Top 20 Funniest Parody Scenes in Film History

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From over-the-top makeovers to dramatic death scenes turned comedy gold, we're counting down the funniest movie spoof moments ever made — no matter how big or small the reference is.  Expect hilarious nods to classics like The Exorcist, North by Northwest, Platoon, and more — all twisted in the best way by modern comedies like Toy Story, Tropic Thunder, and Not Another Teen Movie.  😂 Which spoof scene cracked you up the most? Comment below and hit follow for more epic movie throwbacks!

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00:00And I see your Schwartz is as big as mine.

00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the best and funniest spoof

00:08scenes in movies, no matter how big or small the reference is.

00:11You're behind the couch.

00:15What?

00:16How do you know that?

00:17I can see your feet.

00:20Number 20.

00:21The Snozzberries from Willy Wonka.

00:23Super Troopers.

00:24Vermont state troopers pull over a car where the occupants are using narcotics.

00:28They tried to ditch the drugs by ingesting a ton and throwing some out the window, but

00:32it didn't work.

00:33Are you okay?

00:34Yeah, sure.

00:35Yes, sir.

00:36Yes, sir.

00:37Now, did you say yes, sir?

00:38I think he said yeah, sure.

00:40The troopers, Thorny and Rabbit, enjoy messing with the guys before they place them in the

00:44back of a patrol car.

00:45A bit later, after a high-speed chase, one of the guys is seen licking the divider window

00:49of the car and says that the Snozzberries taste like Snozzberries.

00:52In Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, one of the products produced by Wonka is lickable

00:57wallpaper, where if you like certain fruits, it'll taste like said fruits, and included

01:01is the Snozzberry.

01:02Try some more.

01:03The strawberries taste like strawberries.

01:05The Snozzberries taste like Snozzberries.

01:08Number 19.

01:09T-1000 from Terminator 2 Judgment Day.

01:12Wayne's World.

01:13Wayne's World is filled with tons of classic bits, but perhaps one of the most surprising

01:17is the appearance of the T-1000.

01:19Hey, do you know this guy?

01:22Nah, I don't know.

01:23When Wayne races over to where Cassandra is shooting a music video, he's pulled over by

01:27a police officer on a motorcycle.

01:29There's a slow build-up as the cop walks up to the Garth Mobile, takes off his helmet,

01:33and holds up a picture asking Wayne if he's seen the boy.

01:36Yes, officer.

01:37Is there something wrong?

01:39Have you seen this boy?

01:40Of course, it's Robert Patrick reprising his role from Terminator 2 Judgment Day.

01:46Understandably, Wayne takes off screaming.

01:48We would too.

01:49Number 18.

01:51The Notepad from North by Northwest.

01:53The Big Lebowski.

01:54The dude gets caught up in an elaborate extortion plot when he's mistaken as Jeffrey Lebowski,

01:59given that he and the other Lebowski share the same name.

02:02This brings the dude into contact with Jackie Treehorn, a big-time producer of erotica.

02:07How's the smut business, Jackie?

02:08I wouldn't know, dude.

02:11I deal in publishing, entertainment, political advocacy.

02:17Which one's logjamming?

02:18Yes, regrettably, it's true.

02:20Standards have fallen in adult entertainment.

02:22He meets Treehorn at his home, where they're trying to work out a solution to their problem.

02:27Suddenly, Treehorn gets a call and writes something down on a notepad.

02:30He momentarily leaves the room, and the dude cleverly shades the notepad Treehorn used only

02:35to find he drew a dirty sketch.

02:36Excuse me.

02:38This is a spoof on North by Northwest, where the same technique is used, but it yields useful information.

02:50Number 17.

02:51Dawn of Man from 2001, A Space Odyssey.

02:53Zoolander.

02:54The fashion industry has been behind many political assassinations over the years,

02:58and the Malaysian prime minister is the next target.

03:01Almost five.

03:02What?

03:02Hey, guys, that show is in three hours.

03:06Derek is dead unless we get that evidence.

