History TakeThat / Film

** The second Jurassic Park, ''The Lost World'' features a notable diss against paleontologist Robert T. Bakker. Quick history lesson: Dr. Bakker has been a longtime rival of Dr. Jack Horner, the Jurassic Park series' official paleontological consultant. Horner is well known for having a massive ego (he proudly states that he was the inspiration for Dr. Grant's character), and always seemed to be in a perpetual state of bickering with Dr. Bakker, even on the most petty of speculative topics (such as the T-Rex's eyesight, which there is no way of actually studying). And thus in the Lost World, Dr. Bakker is given his very own CaptainErsatz, a bumbling poser who scared out of hiding by a snake, and [[DroppedABridgeOnHim into the jaws of a T-Rex]].

* In ''DareDevil,'' the film opens with a rapist getting turned loose by the courts thanks to a mob lawyer's intervention. Dare Devil hunts the rapist down, breaks his bones and lets him fall to the train tracks, and as the subway approaches, Dare Devil coldly states "You see that light? It's not coming to take you to ''heaven."'' And what is the name of this rapist who has earned the a Marvel superhero's damnation? [[JoeQuesada José Quesada]].

* UweBoll has been accused of [[SpringtimeForHitler making deliberate flops to make use of a tax loophole]], which would explain [[SoBadItsHorrible a lot]]. His cameo in his own Postal movie is probably a reaction to the rumours, since he keeps insisting his movies are awesome.

* Bond's quip regarding TheBeatles.
** Bond's quip in the hotel scene (..."...that's as bad as listening to TheBeatles without earmuffs!") can just as easily be about the tens of thousands of loudly screaming girls at any Beatles concert.

* ''{{Goldfinger}}'' contains an example -- "...that's as bad as listening to TheBeatles without earmuffs!"
** In turn, {{Help}} would appear to be a savage (or at least [[AffectionateParody affectionate]]) parody of JamesBond movies.

* The 1998 ''{{Godzilla}}'' movie had the mayor of New York and his assistant as ''very'' obvious parodies of [[RogerEbert Ebert]] and Siskel, respectively, and Ebert was shown as a glutton with no work ethics. This was in response of their negative criticism of ''IndependenceDay'' and ''{{Film/Stargate}}'', made by the same [[RolandEmmerich director]]. It backfired; Ebert and Siskel merely remarked that they'd been parodied much better in the past and would have hoped for something a lot more savage, like at ''least'' being crushed to death by Godzilla or eaten, then went on to trash the film anyway.
** Ebert later set the issue to rest in print: "Now that I've appeared in a Godzilla movie, all I truly desire is for a group of Ingmar Bergman characters to sit in a circle and read my reviews to each other in hushed tones."
** The trailer for the same film includes a T-Rex fossil, with a museum curator describing how the T-Rex was the greatest land predator ever to walk the Earth. The fossil promptly gets stomped on by [[FanNickname GINO]], in what may be a dig at the ''JurassicPark'' franchise.
*** Ironic, then, that the sequence where the good guys are chased through Madison Square Garden by baby GINOs was one of the most blatant ''Jurassic Park'' rip-offs in cinematic history.

* In ''SpaceJam'', Daffy Duck suggests that they call their basketball team "The Ducks". Bugs' response: "What kind of MickeyMouse organization would call their team the Ducks?" Besides using "Mickey Mouse" as a pejorative term, this could be considered a slam against both the film ''TheMightyDucks'' and the actual hockey team The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
** Which was named after the team from the film and was owned by Disney at the time. They had to lose the "Mighty" when Disney sold the team. (Which, unfortunately, leaves them simply "the Ducks" in a league where most teams have names like "Predators", "Thrashers", "Flames", "Hurricanes", and "Wild". Hockey teams are supposed to have names that inspire ''fear''. [[NotCompensatingForAnything I wonder if that's why Anaheim is among the league leaders in fighting penalties year after year...]]
*** What about teams such as the "Penguins", "Canadiens", "Senators", and "Canucks"?
*** Read up on Canadian military history, and you'll know why "Canadiens" and "Canucks" inspire fear.

* Mel Gibson's ''Paparazzi'', which depicts photographers as amoral murderers and requires Cole Hauser to kill them one by one. ''Really''.
* The 1998 ''{{Godzilla}}'' movie had the mayor of New York and his assistant as ''very'' obvious parodies of [[RogerEbert Ebert]] and Siskel, respectively, and Ebert was shown as a glutton with no work ethics. This was in response of their negative criticism of ''IndependenceDay'' and ''StarGate'', made by the same producers. It backfired; Ebert and Siskel merely remarked that they'd been parodied much better in the past and would have hoped for something a lot more savage, like at ''least'' being crushed to death by Godzilla or eaten, then went on to trash the film anyway.

** May also be a [[{{shout out}} reference]] to the fact that the boat used to kill Jaws was called ''Orca''.

* Speaking of Godzilla, the 1998 movie had an obvious take that at Siskel and Ebert because they disliked Emmerich's past films. It didn't work though, as the characters were never killed by Zilla.
** Ebert pointed this out in his review noting that "they let us off lightly; I fully expected to be squished like a bug by Godzilla."
** But all is forgiven when Ebert gave positive reviews for TheDayAfterTomorrow and 2012.

* PleaseElaborate.

* The direct-to-video sequel of the ''GeorgeOfTheJungle'' film took a few jabs at Brendan Fraser for not appearing in the film, though it was balanced out by a few jokes at the film's expense as well.

* The 1998 ''{{Godzilla}}'' movie had the mayor of New York and his assistant as ''very'' obvious parodies of Ebert and Siskel, respectively, and Ebert was shown as a glutton with no work ethics. This was in response of their negative criticism of ''IndependenceDay'' and ''StarGate'', made by the same producers. It backfired; Ebert and Siskel merely remarked that they'd been parodied much better in the past and would have hoped for something a lot more savage, like at ''least'' being crushed to death by Godzilla or eaten, then went on to trash the film anyway.

* "Because, unlike [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves some]] ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves other]]'' {{Robin Hood}}s, [[RobinHoodMenInTights I]] can speak with an English accent..."

* "Because, unlike some other {{Robin Hood}}s, [[RobinHoodMenInTights I]] can speak with an English accent..."