History WesternAnimation / MAD

** LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya appears in ''Yo Gaga Gaga'', but with pink hair.

* AdamWesting: The show took a page from ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' and casting characters with the actor that plays them in other shows, such as Creator/DiedrichBader in many of the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' skits, Music/AndrewWK as himself, Creator/MatthewLillard as [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated Shaggy]], and Creator/WillFriedle as Lion-LOL in ''[[WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011 ThunderLOLcats]]''.

* AdamWesting: The show took a page from ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' and casting characters with the actor that plays them in other shows, such as Creator/DiedrichBader in many of the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' skits, Music/AndrewWK as himself, Creator/MatthewLillard as [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated Shaggy]] and Creator/WillFriedle as Lion-LOL in ''[[WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011 ThunderLOLcats]]''.

** [[{{Literature/Twilight}} Edward Cullen]].

** ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' and ''Series/KeepingUpWithTheKardashians'' are frequent targets of the show.

* VampiricWerewolf: One skit parodying ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' has Edward and Jacob face off, only to bite each other and turn into werewolf/vampire hybrids. They then decide to ditch Bella and go hang out together.

** There is a rather depressing short skit depicting [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Lightning McQueen]] being crushed in a car crusher because his transmission was ruined. They didn't care about the fact that he could talk, he was still junk.

** Someone on the staff is probably a big Pixar fan. "Trans-Bore-Mores" contained cameos from WesternAnimation/{{R|atatouille}}emy, WesternAnimation/WallE and [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Mater]]. "2012 Dalmatians" featured a cameo from Carl (''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'') -- ''and'' ''Up'' was parodied as ''S'Up'' (in which Carl has to deal with the cast of ''Series/JerseyShore'' flying with him instead of an earnest yet irritating Boy Scout and his dog), and "Wall-E-Nator" (obviously) turns WALL•E into a feelingless robot on the hunt for trash. There was also a skit on rejected ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' toys.

** In ''[[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Kung Fu Blander]]'', when trying to find something black and white that can stop Lord Shen and his VideoGame/AngryBirds, Po picks up [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Reshiram and Zekrom.]]

** Kung Fu Blander is chock full of {{Take That}}s at things like ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' (outright said [[SelfDeprecation by the main character]] that the movies are getting worse), and ''Film/MrPoppersPenguins'' (criticizes its moral and the alleged wrong turn in Creator/JimCarrey's career).

** They must ''really'' have it in for ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', as most sketches that feature Lightning or Mater have them getting killed/destroyed.

* TaughtByTelevision: The antagonist in "[=Naru210=]" claims he beat Naruto in their (unseen) fight because he watched ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' [[SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes 27 times]].

** ''So You Think You Can Train Your Dragon to Dance'': ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' and ''Series/SoYouThinkYouCanDance''

** ''I Am Lorax'': ''Film/IAmLegend'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax''.

---> ''"[[LampshadeHanging Its just a mash-up of two genres, MAD does it all the time!]]"''

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', to the unaired 1970s pilot/special, and also the FOX sketch show ''Series/MADtv1995'', whose producer promised that the show would be revived and revamped on cable when news hit that the FOX incarnation of the show would be canceled in 2009.

* HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas: Played with in "Da Grinchy Code". It turns out that the characters investigating the crime, [[Film/TheDaVinciCode Tom Hanks]], Franchise/IndianaJones, and [[Film/NationalTreasure Nicholas Cage]], actually stole the presents.

* KangarooCourt: In "[[Series/LawAndOrder Law & [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Ogre]]", Shrek considered Grumpy Bear as the suspect, in his trial, Fiona is the prosecutor and the judge is Puss in Boots. [[spoiler: The one who really did it was WesternAnimation/YogiBear.]]

* KangarooCourt: In "Law and [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Ogre]]", Shrek considered Grumpy Bear as the suspect, in his trial, Fiona is the prosecutor and the judge is Puss in Boots. [[spoiler: The one who really did it was WesternAnimation/YogiBear.]]

