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** ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131118231555/http://www.thetrailermash.com/must-love-jaws-comedy-drama/ Must Love Jaws]'' -- ''Jaws'' as a romantic comedy.
** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_mW8mBzmHo The Wicker Man]'' -- ''[[The Wicker Man]]'' as a comedy.
** There were also numerous "Brokeback" fake trailers to make other films look homoerotic in the vein of ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', such as ''Broke [[Back to
** In 2015, gamer/SF website IGN produced an alleged trailer for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLazRt8s8Wc "Fast to the Future"], which presented a ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to the Future]]'' sequel in the style of ''[[Fast and Furious]]''.
* Safebooru has a [[Fan Art]] collection called [https://safebooru.donmai.us/pools/1338 Popular Artists Draw Other Copyrights]. There are some pieces by professional mangaka in the collection, including:
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== Music ==
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' probably has the silliest possible example: Two [[Fake Band]]s, each already a [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche|pastiche]] of a different genre (hair metal and alternative), doing this to each other's songs. Available for listening [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103185505/http://www.homestarrunner.com/limozloshy.html here]; it has the "original" versions of the songs as well, for comparative purposes.
* Every [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] album (with the exceptions of his self-titled first album, and ''Even Worse'', his fifth album) contains a polka [[Medley]] , doing snippets of these for many contemporary songs. These are basically his equivalent to Jeff Foxworthy's trademark "You Might Be A Redneck" bits; the audience feels cheated if they don't get [[Once an Episode|one per album]].
** He also did "Bohemian Polka", the entirety of [[Queen]]'s "Bohemian Rhapsody" polka-fied.
** Weird Al says that he tends to pick songs that sound better as polka tunes. He's right.
** To add an additional layer, his polka style uses traditional instruments, but draws much of its presentation from the style of comedic orchestration found in such things as the works of [[Spike Jones]]. Common comedic elements in his polkas include the [[Minsky Pickup]], the traditional vaudeville ending riff (does it have a name?), "[[Shave and a Haircut]]", and even a direct reference to Jones via the opening riff of his version of "[[Der Fuehrer's Face]]".
** He also occasionally writes pastiches or "style parodies" of specific bands, the most famous probably being his [[Devo]] parody/tribute, "Dare To Be Stupid", which Mark Mothersbaugh called, "the perfect Devo song". Mothersbaugh was interviewed for Weird Al's ''[[Behind
*** Occasionally? At least half of any given Weird Al record will typically be originals (6 or so songs), plus a polka medley and four or five parodies.
*** As further evidence, his online release ''Internet Leaks'' consists of one parody and four pastiches. While the exact inspiration for "Skipper Dan" has been debated (it's likely either [[Weezer]] or [[Fountains Of Wayne]], [[Take a Third Option|possibly]] [[X Meets Y|both]]), there's no doubt that "Craigslist" is [[The Doors]] (see below), "CNR" is [[The White Stripes]], and "Ringtone" is [[Queen]].
** In June 2009, Al released "Craigslist", which is a [[The Doors|Doors]] pastiche. (Just to add verisimilitude, Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek plays on it.)
*** "Genius in France" is a pastiche of [[Frank Zappa]]. Frank's son Dweezil (who has spent the last few years touring the world playing his father's music with painstaking accuracy) provided a guitar solo and backing vocals.
*** Oh, there are way more examples. It's actually somewhat harder to find originals of his that aren't some sort of pastiche or tribute (and some are apparently cleverly hidden so that nobody but Al knows exactly which band he was going for). Here are some more:
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* California punk band [[wikipedia:Me First and the Gimme Gimmes|Me First and the Gimme Gimmes]] has made their entire career out of only doing punk covers of... less-than-rockin' songs. Examples include R Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly", "Tomorrow" from the musical ''[[Annie]]'', and "Hava Nagila". Each of their albums has a different theme: ''Have a Ball'' is all '60s/'70s radio hits, ''Are a Drag'' is showtunes, ''Blow in the Wind'' is songs from the '60s, ''Take a Break'' is R&B, ''Love Their Country'' is country & western, and their live album, ''Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah'', was recorded at an actual bar mitzvah. Yeah.
