [[Kudzu Plot|create as much complicate and complex stories as he can, to the point that they fall under their own weight and become an unreadable mess]], other people think he's a total [[Jerkass]], Supreme's villains consider his presence an act of cruel and unusual punishment, the equivalent of the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]] hates him (especially after he accidentally joined their [[Legion of Doom]]) and the only person who likes him is a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[The Joker]].

** Moore also delivered a few take thats against Hillary Clinton when Korgo The Space Tyrant took over the United States and made her his bride. First, we see her during a press conference claiming this is not a bad thing and that the press should stop panicking about nothing. And then we find out she's [[Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth|so horrible that Korgo willingly allowed Supreme to beat him to get away from her]].

* [[Jhonen Vasquez]]'s ''I Feel Sick'' is basically aimed at [[Nickelodeon]], according to this [[wikipedia:I Feel Sick|entry here]].

* The Curtis', owners of the comic book company, Shanda Fantasy Arts, upset at the horrific [[Screwed By the Network|screwing]] of ''[[Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew (Comic Book)|Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew]]'' in their last mini-series where the team is exiled on the main [[The DCU|DCU story world]] and trapped as ordinary animals unable to express their unchanged intelligence. In response, the Curtis', with aid of the series' original creator Roy Thomas, are preparing a special comic book using their ''Atomic Mouse'' license, ''Atomic Mouse Meets Power Jack And The Lost Menagerie'' where apparently the title character will rescue a [[Captain Ersatz|disguised version of the Zoo Crew]] who are suffering an equivalent fate.

* The Curtis', owners of the comic book company, Shanda Fantasy Arts, upset at the horrific [[Screwed by the Network|screwing]] of ''[[Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew (Comic Book)|Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew]]'' in their last mini-series where the team is exiled on the main [[The DCU|DCU story world]] and trapped as ordinary animals unable to express their unchanged intelligence. In response, the Curtis', with aid of the series' original creator Roy Thomas, are preparing a special comic book using their ''Atomic Mouse'' license, ''Atomic Mouse Meets Power Jack And The Lost Menagerie'' where apparently the title character will rescue a [[Captain Ersatz|disguised version of the Zoo Crew]] who are suffering an equivalent fate.

** Of course, DC has just undone that editorial misdeed at the end of ''[[Final Crisis]]'', so the hard feelings shouldn't be quite so much.

* From Jeremy "Norm" Scott, the creator of Slave Labor Graphic's Hsu and Chan series.

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** While we're on the topic of Hsu and Chan, many of the issues contain at least one [[Take That]] targeted at the ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' games and movies.

** And [http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8980763&publicUserId=5811079 this comic he released on the new Hsu and Chan blog]

* In the pages of Marvel Comic's ''[[~~The~~ Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', Bruce Banner, who was walking around big and green and smart, was in a quandary. His friend was dying of AIDS and wanted a Hulk-blood transfusion in order to get Hulk-healing powers. Bruce, afraid of Hulk 2.0 smashing up crap, declined. The same plot happened in Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon, but the Dragon said yes, saying, paraphrased, only an idiot would say no to the possibility. The friend who received Dragon's blood then exploded. So...um. Yeah.

* In the pages of Marvel Comic's ''[[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', Bruce Banner, who was walking around big and green and smart, was in a quandary. His friend was dying of AIDS and wanted a Hulk-blood transfusion in order to get Hulk-healing powers. Bruce, afraid of Hulk 2.0 smashing up crap, declined. The same plot happened in Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon, but the Dragon said yes, saying, paraphrased, only an idiot would say no to the possibility. The friend who received Dragon's blood then exploded. So...um. Yeah.

* Whilst [[Alan Moore]]'s ''1963'' is more of an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the characters and stories of the [[Silver Age]], particularly those debuting in [[Marvel Comics]], it's more of a pointed Take That to the creators behind them; in the letters pages provided in the issue, it's made pretty clear that "Affable" Al Moore is an egotistical tyrant who shamelessly takes credit for the work and achievements of others.

* [[Don Rosa]]'s comic ''Super Snooper Strikes Again'' is a huge [[Take That]] to dark and violent superhero comics, eventually leading in [http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i212/Kerrah_photos/TakeThat.jpg this panel] and the follow-up, where the nephews decide that [[Donald Duck]] is greater than Super <s>Man</s> Snooper, because he can face everyday problems and support three nephews without any kind of superpowers.

