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** ''Alice and Bob'' and ''Troperz'' air on different networks but compete for the same demographic, so there's some rivalry between the producers.

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** ''Alice and Bob'' and ''Troperz'' air on different networks but compete for the same demographic, so there's naturally some rivalry between the producers.
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** Every episode of ''Alice and Bob'' is a potshot at one thing or another ([[RippedFromTheHeadlines usually whatever became the "new hotness" on the news that week]]).

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** Every episode of ''Alice and Bob'' is a potshot at one thing or another ([[RippedFromTheHeadlines usually whatever became was the "new hotness" on the news that week]]).



* '''Averted''': ''Alice and Bob'' don't take potshots at the competition.

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* '''Averted''': ''Alice and Bob'' don't doesn't take potshots at the competition.



** The Take That joke that appears in ''Alice and Bob'' is noted InUniverse to be very lousy, e.g.:

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** The Take That joke that appears in ''Alice and Bob'' is noted InUniverse to be very lousy, weak, e.g.:



'''Bob''': ["The Franchise/StarWars sequel trilogy sucks" joke.]"\\\
'''Alice''': Calling that 'flogging a dead horse' [[InsultToRocks implies there is anything left of the horse worth flogging anymore]].
* '''Played for Drama''': A group of fans of ''Troperz'' beat up the writers of ''Alice and Bob'' for making fun of their favorite show. This starts a ''literal'' [[SillyReasonForWar war]] between ''Alice and Bob'' and ''Troperz''. As the conflicts between the two shows begin to increase, the network airing ''Alice and Bob'' and the network airing ''Troperz'' start taking desperate measures to keep the peace, all of which fail.
* '''Played for Horror''': The "''Troperz'' sucks" gag involves the protagonists of ''Alice and Bob'' charging into the set of ''Troperz'' to RapePillageAndBurn, ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil literally]] and gruesomely'', with no real attempt to censor it. The reaction from all of those who see the episode is "why the hell did they think ''that'' would be funny?" We are then either revealed that the writers were looking for maximum shock value for the sake of the point (or publicity, no matter how allegedly bad)… or they are psychos literally RunningTheAsylum one bad day away from doing this by themselves.

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'''Bob''': ["The Franchise/StarWars sequel trilogy sucks" joke.]"\\\
]\\
'''Alice''': Calling that 'flogging "flogging a dead horse' horse" [[InsultToRocks implies there is anything left of the horse worth flogging anymore]].
* '''Played for Drama''': A group of fans of ''Troperz'' beat up the writers of ''Alice and Bob'' for making fun of their favorite show. This starts a ''literal'' [[SillyReasonForWar war]] between ''Alice and Bob'' and ''Troperz''. As the conflicts between the two shows begin to increase, the network networks airing ''Alice and Bob'' and the network airing ''Troperz'' start taking desperate measures to keep the peace, all of which fail.
* '''Played for Horror''': The "''Troperz'' sucks" gag involves the protagonists of ''Alice and Bob'' charging into the set of ''Troperz'' to RapePillageAndBurn, ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil literally]] and gruesomely'', with no real attempt to censor it. The reaction from all of those who see the episode is "why "Why the hell did they think ''that'' would be funny?" We are then either revealed that the writers were looking for maximum shock value for the sake of the point (or publicity, no matter how allegedly bad)… or they are psychos literally RunningTheAsylum one bad day away from doing this by themselves.
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* '''Invoked''': A writer from ''Troperz'' takes a potshot at ''Alice and Bob'', intentionally causing war of Take Thats.

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* '''Invoked''': A writer from ''Troperz'' takes a potshot at ''Alice and Bob'', intentionally causing a war of Take Thats.



* '''Conversed''': "I used to like ''Alice and Bob'', but they aren't even trying to come up with original and creative ideas. They're just jealous that ''Troperz'' has become the highest-rated show in Tropendom and want to cut the competition down rather than build themselves up. That's not a substitute for being funny!"

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* '''Conversed''': "I used to like ''Alice and Bob'', but they aren't even trying to come up with original and creative ideas. [[YoureJustJealous They're just jealous jealous]] that ''Troperz'' has become the highest-rated show in Tropendom and want to cut the competition down rather than build themselves up. That's not a substitute for being funny!"



** The writers of ''Alice and Bob'' cook up 3,718 different Take Thats at ''Troperz'' (72 of which are aired), and the producers of ''Troperz'' do not notice any of them.
** The Take That joke that appears in ''Alice and Bob'' is noted InUniverse to be very lousy (Alice: "so ''Troperz'' had Creator/JJAbrams as a head writer for a season…" Bob: "["The Disney Franchise/StarWars trilogy sucks" joke]". Alice:"Calling that 'flogging a dead horse' [[InsultToRocks implies there is anything left of the horse worth flogging anymore]].")

