A ''pastiche'' is a work done InTheStyleOf another artist. It may reflect a single work by a single artist, or a body of work by one or more artists, or even an entire genre. The difference between a FanFic, which reuses characters or settings from another work, and a pastiche, is that the pastiche copies the ''tone'' and ''flavor'' of its original. A work can, of course, be both a {{fanfic}} ''and'' a pastiche, but pastiche is all about the ''style''.

A pastiche may be created as an {{homage}} to the original artist, or it may be intended as a gentle {{parody}}. The distinction is not important--although an exaggerated parody that did not actually reflect the style of the original would ''not'' be a pastiche. A pastiche which doesn't show ''some'' respect for the original would be a very difficult thing to pull off. Most pastiches are created in a spirit of fun, which can often make it hard to determine whether the creator intended parody or homage--or even, possibly, both. (An exception to the just-for-fun rule is in Academia, where a pastiche may be created as a {{Deconstruction}} of the original, but such works rarely reach--or are intended for--a broad audience.)

A good pastiche can be a hard thing to pull off, and many an excellent artist has crashed and burned in the attempt. Using someone else's style is simply not an easy thing, especially without avoiding accusations of TheyCopiedItSoItSucks. In fact, it's often inevitable that good pastiches will still get this accusation. Nevertheless, a decent pastiche is enjoyable enough for both artist and audience that there is no shortage of artists willing to give it a try.

See also MusicalPastiche. Compare FanFic, OriginalFlavor, {{Parody}}, {{Satire}}, ParodiedTrope, WholePlotReference and InTheStyleOf.
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[[folder:Advertising]]
* In July of 2022, the Ford Motor Company released a two-minute advertisement for their souped-up off-road pickup truck, the F-150 Raptor R, titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h0k8LqKZoM Raptor R: Scary Fast]]", as a pastiche of old horror movies. Comes complete with a grainy overlay at the beginning and the end, crimson-and-cobalt lighting galore, {{Jump Cut}}s and {{Smash Cut}}s, all set in the dead of night in a desert under a {{Gigantic|Moon}} BadMoonRising. It's SugarWiki/BetterThanItSounds.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Anime/Gekiganger3'', the ShowWithinAShow of ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' is a pastiche of classic SuperRobot anime of the 1970s and '80s such as ''Manga/GetterRobo'', ''Anime/CombattlerV'', and ''Anime/VoltesV''.
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' is a pastiche of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' only made for an adult audience, heavily borrowing its art-style, animation and episode structure. The English Dub also includes references to PPG in various voice lines.
* ''Manga/PhantomThiefPokemon7'' is a pastiche of GentlemanThief and PhantomThief fiction. It would probably be a stereotypical example if it weren't for the fact it was a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} spinoff.
* ''Manga/YuriotaNiYuriWaGohattoDesu'': A pastiche of ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'', and other works in the "yuri in a Catholic girls' school" genre. Fuyu is a fan of these works, and she attends Oshibana hoping to see similar yuri happen "in the wild" -- and it does -- but [[OutsideContextProblem the sudden appearance]] of a GyaruGirl throws a wrench into her plans and threatens to upset her beautiful yuri-centric worldview.
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[[folder:Art]]
* Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder's early works, especially "De Dulle Griet", were almost a pastiche of Creator/HieronymusBosch's art.
* Pastiches of Creator/AlphonseMucha's ArtNouveau poster art, with elegant women posing within stylised decorative frames, are practically a fan art genre in their own right.
-->Sometimes I spend a lot of time coming up with clever art styles and visual references for the Skin Horse wallpapers, and sometimes I say, “Forget it, Mucha pastiches always look good.”
--->— Shaenon K. Garrity, artist on ''Webcomic/SkinHorse''
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* The anthology series ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' includes several examples:
** "Batsman" is done in the style of a ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' Magazine parody.
** "Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder" is drawn in the style of a Golden Age Batman comic and is written accordingly as well. Batman and Robin smile throughout the story, deliver wisecracks and best the villains via a clever scheme. The first page is a splash panel that looks like an old comic book cover, with the title appearing in the same style it used to on actual covers in those days.
* Creator/RobertCrumb also enjoys making pastiches of other comics now and then, like ''ComicBook/OmahaTheCatDancer'', for instance.
