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* ''Anime/TheRebirthOfBuddha'': The main villain's faction, the Sounen Group, is clearly based on the Japanese spiritual movement Aum Shinrikyo, which has had a bitter rivalry with Happy Science since TheNineties. [[spoiler:Moreover, the demon possessing Arai adopts the form of a fat man with long black hair and purple pseudo-Buddhist robes, which is meant to be an unflattering caricature of Shoko Asahara, leader of Aum]].
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* ''Manga/SupermanVsMeshi'':
** When the Justice League is introduced (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg), Green Lantern is noticably absent. This could be because he wasn’t in the Justice League movie.
** The scene where Superman stares in disbelief as Aquaman talks to his sushi and eats it is possibly a reference to the ''Series/TheBoys2019'' episode where [[Characters/TheBoys2019Homelander Homelander]] forces [[CharactersTheBoys2019TheDeep The Deep]] to eat Timothy the octupus.
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** The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' homage episode, despite being an AffectionateParody of the franchise as a whole, has several shots taken at the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' film series.

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** The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' homage episode, despite being an AffectionateParody of the franchise as a whole, has several shots taken at the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' film series.Film/TransformersFilmSeries.
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** There's also a backwards message [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZlIcJbbm08&fmt=18 here]] that says "[[BitingTheHandHumor Leo Burnett and 4Kids are the devil! Leo Burnett!]]"

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** There's also * The 4Kids dub of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' has a hidden backwards message [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZlIcJbbm08&fmt=18 here]] that says "[[BitingTheHandHumor Leo Burnett and 4Kids are the devil! Leo Burnett!]]"Burnett!]]" based on pay disputes over commercials.
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* The main female character of ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' looks and acts like an adult version of Osaka from ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', and this was part of the creator's attack on Japan's [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} love of cuteness.]]

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* The main female character of ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' looks and acts like an adult version of Osaka from ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', and this was part of the creator's attack on Japan's [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} love of cuteness.]]]] The general idea of Tsukiko Sagi is that if someone like Ayumu Kasuga had to act like an adult and deal with life outside of high school, she'd be a complete NervousWreck before she turned 30.
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* ''Manga/IsItMyFaultThatIGotBullied'': The story is a huge one toward the Japanese education system and how they handle bullying by covering it up, instead of addressing it and taking the bare minimum measures to ensure the student's safety (such as installing security cameras). As Aizawa puts it "schools are essentially extraterritorial" ''and they don't have to'', which allows the bullying problem to continue.
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* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD EX'' and the RecapEpisode of ''Hero'' were reportedly a "take that" at ''[=BorN=]'', after director Tetsuya Yanagisawa publicly revealed that he was the one who condensed volumes 5 to 7 into one 12-episode season over the objections of author Ichiei Ishibumi and writer Takao Yoshioka.
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** The Fujinamis are a merciless [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''. Whereas Oscar François de Jarjayes loves and respects her father, whose decision to [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raise his daughter as his son]] is seen as eccentric at worst and even romantic, Ryuunosuke loathes her father, who is portrayed as a cruel, selfish, misogynistic and dubiously sane JerkAss.

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** The Fujinamis are a merciless [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''. Whereas Oscar François de Jarjayes loves and respects her father, whose decision to [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender raise his daughter as his son]] is seen as eccentric at worst and even romantic, Ryuunosuke loathes her father, who is portrayed as a cruel, selfish, misogynistic and dubiously sane JerkAss. Though at least Oscar ''admits'' that his decision was wrong, apologize, and tells his daughter that she can stop pretending to be a guy, whereas Fujinami is so obsessed with [[WantedASonInstead having a son]] that he has put his daughter at risk of being sexually assaulted by her male classmates.
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*''Anime/VoltesV'': The animators of ''Voltes V'' intended for Desraa to be a TakeThat towards Dessler of ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'', which was being aired on rival TV station TV Yomiuri at the time. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Prince Heinel laughing at how ugly Desraa's appearance is.
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* ''Manga/DungeonNoOsananajimi'': Chapter 3 opens with the childhood friends playing The Game of Reincarnation, a parody of ''TabletopGame/GameOfLife'' in which players aim for the strongest rebirth. The game takes potshots at various other fantasy and isekai genre stereotypes, with Van getting kicked out of the hero's party and gaining a powerful revenge buff.

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* ''Manga/DungeonNoOsananajimi'': ''Manga/DungeonFriendsForever'': Chapter 3 opens with the childhood friends playing The Game of Reincarnation, a parody of ''TabletopGame/GameOfLife'' in which players aim for the strongest rebirth. The game takes potshots at various other fantasy and isekai genre stereotypes, with Van getting kicked out of the hero's party and gaining a powerful revenge buff.

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