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* EnemyMine: With Christians denouncing ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' for promoting Satanic witchcraft since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the series' debut in 1997]] and liberals condemning its author Creator/JKRowling for her fall into transphobia during TheNewTwenties, [[https://babylonbee.com/news/fundamentalist-christians-delighted-liberals-finally-agree-with-them-about-harry-potter "Fundamentalist Christians Delighted Liberals Finally Agree With Them About Harry Potter"]] and they team up against Rowling with a BookBurning.

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* EnemyMine: With After Christians denouncing denounced ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' for allegedly promoting Satanic witchcraft since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the series' debut in 1997]] 1997]], and liberals condemning condemned its author Creator/JKRowling for her fall into transphobia controversial views on sex and gender during TheNewTwenties, [[https://babylonbee.com/news/fundamentalist-christians-delighted-liberals-finally-agree-with-them-about-harry-potter "Fundamentalist Christians Delighted Liberals Finally Agree With Them About Harry Potter"]] and they team up against Rowling with a BookBurning.

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* ThreateningShark: "[[https://babylonbee.com/news/man-being-devoured-by-hungry-sharks-tries-apologizing-to-them Man Being Devoured By Hungry Sharks Tries Apologizing To Them]]"

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"[[https://babylonbee.com/news/man-being-devoured-by-hungry-sharks-tries-apologizing-to-them Man Being Devoured By Hungry Sharks Tries Apologizing To Them]]"Them]]"
** "[[https://babylonbee.com/news/massacre-as-great-white-shark-allowed-to-compete-in-womens-500-freestyle Massacre As Great White Shark Allowed To Compete In Women's 500 Freestyle]]." The shark wins by killing everyone on the field.
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* EnemyMine: With Christians denouncing ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' for promoting Satanic witchcraft since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the series' debut in 1997]] and liberals condemning its author Creator/JKRowling for her fall into transphobia during TheNewTwenties, [[https://babylonbee.com/news/fundamentalist-christians-delighted-liberals-finally-agree-with-them-about-harry-potter "Fundamentalist Christians Delighted Liberals Finally Agree With Them About Harry Potter"]] and they team up against "Rowling's unending quest to corrupt and mislead the youth" with a BookBurning.

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* EnemyMine: With Christians denouncing ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' for promoting Satanic witchcraft since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the series' debut in 1997]] and liberals condemning its author Creator/JKRowling for her fall into transphobia during TheNewTwenties, [[https://babylonbee.com/news/fundamentalist-christians-delighted-liberals-finally-agree-with-them-about-harry-potter "Fundamentalist Christians Delighted Liberals Finally Agree With Them About Harry Potter"]] and they team up against "Rowling's unending quest to corrupt and mislead the youth" Rowling with a BookBurning.



* HappilyAdopted: Hunter Biden...[[AdoptivePeerParent by Amy Coney Barrett]].

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* HappilyAdopted: Hunter Biden... [[AdoptivePeerParent by Amy Coney Barrett]].



* MessianicArchetype: {{Parodied}} by depicting people was worshiping Trump:

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* MessianicArchetype: {{Parodied}} by depicting people was worshiping worshipping Trump:
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** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOy6Z_UP7c Episode 2 of Califonians moving to Texas]] the liberal woman finding out her husband is eating ribs in the back corner and the him trying to explain it to her is very similar to someone finding out their husband is having an affair with another man.

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** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOy6Z_UP7c Episode 2 of Califonians moving to Texas]] Texas]], the liberal woman finding out her husband is eating ribs in the back corner and the him trying to explain it to her is very similar to someone finding out their husband is having an affair with another man.



** [[https://babylonbee.com/news/boy-who-pointed-out-the-emperor-has-no-clothes-banned-for-misinformation This article]] is yet another take on "The Emperor Has No Clothes", with [[UsefulNotes/JoeBiden Emperor Joseph I]] showing up naked one day. When a boy tweets that he's naked, every media and tech giant hound, harass, and gaslight him, claiming that the boy is far right and there is no naked man.

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** [[https://babylonbee.com/news/boy-who-pointed-out-the-emperor-has-no-clothes-banned-for-misinformation This article]] is yet another take on "The Emperor Has No Clothes", with [[UsefulNotes/JoeBiden Emperor Joseph I]] showing up naked one day. When a boy tweets that he's naked, every media and tech giant hound, harass, harass and gaslight him, claiming that the boy is far right and there is no naked man.



