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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Very much abused in ''[[Turma Da Monica]]'' (Monica's Gang), with Pokecão instead of Pokemon, Darti Vesgo instead of Darth Vader, Superhomão instead of Superman, Ton Cruzes instead of Tom Cruise... Of course, the jokes involved make more sense in Portuguese.
* In [[DC Comics]] ''Inferior Five'', the Five's parents are a parody [[Justice League of America]], While we don't get their full names, the surnames of some of their kids suggest they're suitably parodic. Mr Might ([[Superman]]) has the Earth surname Brent, and the original name Barb-Ell, son of Dumb-Ell of the planet Neon. Power Princess ([[Wonder Woman]]) married a man named Tremor (for Steve Trevor), and Bowman ([[Green Arrow]]) has the surname King (instead of Queen). The exceptions are [[The Flash]] parody Captain Swift, who is called Cramer, not a play on Allen or Garrick, and the Uncle Sam parody Patriot, who has the surname Victor.
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** This was strangely averted in Mad's ''[[Seinfeld]]'' parody.
* ''[http://web.archive.org/web/20021204212021/http://www.geocities.com/bob_darktalon/legendaryram.html The Legendary Ram in Buggery]'', a parody of [[The Legend of Rah and the Muggles|you know what]], made extensive use of these. As can probably be inferred from the title.
* ''Star Wreck'' (the 1990s book series, not the Finnish film series) had James T. Smirk and Mr Smock on board the ''USS Endocrine'' plus Commander Zulu, Ensign Checkout, etc, etc. Also their [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|new replacements]] on the ''Endocrine-D'': Jean-[[I Love Lucy|Lucy Ricardo]], Commander Piker, Counselor Dee Troit, etc, etc, etc...
** And in the later books they were all joined by the crew of Station [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Geek Space Nine]]: Bungeeman Crisco, Constable Dodo, Major Vera, etc, etc, etc, etc...
* ''[[Discworld]]'' novels don't have much of this stuff, but Gimlet, the dwarf with famously piercing eyes who runs a deli on Cable Street, may be intended as a reference to [[Lord of the Rings|Gimli, son of Gloin]].
** It's not as rare as you think; this is the same guy who gave us ''Cohen'' the Barbarian.
*** ''Ghengiz'' Cohen, in fact.
** Most Discworld parody names are [[Genius Bonus]]es; Salzella, the music director in ''[[Discworld/Maskerade|Maskerade]]'' is a play on Antonio Salieri, whose surname means "seller of salt". Less esoteric is that "gimlet" is also the name of a cocktail.
*** The original pun deserves explanation. A brief [[Running Gag]] was for a character to describe some supernatural or otherwise creepy person as having "Eyes... Like [[wikipedia:Gimlet (tool)|Gimlets]]!". To which another character would respond "...You mean the Dwarf what runs the-" "I mean he has bloody creepy eyes that's what!". Eventually Gimlet and his delicatessen appeared in a later book.
* The Samurai Cat series of novels does this as a cover for all the copyrighted characters it parodies, although it's rarely so much funny as it is a simple aversion. During the Star Trek section of "Samurai Cat Goes to the Movies" (a mashup-parody anthology, in which the crew is attacked by Xenomorphs, a parody Predator, and a "Terminationer" that's been dogging the main characters for a few chapters), for example, Sulu becomes Sununu, and Chekov becomes Tolstoy. Not quite as clever as how the Terminationer was sent back from an alternate future in which the main character had never existed, "It's a Wonderful Life" style.
* ''[[The Hunger Pains]]'' is another book by the Harvard Lampoon, which parodies ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' by Suzanne Collins. You have Kantkiss Neverclean, skilled archer, Effu Poorpeople (Effie Trinket), Pita Malarkey, and so on and so forth. Some names are obviously made up for the book, while others (namely, Carol Handsomestein) aren't as obvious to figure out, to most.<ref>It seems that the Lampoon wanted to make fun of the fact that Gale's name sounds like a girl, so they named him Carol</ref>
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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** The series title itself is a parody of [[James Thurber]]'s ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''.
* The "Goodfeathers" segments of ''[[Animaniacs]]'' take Robert DeNiro's and [[Hair-Trigger Temper|Joe Pesci's]] ''[[Goodfellas]]'' characters and parody them as "Bobby" and "Pesto."
** ''[[Animaniacs]]'' did this a lot, and [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' did this just as often, if not more. For example, the biggest band in the world was [[The Beatles|The Feebles]]... until [[Yoko Ono|Yoyo Nono]] came along.
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" features Shary Bobbins, an obvious clone of Mary Poppins. She claims she is not Mary, but an original creation, like Ricky Rouse or Monald Muck.
** In one episode, this is lampshaded when the Simpsons visit "SPRAWL * MART", with the slogan "not a parody of Wal-Mart".
* [[The Fairly
** However, [[Titanic]] was mentioned by name in the first episode.
* On ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'', the gang meets [[Harry Potter|Nigel Planter]]. Kind of good.
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