** Their cover of "The Rainbow Connection" was actually used in the end credits of ''Kermit's Swamp Years''.
* British comedian [[Bill Bailey]]'s version of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwaxWoJPUC0 the "Hokey Cokey"] done in the style of [[Kraftwerk
** Witness the ''true'' meaning of ''[[The Magic Roundabout]]'', complete with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARBajLHHCHs secret middle section!]
** Style parodies form a significant part of Bailey's routines. Various rock and pop songs are done in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4GdZ_gBxH8 cockney piano style] (which is musically very similar to Weird Al's polka medleys); ''God Save The Queen'' is given a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mkScM-necA jazz overhaul]; and ''Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah'' is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WktxIqbGAj0 done in the style of Portishead]. And then there's his version of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' theme as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68wJIQbCtlI slow Belgian jazz].
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** It's actually a very straight cover, barely introducing stylistic changes (it's pretty much how a regular acoustic performance by Reznor would sound).
** Another Johnny Cash example is his cover of Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage," putting a country/folk spin on a hard rock/grunge song.
* Death Metal group [
* [[Ozzy Osbourne]] and Dweezil Zappa did a metal cover of the Bee Gees' hit song "Staying Alive", which you can view [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_D4QhevNPw here].
* [[Peter Gabriel]] of ''[[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]'' fame got the heavy metal treatment at least twice.
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* [[Blind Guardian]] seems to enjoy doing metal covers of old pop songs, including "Surfin' USA", "Mr. Sandman," and "Dream A Little Dream of Me."
* German comedy band Excrementory Grindfuckers does it frequently by covering many popular songs like "The Final Countdown" and "Stayin' Alive," grindcore style. Interestingly enough, their cover of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" sounds entirely blues.
* All of Richard Thompson's self-released live album ''1000 Years of Popular Music'' is him doing songs ranging from 11th century ballads to Prince tunes in his own unique folk-rock style (the concept of the album is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], a sampling of the prior 1000 years of song), but for the coup de grace he introduces "Marry, Ageyn Hic Hev Donne Yt
** He's also performed it ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAS4ltt7DzI straight]''.
* Dolly Parton and Nickel Creek collaborated on a bluegrass cover of Collective Soul's "Shine". Many accolades ensued.
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* Jagpanzer's power metal cover of Gordon Lightfoot's "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELf3vePl-vo The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald]".
* ''[[Ace Combat]]'' uses the Agnus Dei as BGM in the final mission of its fourth game, ''Shattered Skies'', but the "Megalith" mix is different enough that you have to strain your ears to recognise it. "Zero" from ''Belkan War'' also reused the lyrics from the eponymous song of ''Unsung War'', but given that the former re-rendered the latter with Hispanic guitar and castanets, it's a bit hard to tell.
* The Boss Hoss. Famous for country and western covers of various songs, among them [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYuQWO3NsFI Cameo's "Word Up"], Eminem's "Without Me", Outkast's "Hey Ya" and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdFyn8u85sQ&feature=related The Cardigans' "My Favorite Game"].
* Beatles tribute band the Fab Four have issued a couple of Christmas albums, in which they perform popular carols in a Beatlesque manner.
** Sweden's Rubber Band also did the "Christmas a la Beatles" thing with their 1996 release ''Christmas! The Beatmas''.
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** "You Gave My Position Away" is a cover of "Last Christmas You Gave Me Your Heart" in the style of ''Intruder 3'' from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''.
* The Alex Skolnick Trio primarily performs jazz versions of hard rock and heavy metal songs.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090831072150/http://www.sotb.se/ Slaughter of the Bluegrass] performs country/bluegrass covers of [[Melodic Death Metal]] songs
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2177pHMT0 The Baseballs] is a German group that does 50s rockabilly covers of modern pop songs. ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpWAl8C0H0A Really] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McO2ckRO4AY excellent]'' 50s rockabilly covers of modern pop songs.
* Toots and the Maytals did a reggae verson of John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads", even substituting "West Jamaica" for "West Virginia".