* ''ComicBook/DeKiekeboes'': In the album "Vrouwen komen van Mars" the Kiekeboe family gets sucked into Marcel Kiekeboe's favorite childhood comic strip, which is a stylistic pastiche of many 1940s and 1950s Flemish comic strip series.
* Many of Creator/AlanMoore's works - especially in the latter portion of his career - are pastiches of one forerunner comic or another[[note]]According to detractors like Creator/JohnByrne, this is the ''only'' trick Moore has.[[/note]]. Perhaps the straightest example is his incomplete miniseries ''ComicBook/NineteenSixtyThree'', done in loving homage to [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Marvel comics.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* The Creator/{{Disney}} fanfic ''Fanfic/LostTalesOfFantasia'', despite being deliberately darker than a typical Disney movie, still imitates the usual Disney format by excluding swearing and sex and having regular musical numbers.
* ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfTotalDramaIsland'' (LTDI) is a pastiche of ''[[Literature/ArabianNights The Book of the Thousand and One Nights]]'', specifically the Mardrus & Mathers translation. Although ''The 1,001 Nights'' is a prose work, some of the component stories have a good deal of poetry. LTDI [[DownplayedTrope somewhat]] duplicates this feel by insertion of (mostly famous) poems at various points where they fit or enhance the scene's mood. These poems are usually part of the narrative, but characters occasionally recite them in-universe.
* Creator/HansVonHozel's... ''distinctive'' style has inspired these from other authors, particularly by way of [[http://fanfictioncdn-fictionpressllc.netdna-ssl.com/u/3042496/TheWeeklyHansvonHozelChallenge The Weekly Hans von Hozel Challenge]].
* The fanfiction ''Fanfic/ThoseWhoStandForNothingFallForAnything'' is ''Anime/DeathNote'' redone as a pastiche of ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'', complete with a psychotic first-person UnreliableNarrator and overtones of political satire.
* ''Webcomic/FutureReunion'' is a fan comic based on the manga ''Manga/SailorMoon''. The artist's style in both artwork and storytelling ability is a pastiche and fanwork, near identical to the original work.
* ''Fanfic/FortuneLoverTGSBetaSaruRipTPlusEng0Point75SincereDotZip'' is a pastiche of {{Creepypasta}} in the form of a discussion board reply that discusses her experience a GameMod of unknown provenance. It's a rather emotional story, but strictly mundane.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'': Kristoff's song "Lost in the Woods" is a pastiche of {{power ballad}}s from TheEighties, with the visuals heavily inspired by the music videos of bands like Music/REOSpeedwagon.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' is a pastiche of monster/sci-fi movies.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' is a homage to SpaghettiWestern films, full of references to classics of the genre with the twist of starring anthropomorphic {{Civilized Animal}}s. It has many elements of those movies, such as a lone gunslinger arriving at a town taken by corruption and archetypes portrayed by different animals, and Western star Creator/ClintEastwood is even referenced through the form of the Spirit of the West.
* ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'': Besides {{Fairy Tale}}s, the spin-off movies ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots2011'' and ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' draw heavily from [[{{Swashbuckler}} swashbuckling adventure movies]], including one of Puss' main inspirations, Franchise/{{Zorro}}, as well as {{Spaghetti Western}}s. The director of the latter film cited ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' in particular as an influence.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/TheArtist'' is a huge tribute to silent films, as well as Hitchcock, Ford, and other early black-and-white filmmakers.
* ''Film/TheFifthElement'' was {{Creator/Luc Besson}}'s love letter to ''Magazine/MetalHurlant''. Two of his favorite artists, [[Creator/{{Moebius}} Jean "Moebius" Giraud]] and Jean-Claude Mézieres, worked as art directors on the film.
* ''Film/DownWithLove'' serves as a glorious pastiche of wacky 60s sex comedies. Most specifically the Doris Day-Rock Hudson ones.
* ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' movie is a pastiche of Victorian-era stories.
* Most films by Creator/MelBrooks also fit in this trope. The style, the setting, the characters, the camera work are all done with love for the genre he is trying to spoof.
* Creator/QuentinTarantino's films are generally pastiches of their respective genres.
* ''Film/PacificRim'' is one giant love letter from Creator/GuillermoDelToro to the {{kaiju}} and [[HumongousMecha mecha]] genres.
* ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' is a pastiche of various horror movies, including ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'', ''Film/EvilDead2'' and ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''.
