History Website / BabylonBee

* NobodyLovesTheBassist:
** This is a common target in worship band articles, and there are several.

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* ObviouslyNotFine: [[https://babylonbee.com/news/california-is-the-progressive-utopia-of-the-future-says-gavin-newsom-as-he-is-engulfed-by-flames Parodied]]. Governor Gavin Newson insists that California is progressing towards utopia while he's a ManOnFire.

** There's a RunningGag where Hilary Clinton tries to infiltrate some organization with an inept disguise to either assassinate or discredit her enemies.

* PatronSaint: ''The Bee'' reacted to the record-setting TV audiences that UsefulNotes/CaitlinClark drew during the 2024 UsefulNotes/{{NCAA}} Division I women' UsefulNotes/{{basketball}} tournament with "[[https://babylonbee.com/news/caitlin-clark-canonized-as-saint-after-performing-miracle-of-making-womens-basketball-watchable Caitlin Clark Canonized As Saint After Performing Miracle Of Making Women's Basketball Watchable]]". The piece ended by claiming the Catholic Church was set to declare Clark as the "Matron Saint of Unwatchable Sports".

* AnAesop:
** Many of the Bee's articles are about condemning Political Correctness.
** ''All'' groups have their nutjobs and you should always be ready to criticize them even if you are a part of their group.

* CatsAreMean: According to [[https://babylonbee.com/news/nations-cats-endorse-trump-in-hopes-americans-will-go-back-to-work-and-leave-them-alone this article]], cats want humans to go back to work so they can get back to doing the mysterious things cats do when their owners are away, such as plotting world domination.

* ThatOneLevel: [[https://babylonbee.com/news/mans-whole-life-has-been-preparing-him-for-this-moment-when-his-kid-asks-for-help-with-the-water-temple "Man's Whole Life Has Been Preparing Him For This Moment When His Kid Asks For Help With The Water Temple"]] %%InUniverseExample

* 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.

The site was founded in 2016 by Adam Ford, who left in 2018 to pursue other projects.

* CondescendingCompassion: During COVID: "[[https://babylonbee.com/news/inspiring-celebrities-spell-out-were-all-in-this-together-with-their-yachts Inspiring: Celebrities Spell Out 'We're All In This Together' With Their Yachts]]"

* OutDamnedSpot: One article parodies public ambivalence toward both candidates in the 2020 presidential election by describing polling places [[https://babylonbee.com/news/polling-places-now-offering-basins-of-water offering basins of water to allow voters to wash their hands of their vote]] in the manner of Pontius Pilate.

* BananaPeel: [[https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-suggests-stopping-criminals-by-making-them-slip-on-banana-peels Suggested by Joe Biden as a means of stopping criminals,]] along with [[AnvilOnHead anvils]], [[RakeTake rakes]] and [[ExplosiveCigar sticks of dynamite disguised as cigars]].

* BullyingADragon: After being denied communion for her anti-Catholic stances, Nancy Pelosi attempts to [[https://babylonbee.com/news/nancy-pelosi-draws-up-articles-of-impeachment-against-the-pope impeach the Pope]].
* CatsAreMean: According to [[https://babylonbee.com/news/nations-cats-endorse-trump-in-hopes-americans-will-go-back-to-work-and-leave-them-alone this article]], cats wants humans to go back to work so they can get back to doing the mysterious things cats do when their owners are away, such as plotting world domination.

* DirtyCommunists: Bernie Sanders' [[UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies democratic socialist]] policies and views tend to be exaggerated into making him a hardline communist, such as articles describing how he admires pictures of Joseph Stalin or demanding that the United States become more like Maduro-led Venezuela.

** 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."]]

* EmbarrassingInitials: [[https://youtu.be/Wv_0_Lu_Iyo "College Freshman Explains Socialism To Cuban Who Escaped On A Raft"]]: The freshman invites the Cuban to his college group: "'''S'''ocialists '''U'''ndermining '''C'''apitalist '''K'''nowledge."

* EpicFail: [[https://babylonbee.com/news/woman-burns-house-attempting-easy-diy-pinterest-craft "Woman Burns House Down Attempting Easy DIY Pinterest Craft."]]

*** The White House Press Corps is joined by a braggadacious New York reporter called [[https://babylonbee.com/news/mr-biden-why-are-you-a-total-loser-asks-new-white-house-reporter-ronald-crump "Ronald Crump"]].

** The Bee gets this a lot, with critics claiming that its audience believes the articles are true, regardless of how zany and absurd they may be. ''Website/{{Snopes}}'' has fact-checked them several times; [[https://babylonbee.com/news/concerning-survey-finds-too-many-people-think-snopes-is-a-real-fact-checking-website of course, they parodied this.]]

* SitcomArchNemesis: Website/{{Snopes}} frequently fact-check's the Bee's articles (even ones that are seemingly too far out there to be believed), which prompts the Bee to respond with articles mocking them such as "[[https://babylonbee.com/news/snopes-recommends-shutting-down-internet-to-prevent-spread-of-jokes Snopes Recommends Shutting Down Internet To Prevent Spread Of Satire]]"

* DirtyCommunists: Bernie Sanders' [[UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies democrat socialist]] policies and views tend to be exaggerated into making him a hardline communist, such as articles describing how he admires pictures of Joseph Stalin or demanding that the United States become more like Maduro-led Venezuela.

''[[https://babylonbee.com/ The Babylon Bee]]'' is a [[NewsParody satirical news website]] that can basically be described as a evangelical Christian version of ''Website/TheOnion''. Each weekday, several fake news stories are published, often satirizing Evangelical Christian culture or commenting on current events from a conservative Christian perspective.

* 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]]