History Main / HostileShowTakeover

* On one ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' video, Archibald Asparagus took over the show. He presented the segments from a ''MasterpieceTheater''-style armchair in front of a fireplace. The two halves were ''[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Omelet]]'' and GilbertAndSullivan's "lost musical," "Lyle The Kindly Viking," separated in the middle by "[[strike:Silly]] ''Classy'' Songs With Larry".

** TheSensationalSheHulk, issue 48, has a Weezi [[spoiler: who has been given Jennifer's youth and strength]] hold up a 'Weezi' over the 'She-Hulk' in the title while a [[spoiler: depowered]] Jennifer says "Hey! Just a gosh darn minute here!"
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* In the Manga/{{Bleach}} FanFic Fanfic/UninvitedGuests, Aizen uses a machine to steal Ichigo's PlotArmor and give it to his side. And he endlessly lampshades everything he's doing.

%%* After Marshall and Lily move to Long Island, [[NeilPatrickHarris Barney]] declares himself "leader of the group", and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny proceeds to sing over the opening credits]]. (What show is this?)

* Games Workshop's WhiteDwarf magazine once ran an issue that was taken over by the 'Black Goblin'.

* This was done on "Cow and Boy". An insane prospector from the fiction comic "Prospecting" took over their comic. He'll attack anyone who gets to close to his 'claim', so they are too afraid to do anything for a few weeks.

* In the PDQ Bach opera ''The Abduction of Figaro'', a key prop goes missing in the final act. Mute character Schlepperello announces that he has it and will not produce it unless they [[SuperfluousSolo let him perform an aria]]. Since they can't finish the opera without the missing prop, the director lets the mute sing.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' the first clue to something being up is Joker appearing instead of Batman in the teaser. Followed by [[TheBadGuyWins Bad Guys winning]] and ending with an EarthShatteringKaboom. The intro then starts, Joker has now taken over the episode and renamed the show Joker: The Vile and the Villainous! Complete with [=HAHAHAs=] sprayed over everything. The main episode even plays up Batman as the villain, while Joker [[VillainTeamUp teams up]] with his idol The Weeper to get him back in the game.

* WesternAnimation/Ultimate Spiderman: In the episode Ultimate deadpool though it is considered minor Deadpool says to spiderman that “he is running the show now “ especially the part in the opening where he sliced half of the shows name and replaced it with his own name .

Um, okay. That was... odd.

Now that Waluigi (or rather his [[VideoGameLives extra life)]] is being escorted out by security, how about we [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment go on as if nothing had ever happened]]?

Ahem.

[[PreviouslyOn A Hostile Show Takeover is an episode where a (lead) character is some]][==]how indisposed, and the rest of the cast scrambles to oust that character, taking over the role or pitching [[ExecutiveMeddling their own concept]] in a quickly created audition.

This probably requires the characters to actually be [[MediumAwareness aware they're in a show]], at least for that episode, but comes up in [[AnimatedActors cartoons]] frequently.

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* [[ComicBook/{{New52}} The New 52]]: September 2013 will be "Villains Month"; which will focus on the villains of each hero's respective comics. The covers feature the villains front and center, the heroes defeated in the background, and the villain's name written on top of the normal title.

* [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 The Shredder]] did this to ''Creator/FourKidsEntertainment'' during the [=FoxBox=] Saturday Morning block, threatening to drain the colors of every animated show on the block such as ''SonicX'' and ''[[Anime/KirbyOfTheStars Kirby: Right Back At Ya!]]'', therefore kicking off the [=FoxBox=] Color Drain Sweepstakes. Then, in early 2006, [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeSigma6 Cobra Commander]] takes over the 4KidsTV Saturday Morning block, renaming it into ''Cobra TV''. This kicked off the Cobra Domination Station Sweepstakes. And let's not forget ''TheFightForTheFoxBox'', in which [[spoiler: [[TheCrampTwins Wayne Cramp]]]] hired most of the 4Kids villains to take over the Saturday Morning block.

* Happens on a fairly frequent basis on ''TheFrolloShow'', With [[PantyAndStocking Panty and Stocking]], Wilford Brimley, and [[AdventureTime Lemongrab]] all getting a shot at taking over the show while Frollo and Gaston are away, dead, or otherwise indisposed of.

* [[Wrestling/DGenerationX D-X]] has done this a number of times, in both [[{{Heel}} its first]] and [[{{Babyface}} its last]] incarnations. Usually, it involves [[WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties playing around with the production truck]], [[RunningTheAsylum dictating ridiculous match stipulations]], and generally causing mayhem.

* In ''DragonBallKai'' Captain Ginyu does this in one of the OnTheNext segments after body swapping with Goku. He says the show will now be Ginyu Force Kai and that he will do the narration from now on.
** ''DragonBallAbridged'' does a similar joke, with the Ginyu Force taking over the opening for the duration of their appearance on the show.

A Hostile Show Takeover is an episode where a (lead) character is some

* A recent episode of ''The Colbert Report'' featured a cold open where Stephen Colbert has a nightmare that [[TheOfficeUS Steve Carell]] had hijacked his show and renamed it ''The Carell Corral''. Colbert promptly bursts into his own nightmare and steals the show back from him.

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* The popular interpretation of the January 2010 ''[[TheTonightShow Tonight Show]]'' debacle. Many of ConanOBrien's fans saw the whole event as JayLeno stealing ''TheTonightShow'' back from Conan after his own 10:00pm show bombed in Prime Time.

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** The [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas Icelandic Saga]] production, sponsored by the North Malden Icelandic Saga Society, begins to reference business opportunities in North Malden more and more, then the screen flashes the message "INVEST IN MALDEN", [[SubliminalSeduction briefly at first]], then more insistently, as 12th-century warrior re-enactors parade banners advertising North Malden across the screen.

* In ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', the [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas Icelandic Saga]] program is taken over by the Town of Malden.

* DX has done this a number of times, in both [[{{Heel}} its first]] and [[{{Babyface}} its last]] incarnations. Usually, it involves [[WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties playing around with the production truck]], [[RunningTheAsylum dictating ridiculous match stipulations]], and generally causing mayhem.