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[https://web.archive.org/web/20100219060945/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31706 The Onion noted that this can be a sign of total desperation], especially when [[Off to See Thethe Wizard|the''The Wizard of Oz'' is used as the basis]].

* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club (Manga)|Ouran High School Host Club]]'' takes an episode to do a parody of Alice in Wonderland. The whole cast is desperately suppressing facepalms the whole time.

* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'' did an Arabian parody and a [[Monster Mash]] parody, both of which were dream sequences.

* ''[[Gintama (Manga)|Gintama]]'', something of a parody of shounen manga in itself, also features several parody episodes, mostly of Japanese series such as ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]] Z'' and a bizarrely cast ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of The Wind (Manga)|Nausicaa of the Valley of The Wind]]"'', not to mention a 2-part satire of [[Saw]] and a movie-parody episode that touched on everything from ''[[Star Wars]]'' to ''[[Millennium Actress (Anime)|Millennium Actress]]''.

* The 200th episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', "200", not only parodies everything to do with TV and movie writing and production (ranging from the actors wanting more money to references to [[Jumping the Shark]] and a [[Lampshade Hanging]] about... [[Lampshade Hanging]]). It also parodies everything from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[Star Trek]]'', and ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'' to [[Supermarionation]] shows (like the original ''[[Thunderbirds]]''), zombie movies, teen dramas, and, of course, itself. To actually list ''all'' of the parodies including the self-parodying inside jokes would take up this entire ''page'', so if you're interested in hearing all of them, see what [http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/200 the Stargate Wiki's page on it] has listed.

** Similarly, the episode to which "200" is a sequel, "[http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Wormhole_X-Treme%21_%28episode%29 Wormhole X-Treme!]" from the show's fifth season, is also a [[Parody Episode]], a self-parody as well as parodying both the TV production process and Science Fiction in general.

{{quote| '''''Producer:''' You know what this show needs? A sexy female alien.''}}

* The 100th episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'', "My Way Home," is a parody of... you guessed it... ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', complete with a protagonist who just wants to go home, a search for a literal heart for a transplant, "Over the Rainbow," and a painted yellow floor... among [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_Home:My Way Home|other references.]]

** Also, the episode "My Princess" which was told the style of a fairy tale with some ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|Princess Bride]]'' references.

** "My House" parodies ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''

* ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'' spent the majority of one episode inside the head of Crichton, the [[Fish Out of Water]] sole human member of the cast, where everything was drawn in the style of the Looney Tunes cartoons. Great episode.

* The ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'' episode "How the Finch Stole Christmas" is, of course, a send-up of ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Literaturenovel)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', complete with Seuss-like narration. Furthermore, it had subplots spoofing ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas (Animation)|A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'' and ''Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus''.

* ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' had a parody of ''[[The X -Files]]'', satirizing the title sequence and Mulder and Scully's thought process

{{quote| '''Tim''': (As Mulder) The Truth Is Out There!<br />

* ''[[Supernatural]]'' likes to [[Playing Withwith a Trope|play with]] this trope once a season (in its second half)--while the Winchester brothers are still chasing a mystery, the format and/or subject matter of the episode (and their case) takes a comedic tone and it becomes obvious that it's parodying something: in Season 1, they made fun of ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' in "Hell House;" in Season 2, they did "Hollywood Babylon," which was an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the show itself with some blink-and-you'll-miss-'em [[Take That|Take Thats]]s to the [[Meddling Executives|WB/CW executives]]; Season 3 had "Ghostfacers," which was a parody of both the Ghost Hunters ''and'' ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]''. Universal Studio's classic monster movies were awesomely and [[Affectionate Parody|affectionately]] homaged in Season 4's aptly-named "Monster Movie." Season 5 brought us the instant-classic "Changing Channels" which parodies ''[[GreysGrey's Anatomy]]'', a typical three-camera laugh-track [[Sit ComSitcom]], ''[[Knight Rider]]'', and absolutely skewers ''[[CSI]]''.

