Line #3 PlayingWith/TakeThat


1	'''Basic Trope''': Some form of entertainment takes a potshot at some other form of entertainment.
2	* '''Straight''': ''AliceAndBob'', a sitcom, makes fun of the plotlines of ''Troperz'', another sitcom, in one episode.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Every episode of ''Alice and Bob'' is a potshot at one thing or another ([[RippedFromTheHeadlines usually whatever was the "new hotness" on the news that week]]).
5	** TakeThatTitForTat -- ''Alice and Bob'' and ''Troperz'' make a succession of jokes about how the other show sucks, rinse and repeat until each show's respective fans start [[DisproportionateRetribution killing each other on the streets]] ''Film/MadMax''-style or the communications authority fines them for inappropriate behavior or something.
6	** Characters from both shows ''hop between each others' shows'' to try and outdo the other one.
7	* '''Downplayed''':
8	** ''Alice and Bob'' do two jokes against ''Troperz'', but that's it.
9	** ''Alice and Bob'' references it with only a minor TakeThat
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** ''Alice and Bob'' and ''Troperz'' air on different networks but compete for the same demographic, so there's naturally some rivalry between the producers.
12	** The producers of the two shows are [[VitriolicBestBuds friends who enjoy a little good-natured ribbing]] now and again.
13	* '''Inverted''':
14	** They genuinely compliment ''Troperz''.
15	** They mock ''Troperz'', but in a way that's clearly [[AffectionateParody done out of love]].
16	** SelfDeprecation
17	** BitingTheHandHumor
18	** ShoutOut
19	* '''Subverted''': Bob makes fun of ''Troperz'', but Alice tells him his opinion is dumb.
20	* '''Double Subverted''': Then Alice is shown to have bad opinions, making Bob's one to be correct.
21	* '''Parodied''': After a while, ''Alice and Bob'' starts to make fun of ''how much it makes fun'' of other shows.
22	* '''Zig-Zagged''': At the end of one episode, Bob insults ''Troperz''. He apologizes in the next episode ... [[HypocriticalHumor then insults]] ''[[HypocriticalHumor Troperz]]'' [[HypocriticalHumor AGAIN]]. He apologizes at the end of that episode. He's sorry for real.
23	* '''Averted''': ''Alice and Bob'' doesn't take potshots at the competition.
24	* '''Enforced''': "Hey, we're [[DuelingWorks competing]] with ''Troperz'', so let's make fun of them all the time ... that'll show them!"
25	* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, we've been making fun of them a lot, haven't we?"
26	* '''Invoked''': A writer from ''Troperz'' takes a potshot at ''Alice and Bob'', intentionally causing a war of Take Thats.
27	* '''Exploited''': The network airing ''Alice and Bob'' decides to use the war to boost its ratings.
28	* '''Defied''': Despite many opportunities to do so, the writers of ''Alice and Bob'' decide to take the high road and avoid making fun of their competitors.
29	* '''Discussed''': "[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall If we were characters on a TV sitcom]], how would we while away our spare time?" "Ridiculing our inferior, yet inexplicably more popular, competition?" "My thoughts exactly."
30	* '''Conversed''': "I used to like ''Alice and Bob'', but they aren't even trying to come up with original and creative ideas. [[YoureJustJealous They're just jealous]] that ''Troperz'' has become the highest-rated show in Tropendom and want to cut the competition down rather than build themselves up. That's not a substitute for being funny!"
31	* '''Implied''': Larry, a character on ''Troperz'', mentions feeling deeply offended when he saw last night's new episode of ''Alice and Bob''.
32	* '''Deconstructed''':
33	** The fans of ''Troperz'' aren't laughing. The producers of ''Troperz'' decide to sue and they win in court. ''Alice and Bob'' is cancelled. (The last episode ends with one of the main characters saying "[[PrecisionFStrike FUCK]] YOU, ''TROPERZ''!" while blowing up a statue of the protagonist of ''Troperz''.)
34	** ''Alice and Bob'' quickly JumpedTheShark after the episode airing the episode making fun of ''Troperz'', making ''[[RussianReversal them]]'' the target of audiences' mockery instead.
35	* '''Reconstructed''': The fans of ''Troperz'' find it very funny and start regularly tuning in, building a new audience.
36	* '''Played for Laughs''':
37	** The writers of ''Alice and Bob'' cook up 3,718 different Take Thats at ''Troperz'' (72 of which are aired), and the producers of ''Troperz'' notice none of them.
38	** The Take That joke that appears in ''Alice and Bob'' is noted InUniverse to be weak, e.g.:
39	--->'''Alice''': So ''Troperz'' had Creator/JJAbrams as a head writer for a season…\
40	'''Bob''': ["The Franchise/StarWars sequel trilogy sucks" joke.]\
41	'''Alice''': Calling that "flogging a dead horse" [[InsultToRocks implies there is anything left of the horse worth flogging anymore]].
42	* '''Played for Drama''': A group of fans of ''Troperz'' beat up the writers of ''Alice and Bob'' for making fun of their favorite show. This starts a ''literal'' [[SillyReasonForWar war]] between ''Alice and Bob'' and ''Troperz''. As the conflicts between the two shows begin to increase, the networks airing ''Alice and Bob'' and ''Troperz'' start taking desperate measures to keep the peace, all of which fail.
43	* '''Played for Horror''': The "''Troperz'' sucks" gag involves the protagonists of ''Alice and Bob'' charging into the set of ''Troperz'' to RapePillageAndBurn, ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil literally]] and gruesomely'', with no real attempt to censor it. The reaction from all of those who see the episode is "Why the hell did they think ''that'' would be funny?" We are then either revealed that the writers were looking for maximum shock value for the sake of the point (or publicity, no matter how allegedly bad)… or they are psychos literally RunningTheAsylum one bad day away from doing this by themselves.
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Context PlayingWith / TakeThat