History AffectionateParody / WesternAnimation

** There's a wonderful parody of ProfessionalWrestling in the episode "The Blind Bandit." "[[ThirdPersonPerson The Boulder]] has conflicted feelings about fighting a [[CuteBruiser young]], [[BlindSeer blind]] [[ActionGirl girl]]!" The Boulder was actually voiced by former WWF wrestler Mick Foley, as well as being a visual parody of [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]].
** Then there's "The Ember Island Players". How can you not love a show that ''[[SelfDeprecation parodies itself?]]'' The whole episode is the writers poking fun at the plotholes and contrivances from previous episodes.
* The Oscar-nominated ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izy2ittIe7A The Big Story]]'' is an AffectionateParody of Kirk Douglas.
* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', given that it is intended to be the in-universe cartoon the Buzz Lightyear toys are based on in the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' movies, happens to be a warm love letter to pretty much every MerchandiseDriven action cartoon of the 80's and 90's.
* An 80's cartoon called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RVBt2AIUK8 Cat and Mouse at the Home]]'' is an AffectionateParody of WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry if they were to live in a retirement center.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Critic|1963}}'' (not Jay Sherman, but the Oscar-winning animated short starring Mel Brooks) is an AffectionateParody of the works of Creator/NormanMcLaren.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' [[TheMovie movie]], ''Channel Chasers'', is all about this as Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda and Vicky go through various parodies of popular shows. It was finally lampshaded in WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons parody with Timmy writing on the blackboard "This is the sincerest form of flattery."
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Fairly OddParents}}'' also has the recurring character of Cat-Man, voiced by Adam West; an affectionate parody of his earlier role as TV's Batman.

* The AnimatedAdaption of ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' did an affectionate parody of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' in the episode "The Goofalotatots".

** There's a wonderful parody of ProfessionalWrestling in the episode "The Blind Bandit." "[[ThirdPersonPerson The Boulder]] has conflicted feelings about fighting a [[CuteBruiser young]], [[BlindSeer blind]] [[ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl girl]]!" The Boulder was actually voiced by former WWF wrestler Mick Foley, as well as being a visual parody of [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "For Real" includes shots of people commenting on the trials over the internet in what can only be an affectionate jab at series fans, and at [[ShippingTropes shippers]] in particular.

* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', given that it is intended to be the in-universe cartoon the Buzz Lightyear toys are based on in the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' movies, happens to be a warm love letter to pretty much every MerchandiseDriven action cartoon of the 80's and 90's.

** One of the most affectionate of them, however, would have to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HFEKQkF_TY "My Drunken Irish Dad"]] (as opposed to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NDPT0Ph5rA "The Freakin' FCC"]] (viewer discretion advised), which is essentially a giant TakeThat to, well, the Federal Communications Commission). Except that it turns out the FCC actually ''liked it''.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' seems to have been designed from the outset to ask the question "What if Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer was Film/JamesBond", leading to a "affectionate parody of spy movie conventions and superheroes" as part of its central concept.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Fairly OddParents}}'' [[TheMovie movie]], ''Channel Chasers'', is all about this as Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda and Vicky go through various parodies of popular shows. It was finally lampshaded in WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons parody with Timmy writing on the blackboard "This is the sincerest form of flattery."

** One of the most affectionate of them, however, would have to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HFEKQkF_TY "My Drunken Irish Dad"]] (as opposed to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NDPT0Ph5rA&feature=channel_page "The Freakin' FCC"]] (viewer discretion advised), which is essentially a giant TakeThat to, well, the Federal Communications Commission). Except that it turns out the FCC actually ''liked it''.
** Another set are [[Franchise/StarWars "Blue Harvest"]], [[Franchise/StarWars "Something, Something, Something Dark Side"]], and [[http://www.starwars.com/fans/media/family_guy_trap/index.html "Family Guy: It's a Trap!"]]. However, the affection by the third one has... waned. It's not so much that they grew to hate StarWars as they began to grow frustrated with the format of forced storyline retread with jokes they had set up.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}!'' segment "Toby Danger" parodied ''Jonny Quest'' TOS. They even went so far as to get Creator/DonMessick (Benton Quest) and Granville Van Dusen (Race Bannon) to do the voices of their parody characters.

** "Saturday Morning Fun Pit": ''Scooby Doo'', ''Strawberry Shortcake'' and ''G.I. Joe'' (latter being censored by Nixon)

** ''[[Recap/TimeSquadS02Ep17BillyTheBaby Billy the Baby]], is a loving homage to [[Creator/SergioLeone Sergio Leone's]] spaghetti westerns and Tex Avery's [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons classic cartoons]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodeFamily'' had an episode ("[[ButtMonkey Gerald's]] Way or the High Way") that [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar has tons of parodies to Mafia films, prison films and]] Creator/RobertDeNiro films.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' is fond of this trope. They parody all the time and end up not making it look worse. A particularly affectionate one was "Hokey Monsters", a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' parody, where they make it a card game and bring them to life. They pick at a few aspects of it but in the end it said Pokémon was still awesome. They've done many many others like ''Film/MaryPoppins'' and ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'''s "Night on Bald Mountain" segment.

