I think there’s an actual law that says that any media that runs long enough has to do a Willy Wonka parody. And then a Star Wars one. Let it never be said that I’m above treading where others have trod before often and much better.
Things that have been referenced,
parodied, satirized, spoofed, and otherwise
homage-inized so much that they have evolved into tropes of their own. Sometimes the source has been lost to modern audiences, and
only the homages remain.
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Stock Jokes,
Other Stock Phrases.
Tropes:
Commonly parodied:
