History Fanfic / BeastBoyAndRavenJoinPETA

* AnAesop:
** Don't join an organisation just because it supports a cause you believe in. If said organisation engages in actions that are irrational, hypocritical, or immoral, that will only push people away from your cause.
** Social progress is made by changing hearts and minds, and while that unfortunately takes a long time, it's ultimately worth it.
** Just because a group's name indicates that they have good intentions doesn't mean that it is the case or that they are incapable of doing wrong.

** Beast Boy's Let's Player sign-off references those of LetsPlay/JackSepticEye and WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}.

** Beast Boy's Let's Player sign-off references those of LetsPlay/JackSepticEye and LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}.

* WaxingLyrical: After transforming into The Spectre, Raven quotes the chorus of "The Vengeful One" by Music/{{Disturbed}}.

** The local PETA members are thinly-veiled copies of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' characters (Mr. Harrison and Mr. Sock being stand-ins for Mr. Garrison and his hand puppet Mr. Hat, Dan Swamp being a parody of Stan Marsh, Lyle Bernstein being an ersatz of Kyle Broflovski, Bbby Swirlz based on Butters Scotch, and representations of Jimmy and Timmy who have their given names swapped), and the Animal Liberation Front spokesman Aaron Crapman is clearly based on Eric Cartman.

** The local PETA members are thinly-veiled copies of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' characters (Mr. Harrison and Mr. Sock being stand-ins for Mr. Garrison and his hand puppet Mr. Hat, Dan Swamp being a parody of Stan Marsh, Lyle Bernstein being an ersatz of Kyle Broflovski and representations of Jimmy and Timmy who have their given names swapped), and the Animal Liberation Front spokesman Aaron Crapman is clearly based on Eric Cartman.

** Don't join an organisation just because it supports a cause you believe in. If said organisation engages in actions that are irrational, hypocrtical, or immoral, that will only push people away from your cause.

* AnimalWrongsGroup: The Animal Liberation Front; also what PETA is revealed to be.

** Towards PETA, unsurprisingly.

* BrokenPedestal: What PETA becomes for Beast Boy once he discovers the truth of their shelters.

** The local PETA members are thinly-veiled copies of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' characters, and the ALF spokesman is clearly based on Cartman.

* MoralMyopia: The ALF and PETA claim that it's perfectly moral for them to kill animals.

** Loads of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' references.

* DartboardOfHate: Ingrid Newkirk is mentioned at one point throwing stingray-shaped darts at a picture of Steve Irwin.

** Just because a group's name indicates that they have good intentions doesn't mean that it is the case.

** Social progress is made by changing hearts and minds, and while that unfortunately takes a long time, its ultimately worth it.

* TakeThat: Towards PETA, unsurprisingly.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: Beast Boy demands that Don Gooseson give one example of the meat industry helping animals. Don responds by describing how the buffalo meat industry saved the buffalo from extinction.

** Beast Boy's Let's Player sign-off references both LetsPlay/JackSepticEye and LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30001704/chapters/73867359 Beast Boy and Raven Join PETA]]'' is a satirical fanfic by Creator/{{Saberlord_Oboeshoes}} about the young superhero duo joining the controversial animal rights organisation.

** "Bobby Swirlz" is possibly a reference to ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld".

** Chapter 3 opens with Beast Boy playing an ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}}'' game, and ends with Cyborg quoting ''Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu'.

** Beast Boy's Let's Player sign-off references both LetsPlay/JackSepticEye and LetsPlay/Markiplier.

** Chapter 3 opens with Beast Boy playing an Franchise/{{XCOM}} game, and ends with Cyborg quoting ''Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu'.

* WaxingLyrics: After transforming into The Spectre, Raven quotes the chorus of "The Vengeful One" by Music/{{Disturbed}}.