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* ''[[Superbook]]''. |
* ''[[Superbook]]''. |
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== Comic Books == |
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* The ''Eagle'' was launched by an Anglican vicar who saw local children reading adult-oriented American horror comics, and wanted them to read more wholesome material. Fortunately, he made sure to focus on quality, and brought out a very popular and fondly remembered comic which gave us ''[[Dan Dare]]''. |
* The ''Eagle'' was launched by an Anglican vicar who saw local children reading adult-oriented American horror comics, and wanted them to read more wholesome material. Fortunately, he made sure to focus on quality, and brought out a very popular and fondly remembered comic which gave us ''[[Dan Dare]]''. |
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** ''[[Dan Dare]]'' was originally created as a sort of military chaplain [[In Space]], but he was changed to a straightforward pilot to better appeal to children. |
** ''[[Dan Dare]]'' was originally created as a sort of military chaplain [[In Space]], but he was changed to a straightforward pilot to better appeal to children. |
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== Web Original == |
== Web Original == |
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* [http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/ Stuff Christians Like], compared to Stuff White People Like, though it leans more in the [[Affectionate Parody]] direction. This is lampshaded by its [http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2008/01/1-putting-a-god-spin-on-popular-secular-ideas/ first post] and in the book article: "Stuff Christians Like: Ignoring all Copyright Laws". |
* ''[http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/ Stuff Christians Like]'', compared to Stuff White People Like, though it leans more in the [[Affectionate Parody]] direction. This is lampshaded by its [http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2008/01/1-putting-a-god-spin-on-popular-secular-ideas/ first post] and in the book article: "Stuff Christians Like: Ignoring all Copyright Laws". |
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* Spoofed in a [[YouTube]] video starring a troupe of rapping kids promoting the "Christian Side Hug," which avoids the "sinful" crotch contact of the traditional hug. No, as much as [[Poe's Law|it might seem to be par for the course]], and as much as you might [[Snark Bait|want it to be]], it's not even the tiniest bit real. |
* Spoofed in a [[YouTube]] video starring a troupe of rapping kids promoting the "Christian Side Hug," which avoids the "sinful" crotch contact of the traditional hug. No, as much as [[Poe's Law|it might seem to be par for the course]], and as much as you might [[Snark Bait|want it to be]], it's not even the tiniest bit real. |
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** It seems like the video may not be a parody, and those guys were dead serious. It's supposed to be a parody, yet [[Word of God]] states that they were serious about keeping physical contact to a minimum. |
** It seems like the video may not be a parody, and those guys were dead serious. It's supposed to be a parody, yet [[Word of God]] states that they were serious about keeping physical contact to a minimum. |
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** And, of course, the "side hug" is a real thing which is suggested for anyone working with children, in secular or sacred settings, in hopes to avoid anyone suggesting that there's intentional "crotch contact". |
** And, of course, the "side hug" is a real thing which is suggested for anyone working with children, in secular or sacred settings, in hopes to avoid anyone suggesting that there's intentional "crotch contact". |
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* Strictly speaking, as long as there is a moral judgment involved in what is permitted to be documented there (as was and presumably still is the case in the wake of [[The Second Google Incident]]), [[TV Tropes]] set itself up to be The Moral Substitute to any tropes wiki that does ''not'' censor its content. |
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== Western Animation == |
== Western Animation == |
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