* ''[[Married... Withwith Children]]'' and ''[[That 70s Show (TV)|That '70s Show]]'' had episodes parodying ''[[ItsIt's a Wonderful Life]]''.

** ''[[That 70s Show (TV)|That '70s Show]]'''s Halloween episode was a homage to ''[[Alfred Hitchcock]]'' films.

* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''

** "Badda Bing, Badda Bang" was a parody of ''[[OceansOcean's Eleven]]''-style heist capers.

* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' homaged the early sci-fi serials like ''[[Buck Rogers]]'' and ''[[Flash Gordon Serial (Film)|Flash Gordon]]'' with the "Captain Proton" holoprogram, most notably in the episode "Bride of Chaotica!".

* The ''[[Its Garry Shandlings Show|It's Garry Shandling's Show]]'' episodes "[[The Graduate]]" and "[[The Fugitive (TV series)|The Fugitive]]." Since there's [[No Fourth Wall]], the episodes openly referenced the originals, to the point of including clips.

* ''[[The X-Files]]'' did an episode where Mulder and Scully appeared on ''[[CopsCOPS (series)|COPS]]''.

* The doctors of ''[[Chicago Hope (TV)|Chicago Hope]]'' get blamed for the death of a famous actor. The episode is shown as an ''Entertainnment Tonight'' exclusive.

* The second season of [[Sledge Hammer!]] consisted almost entirely of these. ("Hammeroid" was a parody of ''[[RoboCop (Film)|Robocop]]'', "Vertical" was a parody of ''[[Vertigo]]'', etc.)

* ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' loves these.

* The ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''The Blue Angel'' is [[Four Lines, All Waiting|in part]] [[Fandom Rivalry|a parody of]] ''[[Star Trek]]''.

* ''[[Park Bench (TV)|Park Bench]]'' tried to do this in Episode 16, but the professor messed it up. (The parodies attempted were of ''[[Final Fantasy]]'', ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', and ''[[Dragons' Den|Dragon's Den]]''.)

* ''[[Seth MacFarlanesMacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy (Web Animation)|Seth MacFarlanes Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy]]'' has [[Super Mario Bros.|"Mario Saves the Princess"]].

* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' did this several times.

** "24 Minutes", a parody of ''[[Twenty Four24]]'' (including the voices of Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub).

** "The Blunder Years", primarily a parody of ''[[Stand Byby Me]]'', with a title from its [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[The Wonder Years]]''.

{{quote| '''Subtitle''': The creators, based on the advice of their lawyers, would like to state that have never heard of a musical based on the life of Eva Perón.}}

** "Behind The Laughter" which was a parody of [[VH -1]] style documentaries.

** ''[[Citizen Kane (Film)|Citizen Kane]]'' Parody

* ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' had both "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" (''[[Star Trek]]'') and "[[Charlie and Thethe Chocolate Parody|Fry and the Slurm Factory]]" (''[[Charlie and Thethe Chocolate Factory]]'').

** It also had a ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' parody in "Anthology of Interest II."

** Also "Love and Rocket", which pays homage primarily to the HAL-9000 scenes of ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.

* A season finale of ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' was a total sendup of the ''[[Back to The Future]]'' movies. They also did a half-episode parody of ''[[Charlie and Thethe Chocolate Factory]]''. "[[Family Guy Presents Laugh It Up Fuzzball]]" for ''[[Star Wars]]''.

* ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' has had a few of these in recent seasons, as well: "Two Days Before [[The Day After Tomorrow]]", "Free Willzyx" (''[[Free Willy]]'') and "Tsst" (''The Dog Whisperer'').

** Going back a few years, you have "Free Hat" (''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'') and "The Return of The Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers" (''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|The Lord of the Rings]]'').

** There's also "The Snuke" (''24''), "Fantastic Easter Special" (''[[The Da Vinci Code]]''), and "Die Hippie Die" (''[[The Core]]''). As well as "Behind the Blow" ([[VH -1]] documentaries). Basically, the creators of South Park are in love with this trope.

