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* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' has featured many:
** One episode has Bart and Milhouse watching an obvious pastiche of ''[[South Park]].'' The Kyle-pastiche mentions that they're at a concert with a band consisting of Steve Guttenberg, Calista Flockhart and Farty the Crippled Robot. Farty farts out [[OJ Simpson]], who declares he's gonna kill everyone and says how he's gonna find the real killer. This is followed by Bart wondering, "How do they keep things so fresh after 43 episodes?" ''[[South Park]]'' had previously lampooned ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', noting that the show's extremely long run had made it [[The Simpsons Did It|hard to find new ideas]].
** The show took occasional jabs at ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'', particularly the long gaps between new episodes. One notable example also mocked their tendency to re-use old animation with newly dubbed voices, with a scene with Bart, Lisa and Marge doing this and commenting on how ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'' do this all the time.
{{quote|'''Marge:''' "Yes, and when was the last time you heard anyone talk about ''Ren and Stimpy''?"}}
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** [[The Simpsons]] have also taken a jab or two at Mountain Dew, the most memorable of which being from "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson."
{{quote|'''Homer:''' That khlav kalash was pretty bad, do you have anything to drink to get rid of the taste?
'''Vendor:''' Mountain Dew or [[Squick|Crab Juice]]
'''Homer:''' Blech, ewwww! I'll take the Crab Juice! }}
** In another episode, Homer and Bart were offered a drink. As soon as they started drinking it, the man offering it said it was bear urine, which causes Homer and Bart to pause. The man then says it was really Fresca, wherein Bart and Homer spit it out.
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'''Homer''': ''(reading a Bible)'' I'm trying, but this book doesn't have any answers! }}
** MAD magazine seems to come under fire a little as well, with most of the "hilarious" satire being weak and simplistic.
** Another episode has [[The Lion King|Mufasa]] appearing in the clouds only to say to Lisa "You must avenger me [[Kimba the White Lion|Kimba]]...I mean...Simba." An obvious stab at ''[[The Lion King]]'' [[They Copied It,
** One Halloween episode has Ned, after getting [[The Dead Zone]]-esque powers of predicting people's death by touch, commenting upon seeing that Rosie O'Donnell's musical being closed down that he "didn't need special powers to know that was coming!" an obvious take that on the quality of the musical. Also falls into [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] (or [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]) when Rosie O'Donnel's revived talk show ends up being cancelled without even a series finale.
* ''[[South Park]]'', especially after the first few seasons, has turned its entire concept toward social commentary and Take Thats at celebrities and entertainment.
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* The opening of the ''[[Futurama]]'' movie ''Bender's Big Score'' features a sequence where Planet Express had its delivery license [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|cancelled]] two years ago by executives from the Box Network, a load of brainless idiots... who were, as a result fired and badly beaten. Several died from their injuries, and they were then ground into a fine powder, putting Planet Express back in business. Just in case some of the viewers couldn't get it, when the Box Network building is shown, the sign is malfunctioning and flickers between reading "Box" and "Fox." Just to rub it in, the rest of the movie cited increasingly unpleasant uses for this "executive powder" as it went on in fake-ads, such as unclogging one's toilet.
** ''Bender's Game'' feature 3: First is George Takei's head ramming a ship into one driven by [[Star Trek: Enterprise|Scott Bakula]] and tells him "Thanks for [[Ruined FOREVER|ruining]] [[Star Trek|the franchise]]!". Second, there's the gratuitous take that to [[Robin Williams]] when they run into "[[Mork and Mindy|Morks]]" and kill them while telling them [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|they're not funny]] and need to shut up. Third, there's when they reach the kingdom of "Wipe Castle", where you can eat lots of burgers without gaining weight [[You Fail Biology Forever|because they give you diarrhoea]].
*** In general, ''Bender's Game'' vacillates between an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Dungeons
*** "Bender's Game" is also an [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[The Lord of the Rings]], the series that D&D is based on.
** In one original episode they go down into the sewers. The mutants there can only use what people flush down the toilet. What do they have to read? Only crumpled up porn and copies of ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''.
** In the 100th episode, the mutants in the sewers are given scholarships to Brown University (a real world Ivy League school), which is shown to be there in the sewers with them. Leela questions if it is a legitimate university and not just a sewer cleaning service.
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'''Executive:''' ''...who?'' }}
** In a [[The Naked Gun|Naked Gun]]-style opening sequence, Stewie runs Homer down in the Griffin family garage. Peter walks in and says "Who the hell is that?"
** Again with Homer Simpson in "The Juice Is Loose". Adam West is talking to someone off the screen, "We don't want you in our town Simpson. We don't love you like we did back in 1993. . ." [[Bait and Switch|We think]] he was talking to [[OJ Simpson]], but the screen cuts to Homer Simpson yelling "D'oh". Adam's quote references the public's love of OJ before his crime exposure in 1994 and 1993 was considered to be the heyday and peak of ''The Simpsons''.
** ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' is very similar in that respect.
*** Which lead to the hilarious ending of ''Blue Harvest''. And it gets even better [[Actor Allusion|when you realize exactly which two people do the voices for the characters involved...]]
