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* CreatorBacklash:
** According to Facebook posts, Ed Steckley hated ''Mr. Precious'', saying that he only intended for it to be a one-shot but the editors kept pressuring him into making more. It's also noted that the aforementioned Kulpa constantly shoehorned in word balloons, despite Steckley intending for the comic to be pantomime.
** Then-future ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' artist Tom Richmond seems mostly ashamed of his short tenure with ''Cracked'' at the TurnOfTheMillennium. His first approved piece was a parody of ''Film/Godzilla1998'' that he wrote himself with the intent of sending to ''MAD'' as a sample. After they turned it down, he sent it in to ''Cracked'', and was surprised when they actually ran it! However, Kulpa did not resize the art properly, causing it to appear vertically distorted. Other issues included low payment (despite Kulpa calling him a "flagship" artist, Richmond still only got the same per-page amount as everyone else), his art getting repurposed for front covers without compensation or credit, and his parody of ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' getting downgraded from color to black-and-white at the last minute... in favor of a ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' spoof. Thankfully for Richmond, his poor treatment at ''Cracked'' drove him to try again at ''MAD'', who accepted him.
** According to Facebook posts, Ed Steckley hated ''Mr. Precious'', saying that he only intended for it to be a one-shot but the editors kept pressuring him into making more. It's also noted that the aforementioned Kulpa constantly shoehorned in word balloons, despite Steckley intending for the comic to be pantomime.
** Then-future ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' artist Tom Richmond seems mostly ashamed of his short tenure with ''Cracked'' at the TurnOfTheMillennium. His first approved piece was a parody of ''Film/Godzilla1998'' that he wrote himself with the intent of sending to ''MAD'' as a sample. After they turned it down, he sent it in to ''Cracked'', and was surprised when they actually ran it! However, Kulpa did not resize the art properly, causing it to appear vertically distorted. Other issues included low payment (despite Kulpa calling him a "flagship" artist, Richmond still only got the same per-page amount as everyone else), his art getting repurposed for front covers without compensation or credit, and his parody of ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' getting downgraded from color to black-and-white at the last minute... in favor of a ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' spoof. Thankfully for Richmond, his poor treatment at ''Cracked'' drove him to try again at ''MAD'', who accepted him.
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* OldShame:
** According to Facebook posts, Ed Steckley hated ''Mr. Precious'', saying that he only intended for it to be a one-shot but the editors kept pressuring him into making more. It's also noted that the aforementioned Kulpa constantly shoehorned in word balloons, despite Steckley intending for the comic to be pantomime.
** Then-future ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' artist Tom Richmond seems mostly ashamed of his short tenure with ''Cracked'' at the TurnOfTheMillennium. His first approved piece was a parody of ''Film/Godzilla1998'' that he wrote himself with the intent of sending to ''MAD'' as a sample. After they turned it down, he sent it in to ''Cracked'', and was surprised when they actually ran it! However, Kulpa did not resize the art properly, causing it to appear vertically distorted. Other issues included low payment (despite Kulpa calling him a "flagship" artist, Richmond still only got the same per-page amount as everyone else), his art getting repurposed for front covers without compensation or credit, and his parody of ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' getting downgraded from color to black-and-white at the last minute... in favor of a ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' spoof. Thankfully for Richmond, his poor treatment at ''Cracked'' drove him to try again at ''MAD'', who accepted him.
** According to Facebook posts, Ed Steckley hated ''Mr. Precious'', saying that he only intended for it to be a one-shot but the editors kept pressuring him into making more. It's also noted that the aforementioned Kulpa constantly shoehorned in word balloons, despite Steckley intending for the comic to be pantomime.
** Then-future ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' artist Tom Richmond seems mostly ashamed of his short tenure with ''Cracked'' at the TurnOfTheMillennium. His first approved piece was a parody of ''Film/Godzilla1998'' that he wrote himself with the intent of sending to ''MAD'' as a sample. After they turned it down, he sent it in to ''Cracked'', and was surprised when they actually ran it! However, Kulpa did not resize the art properly, causing it to appear vertically distorted. Other issues included low payment (despite Kulpa calling him a "flagship" artist, Richmond still only got the same per-page amount as everyone else), his art getting repurposed for front covers without compensation or credit, and his parody of ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' getting downgraded from color to black-and-white at the last minute... in favor of a ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' spoof. Thankfully for Richmond, his poor treatment at ''Cracked'' drove him to try again at ''MAD'', who accepted him.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20158_the-6-most-baffling-video-game-spinoffs.html This article's]] #1 spot gets so much wrong about the Sonic franchise it gets more and more baffling the more you try and dissect it. To start with it manages to REVERSE the release order of two games and claim Shadow the Hedgehog was an attempt to make a darker game and "re-invent the franchise" after Unleashed did poorly. Unleashed was released THREE YEARS after Shadow the Hedgehog on a completely different generation of hardware. It also manages to claim Shadow is a re-tooled version of Sonic that tried to turn him into a gun-toting badass instead of a completely different character that's been around since Sonic Adventure 2.