** In "Ko-Bee Movie", Kobe discovers he has a human counterpart and wants to take action. An Exbee of Jerry Seinfeld suggests taking him to court, however Kobee says it would be very boring for a movie. At the end, Jerry Seinfeld Bee comments on how Ko-Bee Movie was a much better movie than ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie''.
** "Super '80s" has a scene of Seth Green trying to crash a truck into a train full of 1980s pop culture icons, exclaiming, "If I can't [[WesternAnimation/RobotChicken have the '80s]], nobody can!" Later, one of the children refers to {{Music/Madonna}} as the person Music/LadyGaga spent her career copying (then added that Creator/RussellBrand stole his act of being a comic weirdo from Music/WeirdAlYankovic.). Also, an interviewee who looks like Michael Ian Black on ''[[ILoveTheExties I Love The '80s]]'' sadly comments that shows like ''I Love The '80s'' count as television. Finally, when the '80s icons go back to where they belong, they fly to [[spoiler:Creator/StevenSpielberg's house, because his career would die without such retro figures as Franchise/IndianaJones]].

** "Super '80s" has a scene of Seth Green trying to crash a truck into a train full of 1980s pop culture icons, exclaiming, "If I can't [[WesternAnimation/RobotChicken have the '80s]], no one will!" Later, one of the children refers to {{Music/Madonna}} as the person Music/LadyGaga spent her career copying (then added that Creator/RussellBrand stole his act of being a comic weirdo from Music/WeirdAlYankovic.). Also, an interviewee who looks like Michael Ian Black on ''[[ILoveTheExties I Love The '80s]]'' sadly comments that shows like ''I Love The '80s'' count as television. Finally, when the '80s icons go back to where they belong, they fly to [[spoiler:Creator/StevenSpielberg's house, because his career would die without such retro figures as Franchise/IndianaJones]].

** The ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'' [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011 movie]] got a bit of a potshot in "My Little Film/WarHorse":

* AdamWesting: The show took a page from ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' and casting characters with the actor that plays them in other shows, such as Creator/DiedrichBader in many of the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' skits, Music/AndrewWK as himself, Matthew Lillard as [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated Shaggy]] and Creator/WillFriedle as Lion-LOL in ''[[WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011 ThunderLOLcats]]''.

** ComicBook/{{Shazam}} and [[Series/SamAndCat Cat]] ends with a TakeThat toward Creator/DanSchneider and his television shows.

** In "Ko-Bee Movie" Kobe discovers he has a human counterpart and wants to take action. An Exbee of Jerry Seinfeld suggests taking him to court, however Kobee says it would be very boring for a movie. At the end, Jerry Seinfeld Bee comments on how Ko-Bee Movie was a much better movie than ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie''.

** They made two Take Thats at ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' and its numerous sequels.

** Series/{{Shazam|1974}} and Cat ends with a TakeThat toward Creator/DanSchneider and his television shows.

--->'''Ryan:''' Tintin! Stop whatever ''boring'' adventure you're doing and come with me!

--->'''Ryan:''' Tintin! Stop what ever ''boring'' adventure you're doing and come with me!

It premiered on Creator/CartoonNetwork on September 6, 2010, right after the premiere of ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' around the time that Cartoon Network was trying to revamp itself after its disastrous "CN Real" phase. It came back for what was intended to be a second season, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, premiering on February 8, 2011. However, it was later re-categorized into Season 1, and the actual second season premiered on August 22, 2011. After four seasons and 103 episodes, ''MAD'' was not renewed for a fifth season.

* ChristmasEpisode: Season 1 had "[[Film/TheDaVinciCode Da]] [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas Grinchy]] [[Film/TheDaVinciCode Code]]", Season 2 had "FROST[[note]]a parody of ''Series/{{Lost}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', and the Rankin-Bass ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''[[/note]]/[[Series/UndercoverBoss Undercover Claus]]" and Season 3 had "[[ComicBook/FantasticFour Fantastic]] Film/FourChristmases/[[Literature/AChristmasCarol Scroog]][[Series/{{Punkd}} 'd]]"

** Someone on the staff is probably a big Pixar fan. "Trans-Bore-Mores" contained cameos from WesternAnimation/{{R|atatouille}}emy, WesternAnimation/WallE and [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Mater]]. "2012 Dalmatians" featured a cameo from Carl (''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'') -- ''and'' ''Up'' was parodied as ''S'Up'' (in which Carl has to deal with the cast of ''Series/JerseyShore'' flying with him instead of an earnest yet irritating Boy Scout and his dog), and "Wall-E-Nator" (obviously) turns WALL•E into a feelingless robot on the hunt for trash. There was also a skit on rejected ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' toys.

