History TakeThat / IToons

** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=750/ These]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=767/ strips]] also throw in jabs at ''Reply All''.

* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=672/ "Percy Jackson Syndrome"]], which swaps out ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' for (you guessed it) ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Percy Jackson'', claims that "those [[MoralGuardians religious guys]]" were right about "''Harry Potter'' being bad for you", most likely referring to Creator/JKRowling's fall from grace.

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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=666/ "The Ideal Travel Destination"]] has this to say:

** Also of note that it's the [[NumberOfTheBeast 666th]] strip. Make of that what you will.

-->Why not? It's got red hot beaches, a shining crimson sky, and all the hotel TVs show ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' nonstop!

* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=2 Principal Argument]] edits a ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' strip where, after Morgan draws a particularly bad GuestComic, Jane decides to pretend it never happened. In this version, Jane and Morgan respectively represent Creator/MattGroening and Ken Keeler arguing over ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E2ThePrincipalAndThePauper The Principal and the Pauper]]" and its notoriously StatusQuoIsGod ending.

** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=8 Reply Dril]] makes fun of the baffling decision to have ''Reply All'' run in a "condensed" form, which amounts to taking one panel from the four-panel strip and putting it out of context. It is likened to a nonsensical Website/{{Twitter}} post, so this strip replaces the dialogue of a strip with an actually funny nonsensical Twitter account - Blog/{{dril}}.
** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=296 Every Day's A Holiday In Reply All Valley]] makes fun of how everyone is "constantly rolling their eyes, even when their eyes are shut," but then there's the protagonist, whose irises "ARE FLOATING IN FRONT OF HER FOREHEAD. WITH EYELASHES ATTACHED TO THEM."

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=70/ Pearls Before Fine]] references the [[Creator/ReactMedia Fine Bros]]' infamous ''React World'' project, though the target is moreso those who can't stop bringing them up than the Bros themselves.
* The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly-titled]] [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=78/ Mario Plus Bad TV]] takes aim at shows the author doesn't like, via ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' (though its [[https://itoonsexplained.miraheze.org/wiki/78:_Mario_Plus_Bad_TV iToons Explained page]] acknowledges that their opinions have since changed).
* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=89/ Sandra Minus Woo]] declares [[Webcomic/SandraAndWoo Sandra]] to "have reached UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump levels of insanity" after Woo gets the obligatory [[Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield "minus'd" treatment]].

* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=300/ A typical Gilchrist comic]] is a jab at how Guy Gilchrist handled ''Nancy'', which is widely seen as paling in comparison to Ernie Bushmiller's classic strips.
* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=390/ Nancy Hates Reboots]] is this to, well, reboots, taking the original strip's Spring-related punchline and changing it to reference ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' specifically (though the author freely admits that they hadn't played the game yet at the time they made the strip).

* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=417/ 8 Out of 10 Pearls]] swaps out Anderson Cooper for Jimmy Carr, whose laugh [[ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine Rat]] describes as sounding like "an asthmatic howler monkey choking on a papaya".
* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=418/ Spinal Cord Futures]] satirizes the irony of the original strip, which "makes you twist your neck unnaturally to read it".
* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=425/ Tall Girl]] is a stab at [[Film/TallGirl the similarly-named movie]], referencing [[NoodlePeople how tall Emmy Lou appears to be]]. As the author writes:

** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=746 The word "irony" doesn't begin to describe it]] takes aim at the infamous [=HeadOn=] commercial.
** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=747 Ballot Blues]] has eight edits of the same ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' strip, where Jo pulls a ballot, see's what's on it, and decides he'd rather cover ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' than whatever was on the ballot. The topics thus satirized include Platform/{{Twitch}} and ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''.
*** This was followed by [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=753/ Ballot Blues 2: Electric Boogaloo]] (by a different author), which includes Creator/ElectronicArts and ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'' in its hitlist.
* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=780/ Sideshow Gwen Roberts]] mocks ComicBook/ArchieComics, which, in the author's words, "tends to still use a lot of outdated and problematic tropes".

* ''ComicStrip/FredBasset'' [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=150 gets]] [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=293 frequently]] [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=402 ripped on]] for being boring and unfunny.

** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=750/ This strip]] also throws in a jab at ''Reply All''.

* ''ComicStrip/FredBasset'' [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=150 gets]] [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=293 frequently]] [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=402 knocked on]] for being boring and unfunny.

** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=747 Ballot Blues]] has eight edits of the same ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' strip, where Jo pulls a ballot, see's what's on it, and decides he'd rather cover ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' than whatever was on the ballot. The topics thus satirized include Website/{{Twitch}} and ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''.

