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== Web Original ==
* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' veers all over the genre map as it progresses. Beginning as a mildly surreal, Halo-themed take on ''[[MASHM*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'', it quickly becomes more and more [[Monty Python|Pythonesque]] until it's nearly crossed into slapstick, ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' territory. Then, beginning with side stories like ''Out of Mind'', it suddenly veers into serious science fiction, which spills over into the main series before settling into a very odd fusion of all the above genres. Which genre or combination of genres works best is definitely a matter of personal taste.
** As of it's later seasons, it is firmly entrenched in serious business, albeit with some gags.
* While many of the chapter reviews on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428022333/http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/ Mark Reads Twilight weblog] follow the traditional "quote the source text, [[Snark Bait|mock it ruthlessly]], add some funny [[Angrish]]" formula that's far too common in most [[MST]] blogs, reviewer [[Mark Reads Harry Potter|Mark Oshiro]] often goes out of his way to mix up the structure of his posts.