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** If you think carefully, the miniseries' titles also foreshadow [[spoiler:the main villains]], with ''Happy Hour'' referring to [[spoiler:TheJoker ('happy' = 'Joker')]], and ''Zero Hour'' referring to [[spoiler:Darkseid ('zero' = 'omega').]]

* FantasticRacism: {{Wolverine}} accuses Superman of being an 'anti-Mutite' because Bryan Singer jumped ship from the ''Film/XMen'' movies to direct ''Film/SupermanReturns''.

--> '''Superman''' You sure Goblin's really drugged up?\\
'''Ironman''' Trust me, no one sings Music/GratefulDead songs like him without being on ''something.''\\
'''Superman''' I don't know. Whatever trip he's on, it seems kind of... generic.\\
'''Goblin''' (Dancing wildly) "Jeeze, [[CaptainObvious you'd have to be on drugs to be this high!]]"

--> '''Superman''' "You sure Goblin's really drugged up?"
--> '''Ironman''' "Trust me, no one sings Music/GratefulDead songs like him without being on something"
--> '''Superman''' "I don't know, whatever trip he's on, it seems king of... generic"
--> '''Goblin''' (Dancing wildly) "Jeeze, [[CaptainObvious you'd have to be on drugs to be this high!]]"

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The trailer parodies. Some of the movies tanked, and even the ones that successful likely had scenes that became far more iconic than the trailers.

-->'''Batman:''' Best friends!
-->'''Superman:''' Best friends in a completely platonic way!
-->'''Batman:''' [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday Best friends possible for two friends to be without going over any boundaries that would be indicative of being more than friends]]!
-->'''Superman:''' That's right, partner!

** ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Avengers]]'' and ''[[Film/JusticeLeague2017 Justice League]]'': The many, ''many'' movie heroes from both companies riff on the MCU's shift from [[Film/ThorRagnarok comedy]] to [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar darkness]] and the DCEU's shift from [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice darkness]] to [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 comedy.]] By this point, however, Iron Man is actually feeling sorry for the competition and thinks they deserve more than the material they've been given. Batman, meanwhile, spends the whole video looking for "[[Creator/BenAffleck a graceful exit.]]"

** ''Comicbook/GreenLantern vs. The Critics:'' Hal Jordan is confused when the other superheroes are all nice to him, ''Deadpool'' then shows him his film's page on ''Website/RottenTomatoes''. Hal is shocked and angered by this, and eventually saddened. The rest of the superheroes cheer him up by reminding him that the fans are still on his side whether or not they liked the film. Deadpool then has a 'Reynoldsing' after Hal answers that he'll be fine with losing Reynolds, Hal now resigned to the fact that ''Film/GreenLantern'' probably won't get a sequel. This is now HilariousInHindsight due to the fact that if Wikipedia is to be believed, it just ''might'' get one after ''Justice League''. Assuming Justice League ever comes out.

** ''Superman'' vs ''Spider-Man'' (''again'' again): A full '''ten''' years after all it began, Supes and Spidey reflect on how far things have come. They discuss ''Justice League'', various upcoming projects, and the market-dominating juggernaut superhero movies have become.

* BreakoutCharacter: Ever since his fist appearance, Deadpool has become a major character in all the shorts; he's now used more than what series main characters Spider-Man, Superman, and Batman generally are.

*** There's also a backlash towards the insane amount of movies Marvel is pumping out; specifically, ''22 films''.

*** There's also a backlash towards [[CashCowFranchise the insane amount of movies]] Marvel is pumping out; specifically ''22 films''.

*** There's also a backlash towards the insane amount of movies Marvel is pumping out; specifically ''22 films''.

** ''Comicbook/GreenLantern vs. The Critics:'' Hal Jordan is confused when the other superheroes are all nice to him, ''Deadpool'' then shows him his films page on ''Website/RottenTomatoes''. Hal is shocked and angered by this, and eventually saddened. The rest of the superheroes cheer him up by reminding him that the fans are still on his side whether or not they liked the film. Deadpool then has a 'Reynoldsing' after Hal answers that he'll be fine with losing Reynolds, Hal now resigned to the fact that ''Film/GreenLantern'' probably won't get a sequel. This is now HilariousInHindsight due to the fact that if Wikipedia is to be believed, it just ''might'' get one after ''Justice League''. Assuming Justice League ever comes out.

*** Along with a TakeThat towards the pointless attempts at hiding Superman's resurrection in ''Film/JusticeLeague'', Batman tells Superman that he's worse at keeping secrets than Website/RottenTomatoes. [[note]]Rotten Tomatoes controversially withheld their score for ''Justice League'' a day before release.[[/note]]

** ''[[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Batman and Superman]]'' "vs." ''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 the Thing]]'': Following the 2015 movie's disastrous reception, Bats and Supes are less interested in competing than in nervously trying to cheer up poor Ben. After about a minute of stony silence, he tells them, "Just. Get. Out."

