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* The classic 1962 novelty hit "The MonsterMash" was performed by Bobby Pickett in an obvious Creator/BorisKarloff imitation. {{Subverted|Trope}} when Karloff himself performed it in the 1965 Halloween episode of "Shindig!" That particular performance was lost; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXLQAGJoz3k a recreation]] was posted on Website/YouTube.

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* The classic 1962 novelty hit "The MonsterMash" was performed by Bobby Pickett in an obvious Creator/BorisKarloff imitation. {{Subverted|Trope}} when Karloff himself performed it in the 1965 Halloween episode of "Shindig!" That particular performance was lost; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXLQAGJoz3k a recreation]] was posted on Website/YouTube.Platform/YouTube.
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* Music/JonLajoie's WTF Collective 1 and 2 have this. MC Fatigue is Sean Paul, MC Final Verse is 50 Cent, MC Confusing is probably Music/LilWayne (or ''Relapse''-era Music/{{Eminem}} with the nasal voice and random celebrity namedrops), MC Inappropriate Rhymes chains together several of Music/{{Eminem}}'s favourite [[UnacceptableTargets sick jokes of the time]] (Creator/MichaelJFox, Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/HeathLedger) but has Music/KanyeWest's mannerisms, and the Chorus Guy is supposed to represent how PopRap songs will have some random non-rapper sing the chorus.

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* Music/JonLajoie's WTF Collective 1 and 2 have this. MC Fatigue is Sean Paul, MC Final Verse is 50 Cent, MC Confusing is probably Music/LilWayne (or ''Relapse''-era Music/{{Eminem}} with the nasal voice and random celebrity namedrops), MC Inappropriate Rhymes chains together several of Music/{{Eminem}}'s favourite [[UnacceptableTargets sick jokes of the time]] time (Creator/MichaelJFox, Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/HeathLedger) but has Music/KanyeWest's mannerisms, and the Chorus Guy is supposed to represent how PopRap songs will have some random non-rapper sing the chorus.

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* The AnimatedMusicVideo to Music/{{Disturbed}}'s CoverVersion of Music/{{Genesis|Band}}' "Music/LandOfConfusion" cover features a (possible) Zakk Wylde look-alike, amongst others. Could be a reference to the original video, which featured multiple celebrity puppets. There's also the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Sniper]] on the back of the album it's from, ''Ten Thousand Fists''.
** Speaking of the original, that version completely {{avert|ed}}s this trope. flaunting satirical caricatures of scores of celebrities of the day. Most famously, American President UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan himself.

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* The AnimatedMusicVideo to Music/{{Disturbed}}'s CoverVersion of Music/{{Genesis|Band}}' "Music/LandOfConfusion" cover features a (possible) Zakk Wylde look-alike, amongst others. Could be a reference to the original video, which featured multiple celebrity puppets. There's also the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Sniper]] on the back of the album it's from, ''Ten Thousand Fists''.
** Speaking of the original, that version
Fists''. The original version, meanwhile, completely {{avert|ed}}s this trope. flaunting Tying in with its status as a spinoff of ''Series/SpittingImage'', the Genesis video flaunts satirical caricatures of scores of celebrities of the day. Most famously, American President UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan himself.



* The video for Music/FrankZappa's "You Are What You Is" features a pretty blatant spoof of then president UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan.

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* The video for Music/FrankZappa's "You Are What You Is" "Music/YouAreWhatYouIs" features a pretty blatant spoof of then president UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan.UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan. The fact that said parody is put in an electric chair was a factor in Creator/{{MTV}}'s decision to ban the video from airplay.
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* The AnimatedMusicVideo to Music/{{Disturbed}}'s CoverVersion of Music/{{Genesis|Band}}'s "Music/LandOfConfusion" cover features a (possible) Zakk Wylde look-alike, amongst others. Could be a reference to the original video, which featured multiple celebrity puppets. There's also the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Sniper]] on the back of the album it's from, ''Ten Thousand Fists''.

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* The AnimatedMusicVideo to Music/{{Disturbed}}'s CoverVersion of Music/{{Genesis|Band}}'s Music/{{Genesis|Band}}' "Music/LandOfConfusion" cover features a (possible) Zakk Wylde look-alike, amongst others. Could be a reference to the original video, which featured multiple celebrity puppets. There's also the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Sniper]] on the back of the album it's from, ''Ten Thousand Fists''.
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* The AnimatedMusicVideo to Music/{{Disturbed}}'s "Music/LandOfConfusion" cover features a (possible) Zakk Wylde look-alike, amongst others. Could be a reference to the original video, which featured multiple celebrity puppets. There's also the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Sniper]] on the back of the album it's from, ''Ten Thousand Fists''.

