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* Ben Affleck has been on the receiving end of a few Take Thats, with [[PopCultureOsmosisFailure characters not knowing who he is]] whenever he’s name-dropped.

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* Ben Affleck has been on the receiving end of a few Take Thats, with [[PopCultureOsmosisFailure [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure characters not knowing who he is]] whenever he’s name-dropped.
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* Ben Affleck has been on the receiving end of a few Take Thats, usually involving his popularity.

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* Ben Affleck has been on the receiving end of a few Take Thats, usually involving his popularity.with [[PopCultureOsmosisFailure characters not knowing who he is]] whenever he’s name-dropped.
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* There's lots of InUniverse Take Thats as well; about 99% of Nate's comics that feature Ellen insult her in some way, most often her intelligence and girly traits. Plenty of Nate's comics also make fun of his dad. And there *a lot* of Take Thats as Nate's teacher Mrs. Godfrey.

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* There's lots of InUniverse Take Thats as well; about 99% of Nate's comics that feature Ellen insult her in some way, most often her intelligence and girly traits. Plenty of Nate's comics also make fun of his dad. And there *a lot* of Take Thats as at Nate's teacher Mrs. Godfrey.
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* There's lots of InUniverse Take Thats as well; about 99% of Nate's comics that feature Ellen insult her in some way, most often her intelligence and girly traits. Plenty of Nate's comics also make fun of his dad.

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* There's lots of InUniverse Take Thats as well; about 99% of Nate's comics that feature Ellen insult her in some way, most often her intelligence and girly traits. Plenty of Nate's comics also make fun of his dad. And there *a lot* of Take Thats as Nate's teacher Mrs. Godfrey.
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* Ben Affleck has been on the receiving end of a few Take Thats, usually involving his popularity.

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* Ben Affleck has been on the receiving end of a few Take Thats, usually involving his popularity.popularity.
* In [[https://www.gocomics.com/bignate/1995/04/23 this 1995 strip,]] Nate can't resist buying "No Newt is Good Newt" bumper stickers. This is a clear attack on then-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, a controversial Republican politician.
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* When Nate's dad repaints Ellen's room, Nate agrees with him that the walls look horrible. Then he says, "But why bother with ''paint?'' Just tear down all those stupid ''Creator/DawsonsCreek'' posters!"

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* When Nate's dad repaints Ellen's room, Nate agrees with him that the walls look horrible. Then he says, "But why bother with ''paint?'' Just tear down all those stupid ''Creator/DawsonsCreek'' ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' posters!"



* During Nate's [[CurbStompBattle first chess match with]] [[TheAce Artur]], he's trying to find a way to get out of the match and says that his appendix hurts. Francis points out that he had his appendix removed years ago, when he himself visited Nate in the hospital and gave him a ''Tickle Me Elmo''. Nate says that he's always hated that toy.

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* During Nate's [[CurbStompBattle first chess match with]] [[TheAce Artur]], he's trying to find a way to get out of the match and says that his appendix hurts. Francis points out that he had his appendix removed years ago, when he himself visited Nate in the hospital and gave him a ''Tickle ''[[Series/SesameStreet Tickle Me Elmo''.Elmo]]''. Nate says that he's always hated that toy.



* Nate once took up harmonica playing, and said that if he gets good at it he might be able to have a career in music, saying, "I could be the next Creator/JohnTesh!" Francis says, "That's my fear."

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* Nate once took up harmonica playing, and said that if he gets good at it he might be able to have a career in music, saying, "I could be the next Creator/JohnTesh!" John Tesh!" Francis says, "That's my fear."
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* Nate once took up harmonica playing, and said that if he gets good at it he might be able to have a career in music, saying, "I could be the next JohnTesh!" Francis says, "That's my fear."

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* Nate once took up harmonica playing, and said that if he gets good at it he might be able to have a career in music, saying, "I could be the next JohnTesh!" Creator/JohnTesh!" Francis says, "That's my fear."
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The Big Nate comic strip drops a surprisingly large amount of Take Thats, like some sort of kid-friendly cousin of TheSimpsons.

* Some strips are [[TakeThat Take Thats]] against certain aspects of school. For example, there have been bashes against bullying (and teachers' obliviousness to it), the amount of homework students get assigned, and others.

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The Big Nate comic strip drops a surprisingly large amount of Take Thats, like some sort of kid-friendly cousin of TheSimpsons.

WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.