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* Friday the way [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmbtua21uzM MeatLoaf] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FISHEO3gsM&feature=related Bob Dylan] might have done it.
* [[YouTube]] user [http://www.youtube.com/user/CakeJarey#g/c/E514D154C42AFFC0 CakeJarey] played this trope with ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' songs... ''in the style of other Final Fantasy games''. Now, given the series' [[Final Fantasy/Awesome Music|usual pattern]], what could the result be? ''Still awesome.''
* Clara Moroni, better known for Eurobeat, recently{{when}} did a metal cover of A-ha's "Take on Me".
* Dudley Moore did "Little Miss Muffet" as Benjamin Britten would have composed it for Peter Pears to sing, and, on ''[[Not Only... But Also]]'', Tom Jones songs in a classical style.
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJEtRtlmidk Rap Is A Man's Soul]'', better known as "That rap from ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' that goes 'Row Row Fight the Pow-wah!'" gets a couple of versions throughout the series. There exists a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNmi9qpMAM&feature=related heavy fanfare version], a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GeQK0fOAew sadder, somewhat contemplative version], and perhaps most memorably, an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAlztMvvNkk epic opera version] whereupon [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Dies Irae]] is sung as a [[One-Woman Wail]].
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* In the early 2010s, channels hosting [[Heavy Metal]] versions of just about any song you can think of became popular on [[YouTube]] -- look for names like [[331Erock]] and [[Leo Moracchioli]]/Frog Leap Studios.
* In 1978, at his 40th anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall, [[Benny Goodman]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL0ird4rm_Y covered "Rocky Raccoon" by the Beatles] in a style that was a curious mix of the original and Goodman's trademark swing.
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCORIeT1hk6tYBuntEXsguLg Postmodern Jukebox] is a musical project which performs pop and rock music from the 1950s onward in big band, swing,
* An Italian duo on YouTube calling themselves [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuLr0QmdN899rTMCpAveJaw "Melodicka Bros"] are, as of early 2020, making a name for themselves doing covers of famous songs in styles wildly different from the originals.
* [[Billy Joel]]'s album ''An Innocent Man'' is made up entirely of original songs in the styles of various 50s and 60s artists whom he considered influences on his music.
* Ooedo no Hikeshi, an orchestra composed of traditional Japanese instruments and chorus, made a small splash on the net in the late 2000s and early 2010s with their (very traditional) covers of [[Deep Purple]]'s "Smoke on the Water" and Queen's "We Will Rock You".
== Radio ==
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* ''[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/391 Space: The Convergence]'' is ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' <small>[[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]]</small>! Note that every card in the article is an actual ''Magic'' card In The Style Of science fiction.
* /tg/ likes to do it about as much as [[Fusion Fic]]:
** [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Scrollhammer Scrollhammer] (''[[Elder Scrolls]]'', as if it were a ''[[Warhammer]]''-style wargame).
** ''Fallout 40k'' - ''[[Fallout]]'' converted all the way into ''[[Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay]]'' format.
** Gorkken Morkann - orkified ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' ( [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/19926436/#p19930204 in thread], [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/File:Gorkken_Morkann_by_Jaekyu.jpg 1d4chan])
** Miniatures: [[Monty Python]] style Imperial [https://imgur.com/gallery/Yqt0Mvv Inquisition], ''[[Bob the Angry Flower]]'' style [https://imgur.com/JcRbjWZ Necrons], ''[[Hello Kitty]]'' style [https://imgur.com/Wd0FuhZ Necrons].
** Introductions to TG critters, [[Steve Irwin]] style: ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' ([http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/27756548/#p27801805 Swarmlord]), D&D ([http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/31502134/#p31517981 Elf], Dwarf and Orc below, also Halfling and Red Dragon entries from another guy).
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* ''[[Twila the Girl Who Waz In Luv With A Vampyre]]'' (sic) is ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' in the style of [[My Immortal|Tara Gilesbie]].
* Here at All The Tropes, we have the summary of ''[[A Case of Spring Fever]]'' in the style of a horror story.
** Also a number of [[Self-Demonstrating Article]]s on [[This Very Wiki]], including those for ''[[
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