History Main / BorrowingTheBeatles

-->-- '''Reporter''', ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E12MoralDecayMeetTheBeatAlls Meet the Beat Alls]]"

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E12MoralDecayMeetTheBeatAlls Meet the Beat Alls]]", Townsville's top four super villains -- Mojo Jojo, HIM, Princess Morbucks, and Fuzzy Lumpkins -- all meet at the Powerpuff Girl's house by coincidence, each of them sick of losing to the girls and wanting to fight them. When they all manage to win when they work together, they team up and call themselves The Beat Alls. It works out perfectly for them, repeatedly trouncing the Powerpuff Girls... right until the Yoko analogue, Moko Jono, shows up, and Mojo Jojo starts eagerly going with her increasingly bizarre "evil" plans until the group falls apart from the strain. The episode is notable for cramming as many Beatles references as the creators could think of into the dialogue and visuals.

** The group members correlated to Beatles counterparts. Davy Jones was "the cute one" analogue to Paul [=McCartney=]. Peter Tork was "the goofy one" parallel to Ringo Starr, as well as fitting George Harrison's "quiet one" role. John Lennon was subject to DecompositeCharacter treatment, with Michael Nesmith taking on his "smart one"[=/=]"leader" part, while Micky Dolenz picked up on John's other side as "the joker".

The band would comprise CaptainErsatz caricatures of the original band's line-up -- Music/JohnLennon, Music/PaulMcCartney, Music/GeorgeHarrison, and Music/RingoStarr -- and are often accompanied by people bearing a striking resemblance to other figures in the band's history, like Music/YokoOno and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Their music is portrayed in the same upbeat [[TheSixties 1960s]] rock-style, their fashion either mod or hippie, their fans in the millions and their most iconic moments themselves being spoofs of the Beatles' high points, like their 1969 rooftop concert on the Apple Corps building.

* ''Greatest Hits'', a 2008 mini-series published by Creator/DCVertigo, features a superteam called The Mates who that are basically the Beatles reimagined as superheroes.

The band would comprise CaptainErsatz caricatures of the original band's line-up -- Music/JohnLennon, Music/PaulMcCartney, Music/GeorgeHarrison and Music/RingoStarr -- and are often accompanied by people bearing a striking resemblance to other figures in the band's history, like Music/YokoOno and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Their music is portrayed in the same upbeat [[TheSixties 1960s]] rock-style, their fashion either mod or hippie, their fans in the millions and their most iconic moments themselves being spoofs of the Beatles' high points, like their 1969 rooftop concert on the Apple Corps building.

* ''Greatest Hits'', a 2008 mini-series published by Creator/DCVertigo, features a superteam called The Mates who that are basically the Beatles re-imagined as superheroes.

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** The show has several Beatles shout outs. In "Mijacogeo," the foursome wakes up to an alarm clock/radio blaring the song "Good Morning, Good Morning." In "Success Story," Davy's British grandfather pays a visit, echoing a major plot point in ''Film/AHardDaysNight''. Many of the song interludes in the show feature the foursome jumping and running around in [[FastForwardGag sped-up fashion]], also mirroring the "Can't Buy Me Love" sequences in ''A Hard Day's Night''. In their movie ''Film/{{Head}}'', Peter briefly whistles "Strawberry Fields Forever", a character asks Micky "Are you still paying tribute to Ringo Starr?", and Peter listens to a lecture from a swami who's a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E12MoralDecayMeetTheBeatAlls Meet the Beat Alls]]", Townsville's top four super villains -- Mojo Jojo, HIM, Princess Morbucks and Fuzzy Lumpkins -- all meet at the Powerpuff Girl's house by coincidence, each of them sick of losing to the girls and wanting to fight them. When they all manage to win when they work together, they team up and call themselves The Beat Alls. It works out perfectly for them, repeatedly trouncing the Powerpuff Girls... right until the Yoko analogue, Moko Jono, shows up, and Mojo Jojo starts eagerly going with her increasingly bizarre "evil" plans until the group falls apart from the strain. The episode is notable for cramming as many Beatles references as the creators could think of into the dialogue and visuals.

* Not surprisingly the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode "Beaglemania" with the Beagle Boys as the Beatles. They became so famous that make millions to Scrooge who is the owner of the record company. But between firing Ma Beagle as manager and also ashame her among the other criminal mothers for them earning money legally and causing Scrooge to pay for their extreme luxuries Scrooge and Ma enter an EnemyMine situation to ruin their careres.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Guru returned to the outback and took on some new Dreamtime students, one of which was a high-profile rockstar that brought a lot of unwanted media attention. Last I heard, he was hiding out in New York City. Figured it was the last place they'd ever look."'']]