** ''Superman'' vs ''Spider-Man'': A full '''ten''' years after all it began, Supes and Spidey reflect on how far things have come. They discuss ''Justice League'', various upcoming projects, and the market-dominating juggernaut superhero movies have become.

* BreakoutCharacter: Ever since his fist appearance, Deadpool has become a major character in all the shorts; he's now used more than what series main characters Spiderman, Superman, and Batman generally are.

-->'''Announcer''': Creator/{{Sony}} presents Sony's Spiderman. By Sony!

** A [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] example comes when Batman calls Spiderman "Peter".

* NotSoStoic: Batman when Joker was torturing Spiderman [[spoiler:though this may have been part of his plan]]. Also when the Joker shot Harley.

** The second season of ''After Hours'' was preceded by a short parody of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1mhr1Gb5sY a buddy-cop movie]] with Spiderman as the idealistic rookie and Batman as the hard-bitten, reluctant mentor.

** Iron Man loves to blast Spiderman.

* SayMyName: Perhaps in one of the most [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming touching]] moments, Batman calls Spiderman "Peter" to convince him to [[spoiler: let go of Lance's head.]]

-->'''Spiderman''': "Wow. Supes must mean a lot to you for you to go all this trouble to find him."

-->(''Spiderman laughs'')

* {{Tearjerker}} - Lex Luthor, standing in the midst of a world he accidentally destroyed, filled with regret.
-->"I never thought it possible it would be initiated, but it was. Not by my hand, perhaps, but, that hardly matters. It was my android. My plan. My fault."
** The final quote could also have been a small ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood.''

** ''Superman''' vs ''Spider-Man'': A full '''ten''' years after all it began, Supes and Spidey reflect on how far things have come. They discuss ''Justice League'', various upcoming projects, and the market-dominating juggernaut superhero movies have become.

-->Professor X: All I got was a loop of 'My Humps' by the BlackEyedPeas

** ''Comicbook/GreenLantern vs. The Critics:'' Hal Jordan is confused when the other superheroes are all nice to him, ''Deadpool'' then shows him his films page on ''RottenTomatoes''. Hal is shocked and angered by this, and eventually saddened. The rest of the superheroes cheer him up by reminding him that the fans are still on his side whether or not they liked the film. Deadpool then has a 'Reynoldsing' after Hal answers that he'll be fine with losing Reynolds, Hal now resigned to the fact that ''Film/GreenLantern'' probably won't get a sequel. This is now HilariousInHindsight due to the fact that if Wikipedia is to be believed, it just ''might'' get one after ''Justice League''. Assuming Justice League ever comes out.

* ''I'm A Marvel... And I'm A DC'': The original series, focusing on Marvel and DC Comics characters arguing about their respective movies in the style of Apple's popular "[[Advertising/GetAMac I'm a Mac and I'm A PC]]" ads.

* FantasticRacism: {{Wolverine}} accuses Superman of being an 'anti-Mutite' because Bryan Singer jumped ship from the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' movies to direct ''SupermanReturns''.

** ''ComicBook/{{Superman}} v. ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Some time after the release of ''Film/SupermanReturns'', and before the release of the then-highly anticipated ''Film/SpiderMan3'', [=RandomGuy=] made these first short films, contrasting DC's movie adaptations with Marvel's. Mainly, the videos focused on the more disappointing aspects of ''Superman Returns'' in comparison with the more successful parts of the ''Spider-Man'' films. Once it was a video with the villains (ComicBook/LexLuthor and Green Goblin). Eventually, other Marvel and DC characters were brought in to put in their two cents, like Franchise/{{Batman}} (who scoffed at the supposed "[[{{Wangst}} darkness]]" of ''Spider-Man 3''), ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk (who reminisced with Superman about "the good old days", namely the 70s/80s), [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Wolverine]] (who argued with Superman over whether or not the Man of Steel "stole our [[Creator/BryanSinger director]]") and the ComicBook/FantasticFour and the ComicBook/SilverSurfer who beat out DC that year due to lack of "[[Franchise/{{Batman}} competition]]".

** ''{{Wolverine}} v. Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'': During the first half of 2009, both the ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' film and ''[[Film/{{X-Men}} X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'' came out. So, [=RandomGuy=] made a series of videos where Wolverine debated with members of the Watchmen cast such as Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, and the Comedian over their respective movies and source material. Eventually, Wolverine got bored with them, so he had Cyclops debate with Nite Owl, which led to both of them [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass lamenting being the "nice guys" on their team]]. Wolvie came back, only to find out that he had to butt heads with last year's box-office winner, Batman, since the Watchmen movie tanked. There was also a brief PSA urging people not to watch the illegally-uploaded workprint of ''Wolverine''. Finally, all the previously-seen ''Watchmen'' characters had to face off against one more cast member from ''Wolverine''... {{Deadpool}}. HilarityEnsues.
** ''{{Deadpool}} vs. Comicbook/GreenLantern'': After the news broke that RyanReynolds was cast as Hal Jordan in the Film/GreenLantern film, Wade Wilson and Hal Jordan start comparing and contrasting themselves with each other. Then Hal tells Wade that Ryan Reynolds is going to play both of them, which Wade did not know. Wade doesn't take the news too well, and HilarityEnsues. ''Again''.

