History Main / HollywoodJehovahsWitness

* Averted by Troy in ''Series/{{Community}}'', as his faith is only brought up in Christmas episodes (because Jehovah's Witnesses never celebrate Christmas).

* Averted on ''Series/{{Community}}''. In "Religious Studies" (the first-season ChristmasEpisode), Troy is revealed to be a Jehovah's Witness and as such doesn't celebrate Christmas. However, you couldn't tell that he was a Jehovah's Witness if he didn't say so. He does have a crazy and uber-religious and very strict grandma, but that's not so much a trope about Jehovah's Witnesses as it is a trope about Black culture in the United States, as she could have just as easily been a Baptist or Methodist. The only major inaccuracy is when Troy says Witnesses "can't drink" (while Witnesses believe drunkenness is wrong, they have no problem with drinking alcohol in moderation). Even so, Troy doesn't fit the description of a typical Hollywood Witness.

** In [[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/The_Father,_the_Son,_and_the_Holy_Fonz The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz]], there is a scene where Peter goes around to people's doors claiming to be one; when one person shows actual interest it's revealed he knows nothing about the faith.[[note]]This plus the fact that he was dressed casually and alone-even long-time Jehovah Witnesses rarely go preaching alone-indicates he was not actually a member.[[/note]]

* Spoofed in WebOriginal/SailorMoonAbridged. A MonsterOfTheWeek with a boxing motif and wings, created from a catholic priest, introduces himself as “Bobo the Boxing Jehovah’s Witness”.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/ Youtubers]] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUmOcheW_mDiDfC5cBw8uOg Truly True]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsTRMvRhjEKgAAyy836KWkg Logic Meister]] are Jehovah's Witnesses. Truly True's whole channel is about the religion.

* Utterly mocked in ''ComicBook/{{Rat-Man}}''. The first story has the titular 'hero' being mistaken for one when he knocks on the door of the Buffoon's lair and presents himself as "I'm Rat-Man! I bring justice among those who walk on the wrong path!", prompting the {{Mooks}} to grab the knives to 'make him disappear'. On a later occasion, we have a Jehovah's Witness knock on Rat-Man's door, and we're treated to his own way to scare them away.

* Parodied in [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2017-03-16 this]] ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' comic, and in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=199 this]] ''Webcomic/VGCats'' comic.

* In the pilot episode of ''Series/LieToMe'', the family of a Jehovah's Witness kid accused of murder use religious idioms that are seldom expressed in the JW world except in parody or sarcasm, such as "praying for your soul". Also, the JW child is afraid of being sent to Hell. Major research failure: Jehovah's Witnesses [[https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/what-is-hell/ don't believe in Hell.]]
** Expanding the above a little, it's highly unlikely they would "pray for your soul" given they don't believe in the soul in the terms most understand it. Body and soul are not viewed as separate things. Rather, people will be resurrected by God in their belief if righteous, while sinners are left dead

* Averted on ''Series/{{Community}}''. In "Religious Studies" (the first-season ChristmasEpisode), Troy is revealed to be a Jehovah's Witness and as such doesn't celebrate Christmas. However, you couldn't tell that he was a Jehovah's Witness if he didn't say so. He does have a crazy and &uumlaut;ber-religious and very strict grandma, but that's not so much a trope about Jehovah's Witnesses as it is a trope about black culture in the United States, as she could have just as easily been a Baptist or Methodist. The only inaccurate things are when Troy says Witnesses "can't drink" (while Witnesses believe drunkenness is wrong, they have no problem with drinking alcohol in moderation) and when an entire episode centers around Troy celebrating his birthday, which Witnesses don't do. Even so, Troy doesn't fit the description of a typical Hollywood Witness.

Yeah, there happens to be this other RealLife religion with a similar name but they've got all this extra junk about the true [[ArchangelMichael nature of Christ]], the method of Salvation, organizational structure and all those other things that you can't fit into a 42-minute hour. Now those guys ''do'' believe that only 144,000 will go to heaven, yes (technically, ''rule'' heaven alongside Jesus), but that's not what most of them are aiming for: other good people will rebuild earth into [[{{Arcadia}} a paradise]] and live there for a thousand years before the final Judgment Day. They do indeed believe that blood is sacred and thus they reject blood tranfusions. However, the real life ones have committees trained to point out the alternatives to blood transfusion, even having had heart surgery performed without transfusions without lowering survival rates - but that wouldn't make for such an interesting moral dilemma in MedicalDrama. Despite the evangelical side, they are politically neutral (i.e. not voting, not joining the army, not working in government jobs, and generally not acknowledging the existence of the nation-state).

* A couple of them (or a local equivalent) [[http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_114.php show up]] in an early Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventure strip, essentially as an excuse to showcase Wildy's TomBoy personality and her views about the Western [[NippleAndDimed toplessness double standard]].

* A couple of them (or a local equivalent) [[http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_114.php show up]] in an early WebComic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventure strip, essentially as an excuse to showcase Wildy's TomBoy personality and her views about the Western [[NippleAndDimed toplessness double standard]].

* Averted on ''Series/{{Community}}''. In "Religious Studies" (the first-season ChristmasEpisode), Troy is revealed to be a Jehovah's Witness and as such doesn't celebrate Christmas. However, you couldn't tell that he was a Jehovah's Witness if he didn't say so. He does have a crazy and &uumlaut;ber-religious and very strict grandma, but that's not so much a trope about Jehovah's Witnesses as it is a trope about black culture in the United States, as she could have just as easily been a Baptist or Methodist. Probably the only inaccurate thing Troy says about Witnesses is that they "can't drink". While Witnesses believe drunkenness is wrong, they have no problem with drinking alcohol in moderation. Even so, Troy doesn't fit the description of a typical Hollywood Witness.