* ''{{Film/Super 8}}'' is a stylistic tribute to the classic works of Creator/StevenSpielberg, and to a lesser extent, Creator/JoeDante, in the early 1980's.
* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': Every story. Most notable in Sonmi's chapters. The film even adds some wonderful GunKata straight out of ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' to her story.
* ''Film/DISCO2017'' is a pastiche of [[TheSeventies '70's]] cinema, particularly ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''.
* ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'', based on DC Comics' [[ComicBook/TheJoker popular Batman villain]], is a pastiche of Creator/MartinScorsese's early works, including ''Film/TaxiDriver'' and ''Film/TheKingOfComedy''.
* ''Film/{{Shirley}}'' is a pastiche of Creator/ShirleyJackson's work, which is also the main conflict and discussed numerous times. Of Shirley Jackson's own novels, with a lot of ''Literature/TheYellowWallpaper'' in there. Two women are trapped in a house together like ''Literature/WeHaveAlwaysLivedInTheCastle''. There's a lot of focus on cramped, interior spaces, similar to ''Literature/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'', as well as a PseudoRomanticFriendship that develops between Shirley and Rose, [[spoiler:Rose is nearly DrivenToSuicide on one of the rare scenes outside]], and Shirley is portrayed as very agoraphobic. Meanwhile, Shirley convinces Rose to investigate the real-life disappearance that inspired ''Hangsaman'' (which she is also shown writing), and there are repeated scenes of Shirley dreaming that she is a witch and imagining various other religious rituals.rituals, which were also a major influence on ''Literature/TheLottery'' and several of Jackson's short stories.
* ''Film/TopSecret'', along with being a parody of spy movies like ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' was for disaster ones, opens with a pastiche to old beach comedies, along with a song pastiche of Music/TheBeachBoys.
* ''Film/TheThirdSaturdayInOctoberPartV'' is a pastiche of horror films and franchises that were launched in imitation of ''Film/{{Halloween|1978}}''.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Creator/StevenBrust:
** The Literature/KhaavrenRomances are a humorous (but reverent) pastiche of Creator/AlexandreDumas.
** ''Literature/ToReignInHell'' is a pastiche of Creator/RogerZelazny, especially his early mythology-based works.
* Gilbert Adair:
** ''The Act of Roger Murgatroid'' is a pastiche of Creator/AgathaChristie's style.
** ''Alice Through the Needle's Eye'' is a sequel to Creator/LewisCarroll's ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' in a pastiche of Carroll's style.
** ''Peter Pan and the Only Children'' is a sequel to J. M. Barrie's ''Literature/PeterPan'' in a pastiche of Barrie's style.
* The novel ''Wake Up, Sir!'' takes place in a contemporary setting, but is written in the style of the ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' series, the narrator being a man of questionable sanity obsessed with Creator/PGWodehouse. He employs a smoothly competent valet named [[TheJeeves Jeeves]], who [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness may or may not actually exist]].
* Literature/SherlockHolmes pastiches are too plentiful to count and have been around almost as long as the stories themselves. [[FandomSpecificPlot Common plots]] include attempts to explain [[NoodleIncident Noodle Incidents]] such as the Giant Rat of Sumatra, [[DeconstructionFic deconstructions]], and [[{{Crossover}} crossovers]].
** Creator/StephenKing wrote "The Doctor’s Case", using some of Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's favorite themes: AbusiveParents, AssholeVictim, EmpathicEnvironment (as a PlotPoint!) and ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight. It presents us a LockedRoomMystery where it is TheWatson, not the GreatDetective, who solves the case, but only partially, because GoodCannotComprehendEvil (showing us the relationship between the AmateurSleuth and the InspectorLestrade from other perspective). At the end, the culprit is LetOffByTheDetective by DestroyTheEvidence. However, The Watson has a case of ImHavingSoulPains after solving the case, noticing for the first time that his partner amazing skill is PowerAtAPrice, and that the culprits plan failed due to excessive reliance on tools, signaling VictorianLondon society as WeHaveBecomeComplacent.
** August Derleth created a pastiche by way of {{expy}} in his Literature/SolarPons series.
* Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer's short-story "The Jungle-Rot Kid on the Nod" was a simultaneous pastiche of two ''very different'' writers named Burroughs: Creator/{{Edgar Rice|Burroughs}} (creator of ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'') and Creator/{{William S|Burroughs}}. (''Literature/NakedLunch'' and ''Junky'').
