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* 1982's ''The Fantastic Four Roast,'' written and laid out by [[Fred Hembeck]] and issue #34 of Marvel's ''[[What If...?]]'' series (1st version) was some of the gut-bustingly funniest send-ups drawn straight ever.

* ''[[The Abridged Series|Abridged series]]'' parodies often openly deride the shows' oversights as well as the kind of people who watch the shows... even though they are '''made''' by the kind of people who watch the shows.

* ''[[The Intercontinental Union of Disgusting Characters]]'' is a ''D&D'' example of ... the worst rules abuse imaginable. (But hey, if it's possible for a centaur to have 4 ultra valuable gemstones, and your dice are loaded, ...)

* The ''[http://www.youtube.com/user/bunchoflemons#grid/user/0598661CE1F4637E Reid Oliver Cartoon Saga]'' is a very affectionate parody of the gay love triangle on ''[[As the World Turns]]''.

* The ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5999251/1/The_Reprint_and_Repackaging_of_Evangelion The Reprint and Repackaging of Evangelion]'' happily employs this trope.

* ''[[Travels Through Azeroth and Outland|Travels through Azeroth and Outland]]'' parodies guild drama with the squabbling partisan groups seen in Wintergrasp.

* ''[[Man Of The House]]'' parodied the role that made [[Tommy Lee Jones]] famous, the lawman.

* [[Woody Allen]] parodied genres like '70s sci-fi (''[[Sleeper]]'') and epic historical romances (''[[Love and Death]]''). A section of ''[Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex but(But wereWere afraidAfraid to askAsk)]]'' parodied Italian film making.

* "I''Bell Make a man''Man inOut of You" from ''[[Mulan]]'' would be an Affectionate Parody of a [[Boot Camp Episode]].

* Likewise Bret Harte's Selina Sedilia.

* [[George R. R. Martin]], the author of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', once wrote a short story where his character Jaime Lannister fights in an [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] against Rand al'Thor, the hero of Robert Jordan's ''[[The Wheel of Time]]''. When writing about his late friend's characters, Martin did an exaggerated, yet fond, pastiche that mocksmocked without being mean.

* ''[http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=59032 Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible]'' is a loving parody of the [[Hammer Horror]] of the 60's and 70's,with [[cameo]]s, nods and references all over the place. And it was written by and stars Steve "[[Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge|Alan]] [[I'm Alan Partridge|Partridge]]" Coogan.

* ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode ''"Jose Chung's From Outer Space''" is an Affectionate Parody of the show and people who believe in aliens. Later ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'' would do the same with ''Jose Chung's The Doomsday Defense''.

* ''[[Dick and Dom in da Bungalow]]'' parodied lots of [[Game Show|GameShows]] for the finale at the end of each week's show, which would end with "creamy muck muck" (custard) being flung everywhere. They used current shows- Muck Or No Muck, Who Wants To Be A Muckionaire- and older ones, which the children competing had probably never heard of, like Muckphrase ((Catchphrase). They occasionaly parodied another genre, such as doing political talk show Question Muck (Question Time), the week after a politician had suggested that Da Bungalow was too lavatorial.

* ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'': [http://tothebatpoles.blogspot.com/2011/09/spotlight-on-hi-diddle-diddlesmack-in.html This article] argues that the mere fact of playing a relatively ambitious live-action production of a [[Superhero]] (viewed at the time as an inherently worthless material) had to be played as a superficial, deliberately light self-parody devised by mainstreamers who never even suspected that a rich timeless fantasy was lurking underneath.

* ''[[Modern Family|Modern Family's]]''{{'}}s season three finale features a beautiful parody of telenovelas in general.

** He did get in trouble with Coolio for "Amish Paradise", for unclear reasons. Apparently, Al's people talked to Coolio's people, who said yes, but Coolio HIMSELF''himself'' didn't approve it. (And got angry about it.)

*** Likewise with his [[The Doors|Doors]] style parody, "Craigslist," the late Ray Manzerek requested to play the synth part himself.

