History Main / ParodyRetcon

* The creators of ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'' have usually responded to critique of their videos by claiming that they're intended to be satirical, and that the narrator of the series is more of a "character" who represents anal-retentive {{Caustic Critic}}s on the Internet. They also claim that a certain percentage of the sins written for each video are intentionally wrong "as a joke". Since none of them are actually ''presented'' in such a way, how do you know which are which? Well, if you can prove the point wrong, then that was obviously one of the "intentionally wrong" sins and you just missed the joke!

* After the pornographic Platform/Atari2600 game ''Custer's Revenge'' received heavy criticism, the president of the company that created it said "our object is not to arouse, our object is to entertain". This despite the fact that its cartridge calls it "erotica".

* ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'' received overwhelming criticism fostly aimed at its protagonist, Aiden Pearce, for being a NeverMyFault DirtyCoward FailureHero and {{Hypocrite}} who ruins his family's life with his RoaringRampageOfRevenge. Alongside this was the games extreme GameplayAndStorySegregation where the character espouses a NeverHurtAnInnocent VigilanteMan but spends most of the sidequests killing people for money while working with sociopaths and serial killers. This is so drastic that some have interpreted Aiden and the game itself as being a {{Deconstruction}} of typical video game protagonists. When asked about this, [[WordOfGod writer Kevin Shortt said it was entirely intentional.]] However this has been taken to be this trope in trying to save face, as these comments only came years later and in response to blog posts, and ignores the various merchandising of [[IconicOutfit selling "Aiden's iconic hat and jacket" on the Ubisoft store]] and that in universe Aiden's characterisation isn't the only issue with the game.

* Used InUniverse in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick,'' due to it having NoFourthWall. Zz'dtri the drow wizard is initially defeated after Vaarsuvius points out that [[OverusedCopycatCharacter he's a ripoff]] of [[Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt a copyrighted character]], causing [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope the Lawyers]] to appear and drag him away. [[TheBusCameBack He returned years later]], stating that he got off by declaring himself a parody. Out-of-universe, [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0044.html the satire was never really open to question]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' creator Christine Weston Chandler insists that the webcomic is a parody, but it's not clear what she's even trying to satirize. It turns out that she was worried about avoiding copyright infringement and had heard that parodies qualify as UsefulNotes/FairUse (this didn't stop her from absolutely flying off the handle when she saw ''actual'' parodies of her work, such as ''WebComic/{{Asperchu}}'').

* After the pornographic UsefulNotes/Atari2600 game ''Custer's Revenge'' received heavy criticism, the president of the company that created it said "our object is not to arouse, our object is to entertain". This despite the fact that its cartridge calls it "erotica".