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* "[[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series|Dan Green Presents Abridged 101]]" is six and a half solid minutes of jabs at the various other Abridged Series that sprang up after [[Little Kuriboh]].▼
== Wikis ==
* [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] is basically a [[Take That]] Wiki, [[Accentuate the Negative|gleefully bashing everything and everyone]], with the site's main target being [https://uncyclopedia.ca Uncyclopedia], a parody encyclopedia and its unofficial "rival".
** Since Encyclopedia Dramatica was originally designed as an archive of Troll activity, [[Take That]]s are inevitable.
** It also really crosses over into [[Hannibal Lecture]] with the article titled "You".
** Given that both sites shamelessly mock the daylights out of everything, including each other, any [[Serious Business|serious]] 'war' is doomed to just make everyone involved look stupid.
* Some tropers just love to use this. You'll find a bunch of them scattered all over the Wiki, which are [[Pothole]]d to the main page. Sometimes they get ground down by [[Wiki Magic]], sometimes not. '''''[[Take That|Don't add to them or we'll murder you in your fucking sleep.]]'''''
* Trope Names that are Take Thats:
:#[[The Scrappy]]
:#[[Creator's Pet]]
:#[[The Chris Carter Effect]]
:#[[Flanderization]]
:#[[Dan Browned]]
:#[[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Takahashi Couple]]{{verify}}
:#[[Capcom Sequel Stagnation]]
:#[[X-Pac Heat]]
:#[[Macekre]]
* Amiright and Whatfreaks seem to both be [[Take That]]s to music in general.
* [[Wikipedia]] itself sometimes manages to sneak these in; for example, the page for [[Deus Ex Machina]] once had a "See Also" section that points you to ''[[Twilight (novel)|Breaking Dawn]]''...
** Another one for the Japanophobia page. The See Also? [[4Kids! Entertainment|Alfred R. Kahn]].
** While both of these are now gone, Tropers can take comfort in the fact that TOW's page on [[Deus Ex Machina]] now links to (their page on) [[Alien Space Bats]].
* The Transformers Wiki tends to throw these at the elitist fandom, being that it's not a Wiki restricted by [[Serious Business]], you can see how, they basically ''[[Trope Namer|named]]'' the [[Ruined FOREVER]] Trope, and even [[Shout-Out|link to our Ruined FOREVER page]]. There are other Take Thats, mostly bordering on the idiotic logic of the Transformers fanbase, on one of the timeline pages, they put the beginning of the universe, and it says:
{{quote|The Big Bang creates the universe as we know it. The protons, neutrons, and electrons that will eventually compose Transformers are formed, thereby [[Ruined FOREVER|ruining]] the Transformers franchise forever. A Thursday.}}
** Beyond fandom, there are plenty of Take Thats directed at certain people involved in Transformers, notably Pat Lee, Shane McCarthy and Andy Schmidt.
** That quote was edited to not include the "Ruined Forever" part, now.
** Their page on [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wolverine Wolverine] describes him as "A completely unlikable asshole".
** Their Original Page on [[Dan DiDio]] called him Satan. Now he's just called [[Doctor Phil|Dr Phil]].
* [[RationalWiki]], being what it is, will very frequently take pot shots at various crank beliefs. Almost every article about a pseudoscience is a [[Take That]].
** At one point, their article about [[TV Tropes]] pretty much claimed that they [[Jumped the Shark]] after the changes that include giving YMMV its own section.
* The South Sydney [[Rugby League]] team's theme song lists all the teams Souths have beaten in grand finals:
== Other New Media ==
▲* "[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
** Of course, it also had a bit of self criticism added to it.
*** According to [[Little Kuriboh]], most of the "Abridged 101" video was self criticism.
** In a bit of a subversion, [[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
*** The joke in question would likely be the one in Episode 29, when Tristan decides to watch the newest episode of ''Naruto:TAS'' and proclaims it the best internet parody series ever. The clip he watches itself looks like a cooperative dig, aimed at people who think calling somebody "emo" is inherently funny.
** Abridged Series do this all the time, even the more obscure ones. Hbi2k and Khenpoe actually justify the existence of their ''[[Berserk Abridged|Berserk]]'' and ''Bleach'' series by saying they were tired of watching crappy parodies; Bennett The Sage called ''Code Geass'' a pussy abridged series; and Megami33 proclaimed [[Sailor Moon Abridged|her series]] the only good one on Youtube.
