* HilariousInHindsight: The ''Theatre/TheLionKing'' segment of ''Cleans Up Its Act!'' has a parody of "The Lonely Goatherd" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''. The film version of the musical was made by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]], which Creator/{{Disney}} later acquired.
* ShallowParody: ''New York Magazine'''s review of ''Comes Out Swinging'' noted that the show occasionally slips into this, such as getting Santino Fontana's ''race'' wrong in the ''Theatre/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein'' parody by claiming he's Latino[[note]]Jesse Green of Vulture.com is also quick to note this[[/note]]. The critic noted that it's not a good idea to go shallow when the only people likely to go see a parody of stage musicals are ones who love stage musicals to begin with and are thus more likely to notice when you goof up. The 2014 London edition calling ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' a "pale ''Matilda'' [[FollowTheLeader imitation]]" isn't much better (''Charlie'' was well into development when ''Matilda'' premiered).
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Alessandrini has occasionally written ersatz versions of songs he couldn't get permission to parody.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The phenomenon of people thinking ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' is for kids is spoofed in the "Special Victims Unit" edition's song "You Gotta Get A Puppet".
-->"And although we're a low, Hasty Pudding show, the kiddies cheer on cue... Families come, if they're dumb, but then out they go, when our fuzzy people screw! Don't expect Franchise/TheMuppets, these are horny puppets, rated X on Avenue Q!"
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