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* The AnimatedMusicVideo to Music/{{Disturbed}}'s CoverVersion of Music/{{Genesis|Band}}'s "Music/LandOfConfusion" cover features a (possible) Zakk Wylde look-alike, amongst others. Could be a reference to the original video, which featured multiple celebrity puppets. There's also the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Sniper]] on the back of the album it's from, ''Ten Thousand Fists''.
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* The AnimatedMusicVideo to Music/{{Disturbed}}'s "[[Music/{{Genesis}} Land of Confusion]]" cover features a (possible) Zakk Wylde look-alike, amongst others. Could be a reference to the original video, which featured multiple celebrity puppets. There's also the [[VideoGame/{{TeamFortress2}} Sniper]] on the back of the album it's from, ''Ten Thousand Fists''.

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* The AnimatedMusicVideo to Music/{{Disturbed}}'s "[[Music/{{Genesis}} Land of Confusion]]" "Music/LandOfConfusion" cover features a (possible) Zakk Wylde look-alike, amongst others. Could be a reference to the original video, which featured multiple celebrity puppets. There's also the [[VideoGame/{{TeamFortress2}} [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Sniper]] on the back of the album it's from, ''Ten Thousand Fists''.

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* Music/JonLajoie's WTF Collective 1 and 2 have this. MC Fatigue is Sean Paul, MC Final Verse is 50 Cent, MC Confusing is probably Music/LilWayne (or ''Relapse''-era Music/{{Eminem}} with the nasal voice and random celebrity namedrops), MC Inappropriate Rhymes chains together several of Music/{{Eminem}}'s favourite [[UnacceptableTargets sick jokes of the time]] (Creator/MichaelJFox, Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/HeathLedger), and the Chorus Guy is supposed to represent how PopRap songs will have some random non-rapper sing the chorus.

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* Music/JonLajoie's WTF Collective 1 and 2 have this. MC Fatigue is Sean Paul, MC Final Verse is 50 Cent, MC Confusing is probably Music/LilWayne (or ''Relapse''-era Music/{{Eminem}} with the nasal voice and random celebrity namedrops), MC Inappropriate Rhymes chains together several of Music/{{Eminem}}'s favourite [[UnacceptableTargets sick jokes of the time]] (Creator/MichaelJFox, Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/HeathLedger), Creator/HeathLedger) but has Music/KanyeWest's mannerisms, and the Chorus Guy is supposed to represent how PopRap songs will have some random non-rapper sing the chorus.

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* Music/JonLajoie's WTF Collective 1 and 2 have this. MC Fatigue is Sean Paul, MC Final Verse is 50 Cent, MC Confusing is probably Music/LilWayne (or ''Relapse''-era Music/{{Eminem}} with the nasal voice and random celebrity namedrops), MC Inappropriate Rhymes is probably Music/KanyeWest, and the Chorus Guy is supposed to represent how PopRap songs will have some random non-rapper sing the chorus.

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* Music/JonLajoie's WTF Collective 1 and 2 have this. MC Fatigue is Sean Paul, MC Final Verse is 50 Cent, MC Confusing is probably Music/LilWayne (or ''Relapse''-era Music/{{Eminem}} with the nasal voice and random celebrity namedrops), MC Inappropriate Rhymes is probably Music/KanyeWest, chains together several of Music/{{Eminem}}'s favourite [[UnacceptableTargets sick jokes of the time]] (Creator/MichaelJFox, Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/HeathLedger), and the Chorus Guy is supposed to represent how PopRap songs will have some random non-rapper sing the chorus.

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* Music/JonLajoie's WTF Collective 1 and 2 have this. MC Fatigue is Sean Paul, MC Final Verse is 50 Cent, MC Confusing is probably Music/LilWayne (or ''Relapse''-era Music/{{Eminem}} with the random celebrity namedrops), MC Inappropriate Rhymes is probably Music/KanyeWest, and the Chorus Guy is supposed to represent how PopRap songs will have some random non-rapper sing the chorus.

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* Music/JonLajoie's WTF Collective 1 and 2 have this. MC Fatigue is Sean Paul, MC Final Verse is 50 Cent, MC Confusing is probably Music/LilWayne (or ''Relapse''-era Music/{{Eminem}} with the nasal voice and random celebrity namedrops), MC Inappropriate Rhymes is probably Music/KanyeWest, and the Chorus Guy is supposed to represent how PopRap songs will have some random non-rapper sing the chorus.

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* Music/JonLajoie's WTF Collective 1 and 2 have this. MC Fatigue is Sean Paul, MC Final Verse is 50 Cent, MC Confusing is probably Music/LilWayne, MC Inappropriate Rhymes is probably Music/KanyeWest, and the Chorus Guy is supposed to represent how rap songs will have some random non-rapper sing the chorus.

