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** David Bowie himsellf frequently did songs with sciece-fiction overtones in his early years.
* Since the 1980s, ''[http://www.forbiddenbroadway.com Forbidden Broadway]'' has been parodying current Broadway musicals by using their tunes against them.
* "The Modern Major-General's Song" from [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'' is practically a filk waiting to happen. Everybody from ''[[Re BootReBoot]]'' to ''[[Animaniacs]]'' to [[Tom Lehrer]] (see below) has rewritten that one.
** Even actual productions of ''Penzance'' tend to play around with the lyrics; see also "I've Got a Little List" from ''[[The Mikado]]''.
* Electronic-postpunk-goth band [[ThouShaltNot]] arguably ventured into filk with their song "If I Only Were A Goth", a minor-key version of "If I Only Had A Brain" from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' with new, tongue-in-cheek lyrics.
* XTC has several songs about [[DC Comics]] characters. "You're Really Super, Supergirl", "Braniac's Daughter" and "Sergeant Rock (Is Going to Help Me)" are three.