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* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'', Mike and Randall's dorm room has a "Winds of Change" poster with the caption [[CallBack "Shhh. Do you hear that?"]]

* Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} has one accompanying the "[[BystanderSyndrome Somebody Else's Problem]]" [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Somebody_Else%27s_Problem essay]].

* [[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/377/121shrugofgodcz7.jpg/ ImageShack user jillrg]] has a series of such posters used to showcase various tropes, mostly with images coming from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' [[JustForFun/TropeOverdosed alone.]] Kind of [[{{Irony}} ironic]] considering how Wiki/TvTropes, as stated above, does not want Demotivators as images.

* In the ''Webcomic/{{Zodiac}}'' spinoff Quetzalcoatlus, a "demotivational poster" can be seen in Leo's office contaning a picture of a nuclear explosion and the caption "'''Patience''': Don't expect any. Ever."

An UndeadHorseTrope: Straight motivational posters are still in use in schools, offices, and some gyms (and prisons), but the parodies and subversions far outweigh straight uses everywhere else. Therefore, it's a classic example of the WeirdAlEffect. Even when media does use straight Motivational Posters, it's almost always as an ironic counterpoint to some soul-crushing environment where the poster is hanging.

* [[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/377/121shrugofgodcz7.jpg/ ImageShack user jillrg]] has a series of such posters used to showcase various tropes, mostly with images coming from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' [[TropeOverdosed alone.]] Kind of [[{{Irony}} ironic]] considering how Wiki/TvTropes, as stated above, does not want Demotivators as images.

Thus, the FauxtivationalPoster was born in response. It takes diverse forms, all united in their use of the poster medium to [[PlayingWithATrope play with]] the Motivational Poster. Some posters present a [[AnAesop straightforward lesson]], but exaggerate the {{Glurge}} to [[IceCreamKoan nonsensical levels]]. Others preach a [[SpoofAesop patently ridiculous]] (or just [[HardTruthAesop particularly cynical]]) lesson. Still others use the Motivational Poster format to make a humorous statement about a completely different subject.

** Used for GettingCrapPastTheRadar when Buffy screws Spike next to a poster headed TEAMWORK, and finds a severed foot in the kitchen next to a poster encouraging employees to [[MysteryMeat BE PART OF THE DOUBLEMEAT EXPERIENCE]].

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* Mike of Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}} [[http://www.shortpacked.com/2008/comic/book-7/08-the-cartoonist-proposes/receipts/ has one in his bedroom]] of a koala hanging from a branch with the caption "You're fucked."

Thus, the FauxtivationalPoster was born in response. It takes diverse forms, all united in their use of the poster medium to [[PlayingWithATrope play with]] the Motivational Poster. Some posters present a [[AnAesop straightforward lesson]], but exaggerate the {{Glurge}} to [[IceCreamKoan nonsensical levels]]. Others preach a [[SpoofAesop patently ridiculous]] (or just [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop particularly cynical]]) lesson. Still others use the Motivational Poster format to make a humorous statement about a completely different subject.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/TheLastContinent'', we're told that Ridcully has been picking up a lot of "dynamic management" stuff from books Hex has found in L-Space, and now has a poster in his office that says "When You're Up to Your Ass in Alligators, Today Is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life." The other wizards aren't sure what this means, or even if it's supposed to mean anything at all.

->''"I think that communication skills have really improved around here since we all went on that course, and put up that blue poster that says 'Communicate!'"''
->''"I totally agree; and I think that what that course showed me is that sometimes it does help to pay someone really quite a lot of money to state the obvious."''

--> '''Tara''': I have this sudden urge to dedicate my productive cooperation...

--> '''G.O.B.''': And I'm not afraid to make mistakes. Or have you forgotten to read this little... Damn it! My legs are so powerful.

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--> '''Riff''': "Hey, 'Relationships'! That one works!"

--->"Oh, I was hoping you would come back. I even saved your poster of a chimp expressing your distaste for Mondays!"
--->"Monday monkey lives for the weekend, sir!"

--->"Join The Army Today!!
--->What are you, Chicken?
--->Bwak Buk Buk Bawk!"

* ''Comicbook/{{Retail}}'' ran a series of motivational posters from Grumbel's corporate office, with such inspiring captions as "AMBITION - Until you realise what yours is, you might as well work here" and "TEAMWORK - We make the decisions. You take the blame".

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'''Note: Adding fauxtivational posters as page images is frowned upon because the border rarely adds anything, but the wiki system imposes size limits, thus reducing the resolution. And we can do captions already.'''[[note]]The only exception allowed is ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful, if only for [[SelfDemonstratingArticle self demonstration reasons]].[[/note]]

* ThatCloudLooksLike.

'''Note: Adding fauxtivational posters as page images is frowned upon because the border rarely adds anything, but the wiki system imposes size limits, thus reducing the resolution. And we can do captions already.'''[[note]]ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful is an exception, [[SelfDemonstratingArticle for obvious reasons]].[[/note]]

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'''Note: Adding fauxtivational posters as page images is frowned upon because the border rarely adds anything, but the wiki system imposes size limits, thus reducing the resolution. And we can do captions already.'''

''Note: Adding fauxtivational posters as page images is frowned upon because the border rarely adds anything, but the wiki system imposes size limits, thus reducing the resolution. And we can do captions already.''

* In [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space,]] Hell's office is full of motivators of the SevenDeadlySins.