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* [[Acceptable Professional Targets]]: Too many to mention
* [[The Alcoholic]]: "Teddy the Red-Nosed Senator" (as a [[Drunk Driver]] version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", which ends with the Santa sled wrapped around a tree). "Police Stop My Car" (as a parody of "Feliz Navidad") is also about [[Drunk Driver|DUI]].
* [[The Alleged Car]]: Invoked at least a couple of times: "My Toyota" (parody of The Knack's "My Sharona") and "The Day My Lemon Died" (parody of Don McLean's "American Pie"). Other automotive-related easy targets range from distracted drivers ("Drivers on the Phone", a parody of The Doors' "Riders on the Storm
** The [[Duct Tape for Everything]] approach to transport extends beyond alleged cars to alleged aircraft ("Beat Up Old Jetliner / Hope you got a tuneup today / Oh beat-up old jetliner / Did they sneak you past the FAA?") and even an alleged space station ("This is ground control to Station Mir / You guys are doing great / And we're sorry that you [[Bring My Brown Pants|stained your underwear]]" as a "Space Station Oddity" reminiscent of [[David Bowie]]'s "Space Oddity").
* [[Bad Santa]]: "Santa Claus Is Fooling Around" (a parody of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", told from the POV of a [[Your Cheating Heart|jealous, suspicious husband]]).
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* [[Buxom Is Better]]: "You Chesty Thing" (a [[Breast Expansion|silicone]]-[[Gag Boobs|enhanced]] version of Hot Chocolate's "You Sexy Thing") infers bigger is better, while "I Love Your Breasts The Way They Are" (as parody of [[Billy Joel]]'s "I Love You Just The Way You Are") creates more [[A-Cup Angst]] than it resolves.
* [[Christmas Elves]]: "All You Need Are Elves" (as parody of the [[Beatles]] "All You Need Is Love").
* [[The Cover Changes the Gender]]: Mostly [[Averted Trope|averted]]. If [["Weird Al" Yankovic|"Weird Al"]] needs a female blonde for a [[Lady Gaga]] parody ("I'm not insane/I just Perform This Way") we get his face pasted onto a
* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: "Caught Me One Handed" (a parody of Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me") is largely a flurry of [[Unusual Euphemism]]s for being [[Caught with Your Pants Down|awkwardly caught]] (by mama) choking the chicken or beating the bishop.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: He's prone to create multiple, different parodies of the same song. For instance, Don McLean's "American Pie" is parodied as "The Day My Lemon Died" (a song about [[The Alleged Car]] abandoned at roadside) and parodied again as the American Pie Eulogy ("She made my music die" - blasting [[Madonna]] for her remake of the song [[Deader Than Disco|disco style]]). Likewise, Dead Moon's "Johnny's Got A Gun" is parodied as "[[Sesame Street|Elmo]]'s Got A Gun" and parodied again to target George W. Bush's VP with "Cheney's Got A Gun". [[The Doors]]' "Riders on the Storm" is parodied as "Drivers on the Phone" and parodied again as "Burgers on the Grill".
* [[Gender Bender]]: Any [[crossdresser]]s or [[transgender]] characters are portrayed in [[Incredibly Conspicuous Drag]] as a source of [[Played for Laughs|cheap laughs]]. There's the infamous "Walkin' 'Round In Women's Underwear" (as parody of "Walking in a Winter Wonderland") but, even if the stated intent is permanent transition instead of [[Drag Queen]] comedy or [[Disguised in Drag|disguise]], the patient is given [[Man in a Bikini]] proportions. If Butch checks into Genital Hospital on Tuesday and Bev checks out with a change of undergarments on Thursday, her 16XXL measurements ensure she will not pass. (In "I Wanna Be A Woman", what was [[Pink Floyd]]'s "Young Lust" from "The Wall" - "I am just a new boy / A stranger in this town..." becomes "I am just a female / Trapped inside a man")
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