Awesome Parodies

Word has it that Quentin Tarantino is really working on a Star Trek film – and we so want to see that. While we wait and see how that turns out, Nerdist went ahead and made a trailer for what they think it might be like, using footage from The Original Series.

How It Should Have Ended takes on the finale of summer 2017’s Marvel blockbuster with an alternative scenario in which things turned out a little more like they would have if Loki had remained true to his character. Seriously, is he supposed to be a good guy now?

The title of KLOMP! Animation’s short film translates to “Short but Sweet” in English, and that it is. The 2-minute clip does a great job parodying some of the many clichés in fantasy movies, and saving the princess in record time. Be sure to watch with captions on.

“You’re gonna want to do one big round eye, and then one smaller, squashed eye – for a free-D effect on your feces.” Oliver Age 24 presents a brief instructional video to help you advance your portrait illustration skills. Or not.

A hilarious short film about the “important” work that goes into commercial production, as a duo of micromanaging marketing execs try to coax exactly the right mood from a voice actor. It’ll hit close to home for anyone creative who has to pay the bills with a “real job.”

It’s exactly what it says on the cover. Longshorts’ New York City Taxi Drivers Calendar is a parody of pin-up posters and calendars, featuring 12 of the Big Apple’s hard-working cabbies. A portion of the sales are donated to the University Settlement.

The whole idea of cryptocurrency can be a little hard for the average joe to wrap their mind around. Perhaps this commercial parody from a recent episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers will help us understand Bitcoin, blockchain technology, and virtual economies better.

From the creator of Dust: An Elysian Tail comes a parody of Metal Gear Solid. Never Stop Sneakin’ is a top-down simplified stealth action game for the Nintendo Switch. It uses only the left thumb stick – every action is contextual. The folks behind its trailer deserve a raise.

Here to keep the inner peace. Created by Dan Abramson, Yoga Joes offer a fun twist on Army men toys. Each set consists of 3″ tall soldier figures practicing various yoga poses. The first set has 9 Joes, the second set has 7 Joes, and the advanced set has 6 joes.

Mashup maker Darth Blender chopped up bits and pieces of classic sci-fi, superhero, and fantasy footage to create an awesome retro take on the Avengers: Infinity War trailer, had the movie come out sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s. I-ron Man is the best.

Funnyman Matt Shirley is famous on Instagram for making hilarious charts and graphs on a whiteboard. He recently started an online shop where you can grab some of his graphical jokes as 8″x 10″ prints on cardstock. The Cycle of Adulthood needs to be taught in science class.

(PG-13: Language) Bad Lip Reading makes up for lost time with this 18-minute long parody of Stranger Things’ first season. They made Barb Marm hit on Nancy, Eleven say the nastiest things, Mike ask the right questions, and much more. Captions available.

“Simply apply the heat-dampening cream shield, and let the TouchBlade Pro collect your genetic sample with ease!” Auralnauts upgrades a commercial for a fancy razor, giving it far greater abilities than simply shaving stubble. Say it with us now… “Brett FAHHVRAAHH.”

Fairly OddParents creator Butch Hartman made this parody of Justice League, replacing DC’s comic book heroes with Timmy Turner as Batman, Danny Phantom as Flash, Dora the Explorer as Wonder Woman, Jimmy Neutron as Cyborg, and of course SpongeBob as Aquaman.

“Pebbles? Try lifting an X-Wing.” R2-D2 let Luke’s Jedi school burn down, porgs were totally not made to prey on children, and Rey can’t decide if she’s Light Side or Dark Side in ArtSpear Entertainment’s spoof of the Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer.

“I know a nice bar that has great booze… I’m a big fan of Tom Cruise.” Musician and YouTube star Rudy Mancuso likes to write original songs, but sometimes the lyrics aren’t the easiest things to come up with, as he proves in his video for “Musical Fiction.”

Hello Gotham, my old friend… How It Should Have Ended takes a break from fixing movie endings to bring us a little song – a parody of the 1964 classic The Sound of Silence, with Batman taking on vocal duties. If Batman is Simon, then Robin must be Garfunkel, right?

(PG-13: Language) “I don’t wanna win this way… but a W is a W.” Jay and Leland are about to win a friendly game against the Handle God. But they didn’t account for… Prison Ball. RDCworld1’s new series is a fun parody of Kuroko’s Basketball.

“Post your fan theories to Tumblr! Here we do real police work.” RocketJump and Crunchyroll’s Anime Crimes Division is a comedy whodunit series made by and for anime fans. In the first episode, the detectives investigate a brewing war between subbers and dubbers.

Mike Phirman came across a ridiculous street sign listing an overly-complex list of parking restrictions, and struck comedy gold by turning it into the opening crawl for a new Star Wars movie. They lost us at “Once per day, per district CCMC 7.03.305.”

(PG-13: Language) In what just might be the best/worst idea since Sharknado, this action comedy simultaneously spoofs Straight Outta Compton and cheesy horror flicks by setting loose a giant mutant snake in the middle of the story of an up and coming rap group.

Spider-Man: Homecoming was a triumphant comeback for Spidey and had a memorable villain. But its plot still has lots of stupid holes in it. Seriously Tony, you could’ve had at least one of your armors guard your cargo plane.

“What’s the point of meeting in secret if you’re gonna land like an H-bomb?” Wonder Woman needs to cool it with her entrances, the Flash needs to cool it with the pushing, and Batman is nowhere to be found in ArtSpear Entertainment’s Justice League parody.