History Main / WildlifeCommentarySpoof

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-->'''Narrator:''' Under the sea we find a school of Cheep-cheep, who- Oh come on! He is underwater! How is he throwing fireballs?!

* In ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' AJ does a Wildlife Commentary to animal crackers on his girlfriend's stomach in a faux British (maybe) accent.

* One of the bonuses in the ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' DVD is a movie spoof that has Sarge doing this to Grif (framed as a hunting show, naturally).

This is the rare wild Wildlife Commentary Spoof, in [[Wiki/TVTropes its natural habitat]]. What a fantastic opportunity to [[NatureDocumentary observe its natural behavior]]! Let's follow over its shoulder, camouflaged by our {{Adventurer Outfit}}s in khaki -- they'll blend in not only against the elephant and black-rhino tusks we're poaching but also against Creator/SteveIrwin. Be careful to speak in the same volume level as golf commentary, so as not to disturb the "creature" being observed.

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-->'''Narrator''': A third type of behavior usually occurs as a defensive reaction by an offender.
--> ''[A police officer investigates a briefcase in an alley, but in response is ambushed by a territorial vagabond wielding a razor, who waves it menacingly at the officer]''
-->'''Narrator''': The Taunting Jester. What he's telling you is, "Don't invade my space, or I'll attack you".
-->''[Cut to the vagabond now edited onto wildlife footage in a savannah]''
-->'''Jon''': Soon after this grandiose display, he will retreat back to his den to tend to his newborn cubs, once again secure in his domain.

-->'''Narrator''': Under the sea we find a school of Cheep-cheep, who- Oh come on! He is underwater! How is he throwing fireballs?!

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In the episode "Feeling Pinkie Keen". Twilight Sparkle does this while spying on Pinkie Pie and trying to disprove that her [[WrongContextMagic random ability]] (called Pinkie Sense) exists. She even gives Pinkie Pie the "scientific name" ''[[CanisLatinicus Pinkius piecus]]'' and wears a safari bucket hat.

* Several ''[[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]]'' cartoons would freeze an early appearance of the roadrunner and the coyote with a ''faux'' [[CanisLatinicus scientific name]] and short description.

** On skit in "The Tape" has the title character record his father fight like an animal to eat the groceries his mother brought in while his sister stole some herself, complete with CanisLatinicus names.

* WebVideo/TheTemplinInstitute does a rare non-comedic version. While the show's first narrator Larissa Thompson used a firm, flat Canadian accent that would feel at home in a MilitaryScienceFiction story, their second narrator Steven speaks with a British accent that evokes Attenborough in how he describes the fictional, fantastical sci-fi and fantasy worlds that the show covers.

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* ''Fanfic/WelcomeToTheJungle'' does it PlayedForDrama, with an anonymous whistleblower filming various less-than-legal goings-on in [[Literature/{{Worm}} Winslow High School]] and narrating in this style.

This is the rare wild Wildlife Commentary Spoof, in [[Wiki/TVTropes its natural habitat]]. What a fantastic opportunity to [[NatureDocumentary observe its natural behavior]]! Let's follow over its shoulder, camouflaged by our {{Adventurer Outfit}}s in khaki -- they'll blend in not only against the elephant and black-rhino tusks we're poaching but also against [[Series/CrocodileHunter Steve Irwin]]. Be careful to speak in the same volume level as golf commentary, so as not to disturb the "creature" being observed.

* '''Voice''': Often [[BriefAccentImitation the 'documentarian' will affect an accent]] of the wildlife adventurer or commentator of their choice. Popular English language examples are Creator/DavidAttenborough's soft, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y clipped]] UsefulNotes/{{British Accent|s}} ("Hee-re, in the Amazonian rainforest..."); the iconic AwesomeAussie [[Series/CrocodileHunter Steve Irwin's]] easily recognizable UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent ("Crikey! She's a beauty!"); Creator/JacquesCousteau's famous French accent; and imitating the voice of Creator/MorganFreeman, due to the popularity of the ''March Of The Penguins'' documentary.

* The ''WebAnimation/DorklyOriginals'' video, "If Mario Games Had Nature Documentaries", in which the narrator is repeatedly interrupted by Mario killing whatever she was filming.