03:08Derek Zoolander and Hansel McDonald break into the office of Zoolander's agent to recover

03:12incriminating computer files.

03:14However, the duo aren't exactly the brightest, and don't actually know how to operate or even

03:18turn on the computer.

03:19Puzzled, they resort to slapping and hitting the machine while making ape vocalizations.

03:23This is very similar to how the apes in 2001, A Space Odyssey react once the monolith appears.

03:35Hansel is even about to use a bone to strike the computer, but he's stopped by Derek.

03:39Number 16.

03:40Kevin Costner from Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.

03:43Robin Hood, Men in Tights.

03:44After being captured during the Crusades, Robin of Loxley returns to England to find that

03:49his home has been repossessed, and that King John, along with the Sheriff of Rottingham,

03:53have been unfairly treating the citizens of the land.

03:55I shall tell all that I see, that there is one man in England who is not afraid to stand

04:00up to Rottingham and his men.

04:01Good.

04:02Tell them that.

04:03And tell them also that I vow to put an end to the injustice.

04:06Robin decides to confront the king at a lavish banquet.

04:08He openly accuses John of being an usurper, and demands that he stops levying new taxes,

04:13where he will lead the people of England in a rebellion.

04:16When John asks why people should listen to him, Robin replies that he can actually speak

04:20with an English accent.

04:21And why should the people listen to you?

04:24Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.

04:30This is a direct reference to Kevin Costner's performance in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves,

04:34where he doesn't exactly sound like an English native.

04:37Number 15.

04:38The post-credits scene from Ferris Bueller.

04:40Deadpool.

04:40Deadpool is known for breaking the fourth wall and addressing the audience, so it should

04:45be no surprise that he pays tribute to Ferris Bueller, another character who frequently looks

04:49into the camera.

04:50A, you can never go too far.

04:52B, if I'm going to get busted, it is not going to be by a guy like that.

04:55Of course, post-credits scenes are fairly common, especially for superhero movies.

05:00And at the end of Deadpool, we're treated to Mr. Pool in a bathrobe, telling us to go home,

05:04because there's not going to be a teaser for Deadpool 2.

05:06Oh, you're expecting a teaser for Deadpool 2.

05:09Well, we don't have that kind of money.

05:11This takes a page from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, where post-credits, Ferris berates the

05:15audience for sticking around after the film is over.

05:17It's a nice touch.

05:18Number 14.

05:19You Like Apples from Good Will Hunting.

05:21Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

05:23In order to stop a movie being made about their comic book alter egos, Jay and Silent

05:27Bob travel to Hollywood.

05:29Come on, Silent Bob.

05:30We're going to Hollywood.

05:33When they finally arrive in Tinseltown, they sneak into Miramax's studio lot, and we get

05:38to take a look at some of the other projects going on.

05:40Jay and Silent Bob find themselves on the set of Good Will Hunting 2, Hunting Season.

05:44They revisit the bar scene from Good Will Hunting, where Will faces off against Clark.

05:49Everything about this scene is over the top, from director Gus Van Zandt counting money

05:52in the corner, to Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's performance as fictionalized versions of themselves.

05:57I don't like the sound of them apples, Will.

05:59What are we going to do?

06:01Jackie?

06:02Yeah?

06:04It's hunting season.

06:11Applesauce, bitch.

06:12Number 13.

06:13Warehouse Dance from Footloose.

06:15Hot Rod

06:16Looking to make a name for himself and earn the respect of his stepfather, Frank, Rod Kimball

06:20returns home one day to find out that Frank needs a heart transplant or he'll die.

06:24All I want is to earn your respect, Frank.

06:26How can I do that if you won't fight me?

06:28Well, maybe you should have thought of that before you sucked at being a man all your life.

06:32Oh my god, I hate you so much.

06:34I just want to smash your face in.

06:37Looking to vent his frustrations, Rod goes to his quiet place, which is in the middle of

06:40the forest.

06:41Here, he dances out his pent-up anger in a similar fashion to Kevin Bacon's Wren McCormick

06:46and Footloose.