* ''Literature/CloudAtlas'' is a novel written in six different genres, all of which are presented as loving genre pastiches. (In chronological order: PeriodDrama, GenteelInterbellumSetting {{Satire}}, MysteryFiction, KafkaKomedy, {{Cyberpunk}} {{Dystopia}}, and ScienceFantasy {{Adventure}}.) It's most notable in the sci-fi chapter, and the characters throughout the novel comment on the similarities between the stories and the works they evoke.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' ExpandedUniverse:
** Writer Gareth Roberts loves doing this in his ExpandedUniverse books whenever possible:
*** His novelisation of the lost Creator/DouglasAdams story ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]'' is written as a pastiche of ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' as a MythologyGag.
*** "Countdown to TV Action", a short story from ''Short Trips and Sidesteps'', is a {{Pastiche}} of the ridiculous, canon-inaccurate TV Comics ''Doctor Who'' strips. Complete with the character being named "Dr Who", being [[{{Jerkass}} gratuitously sexist and mean]], making staggering and implausible {{Bat Deduction}}s "because he's a scientist", and the generally cosy and childish tone.
*** The story "Voice from the Vortex" in ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' was a spoof of the writing in the William Hartnell-era [[TheChristmasAnnual annuals]], with CaptainErsatz villains, [[StylisticSuck atrocious illustrations, glaring inaccuracies and a nonsensical plot]].
*** "The Plotters" is a spoof of a Creator/DennisSpooner-era historical, and incorporates LeaningOnTheFourthWall elements like Creator/WilliamHartnell's signature [[{{Blooper}} line flubs]] and jokes about cheap sets.
** The Telos novella ''Ghost Ship'' is a pastiche of Creator/MRJames.
** The first chapter in ''Campaign'' is written from the first person point of view of Ian Chesterton in a style imitating the 60s Target novelisation ''Dr. Who in an Exciting Adventure With the Daleks''. [[MindScrew There turns out to be a very good reason for this]]. There are also chunks of the book that pastiche 60s ''Doctor Who'' picture books, the TV Comic strips and the board game double-spread from ''The Dalek Book''.
** The chapter in ''Eye of Heaven'' written from the Fourth Doctor's POV is done in the style of his narration from ''Radio/DoctorWhoAndThePescatons''.
* Some of author (and literature professor) David Lodge's books contain stylistic pastiches of well-known literary figures. Probably the most significant title for pastiche is ''The British Museum is Falling Down'', in which every chapter is written in a different author's style, including Creator/FranzKafka, Creator/ErnestHemingway, and Creator/JamesJoyce. His most important novel, ''Small World'', was in part a pastiche of [[Creator/GeoffreyChaucer Chaucer's]] ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''.
* Sebastian Faulks wrote the ''Literature/JamesBond'' novel ''Literature/DevilMayCare'' as a pastiche of Creator/IanFleming's works. He is even credited on the cover as "Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming".
* Creator/StephenKing's "Jerusalem's Lot", part of the story collection ''Literature/NightShift'', is an Creator/HPLovecraft pastiche, containing familiar Lovecraft elements such as a huge EldritchAbomination, a TomeOfEldritchLore, and an educated, white New Englander protagonist (though as a point of deliberate contrast to Lovecraft's often [[ValuesDissonance less than wholesome views on race]], this guy is a abolitionist) who discovers some terrible secrets regarding his family history.
* ''Literature/SolarDefendersTheRoleOfAShield'' is a story in the style of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', about what would realistically happen to [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary teenagers]] who had to deal with the stress of being {{Sentai}} heroes.
* Creator/AgathaChristie's 1929 short story collection ''Literature/PartnersInCrime'' is Christie giving {{Shout Out}}s to and/or satirizing other popular mystery writers of the day. "The Case of the Missing Lady" satirizes Literature/SherlockHolmes (the last Sherlock Holmes stories were published in 1927), "The Affair of the Pink Pearl" satirizes Literature/DrThorndyke, and, believe it or not, closing story "The Man Who Was No. 16" lampoons Christie's own Literature/HerculePoirot. This is all done specifically by her protagonist Tommy Beresford, InUniverse. Tommy and his wife Tuppence have just been put in charge of a detective agency despite having no PI experience (ItMakesSenseInContext). He tells her that, since the two of them don't know what they're doing, they might as well read detective fiction to see how it's done.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/UglyBetty'' is a pastiche of Hispanic SoapOpera, as it is an adaptation of a very popular soap opera for the American audience.