* EnemyMine: With Christians denouncing ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' for promoting Satanic witchcraft since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the series' debut in 1997]] and liberals condemning its author Creator/JKRowling for her fall into transphobia during TheNewTwenties, [[https://babylonbee.com/news/fundamentalist-christians-delighted-liberals-finally-agree-with-them-about-harry-potter "Fundamentalist Christians Delighted Liberals Finally Agree With Them About Harry Potter"]] and they team up for a BookBurning of the series.

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* EnemyMine: With Christians denouncing ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' for promoting Satanic witchcraft since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the series' debut in 1997]] and liberals condemning its author Creator/JKRowling for her fall into transphobia during TheNewTwenties, [[https://babylonbee.com/news/fundamentalist-christians-delighted-liberals-finally-agree-with-them-about-harry-potter "Fundamentalist Christians Delighted Liberals Finally Agree With Them About Harry Potter"]] and they team up for a BookBurning of against "Rowling's unending quest to corrupt and mislead the series.youth" with a BookBurning.



* MascotRacer: "[[https://babylonbee.com/news/nascar-approves-use-of-mario-kart-power-ups NASCAR Ratings Skyrocket After Addition Of Mario Kart Power-Ups]]"

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* MascotRacer: "[[https://babylonbee.com/news/nascar-approves-use-of-mario-kart-power-ups NASCAR Ratings Skyrocket After Addition Of Mario Kart Power-Ups]]"Power-Ups]]" (Though the article doesn't mention it, there was already a licensed UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} product made around that concept in the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} video game ''NASCAR Kart Racing''.)



* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: A Terminator is [[https://babylonbee.com/news/desperate-humanity-sends-killer-robot-back-in-time-to-stop-terminator-sequels sent back in time]] to prevent all the [[TakeThat bad Terminator sequels]] from being made.

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: A Terminator Franchise/{{Terminator}} is [[https://babylonbee.com/news/desperate-humanity-sends-killer-robot-back-in-time-to-stop-terminator-sequels sent back in time]] to prevent all the [[TakeThat bad Terminator sequels]] from being made.
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--->''According to [[Creator/WhoopiGoldberg Goldberg]], [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Order 66]] was a complex executive order and came about due to a variety of factors, from supply chain shortages affecting power converter availability at Tosche Station to [[Film/ThePhantomMenace boring trade disputes on Naboo]]. But, no matter what the actual cause, Goldberg was insistent that the wiping out of all the Jedi "wasn't about the Jedi".''

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--->''According to [[Creator/WhoopiGoldberg Goldberg]], [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Order 66]] was a complex executive order and came about due to a variety of factors, from supply chain shortages affecting [[Film/ANewHope power converter availability at Tosche Station Station]] to [[Film/ThePhantomMenace boring trade disputes on Naboo]]. But, no matter what the actual cause, Goldberg was insistent that the wiping out of all the Jedi "wasn't about the Jedi".''
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* EnemyMine: With Christians denouncing ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' for promoting Satanic witchcraft since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the series' debut in 1997]] and liberals condemning its author Creator/JKRowling for her fall into transphobia during TheNewTwenties, [[https://babylonbee.com/news/fundamentalist-christians-delighted-liberals-finally-agree-with-them-about-harry-potter "Fundamentalist Christians Delighted Liberals Finally Agree With Them About Harry Potter."]]

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* EnemyMine: With Christians denouncing ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' for promoting Satanic witchcraft since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the series' debut in 1997]] and liberals condemning its author Creator/JKRowling for her fall into transphobia during TheNewTwenties, [[https://babylonbee.com/news/fundamentalist-christians-delighted-liberals-finally-agree-with-them-about-harry-potter "Fundamentalist Christians Delighted Liberals Finally Agree With Them About Harry Potter."]]Potter"]] and they team up for a BookBurning of the series.

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* EnemyMine: With Christians denouncing ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' for promoting Satanic witchcraft since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the series' debut in 1997]] and liberals condemning its author Creator/JKRowling for her fall into transphobia during TheNewTwenties, [[https://babylonbee.com/news/fundamentalist-christians-delighted-liberals-finally-agree-with-them-about-harry-potter "Fundamentalist Christians Delighted Liberals Finally Agree With Them About Harry Potter."]]



