In 1997, LucasArts released a game for Sony's PlayStation titled Herc's Adventures, which uses the same basic gameplay format and mechanics as Zombies Ate My Neighbors, but instead parodies ancient Greek mythology.

It is repeated at intervals in some rather sadly desperate word-games for insomniacs, the hospitalized, and others forced to rely on inner resources, including ( in the P's alone ) `` palindromes '', `` paraphrases '', and `` parodies ''.

Many American folk songs are identical to British songs in arrangements, but with new lyrics, often as parodies of the original material.

A parody of Metastasian opera-seria it featured dazzling parodies of the high flown and emotive aria's found in that genre, as well as bold and innovative orchestrations, including the first known use of three tympani.

* parodies of poetry or drama, particularly of the extremely " literary " type such as Ibsen.

This sequence parodies cinéma vérité, the dominant documentary tradition of the 1960s, while simultaneously providing the audience with a visceral and disturbingly emotional experience.

These longer strips include The Bash Street Kids Adventures written and drawn by Kev F Sutherland which since 2004 have featured parodies of famous comic strip images, including Amazing Fantasy's first Spider-Man cover, Action Comics ' first Superman cover, and most recently the cover of X Men # 100.

Beginning early on there were many tributes, and parodies made.

A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact.

The unbalanced and unpolished poetic meter and line length parody the limerick, and the clerihew in form also parodies the eulogy.

He both performed comic characters ( Flash Bazbo — Space Explorer, Mr. Rogers, music critic Roger de Swans, and sleazy record company rep Ron Fields ) and also wrote, arranged and performed numerous musical parodies ( of Bob Dylan, James Taylor and others ).

Usually set in imaginary worlds, comic fantasy often includes puns on and parodies of other works of fantasy.

Several parodies of the disco style were created.

Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels ( 1726 ) in part parodies Defoe's adventure novel.

* Comedy Band The Barron Knights ' 1978 UK # 3 hit single A Taste Of Aggro, a medley of parodies, included a version of The Smurf Song featuring, in place of the Smurfs, a group of bank robbers from Catford who have escaped from Dartmoor Prison.

Over the years, this opening monologue has become an iconic scene, and has spawned parodies in numerous films, political cartoons and television shows.

The characters and situations were often thinly-disguised parodies of recent real events and real people, giving the show's comedy a black edge.

The story parodies the great dragon-slaying traditions.

Since the original series ' run, he has become well known as an example of stop motion clay animation and an influential cultural icon, spawning many tributes and parodies, including a video game and toys.

The film parodies the television series Star Trek and related media activities such as fandom.

The television program within the film, Galaxy Quest, is set around the starship NSEA Protector, an instrument of the National Space Exploration Administration, which are obviously parodies of the USS Enterprise and Starfleet respectively.

The " two cows " parodies, however, place the cow-owner in a full-fledged economic system where cows are used as a metaphor for all currency, capital, and property.

There are many references in culture to the map, including parodies of it using different station-names – an example being the official cover art used on tube maps during 2010.

Indeed, the novel, in which Sterne manipulates narrative time and voice, parodies accepted narrative form, and includes a healthy dose of " bawdy " humor, was largely dismissed in England as being too corrupt.

Its format is divided into a number of recurring segments such as TV and movie parodies, as well as freeform articles.

Throughout the 1950s, Mad featured groundbreaking parodies combining a sentimental fondness for the familiar staples of American culture — such as Archie and Superman — with a keen joy in exposing the fakery behind the image.

Some of the most memorable sketches involved parodies of low-budget late-night ads, like Al Peck's Used Fruit ( they enticed viewers to visit by offering free tickets to Circus Lupus, the Circus of the Wolves ; mocked-up photos depicted wolves forming a pyramid and jumping through flaming hoops ).

In a segment that parodies the Popeye cartoons in the style of It's a Wonderful Life, Popeye and Bluto have opened up a bank together in shot that would show what the world would look like without Wimpy.

The local children were read harrowing tales from " Ice-sop's Fables ," which were parodies of classic Aesop Fables — but with a darkly sardonic bent ( and titles like " Coldilocks and the Three Bares ").