** ''[[Film/ManOfSteel Superman]]'' vs. ''[[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Wolverine]]'': Superman and Wolverine start out complaining about Creator/{{Bryan Sing|er}} -- TechnicalDifficulties -- and how so many of their problems could have been solved if the director never left the X-Men movies to work on Film/SupermanReturns before they reluctantly decide that there is no point complaining about the past now... Then Wolverine mentions his latest movie is about going back in time specifically to change the past. One time travel trip later and the Marvel and DC comic-based movies have changed. Thanks to Deadpool's BreakingTheFourthWall abilities, he's able to fill them in on what's happened: The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse doesn't exist, there is a Justice League movie based on the work of Creator/MichaelBay, and Deadpool has three films. The pair quickly have second thoughts about the new timeline.

* BerserkButton: Never, ''ever'' insult Willem Dafoe in front of the Green Goblin. Not even if you're SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker.

* BreakingSpeech: SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker delivers a brutal one to [[spoiler:Darkseid]] with a bonus of a TomatoInTheMirror revelation. Seen [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ItsJustSomeRandomGuy#p/u/1/s4qySWZA8kY here]] starting at around 2:35.

** And again, after [[spoiler:Future Lex gets {{Deadpool}} and Goblin out of the past instead of {{Superman}}.]]

** Comicbook/GreenLantern did this when {{Deadpool}} was singing to RyanReynolds.

* ForWantOfANail: When Superman and Wolverine go back in time to stop Bryan Singer leaving X-Men, ''Film/SupermanReturns'' is given to Creator/MichaelBay and becomes a huge hit which spawns a whole DC Cinematic Universe, Fox continues to have success with X-Men and other Marvel films, which stops Marvel from opening their own studio, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bowler hats come back into fashion.]]

* KilledMidSentence: {{Deadpool}} did this to [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} The Comedian]] when The Comedian made the mistake of explaining the skit as "We basically just fight over our movies".
-->'''Deadpool''': I'm a Marvel.\\
'''The Comedian''': And I'm a... *gunshot to the face* \\
'''Deadpool''': [[ShoutOut And boom goes the dynamite]]. [''Striking VictoryPose''] Deadpool: Wins!
* LargeHam: Green Goblin and Deadpool are the standouts. Thor also qualifies.

-->'''[[Film/{{BatmanTheMovie}} Adam West's Batman]]''': So, my fowl friend, how do you expect to win this over[[DramaticPause ...]] Me?\\

* NonSequiturCausality: Superman and Wolverine going back in time to stop Bryan Singer leaving the X-Men movies somehow causes bowler hats to come back in fashion.

** This is taken to its most logical extreme when {{Deadpool}} gets the crazy idea that he should be in a sitcom with, who else? [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]]. HilarityEnsues.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Logan tries to rewrite history to prevent Bryan Singer leaving the X-Men franchise. Superman points out that they spent the whole first season trying to stop Luthor from meddling with time, but Logan says it's okay for ''them'' to do it because they're the good guys. Naturally, they end up undoing all their changes anyway.

* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: In {{Deadpool}}'s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xcMxnNzp2I song]] about why he's better than Comicbook/GreenLantern:

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In the {{Deadpool}} and Comicbook/GreenLantern segment, Deadpool's call number for his advertisement: 1-800-DEADPOO is [[MotorMouth immediately followed by]]: "Because Deadpool has one too many letters. Seriously! We're not [[ToiletHumor trying to be juvenile]]. It just turned out that way! Boom."

** The second is a mock salute to Franchise/{{Batman}} by SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker about making most of the heroes on earth DarkerAndEdgier in order to make them BrainwashedAndCrazy while working for him.

** {{Deadpool}} made his first appearance based on pre-release information on ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' that he would make an appearance. This turned out to be only [[InNameOnly technically true]], but the red suit-wearing Merc With The Mouth version remained a rotating member of the cast long before his movie saw the light of day. Why? Because he's Deadpool, that's why.

* GenreSavvy: There are FAR too many examples to put here.

* ''I'm A Marvel... And I'm A DC'': The original series, focusing on Marvel and DC Comics characters arguing about their respective movies in the style of Apple's popular "I'm a Mac and I'm A PC" ads.

* RightWayWrongWayPair: The original concept of the videos, as a parody of the “I’m A Mac / I’m A PC” commercials.