--->''According to Goldberg, Order 66 was a complex executive order and came about due to a variety of factors, from supply chain shortages affecting power converter availability at Tosche Station to boring trade disputes on Naboo. But, no matter what the actual cause, Goldberg was insistent that the wiping out of all the Jedi "wasn't about the Jedi".''

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--->''According to Goldberg, [[Creator/WhoopiGoldberg Goldberg]], [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Order 66 66]] was a complex executive order and came about due to a variety of factors, from supply chain shortages affecting power converter availability at Tosche Station to [[Film/ThePhantomMenace boring trade disputes on Naboo.Naboo]]. But, no matter what the actual cause, Goldberg was insistent that the wiping out of all the Jedi "wasn't about the Jedi".''



* WeCare: [[https://youtu.be/4aymk4g1P9I "Companies Strangely Silent On Pride Month In The Middle East"]] is about companies that support the LGBT community during Pride Month, but only in the US. Their middle eastern branches don't bother trying to appeal to them and just keep their logos the same as usual.

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* WeCare: [[https://youtu.be/4aymk4g1P9I "Companies Strangely Silent On Pride Month In The Middle East"]] is about companies that support the LGBT community during Pride Month, but only in the US. Their middle eastern Middle Eastern branches don't bother trying to appeal to them and just keep their logos the same as usual.
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* {{Animesque}}: There's an article that describes the impeachment of Donald Trump as an episode of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', with Nancy Pelosi releasing her [[CombinedEnergyAttack Impeachment Attack]] after gathering the energy from every human spirit, only for Trump to absorb the attack and [[EvilLaugh cackling maniacally]] at those [[YouFool "Foolish mortals!"]].

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* {{Animesque}}: There's an article that [[https://babylonbee.com/news/trumps-power-doubles-after-absorbing-impeachment-attack One article]] describes the impeachment of Donald Trump as an episode of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', with Nancy Pelosi releasing her [[CombinedEnergyAttack Impeachment Attack]] after gathering the energy from every human spirit, only for Trump to absorb the attack and [[EvilLaugh cackling maniacally]] at those [[YouFool "Foolish mortals!"]].
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** PlayedForLaughs by way of SelfDeprecation when CEO Seth Dillon responded to the Steven Crowder vs. Daily Wire contract controversy by claiming that Crowder was talking about the Bee when he made vague references to "Big Con" and that the Bee was a global media empire MegaCorp.

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** PlayedForLaughs by way of SelfDeprecation when CEO Seth Dillon responded [[https://youtu.be/oHBK2TXidBU responded]] to the Steven Crowder vs. Daily Wire contract controversy by claiming that Crowder was talking about the Bee when he made vague references to "Big Con" and that the Bee was a global media empire MegaCorp.MegaCorp that strong-arms its contributors.

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* SmallNameBigEgo: After Russia invades Ukraine, Music/NeilYoung once again [[https://babylonbee.com/news/neil-young-threatens-to-leave-spotify-again-unless-vladimir-putin-backs-down-from-ukraine threatens to remove his music library from Spotify]] unless Putin gives in to his demands.

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After Russia invades Ukraine, Music/NeilYoung once again [[https://babylonbee.com/news/neil-young-threatens-to-leave-spotify-again-unless-vladimir-putin-backs-down-from-ukraine threatens to remove his music library from Spotify]] unless Putin gives in to his demands.demands.
** PlayedForLaughs by way of SelfDeprecation when CEO Seth Dillon responded to the Steven Crowder vs. Daily Wire contract controversy by claiming that Crowder was talking about the Bee when he made vague references to "Big Con" and that the Bee was a global media empire MegaCorp.
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* BlackRepublican: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n2ve0dcZPk "Black Conservative Attends First Republican Meetup"]]
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Congress is described as being comprised of [[https://babylonbee.com/news/after-15-grueling-house-speaker-votes-americas-long-national-nightmare-can-finally-begin "warmongers, rapists, and half-dead geriatrics"]].
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* StealthInsult: "[[https://babylonbee.com/news/ted-cruz-says-all-his-haters-just-think-hes-really-sexy Ted Cruz Says All His Haters Are Just Unable To Resist His Raw Sex Appeal]]" is making fun of Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez for constantly accusing her critics of [[BelligerentSexualTension being attracted to her]] instead of simply despising her politics, but doesn't mention her name once.
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* FlockOfWolves: The FBI [[https://rumble.com/vn317a-fbi-busts-fbi-terror-plot.html tries to thwart]] a right-wing terror plot by infiltrating them, only for all of the would-be terrorists to be fellow FBI agents.