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
*** And let's not forget "According to [[The Other Wiki|Wikipedia]], we don't exist!"
* The ''[[Zero Punctuation]]'' video for [https://web.archive.org/web/20130804162322/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/108-Webcomics July 2nd, 2008] is one enormous [[Take That]] at webcomics in general but ''[[Ctrl
** He also had a not-too-terribly subtle jab at Gamespot in his video response to the SSBB fandom backlash, regarding their [[
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** His "review" of ''[[
*** And ''especially'' the developers and producers.
* [[The Spoony Experiment
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* [[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad]] once received an e-mail asking if he ever played mini-golf. The sender signed his name as "Somebody no one cares about in Iowa". Strong Bad wittily remarks "Also known as, everyone in Iowa". He has also claimed that the worst word that can be paired up with "fan" is, of course, [[Fan Fiction|fiction]]. He ALSO took a jab at [[Mary Sue|Mary Sues]] with the line, "You can't just start adding terrible new characters!". Well, it was probably unintentional, but still a great summary nonetheless.
** In the email "rough copy" Homestar advertises his Malinko-brand (or possibly just Malinko-flavored) flavored water as "crystal clear like domestic beer". Aside from the inherent Homestarishness of the rhyme, this could also be a crack at mainstream American beers, specifically, the derision with which it's met by foreigners and snooty American beer enthusiasts.
* Before a climactic battle between [[
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** He also started that video using the theme song of AVGN, with a few lyrics changed and the AVGN logo, with the Nerd part crossed over and Critic written at the bottom. As a response to people saying that the Nostalgia Critic is a Angry Video Game Nerd copy.
** He also took a swipe at [[The Irate Gamer]], saying that the AVGN had become "The Irate Gamer to his genius" when he found out that the AVGN was also doing a review on "The Wizard." Seconds later he said [[Even Evil Has Standards|that was "going too far."]]
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** In his "Top Ten Films I Like But Everyone Else Hates" he has a [[Take That]] to his creepier [[Fan Dumb]]. He says that he loves ''[[The Cable Guy]]'' because he's got to know more people like Jim Carrey's character ever since he got internet famous.
** In his review of the live action Grinch movie:
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** Okay, their opinion of most everything.
** The [[Final Fantasy VII|Aeris Gainsborough]] [
* Just about any Encyclopedia Dramatica article that isn't about something 4chan related is a huge Take That.
* Digital Ph33r's ''Arby n the Chief'' Machinima seems to exist mostly for the adolescent Master Chief to be a mouthpiece for various attitudes and practices of online gamers that he detests, while the other characters make fun of and critique his positions.
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* Apparently, the makers of [[The Impossible Quiz]] are not fond of Chicken McNuggets or ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. In particular, their opinion of said McNuggets is presented as a factual answer to the question, insofar as anything in the Quiz can be said to be a "fact".
* ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' has a character do this to ''[[You Bastard|the users on the RP board.]]''
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* An episode of [[Retarded Animal Babies]] had the characters go on to the Internet. They go by the site [[Happy Tree Friends]], which one of the characters says, "All they do is copy us". A Halloween episode also had one of the characters dressed as Flippy.
* An ebolaworld cartoon had Taco-Man beating up a dead hacker. At one point, he says, "[[And This Is For]] [[Homestar Runner]]'s popularity!". In his first e-mail, people accused him of ripping off Strong Bad e-mails. In another e-mail, people are given instructions on how to write to Taco-Man. One of the wrong ways to write his name was to write "Strong Bad". Taco-Man was actually referenced in a [[Homestar Runner]] Halloween cartoon.
* "''[[
* Screwattack took a jab at the viewers who refuse to click a link to the daily Hard News on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBBA2gHbA78 a Dec. 18 YouTube posting.]
* At least one of the [[Whateley Universe]] authors have it in for ''[[Twilight (
* [[College Humor]]'s [http://www.collegehumor.com/video/3980096/we-didnt-start-the-flame-war "We Didn't Start The Flame War"] (itself an [[Affectionate Parody]] of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire) is a big [[Take That]] against Internet [[Fan Dumb]].
* There's a reason that the [[The Salvation War|Ninth Circle of Hell]] has a spot for Robert McNamara... also see ''[[The Big One]]''.
** Now he's dead, he simply became one of the occupants. The waiting spots are now reserved for "the network executives who cancelled ''[[Firefly]]''"
* One of the biggest Take Thats of all time probably comes from the [[The Onion|Onion News Network]], with their story [https://web.archive.org/web/20100408214520/http://www.theonion.com/video/victim-in-fatal-car-accident-tragically-not-glenn,14380/ "Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck".]