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** The writers of ''Alice and Bob'' cook up 3,718 different Take Thats at ''Troperz'' (72 of which are aired), and the producers of ''Troperz'' do not notice any none of them.
** The Take That joke that appears in ''Alice and Bob'' is noted InUniverse to be very lousy (Alice: "so lousy, e.g.:
--->'''Alice''': So
''Troperz'' had Creator/JJAbrams as a head writer for a season…" Bob: "["The Disney season…\\
'''Bob''': ["The
Franchise/StarWars sequel trilogy sucks" joke]". Alice:"Calling joke.]"\\\
'''Alice''': Calling
that 'flogging a dead horse' [[InsultToRocks implies there is anything left of the horse worth flogging anymore]].")



* '''Played for Horror''': The "''Troperz'' sucks" gag involves the protagonists of ''Alice and Bob'' charging into the set of ''Troperz'' to ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil literally]] and gruesomely'' RapePillageAndBurn with no real attempt to censor it. The reaction from all of those who see the episode is "why the hell did they think ''that'' would be funny?" We are then either revealed that the writers were looking for maximum shock value for the sake of the point (or publicity, no matter how allegedly bad)… or they are psychos literally RunningTheAsylum one bad day away from doing this by themselves.

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* '''Played for Horror''': The "''Troperz'' sucks" gag involves the protagonists of ''Alice and Bob'' charging into the set of ''Troperz'' to RapePillageAndBurn, ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil literally]] and gruesomely'' RapePillageAndBurn gruesomely'', with no real attempt to censor it. The reaction from all of those who see the episode is "why the hell did they think ''that'' would be funny?" We are then either revealed that the writers were looking for maximum shock value for the sake of the point (or publicity, no matter how allegedly bad)… or they are psychos literally RunningTheAsylum one bad day away from doing this by themselves.



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** They mock ''Troperz'', but in a way that's clearly [[AffectionateParody done out of love]].
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* '''Played for Horror''': The "''Troperz'' sucks" gag involves the protagonists of ''Alice and Bob'' charging into the set of ''Troperz'' to ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil literally]] and gruesomely'' RapePillageAndBurn with no real attempt to censor it. The reaction from all of those who see the episode is "why the hell did they think ''that'' would be funny?" They didn't, since they played this for horror.

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* '''Played for Horror''': The "''Troperz'' sucks" gag involves the protagonists of ''Alice and Bob'' charging into the set of ''Troperz'' to ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil literally]] and gruesomely'' RapePillageAndBurn with no real attempt to censor it. The reaction from all of those who see the episode is "why the hell did they think ''that'' would be funny?" They didn't, since We are then either revealed that the writers were looking for maximum shock value for the sake of the point (or publicity, no matter how allegedly bad)… or they played are psychos literally RunningTheAsylum one bad day away from doing this for horror.by themselves.
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* '''Played for Drama''': A group of fans of ''Troperz'' beat up the writers of ''Alice and Bob'' for making fun of their favorite show. This starts a ''literal'' war between ''Alice and Bob'' and ''Troperz''. As the conflicts between the two shows begin to increase, the network airing ''Alice and Bob'' and the network airing ''Troperz'' start taking desperate measures to keep the peace, all of which fail.

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* '''Played for Drama''': A group of fans of ''Troperz'' beat up the writers of ''Alice and Bob'' for making fun of their favorite show. This starts a ''literal'' war [[SillyReasonForWar war]] between ''Alice and Bob'' and ''Troperz''. As the conflicts between the two shows begin to increase, the network airing ''Alice and Bob'' and the network airing ''Troperz'' start taking desperate measures to keep the peace, all of which fail.
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* '''Played for Horror''': The "''Troperz'' sucks" gag involves the protagonists of ''Alice and Bob'' charging into the set of ''Troperz'' to ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil literally]]'' RapePillageAndBurn with no real attempt to censor it. The reaction from all of those who see the episode is "why the hell did they think ''that'' would be funny?"

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* '''Played for Horror''': The "''Troperz'' sucks" gag involves the protagonists of ''Alice and Bob'' charging into the set of ''Troperz'' to ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil literally]]'' literally]] and gruesomely'' RapePillageAndBurn with no real attempt to censor it. The reaction from all of those who see the episode is "why the hell did they think ''that'' would be funny?"funny?" They didn't, since they played this for horror.
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* '''Invoked''': A writer from ''Troperz'' takes a potshot at ''Alice and Bob'', so a war of Take Thats is started.

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* '''Invoked''': A writer from ''Troperz'' takes a potshot at ''Alice and Bob'', so a intentionally causing war of Take Thats is started.Thats.

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