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* FlockOfWolves: The FBI [[https://rumble.com/vn317a-fbi-busts-fbi-terror-plot.html tries to thwart]] a right-wing terror plot by infiltrating them, only for all of the would-be terrorists to turn out to be fellow FBI agents.
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** [[https://babylonbee.com/news/baal-distances-self-from-balenciaga Multiple demons and pagan gods disavow Balenciaga]] for its scandal involving BDSM teddy bears.
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* FlockOfWolves: The FBI [[https://rumble.com/vn317a-fbi-busts-fbi-terror-plot.html tries to thwart]] a right-wing terror plot by infiltrating them, only for all of the would-be terrorists to be fellow FBI agents.
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* AllMenArePerverts: [[https://babylonbee.com/news/study-finds-100-of-men-would-eat-any-fruit-given-to-them-by-a-naked-woman "Study Finds 100% Of Men Would Eat Any Fruit Given To Them By A Naked Woman"]]
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* TwoferTokenMinority: {{Parodied}}: "[[https://babylonbee.com/news/amazons-new-lord-of-the-rings-series-to-include-transgender-elf-in-wheelchair Amazon's New Lord Of The Rings Series To Include Bisexual Transgender Elf In Wheelchair.]]"

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* TwoferTokenMinority: {{Parodied}}: "[[https://babylonbee.com/news/amazons-new-lord-of-the-rings-series-to-include-transgender-elf-in-wheelchair Amazon's New Lord Of The Rings Series Series]] [[Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower To Include Bisexual Transgender Elf In Wheelchair.]]" Wheelchair]]."
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* YourMom: [[https://babylonbee.com/news/the-10-most-brutally-martyred-christians-in-the-history-of-the-world "The 10 Most Brutally Martyred Christians In American History"]] has for #5: "Your mom, who was told by the deacons that she couldn't eat three whole casseroles at the potluck". The image is replaced with placeholder text explaining that she sat on the camera, and crushed it because she's fat.
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* RuleAbidingRebel: "[[https://babylonbee.com/news/counter-cultural-rebel-believes-everything-athletes-reporters-actors-ceos-believe Man Who Agrees With The Media, Universities, Corporations, And Hollywood Thinks He's Part Of The Resistance]]".

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* RuleAbidingRebel: "[[https://babylonbee.com/news/counter-cultural-rebel-believes-everything-athletes-reporters-actors-ceos-believe Man Who Agrees With The Media, Universities, Corporations, And Hollywood Thinks He's Part Of The Resistance]]". They also made a [[https://youtu.be/P4CotEMBoa0 YouTube skit]].
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** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOy6Z_UP7c Episode 2 of Califonians moving to Texas]] the liberal woman finding out her husband is eating ribs in the back corner and the him trying to justify it to her is similar to someone finding out their husband is having an affair with another man.

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** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOy6Z_UP7c Episode 2 of Califonians moving to Texas]] the liberal woman finding out her husband is eating ribs in the back corner and the him trying to justify explain it to her is very similar to someone finding out their husband is having an affair with another man.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Plenty of examples in typical NewsParody style, some of which are [[WholePlotReference Whole Plot References]] to Biblical narratives; see [[https://babylonbee.com/news/coronavirus-passes-over-houses-with-cfa-sauce "Miracle: Coronavirus Passes Over Houses With Chick-Fil-A Sauce Smeared On Door Posts"]] and [[https://babylonbee.com/news/woman-immediately-healed-after-touching-hem-of-trumps-suit-jacket "Woman Immediately Healed After Touching Hem Of Trump's Suit Jacket."]]

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Plenty of examples in typical NewsParody style, some of which are [[WholePlotReference Whole Plot References]] to Biblical narratives; see [[https://babylonbee.com/news/coronavirus-passes-over-houses-with-cfa-sauce "Miracle: Coronavirus Passes Over Houses With Chick-Fil-A Sauce Smeared On Door Posts"]] and [[https://babylonbee.com/news/woman-immediately-healed-after-touching-hem-of-trumps-suit-jacket "Woman Immediately Healed After Touching Hem Of Trump's Suit Jacket."]]"]]
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOy6Z_UP7c Episode 2 of Califonians moving to Texas]] the liberal woman finding out her husband is eating ribs in the back corner and the him trying to justify it to her is similar to someone finding out their husband is having an affair with another man.
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Acceptable Targets is YMMV again.
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Acceptable Targets is no longer YMMV.