* ''Series/{{Stranger Things}}'' is a pastiche of various genres of 80s movies, including E.T., Carrie, Stand By Me, etc. For a while in the first season, the teens' storylines are a pastiche of John Hughes movies.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'' regularly has an episode that is a pastiche of a particular genre. The most well-known are their {{paintball episode}}s: "[[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]" is a pastiche of action movies, "[[Recap/CommunityS2E23AFistfulOfPaintballs A Fistful of Paintballs]]" does TheWestern and "[[spoiler:[[Recap/CommunityS2E24ForAFewPaintballsMore For A Few Paintballs More]]" pastiches the ''Franchise/StarWars''-esque "RagtagBunchOfMisfits vs. TheEmpire" type of film]]. Also notable is "[[Recap/CommunityS1E21ContemporaryAmericanPoultry Contemporary American Poultry]]" ([[TheMafia Mafia]] movies), "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemology]]" (ZombieApocalypse) and "[[Recap/CommunityS2E14AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons Advanced Dungeons and Dragons]]" (HeroicFantasy). Later seasons also examples such as "[[Recap/CommunityS3E17BasicLupineUrology Basic Lupine Urology]]" (''Franchise/LawAndOrder''), "[[Recap/CommunityS5E03BasicInterglutealNumismatics Basic Intergluteal Numismatics]]" ({{serial killer}}s), and "[[Recap/CommunityS5E05GeothermalEscapism Geothermal Escapism]]" ([[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic movies]]).
* ''Series/LifeOnMars2008'' is noted for having a grittier, harder 70s look influenced directly by ''Film/{{Get Carter|1971}}'' and classic FilmNoir in general.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** One of the most beloved periods of ''Series/DoctorWho'' was the "gothic" era from Seasons 12 to 14, which was made up of pastiches of various pulp genres, usually classic sci-fi or GothicHorror. "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E2PlanetOfEvil Planet of Evil]]" is like ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Pyramids of Mars]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]" are pure Film/HammerHorror, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin The Deadly Assassin]]" borrows from ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate'' and [[WhoShotJFK JFK assassination conspiracy theories]], "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath The Robots of Death]]" is a mixture of Creator/AgathaChristie and Creator/IsaacAsimov's [[Literature/RobotSeries Baley/Olivaw books]], and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]" mixes up Franchise/SherlockHolmes and YellowPeril {{Exploitation Film}}s.
** Creator/EricSaward often enjoyed pastiching ''Who'' writers from the show's past in his stories, with particular attention paid to Creator/RobertHolmes ([[ThoseTwoGuys double-act side characters]], CrapsackWorld cynicism) and Creator/DouglasAdams (loopy intellectual humour, witty dialogue), but BloodierAndGorier than both of these. "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock Earthshock]]" is a Holmes takeoff, and the audio drama "Slipback" is mostly Adams.
** Creator/MarkGatiss's scripts for the show are often pastiches of older show formats -- "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror The Crimson Horror]]" is a Creator/RobertHolmes GothicHorror, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E3RobotOfSherwood Robot of Sherwood]]" is very like a Dennis Spooner-era First Doctor historical (such as "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E3TheMythMakers The Myth Makers]]"), and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E9EmpressOfMars Empress of Mars]]" is ''extremely'' close to a Brian Hayles Ice Warrior story (and the UNIT era in general, using the Victorian soldiers as stand-ins for UNIT).
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has a handful of pastiche episodes and title cards:
** "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E17HellHouse Hell House]]" emulates [[FoundFootageFilms found footage]] horror films, complete with [[CameraAbuse camera abuse]] and partially effective censorship.
** "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E05MonsterMovie Monster Movie]]" is a loving pastiche of old black-and-white horror films.
** "[[Recap/SupernaturalS05E08ChangingChannels Changing Channels]]" references ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' and ''Series/{{CSI}}'' directly (at the time, they aired in the same timeslot as ''Supernatural''). Other sections of the episode are pastiches of sitcoms, Japanese game shows, and public service announcements.