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=403 This comic]] called out a fellow ''[=iToons=]'' contributor for frequently submitting ''ComicStrip/{{Nancy}}'' edits (though, to their credit, the contributor in question found the comic ActuallyPrettyFunny, and later ''did'' scale back on the ''Nancy'' edits.)

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=403 One comic]] ended up ribbing another contributor to ''[=iToons=]'' itself for frequently submitting ''ComicStrip/{{Nancy}}'' edits. (Though fortunately the contributor in question found the comic ActuallyPrettyFunny, and to their credit ''did'' scale back on the ''Nancy'' edits.)

** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=747 Ballot Blues]] has eight edits of the same ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' strip, where Jo pulls a ballot, see's what's on it, and decides he'd rather cover ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' than whatever was on the ballot.

** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=750/ This strip]] throws in a jab at ''Reply All''.

* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=147 This strip]] replaces the eponymous spies of ''Spy Vs. Spy'' with [[Creator/DrSeuss the Grinch]] as he appears in the [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas 1966 animated special]] and the Jim Carrey-portrayed Grinch from the [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas live-action film]]. The animated Grinch wins and the author's notes state that this trope is the reason why.

** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=746 The word 'irony doesn't begin to describe it]] takes aim at the infamous [=HeadOn=] commercial.

* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=2 Principal Argument]] plays off of a ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' strip where, after Morgan draws a particularly bad GuestComic, Jane decides to pretend it never happened. In this version, they represent the writers of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' pretending "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E2ThePrincipalAndThePauper The Principal and the Pauper]]" never happened, making fun of its notoriously StatusQuoIsGod ending.

** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=2 Principal Argument]] plays off of a ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' strip where, after Morgan draws a particularly bad GuestComic, Jane decides to pretend it never happened. In this version, they represent the writers of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' pretending "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E2ThePrincipalAndThePauper The Principal and the Pauper]]" never happened, making fun of its notoriously StatusQuoIsGod ending.
** ''Reply All'' has unsurprisingly been taken to task a few times:
*** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=8 Reply Dril]] makes fun of the baffling decision to have ''Reply All'' run in a "condensed" form, which amounts to taking one panel from the four-panel strip and putting it out of context. It is likened to a nonsensical Website/{{Twitter}} post, so this strip replaces the dialogue of a strip with an actually funny nonsensical Twitter account - Blog/{{dril}}.
*** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=296 Every Day's A Holiday In Reply All Valley]] makes fun of how everyone is "constantly rolling their eyes, even when their eyes are shut," but then there's the protagonist, whose irises "ARE FLOATING IN FRONT OF HER FOREHEAD. WITH EYELASHES ATTACHED TO THEM."
*** For [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=698 this strip]], the author took it upon themselves to recreate a strip in their own style, flat-out stating that even their worst artistic efforts are better than any ''Reply All'' strip.
** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=70/ Pearls Before Fine]] references the [[Creator/ReactMedia Fine Bros]]' infamous ''React World'' project, though the target is moreso those who can't stop bringing them up than the Bros themselves.
** The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly-titled]] [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=78/ Mario Plus Bad TV]] takes aim at shows the author doesn't like, via ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' (though its [[https://itoonsexplained.miraheze.org/wiki/78:_Mario_Plus_Bad_TV iToons Explained page]] acknowledges that their opinions have since changed).
** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=89/ Sandra Minus Woo]] declares [[Webcomic/SandraAndWoo Sandra]] to "have reached UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump levels of insanity" after Woo gets the obligatory [[Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield "minus'd" treatment]].
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=112/ This comic]], while mostly [[SelfDeprecation self-deprecating]], also throws in a barb at {{Creator/Fox}} for good measure.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=147 This strip]] replaces the eponymous spies of ''Spy Vs. Spy'' with [[Creator/DrSeuss the Grinch]] as he appears in the [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas 1966 animated special]] and the Jim Carrey-portrayed Grinch from the [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas live-action film]]. The animated Grinch wins and the author's notes state that this trope is the reason why.
** ''ComicStrip/FredBasset'' [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=150 gets]] [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=293 frequently]] [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=402 knocked on]] for being boring and unfunny.
** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=403 One comic]] ended up ribbing another contributor to ''[=iToons=]'' itself for frequently submitting ''ComicStrip/{{Nancy}}'' edits. (Though fortunately the contributor in question found the comic ActuallyPrettyFunny, and to their credit ''did'' scale back on the ''Nancy'' edits.)
** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=608 This comic]] changes the punchline of a ''ComicStrip/BroomHilda'' comic so that the book the eponymous character attempts to read from that horrifies her companions is the infamous ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic Live!]]'' comic.

** [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=608 This comic]] changes the punchline of a ''ComicStrip/BroomHilda'' comic so that the book the eponymous character attempts to read from that horrifies her companions is the infamous ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic Live!]]'' comic.