* [[PDQ Bach|P.D.Q. Bach]]—supposedly the talentless, ne'er-do-well son of Johann Sebastian Bach (1807-1742?). Many albums of P.D.Q. Bach's music exist (performed by classical musicians). There's also a biography. They are actually the creation of Peter Schickele, who is far better known for P.D.Q. Bach than for the serious classical music he composes.

*** [[Paul and Storm]] (a duo consisting of two former members) have a number of these as well. Most notable are their [[Randy Newman|Randy]] [[Running Gag|Newman]] [[Overly Long Gag|Theme Songs]], but they also have "John Mellencamp's 'Theme from ''24''{{'}}", and a series of supposition songs ("If [[James Taylor]] Were on Fire" "If [[Bob Dylan]] Were Hiding at the Bottom of a Well" "If James Taylor Were on Fire at the Bottom of a Well" "If Leon Redbone Suffered a Debilitating Head Injury" "If Aaron Neville Were Waiting for a Parking Spot at the Mall But Someone Else Snagged It" and finally "If [[They Might Be Giants]] Were the Ice Cream Man").

* [[Anna Russell]]'s parodies of popular and classical music varied widely in their sincerity. In her "Survey of Singing from Madrigals to Modern Opera," though the parodies of madrigals and coloratura arias are too silly to be true, "Wir gehen in den Automaten" could be mistaken for a Bach cantata if the lyrics weren't about ordering bacon at the Automat, and "Aria from 'The Psychiatrist'" only sounds insane when compared with Magda's aria from ''[[The Consul]]'' and its repetition of the question "What is your name?"

* [[Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer]] sends up much of modern [[Hip Hop]] with a British accent -- and in the process invented a new genre, [[Chap Hop]].

* In contrast to how ''Encyclopedia Dramatica'' is largely nothing more than a series of [[Accentuate the Negative|critical]] [[Take That]]s, ''[https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Main_Page Uncyclopedia]'' tends to veer in the direction of Affectionate Parody in its articles.

* ''[[Pokebattles]]'' is a major affectionalaffectionate parody site. It parodies ''[[Pokémon]]'', with a battle system identical to Pokémon Red. They always say "used" before attacks and multiple actions. They parody multiple other things including Star Wars; Luke is a character. Doompuff, the evil rabid Jigglypuff of doom, is [[The Juggernaut]]. A link to Red Version is [https://web.archive.org/web/20091024190625/http://geocities.com/chronopublish/pokemon/red.html].

* The ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131030023744/http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Main_Page LOLCat Bible Translation Project]''. It's exactly what it sounds like. Some parts are more affectionate than others, depending on the "translator", but it's generally good-spirited, often hilarious, and occasionally surprisingly well-thought-out (see the lolcat "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God").

* [[WWE]] wrestler Gregory Helms's former character, The Hurricane, was an Affectionate Parody of [[Superhero]]es, especially [[Superman]] and the [[Adam West]] [[Batman]]. His character previous to that was an Affectionate Parody of comic-book ''fanboys'', as he trotted out his encyclopedic knowledge of the [[Green Lantern]] and compared situations from the comic to everything he came across in his wrestling career (in fact, his costume as Hurricane was heavily influenced by the costume worn by Kyle Rayner as the [[Green Lantern]]).

* [[The Stan Freberg Show|Stan]] [[Stan Freberg|Freberg]] recorded several Affectionate Parodies of the radio series ''[[Dragnet]]'', including "St. George and the Dragonet" and "Little Blue Riding Hood" ("only the color of the hood has been changed to prevent an investigation"). The [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|supposed]] ''Dragnet'' [[Catch Phrase]] "just the facts, ma'am" originated in these parodies.

* ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again|I'm Sorry Ill Read That Again]]'' always had an extended sketch at the end of each episode, presented as the ''Prune Play Of The Week''. These were often affectionate parodies of plays, books, genres, or whatever was on TV at the time. Their parody of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' is quite memorable, mostly for being a parody of something still well-known.

* ''[[Avenue Q]]'' is an Affectionate Parody of the Muppets and ''[[Sesame Street]]''. Of course, some of the puppeteers of ''Avenue Q'' were once ''Sesame Street'' workers themselves.

* ''[[The Seussification of [[Romeo and Juliet]]'' is an affectionate parody of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]] ''/[[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] as well as Dr. Seuss.