* Not surprisingly the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode "Beaglemania" with the Beagle Boys as the Beatles. They became si famous that make millions to Scrooge who is the owner of the record company. But between firing Ma Beagle as manager and also ashame her aming the other criminal mothers for them earning money legally and causing Scrooge to pay for their extreme luxuries Scrooge and Ma enter an EnemyMine situation to ruin their careres.

Music/TheBeatles are said by many to be the single most influential music group of all time. They led UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion, legitimized RockAndRoll as an art-form, led the countercultural march of TheSixties into the revolutionary renaissance of TheSeventies and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers are the most successful example of a band to ever name themselves after a noun preceded by the word "The".]] While The Beatles spawned too many copycats to mention in the real world, the world of fiction has its own Beatles {{Expies}}.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E12MoralDecayMeetTheBeatAlls Meet the Beat Alls]]", Townsville's top four super villains -- Mojo Jojo, HIM, Princess Morbucks and Fuzzy Lumpkins -- all meet at the Powerpuff Girl's house by coincidence, each of them sick of losing to the girls and wanting to fight them. When they all manage to win when they work together, they team up and call themselves The Beat Alls. It works out perfectly for them, repeatedly trouncing the Powerpuff Girls... right until the Yoko analogue, Moko Jono, shows up, and Mojo Jojo starts eagerly going with her increasingly bizarre "evil" plans until the group falls apart from the strain. The episode is notable for cramming as many Beatles references as the writers could think of into the dialogue and visuals.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E12MoralDecayMeetTheBeatAlls Meet the Beat Alls]]", Townsville's top four super villains -- Mojo Jojo, HIM, Princess Morbucks and Fuzzy Lumpkins -- all meet at the Powerpuff Girl's house by coincidence, each of them sick of losing to the girls and wanting to fight them. When they all manage to win when they work together, they team up and call themselves The Beat Alls. It works out perfectly for them, repeatedly trouncing the Powerpuff Girls... right until the Yoko analogue, Moko Jono, shows up, and Mojo Jojo starts eagerly going with her increasingly bizarre "evil" plans until the group falls apart from the strain.

** The Monkees song "Randy Scouse Git" is a ShoutOut to the Beatles. The word "Scouse" is a slang term for Liverpudlians. It also has the line "The four kings of EMI are sitting stately on the floor," a reference to the group.

* ''Greatest Hits'', a 2008 mini-series by ''Creator/DCVertigo'' features a superteam called The Mates, that are basically the Beatles re-imagined as superheroes.

* The Common Men in the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio drama ''1963: Fanfare for the Common Men''. Mark Carville is John, James O'Meara is Paul, Corky Goldsmith is Ringo, and they don't have a George. The twist is that the Doctor is familiar with the actual Beatles, and realizes someone has altered history to put a different group in their place.

The band would comprise CaptainErsatz caricatures of the original band's line-up -- Music/JohnLennon, Music/PaulMcCartney, Music/GeorgeHarrison and Music/RingoStarr -- and are often accompanied by people bearing a striking resemblance to other figures in the band's history, like Music/YokoOno and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Their music is portrayed in the same upbeat 1950s rock-style, their fashion either mod or hippie, their fans in the millions and their most iconic moments themselves being spoofs of the Beatles' high points, like their 1969 rooftop concert on the Apple Corps building.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "All You Need is Narf", Pinky's SimpleMindedWisdom has him confused for a guru when he and Brain are in India to collect sandalwood. They become especially popular with The Feebles, a Beatles {{Expy}} that Pinky happens to be a fan of. When they begin to get in the way of the plan by booking a 6-month sit-in, Brain meets the tone-deaf singer Yoko Nono and pairs her with the John Lennon stand-in Jim Lemon, leading to the band's break-up.

* Music/TheMonkees were conceived as an ultra-fluffy version of the Beatles, a fact not unnoticed by observers at the time given that the group gained the disparaging nickname "The Pre-Fab Four."
** Both groups are named after living creatures [[XtremeKoolLetterz comically misspelled]].
** Three of the group's members correlated to Beatles counterparts. Davy Jones was "the cute one" analogue to Paul [=McCartney=], Peter Tork was "the goofy one" parallel to Ringo Starr, and Michael Nesmith filled the roles of "the leader" and "the quiet one" similar to John Lennon and George Harrison. Mickey Dolenz doesn't quite fit in here, though.
** The show has several Beatles shout outs. In "Mijacogeo," the foursome wakes up to an alarm clock/radio blaring the song "Good Morning, Good Morning." In "Success Story," Davy's British grandfather pays a visit, echoing a major plot point in ''Film/AHardDaysNight''. Many of the song interludes in the show feature the foursome jumping and running around in [[FastForwardGag sped-up fashion]], also mirroring the "Can't Buy Me Love" sequences in ''A Hard Day's Night''.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Guru returned to the outback and took on some new Dreamtime students, one of which was a high-profile rockstar that brought a lot of unwanted media attention."'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Guru returned to the outback and took on some new Dreamtime students, one of which was a high-profile rockstar that brought a lot of unwanted media attention. Last I heard, he was hiding out in New York City. Figured it was the last place they'd ever look."'']]