** [[Franchise/Transformers Transforming robots fighting a never-ending war?]] Of course!

* Most of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mad}}'' is Affectionate Parody of nearly anything that's been popular in the past 10 years.
* The entirety of ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' is an AffectionateParody of the HumongousMecha genre in every possible way. [[ShoutOut But it doesn't stop there, folks.]]
* The 1988 WesternAnimation/MightyMouse episode "Don't Touch That Dial" featured not-so-affectionate parodies of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones,'' ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' (both paired up as "The Jetstones"), ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' ("four totally off-the-wall characters sworn to eliminate any trace of humor in the world today") as well as an affectionate parody of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Fairly OddParents}}'' [[TheMovie movie]], ''Channel Chasers'', is all about this as Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda and Vicky go through various parodies of popular shows. It was finally lampshaded in TheSimpsons parody with Timmy writing on the blackboard "This is the sincerest form of flattery."

* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', given that it is intended to be the in-universe cartoon the Buzz Lightyear toys are based on in the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' movies, happens to be a warm love letter to pretty much every MerchandiseDriven action cartoon of the 80's and 90's.

** ''Kim Possible'' did an affectionate parody of the 1960s ''Series/{{Batman}}'' franchise with ''The Fearless Ferret'', whose actor, Timothy North (voiced by Creator/AdamWest), ended up being a space-case who thought the TV show was real. They also used the episode to poke fun at the upside-down kiss from ''Film/SpiderMan1''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' Lord Stringray is a parody of ''GIJoe'''s Cobra Commander.

** Huh, the article calls it a DeconstructiveParody. IndecisiveParody then?

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' had Gizmoduck, an affectionate parody of Franchise/RoboCop. He was even named Roboduck in foreign dubs. Later became more like ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' when he appeared on the sister show ''WesternAnimation/DarkWingDuck'' which itself was of course an affectionate parody of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''.

** ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' ("Lord of the Beans"),

* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' had nearly every episode that had at least one affectionate parody. One of the ways they can do this is the nature of the Games, where it transforms an area of Mainframe and comes with its own built-in story. But one interesting thing they did was that each parody flowed with the theme of the episode or was merely a fun backdrop to the main story. It is most notable in the third season, where ''every'' episode owes something to some franchise or genre. Just in the first half: ''Franchise/EvilDead'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''Film/JamesBond'', ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' / ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess''[=/=]''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', ''Franchise/StarTrek''[=/=]ComicBooks, ''Series/ThePrisoner'', Spaghetti Westerns and {{Pirate}}[=/=]GreatEscape.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': "The Console" is one for [=JRPG=]s, especially Final Fantasy VII.

** Also they parodied Power Rangers with "Super Strong Warner Siblings", even getting the likeness of the command center down accurately.

** They assembled the entire (and then-living) cast of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' for an episode, and spent 23 minutes lovingly mocking the show. Most of ''Futurama'''s writers are huge ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fans, though series creator Matt Groening insists he's never seen an episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" is an Affectionate Parody of the career of Music/TheBeatles in the form of Homer's 1980s barbershop quartet, the B'Sharps, that takes the world by storm in a similar fashion to the way the Beatles did. The career of the B'Sharps mirrors that of the Beatles in almost every way, including similar controversies, [[SeriousBusiness the complete hysteria surrounding them]] and band meltdowns. The producers even persuaded Music/GeorgeHarrison to play along, giving him the perfect closing line; as he watches the B'Sharps imitate the famous last gig on the rooftop of Apple Corps that the Beatles played, he acerbically mutters, "ItsBeenDone," and drives off.

** The episode "The Springfield Files" is an Affectionate Parody of ''Series/TheXFiles''. Both Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny SpecialGuest-starred in the roles of their famous characters.
** The nuns' backstory sequence from "Gone Maggie Gone" is one of these to Creator/TexAvery's travelogue cartoons.

** Parody of {{shonen}} anime in "Good Times With Weapons". The GratuitousEnglish-filled J-rock song playing in the background was even sung by Trey Parker, who is an open Japanophile.
** ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has also affectionately parodied ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in a memorable season 6 episode entitled "[[ItsBeenDone The Simpsons Already Did It]]" that poked fun at how hard it was to come up with new plotlines when ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' had already done so many.
** "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants" is a paean to a classic WartimeCartoon, especially Bugs Bunny's.

** They also tackled ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' in "Major Boobage".