The Honō no Tenkōsei OVA parodies anime of the 1970s, particularly Tomorrow's Joe, and is complete with intentionally jerky animation, dirty-looking cels, thick black lines, and retro character designs, much like Shimamoto's drawing style.

Some poems and songs, like the Gambler's Mass ( officio lusorum ) from the Carmina Burana, were parodies of Christian hymns, while others were student melodies: folksongs, love songs and drinking ballads.

Well known pitchmen like Popeil and Billy Mays have been the inspiration for many of these parodies.

Many fan-made parodies exist on YouTube that include Dora dancing the Soulja Boy, in a music video for " Leam like a Cholo ", and asking Brad Pitt on a date.

The same period saw one of the most surprising hybrids in music history Scrumpy and Western with bands like the Wurzels and The Yetties, who took most of the elements of West Country folk music for comical folk-style songs with affectionate parodies of more mainstream musical genres, delivered in local West Country dialects.

" Weird Al " Yankovic wrote and recorded a tribute song titled " CNR ", jokingly caricaturing Reilly with parodies of the internet phenomenon Chuck Norris Facts, with absurdities like winning the Tour de France " with two flat tires and a missing chain ", or how " every day he'd make the host of Match Game give him a piggyback ride ".

The Dysfunctional Family Circus is the name of several long-running parodies of the syndicated comic strip The Family Circus, featuring either Bil Keane's artwork with altered captions, or ( less often ) original artwork made to appear like the targeted strips.

... she thrusts herself into the music, aggressively, directly, furiously, roars in the most beautiful opera alto, then, through shrieks and squeals, precipitates into luminous soprano heights, she parodies, satirises, and howls on stage like a dervish.

Most Tijuana bibles were obscene parodies of popular newspaper comic strips of the day, like " Blondie ", " Barney Google ", " Moon Mullins ", " Popeye ", " Tillie the Toiler ", " Dick Tracy ", " Little Orphan Annie ", " Bringing Up Father ", " Dixie Dugan ", and " Mutt and Jeff ".

* In the NewsRadio episode " Public Domain ", Bill McNeal ( Phil Hartman ) decides to become a Mark Russell-like singer of song parodies, like " When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again ( He's Gay!

As Kinnikuman developed, it began focusing exclusively on professional wrestling in which Kinnikuman would wrestle ridiculous parodies of popular Japanese superheroes and their adversaries, including " The Toilet Paper Mummy ," a giant hand, and monsters based on things like pachinko machines and telephones.

* The ElectraBase, located beneath the duo's civilian home and accessible by a hidden elevator, not only houses Frank Heflin's lab and the ElectraCar but also serves as the home to " CrimeScope ," one of the most powerful computers ever built – much like the BatComputer, which it parodies.

There have been parodies of the book also, such as Pat the Politician, mocking contemporary political figures, and Pat the Yuppie, which includes activities like touching the sheepskin seatcovers of their new BMW and rubbing the exposed brick of their new condominium's wall.

[...] The humor that is derived from the multiple movie and literary parodies was enough to leave a last impression on us as an audience-and who doesn't like a robot whose primary function is to find donuts?

Among his targets Nelson includes parodies of famous Minnesota residents like Prince and Garrison Keillor, as well as the attitudes and quirks of Minnesotans in general.

The title parodies previous claims that the college was like a moth, burning its wings as it tried to escape the light of the University of Wales.

The film lampoons kung-fu movies, and directly parodies pop-culture icons like Dragon Ball Z.

Furthermore did Vandersteen use local legends of Antwerp and Limburg, parodies of American superhero series like Batman, science fiction, and popular TV series.

The show parodies local newscasts, and as Heidecker briefly described it: " It's like his half-hour to go around town and interview the local beer-maker or whatever.

Episodes varied from superhero type stories to parodies of shows like The Honeymooners (" Mighty's Wedlock Whimsy ") and the 1960s Batman series (" Night of the Bat-Bat " and " Bat With a Golden Tongue "), movies like Fantastic Voyage (" Mundane Voyage ") and Japanese monster films ( the opening of " Mighty's Wedlock Whimsy "), comic books (" See You in the Funny Papers "), and even lampooned other cartoons (" Don't Touch That Dial!