** In another Don Rosa story, ''The Money Pit'', Scrooge ridicules coin collectors for hoarding their collections solely for their resale value. That, and the comment about "plastic sleeves", makes it obvious Rosa is actually talking about comic book collectors. Rosa is a collector himself, so it doubles as [[Self-Deprecation]]. In the commentaries he gave to his stories in Finnish collection books, Rosa wrote that when Donald says that paying a dime for a single comic book is too much in ''The Crocodile Collector'', he was dissing himself for paying hundreds of dollars for old comics.

** Rosa's final installment in ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'', "The Richest Duck in the World," is partially devoted to dispelling the "[[Depending On the Writer|supreme bit of absolute balderdash]]" that Scrooge's [[Number One Dime]] is lucky.

** Rosa's final installment in ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'', "The Richest Duck in the World," is partially devoted to dispelling the "[[Depending on the Writer|supreme bit of absolute balderdash]]" that Scrooge's [[Number One Dime]] is lucky.

* ''[[Wanted (Comic Book)|Wanted]]'' ends with the [[Villain Protagonist]] spouting a monologue [[You Bastard|about how your humdrum life of working for a living and not being awesome like him is pathetic and you should feel bad]], ending with a closeup of his angry mug saying "This is my face while fucking you in the ass".

** Said protagonist was modeled after Eminem; take that little factoid as you will.

* On one [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]] message board, a poster was pestering writer Randy Stradley to include Mandalorians in an upcoming comic. They got their comeuppance when a scene in the comic in question showed the Mandalorians in full retreat. When the poster complained, Stradley had one of the following issues feature a whole cave full of ''dead'' Mandalorians.

* [[Twisted Toyfare Theater]] is mostly an [[Affectionate Parody]], albeit a gruesome one, that gets most of its laughs by [[Character Exaggeration|exaggerating characters' flaws to absurdity]]. But every strip featuring an appearance by Brian Bendis will inevitably end with a [[Take That]] toward his writing style.

* The ''[[~~Doctor Who Magazine (Magazine)|~~Doctor Who Magazine]]'' strip "The Deep Hereafter" is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Film Noir|noir]]''-ish, [[Pulp Magazine|pulpy]] detective stories in general, and ''[[The Spirit]]'' in particular. One newspaper clipping pinned on the detective's wall reads "[[Frank Miller|Miller]] Kills Colt". Apparently Dan McDaid wasn't a fan of [[The Movie]].

* The ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' strip "The Deep Hereafter" is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Film Noir|noir]]''-ish, [[Pulp Magazine|pulpy]] detective stories in general, and ''[[The Spirit]]'' in particular. One newspaper clipping pinned on the detective's wall reads "[[Frank Miller|Miller]] Kills Colt". Apparently Dan McDaid wasn't a fan of [[The Movie]].

* ''[[~~Two Thousand~~ AD ~~(Comic Book)~~|Two Thousand AD]]''' prog 1661 took a jab at DC's ''Wednesday Comics''

* ''[[2000 AD|Two Thousand AD]]''' prog 1661 took a jab at DC's ''Wednesday Comics''

{{quote| '''Tharg:''' [[DC Comics|Other publishers]] may dabble with [[Anthology Comic|the format]] - 'Wednesday Comics'? Pah! There's only one ''true'' Wednesday comic in this reality...}}

** Note: one of the few examples of a [[Take That]] against something critically acclaimed.

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* ''[[Viz]]'', based in Newcastle, used to do many vulgar parodies of characters from the ''Beano'' and ''Dandy'', owned by Scottish DC Thomson & Co. When DC Thomson tried to sue ''Viz'' for breach of copyright, ''Viz'' published a strip about "DC Thomson the Humourless Scottish Twat." DC retaliated by resurrecting an old strip from the ''Dandy'' called "The Jocks and the Geordies," about two gangs of warring schoolboys on either side of the England-Scotland border. The story had both sets of boys attempting to win a competition to design a comic, and the Jocks (Scottish boys) win, to the humiliation of the Geordies who tried to cheat by copying them and whose own ideas were all terrible. ''Viz'' responded in its next issue with "Korky the Twat," a parody of the popular DC Thomson character Korky the Cat.

* In the mid-1990s, an environmental activist known as Swampy became well-known in the UK when he took part in a protest to stop the construction of an extension to the A30 motorway. ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' went on to feature a plot about an "eco-warrior" named Spawny, who protests the construction of a spaceport in the same way as the real-life Swampy (by digging underground tunnels.) What happens? The construction workers bury him alive under the concrete and carry on anyway ...

