History TakeThat / FanWorks

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13993304/1/RWBY-Alternate RWBY Alternate]]'': In Chapter 13 of this reaction fic, the characters are learning about ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' lore and muse how weird it is for these games to have most of their worldbuilding hidden in the pause menus. They then reason that it makes sense for a video game to use that approach, so players can feel free to PlayTheGameSkipTheStory, before agreeing how "trash" it would be if someone tried that with any other medium, like a TV show offloading all the important lore concepts into a miniseries. The end notes confirm was the author expressing their annoyance that ''RWBY'' did just that during its earlier seasons with the ''RWBY: World of Remnant'' videos.

* ''Fanfic/CatRa'': Catra turns the sword into a collar in Season 4 to make it easier to carry. When asked why she would keep something so dangerous on her neck, she explains that making it something like a bracelet (which Adora did in canon) would make it way too easy for an enemy to take.

* ''Fanfic/TheDarknessBetweenStars'', as a HateFic and DeconstructionFic, is ''filled'' with these. Though an AlternateUniverseFic, it follows the canon plotline quite closely, with several scenes being direct analogues but portrayed very differently, with characters pointing out how awful and morally bankrupt Steven would be if he behaved the way he did in canon. Particular examples include:

* ''VideoGame/FlawedCrystals'' is a [[FanGame fan-made text-based RPG]] that straddles the line between FixFic and HateFic. For the most part though, any jabs made are restricted to [[WordOfGod the postmortem developer's commentary]].

* [=PenGator3=] has Michael Eisner attacked savagely on three separate occasions so far in [[http://www.Fanfiction.net/s/5626292 Re: Yin Yang Who?]].

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13993304/1/RWBY-Alternate RWBY Alternate]]'': In Chapter 13 of this reaction fic, the characters are learning about ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' lore and muse how weird it is for these games to have most of their worldbuilding hidden in the pause menus. They then reason that it makes sense for a video game to use that approach, so players can feel free to SkipTheStoryPlayTheGame, before noting about how dumb it would be for any non-interactive medium to similarly offload all their important lore concepts into a separate miniseries, which the end notes confirm was the author expressing their annoyance that ''RWBY'' did just that during its earlier seasons with the ''RWBY: World of Remnant'' videos.

* ''Fanfic/CatRa'': Catra turns the sword into a collar in Season 4, saying that making it a bracelet like Adora in canon would make it way too easy for an enemy to take.

* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'':

* ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsAFairlyOddFriendship'': Sunset's [[DontSaySuchStupidThings rant to Timmy near the end of the story]], telling him he shouldn't listen to people who say the world would be better off if he was never born, is a swipe at "It's a Wishful Life" and its horrible moral of "Timmy has to give up his life to make the world a better place."

* ''Fanfic/PeterParkerNeedsAHug'': Tim Drake/Red Robin can't start a patrol without coffee...but he won't drink anything from Starbucks.

* ''Fanfic/TheUnexpectedRookie'': While he has a rare moment of free time, Optimus Prime decides to get a paint job from Ramone. Ramone gives him one that looks just like his paint job in the Michael Bay movies. Prime politely tells Ramone that he doesn't like it, and asks for his old paint job back. Like many G1 fans, the author disliked Optimus Prime's design in the Bay movies.

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* ''Fanfic/TheOwlAndTheFrog'': In Chapter 50, whilst showing Sprig and Amara the internet, Luz and Anne encounter a Cynthia's Coven fanfic titled ''Loyalty Among Covens'' by [=CaptainCT5=]. The quartet end up criticising the fanfiction for the author, who is in their late 20s, having a self-insert serve as the love interest for the 13-year-old main character. This is a jab at another ''Amphibia'' fanfic, ''Fanfic/LoyaltyAmongWorlds'' by [=AdmiralDT8=], with Anne even ending the critique by stating how disgusted she'd be if someone wrote a story like that with her, followed by an AsideGlance.

** The Book 1 prologue has Eda make one to ''{{Literature/TheTwilightSaga'', stating every vampire and werewolf in the Isles would stake her if she tried to sell one of those books.

* In ''Fanfic/AmbitionOfTheRedPrincess'' in the author's notes, Qinlongfei is quick to lambast many of the plot points from canon that annoyed him. Such as how [[CharacterShilling Naofumi was made to look competent]] due to most of the other characters being idiots, Naofumi still using [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slaves with almost no comment on how immoral the practice is and should be,]] Raphtalia [[AngstWhatAngst getting over her trauma too fast]], etc.

** The fic is TakeThat to the "Canterlot Wedding angst" fics but in a different way. Many such fics have Princess Celestia exiling Twilight over her misbehavior at Canterlot's wedding. Celestia herself laughs at the idea of banishing Twilight: Princess Celestia is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who would never banish her prized pupil and a Bearer of the Elements of Harmony over a minor slight. Instead, they talk their fears and concerns out.

** The fic is Take that to the "Canterlot Wedding angst" fics but in a different way. Many such fics have Princess Celestia exiling Twilight over her misbehavior at Canterlot's wedding. Celestia herself laughs at the idea of banishing Twilight: Princess Celestia is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who would never banish her prized pupil and a Bearer of the Elements of Harmony over a minor slight. Instead, they talk their fears and concerns out.

** A subtle one to TheEighties style headband which Supergirl started wearing at the [[Film/Supergirl1984 movie]]'s makers' request.