* ''[[
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* [[Stuart Ashen]]'s review of an iPhone app
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* ''Bludshot the Recolour'' parodies the original EVILLY.
* [
* There are quite a few take backs in [[I'm a Marvel And
** Superman's reaction to One More Day.
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** And again poking fun at ''[[Twilight (
* [[The Defrosters]] do this pretty much ever episode in reference to ''[[World of Warcraft]], [[Degrassi the Next Generation]], [[Harry Potter]]'', and everything else they can think of. Most recently, the [[
* [[
** During her review of [[Spice World]], there was an affectionate (she loves [[Monty Python]] and Ricky Gervais) [[Take That]] to British Comedy: "I ''think'' they're trying to make this funny. I'm not sure, they ''are'' British."
** She ''really'' hates Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. Her ''Teen Witch'' review asks the lead to get the former impeached and her most rage-filled [[Beauty and
* In the [[
* During his [[Let's Play]] of ''[[The Force Unleashed]]'', when he comes to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWU-7c4Hev4 the Boss Battle with Darth Maul], General Secura goes on a rant about how Darth Maul is the [[
* [[The Insane Quest]], when not making fun of [[Self
** Also, the only movie available to watch in Hell is [[High School Musical]].
** Eddie Cohen, being an not-so-affectionate parody of [[Twilight (
* [[Akinator]] has no opinions on his own on the characters, real and fictional, he's guessing; but since his knowledge base is made up of contributions by millions of people worldwide, his questions tend to betray the sympathies of the Internet at large. So, when you're trying to guess [[George W. Bush]], Akinator will innocently base his guess off questions such as "Is your character arrogant?" or "Is your character generally disliked?"
** Also, the picture for the character "You" (the player) depicts an ape.
* Network Executives are NOT well liked on the [[
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* White phosphorus was described as "a chemical which was used by some bad guys" in ''[[Chaos Fighters]] II-Chemical siege'', a thinly veiled take that against usage of it in warfare, specifically Israel.
* [[Rooster Teeth Shorts]] gives one to Rebecca Black, during [http://redvsblue.com/archive/?id=3015 ''Fight or Flight'']{{Dead link}} credits : Music by Rebecca Black.
* [[
** In "Epic Meat Salad":
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* Metokur is like this most of the time towards deviants they write insulting articles about, sometimes it's so horrible the artists have to deactivate their accounts. Metokur = jerkass central.
* The creators of the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' '''really''' don't like the New England Patriots football team. A football-themed superhero named "The Patriot", who based his costume on the team's uniform, is seen by the general public as more of a dirty-fighting, grand-standing loudmouth with no actual talent, rather than as an effective crime-fighter.
** According to the settings timeline, shortly after the Patriots pulled off the infamous "[
* ''[[
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''The SCP's abilities will become vastly oversimplified, and lose all scientific basis.'' }}
* ''[[Clan of the Gray Wolf]] 16-Bit Gems'' ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' review gave a take that to ''[[The Irate Gamer]]'' for his negative review and this quote in the beginning even says it:
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* In part of an April Fool's special of [[
* In [http://youtube.com/watch?v=CvoPmU4gao0 this] ''Random Crap with [[Homestar Runner]]'' video, Strong Bad watches TV. At one point, he comes across ''[[
* Team Starkid's musical ''[[Starship]]'' has the Galactic League of Extraterrestrial Exploration.
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* ''[[
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* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s "[http://www.cracked.com/article_21978_6-nightmarish-things-people-did-fun-before-electricity.html 6 Nightmarish Things People Did for Fun Before Electricity]", Dimitra Nikolaidou compares the mummy craze in 19th century England to [[The Learning Channel]]. More specifically, to its [[Network Decay]].
* All The Tropes is certainly not above taking a few potshots at [[The Other Tropes Wiki]] here and there.
* ''[[Mr. Brilliant's Reviews]]'':
** Various scenes of Tien getting owned by Goku play throughout the fifth episode. To further rub it in, Mr. Brilliant can't even explain why Tien was good in the first place. There's even a comparison to Jiren the Grey, implying that they're both bland and unmemorable.
** {{spoiler|In reality, Mr. Brilliant is a piss take of various Anitube reviewers and points out their flaws in an exaggerated manner.}}
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