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* ''Film/{{Monsters2010}}'' as an allegory for the U.S. - Mexican border regime.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} Hyperdimesnion Neptunia]]'' is an allegory for the ConsoleWars, with the consoles personified as {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s, and one of the villains representing DigitalPiracyIsEvil. [[spoiler: A non-canon bad ending of ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' is a metaphor of the effects of a monopoly effects on the videogame industry and how it would eventually lead it to crumble, and the back-story of one of the characters in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory'' is an allegory for UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983.]] Most of the time it can be taken as a comedy with loads of references and in jokes related to gaming.

* DrSeuss is on record for saying that his story "The Sneetches" is an allegory for anti-semitism.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} Hyperdimesnion Neptunia]]'' is an allegory for the ConsoleWars, with the consoles personified as {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s, and one of the villains representing DigitalPiracyIsEvil. [[spoiler: A non-canon bad ending of ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' is a metaphor of the effects of a monopoly effects on the videogame industry and how it would eventually lead it to crumble, and the back-story of one of the characters in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory'' is an allegory for UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 Most of the time it can be taken as a comedy with loads of references and in jokes related to gaming.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} Hyperdimesnion Neptunia]]'' is an allegory for the ConsoleWars, with the consoles personified as {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s, and one of the villains representing DigitalPiracyIsEvil. [[spoiler: A non-canon bad ending of ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' is a metaphor of the effects of a monopoly effects on the videogame industry and how it would eventually lead it to crumble, and the back-story of one of the characters in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory'' is an allegory for TheGreatVideoGameCrash Most of the time it can be taken as a comedy with loads of references and in jokes related to gaming.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} Hyperdimesnion Neptunia]]'' is an allegory for the ConsoleWars, with the consoles personified as {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s, and one of the villains representing DigitalPiracyIsEvil. [[spoiler: A non-canon bad ending of ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' is a metaphor of the effects of a monopoly effects on the videogame industry and how it would eventually lead it to crumble. Most of the time it can be taken as a comedy with loads of references and in jokes related to gaming. and the back-story of one of the characters in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory'' is an allegory for TheGreatVideoGameCrash]]

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} Hyperdimesnion Neptunia]]'' is an allegory for the ConsoleWars, with the consoles personified as {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s, and one of the villains representing DigitalPiracyIsEvil. [[spoiler: A non-canon bad ending of ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' is a metaphor of the effects of a monopoly effects on the videogame industry and how it would eventually lead it to crumble. Most of the time it can be taken as a comedy with loads of references and in jokes related to gaming. and the back-story of one of the characters in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory'' is an allegory of TheGreatVideoGameCrash]]

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} Hyperdimesnion Neptunia]]'' is an allegory for the ConsoleWars, with the consoles personified as {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s, and one of the villains representing DigitalPiracyIsEvil. [[spoiler: A non-canon bad ending of ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' is a metaphor of the effects of a monopoly effects on the videogame industry and how it would eventually lead it to crumble. Most of the time it can be taken as a comedy with loads of references and in jokes related to gaming. and the back-story of one of the characters in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVisctory'' is an allegory of TheGreatVideoGameCrash]]

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} Hyperdimesnion Neptunia]]'' is an allegory for the ConsoleWars, with the consoles personified as {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s, and one of the villains representing DigitalPiracyIsEvil. A non-canon bad ending of ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' is a metaphor of the effects of a monopoly effects on the videogame industry and how it would eventually lead it to crumble. Most of the time it can be taken as a comedy with loads of references and in jokes related to gaming. [[spoiler: and the back-story of one of the characters i ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVisctory'' is an allegory of TheGreatVideoGameCrash]]

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} Hyperdimesnion Neptunia]]'' is an allegory for the ConsoleWars, with the consoles personified as {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s, and one of the villains representing DigitalPiracyIsEvil. A non-canon bad ending of ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' is a metaphor of the effects of a monopoly effects on the videogame industry and how it would eventually lead it to crumble. Most of the time it can be taken as a comedy with loads of references and in jokes related to gaming.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} Hyperdimesnion Neptunia]]'' is an allegory for the ConsoleWars, with the consoles personified as {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s, and one of the villains representing DigitalPriacyIsEvil. A non-canon bad ending of ''VideoGame/HyperdimesnionNeptuniaMk2'' is a metaphor of the effects of a monopoly effects on the videogame industry and how it would eventually lead it to crumble. Most of the time it can be taken as a comedy with loads of references and in jokes related to gaming.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} Hyperdimesnion Neptunia]] is an allegory for the ConsoleWars, with the consoles personified as {{Moe Anthropomorphism}}s, and one of the villains representing DisgtialPriacyIsEvil. A non-canon bad ending of ''VideoGame/HyperdimesnionNeptuniaMk2'' is a metaphors of the effects of a monopoly effects on the videogame industry and how it would eventually lead it to crumble. Most of the time it can be taken as a comedy with loads of refernces and in jokes related to gaming.

