History Narm / ChickTracts

* One tract, dramatically and seriously called "Somebody Goofed", has an androgynous kid who's never heard of Jesus before being talked out of accepting Christ by a man in a turtleneck who makes references to Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. This man beats up an elderly preacher, causing the kid to say "you didn't have to do that! He wasn't doing anything to you!" but literally three panels later, is saying they'll listen to this perfect stranger "from now on". The stranger encourages him to drive across railroad tracks while there's a train coming. Because ''that's'' how they get you, apparently. The Narm gets turned up to eleven when the two of them wake up in Hell, and the turtlenecked guy removes his mask; He's SATAN! Just about the silliest-looking Satan you've ever seen.

* In "First Bite", among the members of the evil vampire coven, one can see, multiple times mind you, ComicBook/{{Blade}}, a half-breed vampire hunter, [[Literature/LordofTheRings Gandalf]] as a vampire, and even [[Literature/HarryPotter Professor McGonagall]]. It's such a blatant attempt at a TakeThat! that is so poorly done, it can't be anything but Narm.

** Then the pumpkin came off, revealing the killer to be SATAN. Then a cop yells, "Run... 'Tis the Devil himself!" Say what you will about Jack Chick; he's anything but predictable.

*** [[BrokenAesop This is a Chick Tract, remember?. It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you accept his form of religion, you can commit every crime known to man and still go straight to heaven.]]

* [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0034/0034_01.asp This one, called "Angels?"]] might just take the cake. The idea of the ''Angels'' succeeding as a band with lyrics like "We're going to Rock, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Rock, Rock Rock with the ROCK]]!" and "Embrace Me Love of Death" (which sounds more like badly translated RichardWagner than any rock song).

* The kid hero of "The Little Sneak" getting tragically [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ChickTract_TheLittleSneak_8380.jpg killed by lightning]].

** In one panel, Lew Siffer presents a chart explaining how he masterminded the evolution of rock music which classifies ElvisPresley and Music/TheBeatles as HardRock. Now consider [[SillyLoveSongs the kinds of songs most people associate them with]]. If "Suspicious Minds" and "All You Need Is Love" are HardRock, then what would ''[[MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness soft]]'' rock be? And what would heavy death metal be?

*** Easy. [[Literature/SilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]].
*** Who he then ate, with some fava beans and a nice chianti. '''SLURPSLURPSLURP'''

** [[TheSimpsons "I sure as hell can't talk about hell without saying 'hell'."]]

* In "First Bite" among the members of the evil vampire coven, one can see, multiple times, mind you, ComicBook/{{Blade}} a half-breed vampire hunter, [[Literature/LordofTheRings Gandalf]] as a vampire, and even [[Literature/HarryPotter Professor McGonagall]]. It's such a blatant attempt at a TakeThat! that is so poorly done, it can't be anything but Narm.

*** [[ElvisCostello What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?]]

* In "First Bite" among the members of the evil vampire coven, one can see, multiple times, mind you, ComicBook/{{Blade}} a half-breed vampire hunter, [[Literature/LordofTheRings Gandalf]] as a vampire, and even [[Literature/HarryPotter Professor McGonagall]]. It's such a blatant attempt at a TakeThat! that is so poorly done, it can't be anything but Harm.

** The mom covering her son's eyes upon spotting hippie-looking gays in what sadly looks like ''[[CategorismAsPhobia literal]]'' homophobia.

** The mom covering her son's eyes upon spotting hippie-looking gays in what sadly looks like ''literal'' homophobia.

* In "First Bite" among the members of the evil vampire coven, one can see, multiple times, mind you, Blade, a half-breed vampire hunter, Gandalf as a vampire, and even Professor McGonagall. It's such a blatant attempt at a ThatThat! that is so poorly done, it can't be anything but Harm.

* Most of [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0055/0055_01.asp "Big Daddy?"]]. For anyone who's done their homework on the subject, the flimsy attempts at "scientifically" proving creationism are bad enough, but what stands out is how the tract depicts an ordinary biology teacher (albeit one who would hang a portrait of a chimpanzee labeled "Our Father" in his classroom) who instantly turns into a frothing madman after one of his students has the absolute ''gall'' to... disagree with his stance on evolution.

** Will sinners go to heaven? [[BigNo NO!]] '''''[[LargeHam THAT'S BAD NEWS!]]''''' So ''where'' do all the sinners go when they die? [[DisproportionateRetribution We're all going to hell]]. '''''That's NOT cool!'''''

*** Easy. [[SilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]].

* One tract, dramatically and seriously called "Somebody Goofed", has an androgynous kid who's never heard of Jesus before being talked out of accepting Christ by a man in a turtleneck who makes references to Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. This man beats up an elderly preacher, causing the kid to say "you didn't have to do that! He wasn't doing anything to you!" but literally three panels later, is saying he'll listen to this perfect stranger "from now on". The stranger encourages him to drive across railroad tracks while there's a train coming. Because ''that's'' how they get you, apparently. The Narm gets turned up to eleven when the two of them wake up in Hell, and the turtlenecked guy removes his mask; He's SATAN! Just about the silliest-looking Satan you've ever seen.

* Perhaps Jack Chick's most famous tract is in the process of becoming a live-action movie. [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/295102457/rpgs-are-evil-dark-dungeons-the-movie "Dark Dungeons: The Movie!"]] is a Kickstarter funded effort to transform Jack Chick's tract, "Dark Dungeons", into a live-action movie, and the sight of real actors reading the lines in costume and in character has to be seen to be believed. Debate rages on whether the filmmaker believes in the tract or not.
** He's not serious. He's all but admitted he's doing a giant Stephen Colbert-esque move. He said that his favorite Comedian was Stephen Colbert and that "The best humor is done by a person doing it completely straight that for a moment you think he's serious."

** The band in ''Why No Revival?'' has two songs titled "Rock of Ages" and "Rock for the Rock". Now, there is a good rock/metal song called "Rock of Ages" out there, but "Rock for the Rock" smacks of SpinalTap.

** The opening line is almost poetic once you get past the implication that the "satanic" gays are purposefully defiant, when in reality they have no idea about what the Bible says, and even then it just condemns gay ''sex'' and not simply being gay itself.

* Most of [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0055/0055_01.asp "Big Daddy?"]]. For anyone who's done their homework on the subject, the flimsy attempts at "scientifically" proving creationism are bad enough, but what stands out is how the tract depicts an ordinary biology teacher (albeit one who would hang a portrait of a chimpanzee labeled "Our Father" in his classroom) instantly turns into a frothing madman after one of his students has the absolute ''gall'' to... disagree with his stance on evolution.