* DeadpanSnarker: Sassie, a parody of Lassie takes this trope UpToEleven.

** Yet ''another'' example is "Hulked on Phonics", [[spoiler: which teaches your child to talk & act like The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, without giving them Hulk-like powers]].

An animated parody show created by Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation, based on the iconic humor magazine ''Magazine/{{Mad}}''. Much like the magazine, ''MAD'' the TV series presents parodies of movies, TV shows, and pretty much anything currently happening in life and in pop culture. Each parody is rendered in a different style of animation, and few of the sketches last for more than a minute. Also, you get animated ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy'' and Don Martin shorts. Basically, it's either a less [[CrossesTheLineTwice line-crossing]] version of ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''[[note]]Veteran ''Robot Chicken'' writer Kevin Schinick is even the head writer of this show[[/note]] with a little bit of ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' or ''Series/MADtv1995'' if it stuck to the source material for longer than three seasons, was 15 minutes long instead of an hour, had more animated sketches than live-action sketches, was made for kids (but had a PeripheryDemographic of 20-somethings and older teens), and didn't feel like a [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent rip-off]] of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and ''Series/InLivingColor''.

This show is not to be confused with the FOX sketch show ''Series/MADtv1995'', though, according to The Other Wiki, ''MAD'' is considered an unofficial spin-off of [=MADtv=] (along with Creator/ComedyCentral's ''Series/KeyAndPeele''), as both shows were distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment.

** Hell, the news anchorman, [[WildMassGuessing Richard]] Succar, does this all the time.

*** Hell, during ''Wall-E-Nator'', the MAD producers [[SelfDeprecation poke fun at]] ''[[SelfDeprecation themselves]]'', [[SelfDeprecation just like they always do]].

** ''[[Series/GreysAnatomy "Grey's In Anime"]]'' not only pokes fun at Franchise/YuGiOh, Anime/DragonBallZ (WHAT!? 9000!?), panty shots, and Pokémon, but also sneaks in two generic anime characters parodying the [[JustForFun/CaramelldansenVid Caramelldansen]] dance and Pedobear.

** ''[[Series/GreysAnatomy "Grey's In Anime"]]'' not only pokes fun at Franchise/YuGiOh, Anime/DragonBallZ (WHAT!? 9000!?), {{Panty Shot}}s, and Pokémon, but also sneaks in two generic anime characters parodying the [[JustForFun/CaramelldansenVid Caramelldansen]] dance and Pedobear.

An animated parody show created by Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation, based on the iconic humor magazine ''Magazine/{{Mad}}''. Much like the magazine, ''MAD'' the TV series presents parodies of movies, TV shows, and pretty much anything currently happening in life and in pop culture. Each parody is rendered in a different style of animation, and few of the sketches last for more than a minute. Also, you get animated ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy'' and Don Martin shorts. Basically, it's either a less [[CrossesTheLineTwice line-crossing]] version of ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''[[note]]Veteran ''Robot Chicken'' writer Kevin Schinick is even the head writer of this show[[/note]] with a little bit of ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' or ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' if it stuck to the source material for longer than three seasons, was 15 minutes long instead of an hour, had more animated sketches than live-action sketches, was made for kids (but had a PeripheryDemographic of 20-somethings and older teens), and didn't feel like a [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent rip-off]] of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and ''Series/InLivingColor''.

This show is not to be confused with the FOX sketch show ''Series/{{MADtv}}'', though, according to The Other Wiki, ''MAD'' is considered an unofficial spin-off of [=MADtv=] (along with Creator/ComedyCentral's ''Series/KeyAndPeele''), as both shows were distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment.

