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A subtrope of this, somewhat frequent in literature especially, pokes fun at actors, artists or, yes, writers -- basically anybody whose primary means of support comes from the "production" of creative expression rather than a truly tangible, practical product. The effect can be anywhere from genuinely humorous, satirical or simply a light-hearted jab to full-blown [[Anvilicious]], especially if one stops to think of how on Earth the author got rich and famous in the first place, or indeed the very medium and method said anvilicious message is sent across.
Sort of a reverse version of [[This Loser Is You]]. Compare [[Biting the Hand Humor]]. A form of [[Self
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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== [[Comics]] ==
* The first book of ''[[Gorsky and Butch]]'' starts with a SWAT team arresting the authors (most of them getting re-drawn into ducks in the process). It turns out the comic lacks sense and the heroes spend the rest of the comic looking for it.
* In ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' there's a one-off joke about Amy's ex-boyfriend, a writer, who wrote a horror novel called Razorville based on what she told him about the puberty and sexuality of girls. She hates it so much that she dumps him, and advises Tulip never to date a writer, because Writers Suck. And yes, that phrase actually IS included.
* Example from ''[[Metal Men]]'': Douglas, Robot Hunter (actually a brain-damaged TV star) muses about writers: over-weight, bearded, foul-smelling men (and one really cute girl with glasses) locked away in a cramped little room, writing overblown dialogue and preposterous storylines.
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* In his ''Black Widowers'' mysteries, [[Isaac Asimov]] loves to have the character Emmanuel Rubin insult him, mocking Asimov's conceit. One of the stories also had a mention of Lester Del Rey, and Rubin says, "Never heard of him." Rubin was based on Del Rey.
** In the ''George and Azazel'' stories, George spends much of his time running down the (unnamed) narrator's profession. The narrator is a writer (and in the introduction to the anthology, Asimov admits that the unnamed author is indeed himself).
* ''[[Don Quixote (Literature)|Don Quixote]]'': Gines de Pasamonte: An ungrateful galley slave whom Don Quixote frees. Gines is a [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|cynical bandit, thief, swindler and picaresque writer]]. Also, he's a {{spoiler|[[Master of Disguise]]}}
* In [[The Dark Tower]], {{spoiler|the characters meet [[Stephen King]] himself. The man is portrayed as a lazy, drunken jerk. [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in that the Stephen King writing the current novel is older, and has gotten over his alcohol and drug problems, though he's still portrayed as dangerously lazy to the main characters, who [[Meta Fiction|need him to keep writing]] so they can [[The End of the World As We Know It|save the multiverse.]]}} Much [[Mind Screw]] ensues.
* [[PG Wodehouse (Creator)|PG Wodehouse]] never quite ventured into "writers suck" territory, but he made several jokes at their expense, mostly references as to how loony all writers are.
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** Another episode has them meet a man who has written trashy romance novel versions of all the episodes. When it's not [[This Loser Is You|attacking]] [[Fan Girls]] the author is apologizing for the poor writing of tome of the novel/episodes.
* In the ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' "Hollywood Episode", Eric finds himself on a set of what is clearly supposed to be ''Boy Meets World'', and the writers are shown as small children.
* The writers working under head writer Liz Lemon in ''[[
* ''[[Entourage]]''
* In the short-lived series ''Action'', the writer of the movie being made is portrayed as a pathetic and wimpy.
* In "Yes, Virginia, There Is A Hercules", one of the ''many'' [[Something Completely Different]] episodes of ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' based on the idea that Hercules is currently living in modern LA [[Celebrity Paradox|under the name Kevin Sorbo]], the writers were portrayed as twitchy losers who were expected to sleep in the studio. For added [[Self
* On ''[[I Carly]]'', the writers of the show that ripped off ''iCarly'' were portrayed very negatively.
* ''[[The Monkees]]'' once showed Mickey going backstage to ask the writers of the show (portrayed as a group of ancient, bearded asian men) to solve the problem the band was facing. He subsequently throws out the new script, complaining, "We pay those guys too much."
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** At Act I Scene IV, Viscount de Valvert shows his despise toward poets calling Cyrano one of them.
{{quote| '''Viscount De Valvert''' ''(contemptuously):'' Poet!. . .}}
** At Act I Scene V, Cyrano acuses [[Man Behind the Man|Cardenal]] [[Magnificent Bastard|Richelieu]] of being a [[Small Name, Big Ego]] playwright who will find pleasant that Cyrano interrumpted the play of a colleague.
** At Act II Scene IV, [[Starving Artist|various poets eat all of Raguenau’s cakes]] while [[False Friend|they pretend to like his poetry]].
** At Act II Scene VII, [[Small Name, Big Ego|Cyrano (who has written a play, but it was not staged), rejects the Patronage of Cardenal Richielieu]] when De Guiche mentions that [[Executive Meddling|Richelieu could touch a few of his verses]].
** At Act IV Scene VI, Raguenau’s [[Broken Pedestal|is angry at Moliere because he stole a whole scene from one of Cyrano’s plays]].
* ''Hollywood Pinafore'', George S. Kaufman's [[Setting Update]] of ''[[HMS Pinafore (Theatre)|HMS Pinafore]]'', made Ralph Rackstraw a lowly writer for Pinafore Pictures who loves, alas, above his salary.
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'''Writer:''' Actually, I wrote my thesis on life experience and I found tha-<br />
'''RMJ:''' SHUT UP! }}
** In another episode, a writer suggests that [[Viewers
** From the Poochie episode:
{{quote| Roger Myers: The rest of you start writers thinking up a name for this funky dog; I dunno, something along the line of say... Poochie, only more proactive. [Leaves]<br />
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