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** Dan Savage also tried to create a definition for "[[Technical Virgin|saddlebacking]]" (in reference to the Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, owned by Rick Warren) with considerably less success.

* Uwe Boll's online video in response to the [http://www.petitiononline.com/RRH53888/petition.html petition to stop him forever] contains completely unwarranted attacks on directors [[Michael Bay]], Eli Roth, and George Clooney. Say what you will about their directing skills, but Uwe Boll has no right to criticize them. This is also the video in which he claims to be "ze only genius in ze whole fucking business".

** Ironically, he may have a ~~point -- since~~ his films were financed by the German government, he profited even when the movies suck. Germany closed that loophole though; Boll kept trying to make movies, but for some reason [[Man Behind the Man|investors were no longer interested]], and [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|he does not understand why.]]

** Ironically, he may have a point—since his films were financed by the German government, he profited even when the movies suck. Germany closed that loophole though; Boll kept trying to make movies, but for some reason [[Man Behind the Man|investors were no longer interested]], and [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|he does not understand why.]]

* Showing an uncharacteristically pointy side, radio comedy team [[Bob and Ray|Bob & Ray]] reacted to ''New York Magazine'' critic [[wikipedia:John Simon (critic)|John Simon's]] negative review of their stage show by incorporating him into their skits as "The Worst Person in the World" ~~-- a~~ character who never spoke, just made rude noises while other characters commented loudly on his uncouth manners. Broadcaster [[Keith Olbermann]] later picked up the concept, ''sans'' specific attack, and used it in his ''Countdown''.

* Showing an uncharacteristically pointy side, radio comedy team [[Bob and Ray|Bob & Ray]] reacted to ''New York Magazine'' critic [[wikipedia:John Simon (critic)|John Simon's]] negative review of their stage show by incorporating him into their skits as "The Worst Person in the World"—a character who never spoke, just made rude noises while other characters commented loudly on his uncouth manners. Broadcaster [[Keith Olbermann]] later picked up the concept, ''sans'' specific attack, and used it in his ''Countdown''.

** And Olbermann has used several Take Thats in his feud with [[Bill O Reilly]]. A classic was when O'Reilly announced he was starting an online petition to get Olbermann's show off the air. Olbermann had a segment showing the entire production crew and staff of ''Countdown'', including himself, cheerfully signing the petition to show how seriously they took it. And MSNBC's other shows got in on the act as well: Dan Abrams and Tucker Carlson are shown signing it.

{{quote|'''[[Big Ham|Keith]]:''' ''"[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Tucker?!?]] [[Big No|NOOOOOOOOOO]]!!!"''}}

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** Mega Man, Duo, and Bass occasionally throw insults at ''[[Mega Man 8]]'', citing the story as a poorly written, annoying, [[Cash Cow Franchise|cheap cash]] [[Mission Pack Sequel|in]].

** Lip and Osaka (both Midna's characters) throw a Take That at in-thread advertising at one point.

** [[Horrible/Fanfic|Charles Roberts]] having two IC [[MST~~|MSTs~~]] and two of the Avatars <ref>Metis and Tetsuya Tsurugi</ref> coming and forcefeeding his computer down his throat.

** [[Horrible/Fanfic|Charles Roberts]] having two IC [[MST]]s and two of the Avatars <ref>Metis and Tetsuya Tsurugi</ref> coming and forcefeeding his computer down his throat.

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* In both ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle|Warhammers]]'', the entire Ork race are a [[Take That]] at football hooligans even though fans [[Too Funny to Be Evil|tend to think of Orks as really funny]] but its kind of obvious its a take that when you realize they are to bricks what dumb as a brick is to normal people.

* The expanded [http://pw1.netcom.com/~shagbert/pages/munchkins.html Real Men, Real Roleplayers, Loonies, and Munchkins] list is littered with Take Thats directed at the likes of ''[[Star Trek]]'', comic books, [[Gary Gygax]], and whatever else the contributor wasn't personally fond of by attributing them to [[Munchkin~~|Munchkins~~]] ~~-- which~~, by extension, is probably an indicator of [[Fan Hater|fan-hating]].

* The expanded [http://pw1.netcom.com/~shagbert/pages/munchkins.html Real Men, Real Roleplayers, Loonies, and Munchkins] list is littered with Take Thats directed at the likes of ''[[Star Trek]]'', comic books, [[Gary Gygax]], and whatever else the contributor wasn't personally fond of by attributing them to [[Munchkin]]s—which, by extension, is probably an indicator of [[Fan Hater|fan-hating]].

* WoTC released a few animated shorts before the release of 4th Edition ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', they focused on very specific monsters and races in terms of how 4th Edition would affect them. One of the shorts was about the red dragon and contained a very amusing reference to the "Edition Wars" in which traditionally whiny fanboys ranted about the suckiness and evil of 4th Edition. Said reference showed a forum being trolled by an actual troll that was promptly buried under a large pile of dragon excrement by the red dragon as it flew overhead.

* From a supplement to White Wolf's ''[[Mage: The Ascension]]'': "This same century also sees the birth of many of the modern 'gypsy' stereotypes, which... lead to the fanciful romanticization of 'True Romany' as singing, dancing, scarf-wearing vagabonds. This stereotyping is perpetuated throughout the 20th century through works of popular fiction, cheap horror movies, 'medieval' or 'Renaissance' re-enactment societies, and badly researched role-playing game supplements." The same company had earlier released ''World of Darkness: Gypsies'', a supplement playing on exactly those stereotypes, considered [[Fanon Discontinuity]] by everyone who's read it for [[Unfortunate Implications]].

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* The bizarre Egg of Coot, a ruler in the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' Blackmoor setting, was a jab at Gr'''egg''' S'''cott''', an individual who'd previously given Dave Arneson some flak.

* Palladium Books include a description of an alignment system which includes a statement against neutral alignments, a feature of the Dungeons and Dragons based games. One sentence reads: No neutrals is one of the very few definitive, unbending rules of the game.

* A [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|good-aligned]] [[~~Always Chaotic~~ Evil|drow]]? In [[Pathfinder|Golarion]]? He wouldn't last long—no matter ''how'' [[Forgotten Realms|badass of a ranger]] he was.

* A [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|good-aligned]] [[Exclusively Evil|drow]]? In [[Pathfinder|Golarion]]? He wouldn't last long—no matter ''how'' [[Forgotten Realms|badass of a ranger]] he was.

* In the ''[[Paranoia]] XP'' rulebook there constant jokey references to a [[Dungeons and Dragons|certain other fantasy RPG]] being overly complicated, constantly calling it the ''Unfun RPG.''

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== Wikis ==

* [http://encyclopediadramatica.se/Main_Page Encyclopedia Dramatica] is basically a [[Take That]] Wiki, [[Accentuate the Negative|gleefully bashing everything and everyone]], with the site's main target being [http://uncyclopedia.org Uncyclopedia], a parody encyclopedia and its unofficial "rival".

** Since Encyclopedia Dramatica was originally designed as an archive of Troll activity, [[Take That~~|Take Thats~~]] are inevitable.

** 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~~|Potholed~~]] 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.]]'''''

* 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]]

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##[[X-Pac Heat]]

##[[Macekre]]

* Amiright and Whatfreaks seem to both be [[Take That~~|Take Thats~~]] to music in general.

* 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]].