* AdamWesting: The show took a page from ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' and casting characters with the actor that plays them in other shows, such as Creator/DiedrichBader in many of the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' skits, Music/AndrewWK as himself, Matthew Lillard as [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated Shaggy]] and Creator/WillFriedle as Lion-LOL in ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} ThunderLOLcats]]''.
** "[[Series/TwoBrokeGirls 2 Broke]] [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Powerpuff Girls]]" gives us a twofer, reprising their roles are Creator/TaraStrong as Bubbles and Creator/TomKane as Professor Utonium (presumably, he's the narrator of the sketch) and Him.

*** In that same episode, Tara also voiced Raven in the "[[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Teen]] [[Film/Titanic1997 Titanic]]" sketch.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Nearly every non-existant product this show has advertised (which isn't surprising considering that this show is the revamped version of Series/{{MADtv}}).

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Taken to the extreme with ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} [[Creator/BenjaminFranklin Franklin]]''.

* MemeticMutation: In-universe, the dogs use internet memes to wage war on the [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thundercats]] in [='ThunderLOLcats.'=]

** Thunder-LOL-Cats: [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}} Lion-O]] verses memes, Ponies included.

* ParentalBonus: If this show is even meant for kids at all, a lot of the references go over their heads (like the ''Series/{{CSI}}'', ''Film/{{District 9}}'', ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'', or ''[[Film/TheBourneSeries The Bourne Identity]]'' parodies).

* RecycledINSPACE: It's essentially ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' for kids (or ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' if they didn't make the show InNameOnly).

* SadistShow
* {{Satire}}

** The ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} Thunder]][[MemeticMutation LOLCats]]'' sketch is filled to the brim with references to "[[DiscreditedMeme stupid overused memes]]". It not only references the WebOriginal/LOLCats meme, but also Shoop da Whoop, WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob ("I'm a Narwhal! The Jedi of the sea!"), ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'', Bunchies, a spectacular replication of the Internet Trollface, VideoGame/AngryBirds, [[VideoGame/MarioIsMissing Weegee]], [[Website/{{YTMND}} the Not Even Doom Music cat]], Nyan Cat, and numerous other internet memes with a striking degree of accuracy. In addition, the cats' firewall is breached by a horde of [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Creepers]], and one of the figures on the engraving at the start seems to bear a resemblance to one of the wizards from ''VideoGame/{{Magicka}}''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', to the unaired 1970s pilot/special, and also the FOX sketch show ''Series/{{MADtv}}'', whose producer promised that the show would be revived and revamped on cable when news hit that the FOX incarnation of the show would be canceled in 2009.

* TruerToTheText: In comparison to the live-action ''Series/MadTV'', which largely dropped any connection to the magazine aside from the name after the first three seasons, this series adapts much more of the magazine's recurring features (including the MAD Marginals!) and is closer in tone.

** ''Ben 10 Franklin'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' and Creator/BenjaminFranklin

** ''The Fresh Prawn of Bel-Air'': ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' and ''Film/{{District 9}}'' (the prawn aliens were from the latter movie)

** ''Teen Titanic'': ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', with ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' to keep things current.

*** Speaking of Tara Strong, she voiced Zatanna in the sketch "Potions 11" after voicing in ''WebAnimation/ZatannaTrailOfTheCrystalWand''.

*** Speaking of Tara Strong, she voiced Zatanna in the sketch "Potions 11" after voicing in ''WebAnimation/CartoonMonsoon''.

*** Also in a ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' sketch in the Season 4 Halloween show, Welker reprised both Scooby and Freddy, and when Old Man Mackie (the unmasked mummy villain) pointed out dogs can't, the gang removes Scooby's LatexPerfection mask to reveal ''[[InkSuitActor Welker himself]]'', referred to as "Old Man Welker!"

* CaptainErsatz: Normally used for obvious reasons, even with their own network's shows. An interesting version though, while all of the characters have different designs and/or colors, they still keep their names. This is the opposite of many of the magazine's parodies, where the characters appear the same but have their names replaced with {{PunnyName}}s.

** Season 3 replaces this with a "[=MADvent=] Calender", which makes references to news in Pop Culture during the week of premiere.

** Parodied in a short skit where [[WesternAnimation/WonderPets Ming-Ming]], who is in a spelling bee, spells 'serious' 'S-E-W-I-O-U-S', to which [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Elmuh Fudd]], who is the judge, tells her she's cowwect.