History Funny / Mad

* The ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' parody "Bleak For the Future" only runs four pages, but it certainly makes the most of them.

* "[[Film/TheMatrix The Faketrix]]" ends with Moreforus thanking Underdone with another speech, only for Underdone to [[BrickJoke repeat the same trick the Agents used on him and make Moreforus' mouth disappear]].
* "[[Series/SesameStreet Reality Street]]" (which, unlike other parodies, is a vastly more cynical version of the source material) ends with the set being torn down for a new construction project, with the person responsible proudly stating that it will be plagued with labor disputes and lead to negative economic repercussions down the road. Gorgon asks what would justify all this, such as a park, library or hospital, but the construction/demolitions person dismissively says that it's for a munition development plant. Gorgon [[{{Touche}} admits that this is probably the best example of how the real world works]].

** Rejected video games ([[VideoGame/FinalFantasy "Finals Fantasy"]], [[VideoGame/TombRaider "Tomb Reader"]], and [[VideoGame/{{Frogger}} "Blogger"]])

-->''People are staring at me! [[IncrediblyLamePun I'm a staircase!]] I try to explain that some funny things have happened to my, but it's no.''

* From "[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory The Buzz]] [[Film/TheBourneSeries Identity]]": Buzz speaking a mix of English and Spanish, with the subtitles trying to understand him.

** Everyone gasping at the sight of pre-transformation Steve Rogers, until one of them reveals that it's actually [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]]. Then the ''real'' Steve Rogers comes in, and [[UncannyValley scares everyone just as strongly]].

* [[http://comicrazys.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/book-movie-mad-13-1954-jack-davis/ Book! Movie!]] is a parody of the tendency movies have to sanitize the content of whatever books they happen to be adapting. The ending of this story has the main character of the Book! version evade legal punishment for murder in as much seriousness a ''MAD'' article can muster, while the Movie! version has the main character go to jail for murder, complete with a 50's style [[TastesLikeDiabetes overly saccharine]] song and dance number. Not to mention that the Book! version of the characters are mostly ugly(with one of them being [[FetishRetardant naked]]) while the film versions of course all look ridiculously attractive.

* Rejected Transformers.

* Denzel Washington manages to stop [[WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine Thomas]] the Film/{{Unstoppable}} Tank Engine mere seconds before he runs over WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake's village. However, after hearing Strawberry Shortcake lives there, Denzel lets Thomas scoot a few more inches and destroy her town. The narrator closes the sketch by informing us that "nobody regretted any of their choices."

-->'''Mook:''' But we're already working fourteen hours a day!!
-->'''Zader:''' Well then... just double your efforts!
-->'''Mook:''' You mean, work twenty-eight hours a day?!
-->'''Zader:''' Listen, I'm a sadist, not a mathematician!

-->'''Cop:''' I'm positive I heard that ape speak!
-->'''Montalban:''' Impossible! Apes do not have the power of speech!
-->'''Cop:''' Then how come I heard sound coming out of his mouth?!?
-->'''Montalban:''' Because ''that'' ape is a ventriloquist!

* After [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} Superduperman]] reveals to Lois Pain that he is actually Clark Bent, she smacks him and walks away, admitting that she'll find Clark Bent creepy no matter ''what'' identity he assumes.
** Right before this confession, Superduperman vanquished [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marbles]]]] by [[spoiler: tricking him into punching himself in the face, which somehow causes him to explode]].

** The entire battle against [[spoiler: Captain Marbles]] which is almost entirerly ineffective, since his opponent is just as invulnerable as Superduperman is, and mostly just ignores his attacks while making snide remarks.

-->''(Doubledork and Harry are surrounded by the inferi)''
-->'''Doubledork:''' They're hiding Druckermort's horcrux! I've never seen a mindless, dead-eyed army of skeletons like this before!
-->'''Harry:''' ''I'' have! On ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel!''

-->'''Elmo:''' ''(running and flailing)'' Aaaaaaahh!
-->'''Freddie:''' Quit panicking!
-->'''Elmo:''' Who's panicking? This is how we run. ''(continues running and flailing)'' Aaaaaahh!

-->'''Oscar:''' What? It's from my mother's side!