*** Echoed in ''Road To The Multiverse'', where Stewie and Brian's ''[[Sliders]]''-parodying universe tour includes a brief stop in the [[Robot Chicken]] world.
{{quote|'''[[Actor Allusion|Chris]]:''' Look! [[G.I. Joe]], [[Transformers]], [[Thundercats]], [[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|He Man and The Masters of The Universe]]! [[Self-Deprecation|Yay! Those shows existed!]]
'''Stewie:''' How's it feel to be on a major network for 30 seconds?
'''Chris:''' FUCK YOU! }}
**** Made even funnier by the fact it was actually ''only 20 seconds''.
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** In "Blue Harvest," in the scene where Luke (Chris) finds Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen killed by the Empire, and the London Symphony Orchestra burned as well, he also complains that they'll have to listen to [[Danny Elfman]] music for the remainder of the movie. Cue [[Danny Elfman]] conducting his orchestra to the tune of the [[Desperate Housewives]] theme, only for Chris to proceed to decapitate him mid-song.
* In one episode, Chris says, "This is just like [[My Two Dads|that sitcom where there's two dads]], except no one's laughing. [[Oh, Wait!|No, wait]]. It's the same."
* ''[[Totally Spies!]]'' takes an obvious dig at ''[[Kim Possible]]'':
{{quote|'''Sam:''' What could be more embarrassing than WOOHP spies losing all their gadgets and having to hitch a ride from a pop star?}}
* The original title for ''[[Animaniacs]]'' was ''Bonkers'', but Disney already had a series by that name. Every so often, the characters made unflattering comments about ''Bonkers'', such as Slappy saying that her nephew is dumb from watching it, or one of the items on a scavenger hunt being a funny episode of it.
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* The last episode of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' before the 4 part finale was a retelling of the entire 3 seasons as a play, and consisted of a long chain of affectionate Take Thats at both their fans and [[Take That Me|themselves]].
** The July 2008 Comic Con ''Avatar'' panel included a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiUtbcpjd8A&feature=watch_response video] that took a good whack at overzealous [[Shipping]]. Though [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Zutara]] was the heaviest hit, [[Crack Pairing|CrackPairings]] Sokka/Toph and Azula/Aang get skewered, too, and—for that matter—a gentle pillow is tossed in the direction of [[Official Couple]] Katara/Aang, [[Adam and Eve Plot|concerning their relative "...inexperience."]]
** In the episode "Sokka's Master", Aang tries on a ridiculously elaborate [http://iroh.org/screencaps/ep44/ep44-116.png set of armor]{{Dead link}}, which he's unable to move in and falls backwards while he's still wearing it. The [[DVD Commentary]] confirms that this was a swing at the type of [[Rummage Sale Rejects|ridiculous]] and [[Impossibly Cool Clothes|impractical]] choices in character/costume design that the series creators don't exactly agree with.
*** Specifically, it was Mike and Bryan's response to Nickelodeon asking them to give Aang such a set of armor so they could use it in toys.
** "[[Calling Your Attacks|Sneak attacks don't work]] [[With Catlike Tread|if you yell it out loud]]."
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** The episode "Nightmares And Daydreams" has Aang having a nightmare about being [[Dragon Ball|Goku.]]
* In an episode of ''[[My Dad the Rock Star]]'', Rock Zilla is upset that his never-before-mentioned rival, Max Hype has managed to get a reality show, despite Rock Zilla being a much better performer and singer. In addition to having a reality show, he has long black hair and is completely addled to the point that he apparently frequently gets stuck walking into walls or corners. No points for guessing who he's supposed to be a mean-spirited [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] version of.
* The [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[The Angry Beavers]]'' was axed because [https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012004/http://www.micahwright.com/downloads/networkslam.mp3 it explicitly slammed] [[Nickelodeon]]'s re-re-re-re-rerunning practices and would have exposed them to the [[Viewers are Morons|ignorant children]]. How many slots do you think ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' would take on Nick's current schedule if the episode did air?
* Speaking of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', SpongeBob had the episode "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100503055138/http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/HVM4Q44uhyo/ KrabbyLand]", which was basically one long [[Take That]] at McDonald's.
* In one episode of ''[[The Fairly
** The very same episode has the people of Atlantis deciding that Cosmo sinking them was a good thing after viewing ''Wet Willy'', a fictitious movie starring a very thinly veiled [[Captain Ersatz]] for Aquaman, who is [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman|primarily noted for sucking]].
** The episode "Shelf Life" they give many stabs to the state of Missouri.
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** There's a more direct one in the script-reading "Bee in the City", where Optimus Prime states that waiting in a line for 17 hours "took longer than an ''[[Inuyasha]]'' [[Story Arc]]". This is also an [[Actor Allusion]], as Prime has the same voice actor as Sesshomaru, a recurring character.
** {{spoiler|Starscream's [[Me's a Crowd|army of clones]]}} can be considered as much [[Take That]] as it is [[Homage]] to {{spoiler|the Seekers and the idea of [[Palette Swap|redecoes]]}}.
* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
** One episode had a computer being booted up and had the faux loading message "Matrix good — Sequels: not so good", obviously a dig at ''the [[The Matrix|Matrix]]'' films.
** Another episode dealt with a girl named [[Dora the Explorer|Dora]], who Grim said reminded him of something. He went on to say she reminded him of "his favorite program" which Billy describes as "Is it that one about the little girl who wanders around the jungle [[Free-Range Children|with no parental supervision]], avoiding crises and conversing with the local wildlife with the aid of her foreign language-speaking monkey?"
*** Isn't that last one less of a [[Take That]] and more of a [[Shout-Out]]?
*** Didn't Dora turn out to be Pandora who had an evil plot to trick Mandy into opening her lunchbox and destroying the world?
* Berry's debut episode in ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' takes a dump on shippers. A photo album of Berry and Bloo's "moments"? The fact Berry is [[
** [[Dora the Explorer|Explorin' Lauren!]]
*** Heh, [[Lauren Faust|Lauren]]...
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* ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' had the Ultimen, who were all designed to be parodies of the "made-for-TV" members of the ''[[Superfriends]]''. The episode also took digs at the corny [[An Aesop|morals about civic responsibility]] featured at the end of every ''Super Friends'' episode.
* ''[[Justice League]]'' featured a scene in "Injustice For All" where statues of the widely-hated [[Wonder Twins]] are violently smashed during a battle.
* After ABC was bought out by Disney and dumped ''[[
* An episode of ''[[Yin Yang Yo!
** Another episode is a whole-episode [[Take That]] against ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', unfortunately, it's much more [[Shallow Parody|shallow and poorly-done]] than the above, or their [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
* The ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'' episode "Panfake" was a poke at a Disney cartoon that was being made (cancelled as soon as Cartoon Network found out), which was a ripoff of the series premise. The creator hoped that the ripoff (called Poopdeck) would air around the premiere of this episode, but it, again, was canceled.
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** A '''HUGE''' one toward [[Moral Guardians]] in "Quantam Boogaloo".
* ''[[The Boondocks]]'' has too many of these to count because it's based on a comic built around the trope.
* ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', in the episode "[[Candle Jack]]" :
{{quote|'''Freakazoid:''' The scariest thing in the world... would be if they gave Sinbad ''another'' TV show.
'''Kids:''' AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! *run into cabin and hide* }}
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* In ''[[The Swan Princess]] 3'', Zelda mentions the names of three other works' villainesses during her [[Villain Song]] "Bad Days Ahead": "Move over, [[The Rescuers|Medusa]]; [[101 Dalmatians|Cruella]], get lost; take a hike, [[The Wizard of Oz (film)|Wicked Witch of the West]]!"
* Pretty much all of Ezekiel's plot in ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'' is a Take That to ''[[Total Drama Comeback]]'', [[Big Name Fan|Kobold Necromancer]], and Ezekiel fans.
** Sierra's main purpose is to show how pathetic and nucking futs Cody's legion of fangirls are. You may think [http://antisierraclub.deviantart.com/ it backfired,]{{Dead link}} but when you realize that there pretty much just demonizing themselves, the [[Take That]] is even sweeter.
* In Walt Disney's ''[[Dumbo]]'', which was made during the infamous Disney Animators' Strike, there is a straw-man illustration of the striking employees represented by greedy clowns who want to try and ring the circus master for a raise. Not one of Uncle Walt's finest moments, but fortunately too lost on most audiences to be distracting.
** Also, when the Pink Elephants made an appearance in the show ''[[House of Mouse]]'', some of said Pink Elephants can actually be seen [[Winnie the Pooh|drinking out of a honey pot]] at one point.
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* A ''G.I. Joe'' episode has Cobra creating a childrens cartoon called The Likables which is a blatant ''Smurfs'' parody. It involves two green trolls turning a purple troll's color green and saying "when everyone looks, thinks, and acts the same, we can achieve world peace". Followed by Duke turning off the tv and saying "this has got to stop".
* In an episode of ''[[Good Vibes]]'', Gina asks Mondo if he would like to watch a porno with her. She turns on the TV, and Mondo exclaims "Yuck, it's all shock value and no plot!" Gina then tells him that it's ''[[Family Guy]]'', and then puts on the porno.
* An in-universe example from ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'':
{{quote|'''Korra:''' ''You have a battleship?''
'''Varrick:''' ''Of course I do! I bought the first one they made! Named her the Zhu Li.''
'''Bolin:''' ''You named your battleship after your assistant?''
'''Varrick:''' ''Yep! They're both cold, heartless war machines.''
|''[[The Legend of Korra]],'' Night Of A Thousand Stars}}
* The ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'' episode, "Stimpy's Cartoon Show" where Ren acts like a tyrant towards Stimpy being an animator is basically a jab at John Kricfalusi's perfectionism and [[Jerkass]] behavior over his own animators as well as being very hard to work for.
** Reverend Jack Cheese, a very insane individual was also a satirical parody of John K. when he was fired and became Ren and Stimpy's biggest critic as well as why episodes were delayed because of him.
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