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* [[All Asians Are Alike]]: Defied. After [[World War II|the Pearl Harbor attack]], the magazine published [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,932034,00.html "How to Tell Your Friends from the Japs"] (mirror [https://web.archive.org/web/20170325070029/https://smpalestine.com/2012/08/07/how-to-tell-your-friends-from-the-japs-in-time-1941-vs-turban-primer-in-redeye-2012/ here]).

* [[Approval of God]]: [http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2085773_2085775_2085805,00.html "Top 10 Fake TIME Magazine Covers"] addressed a spoof of their 100 Most Influential People list by [[The Onion]], finding it [[Actually Pretty Funny]], and subverted a [[Take That]] in the process.

* [[Hiroshima as a Unit of Measure]]: Inverted. When the atomic bomb was first dropped on Hiroshima, the magazine described it as seven times the power of the [[wikipedia:Halifax Explosion|Halifax explosion]].

* [[Historical Domain Character]]: For the 200th anniversary of [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s birth, the TIME [[YouTube]] channel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPZUK2Oc5MM showcased] a biography of the president using examples of his character in movies and TV.

* [[If It Bleeds, It Leads]]: The "Red X covers" announcing the deaths of [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Saddam Hussein]], Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Osama bin Laden.

* [[Iwo Jima Pose]]: A [http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20080428,00.html cover] for [http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1730759_1731383_1731363,00.html an article] on "How To Win The War On Global Warming" replaced the flagpole in the original photograph with a tree.

* [[Mad Artist]]: In [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745380,00.html a 1933 article], [[w:Ezra Pound|Ezra Pound]] was described as "a cat that walks by himself, tenaciously unhousebroken and very unsafe for children [...]".

* [[Memetic Mutation]]:

** An August 2015 issue about virtual reality featuring Oculus founder Palmer Luckey became [[Narm|an object of ridicule]] and inspired [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/time-s-virtual-reality-magazine-cover a photoshop meme].

* [[Minimalistic Cover Art]]:

** [http://time.com/magazine/us/4710599/april-3rd-2017-vol-189-no-12-u-s/ "Is Truth Dead?"], the April 2017 issue about [[Donald Trump|President Trump]] and the truth, is a [[Shout-Out]] to the original design.<ref>[http://time.com/4709920/donald-trump-truth-time-cover/ TIME article about the April 2017 cover's design]</ref>

* [[The Mockbuster]]: Time Magazine did [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,962623,00.html a whole article] on other musical versions of ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' that ran rampant in the 1990s (regional tours, community theaters, etc.) to cash in on [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s adaptation, since the source novel is in the [[Public Domain]].

* [[Prom Baby]]: [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,986568,00.html "Prom Nightmare"] describes cases gone deadly.

* [[Retraux]]: The magazine published a special Bicentennial [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601760704,00.html "July 8, 1776" edition] in 1976. The entire issue is written as if ''Time'' had actually existed in 1776, with all its usual sections (with a few obvious exceptions like Film and Television). It apparently sold well, and was followed by a "1789" edition covering the first inauguration of George Washington.

* [[Saint Bernard Rescue]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lso-6PjpJU This mid 80s ad] shows a man being saved not with Brandy, but by Time Magazine.

* [[Think of the Children]]: The [http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19950703,00.html cover] for the July 3, 1995 issue of Time about "[[The Internet Is for Porn|CYBERPORN]]" shows a child using a computer, with shadows and a shocked expression on his face.

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