06:47Rod's dancing may not be as smooth as Wren's, but the whole scenario is quite humorous, especially

06:51when it abruptly ends rolling down a hill for what seems like an eternity.

06:54Hot wings, you shit!

07:01Number 12.

07:03Feeling Lucky from Dirty Harry.

07:05The Mask.

07:05Stanley Ipkiss's life changes when he comes across a mysterious mask.

07:09He goes from a down-on-his-luck pushover to a wild, charismatic, and confident individual.

07:13It's party time!

07:22P-A-R-T.

07:23Why?

07:24Because I gotta!

07:26Towards the end of the movie, in order to rescue the girl and save the day, as the mask,

07:30he confronts Dorian Tyrell's henchmen.

07:32He pulls out a huge arsenal of weaponry and asks them if they feel lucky.

07:36This is, of course, a reference to Dirty Harry, complete with Jim Carrey's spot-on impression

07:40of Clint Eastwood.

07:41Now you have to ask yourself one question.

07:43Do I feel lucky?

07:47Well...

07:48Do ya?

07:52Punks?

07:54Much like Harry Callahan, the masked weapons are empty, but that's revealed after the henchmen

07:58run away.

07:59Number 11.

08:00Makeover from She's All That.

08:02Not Another Teen Movie.

08:04Although it parodies several teen rom-coms, perhaps one of the funniest moments from Not Another

08:08Teen Movie is when Janie Biggs receives a makeover.

08:11That's it.

08:13I've got it.

08:15What?

08:16It might seem crazy, but you're just gonna have to trust me.

08:19The moment is lifted from She's All That, where Laney Boggs is given a makeover by Zack

08:23Siler's sister before going out to party.

08:26The previously nerdy Boggs is revealed to be drop-dead gorgeous.

08:29When Janie gets her makeover by simply having her glasses removed and her hair let down,

08:33it highlights the fact that the supposed unattractive nerdy characters are played by attractive

08:38actresses.

08:39That's it.

08:39The scene is capped off by Janie falling through the stairs when she reveals her new look.

08:47Number 10.

08:48Disco Dancing from Saturday Night Fever.

08:50Airplane.

08:51Sure, it may be about nothing more than a group of quirky airport employees, but Airplane

08:55is one of the greatest and most quotable satirical comedies ever.

08:59Listen to you.

09:00I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA.

09:03I'm out there busting my buns every night.

09:07Tell your old man to drag Walton in the near up and down the court for 48 minutes.

09:10Even though it mostly parodies the disaster film genre overall, the best spoof in Airplane

09:15is its pretty much shot-for-shot remake of a famous moment in Saturday Night Fever.

09:19In the scene, the main protagonist, Ted Stryker, is telling the story of how he met his

09:24one true love, Elaine, and it involves a bar, the Bee Gees, and a rather silly version of

09:28a disco dance number originally performed by John Travolta.

09:31From the choreography to the famous zingers, Airplane's level of comedy stays sky-high

09:36throughout, and especially in this scene.

09:38I was captivated, entranced.

09:40It hit me like a thunderbolt.

09:42I had to ask the guy next to me to pinch me to make sure I wasn't dreaming.

09:45Number 9.

09:46Staircase Shootout from The Untouchables and Battleship Potemkin.

09:49Naked Gun 33 and a Third, The Final Insult.

09:52It may be the lowest-grossing naked gun film, but 33 and a Third still brings the spoofs.

10:02In fact, the film's opening is a parody of a parody.

10:05It recreates a famous scene from 1987's The Untouchables, which in turn recreated the famous

10:10Odessa Steps sequence from 1925's Battleship Potemkin.

10:13Frank Trebin is waiting for, uh, something when he decides to help a woman with a baby carriage

10:18up the many, many stairs, much like Kevin Costner.

10:21But once the mobsters show up, Trebin starts a wild shootout that involves multiple falling strollers.

10:26President Clinton, the Pope, mass-murdering mailmen, and awkwardly, O.J. Simpson, just before the infamous murder.

10:33Hey, look! It's the President!

10:37And the Pope!

10:38As if that weren't funny enough, it's all a dream!

10:43Number 8. T-Rex Reveal from Jurassic Park.

10:46Wayne's World 2.

10:47Whether he's crashing weddings like Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate, or pulling off the Thelma

10:51and Louise ending, Mike Myers is clearly a movie buff.

10:55Let's just keep going, Wayne!

10:58Okay, Garth!

10:59But for our money, the best spoof scene in Wayne's World 2 is his parody of Jurassic Park,

11:05which was released a mere six months before this sequel.

11:07Wayne and Garth are trying to plan a music festival called Waynestock,

11:10and they're scouting the location on a rainy day.

11:12But all of a sudden, they encounter a T-Rex,

11:15paying homage to an iconic shot in the Steven Spielberg film.

11:18Listen.

11:19What?

11:20How did Wayne and Garth end up in Jurassic Park, you may be asking?

11:31We're not worthy of the answer.

11:33Number 7. Always Been Here from The Shining.

11:35Hot Fuzz.

11:36Like many movies on this list,

11:38this badass British police comedy is a satire of an entire genre's worth of films,

11:42but the scene we've selected parodies something entirely different.

11:45Check in.

11:47But you've always been here.

11:49Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are two police officers

11:51trying to solve a mystery in a quaint little village.

11:54When Pegg's character, Nicholas Angel, is checking into his hotel,

11:57he's met with a line of dialogue eerily reminiscent of The Shining.

12:00However, whereas Jack Torrance's hotel chat is with a ghost,

12:03Sergeant Angel is just trying to get to his room.

12:06Fortunately, the hotel Angel checks into isn't haunted,

12:08and the conversation is followed by a slew of hilarious misunderstandings

12:11involving a crossword puzzle.

12:13I'm Joyce Cooper. I trust you had a pleasant trip.

12:15Fascist.

12:16I beg your pardon?

12:17System of government characterized by extreme dictatorship.

12:22Seven across.

12:23Number 6. Headspin from The Exorcist.

12:26Toy Story.

12:27Like any animated feature worth its salt,

12:29Pixar's breakout movie about the secret life of toys

12:32threw in enough jokes for the adults

12:33to keep parents entertained alongside their kids.

12:36In an effort to teach budding psychopath Sid a lesson and save his buddy Buzz,

12:49Woody enlists the help of Sid's other victims

12:52to scare the bejesus out of the toy torturer.

12:54During the ambush, our favorite cowboy doll takes a page out of The Exorcist's book,

12:59spinning his head around a full 360 much like the possessed Reagan McNeil does in front of two shaken priests.

13:04It may be a little heavy for a kids' movie, but nonetheless, the reference fits perfectly.

13:08We toys can see everything.

13:15So play nice.

13:18That'll see Sid to play nicer with toys.

13:20Number 5.

13:21Chessburster from Alien.

13:22Spaceballs.

13:23Following a Han Solo-like character and his half-man, half-dog sidekick

13:27as they travel the galaxy to defeat the evil Lord Dark Helmet and save a princess,

13:31this Mel Brooks space spoof tackles Star Wars,

13:34parroting everything from Imperial cruisers to near declarations of paternity.

13:38I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.

13:46What's that make us?

13:49Absolutely nothing.

13:50But it's got a dead-on alien spoof we just can't forget.

13:53In their travels, Captain Lone Star and Barf stop at a diner,

13:57where John Hurt also happens to be eating.

13:59What follows is a scene we swear we've seen somewhere before.

14:02Making this otherwise disgusting alien parody even funnier

14:05is the fact that the Chessburster then performs a charming musical number,

14:08a la Michigan J. Frog.

14:14Say what you will, but that's adorable.

14:17Number 4.

14:18Fatherly Reveal from The Empire Strikes Back.

14:20Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me.

14:22One of the most hilarious spoof scenes in this satire of James Bond

14:26is actually another parody of Star Wars.

