Parody Trailers

In recent years, the internet has given birth to the ultimate human art form: the parody trailer. Some of my favorite examples:

Monopoly, by Half Day Today

 

Minesweeper: The Movie, by College Humor

 

Every Oscar-Winning Movie Ever, by Cracked

 

Oregon Trail, by Half Day Today

 

Battleship, by… wait, they’re actually making this?

 

Of course, while I prefer the amateur efforts to the studio-funded ones, no list of parody trailers would be complete without the various Muppet parodies: Being Green, The Fuzzy Pack, Pig With the Froggy Tattoo, and the Meta-trailer. And my sister Jenna would be heartbroken if I didn’t include this:

 

While I’m at it, I might as well admit that this Seinfeld trailer was one of the formative cultural influences of my youth: