History Website / Cracked

* ButtMonkey: Anytime [[TheAvengers/Hawkeye]] is mentioned, it's invariably to criticize him for being the worst Avenger.

* DancingBear: Felix Clay in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-horror-mashups-just-crazy-enough-to-be-awesome/ 6 Horror Mashups Just Crazy Enough to Be Awesome]] calls ''Film/{{TheHumanCentipede}}'' a "Shlock shock horror movie that was made solely for the sensationalism of saying it was actually made [...] The novelty of this movie ended with the idea of it."

* DiscreditedTrope: Several articles discuss tropes deemed discredited. These include [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20467_5-overused-twist-endings-its-time-movies-to-retire.html 5 Overused Twist Endings It's Time For Movies to Retire]].

* TheDungAges: Debunked in "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20186_6-ridiculous-myths-about-middle-ages-everyone-believes.html 6 Ridiculous Myths About the Middle Ages Everyone Believes]]".

* SecondVerseCurse: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20557_5-insane-lost-verses-that-change-meaning-famous-songs.html 5 Insane Lost Verses That Change the Meaning of Famous Songs]]

Small time celebrities including {{Seanbaby}} and Michael Ian Black have written articles for Cracked, with Seanbaby now part of the column staff. The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, webcomics (such as ''Webcomic/{{Subnormality}}'', ''White Ninja'' and ''Webcomic/DaisyOwl''), and has its own caption contest. It has added an encyclopedia known as Cracked Topics, where Cracked readers submit articles on a variety of subjects, from StevenSeagal to PunkRock (including one about [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]]).

* OlderThanTheyThink: [[in-universe]] Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18631_7-modern-conveniences-that-are-way-older-than-you-think.html 7 Modern Conveniences That Are Way Older Than You Think]], which mentions Persian air conditioning, Roman shopping malls, Neanderthal medicine, and more.

-->'''Commenter [[=CavalierX=]], on U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves''': That's not a man with a moustache on his lip; that's a moustache with a man on its ass.

--->'''Commenter CavalierX, on U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves''': That's not a man with a moustache on his lip; that's a moustache with a man on its ass.

* DanBrowned: Often times their articles, even if they're cited, end up being either gross misrepresentations of the facts or even flat-out lies. A particularly {{egregious}} example is in their article "If Oscar Speeches Told the Truth" where they claim the screenplay to ''GoodWillHunting'' wasn't really written by MattDamon and Creator/BenAffleck, and the citation they link to ''directly contradicts their entire point''.

* BlatantLies: "America's Only Humor & Video Site, [[AnachronismStew Since 1958]]". This date refers to Cracked's beginning as a magazine rivaling ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' in 1958.

* CreatorPreferredAdaptaion: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20287_5-movies-that-improved-book-according-to-author.html 5 Movies That Improved the Book (According to the Author)]]

* CreatorApprovedAdaptaion: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20287_5-movies-that-improved-book-according-to-author.html 5 Movies That Improved the Book (According to the Author)]]

* MisaimedFandom: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy]] lists tools used to [[AvertedTrope prevent]] this reaction.

** All of the articles relating to dick moves done by players in online gaming discusses how people take this trope and ran with it to grandiose and creative heights. At least one or two on every list so far has mentioned EVE.

** "Make Them American, Even if They're Not" is #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy]].
** In [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-5-most-insulting-defenses-nerd-racism/ The 5 Most Insulting Defenses of Nerd Racism]], J.F. Sargent defends the practice of sacrificing fidelity to the source comics in superhero films.

* RatedMForManly: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-manliest-images-on-the-internet/ The 8 Manliest Images on the Internet]]
** And let's not forget [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.html The 9 Manliest Names in the World]]

** They have so far published no fewer than 9 lists of "Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped".
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19999_5-true-stories-cut-from-movies-being-too-unrealistic.html 5 True Stories Cut from Movies for Being Too Unrealistic]] lists "mind-blowing moments from real life that Hollywood decided were too fantastic", such as John Dillinger taking three people hostage in ''Film/PublicEnemies'' but 17 in RealLife.
** And here a Cracked list of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19668_6-scientific-discoveries-that-laugh-in-face-physics.html _6 scientific discoveries that laugh in face of physics]]
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19037_7-movies-that-ignored-world-changing-discoveries.html 7 Movies That Ignored World Changing Discoveries]].
** And Also [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20004_5-powerful-sci-fi-technologies-wasted-by-their-own-movies.html 5 Powerful Sci-Fi Technologies Wasted by Their Own Movies]].
** And lets not forget [[http://www.cracked.com/article/138_6-magical-movie-items-they-wasted-bullshit/ 6 Magical Movie Items They Wasted on Bullshit]].
** More recently, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20503_5-famous-movie-characters-who-wasted-awesome-superpowers.html 5 Famous Movie Characters Who Wasted Awesome Superpowers]].

** Soren Bowie, who regularly has to cull his booty call lists and frequently gets compliments on his handsomeness from guys ([[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday who also explicitly mention their heterosexuality]]). Also, Soren is an almost-naked-stripper Soren in a military uniform, in the "Worst Bachelorette Party Ever" video.
* MundaneLuxury: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-great-joys-in-life-that-healthy-people-never-experience/ "5 Great Joys in Life That Healthy People Never Experience"]]. Glasses that means you can actually see, a diagnosis that explains why your body fails in strange and inexplicable, and other beautiful moments that aren't understood or appreciated by people who are healthy.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18219_agents-cracked-season-2-overly-dramatic-trailer.html Agents of Cracked Season 2: The Overly Dramatic Trailer]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_293_if-mundane-jobs-got-indiana-jones-treatment/ These]] [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_292_25-propaganda-posters-everyday-annoyances/ pictures]].

* FanGames: See freeware games below

* Fan Games: See freeware games below

* Freeware games: The whole point of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20568_5-improved-versions-classic-games-that-fans-made-free.html 5 Improved Versions of Classic Games That Fans Made For Free.]]

** Soren Bowie, who regularly has to cull his booty call lists and frequently gets compliments on his handsomeness from guys ([[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday who also explicitly mention their heterosexuality]]).
*** We recently also got almost-naked-stripper Soren in a military uniform, in the "Worst Bachelorette Party Ever" video.

* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Implied by the winner of [[19 Things We Secretly Suspect About Other People's Jobs http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_647_19-things-we-secretly-suspect-about-other-peoples-jobs_p2/?view=article]].