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1	Parodies, also called spoofs, imitate the mannerisms, style or appearance of a work in a silly way for comic effect.
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3	Of course, there's [[BlackComedy more]] than [[HurricaneOfPuns "pun"]] type of [[ComedyTropes comedy]]...
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5	See also MetaTropeIntro for a comparison with many other ways that a trope can be used.
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7	!!Tropes
8	[[index]]
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10	'''Main topic:'''
11	+ {{Parody}}
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13	'''Categories:'''
14	+ AbridgedSeriesTropes
15	+ StockParodies
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17	* TheAbridgedHistory: {{Parody}}ing and shortening real-life History.
18	* TheAbridgedSeries: A GagDub where a work is abbreviated and alters character personalities and plot points to make the story funnier.
19	* AdamWesting: A celebrity plays a parody of themselves.
20	* AffectionateParody: It's clear that the people behind the parody are fans of the work being parodied and that the spoof is being made out of love rather than malice.
21	* TheAhnold: AffectionateParody of 80's Action heroes.
22	* AnimeOpeningParody: When a work parodies or imitates typical [[AnimeThemeSong anime openings]].
23	* AntiLoveSong: A love song parody, often one that instead describes the singer's animosity towards the person they're singing about.
24	* BatmanParody: A parody of Creator/DCComics superhero {{Franchise/Batman}}.
25	* BlaxploitationParody: A parody of blaxploitation films.
26	* ClickbaitGag: Making fun of online clickbait articles.
27	* DarkParody: A [[BlackComedy darkly humorous]] parody which is far more disturbing than the source material that it's spoofing.
28	* DeconstructiveParody: The parody takes the tropes, plot devices, and character traits of the work being spoofed, and either depicts them realistically or exaggerates them to ludicrous levels.
29	* DeniedParody: It seems like a parody, but the creators insist it is not.
30	* DepravedKidsShowHost: A kids' show host who secretly or blatantly has no place in children's programming.
31	* DerailedFairyTale
32	* DisneyOwnsThisTrope
33	* EqualOpportunityOffender: A comedian whose jokes take the piss out of ''everyone''.
34	* FanMusic
35	* FilkSong
36	* LeFilmArtistique: parody of art films, especially French ones.
37	* FourthWallPortrait
38	* FracturedFairyTale
39	* GagDub: Dubbing over a work with different dialogue and audio to make it sound funnier.
40	* GagSub: A work with dialogue in another language is given fake subtitles to create a funnier mistranslation.
41	* HashtagForLaughs
42	* HomageDerailment
43	* IndecisiveParody
44	* KitschyLocalCommercial: Local commercials that are deliberately of poor quality.
45	* MayTheFarceBeWithYou: A parody of ''Franchise/StarWars''.
46	* MockHeadroom: Parodies of ''Series/MaxHeadroom''.
47	* NarrowParody: Spoofing a work that is fairly recent.
48	* NewsParody
49	* OfficialParody
50	* OneJokeFakeShow: A ShowWithinAShow parody of popular television boiled down to one gag.
51	* ParallelPornTitles: A porn parody of a non-pornographic work.
52	* ParodiedTrope: A specific trope or cliche gets humorously spoofed to the point of absurdity.
53	* ParodyAssistance: People involved with the work being parodied help in making the parody.
54	* ParodyCommercial: A comedy sketch consisting of a commercial for a fictional product.
55	* ParodyDisplacement: The parody becomes more well-known than the work being parodied.
56	* ParodyEpisode
57	* ParodyMagicSpell
58	* ParodyNames
59	* ParodyProductPlacement: A parody of the Hostess Fruit Pies comic book ads where the heroes either stopped villains from stealing Hostess products or used Hostess products to defeat the villain.
60	* ParodyReligion
61	* ParodyRetcon: The creators claim a work to be a parody after the fact in an attempt to deflect criticisms.
62	* ParodySue
63	* ParodyVideoGames
64	* PeterPanParody
65	* PoesLaw: When it becomes hard to tell if the person is being facetious or if they're actually being serious.
66	* PompousPoliticalPundit (frequent use as a Fox News Channel satire/parody)
67	* PostModernism
68	* RaidersOfTheLostParody
69	* RealTrailerFakeMovie: A movie trailer parody consisting of a trailer for a movie that doesn't exist.
70	* TheRealSpoofbusters: A ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' parody.
71	* RedundantParody: The parody makes fun of something about the work being parodied that was already poked fun at by the work in question.
72	* SatireParodyPastiche
73	* SatireAndSwitch
74	* SelfParody: A work which spoofs ''[[SelfDeprecation itself]]'' (like an episode of a TV show that makes fun of its own tropes and clichés, or an artist making fun of one of his pervious works).
75	* ShallowParody: A parody, often a mean-spirited one, that isn't really an accurate portrayal of the work being spoofed.
76	* SitcomHomageEpisode
77	* SoapWithinAShow: A spoof of soap operas.
78	* SoapOperaOrganScore: A tremolo electric organ announces a SoapWithinAShow parody or other soap-opera-like, comically [[{{melodrama}} melodramatic]] situation.
79	* SongParody: A parody of a song.
80	* SpoofAesop: Poking fun at the morals and lessons some works tend to have at the end.
81	* SpoofedTheIronicFilmSeriously: Parodying a work that was already comedic or satirical as if the original work was actually serious.
82	* SpoofedWithTheirOwnWords: The parody copies actual dialogue from the work being spoofed word for word just to show how ridiculous it sounded in its original context.
83	* SpoofingSpoofiness: A parody of a parody.
84	* SpiderManSendUp
85	* StealthParody: A parody is made to be taken seriously by the people it is making fun of.
86	* StylisticSelfParody: A work pokes fun at its own art style and character designs.
87	* SubvertedKidsShow: A parody of a work of children's media that is loaded with lots of content that really isn't appropriate for kids.
88	* SubvertedSitcom: A parody of a classic sitcom that deconstructs and plays the familiar sitcom tropes [[PlayedForHorror for horror]].
89	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: A song or piece of music that sounds like a copyright-friendly imitation of another song or piece of music.
90	* TrailerSpoof
91	* WhereNoParodyHasGoneBefore: A parody of ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
92	* WeirdCrossover: A (parodic) {{crossover}} in which humor is derived from the juxtaposition of two ''vastly different'' works of fiction.
93	* WildlifeCommentarySpoof
94	[[/index]]

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