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** 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.

*** 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.

*** And let's not forget "According to [[The Other Wiki|Wikipedia]], we don't exist!"

** He also had a not-too-terribly subtle jab at Gamespot in his video response to the SSBB fandom backlash, regarding their [[8.8|firing a reviewer for giving "Kane & Lynch" a bad score]]:

{{quote| "I'm a critic, I criticize things, its my job. If I put balls in my mouth for a living, I'd be a prostitute... or a Gamespot employee."}}

*** And ''especially'' the developers and producers.

{{quote| '''Spoony''': I can't grudge the game for changing with the times, and I don't neccessarily hate Final Fantasy VII. I just hate the people who obsess over it.}}

* [[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.

{{quote| '''Nostalgia Critic''': Hey, ''you!'' I'm the Angry Video Game Critic! I have a small penis and like to eat elephant shit for breakfast! ''Ha ha ha!''}}

** 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.

** In his review of the live action Grinch movie:

{{quote| "But I know the Whos have the Christmas spirit in check." (cut to a scene of two Whos competing against each other) "Wait, scratch that; they're as phony as Glenn Beck.}}

* [http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/index.php?title=Whiny_emo_brat&redirect=no Uncyclopedia's opinion of Harry Potter.]

** Okay, their opinion of most everything.

* 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.]

* [[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 [http://www.theonion.com/video/victim-in-fatal-car-accident-tragically-not-glenn,14380/ "Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck".]

{{quote| '''Aisha:''' "Look at Paris Hilton, or better yet, don't. Famous for being famous, not because she has anything approaching talent."}}

* [[Stuart Ashen]]'s review of an iPhone app

* ''Bludshot the Recolour'' parodies the original EVILLY.

* [http://www.godblock.com/ Godblock], a [[Refuge in Audacity|particularly]] audacious satire of [[Moral Guardians|Parental Controls]].

** Superman's reaction to One More Day.

{{quote| '''Superman''': Spiderman sold his marriage to the devil? That's so... lame.}}

* [[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 [[WoW]] player justified playing [[Dungeons and Dragons]] by saying she was playing 4th edition.

** 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 The Beast The Enchanted Christmas|review]] says it was worse than seven holocausts and Nixon rubbing his taint on a camera for ninety minutes.

* 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 [[Creator's Pet]] of the [[Star Wars]] franchise. And that General Grievous was way cooler than him.

* [[The Insane Quest]], when not making fun of [[Self-Deprecation|itself]], has been known to take the occasional jab at others. One memorable example is when the main characters are sent to Hell, only to discover that the whole place is run by [[Activision]] and Bobby Kotick is Satan.

** Also, the only movie available to watch in Hell is [[High School Musical]].

* [[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.

{{quote| '''Chris''': Sorry, I'm an executive, I don't have an imagination, so you're going to have to explain everything to me in great detail.}}

* 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''] credits : Music by Rebecca Black.

** In "Epic Meat Salad":

{{quote| "What'you know about health? 'Salad'? '''[[Precision F-Strike|**]][[Sound Effect Bleep|**]] SALAD'''!!!"}}

* 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 "[[wikipedia:Snowplow Game|Snow Plow Play]]", a group of supervillains (all of whom were major Miami Dolphins fans), hunted down and murdered the entire team's lineup. It was nearly ten years before the owners restarted the franchise, and the team has been at the bottom of the NFL rankings since that point.

{{quote| ''Almost everyone will be friends with everyone else, and a good percent are paired up with a member of the opposite or same sex. It is hard to tell the exact amount however, because these relationships frequently shift; there are often fights, and what the teenagers refer to as "drama"''<br />

''The SCP's abilities will become vastly oversimplified, and lose all scientific basis.'' }}

{{quote| You know. There are lot of people who are just ''irate''. Gamers who are so busy nitpicking all the bad games out there that they won't know a good one if it let up squeezed the life out of them or threw apples at their heads... I forgot my transition here but the punchline here is Aladdin. }}

* Team Starkid's musical [[Starship]] has the Galactic League of Extraterrestrial Exploration.

{{quote| '''Up''': Damn that G.L.E.E.! They're always making twisted abominations of everything!}}

{{quote| 8. Not allowed to add pictures of officers I don’t like to War Criminal posters.}}