What's your favorite show or movie that parodies an entire genre?

[sakabatou]

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No, no, I'm not asking for something from Weird Al. I'm talking about a show or movie that could take a genre and spin it on its head.

For me, that would be "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World". It parodies the isekai genre to near perfection. That an anything by Mel Brooks.

[msongs]

1. pat robertson show? nt

[mucifer]

2. Blazing Saddles and Galaxy Quest

[MLAA]

5. Galaxy Quest for sure!

[FalloutShelter]

10. I agree!

[Aristus]

18. YES! Galaxy Quest!

Never has a parody been so accurate or made with so much love for its inspiration.

[MLAA]

24. I can't believe I only found it a couple of years ago. What, was I living in a cave

somewhere? Better late than never.

[Aristus]

26. it won't be long before you'll be saying "By Grapthar's Hammer, by the Sons of Worvan..."

anytime you're in a tough spot.

[Walleye]

3. The Tick. Parody of superhero cartoon

[WestMichRad]

20. This!

It’s hilarious!

[Walleye]

21. His sidekick, Arthur, was a wasp. And his battle cry was "not in the face!"

I haven’t seen it in so long I was starting to think I made it up in my mind. I guess I could find it on YouTube

[WestMichRad]

22. A rather neurotic wasp, at that!

[GP6971]

4. Blazing Saddles. n/t

[multigraincracker]

6. Walk Hard.

One of my all time favs.

[spooky3]

7. Married With Children nt

[Mr.Bill]

8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[Diamond_Dog]

9. Get Smart

[Permanut]

11. Young Frankenstein. That's "Fronkensteen"!

[Tom Kitten]

12. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

The Steve Martin film noir spoof where he's inserted into scenes from classic movies, way back before cgi.

[PJMcK]

13. South Park and The Simpsons

They are the classic sarcastic successors to The Flintstones, The Jetsons, My Three Sons, The Brady Bunch, etc.

[Buzz cook]

14. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Amazing take on mid 30's movies And Homer's Odyssey.

[sakabatou]

15. I don't think mid-30s is a genre...

[LeftInTX]

16. And God Spoke.(parody of bible movies) ..Girls Gone Dead (Parody of girls gone wild)

There are more. Can't think right now.

[yellowdogintexas]

17. Police Squad and The Naked Gun

total sendups of cop shows.

The current Brooklyn 99 is essentially a parody.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. space balls. all of it.

[Elessar Zappa]

23. Scary Movie, Blazing Saddles.

[Ocelot II]

25. Airplane.