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* Christ's parables in Literature/TheBible were this. [[WordOfGod He himself]] even provides the literal interpretation of the Parable of the Sower.

* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' - for Christianity (according to WordOfGod, Aslan literally ''is'' Jesus), and the battle against evil.

* ''LordOfTheFlies'' for war and its causes, the island acting as a microcosm for the World at [[TheFifties the time]].

* Much of the ''StarWars'' {{Prequel}} {{Trilogy}} is an allegory for the Nazi rise to power, [[spoiler:Chancellor Palpatine]] being Hitler and [[spoiler:Obi-Wan and Anakin]] the Goerring brothers, with the latter also representing all Germans. [[spoiler:Senator Amidala]] was representative of democracy[[spoiler:, and possibly the extermination of Jews, though [[NataliePortman the actress']] family history is probably a coincidence]]. There is also the Stormtroopers being, in both cases, first brought in by the Chancellor for the Republic and then used as his personal army. The Separatists may also be representative of the RealLife Spartacists. [[http://graphicsappreciation.tumblr.com/post/41364905844/palpatineishitlertheconvinvingargument This]] is one of many evidence articles on the internet for this.
** ''RevengeOfTheSith'' is entirely an Allegory for the Nazi rise.
* In ''StarWars: Episode I ThePhantomMenace'', Anakin is meant to be representative of Christ.
* It's also been suggested that the entire ''Star Wars'' series is an allegorical history of the 20th century. The first three films represent the first half - Episode I represents the First World War, Episodes II and III the Second World War, and the Original Trilogy the Cold War. The Jedi and the Empire/Republic represent the Americans and Russians, though which way round they are depends on your point of view.

* TalesOfTheBlackFreighter, the [[ShowWithinAShow Story Within A Story]] in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': a tragic little pirate story about a man who [[spoiler: gets so paranoid about pirates attacking his home town, that he goes crazy and ends up killing everyone himself]], interesting in its own right, and then you realize that [[spoiler: It's a metaphor for the [[WellIntentionedExtremist villain]]'s plan to "save the world" by murdering thousands, and further hints that his plan is totally in vain]].

* Christ's parables in TheBible were this. [[WordOfGod He himself]] even provides the literal interpretation of the Parable of the Sower.

** ''TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' re-enacts the crucifixion story with Jadis the White Witch as Satan, Aslan as Jesus (of course), and Edmund as the unsaved sinner in need of redemption. Lucy and Susan also fill in for the Marys who attend Christ's death and burial.

** ''TheLastBattle'' is an almost 1:1 retelling of the Second Coming, complete with a false Aslan and his "prophet", a massive war, and [[spoiler: everyone going to heaven at the end]].

** In ''TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', Eustace's transformation back from a dragon, and subsequent reform of character, is an allegory for the conversion of St. Paul.

* The 1954 film ''[[{{Godzilla}} Gojira]]'' was made as an allegory about the horrors of the atomic bomb.

* TalesOfTheBlackFreighter, the [[ShowWithinAShow Story Within A Story]] in {{Watchmen}}: a tragic little pirate story about a man who [[spoiler: gets so paranoid about pirates attacking his home town, that he goes crazy and ends up killing everyone himself]], interesting in its own right, and then you realize that [[spoiler: It's a metaphor for the [[WellIntentionedExtremist villain]]'s plan to "save the world" by murdering thousands, and further hints that his plan is totally in vain]].

* Much of the ''StarWars'' {{Prequel}} {{Trilogy}} is an allegory for the Nazi rise to power, [[spoiler:Chancellor Palpatine]] being Hitler and [[spoiler:Obi-Wan and Anakin]] the Goerring brothers, with the latter also representing all Germans. [[spoiler:Senator Amidala]] was representative of democracy[[spoiler:, and possibly the extermination of Jews, though [[NataliePortman the actress']] family history is probably a coincidence]]. There is also the Stormtroopers being, in both cases, first brought in by the Chancellor for the Republic and then used as his personal army. The Separatists may also be representative of the RealLife Spartacists.