* In ''Fanfic/WizardOfShips'', Ozpin takes a jab at the popular fan theory that he let Jaune into Beacon Academy because he 'saw his potential'.
-->''[in response to Jaune suggesting it]'' Ozpin burst out laughing. "Hahahahahahahahaha *snort* Ahahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh, dear Monty, I haven't laughed like that in a long time. Thank you, Mr. Arc, I needed that."
* Jaune in ''[[https://www.Fanfiction.net/s/12146135/1/The-Entertainer The Entertainer]]'' can't figure out why Pyrrha has feelings for him as the only noteworthy thing he's done is pretend he didn't know she was famous and thinks to himself how ridiculous it would be if that was her reason.
* ''Fanfic/RWBYDestinyOfRemnant''
** A small one to RWBY Volume 4. In chapter 46 Neptune wonders if one of their Semblances brings bad luck, Qrow (who suffers from this in canon) tells him not to be stupid.
** This fic essentially is a TakeThat to how the writers of RWBY handled Pyrrha's death, her character arc, and the second half of Volume 3's story and Volume 4 as a whole.

** Several works of art and culture are mentioned in "The Seven" as examples of guilty pleasures, or as the story describes it, "artistic statements that fall short in some abstract sense of 'taste' or 'quality,' yet are still worth experiencing anyway. Though perhaps we don't readily admit to it." Examples include the musical work Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 by Music/GeorgeEnescu, the poem "Trees" by Creator/JoyceKilmer, the painting ''Art/WashingtonCrossingTheDelaware'' by Creator/EmanuelLeutze, the TV show Series/GilligansIsland, the films ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'' and ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'', and the novel ''Literature/OnTheRoad'' by Jack Kerouac.

--->'''Penny:''' So what am I supposed to do, pretend Miley Cyrus's "Party in the USA" is the greatest song ever just 'cause Jenny the majorette thinks so? Sorry, but that's not my style.
** Baseball talk shows are lampooned in "The Baseball Game."

** The fanfiction Penny and her friend make fun of in “The Cameo” lampoons real-life Bolt and Penny smut stories on the Internet.
** In “The Paris Trip,” Rhino sees a listing for TV-Con presentations related to Bolt’s TV show. Many are porn fanfic readings (including a “four-part trilogy” of Bolt/Penny smut), with the rest being paper presentations featuring absurd comparisons between the TV show and scholarly topics such as “‘Bolt’ and the Berlin Wall: the ideal metaphor” and “Freudian imagery in ‘Bolt’: sometimes a helicopter is just a helicopter.” The hamster decides he isn’t interested.
** In “The Car,” Penny says that her unsatisfying English class experience was probably dumbed down for the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' film series crowd.
** In “The Clouds,” Mittens speaks disparagingly of the film ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'', saying her jaunt to New York City's Chelsea neighborhood to dumpster dive was the biggest waste of time since she snuck into a theater to watch this movie.

* In ''Fanfic/DaughtersOfTheWickedWitch'', when visiting Singularity F, the narration can't help but take a few potshots at the problems with the level in the game, such as the tedium of farming the skeleton enemies for their bones and the unreasonably difficult (for that stage in the game) BonusBoss fight with blackened Berserker.

** The "total pacifism" doctrine espoused by the show is occasionally raked over the coals as encouraging the use of unrealistically simple solutions to complex problems.

* ''Fanfic/FlowingStar'': During the first chapter of "Early Days Arc", Liberty was reading a comic about the show she watched and snarked towards the fact that the entire thing started because of a clearly fake photo between a teenage girl and a boy kissing. However, she was disgusted because she saw... something in it and gave up on it. This is a subtle jab towards the comic ''Webcomic/ItsNotYourFault'' due to the characters acting dumb and the infamous page 130 [[spoiler:where a drunken Sam lured and raped Lincoln]].

** Rick and Cyrus are discussing the notion that Franchise/SpiderMan got his powers from a [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski spider-totem]], and immediately dismiss it as the stupidest thing they've ever heard. They then discuss the only things that could be even stupider, such as the idea of Spider-Man unmasking himself.

* [[Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise]] hates the imperial system of measurement in ''[[https://www.Fanfiction.net/s/8753582/5/Overlady Overlady]]'' and declares that having 1,760 yards to a mile is stupid compared to much simpler 1,000 meters to a kilometer. Any system that requires memorizing such random numbers is ridiculous.

-->'''Chris''': [offscreen] [[InstantlyProvenWrong Hey, guys. Fox just announced that Season 1 of Bless the Harts is gunna be the last]].[[note]]In real life, ''Bless the Harts'' would get a second season, but to [[ScrewedByTheNetwork getting its timeslot moved up by an hour and (occasionally) getting preempted by Fox's coverage of NASCAR races]], it wouldn't last beyond Season 2.[[/note]]

-->'''Chris''': [offscreen] [[InstantlyProvenWrong Hey, guys. FOX just announced that Season 1 of Bless the Harts is gunna be the last]].

* The original ''Fanfic/DantesNightAtFreddys'' criticizes the often fanatical and poorly written nature of fictional news headlines, including those of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' itself and one against WebOriginal/JeffTheKiller.

** The same story shows the extremely DumbBlonde Leni being kidnapped and forced to wear a tracking device, which she remembers to remove when escaping, albeit because she didn't want her kidnapper's "gift", and lampshading how stupid it would have been to keep it with her. One of the writers reviews at Blog/DasSporking and had their BerserkButton pushed by [[IdiotPlot a character in a novel doing exactly that just because the writer couldn't think of a better way for her to get caught again]].