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February 10, 2024

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Stephen King hated the hype around Carrie. SO НЕ PUBLISHED SEVEN BOOKS USING A FAKE NAME. King hated the idea that his books were popular because of the hit movie, so he released seven books under the name Richard Bachman. Не instructed his publisher to treat them like the work of an unknown hack, which meant almost no publicity. One reviewer was so taken in that he called Thinner what Stephen King would write if Stephen King could write. https:/www. theatlantic com/entertainment/archive/2013/07/jk-rowling- GRACKED.COM was-robert-galbraith-stephen-king-was-richard-bachman/313311/ — Source

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Buffy episode Hush had almost no dialogue. How do S get my JOSS WHEDON LEFT IT OUT TO SPITE HIS CRITICS. Whedon's detractors felt that dialogue was his only redeeming skill, so Whedon decided to prove them wrong. Hush is almost completely silent from beginning to end, which Whedon accomplished by having demons take away people's voices. The episode wound up earning an Emmy and a huge cult following. GRACKED.COM https:/www businessinsider.com aw/buffy-episode-hush-was-a-masterpiece-2014-7 — Source

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Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes has a dazzling array of characters. THE BEST ONES WERE INVENTED TO SPITE ONE GUY. Eddie Selzer was a Warner Bros. producer who reportedly liked barging into the animators' room, shouting random orders, and leaving. The animators hated him so much they invariably did the opposite of what he said. For example: No Sylvester and Tweety combos. No skunk characters. No Tasmanian Devil. And absolutely no bullfighting or camels. CRACKED.COM http://articles chicagotribune com/1989-11-07/features/ 8901280895_1_first-animator-cartoons-chuck-jones — Source

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Siskel and Ebert weren't fans of Roland Emmerich. SO EMMERICH PARODIED THEM IN GODZILLA. Не wasn't subtle about it, either. In the 1998 movie, Mayor Ebert is an inept idiot who makes every wrong decision possible, while his adviser, Gene, is an equally incompetent sycophant. In his review of the film, the real Roger Ebert expressed his disappointment. Not in the portrayal, but in the fact that his onscreen counterpart didn't get squished like a bug by Godzilla. GRACKED.COM http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/godzilla-1998 — Source

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Nick Fury is an iconic and enduring Marvel character. НЕ WAS CREATED (AND NAMED) TO SPITE CRITICS. Nick Fury is the leader of The Avengers, which is an objectively badass job. But Fury was originally launched as Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos. Не was created by Marvel heavyweights Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to prove they could sell a comic with the dumbest name they could think of. GRAGKED.COM http://www.webcitation.org/5unr2TLup — Source

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Nightmare on Elm Street

A producer insisted on the cheesy ending of Nightmare on Elm Street. SO THE DIRECTOR PUT HIM IN FULL BONDAGE GEAR. Writer/director Wes Craven had planned a solid ending for Nightmare, until producer Bob Shaye insisted on the open-ended rubber-mannequin ending it wound up with. In the next film, Shaye demanded a role onscreen. So the director made him the bartender in a leather bar. GRACKED.COM http://www. dailymotion .om/video/x4sy4i2_nightmare-ending-2_fun — Source

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In '94, Fox asked The Simpsons to dump Itchy and Scratchy. SO THEY DEVOTED AN ENTIRE EPISODE TO THE PAIR. The writers of one of the most popular shows in television history didn't really appreciate the implication that they didn't know what they were doing, so they responded with the season six episode Itchy & Scratchy Land. It's a Westworldesque episode that ranks as one of the best and most popular in the series. GRACKED.COM http://www.avclub com/tvclub/the-simpsons-classic-itchy-scratchy-land-97777 — Source

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Fleetwood Mac's Rumours is their best album. FLEETWOOD-MAC RUMOURS AND IT'S PACKED WITH SPITE-FILLED SONG LYRICS. At the time the band was recording the album, absolutely everyone was banging everyone except the ones they were supposed to. So the album is a drug-fueled explosion of grievances, most notably in the songs Go Your Own Way (read: fuck off) and Dreams (think about what you had and what you lost). And the targets of the rage songs had to gamely sing backup vocals. GRACKED.COM Q Magazine, June 2009 Issue 2 — Source