** The title card for "[[Recap/SupernaturalS06E09ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve Clap Your Hands If You Believe...]]" is an ''[[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]]'' pastiche.
* Each InUniverse episode of ''Series/WandaVision'' is styled after a classic sitcom, down to the AspectRatio that would've been used at the time. Inspirations include ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', ''Series/FamilyTies'', ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', and ''Series/ModernFamily''.
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[[folder:Music]]
* About half of [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic "Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s songs are pastiches. Most of them are not, in fact, parodies of the songs they pastiche, as, though they often satirize various aspects of society or parody other works, they don't make any point about the original.
** ... but not all. "Smells Like Nirvana", for instance, directly tweaks the reputation for unintelligibility of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit", while "Six Words Long" implicitly jibes Music/GeorgeHarrison's (and before him, James Ray) "Got My Mind Set On You" for its simplicity. And "Achy Breaky Song" ("Don't play that song, that achy-breaky song") is more or less transparent -- at least, [[ParodyDisplacement for those of us who remember]] how overplayed it was in TheNineties.
** "Don't Download This Song" is an example of Weird Al doing satire. Made even funnier due to the fact that it was offered as a free download on many sites. Including his own.
** Many of his original songs imitate the style of certain artists, e.g. "Dare to Be Stupid" is a pastiche of Music/{{Devo}}, and "Mr. Popeil" is a pastiche of Music/Theb52s.
** "Craigslist" is a pastiche of the Doors (Ray Manzarek appeared on the song as a guest musician). It's so well done that sometimes people mistake it for an actual Doors song. The song was done as an homage, not a parody.
** Weird Al can go beyond artists for his pastiches. "Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me", for instance, is a pastiche of songs composed by Music/JimSteinman.
* On the other hand, the songs on the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' album ''Music/StrongBadSingsAndOtherTypeHits'' almost all parody the genres they pastiche. For instance, lyrics like "Darkness... ''the fate of the world!''" in "Moving Very Slowly" parody the overblown epic tone of much death metal, while "Circles" is one big bash on the typical college blues band.
* The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zwP9ErgIWs SCV Love Song]]" is a pastiche of BoyBand music written about ''VideoGame/StarcraftII''.
* Music/IgorStravinsky's neoclassical period consists mostly of pastiches of more traditional baroque and romantic composers.
* Music/ErikSatie wrote a few works that are a pastiche of Music/RichardWagner and Camille St. Saëns, two composers he personally loathed.
** Which ones?
* Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "About a Girl" is a pastiche of Music/TheBeatles. Kurt Cobain admits writing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as an attempt at ''"the ultimate pop song … basically trying to rip off Music/ThePixies."''
* Music/FrankZappa' s ''Music/CruisingWithRubenAndTheJets'' is both a pastiche of and a homage to 1950s doowop. Though most of his music spoofed the clichés and tropes of other musical styles, including rock and classical music.
* Ugly Kid Joe's "Neighbor" is a clear musical and lyrical pastiche of Music/{{ACDC}}.
* {{Music/Queen}} have done this a number of times:
** "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a pastiche of Music/ElvisPresley.
** "Innuendo" is a pastiche of Music/LedZeppelin.
** "Somebody to Love" is a pastiche of Music/ArethaFranklin.
** "Another One Bites The Dust" is a pastiche of Music/{{Chic}}.
* Several songs on the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries Pokémon]]'' 2.B.A Master soundtrack album are pastiches of popular artists and genres.
** The title track "2.B.A. Master" is a pastiche of Music/{{Michael Jackson}}.
** "Viridian City" is a pastiche of synthpop music.
** "What Kind Of Pokémon Are You?" is a pastiche of '80s rap groups such as Music/{{Run DMC}}.
** "My Best Friends" is a pastiche of the Tamla Motown group the Music/{{Four Tops}}.
** "Together Forever" is a pastiche of Britpop.
** "Double Trouble" is a pastiche of Music/{{The Bee Gees}} and other '70s disco artists.
* Thulcandra was formed as a side project by [[Music/{{Obscura}} Steffen Kummerer and Jurgen Zintz]] as a way of paying homage to Dissection, Necrophobic, Sacramentum, Unanimated, and various other classic other melodic black metal acts that they loved.
* Music/{{Radiohead}}'s "Permanent Daylight" is considered to be a pastiche of Music/SonicYouth.