* AcceptablePoliticalTargets: Leftists, Democrats, and uncritical Trump supporters.
* AcceptableReligiousTargets:
** The Bee often mocks aspects of evangelical Christian culture itself, but particularly those they perceive as exaggerating persecution, often by [[https://babylonbee.com/news/underground-christians-in-china-pray-for-all-the-american-christians-being-persecuted-by-disney satirically comparing them to Christians living in countries hostile to Christianity.]]
** The Bee uses Episcopalians as their go-to punching bag for jokes about Christians who have, in their view, hopelessly sold out to the secular left.
** [[https://babylonbee.com/news/to-ensure-maximum-suffering-hells-film-library-to-only-contain-christian-movies Christian movies]].
** Televangelists and prosperity preachers. [[https://babylonbee.com/search?term=joel+osteen Especially]] Joel Osteen.
* AcceptableTargets:
** Atheists and agnostics, due to its religious Christian slant.
** Elites and celebrities such as media personalities, Hollywood actors, singers, and sports stars.
** They're commonly critical of Website/{{Snopes}} after the latter site published several "fact checks" about the Bee that nearly got them in trouble with Website/{{Facebook}}.
** Transgender people are commonly targets of "X identifies as Y" jokes. The Bee itself eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0xeqOqpekE lampshaded this self-deprecatingly]].
** [[https://babylonbee.com/news/new-york-times-forced-to-admit-babylon-bee-not-fake-news-since-stories-keep-coming-true The New York Times]], after they published ([[https://www.thewrap.com/new-york-times-correction-babylon-bee-satirical-website-misinformation/ and later retracted]]) the claim that Babylon Bee is a misinformation site.
** [[https://youtu.be/a0g07vJDFao Twitter]], particularly after [[https://www.newsweek.com/babylon-bee-seth-dillon-twitter-ban-censorship-rachel-levine-trans-debate-1689870 Twitter suspended them for a tweet mocking Dr. Rachel Levine, who identifies as transgender.]]
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* RaceLift: [[https://babylonbee.com/news/daily-wire-announces-they-are-making-their-own-black-panther-staring-ben-shapiro "Daily Wire Announces They Are Making Their Own 'Black Panther' Starring Ben Shapiro"]]. Killmonger is played by an equally whitebread host, Michael Knowles.
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* ItsAllAboutMe [[https://babylonbee.com/news/meghan-markle-concerned-queens-death-may-yank-her-from-spotlight-for-a-few-days Meghan Markle Concerned Queen's Death May Yank Her From Spotlight for a Few Days]]

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* ItsAllAboutMe ItsAllAboutMe: [[https://babylonbee.com/news/meghan-markle-concerned-queens-death-may-yank-her-from-spotlight-for-a-few-days Meghan Markle Concerned Queen's Death May Yank Her From Spotlight for a Few Days]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe [[https://babylonbee.com/news/meghan-markle-concerned-queens-death-may-yank-her-from-spotlight-for-a-few-days Meghan Markle Concerned Queen's Death May Yank Her From Spotlight for a Few Days]]
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* UnknownRival: Parodied and taken UpToEleven when Music/NeilYoung demands Spotify to unperson Creator/JoeRogan. [[https://babylonbee.com/news/report-strong-spike-in-google-searches-for-who-is-neil-young Nobody knows who Neil Young actually is]]. Even Google returns blank pages.

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* UnknownRival: Parodied and taken UpToEleven exaggerated when Music/NeilYoung demands Spotify to unperson Creator/JoeRogan. [[https://babylonbee.com/news/report-strong-spike-in-google-searches-for-who-is-neil-young Nobody knows who Neil Young actually is]]. Even Google returns blank pages.
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* BiggerThanJesus: There's an article where Trump is bragging about having done more for Christianity than Jesus.

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* BiggerThanJesus: There's an article where Trump is bragging about having done more for [[https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-i-have-done-more-for-christianity-than-jesus "Trump: 'I Have Done More For Christianity than Jesus.Than Jesus'"]].

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