'''Richard:''' Oh, that's just [[FurryReminder territorial]] [[UrineTrouble scent]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar marking]].\\

* In Portugal, Herman Jose had a recurring skit where he channeled an English-speaking Attenborough ersatz with a Brazilian Portuguese voice-over usually as means to criticize behavior foibles: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIZs3W3k7l4 case in point]].

* '''Voice''': Often [[BriefAccentImitation the 'documentarian' will affect an accent]] of the wildlife adventurer or commentator of their choice. Popular English language examples are Creator/DavidAttenborough's soft, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y clipped]] UsefulNotes/{{British Accent|s}} ("Hee-re, in the Amazonian rainforest..."); the iconic AwesomeAussie [[Series/CrocodileHunter Steve Irwin's]] easily recognizable UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent ("Crikey! She's a beauty!"); Creator/JacquesCousteau's famous French accent; and recently, imitating the voice of Creator/MorganFreeman, due to the popularity of the ''March Of The Penguins'' documentary.

A DeadHorseTrope variation would have an elderly man commenting, "While Jim is wrestling the giant alligator [or some other deadly place we've just left Jim], I'd like to take a moment to talk to you about life insurance." This based on the ''Series/MutualOfOmahasWildKingdom'' series, popular in the 1960s and 1970s. (Marlin Perkins got too old to go out into the field and began doing commentary - and commercial breaks - from the studio, hence the comedy.)

This is the rare wild Wildlife Commentary Spoof, in [[Wiki/TVTropes its natural habitat]]. What a fantastic opportunity to [[NatureDocumentary observe its natural behavior]]! Let's follow over its shoulder, camouflaged by our {{Adventurer Outfit}}s in khaki -- they'll blend in not only against the elephant and black-rhino tusks we're poaching, but also against [[Series/CrocodileHunter Steve Irwin]]. Be careful to speak in the same volume level as golf commentary, so as not to disturb the "creature" being observed.

* '''Content''': The character being observed will often be given a [[BinomiumRidiculus fake "scientific name"]] in DogLatin, that usually sounds like some funny or insulting description of the person. ("Here we have the ''stupidus idius'', the dumbest creature on the planet...") There may also be references to a character's "mating habits" or a "courting ritual" as a common joke, especially if this is what is [[DatePeepers prompting the spying in the first place]]. Sometimes the joke ends with a "tune in next week!" line, saying they will observe more behavior from the subject, or sometimes promising dangerous and crazy stunts with animals ("Tune in next week, where I'll crawl inside a tiger's mouth and tickle its stomach! ForScience!") or alluding to more observations of the 'animal'.

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* There are a set of Geico commercials where there's an 'animal adventure' guy imitating David Attenborough watches the Geico Gecko doing various every day activities like filling papers and going to a cafe. He ducks behind bushes (and trash cans) as he does so, wearing full safari gear.

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* In ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' AJ does a Wildlife Commentary to animal crackers on his girlfriends stomach in a faux British (maybe) accent.

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-->'''Grant:''' Right, here we have a very rare sight--the Burrowing Belleci. He's almost formed his little burrow, and that'll be his home for the next five years.

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* In Germany, Bernhard Grzimek and to a lesser extent, Heinz Sielmann were targets for parodies like that. Creator/{{Loriot}} did one on the former.

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* A random encounter in VideoGame/ImprobableIsland has you fight David Attenborough after he does one of these on you, and inadvertantly insults you while doing so.

* ''VideoGame/{{Awesomenauts}}'' has the the [=DLC=] of the Wildlife Announcer, a David Attenborough-esque narrator that portrays the fight as a nature documentary.

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* ''WebVideo/OzzyManReviews'': Ozzy Man dubs videos of various things (not just nature) in a Steve Irwin-esque accent but with wayyy more cursing. Available on Facebook and [=YouTube=]. His top choice is a good animal fight, often with an underdog or a surprisingly cheeky bastard. Other popular videos are about animal attacks, mating behaviour or videos with heartwarming or funny footage (parenting, animals helping each other, confused penguins and so on). Concrete examples would be "Black Cat & Big Fuck Off Rat" or "Mongoose vs. Lion". Commentaries of people often have this angle as well because of the way Ozzy Man refers to men and women: The humans, this mammal, a sheila or that wanker.

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** On skit in "The Tape" has the title character record his father fight like an animal to eat the groceries him mother brought in while his sister stole some herself, complete with CanisLatinicus names.

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