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* The ''[[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]]'' [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''The Crooked World'' by [[Steve Lyons]] is a deconstruction of ''[[Looney Tunes]]''-esque cartoons as the Doctor lands in a cartoon world and begins to influence its inhabitants' behaviors towards naturalism.

** And the [[Past Doctor Adventures]] novel ''The Indestructible Man'' by Simon Messingham is a deconstruction of all Gerry Anderson's work, asking ''why'' Jeff Tracy founded the [[Thunderbirds]], what [[UFO|SHADO]] personnel would ''really'' be like (yes ''[[UFO]]'' was [[Darker and Edgier]] to begin with, but Messingham takes it further), and how the ordinary people of the Supermarionation world might feel about so much money being channeled into [[Awesome but Impractical]] vehicles. Most notably, the titular Indestructible Man is a [[Captain Ersatz]] [[Captain Scarlet]] who feels [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul|detached from humanity]] and [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|wishes he was able to die]].

* ''Ring For Jeeves'' could be considered [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]]'s deconstruction of his own stories. The usual romantic comedy character-relation tropes are there, but the world they live in is remarkably different. All of Wodehouse's stories take place in a [[Genteel Interbellum Setting]], but ''Ring For Jeeves'' explores what would happen if time actually ''progressed''. World War II has happened, Britain is in the throes of social upheaval which separates Jeeves and Bertie (Bertie is sent to a school that teaches the aristocracy how to fend for themselves), poverty and suicide and graphic death are acknowledged, and Jeeves even admits to having "dabbled in" World War I. The book's setting, Rowchester Abbey, is falling apart at the seams and the characters who inhabit it start to feel like a pocket of old-fashioned happiness in a darkening world. In case any doubters still exist about 3/4 through the book, there's Constable Wyvyrn's musings ''about just how much the world has changed.''

** And then there's ''Greaves, This is Serious'', by William Mingin, another Wodehouse deconstruction. Bertie begins to grow dissatisfied with his carefree life of idle frivolities, and begins questioning his butler Greaves to see if they ever do anything... productive. The answer is quite [[Ironic Hell|chilling]].

* ''[http://everything2.com/user/t3h_poker/writeups/Sonny+gets+Mad+Scienced Sonny Gets Mad Scienced]'' is [[Deconstructive Parody|the "humourous" type of deconstruction]]. It revolves around two central ideas; telling a [[Mad Scientist]] story from the perspective of one of the nameless subjects experimented on, and {{spoiler|being [[Genre Savvy]] doesn't always help.}}

* The [[YouTube]] video ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAeu5Aot8kw Percy]'' is a deconstruction of infomercials.

* For the superhero scene, there's ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]''. A detailed description of the webseries can be found in its wmg page.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDX1m0Y2Vkg This video] is a deconstruction of ''Pokémon''. Yes, ''Pokémon''. It is mostly played for laughs but there is a point about half-way through where Pikachu is bleeding as he's strangled by a Bulbasaur ... And oh my God it is disturbing. If you've ever been mildly bothered by the cockfighting similarities, you will be really distressed by this video.