--> '''ComicBook/IronMan:''' Man, what was our budget back then, a dollar?

-->'''Captain America:''' What's going on? Who are you?
-->'''The Watcher:''' I am The Watcher!
-->'''Captain America:''' What do you watch?
-->'''The Watcher:''' Episodes of ''MAD'', mostly. Funny show! But sometimes, I catch something called, ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', which is where you and your friends are now.
-->'''Captain America:''' That's where we are? Hmm, what else do you see?
-->'''The Watcher:''' I see the crews of other cartoons sitting in a deli, complaining about ''MAD'' like a bunch of sissies!
-->'''Captain America:''' Ha! They'll be sorry, because ''MAD'' probably wins an Emmy in the future, right?
-->''{{Beat}}''
-->'''The Watcher:''' You'd better get back to your friends.

-->'''Grenade Bird''': You know that was your own temple you destroyed, right?
-->'''Lord Shen''': [[LampshadeHanging I know]], but firing these things is so addictive.

-->'''Steve:''' ''(hissing)'' My precious...''(normal voice)''...desires to join the Army!

-->'''Hitmonchan''': I always found myself dating losers. But Poké-Harmony set me up with a champ! A Machamp!
-->'''Machamp''': OH YEAH! WHO WANTS TICKETS TO THE GUN SHOW?
-->'''Hitmonchan''': I do!!
-->'''Bulbasaur''': I was worried at first, seeing as he's evolved enough to be my father.
-->'''Venasaur''': But we had so much in common, like being captured in Pokéballs, and being forced to fight for the amusement of humans. And that's not easy to find!
-->'''Mewtwo''': ''AS A PSYCHIC POKÉMON, I HAVE NO NEED FOR THE INTERNET! OR COMPANIONSHIP!'' '''''[[NoIndoorVoice OR WHISPERING]]'''''!

--> '''Sawyer''': "Oh, you poor washed up thing!"
--> '''Creator/NicolasCage''' (wet and covered in barnacles): "Hi, I'm Nicolas Cage, I'll bounce back."
--> '''Sawyer''': "I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about that!"

-->'''Fluttershy''': (ahem) Attention ponies.
-->'''Pinkie Pie''': She doesn't seem so bad.
-->'''Fluttershy''': (coughs again to switch to [[LarynxDissonance a much deeper and intimidating voice]]) '''YOU'RE ALL ABOUT TO BE SENT TO FRANCE TO FIGHT ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF WORLD WAR ONE, which was called the''' '''''Great War''''' '''because we didn't know we'd HAVE more than one war. But now that we do, it just makes it less confusing to the movie going public. YOU GOT THAT?!'''
-->''({{beat}})''
-->'''Pinkie Pie''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint What's a movie]]?

-->'''Liam Neeson:''' I couldn't punch someone wearing [=3D=] glasses...sure I could!(punches the screen)

-->'''Pilgrim''': You're due in court on Monday.
-->'''Indian''': You know, [[LampshadeHanging no kid's gonna get this joke]].

* One skit {{lampshade|Hanging}}s Hawkeye of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' using a composite bow instead of something more modern, pointing out that he could have used something more inconvenient like a catapult, a lance, an aero-bike, a {{witch hunt}}, or TheBlackDeath.

--> '''Diego:''' Wait, Goku is an adult, but Piccolo is evil, so are we doing ''Manga/DragonBall'' or ''Anime/DragonBallZ''?
--> '''Goku:''' Just be glad we're not doing ''[[Anime/DragonBallGT Dragon Ball GT]]''.
--> ''(Goku and Diego high-five with "[[TakeThat GT STINKS]]" written in the background)''

* The [[GainaxEnding end]] of ''Not A Fan-A Montana''. [[spoiler:Elvis is in charge of everything and then they blow up the earth.]]
-->[[spoiler:And just like the ancient Mayans predicted, the world will one day end because of Miley Cyrus. Don't look it up, that's how it happened.]]

** [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "Yeah, we got their balls! ''(beat)'' Stop laughing!"]]

** "How did you know my name? Did you check my underwear?" Ken's [[AmbiguouslyGay ner]][[GettingCrapPastTheRadar vous]] AsideGlance sells the joke.