* The back cover of [[{{Music/Pixies}} Frank Black]]'s BSide album ''Oddballs'' puts parenthetical notes about which artist a song was meant to sound like: Multiple songs are labeled as "trying to be [[Music/TheClash Strummer]]" or "Trying to be [[Music/BobDylan Dylan]]", "Village Of The Sun is labeled "trying to be [[Music/BruceSpringsteen Springsteen]] AND Dylan", and "Man Of Steel" is apparently a self-pastiche, labeled "trying to be me".
* Music/StephenSondheim often used pastiche in his musicals; most of the songs in ''Theatre/{{Follies}}'' are homages to the styles of specific composers, while ''{{Theatre/Assassins}}'' uses styles ranging from American folk songs to 1980s pop.
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[[folder:Pinballs]]
* The aliens in ''Pinball/{{Firepower}}'' are highly reminiscent of Creator/JackKirby's style, though most believe it was simply due to UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} instead of being any sort of tribute.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* Wrestling/RobConway’s theme "Just Look at Me" is based upon the music of Music/RandyNewman.
* Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr’s theme he used under the short lived Kerwin White gimmick was a Music/FrankSinatra-style crooner song.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' is generally a loving pastiche of as many SuperHero tropes as it can fit in, sometimes straying into AffectionateParody.
* ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' is a lighthearted pastiche of 1960s Martini-style SpyFiction, particularly ''Film/JamesBond'', told from the perspective of a [[VillainProtagonist megalomaniacal supervillain]] scheming from their [[SupervillainLair evil lair]].
* ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'' pastiches and parodies 8-bit games in general, and some 16-bit ones too.
* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' was stated by its developers to be a love letter to the sci-fi and sci-fi horror genres, in particular ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', ''Literature/{{Solaris}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''
* ''VideoGame/TotalOverdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico'' is a pastiche of 90's action films, with particular influence from Mexican film and a particular affection for Creator/RobertRodriguez.
* The "Let's Go To The Mall" dance in the 3rd ''VideoGame/JustDance'' is full of 80s pastiche when it comes to the dancing.
* ''VisualNovel/MagicalDiary'' is a pastiche of tropes and elements from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfiction, though it mixes in elements of {{Parody}} and {{Deconstruction}} as well.
* Each main game in ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' pastiches Hollywood action movies:
** ''VideoGame/MetalGear1'' is modelled after ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' and contains a lot of [[RetroUniverse 1940s elements]] that are discarded in later games.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' is very mid-80s, with ComicBookFantasyCasting of 80s action luminaries like Creator/MelGibson, Tom Behrenger and Richard Krenna in the main roles of Snake, Fox and Campbell.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' resembles a late-80s-early-90s action movie with a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture setting, an EvilTwin, a WorldOfHam, blue MoodLighting, a gloomy UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} soundtrack, and {{Cyberpunk}} elements.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' is a late-90s-early-00s action movie with stylish green-tinted visuals and cerebral, philosophical themes, although it also heavily swipes from Creator/JohnCarpenter.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' was a pastiche of Sean Connery-era ''Franchise/JamesBond'' movies, mashed up with a lot of ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' and ''Film/{{Commando}}'' imagery.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' derived influences from 1970s war movies, 70s anime, and a lot of Creator/StanleyKubrick.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' looks like an 00s-10s thriller, with lots of LensFlare, ShakyCam and torture scenes.
* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': The developers have stated the game took inspiration from various things, mainly rhythm games, such as ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'', ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'', ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva'' and ''VideoGame/GitarooMan''.
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* ''WebAnimation/BT21Universe'' introduces Cooky and their backstory by making [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=710mc2teB4c the entire (2-minute) episode]] in the style of an 80s-90s {{Shonen}} anime opening, including an AspectRatioSwitch into 4:3, an ArtShift into 2d animation with a VHS aesthetic, a {{Hotblooded}} rock theme song about ThePowerOfFriendship, shots of Cooky and friends training against the sunrise and sitting looking at the sunset, a dramatic story about [[spoiler:Cooky's EvilFormerFriend with a SuperpoweredEvilSide, Ian]], and a PanUpToTheSkyEnding.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheDragonDoctors'', the [[ShowWithinAShow Shows Within A Show]] in [[http://dragondoctors.dhscomix.com/archives/comic/ch-6-page-2 Chapter 6, when Goro and Sarin are looking for something to watch on TV,]] include analogues of Franchise/StarTrek, Series/GreysAnatomy, Anime/YuGiOh, and Series/RobotWars.