* The ''[[Rugrats (Animation)|Rugrats]]'' episode "Wash/Dry Story" was a parody of ''[[West Side Story]]''. In a laundrette.

** ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'' did this with their first movie, "Channel Chasers", but it had a lot to do with the plot/overall aesop.

* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' is 95% these, e.g. [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|"Super Strong Warner Siblings"]]

* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|The Powerpuff Girls]]'' did one where Fuzzy Lumpkin, Mojo Jojo, Princess, & HIM form "The Beat-Alls". ''[[DextersDexter's Laboratory]]'' did a ''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]'' parody.

* The ''[[Hey Arnold (Animation)|Hey Arnold!]]'' Halloween episode was a homage to ''[[Orson Welles]]'' films.

* ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]''{{'}}s [[Christmas Episode]] killed two birds with one stone --: Part One is [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]]. Part Two? [[It's a Wonderful Plot]].

* One episode of ''[[The Angry Beavers]]'', "El Grapadura y El Castor Malo", inexplicably featured a parody of Mexican [[Masked Luchador]] action films, staring masked wrestler El Grapadura (The Stapler) and Norbert as detectives. It was also voiced entirely in Spanish, with English subtitles that were at times [[Fun Withwith Foreign Languages|a rather loose translation]] [[Fun Withwith Subtitles|of what was being said]] (for example, "Señor Daggeto" being translated as "Mr. Stupid").

* ''[[Re BootReBoot]]''{{'}}s episode ''Firewall'' is a parody of [[James Bond]]. That episode even got a unique title sequence similar to [[James Bond]] movies.

* Each and every episode of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X-zwhYTmZ4 Walter Melon] is based on this. Whenever heroes get in trouble or get sick, Melon and his assistant Bitterbug take their places temporarily. They replaced characters such as [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]], The [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]], James Bond, [[Batman]] and Robin, [[Star Trek|Kirk and Spock]], [[Tarzan]], etc, in spoofs of their movies or TV shows.

* Many, many, MANY''many'' episodes of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''., Toto the point that it was becoming the regular formula for every episode. Most notably was the ''Animatrix'' parody that worked out really well, and one episode parodying ''[[The Matrix]]'' again, superhero comics, children books, ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', and... the ''[[Pink Panther]]''? All in one episode.

* Of all shows, ''[[Coconut FredsFred's Fruit Salad Island]]'' did a parody of ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' ... with a little bit of ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Videovideo Gamegame)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' on the side. Does the idea of a coconut dressed like Cloud Strife and an bully apple dressed like Sephiroth raise a few eyebrows?

* ''[[Pinky and The Brain (Animation)|Pinky and The Brain]]'' parodied ''[[Chinatown]]''.

* "Semi-[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]" on ''[[The Cleveland Show (Animation)|The Cleveland Show]]''

{{quote| '''Cleveland Jr.''': Will you tell us the sequel next Christmas, Dad?<br />

'''Cleveland''': [[Aside Glance|Let's wait and see how the Internet responds to this one first.]] }}

* [[Tiny Toon Adventures]] frequently did parodies, of [[Citizen Kane (Film)|Citizen Kane]], [[Kon-Tiki]] and [[Thirtysomething]], among others.

* [[Scaredy Squirrel (Animation)|Scaredy Squirrel]] has an episode were they make fun of Halloween and called it Halloweekend.

** ''Lights! Camera! Danger!'' is notable for combining parodies of ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]],'' ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter]],'' ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|The Lord of the Rings]],'' and ''Chicago,'' and [[Reference Overdosed|references a truckload more.]]

** Specific targets for a single parody episode include ''[[Jaws (Filmfilm)|Jaws]],'' ''[[Fantastic Voyage]],'' and ''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Film)|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]],'' of all things.

** One episode is devoted to old horror monsters like ''[[Frankenstein]],'' ''[[Dracula]],'' and ''[[The WolfmanWolf Man]].''

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