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* This is simultaneously Parodied and [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Animaniacs]]'' when the Warners meet Rasputin. They toss him into a dentist's chair and announce that they need to give him some "Anastasia." A girl in a tiara and a poofy dress then hit Rasputin on the head with a hammer. Dot [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|turns to the camera]] and deadpans, "Obscure joke. Talk to your parents." This episode predates ''[[Anastasia|the Don Bluth movie]]'' by several years, so the joke may have lost its obscurity on some kids after the movie came out.

* The process is still going on—consider all of the increasingly dated early '90s references in ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''.

* Likewise, ''Steamboat Willie'', well-remembered as the first talking [[Classic Disney Shorts|Mickey Mouse]] cartoon, is a loose parody of a contemporary Buster Keaton feature, ''[[Steamboat Bill Jr.]]''

* Likewise, ''Steamboat Willie'', well-remembered as the first talking [[Classic Disney Shorts|Mickey Mouse]] cartoon, is a loose parody of a contemporary Buster Keaton feature, ''[[Steamboat Bill, Jr.]]''

** Cartoons like ''Mickey's Gala Premiere,'' ''Mickey's Polo Team,'' and the [[Donald Duck]] cartoon ''The Autograph Hound'' were full to the brim with famous celebrities of the time.

** The black and white Mickey cartoon ''The Klondike Kid'' is a mash-up of ''The Shooting of Dan McGrew'' and ''[[Charlie Chaplin|The Gold Rush]]''.