* The entire premise of ''Webcomic/KoanOfTheDay'' is a pastiche of the [[http://koanoftheday.com/1/ Buddhist koan]].
* ''Webcomic/WorkingDoodles''
* ''Webcomic/FutureReunion'' has a style extremely similar to Naoko Takeuchi, which makes the comic more enjoyable to read.
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* ''Podcast/DecoderRingTheatre'':
** The ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures'' is a pastiche of superheroes from TheGreatDepression and TheForties, like ''ComicBook/TheSpirit'' and ''Radio/TheGreenHornet''. It centers on the masked mystery man, the Red Panda, who hides his identity as one of Toronto's wealthiest men while he defends his city from criminals in the midst of the Depression and World War II. Only his trusty driver and sidekick, Kit Baxter the Flying Squirrel, knows his true identity.
** ''Podcast/BlackJackJustice'' is a pastiche of HardboiledDetective noir. Jack Justice and Trixie Dixon, Girl Detective, work for $35 a day, plus expenses, for anyone who walks through the palacial doors of Justice and Dixon. {{Private Eye Monologue}}s abound as Jack and Trixie alternate between telling the story to the listeners and presenting the scenes as they happened.
* [[https://www.depop.com/emzgemz/ EMZ GEMZ]], a Hampshire, England-based fashion store, pastiches professionally-shot model photos with its store owner modelling the clothes and the photos looking like professional modelling shots, although this borders on StylisticSuck at times.
* ''WebVideo/MedlifeCrisis'''s ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELe-CK-7k1Q A Seaman Ingested 35 Knives. This Is What Transpired In His Gut.]]'' is a double pastiche, firstly presented and titled like WebVideo/{{Chubbyemu}}'s medical videos, while also being a black and white video with fashion and speech making a bit of fun at old timey educational videos.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' have often made pastiches of other animation styles:
** "Steamboat Itchy" and "Manhattan Madness" were two Itchy and Scratchy cartoons stylistically similar to 1910s and 1920 cartoons of that era. The former specifically calls back to "WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie", a very early WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse short.
** Another Itchy and Scratchy cartoon featuring the cat and mouse fighting Hitler is a stylistic homage to the [[WartimeCartoon World War II propaganda cartoons]].
** In "Krusty Gets Kancelled", Krusty is forced to briefly replace it with ''Worker and Parasite'', "[[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Eastern Europe]]'s favorite cat and mouse team" -- a surreal style parody of Soviet animation.
** The end of "Jaws Wired Shut" where Homer saves Marge from a demolition derby is a pastiche of the 1930s WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}} cartoons by the Fleischer Studios.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Adventure Time}}'' is a pastiche (and deconstruction) of several tropes from Dungeons and Dragons and other RPG style tabletop and video games.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' also enjoys making pastiches:
** "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery" is stylistically a parody of the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' cartoons.
** "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants" features a segment where Cartman fights off Bin Laden in the style of the World War II Looney Tunes cartoons, complete with similar sounding music and gags.
** "Good Times With Weapons" features pastiches of {{Anime}}.
** "Major Boobage" features a stylistic homage to the 1981 cult classic ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal''.
** "A Scause for Applause" is a homage to Creator/DrSeuss.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** In "Road To The Multiverse" Brian and Stewie visit a Disneyesque world, complete with all of the company's stylistic trademarks.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE22JokersFavor "Joker's Favor"]], written by Creator/PaulDini is an {{Homage}} to Creator/AlfredHitchcock works, with Charlie Collins, an {{Everyman}} character that could be a ShoutOut to a young Creator/AlfredHitchcock confronting ComicBook/TheJoker and Batman. It shares a lot of the tropes that were part of the Alfred Hitchcock signature style: ActionSurvivor, BlackComedy, CreatorCameo, DramaticIrony, FadeToBlack, HopeSpot, MacGuffin[=/=]MacGuffinTitle, TheOner, ThePeepingTom and PoliceAreUseless.
* The visual art-style of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' has been repeatedly described as "Ralph [=McQuarrie=]'s concept-paintings brought to life in CG", as a deliberate {{homage}} to the work the late artist had in creating the atmospheric look of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies.
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