History Main / RedundantParody

* DC's Redtool, from the ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'' solo series, is a parody of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}. The problem is that Deadpool is already a parody himself (his original inspiration being DC's own ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}), and his personality and humor style are very similar to Redtool's, making the latter come off less as a parody and more as a pure CaptainErsatz. Making this more redundant is that Harley (especially around the New 52 and Rebirth eras) is already treated as an AlternateCompanyEquivalent to Deadpool anyway in some of her solo books thanks to her MetaGuy attitude.

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' ran into this a couple of times - Mr. Satan and the Ginyu Force are probably the biggest examples, as they were already comic relief, and had to have a lot of new jokes written for them. Tellingly, while other characters were either hyper-exaggerated or entirely rewritten, Satan and the Ginyus are extremely similar to how they were in the originals, with only their context and some minor quirks changing (in Satan's case because [[AdaptationalDumbass everyone's even dumber]] so [[BlatantLies his lies can get even more ridiculous]]). Averting this trope was also the reason for [[AdaptedOut almost completely cutting out]] Master Roshi from the abridging of ''Broly'', as all his scenes were already comedic.

* Bill Watterson barely dodged this with a few ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strips in which Calvin tries to get Hobbes interested in the magazine ''Chewing'', which is completely devoted to bubble gum. All the various gums are profiled like baseball stars, with "stats" and attributes. All Hobbes could say was, "What kind of nut would care about all this?" But Watterson later admitted that at the time he had drawn those strips, there were already a huge number of [[TheMagazineRule absurdly detailed magazines]] about [[SingleIssueWonk freakishly specific topics]], and so a magazine about bubble gum documenting "flavor retention" and such (which is itself just one of a number of such magazines aimed at varying demographics) was only a slight exaggeration of reality. ("It's hardly satire.") To Watterson's credit, there's no known example of a magazine focused on chewing gum specifically.

** Most non-satirical attempts to make the franchise DarkerAndEdgier fall kind of flat, considering that even the main series installments (to say nothing of spin-offs and other official adaptations) have had everything from terrorist bombings, to child abuse, to multiple accounts of attempted genocide. Even the old {{creepypasta}} canard of a human being forced into the battle interface against a dangerous Pokémon eventually showed up in ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' during a key moment in the storyline. In most cases, these ideas could be the plots of actual ''Pokémon'' games if you removed the added sexual content, violence, and [[ObligatorySwearing profanity of questionable necessity]].

* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' criticizes the VideoGameAdaptation of ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' for its inane plot of having them time travel to set things right simply so their band won't break up, and for them killing {{Mook}}s in the game because of how killing ancestors could [[ForWantOfANail mess up the future]]. Both of these aspects are noted and made fun of in the film, with the ludicrous nature of them time-travelling to keep their band together PlayedForLaughs since their band will eventually unite humanity in a utopia of world peace.

** Most non-satirical attempts to make the franchise DarkerAndEdgier fall kind of flat, considering that even the main series installments (to say nothing of spin-offs and other official adaptations) have had everything from terrorist bombings, to child abuse, to multiple accounts of attempted genocide. In most cases, these ideas could be the plots of actual Pokémon games if you removed the added sexual content, violence, and [[ObligatorySwearing profanity of questionable necessity]].

* While recut trailers on Website/YouTube try their best to avoid being as close to the original film they're riffing, many can fall victim to redundant parody if done incorrectly. For instance, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2O8JwFWIIw this re-cut trailer]] for Film/TheBurbs tries to make it appear as a horror movie. The problem is the fact that the film is a HorrorComedy.

* Many different [[BlackComedy bloody and grotesque]] [[SongParody parodies]] of the popular children's song "On Top of Spaghetti" have circulated among children at least since the 1970s, most them beginning with some variation of the line, ''"On top of Old Smoky all covered with blood, I shot my poor teacher with a .44 slug..."'' (parodying ''"On top of spaghetti all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed..."''). As noted by [[http://playgroundjungle.com/2009/12/on-top-of-old-smokey-parodies.html Playground Jungle]], many of those children don't seem to be aware that "On Top of Spaghetti" is itself a parody of the American folk song "On Top of Old Smoky", which begins with the line ''"On top of Old Smoky all covered with snow, I lost my true lover for courting too slow..."''. This seems to be largely dependent on age: "On Top of Old Smoky" was once a legitimately popular song that played frequently on American radio stations, but many younger children now [[ParodyDisplacement seem to know the parodies much better]], likely because they grew up with them.

* ''Film/TheComebacks'' is a spoof movie that parodies sports movies as a whole; and it features a particularly egregious example. The film has a scene that directly parodies the "dodge a wrench" scene from ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory''. Except, ''[[Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory DodgeBall]]'' was ''already'' a comedy film that makes fun of various sports tropes & cliches, and its "dodge a wrench" scene was played for laughs to begin with.

* ''Film/TheComebacks'' is a spoof movie that parodies sports movies as a whole; and it features a particularly egregious example. The film has a scene that directly parodies the "dodge a wrench'' scene from ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory''. Except, ''[[Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory DodgeBall]]'' was ''already'' a comedy film that makes fun of various sports tropes & cliches, and its "dodge a wrench" scene was played for laughs to begin with.