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What parody surpassed what it was trying to parody?

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The best parodies are humorous takes that treat the source material with repect.
Shaun of the Dead
Galaxy Quest
Army of Darkness (person out of time becomes a leader against evil)
- Galaxy Quest belongs at the top of any such list. It's widely considered to be one of the best Star Trek movies.
  
  By Grabthar's hammer, what a movie.
  
  WHAT'S MY LAST NAME??!?
  
  ...Maybe I'm the plucky comic relief...
  
  "Let's get out of here before one of those things kills Guy" is still low-key one of my favourite lines.
  
  Yeah! The wild part is that many hardcore Trek fans - myself included, of course - just take it for granted that Galaxy Quest will be included, and toward the top end, of any ranking of Trek films.
- Army of Darkness (person out of time becomes a leader against evil)
  So an isekai
  
  How dare you‽ You're right, but how dare you‽
  
  thanks i hate it
- I guess Army of Darkness is an indirect parody of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court?
  
  I am sure that is one of the inspirations.
  
  I mean I'm trying to wrap my head around what work it would be a parody of. like, Hot Shots! is primarily a parody of Top Gun with some scenes parodying other films.
  Evil Dead 1 was a horror film. It's not a parody, or a comedy, it's a horror film. Evil Dead 2...defies definition. It's as much a remake as it is a sequel, it's still a horror movie though it leans more on comedy. Army of Darkness, better known by its actual title "The Studio Wouldn't Let Us Call It Evil Dead 3" is a horror themed action comedy. It's not really making fun of an existing work the way Hot Shots! or Airplane! does.
  
  He is an overpowered white guy in a new land like John Carter adventure type stories. He is a chosen one the prophecy foretold! Person out of time who brings knowledge from the future to win war against evil. The deadite army is a comedic take on the stop motion armies of the dead from B movies. He even fights his evil twin!
  It is a parody of a genre, not a single movie or series.
  
  I remain unconvinced that Army of Darkness is a parody. A comedy yes, but...Sam Raimi didn't set out to say anything about the genre, he'll tell you he just wanted to entertain his audience. A fun setting to throw your protagonist into to see what breaks isn't necessarily a parody.
  
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  I'm not trying to convince you, just explaining why I see it as a parody.
- Hot Fuzz is up there for me too

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