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** Not to mention the [[Memetic Mutation]] that sprung up in the wake of his miscarriage storyline of people and other webcomic artists inserting the last panel where appropriate for maximum funnies. That was a small industry of [[Take That|Take Thats]].

** Several ''Penny Arcade'' strips make Take Thats at bad video games. One of the recurring Take Thats in earlier strips were directed towards John Romero, creator of the widely-panned ''[[Daikatana]]''. Earlier strips also made fun of the [[PlayStation 2]]'s launch (one E3-related strip even showed Gabe urinating on [[PlayStation 2]] equipment), but around the 2001 mark, they started to be more kind toward the console.

* A lot of ''[[User Friendly]]'' involves attacks on Microsoft [http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20170726] (and its fandom [http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20171103] [http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20171108]). Or RIAA [http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20171110] [http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20171121].

* A lot of ''[[User Friendly]]'' involves attacks on Microsoft [https://web.archive.org/web/20200808095754/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20170726] (and its fandom [https://web.archive.org/web/20200808095749/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20171103] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200808095749/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20171108]). Or RIAA [https://web.archive.org/web/20200808095750/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20171110] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200808095740/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20171121].

** "Web 2.0" crowd. [http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20170731 Definition], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190928133333/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20171023 example]: calling paper magazine "Web 2.0 meatblog".

** [http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060202 Here] and the next two pages - on patent trolling by Cingular.

* [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0030.html This] ''[[Adventurers!]]!'' strip is a [[Take That]] at PC games in general and the notoriously buggy PC port of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' in particular.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090725032153/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0030.html This] ''[[Adventurers!]]!'' strip is a [[Take That]] at PC games in general and the notoriously buggy PC port of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' in particular.

** Then again, pretty much the entire comic is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of games like ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' and their various clichés, so pinpointing one strip seems to miss the big picture.

* In ''[[The KAMics]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20120806003402/http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4822963/ this comic] gives the doomed guard the same name as another cartoonist who had done a comic trashing other comics characters & authors.