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Working Title: Stealth Parody: From YKTTW
Air Of Mystery: ...are we absolutely sure that Powerup Comics is a joke?
Air Of Mystery: ...Wow. They are good.
Hold on a minute! When I read it first but before I knew it was a joke, I thought it was funny because it was so bad! That's like, three layers of meta.
Scifantasy: Whoever put in the Livejournal "fake fandom" example—was that the "Emerald Age" project?
Anonymous Mc Cartneyfan: Cut this and put it here until further evidence turns up that the yuri fans aren't being paranoid. You'd think a stealth parody of femmeslash would claim to be femmeslash...
- According to the Yuricon Girls' Love panel, Strawberry Panic is one of these for the genre, including a myriad of subtle references to other shows that would go over the head of all but the most die-hard Girls' Love fan.
- Opinions differ on whether Strawberry Panic is actually a Stealth Parody of the shojou-ai genre. It's cliche-overloaded silliness and marketed as MoeMoe rather than shoujo but offset by sturdy storytelling and character-development, suggesting that the makers are actually pretty serious.
I've deleted the below text. Jonathan Swift had Ménière's disease, which made *him* think that he was going crazy, but actually didn't affect his powers of reason. Also, he wrote several other pieces which supported the Irish cause, meaning that serving 'A Modest Proposal' straight would be inconsistent with his views. (It just occurred to me that the person who wrote this was engaging in Stealth Parody, and I now look like a fool. So Yeah.)
- As appropriate to the trope, there is still some debate as to whether or not Swift was intentionally writing a satire with the piece. As his mental health deteriorated (quite badly by the end), plus he was a well-known misanthrope before that, you can find evidence (and supporters) who will argue that he was being satirical, that he was already losing his mind, or that he was completely serious. The first stance has the most adherents.
Jor Wat: Peter Chimera is a parody? Does anyone have any proof?
- Someguy His personal website. Linkie.
Anonymous: actionbutton.net is a parody? Does anyone have any proof?
Blork: Removed The Big Bang Theory because there's nothing "stealth" about it. The series is upfront about being a comedy and the geek stereotypes are the main source of jokes. Admittedly the title could lead someone to expect a serious documentary, but that's more I Thought It Meant.
The Gunheart: You know, most of the examples under Anime seem to be indecisive fans assuming every case of a trope being played over-the-top means it was meant as parody. Doesn't anyone think these should be cut unless someone can cite where the show's creator said this was their intention?
Pro-Mole: Sonty Mick? Really? Dude, the guy's first review is Penny Arcade. Also, the writing is sufferable. That is not a stealth parody, in any way...
TheSarge Would you all mind not taking everything that appears to be similar to a particular genre of fiction and classifying it as a "Stealth Parody"? Just because you think something is a parody of something else doesn't make it so. If we follow the logic some of you seem to be applying here, every sitcom that's ever been made was, apparently, a "Stealth Parody" of Leave It To Beaver, and this whole Wiki is a "Stealth Parody" of the Wikipedia. Get a grip, people!
And, for the record, The World Of Skarae Brae (the RPG that I Gamemaster here) is NOT a parody of anything. It's a role playing game set in a Medivial-fantasy world. Your first clue should have been the fact that it's located in the role playing section. Gee, imagine my surprise when some twit decided that this MUST be a Parody. Yes, a lot of the place-names and such have been directly borrowed from fictional works set in the fictional AD&D worlds, but so what? It's a game! If any of you have bothered to understand anything about AD&D you'd know that all G Ms do exactly what I am doing: Make up new fictional worlds that are similar in some way to some other setting. That doesn't make it a parody!
I want to add the mod Checkerboarded Hopes 1 and 2 here but I'm not sure if adding mods into the wiki is a good ideas as it would be the first one singled out in the whole wiki
