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== [[Literature]] ==
* One full book-length parody of both series was called ''Compleet Idoit's Guide for Dumies'' - misspellings theirs, and presumably intentional.
* In ''[[
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* In ''A Very Merry Muppet Christmas'', Daniel is given the book ''Performing Miracles for Dummies''.
* Eric of ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' defeats the witches who want to sacrifice the Hunters with the help of ''Witchcraft for Dumb-dumbs''.
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* ''[[Homestuck]]'' has "Data Structures for Assholes", which parodies many of the elements associated with programming manuals that bill themselves as accessible to the novice: [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002291 lengthy explanations of simple topics, clip art, diagrams...]
** Rose also mentions getting ''Knitting for Assholes'' after getting her yarn and knitting needles from John as a birthday gift.
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', Vaarsuvius is looking for a way to regain spellcasting power without sleeping, due to a recurring nightmare. The rules of the ''OOTS'' universe says a spellcaster needs to ''rest'' rather than ''sleep'' to regain spells, so Vaarsuvius needs something not mentally taxing that would still help his/her ongoing research into finding Haley. ''[[Take That|Finding Plot Holes]] [[Fan Dumb|for Dummies]]'' does the trick.
** Also, Xykon's line from ''Start of Darkness'': "This magic is in my bones, not cribbed off of ''Magic for Dummies''."
* ''[[8-
* ''[[Slackerz]]'' has a great example. One of the characters attempted to program his own game called Matt's Kickass Game for Winners (a reference to [[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]) However, he knows absolutely nothing about programming. So he consults a regular programming book, a For Dummies book, and a book called [[Sesame Street|Grover's Magical C++ Garden]]. (He even denounces that as too difficult.)
* ''[[User Friendly]]'' - [https://web.archive.org/web/20190506170655/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=19980726 Evil Geniuses for Dummies]. ''Evil Geniuses in a Nutshell'' later became the title of the second print collection.
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' presents: "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030519 Advanced mechanics for the mad]".
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** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: For Dummies and Cliffs Notes have the same publisher.
** One episode has Homer going to a book fair, with an entire ''library'' of Books for Dummies where he is quite at home.
* ''[[Megas XLR]]'' with ''The Complete Moron's Guide To Picking Up Space Chicks''.
* ''[[Shrek]] [[Christmas Special|the Halls]]'' with "Christmas For Village Idiots".
* ''"Astrophysics for Morons"'' from the ''"Shelf Life"'' episode of ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]''.
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