History Main / ParodyAssistance

* In the WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne episode, Max Courage, the titular WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest expy and his brother are voiced by Quinten Flynn and Scott Menville, who respectively voiced Jonny in WesternAnimation/TheRealAdventuresOfJonnyQuest and WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfJonnyQuest.

* In the annual "ComicStrip/BloomCounty" / "ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes" crossover strips neither creator will confirm just who drew what.

** When making fun of ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTrespasser'', he actually gets Seamus Blackley, the game's producer who would go on create the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, to not only answer some questions about it, but to help poke some fun at the game's infamously TroubledProduction.

** After ripping on numerous Creator/MaraWilson films, she actually appears in his video to take a few shots back at him by dredging up some of the terrible home movies he mad as a child.

* Creator/DanielleHarris, who played Tosh in ''Film/UrbanLegend'', did her character's lines in the episode of ''WebVideo/TheyTalk'' parodying the film.

* ''WebAnimation/HalfLifeSideStoryGaidenHuntDownFreeMan'', a Website/YouTube parody of the infamous VideoGame/HalfLife2 mod ''VideoGame/HuntDownTheFreeman'', had the intro cutscene of the second part of the story showing [[spoiler: [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Colonel Cue having his head blown open by a dead meme (AKA: Lanky Kong) while Adam is piggybacking it]]]], which was provided by Deremix Productions (who created the original cutscenes for ''Hunt Down the Freeman'' as well).

* Artist Creator/SteveDillon [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/10/22/comics-people-remember-steve-dillon/ knew of]] the "[[ComicBook/ThePunisher Frankface]]" meme surrounding his habit of giving everyone a stone-faced glare and was evidently entertained enough by it that he deliberately perpetuated it by drawing that face as much as he could.

* Most performers seeking SesameStreetCred will do this. For instance, Music/{{REM}} singing a ''Series/SesameStreet'' parody of "Shiny Happy People" called "Furry Happy Monsters".

* The episode of ''WebAnimation/SoThisIsBasically'' which covered ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' had Creator/ButchHartman, the creator of ''Danny Phantom'', designing and voicing an OriginalCharacter named Rebreather in the style of ''Danny Phantom''[='s=] usual MonsterOfTheWeek villains.

** Creator/HarryHill was given very generous assistance in his gentle digs at long-running soap operas by the shows themselves; the stars and sets were made available for his use in ''Series/HarryHillsTVBurp''.

* The series of animated spoof trailers ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lppo5cNxrhk here is]] Episode 1) Creator/{{Capcom}} made to promote their ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake'' is not just made InTheStyleOf ''World Masterpiece Theatre'', it was actually produced with the help of Creator/NipponAnimation themselves.

* The 1962 Creator/{{CBS}} musical special ''Creator/{{Julie|Andrews}} and Creator/{{Carol|Burnett}} at Carnegie Hall'' had Andrews in the sketch "The Pratt Family Singers," preemptively parodying her appearance in the movie version of ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' (which was then in preproduction).

* One of the bonus features on the DVD box set for the final season of ''Series/BreakingBad'' was an "alternate ending" where it's revealed that the entire show was AllJustADream that Hal from ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' had one night, complete with Creator/JaneKaczmarek reprising her role as Lois as she tells a panicked Hal to go back to sleep.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': In general, whenever somebody hosts SNL, they'll participate in sketches that riff on their roles or works.

** When Creator/RayRomano hosted SNL, Creator/PeterBoyle and Creator/DorisRoberts, who played his parents on ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', appeared during the opening monologue, channeling their roles from that show as Peter talked about his own experience hosting SNL in the 1970s and Doris talked about the movie ''My Giant''.

** When Creator/ValKilmer hosted SNL, he poked fun at his portrayal of Music/TheDoors frontman Music/JimMorrison in a ''Series/BehindTheMusic'' parody where Morrison puts together a supergroup comprised of other deceased music stars in Heaven.

** ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' had an episode titled "The Sensitive Male" where Johnny tries to get a date with a girl who likes sensitive guys. A man (voiced by Jack Sheldon) comes along and, in a parody of "Schoolhouse Rock", offers Johnny lessons on how to be a kind and sensitive guy.

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E5EIEIAnnoyedGrunt E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]", Music/TheB52s parody their own "Love Shack" as "Glove Slap", while the later episodes "Three Gays Of The Condo" and "Large Marge" featured Music/JacksonBrowne and the Baha Men parodying their own respective work.

** Creator/BillyDeeWilliams, Creator/MarkHamill, Ahmed Best, and even Creator/GeorgeLucas himself for ''Franchise/StarWars'' sketches.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mad}}'' gets some Parody Assistance in a few episodes. For example, Creator/TaraStrong lends her voice to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic a unicorn]] in the sketch "My Little War Horse" and "Adjustment Burro", [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Raven]] in "Teen Titanic" and [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 Bubbles]] in "2 Broke Powerpuff Girls", and they got Creator/WillFriedle to reprise his role as [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011 2011 Lion-O]] in "[=ThunderLOLcats=]". The sketch "[=McDuck=] Dynasty" also has Creator/JeffBergman reprising his roles as WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck (from ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' and ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'') and Elmer Fudd (also from ''Tiny Toon Adventures'').

** "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E11WhereNoFanHasGoneBefore Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]" fires a full salvo of photon torpedoes at ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', its fans, and the actors who played the main cast. Said cast was voiced by their original actors, who are ''not'' shy about poking fun at themselves or each other.