Shallow Parody: Difference between revisions

However, [[Tropes Are Not Bad]]. Sometimes these parodies can be understood as effective parodies of trailers, of basic premises, or as exaggerations of elements in [[The Theme Park Version]] of said subject matter. For many people a Shallow Parody can be funnier than an overdone [[Affectionate Parody]] because of the lack of obscure inside jokes. Still, people who are actually fans of the subject of the parody will, more often than not, laugh at said parodies rather than with them (at best). It's notable that some of the below examples are intentional shallow parodies and derive humor from getting things wrong.

 

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* A ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' sketch parodying ''Into the Blue'' [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] this, with creator [[Seth Green]] explaining that [[Animation Lead Time|it was written before the movie came out]] and that they could only make the parody based on their guesses of what the movie would be like. He goes on to state he's sure that ''[[Into the Blue]]'' by now will be a complete success and received several Academy Award nominations.

** The skit runs thus:

'''Jessica Alba''': Into the blue?<br />

'''Paul Walker''': Into the '''blue'''<br />