** Their "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19199_7-bizarre-early-versions-famous-cartoon-characters.html 7 Bizarre Early Versions of Famous Cartoon Characters]]" article says that Wilkins from Wilkins Coffee commercials was an early version of [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit the Frog]], even though Kermit already existed by the time Wilkins was created.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20158_the-6-most-baffling-video-game-spinoffs.html This article's]] #1 spot gets so much wrong about the Sonic franchise it gets more and more baffling the more you try and dissect it. To start with it manages to REVERSE the release order of two games and claim Shadow the Hedgehog was an attempt to make a darker game and "re-invent the franchise" after Unleashed did poorly. Unleashed was released THREE YEARS after Shadow the Hedgehog on a completely different generation of hardware. It also manages to claim Shadow is a re-tooled version of Sonic that tried to turn him into a gun-toting badass instead of a completely different character that's been around since Sonic Adventure 2.
** Their "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19199_7-bizarre-early-versions-famous-cartoon-characters.html 7 Bizarre Early Versions of Famous Cartoon Characters]]" article says that Wilkins from Wilkins Coffee commercials was an early version of [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit the Frog]], even though Kermit already existed by the time Wilkins was created.
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: In order to be sensitive to the situation after the 2013 Boston Bombings, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20384_the-5-major-cities-most-likely-to-be-spectacularly-destroyed.html 5 Cities That Will Be Wiped Off the Map by Natural Disasters]], an article on possible natural disasters that could take down cities was temporarily removed.
** Unfortunately, they fell victim to this when they added Creator/RobinWilliams to "Ten Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Huge Nerds" (spoilers: it's one of their anti-nerd articles) sometime shortly after his tragic death, mocking him being a fan of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' by saying it's an anime that "[[EvenNerdsHaveStandards people with body pillows]] [[DudeNotFunny say is for losers]]".
** Unfortunately, they fell victim to this when they added Creator/RobinWilliams to "Ten Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Huge Nerds" (spoilers: it's one of their anti-nerd articles) sometime shortly after his tragic death, mocking him being a fan of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' by saying it's an anime that "[[EvenNerdsHaveStandards people with body pillows]] [[DudeNotFunny say is for losers]]".
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: In order to be sensitive to the situation after the 2013 Boston Bombings, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20384_the-5-major-cities-most-likely-to-be-spectacularly-destroyed.html 5 Cities That Will Be Wiped Off the Map by Natural Disasters]], an article on possible natural disasters that could take down cities cities, was temporarily removed.
** Unfortunately, they fell victim to this when they added Creator/RobinWilliams to "Ten Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Huge Nerds" (spoilers: it's one of their anti-nerd articles) sometime shortly after his tragic death, mocking him being a fan of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' by saying it's an anime that "[[EvenNerdsHaveStandards people with body pillows]] [[DudeNotFunny say is forlosers]]". losers]]".
** Cracked did an article on the [[https://www.cracked.com/article_38810_mecca-lecca-hi-mecca-hiney-ho-15-trivia-tidbits-about-pee-wees-playhouse.html 15 Trivia Tidbits About "Pee-wee's Playhouse"]] on July 29, 2023, two days before Creator/PaulReubens succumbed to cancer. To make up for the loss of Reubens, they did another article in tribute to him entitled "[[https://www.cracked.com/article_38881_rip-paul-reubens-and-the-ageless-pee-wee-herman.html RIP Paul Reubens and the Ageless Pee-wee Herman]]".
** Unfortunately, they fell victim to this when they added Creator/RobinWilliams to "Ten Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Huge Nerds" (spoilers: it's one of their anti-nerd articles) sometime shortly after his tragic death, mocking him being a fan of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' by saying it's an anime that "[[EvenNerdsHaveStandards people with body pillows]] [[DudeNotFunny say is for
** Cracked did an article on the [[https://www.cracked.com/article_38810_mecca-lecca-hi-mecca-hiney-ho-15-trivia-tidbits-about-pee-wees-playhouse.html 15 Trivia Tidbits About "Pee-wee's Playhouse"]] on July 29, 2023, two days before Creator/PaulReubens succumbed to cancer. To make up for the loss of Reubens, they did another article in tribute to him entitled "[[https://www.cracked.com/article_38881_rip-paul-reubens-and-the-ageless-pee-wee-herman.html RIP Paul Reubens and the Ageless Pee-wee Herman]]".
