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For the animated series:

  • WTF is with all the Twilight jokes?
    • Probably, they see so many jokes that could be made, they use each one.
    • It still doesn't excuse the fact that there are so many.
      • This last, for sure. Twilight jokes are as much of a plague on pop culture these days as Twilight itself.
      • To me, it seems they hate it so much that simply making one parody is not enough.If they make just a bit of a parody of a show, they probably think its worthy to be on their but since so many people hate Twilight these days, its no surprise if their encouraging you to hate it.
    • It's MAD. Making fun of the current big thing is what they do.

  • Why did Dora kick the crap out of Jaden Smith for beating up Backpack? It's not her backpack anymore.
    • Officially Jaden said he was only borrowing it. And it's for a good laugh.
    • He was playing his character, Dre Parker from The Karate Kid.
  • Why is Kirby blue?

  • Does anyone understand the That's What She Said joke at the end of "The Clawfice"?

  • How are any of the Toy Story sequels considered bad? Seriously I thought they broke Sequelitis and were really good. WTF is their problem?
    • While general consensus is that they're good, MAD is just doing a parody of them, like the magazine. MAD parodies pretty much everything, regardless if you or anyone else think it's funny or not.

  • From "Captain American't"...doesn't anyone else find it weird how Lady Gaga and Jack Black looked exactly the same 70 years ago? I know it's a MAD sketch, but seriously...

  • From "James Bond: Reply All"
    Bond: Go go gadget net!
  • Ok, I know that's supposed to be an Inspector Gadget reference, but how is any KID supposed to get that joke?
    • How do you know that kids haven't seen the live action Inspector Gadget (1999) films, or even the original series? Also, who says the series is only for kids?
    • I'm a tween, and I'm familiar with Inspector Gadget. Kids today aren't as oblivious as most people think.
    • The same kids who were supposed to get all The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air references they've been making.

  • From "Garfield of Dreams", why doesn’t Seth MacFarlane bring up Family Guy or Ted. Couldn’t any of his characters help Garfield and the comic strip characters?

  • Isn’t Ash too old to have a monster?

For the Magazine:

  • Is Mad Magazine for kids or not despite the added vulgar content?
    • MAD handles more adult content, for the most part, but there are often a good deal of jokes a child could understand (a lot of them end up in the book collections made for fans of the animated show). A lot of the media they parody are teenage to adult content. It's probably most suitable for ages thirteen and up.

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