* Some strips are [[TakeThat Take Thats]] {{Take That}}s against certain aspects of school. For example, there have been bashes against bullying (and teachers' obliviousness to it), the amount of homework students get assigned, and others.



* When Nate's dad repaints Ellen's room, Nate agrees with him that the walls look horrible. Then he says, "But why bother with ''paint?'' Just tear down all those stupid ''DawsonsCreek'' posters!"

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* When Nate's dad repaints Ellen's room, Nate agrees with him that the walls look horrible. Then he says, "But why bother with ''paint?'' Just tear down all those stupid ''DawsonsCreek'' ''Creator/DawsonsCreek'' posters!"



* Teddy once was sick with strep throat and ended up being addicted to ''TheView'', something that him, Nate, and Francis consider to be very embarrassing.
* When Nate and Francis were trying to reinvent the high five, they came up with something similar to a dance routine. Nate stops and says that he's "starting to feel uncomfortably like a choreographer for {{NSYNC}}."

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* Teddy once was sick with strep throat and ended up being addicted to ''TheView'', ''Series/TheView'', something that him, Nate, and Francis consider to be very embarrassing.
* When Nate and Francis were trying to reinvent the high five, they came up with something similar to a dance routine. Nate stops and says that he's "starting to feel uncomfortably like a choreographer for {{NSYNC}}.Music/{{NSYNC}}."

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The Big Nate comic strip drops a surprisingly large amount of Take Thats, like some sort of kid-friendly cousin of TheSimpsons.



* During Nate's first chess match with Artur, he's trying to find a way to get out of the match and says that his appendix hurts. Francis points out that he had his appendix removed years ago, when he himself visited Nate in the hospital and gave him a ''Tickle Me Elmo''. Nate says that he's always hated that toy.

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* During Nate's [[CurbStompBattle first chess match with Artur, with]] [[TheAce Artur]], he's trying to find a way to get out of the match and says that his appendix hurts. Francis points out that he had his appendix removed years ago, when he himself visited Nate in the hospital and gave him a ''Tickle Me Elmo''. Nate says that he's always hated that toy.



* Nate thinks that romance novels are overly sappy and trashy, reading out loud the blurbs on the books whenever he finds one to show just how mushy they are.

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* Nate thinks that romance novels are overly sappy and trashy, reading out loud the blurbs on the books whenever he finds one to show just how mushy they are.are.
* There's lots of InUniverse Take Thats as well; about 99% of Nate's comics that feature Ellen insult her in some way, most often her intelligence and girly traits. Plenty of Nate's comics also make fun of his dad.
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* Some strips are [[TakeThat Take Thats]] against certain aspects of school. For example, there have been bashes against bullying (and teachers' obliviousness to it), the amount of homework students get assigned, and others.
* The fact that Nate hates egg salad, cats, and figure skating, and repeatedly disses them, counts as this.
* When Nate's dad repaints Ellen's room, Nate agrees with him that the walls look horrible. Then he says, "But why bother with ''paint?'' Just tear down all those stupid ''DawsonsCreek'' posters!"
* When Nate held his own neighborhood Olympics in his yard, Nate and Teddy list the medals they've gotten. Francis then says not to forget ''his'' medal, upon which Nate and Teddy start snickering. Francis got his medal in [[RealMenWearPink synchronized swimming]], which he insists ''is'' a sport. All Nate and Teddy can say is, "Yeah, right."
* During Nate's first chess match with Artur, he's trying to find a way to get out of the match and says that his appendix hurts. Francis points out that he had his appendix removed years ago, when he himself visited Nate in the hospital and gave him a ''Tickle Me Elmo''. Nate says that he's always hated that toy.
* Plenty of stuff against fortune cookies and horoscopes that don't have actual fortunes, with Nate complaining that they don't live up to their names ("If you're going to call them fortune cookies, then put some actual ''fortunes'' in them!).
* Nate once took up harmonica playing, and said that if he gets good at it he might be able to have a career in music, saying, "I could be the next JohnTesh!" Francis says, "That's my fear."
* Teddy once was sick with strep throat and ended up being addicted to ''TheView'', something that him, Nate, and Francis consider to be very embarrassing.
* When Nate and Francis were trying to reinvent the high five, they came up with something similar to a dance routine. Nate stops and says that he's "starting to feel uncomfortably like a choreographer for {{NSYNC}}."
* Nate thinks that romance novels are overly sappy and trashy, reading out loud the blurbs on the books whenever he finds one to show just how mushy they are.

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