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1	->''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA V]] has such a robotic sense of humor that Jenny [=McCarthy=] has linked it to [=PS3=] vaccinations. If a forensic psychologist found a poem on a suicide victim called "WHY EVERYONE IN MY HIGH SCHOOL SUCKS," his summary of that poem would be identical to any gag in Grand Theft Auto V. Each one follows the same two-step structure: Clearly explain what it's mocking, then nothing else. It'd be almost sad if it wasn't so mean-spirited.''
2	-->-- '''Creator/{{Seanbaby}}''', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-critics-love-about-gta-v-that-actually-suck/ 5 Things Critics Love About GTA V That Actually Suck]]''
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4	->(''on how to do Mark Zuckerberg'')\
5	'''[[Film/TheSocialNetwork Jesse Eisenberg]]:''' Well, I just speak in short, clipped sentences and keep my head very still... but I love your Mark Zuckerberg. How do you do it?\
6	'''Creator/AndySamberg:''' I wear this sweatshirt and I say "I am Mark Zuckerberg!"
7	-->-- Creator/JesseEisenberg's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z062t8XSm5Q SNL skit]]
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9	->"See, it's a parody of ''Film/ThreeHundred'', they do everything that happened in ''300,'' only it's funny because it's not ''300'', it's ''Film/MeetTheSpartans!"''
10	-->-- ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow''
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12	->"You remember how in the Creator/MikeMyers' film ''Film/TheLoveGuru'', there's that bit where they do an exact shot for shot reproduction of Music/{{Extreme}}'s "More Than Words", without any jokes or parodic elements, because the joke is that they're reminding you about something you know about and they're doing it this time, rather than the original people? No, of course you don't, because The Love Guru is a painfully unfunny movie with no redeeming qualities whatsoever."
13	-->-- A [[Website/SomethingAwful Something Awful]] poster on ''Film/TheLoveGuru''
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15	->''"I dreamed I was in a show that constantly makes pop culture references but never really makes jokes about them..."''
16	-->-- '''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo''', ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}}''
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18	->Someone should show these two the meaning of "parody". It does not mean dress up like famous people while making fart noises.
19	-->-- '''Watchmojo.com''' on ''Film/DisasterMovie''
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21	->''"Good parody comes from a true understanding of what you're satirizing, capturing its strengths while playfully acknowledging its flaws, and you can't do that if your concern is [[ReferenceOverdosed squeezing in reference after reference]], because you don't have time to let the environment or the characters you create and/or mock sink in."''
22	-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj3ZOF6A3MM Is Parody Dead?]]''
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24	->''"This is one of the rare instances where the writers jumped on a pop culture phenomenon too early. This came out before the first ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Harry Potter]]'' movie, so it leans more into "generic wizard school" than anything resembling the style or atmosphere of the source material. This thing is so generic they had to put Harry Potter in the classroom just so the parody reads."''
25	-->-- '''WebVideo/TheRealJims''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVnzmhqTvao Top 20 Worst Treehouse of Horror Segments]]'', on "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E1TreehouseOfHorrorXII Wiz Kids]]"
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27	->''"Like, this is why you shouldn't parody things you hate: it all too often just gets ''snippy''."''
28	-->-- '''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter''' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvPH_GXNMpE his commentary on his review]] of the ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' movie poorly parodying their rival show ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
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30	->''The basic idea is that Mao tries to play an ukulele to a monster to calm it down, but SIKE the monster tries to EAT THEM anyway because REALISM.''
31	->''It's kinda obnoxious. And moreover, it's not... very representative of SU.''
32	->''Never once has SU portrayed this world where you can just steamroll the motivations of others and force them to be happy.''
33	-->-- '''[[https://faelapis.tumblr.com/post/187357538189/whats-mao-mao faelapis]]''' on why ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'''s supposed AffectionateParody of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' falls flat.

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