14:28Austin and Dr. Evil have finally caught up with each other on the villain's moon base

14:32when the good doctor makes a stunning reveal.

14:34I am your father.

14:47However, unlike The Empire Strikes Back,

14:49Dr. Evil is of course not Austin's father

14:51and admits how ridiculous his claim is.

14:53Hey, at least he was honest, right?

14:55What ups the funny factor of this scene even more

14:57is how out of nowhere it is.

14:58No, not really.

15:00I can't back that up.

15:02Right.

15:03Idiot.

15:04Yes.

15:05And lucky for Austin Powers fans,

15:06this spoof scene is one of many.

15:08Number 3.

15:09Bulletproof Vest Trick from A Fistful of Dollars.

15:12Back to the Future Part 3.

15:14The third installment of the B.T.T.F. franchise

15:16follows Marty McFly and Doc Brown to 1885

15:19where they can reference as many movies as they want

15:21and no one will know what they're talking about.

15:23You talking to me?

15:28You talking to me, Tannen?

15:34Well, I'm the only one here.

15:36In fact, while in the Old West,

15:37Marty goes by the name of Clint Eastwood

15:39and that piece of foreshadowing comes into play

15:41near the end of the film.

15:42Marty, or Clint,

15:44has agreed to face Mad Dog Tannen in a gunfight

15:46but, being from 1985,

15:48he has a century's worth of wisdom

15:49to help him out at the showdown.

15:51I thought we could settle this like men!

15:56You thought wrong, dude.

16:00Marty taps into his film knowledge,

16:02copying the real Clint Eastwood's move

16:04in A Fistful of Dollars

16:05by taking a boilerplate

16:06and using it as a makeshift bulletproof vest.

16:09Bad. Ass.

16:11Number 2.

16:11Garage Door Death from Scream.

16:13Scary Movie.

16:14If you remember the 90s,

16:16you know that teen horror flicks

16:17made a big comeback during that decade

16:19and with them,

16:20they brought the inevitable spoofs.

16:22Hello?

16:24Who's there?

16:28Oh my god.

16:29Oh my god.

16:30Please don't.

16:31Please.

16:32I'm just a day player.

16:33Scary Movie takes aim

16:35at many popular horror films

16:36but the scene we've chosen

16:37mocks an iconic death

16:38from 1996's Scream.

16:40A young party-goer

16:41is trapped in the garage by Ghostface

16:43but where things diverge

16:44from the source material

16:45is when the girl tries to escape

16:46through the kitty flap

16:47in the garage door.

16:48This girl doesn't get her head crushed

16:50by the opening garage.

16:51No.

16:51Due to her weight,

16:52she causes everything

16:53to collapse on top of her.

16:54Seeing Ghostface's reaction

16:56to the incident

16:56makes this moment comedic gold.

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17:17Number 1.

17:18Defoe Death from Platoon

17:20Tropic Thunder

17:21Since this Ben Stiller joint

17:22is a satire

17:23of the film industry as a whole,

17:25it's littered

17:25with hysterical references

17:26to past films and actors.

17:28Who left the fridge open?

17:31But one of the most memorable

17:32spoof scenes

17:32comes at the beginning

17:33of the movie

17:34where the actors are filming

17:35an intense and expensive

17:36action sequence

17:37for their fictional film,

17:39also called

17:39Drop of Thunder.

17:40Stiller's character,

17:41Tug Speedman,

17:42is running out of the jungle,

17:43hands to the sky,

17:44as he's shot multiple times.

17:49This moment was,

17:50of course,

17:51originally made famous

17:52by Willem Dafoe

17:53in Oliver Stone's Platoon,

17:54and Stiller and co

17:55do it comedic justice.

17:56The scene is so overly dramatic,

17:58it's perfect,

17:59and it makes us cry

17:59tears of laughter every time.

18:01What's your favorite spoof scene?

18:03Let us know in the comments.

18:04Funny, isn't it?

18:05You would never suspect

18:06that everyone at this school

18:07is a professional dancer.

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