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* The ''Literature/HorribleHistories'' series.

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* ''ComicBook/TheCartoonHistoryOfTheUniverse'' series by Larry Gonick. Although it does go quite a bit into actual history and facts and dates, the panels and commentary are drawn in a way that is meant to be both humorous and educational.

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* ''Literature/TheDeclineAndFallOfPracticallyEverybody'' by Will Cuppy

Uncle trope to TheAbridgedSeries, which parodies history in a similar fashion. The aim of TheAbridgedHistory is to entertain rather than educate, making plenty of {{Historical In Joke}}s and generally playing by the RuleOfFunny rather than sticking to boring facts. Genuine historical facts (the stranger the better) will be mixed in with debunked legends, anachronistic absurdities and HistoricalCharacterConfusion.

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* The cartoon series ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}} Histeria!]]''

* ''Literature/ItAllStartedWithColumbus''

Uncle trope to TheAbridgedSeries, which parodies history in a similar fashion. The aim of TheAbridgedHistory is to entertain rather than educate, making plenty of {{Historical In Joke}}s and generally playing by the RuleOfFunny rather than sticking to boring facts. Genuine historical facts (the stranger the better) will be mixed in with debunked legends and anachronistic absurdities.

* The ''ComicBook/CartoonHistoryOfTheUniverse'' series by Larry Gonick. Although it does go quite a bit into actual history and facts and dates, the panels and commentary are drawn in a way that is meant to be both humorous and educational.

* ''[[Theatre/TheCompleteHistoryOfAmericaAbridged The Complete History of America (Abridged)]]'' and ''[[Theatre/TheCompleteMillenniumMusicalAbridged The Complete Millennium Musical (Abridged)]]'' both by TheReducedShakespeareCompany.

-->--''Literature/DaveBarrySleptHere'', introduction

* Creator/MelBrooks: ''HistoryOfTheWorldPartI''
* The JackBlack movie ''YearOne'' is something like this, with biblical stories.

-->--''DaveBarry Slept Here'', introduction

Uncle trope to TheAbridgedSeries, which parodies history in a similar fashion. The aim of TheAbridgedHistory is to entertain rather than educate, making plenty of {{Historical In Joke}}s and generally playing by the RuleOfFunny rather than sticking to boring facts.

* DaveBarry did something similar with his "Year in Review" annual feature. He collected some of these into another book which also started off with an abridged history in the same style as ''Dave Barry Slept Here'' book.

* The ''CartoonHistoryOfTheUniverse'' (which covers the big bang to Columbus) and it's sequel, ''History of the Modern World'' (everything after 1492) series by Larry Gonick. Although it does go quite a bit into actual history and facts and dates, the panels and commentary are drawn in a way that is meant to be both humorous and educational.

* ''[[Theatre/TheCompleteHistoryOfAmericaAbridged The Complete History of America (Abridged)]]'' and ''[[Theatre/TheCompleteMillenniumMusicalAbridged The Complete Millennium Musical (Abridged)'' both by TheReducedShakespeareCompany.

* ''[[Theatre/TheCompleteHistoryOfAmericaAbridged The Complete History of America (Abridged)]]''

-->''"We have left out the dull parts. Take, for example, the Role of the Plow in the Settlement of Nebraska. "The hell with the Role of the Plow in the Settlement of Nebraska"--that is our motto. This philosophy left us with plenty of extra room, which enabled us to provide you, the reader, with large, restful expanses of white space, as well as numerous riveting 'behind-the-scenes' historical anecdotes that you will not find in a normal history book because we made them up."''

* Creator/MelBrooks: ''Film/TheHistoryOfTheWorldPartOne''

* Creator/MelBrooks: ''The History of the World, Part One''
* The JackBlack movie YearOne is something like this, with biblical stories.

* Two modern history sequels to ''1066'' by different authors: ''1984 And All That'' and ''1966 And All That''.
* ''It All Started With Columbus''
* ''DaveBarry Slept Here''
* DaveBarry did something similar with his "Year in Review" annual feature. He collected some of these into another book which also started off with an abridged history in the same style has his "Slept Here" book.
* ''The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody'' by Will Cuppy

* The ''Horrible Histories'' series.
* The Daily Show's ''America: The Book''
* ''Scotland: A Very Peculiar History - Volume 1: With No Added Haggis'' and ''Volume 2: With No Added Bagpipes''.

* ''The Complete History of America (Abridged)''

* ''[[Literature/TenSixtySixAndAllThat 1066 and All That]]: a Memorable History of England, Comprising All the Parts You Can Remember, Including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates'' (OlderThanTelevision)
** Two modern history sequels to ''1066'' by different authors: ''1984 And All That'' and ''1966 And All That''.

** He did something similar with his "Year in Review" annual feature. He collected some of these into another book which also started off with an abridged history in the same style has his "Slept Here" book.

* The CartoonHistoryOfTheUniverse (which covers the big bang to Columbus) and it's sequel, History of the Modern World (everything after 1492) series by Larry Gonick. Although it does go quite a bit into actual history and facts and dates, the panels and commentary are drawn in a way that is meant to be both humorous and educational.

* MelBrooks: ''The History of the World, Part One''

** He did something similar with his "Year in Review" annual feature. He collected some of these into another book which also started off with an abridged history in the same style has his "Slept Here" book.

* The ''Horrible Histories'' series.

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* ''1066 and All That: a Memorable History of England, Comprising All the Parts You Can Remember, Including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates'' (OlderThanTelevision)

* The cartoon series ''[[{{ptitle17u4r74z}} Histeria!]]''

->''We have left out the dull parts. Take, for example, the Role of the Plow in the Settlement of Nebraska. "The hell with the Role of the Plow in the Settlement of Nebraska"--that is our motto. This philosophy left us with plenty of extra room, which enabled us to provide you, the reader, with large, restful expanses of white space, as well as numerous riveting "behind-the-scenes" historical anecdotes that you will not find in a normal history book because we made them up.''

** Two modern history sequels to ''1066'' by different authors ''1984 And All That'' and ''1966 And All That''.

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