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Capitol Records refused to give Sinatra his own label. Frank Sinatra reprim in Come swing with me! Sinatra! swings FRANK SINATRA BILLY MAY and For orchestra SO НЕ RELEASED HIS OWN RECORDS OPPOSITE CAPITOL'S. In the early '60s, Frank Sinatra was a very big deal. And he figured he knew enough about the music business to merit his own micro-label under Capitol. When they refused, he formed his own label, Reprise Records, and released albums that directly competed with his Capitol releases. And since he wasn't especially motivated to do his best work for Capitol, the Capitol albums tanked. GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Angelina Jolie didn't like her character in Wanted. SO SHE INSISTED THAT FOX COMMIT SUICIDE. Jolie didn't think that her character - an assassin manipulated by sinister forces - should get away with the murder of so many innocent people. So Jolie demanded that after learning the true nature of her work, her hardened hitman would take her own life. The studio is trying to talk her into returning anyway. GRACKED.COM http://herocomplex latimes com/uncategorized/angelina-jolie/ — Source

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Team America

Michael Moore is a suicide bomber in Team America. MATT STONE STUCK HIM IN THERE FOR REVENGE. Moore interviewed Stone, best known for his work on South Park, in his documentary Bowling For Columbine. Then he cut to an anti-American cartoon, heavily implying that it was done by Stone and Trey Parker. So in Team America: World Police, a Michael Moore puppet suicide-bombs the team headquarters. CRACKED.COM http://www. bbc со uk/films/2005/01/13/matt_stone_team_america_interview.shtml — Source

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DC Comics introduced a villain named Superdoom. SOMETHING'S DO YOU KNOW COMING OUT OF WHAT I AM? THERE... AN UNSTOPPABLE WHAT KILLER FRANCHISE THE HELL IS FROM A PARALLEL THAT?! REALITY! SHUT - DOWN A THOUGHT THAT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER THE MORE YOU THINK IT. OH. IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT. DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS? IT WAS BECAUSE MAN OF STEEL QUOTED A WRITER. In its very first trailer, Man Of Steel featured a quote from Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman. Morrisson was so pissed about his words being associated with a murderous, brooding Superman that he — Source

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Judd Apatow was pissed when Freaks And Geeks was canceled. SO НЕ MADE ITS CAST INTO SUPERSTARS. Freaks And Geeks had a cult following on NBC, but, in part because of its Saturday night time slot, it died in the ratings. As soon as Apatow hit it big with The 40-Year-Old Virgin, he started working on turning the talent of his old show- James Franco, Seth Rogen, and Jason Segel - into movie stars, just to spite NBC. GRACKED.COM http://variety com/2014/scene/news/judd-apatow-freaks-and-geeks-1201129436/ — Source

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In an issue of Punisher, three random people blow up. LATE. AGAIN. HE DOES KNOW TRANG IS MAKING GIVE HIM THE SEQUEL. DOES A MINUTE. RIGHT? MIKE THINK TRAFFIC WAS THIS MOVIE IS ALL UNREAL ON ABOUT JOHNNY? SUNSET-- I MEAN... HE FIVE AWAY THEY LOOK LIKE THE ACTORS FROM FANTASTIC 4. In one panel they're introduced as three actors waiting for a fourth to arrive for a meeting to discuss a sequel with a director named Trang. The actors bear a solid resemblance to the cast of the terrible 2015 Fantastic Four reboot, which was directed by Josh Trank. — Source

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Leo DiCaprio got violently sick while filming The Wolf Of Wall Street. IT WAS JONAH HILL'S REVENGE FOR THE BEATINGS. DiCaprio thought it'd be hilarious to constantly ambush-beat Hill while they were working on Wolf Of Wall Street. Hill finally had his revenge as they were filming a restaurant scene, by insisting DiCaprio's character eat the last piece of sushi. DiCaprio had to repeat that action for 70 takes, and it gave him food poisoning. GRACKED.COM http://variety com/2014/scene/awards/wolf-of-wall-street-jonah-hill- leonardo-dicaprio-beats-the-living-crap-out-of-you-1201097928/ — Source

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Property mogul Harry Macklowe had to split his $2 billion fortune with his wife after their divorce. Не got back at her by putting giant pictures of himself and his new wife on an apartment building his ex was buying. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tokyo resident Akio Hatori got annoyed when his bicycle seat was stolen, so he decided to steal 159 bicycle himself. seats When he was finally caught, he said, I wanted other people to feel what Ihad gone through, and I stole the seats as a form of revenge. CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED.COM During a contract dispute, legendary author Harlan Ellison had 213 bricks mailed to a publishing company, one by one. Не followed up with a dead gopher. Each package was received postage due. That is, the recipient pays. — Source

