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* PurpleProse: Parodied and exagerrated, as if it were a Jonrosh trademark.

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* PurpleProse: Parodied and exagerrated, exaggerated, as if it were a Jonrosh trademark.
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* ProductPlacement: In ''Babylon'', Bagpipes O'Toole vodka is name-dropped. In ''Dying'', the film ''[[SerialEscalation stops in its tracks]]'' to advertise Boghei French-Like Cigarettes, Bagpipes O'Toole [[Film/TheRoom scotch-flavored vodka]], biscuits, and even clothes from a catalog!

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* ProductPlacement: In ''Babylon'', Bagpipes O'Toole vodka is name-dropped. In ''Dying'', the film ''[[SerialEscalation stops in its tracks]]'' to advertise Boghei French-Like Cigarettes, Bagpipes O'Toole [[Film/TheRoom [[Film/TheRoom2003 scotch-flavored vodka]], biscuits, and even clothes from a catalog!
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* AffectionateParody: Of various prestige miniseries adapted from bestseller novels like ''[[Literature/AsianSaga Shogun]]'' and ''Literature/TheThornBirds'' that were a mainstay of American television in the 70s and 80s.

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* AffectionateParody: Of The first is a parody of various prestige miniseries adapted from bestseller novels like ''[[Literature/AsianSaga Shogun]]'' and ''Literature/TheThornBirds'' that were a mainstay of American television in the 70s and 80s. The followup miniseries adds FilmNoir into the mix.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/CasaDeMiPadre'', another absurd AffectionateParody filled with StylisticSuck starring Will Ferrell and made by the creators of both ''Spoils'' series. (Matt Piedmont and Andrew Steele.)
** The show also functions as one to ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace'', in that they're both about a VanityProject TV show made by narcissistic authors, has actors playing actors playing characters, and they're both filled with StylisticSuck.
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* BillingDisplacement / OneSceneWonder: David Spade (as Joseph Soil) and Molly Shannon (as Odessa Dobson) are credited in the opening credits of the first episode alongside the leads, though each only appears in a a single scene in a single episode. Shannon only says two lines and a grand total of four words.
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* AffectionateParody

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* AffectionateParodyAffectionateParody: Of various prestige miniseries adapted from bestseller novels like ''[[Literature/AsianSaga Shogun]]'' and ''Literature/TheThornBirds'' that were a mainstay of American television in the 70s and 80s.
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