-> ''"Yes, screaming girls everywhere ran screaming whenever the Beat Alls made the scene. Individually, it had been a long and winding road. But together, the Beat Alls, or the 'Bad Four,' as they were also known had finally conquered Townsville. Their rise to fame can be attributed to their ability to deliver hit after hit after hit... to the Powerpuff Girls. With Mojo Jojo on blaster rays, the acidic spit stylings of HIM, Princess accompanying Mojo on blasters, And Fuzzy, the shy one, provides the rock. Thus the Brutish Invasion had begun. Again... and again... and again. Till eventually the girls stopped showing up entirely. And the Beat Alls had a ticket to ride. Having finally bested the Powerpuff Girls, the Beat Alls rushed to the top of the charts of the Most Wanted list."''

* A 1965 commercial for Kellogg's Raisin Bran, WesternAnimation/PixieDixieAndMrJinks don Beatle wigs and perform an impromptu concert touting the cereal.

The band would comprise CaptainErsatz caricatures of the original band's line-up -- Music/JohnLennon, Music/PaulMcCartney, Music/GeorgeHarrison and Music/RingoStarr -- and are often accompanied by people bearing a striking resemblance to other figures in the band's history like Music/YokoOno and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Their music is portrayed in the same upbeat 1950s rock-style, their fashion either mod or hippie, their fans in the millions and their most iconic moments themselves being spoofs of the Beatles' high points, like their 1969 rooftop concert on the Apple Corps building.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "All You Need is Narf", Pinky's SimpleMindedWisdom has him confused for a guru when he and Brain are in India to collect sandalwood. They become especially popular with The Feebles, a Beatles {{Expy}} that Pinky happens to be a fan of. When they begin to get in the way of the plan by booking a 6-month sit-in, Brain meets the tone-deaf singer Yoko Nono and pairs her with the John Lennon stand-in, leading to the band's break-up.

Music/TheBeatles are said by many to be the single most influential music group of all time. They led UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion, legitimized RockAndRoll as an art-form, led the countercultural march of TheSixties into the revolutionary renaissance of TheSeventies and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers is the most successful example of a band to ever name themselves after a noun preceded by the word "The".]] While The Beatles spawned too many copycats to mention in the real world, the world of fiction has its own Beatles {{Expies}}.

The band would be comprised of CaptainErsatz caricatures of the original band's line-up -- Music/JohnLennon, Music/PaulMcCartney, Music/GeorgeHarrison and Music/RingoStarr -- and are often accompanied by people baring a striking resemblance to other figures in the band's history like Music/YokoOno and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Their music is portrayed in the same upbeat 50's rock-style, their fashion either mod or hippie, their fans in the millions and their most iconic moments themselves being spoofs of the Beatles' high-points, like their 1969 rooftop concert on the Apple Corps building.

By virtue of this trope, examples of AbbeyRoadCrossing, BiggerThanJesus and SgtPeppersShoutOut are abound.

** The show has several Beatles shout outs. In "Mijacogeo," the foursome wakes up to an alarm clock/radio blaring the song "Good Morning, Good Morning." In "Success Story," Davy's British grandfather pays a visit, echoing a major plot point in ''Film/AHardDaysNight''. Many of the song interludes in the show feature the foursome jumping and running around in [[FastForwardGag sped-up fashion]], also mirroring the "Can't Buy Me Love" sequences in ''Film/AHardDaysNight''.

* ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'' has the episode "A Barn Day's Night" where Otis, Abby, Freddy, Peg, and Pig form a band called "The Weevils".

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E12MoralDecayMeetTheBeatAlls Meet the Beat Alls]]", Townsville's top four super villains -- Mojo Jojo, HIM, Princess Morbucks and Fuzzy Lumpkins -- all meet at the Powerpuff Girl's house by coincidence, each of them sick of losing to the girls and wanting to fight them. When they all manage to win when they work together, they team up and call themselves The Beat Alls.