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* Music/JonLajoie's WTF Collective 1 and 2 have this. MC Fatigue is Sean Paul, MC Final Verse is 50 Cent, MC Confusing is probably Music/LilWayne, Music/LilWayne (or ''Relapse''-era Music/{{Eminem}} with the random celebrity namedrops), MC Inappropriate Rhymes is probably Music/KanyeWest, and the Chorus Guy is supposed to represent how rap PopRap songs will have some random non-rapper sing the chorus.



* Music/PetShopBoys alluded to the controversy of the time about Music/{{Eminem}}'s homophobic lyrics with "The Night I Fell In Love", by writing a song in which a young gay man has an affair with a closeted hip-hop star who has pretty clear parallels to him. (Eminem responded by doing a video in which he ran the Pet Shop Boys over with a car. Stay classy, Eminem!)

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* Music/PetShopBoys alluded to the controversy of the time about Music/{{Eminem}}'s homophobic lyrics with "The Night I Fell In Love", by writing a song in which a young gay man has an affair with a closeted hip-hop star who has pretty clear parallels to him. (Eminem responded by doing with a video song in which he ran the Pet Shop Boys over with a car. Stay classy, Eminem!)car, [[AmusingInjuries though he doesn't seem to be taking it very seriously]].)
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* The video for Music/FrankZappa's "You Are What You Is" features a pretty blatant spoof of then president UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan.
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* The classic 1962 novelty hit "The MonsterMash" was performed by Bobby Pickett in an obvious Creator/BorisKarloff imitation. {{Subverted}} when Boris Karloff himself performed it in the 1965 Halloween episode of "Shindig!" That particular performance was lost; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXLQAGJoz3k a recreation]] was posted on Website/YouTube.

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* The classic 1962 novelty hit "The MonsterMash" was performed by Bobby Pickett in an obvious Creator/BorisKarloff imitation. {{Subverted}} {{Subverted|Trope}} when Boris Karloff himself performed it in the 1965 Halloween episode of "Shindig!" That particular performance was lost; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXLQAGJoz3k a recreation]] was posted on Website/YouTube.
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* A likeness of [[Music/{{Sabaton}} Joakim Brodén]] appears as a random Viking in the Music Video illustrations for Clamavi de Profundis's [[Music/{{Chieftain}} "Strong"]].
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** Speaking of the original, that version completely {{avert|ed}}s this trope. flaunting satirical caricatures of scores of celebrities of the day. Most famously, American President UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan himself.
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* The classic 1962 novelty hit "The MonsterMash" was performed by Bobby Pickett in an obvious Creator/BorisKarloff imitation.

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* The classic 1962 novelty hit "The MonsterMash" was performed by Bobby Pickett in an obvious Creator/BorisKarloff imitation. {{Subverted}} when Boris Karloff himself performed it in the 1965 Halloween episode of "Shindig!" That particular performance was lost; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXLQAGJoz3k a recreation]] was posted on Website/YouTube.
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* Pulp had numerous celebrity impersonators in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR5xGHPUEew "Bad Cover Version"]] in a parody of We Are the World/Do They Know It's Christmas-style charity videos. The impersonators range from Liam Gallagher, Robbie Williams, Rod Stewart and Tom Jones among a dozen others.
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* This is the bread and butter of many [[FilkSong Filk/Dementia]] artists, including Music/TheGreatLukeSki.
* The AnimatedMusicVideo to Music/{{Disturbed}}'s "[[Music/{{Genesis}} Land of Confusion]]" cover features a (possible) Zakk Wylde look-alike, amongst others. Could be a reference to the original video, which featured multiple celebrity puppets. There's also the [[VideoGame/{{TeamFortress2}} Sniper]] on the back of the album it's from, ''Ten Thousand Fists''.
* The classic 1962 novelty hit "The MonsterMash" was performed by Bobby Pickett in an obvious Creator/BorisKarloff imitation.
* Music/JonLajoie's WTF Collective 1 and 2 have this. MC Fatigue is Sean Paul, MC Final Verse is 50 Cent, MC Confusing is probably Music/LilWayne, MC Inappropriate Rhymes is probably Music/KanyeWest, and the Chorus Guy is supposed to represent how rap songs will have some random non-rapper sing the chorus.
* Beatallica (a satirical band performing mashups of Music/TheBeatles and Music/{{Metallica}}) already has a singer who does a dead-on James Hetfield... and they fall straight on this in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fLYlYdmP3c "And I'm Evil"]], featuring a [[Music/TheMisfits Glenn]] Music/{{Danzig}} soundalike. ("Am I Evil" was not by one of Danzig's bands, [[RuleOfFunny but...]])
* Music/PetShopBoys alluded to the controversy of the time about Music/{{Eminem}}'s homophobic lyrics with "The Night I Fell In Love", by writing a song in which a young gay man has an affair with a closeted hip-hop star who has pretty clear parallels to him. (Eminem responded by doing a video in which he ran the Pet Shop Boys over with a car. Stay classy, Eminem!)
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