* [[Marvel Comics]] was recently promoting their [[Heroic Age (~~Comic Book~~)|Heroic Age]] event and new [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]] titles by teasers with members of each team, their quote and words “I'm an Avenger\New Avenger\Secret Avenger\In Avengers Academy”. [[Image Comics]] released their own teasers with members of new Guardians of the Globe roster, looking pretty similar to Marvel's – when first one, with ''[[~~Invincible (Comic Book)|~~Invincible]]'' saying “I never really been much of a team player.” was released, people thought Image's just stealing the idea. When second, with [[Spawn]] saying “Todd lost a bet so he's loaning me out for this” come out, some realized something is wrong. Next ones? Rick from [[The Walking Dead]] (“It makes no logical story sense for me to be here, but I suppose it will help sales.”), [[Barack Obama]] (“I'm not as popular as I used to be. How much is Amazing Spider-Man 583 going for on eBay?”) and [[Captain Ersatz|kid looking suspiciously similar to]] [[Harry Potter]] (“Okay, now this is getting [[Understatement|a little ridiculous]]... and slightly illegal.”). Obviously, Image was just making fun at Marvel's policy on who is and who isn't in which team. Sadly, they later had to really rip the idea and release teasers with real members, because people thought they're really going to put those guys into one team.

* [[Marvel Comics]] was recently promoting their [[Heroic Age (comics)|Heroic Age]] event and new [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]] titles by teasers with members of each team, their quote and words “I'm an Avenger\New Avenger\Secret Avenger\In Avengers Academy”. [[Image Comics]] released their own teasers with members of new Guardians of the Globe roster, looking pretty similar to Marvel's – when first one, with ''[[Invincible]]'' saying “I never really been much of a team player.” was released, people thought Image's just stealing the idea. When second, with [[Spawn]] saying “Todd lost a bet so he's loaning me out for this” come out, some realized something is wrong. Next ones? Rick from [[The Walking Dead]] (“It makes no logical story sense for me to be here, but I suppose it will help sales.”), [[Barack Obama]] (“I'm not as popular as I used to be. How much is Amazing Spider-Man 583 going for on eBay?”) and [[Captain Ersatz|kid looking suspiciously similar to]] [[Harry Potter]] (“Okay, now this is getting [[Understatement|a little ridiculous]]... and slightly illegal.”). Obviously, Image was just making fun at Marvel's policy on who is and who isn't in which team. Sadly, they later had to really rip the idea and release teasers with real members, because people thought they're really going to put those guys into one team.

* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' Season 8, Buffy mocks the [[Big Bad]], Twilight, saying that he's an idiot for naming himself after a [[Twilight (~~Literature~~)|lame book series]].

* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' Season 8, Buffy mocks the [[Big Bad]], Twilight, saying that he's an idiot for naming himself after a [[Twilight (novel)|lame book series]].

** After revelation that Twilight is {{spoiler|Angel}}, which meet with fandom outrage, IDW, publishers of ''Angel: After The Fall'' comics, created promos of their new ''Spike'' series, featuring Spike burning Twillight's mask and saying that {{spoiler|Angel}} is definitely not Twilight.

* Reading ''[[The Maxx]]'', one gets the feeling that Sam Keith didn't have a very good time working with [[Neil Gaiman]] on the first few issues of ''[[The Sandman]]''.

* A recent issue of ''[[~~Invincible (Comic Book)|~~Invincible]]'' has Mark and his friend at a comic book store talking about how pointless it is to relaunch ongoing series from issue #1. Unless Robert Kirkman added it last minute to the script, it was probably directed at Marvel but, due to an amazing coincidence, the issue was published a few days after DC announced they're relaunching all their titles from issue #1.

* A recent issue of ''[[Invincible]]'' has Mark and his friend at a comic book store talking about how pointless it is to relaunch ongoing series from issue #1. Unless Robert Kirkman added it last minute to the script, it was probably directed at Marvel but, due to an amazing coincidence, the issue was published a few days after DC announced they're relaunching all their titles from issue #1.

* The ''[[Power Rangers]]'' parody comic ''[[Mightily Murdered Power Ringers]]'' is a bitter, mean-spirited jab at the show, which qualifies it for this. However, being made as a [[Take That]] coupled with the quality of the writing in it qualifies it for ''[[Parody Failure]]''.