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Barry Trotter is a series of ''[[Harry Potter (
The first book in the series is ''Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody''. It follows [[Jerkass|Barry Trotter]], [[Adult Child|Lon Measly]] and [[Apathetic Teacher|Ermine Cringer]] as they do their best to stop the making of [[The Movie]] of the series of books about Barry's school life, written in-universe by [[
The second book is ''Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel'', in which Barry becomes [[Pointy-Haired Boss|headmister]] of Hogwash after the previous one died.
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* [[You Fail Biology Forever]]: Lon living with {{spoiler|a hole in his head, clean through, and having part of a dogs brain implanted as substitute}}. But its a parody and... [[A Wizard Did It|well]]...
* [[Character Name and
* [[Deconstructive Parody]]: Quidit, for one.
* [[Equivalent Exchange]]: The second book mentions this, where everyone has graduated and started families {{spoiler|(despite being effectively proven wrong by the final book)}}. It's only then that Barry learns that to summon something with magic is actually just teleportation, and it always comes from somewhere else. This coincidentally results in someone whose possessions always go missing on Barry's birthday, and wind up as his presents and food.
* [[Footnote Fever]]: The books use footnotes to expand one-line jokes in the text into paragraph-long comedic monologues that would otherwise break the flow of the narrative.
* [[Go-Karting
* [[Golden Snitch]]: Parodied, as catching it gives that team a zillion points, rendering every other aspect of the game completely meaningless.
* [[Parody]]
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