Parodies, also called spoofs, imitate the mannerisms, style or appearance of a work in a silly way for comic effect.

Of course, there's [[BlackComedy more]] than [[HurricaneOfPuns "pun"]] type of [[ComedyTropes comedy]]...

See also MetaTropeIntro for a comparison with many other ways that a trope can be used.
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!!Tropes
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'''Main topic:'''
+ {{Parody}}

'''Categories:'''
+ AbridgedSeriesTropes
+ StockParodies
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* TheAbridgedHistory: {{Parody}}ing and shortening real-life History.
* TheAbridgedSeries: A GagDub where a work is abbreviated and alters character personalities and plot points to make the story funnier.
* AdamWesting: A celebrity plays a parody of themselves.
* AffectionateParody: It's clear that the people behind the parody are fans of the work being parodied and that the spoof is being made out of love rather than malice.
* TheAhnold: AffectionateParody of 80's Action heroes.
* AnimeOpeningParody: When a work parodies or imitates typical [[AnimeThemeSong anime openings]].
* AntiLoveSong: A love song parody, often one that instead describes the singer's animosity towards the person they're singing about.
* BatmanParody: A parody of Creator/DCComics superhero {{Franchise/Batman}}.
* BlaxploitationParody: A parody of blaxploitation films.
* ClickbaitGag: Making fun of online clickbait articles.
* DarkParody: A [[BlackComedy darkly humorous]] parody which is far more disturbing than the source material that it's spoofing.
* DeconstructiveParody: The parody takes the tropes, plot devices, and character traits of the work being spoofed, and either depicts them realistically or exaggerates them to ludicrous levels.
* DeniedParody: It seems like a parody, but the creators insist it is not.
* DepravedKidsShowHost: A kids' show host who secretly or blatantly has no place in children's programming.
* DerailedFairyTale
* DisneyOwnsThisTrope
* EqualOpportunityOffender: A comedian whose jokes take the piss out of ''everyone''.
* FanMusic
* FilkSong
* LeFilmArtistique: parody of art films, especially French ones.
* FourthWallPortrait
* FracturedFairyTale
* GagDub: Dubbing over a work with different dialogue and audio to make it sound funnier.
* GagSub: A work with dialogue in another language is given fake subtitles to create a funnier mistranslation.
* HashtagForLaughs
* HomageDerailment
* IndecisiveParody
* KitschyLocalCommercial: Local commercials that are deliberately of poor quality.
* MayTheFarceBeWithYou: A parody of ''Franchise/StarWars''.
* MockHeadroom: Parodies of ''Series/MaxHeadroom''.
* NarrowParody: Spoofing a work that is fairly recent.
* NewsParody
* OfficialParody
* OneJokeFakeShow: A ShowWithinAShow parody of popular television boiled down to one gag.
* ParallelPornTitles: A porn parody of a non-pornographic work.
* ParodiedTrope: A specific trope or cliche gets humorously spoofed to the point of absurdity.
* ParodyAssistance: People involved with the work being parodied help in making the parody.
* ParodyCommercial: A comedy sketch consisting of a commercial for a fictional product.
* ParodyDisplacement: The parody becomes more well-known than the work being parodied.
* ParodyEpisode
* ParodyMagicSpell
* ParodyNames
* ParodyProductPlacement: A parody of the Hostess Fruit Pies comic book ads where the heroes either stopped villains from stealing Hostess products or used Hostess products to defeat the villain.
* ParodyReligion
* ParodyRetcon: The creators claim a work to be a parody after the fact in an attempt to deflect criticisms.
* ParodySue
* ParodyVideoGames
* PeterPanParody
* PoesLaw: When it becomes hard to tell if the person is being facetious or if they're actually being serious.
* PompousPoliticalPundit (frequent use as a Fox News Channel satire/parody)
* PostModernism
* RaidersOfTheLostParody
* RealTrailerFakeMovie: A movie trailer parody consisting of a trailer for a movie that doesn't exist.
* TheRealSpoofbusters: A ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' parody.
* RedundantParody: The parody makes fun of something about the work being parodied that was already poked fun at by the work in question.
* SatireParodyPastiche
* SatireAndSwitch
* SelfParody: A work which spoofs ''[[SelfDeprecation itself]]'' (like an episode of a TV show that makes fun of its own tropes and clichés, or an artist making fun of one of his pervious works).
* ShallowParody: A parody, often a mean-spirited one, that isn't really an accurate portrayal of the work being spoofed.
* SitcomHomageEpisode
* SoapWithinAShow: A spoof of soap operas.
* SoapOperaOrganScore: A tremolo electric organ announces a SoapWithinAShow parody or other soap-opera-like, comically [[{{melodrama}} melodramatic]] situation.
* SongParody: A parody of a song.
* SpoofAesop: Poking fun at the morals and lessons some works tend to have at the end.
* SpoofedTheIronicFilmSeriously: Parodying a work that was already comedic or satirical as if the original work was actually serious.
* SpoofedWithTheirOwnWords: The parody copies actual dialogue from the work being spoofed word for word just to show how ridiculous it sounded in its original context.
* SpoofingSpoofiness: A parody of a parody.
* SpiderManSendUp
* StealthParody: A parody is made to be taken seriously by the people it is making fun of.
* StylisticSelfParody: A work pokes fun at its own art style and character designs.
* SubvertedKidsShow: A parody of a work of children's media that is loaded with lots of content that really isn't appropriate for kids.
* SubvertedSitcom: A parody of a classic sitcom that deconstructs and plays the familiar sitcom tropes [[PlayedForHorror for horror]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: A song or piece of music that sounds like a copyright-friendly imitation of another song or piece of music.
* TrailerSpoof
* WhereNoParodyHasGoneBefore: A parody of ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
* WeirdCrossover: A (parodic) {{crossover}} in which humor is derived from the juxtaposition of two ''vastly different'' works of fiction.
* WildlifeCommentarySpoof
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