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CRACKED COM Painter James Whistler had a dispute with his patron Frederick Leyland, who rejected Whistler's design of his dining room and refused to pay him. The painter would later go bankrupt. Whistler took the one SH time to paint Leyland as a hideous peacock monster and left the painting in his house for his nemesis to discover. — Source

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After Aline Lawlor Coker had a falling-out with her brother, she bought the 262 available plots in their local cemetery SOLD to prevent him from being buried with the rest of the family. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Breakups

After a bad breakup, Jennifer Fitzgerald's ex-boyfriend bought a car in her name without her knowledge, then parked it at Chicago O'Hare Airport. MENTE CIELO 9 It was there for two years, getting over 600 tickets and racking up over $100,000 in fines. CRACKED.COM — Source

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British portrait painter Daphne Todd took slow-burn revenge on a subject. She made a four-hour roundtrip during the Christmas holidays to do one guy's portrait, but he didn't want to get out of bed. So, when she finally started painting, she painted devil horns under his hair. They'll become visible as the top layer of paint fades over decades. CRACKED.COM — Source

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John Cleese stuck it to his ex-wife by doing a comedy tour called The Alimony Tour and insulting her several times during each show. STUDIOS - JOHN CLEESE LIVE THE ALIMONY TOUR 2011 1° EVER LIVE DVD! DVD CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM When her engagement to a member of Buenos Aires' aristocratic Anchorena KAVANAGH BUILDING, 1936 family was thwarted- Corina Kavanagh built a 33 story building to block the family's view of their private church. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Tim Martin was told by his teacher that he'd never be successful in business, so he created a huge pub chain in the teacher's name. Wetherspoon now has over 800 outlets all around the UK and Ireland. — Source

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After his father filed a lawsuit that would force him to sell his $500,000 home, a man from Florida decided to give the property a vibrant makeover. Не didn't just splash paint around. Не took rollers and worked every corner. Who IS 1 OMAR? CRACKED.COM — Source

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To get back at Def Jam for not helping with his debut album, Frank Ocean made a video album of himself building a staircase for 45 minutes, called Endless, ending his two-album contract with the label. CAXOM Не then released his real second album, Blonde, the very next day with Apple. CRACKED.COM — Source

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After a woman's neighbors reported her to the city for illegally renting out her house on Airbnb, she painted her house bright pink with emojis to spite them. Now they're trying to figure out whether the emoji house violates any rules. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 2013 Richard Neale left Esselar, the cyber security firm he had co-founded, on bad terms. Не waited CRACKED.COM months until Esselar was giving a security presentation to its client Aviva and then hacked Aviva's system, wiping the data from 900 company iPhones. IOU 60 80 70 60 Hello 50 40 30 20 10 Esselar (unsurprisingly) lost Aviva's $135,000 contract as well as over $840,000 in other business (and Neale got an 18-month prison sentence). — Source

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When the Vatican's Biagio da Cesena complained that Michelangelo's The Last Judgment had too much nudity, Michelangelo painted da Cesena in the corner as Minos, judge of the Underworld, with donkey's ears. In response, the Pope is reputed to have said he only had the power to remove people from Purgatory, not Hell. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Over 16 months, 40-year-old Japanese man Shigeta Miura sent 70 packages containing around 500 junk items, including old ladies' underwear, dirt, and other junk, to four of his former bullies from school. - - .. - BEAN .... DE UN - .... places KINGDOM there DO - BE الاعل م POST JAPAN POST His method was rather genius. Не mailed to random addresses without stamps, writing the bullies' addresses as the senders, so that the packages would be returned to them. GRAGKED.COM — Source

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King Pedro I of Portugal searched for his lover's killers for years. Ines de Castro's murder In 1355, King Afonso IV of Portugal had his son Pedro's lover, Ines de Castro, murdered (her crime was not being noble enough for Pedro). In two years, Pedro became king. Не spent six years hunting the assassins. Не caught two of the three and had them publicly executed by having their hearts torn out. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Don Trachte Jr. forged a Norman Rockwell painting to keep his wife from getting it in their Second THE ORIGINAL divorce. The forged version of Breaking Home Ties hung in a museum until Trachte died, when his sons found the original behind a false wall in his THE FORGERY home. CRACKED.COM — Source

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On the outs with husband Eddie Cibrian but not yet divorced, reality star Brandi Glanville decided to have her private parts surgically rejuvenated using his credit card but without telling him. I decided that since Eddie had ruined my vagina for me, he could pay for a new one. GRACKED.COM — Source

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