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**** ...while somehow providing one of the few sympathetic portrayals of Barbara Bush to be shown in an American sitcom.

***** But only as a pastiche of Mrs. Wilson.

**** Completely and utterly averted in his first appearance, when after Lisa exposes a corrupt Senator's land deal (taking bribes to allow drilling for oil on top of Mount Rushmore), an emergency expulsion bill is sent to President Bush. He signs it, commenting "This ought to make my bosses happy... all 350 million of them!" <ref> Referring to the American people</ref> This is probably the only time in ''Simpsons'' history that politics has NOT been used as fodder for a Take That. Of course this scene could be taken as satire, showing such an over-the-top positive view of American politics that it's easier to imagine as yet another Take That after all.

**** Completely and utterly averted in his first appearance, when after Lisa exposes a corrupt Senator's land deal (taking bribes to allow drilling for oil on top of Mount Rushmore), an emergency expulsion bill is sent to President Bush. He signs it, commenting "This ought to make my bosses happy... all 350 million of them!" <ref>Referring to the American people</ref> This is probably the only time in ''Simpsons'' history that politics has NOT been used as fodder for a Take That. Of course this scene could be taken as satire, showing such an over-the-top positive view of American politics that it's easier to imagine as yet another Take That after all.

** There's been two shots taken at [[Disney Theme Parks|Disney's California Adventure]]. Granted, it's been absolute [[Snark Bait]] since it opened...

** The Comic Book Guy acts as a walking [[Take That]] to geeky [[Fan Dumb]] everywhere.

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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 and Dragons]]'', a mild and still affectionate Take That against some of the more egregious tropes of the game (such as the very Gygaxian use of multitudes of random-roll tables) and a flat-out Take That against the anti-D&D hysteria of the '80s (with Bender becoming an over-the-top parody of the "steam-tunnel gamer" urban ~~legend -- the~~ gamers who supposedly lost their minds and grip on reality playing D&D). Of course, anyone who's played the game will be able to tell you that their portrayal of the game was hilariously innacurate, for the sole reason that the players were actually using the d12. Even whatever edition would exist a thousand years from now, the d12 will still have fewer uses than even the d3, which is both nonexistant AND geometrically impossible.

*** In general, ''Bender's Game'' vacillates between an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', a mild and still affectionate Take That against some of the more egregious tropes of the game (such as the very Gygaxian use of multitudes of random-roll tables) and a flat-out Take That against the anti-D&D hysteria of the '80s (with Bender becoming an over-the-top parody of the "steam-tunnel gamer" urban legend—the gamers who supposedly lost their minds and grip on reality playing D&D). Of course, anyone who's played the game will be able to tell you that their portrayal of the game was hilariously innacurate, for the sole reason that the players were actually using the d12. Even whatever edition would exist a thousand years from now, the d12 will still have fewer uses than even the d3, which is both nonexistant AND geometrically impossible.

*** "Bender's Game" is also an [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[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]]''.

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** And ''another'' had Quagmire abducting and seducing Marge Simpson, before being discovered by Homer and being forced to kill the entire Simpson family with a shotgun.

*** Matt Groening was pissed off about that episode, to the point where he actually stopped speaking to Seth MacFarlane for a while. MacFarlane realized that he had probably gone too far and ultimately had to apologize.

*** It didn't help that when Fox refused to air the sequence, Seth responded with a long rant on the DVD commentary for the episode where he said ''The Simpsons'' was awful and Fox was showing unfair favoritism toward ~~it -- which~~ is true, but the real reason Fox refused to air the bit is because it features Quagmire ''murdering kids'' (Bart, Lisa, and Maggie).

*** It didn't help that when Fox refused to air the sequence, Seth responded with a long rant on the DVD commentary for the episode where he said ''The Simpsons'' was awful and Fox was showing unfair favoritism toward it—which is true, but the real reason Fox refused to air the bit is because it features Quagmire ''murdering kids'' (Bart, Lisa, and Maggie).

** In "Mother Tucker", Brian accuses Stewie of selling out. Cut to Stewie holding a Butterfinger bar and saying, "Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger... D'oh!" [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Ironically]], Peter Griffin would go on to do advertisements for Subway, and a Stewie parade balloon would appear on a Coke commercial in the 2008 [[Super Bowl]].

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* ''[[Megas XLR]]'' has a company by the name of PoP TV. The logo shows this is an obvious reference to MTV. If at any point there is something from a company to destroy. The first will be one for PoP TV, usually after hearing a soundbyte from a show parodying one from MTV. This is because the series creators had a show called ''[[Downtown]]'' on that station, which was cancelled.

* 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." ]]

** 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], 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.

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*** 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 [[Yandere ~~(disambiguation)~~|completely delusional]]? ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' fanfics where the titular characters are paired with the Rowdyruff boys must have ''really'' annoyed the creator...

* 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 [[:Category:Yandere|completely delusional]]? ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' fanfics where the titular characters are paired with the Rowdyruff boys must have ''really'' annoyed the creator...

** [[Dora the Explorer|Explorin' Lauren!]]

*** Heh, [[Lauren Faust|Lauren]]...