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* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: Oftentimes their articles, even if they're cited, end up being either gross misrepresentations of the facts or even flat-out lies. A particularly JustForFun/{{egregious}} example is in their article "If Oscar Speeches Told the Truth" where they claim the screenplay to ''Film/GoodWillHunting'' wasn't really written by Creator/MattDamon and Creator/BenAffleck, and the citation they link to ''directly contradicts their entire point''.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Downplayed. In the comment section of ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_21766_the-poop-unicorn-5-other-bizarre-mythical-creatures.html The Poop Unicorn and 5 Other Bizarre Mythical Creatures]]'', the author, [[http://www.cracked.com/members/RyanTerris/ Ryan Terris]] mentions that a lot of stuff had to get cut to make it funnier and shorter. For example, he was originally going to mention that the term "unicorn" originally referred to [[http://scienceheathen.com/2012/11/27/elasmotherium-the-origin-of-unicorn-legends-survived-until-at-least-50000-years-ago-possibly-until-much-more-recently/ the now-extinct Asian rhino.]] But it had go through a lot of editing, reediting, and drafts.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Downplayed. ExecutiveMeddling:
** In the comment section of ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_21766_the-poop-unicorn-5-other-bizarre-mythical-creatures.html The Poop Unicorn and 5 Other Bizarre Mythical Creatures]]'', the author, [[http://www.cracked.com/members/RyanTerris/ Ryan Terris]] mentions that a lot of stuff had to get cut to make it funnier and shorter. For example, he was originally going to mention that the term "unicorn" originally referred to [[http://scienceheathen.com/2012/11/27/elasmotherium-the-origin-of-unicorn-legends-survived-until-at-least-50000-years-ago-possibly-until-much-more-recently/ the now-extinct Asian rhino.]] But it had go through a lot of editing, reediting, anddrafts.drafts.
** [[Website/{{Bogleech}} Jonathan Wojcik]] claims that Cracked had a strong style guide when writing articles which he had to adhere to, which annoyed him in part because Wojcik is an AnimalLover and NightmareFetishist and didn't enjoy adhering to the "MONSTER BUGS THAT WILL KILL YOU AND SHOULD DIE" stance that the site tended to take.
** In the comment section of ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_21766_the-poop-unicorn-5-other-bizarre-mythical-creatures.html The Poop Unicorn and 5 Other Bizarre Mythical Creatures]]'', the author, [[http://www.cracked.com/members/RyanTerris/ Ryan Terris]] mentions that a lot of stuff had to get cut to make it funnier and shorter. For example, he was originally going to mention that the term "unicorn" originally referred to [[http://scienceheathen.com/2012/11/27/elasmotherium-the-origin-of-unicorn-legends-survived-until-at-least-50000-years-ago-possibly-until-much-more-recently/ the now-extinct Asian rhino.]] But it had go through a lot of editing, reediting, and
** [[Website/{{Bogleech}} Jonathan Wojcik]] claims that Cracked had a strong style guide when writing articles which he had to adhere to, which annoyed him in part because Wojcik is an AnimalLover and NightmareFetishist and didn't enjoy adhering to the "MONSTER BUGS THAT WILL KILL YOU AND SHOULD DIE" stance that the site tended to take.
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* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: After the second Great Purge, former ''Cracked Podcast'' host Alex Schmidt launched a new podcast called ''Secretly Incredibly Fascinating'' that was clearly made in the late ''Cracked Podcast's'' image. He even opened the first episode with the same tagline as the ''Cracked Podcast,'' "A podcast about why being alive is more interesting than you think."
** Likewise, Cody Johnston and Katy Stoll's Website/YouTube show ''Some More News'' is clearly this to Cody's ''Some News'' series on Cracked.
** Likewise, Cody Johnston and Katy Stoll's Website/YouTube show ''Some More News'' is clearly this to Cody's ''Some News'' series on Cracked.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Felix Clay has [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/9-failed-attempts-to-interview-viral-video-villain/ attempted to interview an old, angry lady]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-hilarious-things-i-learned-about-orgies-by-going-to-one/ attended an orgy]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/9-life-lessons-gleaned-from-eating-terrifying-fair-foods/ went through intense gastric distress]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-craigslist-ads-that-will-shake-your-faith-in-humanity/ and dealt with some craigslist creeps]]. For the sake of his column.
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** AdventurerArchaeologist
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** IncestuousCasting
** LoadBearingBoss
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** MookChivalry
** RapidFireTyping
** {{Reconstruction}} (from a webcomic by Winston Rowntree of ''Webcomic/{{Subnormality}}'')
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** IncestuousCasting
** LoadBearingBoss
** MemeticMolester (toy)
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** MookChivalry
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