** This isn't the only episode to do so either! [[Series/TheApprentice Celebrity Ape-rentice]] pulls out Donkey Kong bringing up [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong stealing a princess]] [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry in a past life]], [[Series/FranklinAndBash Franklin and]] [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot Crash]] had the titular duo try to defend [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy The Prince rolling up things in his Katamari and ruining society because of it because his dad accidently destroyed the stars]], and did we mention that ''Gaming's Next Top Princess'' managed to sneak in [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} FE]][[BestKnownForTheFanservice LI]][[GettingCrapPastTheRadar CIA]] into the photos?! Yeah, they know their games and how to make it hilarious!

* The ''Film/LoveStory'' parody has several, especially when Jenny lies dying from "Old Movie Disease," which inexplicably turns her more beautiful by the second. In its final stages, it even straightens her teeth and bolsters her bust.
** When the male lead walks through Central Park, asking what can be said about what can be said about how unrealistic its idealized depictions of death, college campuses and New York City are, from Heaven, [[SirSwearsALot Jenny]] [[AtomicFBomb screams]], "[[PrecisionFStrike BULL]][[SymbolSwearing #$%&!]]"

* Annette Funicello comments on how much more violent and gory beach movies have become between her movies and ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. One of the other characters agrees, but adds that ''Jaws'' is still almost as nauseating as her work.

* The parody of the 1966 ''Series/Batman1966'' TV series is hilarious, featuring some of Mort Drucker's best work. One panel in particular shows the Dynamic Duo entering the commissioner's office through the window, Batman riding on the back of his sidekick, who has a perfectly deadpan expression, as if this happens all the time.

* ''11 Ways Jeopardy! Contestants Can Really Piss Off Alex Trebek'' has the contestants plugging Lenscrafters during their interview time, giving episode titles from ''The Jerry Springer Show'' as questions, and bringing in a sock puppet to answer questions for them. #11 on the list? [[WithLyrics Singing along to the Final Jeopardy theme music]].

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* The parody of the 1966 ''Series/{{Batman}}'' TV series is hilarious, featuring some of Mort Drucker's best work. One panel in particular shows the Dynamic Duo entering the commissioner's office through the window, Batman riding on the back of his sidekick, who has a perfectly deadpan expression, as if this happens all the time.

** Right before this confession, Superduperman vanquished [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/CaptainMarvel Captain Marbles]]]] by [[spoiler: tricking him into punching himself in the face, which somehow causes him to explode]].

-->'''Lord Shen''': [[LampshadeHanging I know]], but [[CaptainObvious firing these things is so addictive]].

* ''[[Series/GreysAnatomy Grey's]] in {{Anime}}'', especially when the patient starts hallucinating his operation as an anime mashup of ''Manga/DragonBall Z'', ''Anime/YuGiOh'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'', and a [[HumongousMecha giant robot]] anime.

--> '''Diego:''' Wait, Goku is an adult, but Piccolo is evil, so are we doing ''Anime/DragonBall'' or ''Anime/DragonBallZ''?

** For veteran Pokemon fans, Ash [[ShipTease flirting with]] [[FanPreferredCouple Misty]] is both this and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming adorable]].

** This isn't the only episode to do so either! [[Series/TheApprentice Celebrity Ape-rentice]] pulls out Donkey Kong bringing up [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong stealing a princess]] [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry in a past life]], [[Series/FranklinAndBash Franklin and]] [[Franchise/CrashBandicoot Crash]] had the titular duo try to defend [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy The Prince rolling up things in his Katamari and ruining society because of it because his dad accidently destroyed the stars]], and did we mention that ''Gaming's Next Top Princess'' managed to sneak in [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} FE]][[BestKnownForTheFanservice LI]][[GettingCrapPastTheRadar CIA]] into the photos?! Yeah, they know their games and how to make it hilarious!

* Some of the product ads, like the Wolver-Clean, [[Main/HulkSpeak Hulked on Phonics]] ("We take credit card"!), Sponge-Wow, and the Bieber Bowl.

* Franchise/WinnieThePooh [[RunningGag repeatedly]] ''mauling'' Bear Grylls on ''[[Series/ManVsWild Mad vs Wild]]''