parody

The Walk Off the Earth video of five people playing one guitar spawned approx. five billion parodies. This is one of the better ones, achieving at least some competency in playing 1/5 of a guitar per person while sharply observing the likely economic situation of a band that can only afford one guitar between the five of them.

The music video of "hot" girls who "sang" about their "problems" went viral last week, and it's already spawned several parodies. This one is a lot easier on the ears, but (1) it features a dude in drag, and (2) makes a lot of great points about what it takes to get hits on YouTube these days.

A tribute by comedians/musicians Rhett and Link to the magical properties of the internet's favorite pig-based product.

It's tough being a Hufflepuff. They're not courageous like those in Gryffindor, not smart like those in Ravenclaw, and they can't even aspire to be evil masterminds like members of Slytherin. They're just vaguely friendly and won't douche out on you. This parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" tries to put some pride back into the most overlooked house.

Why wait for others to parody you when you can tap talent to do it for you. Mumford and Sons takes itself oh-so-unseriously and casts the likes of Jason Batemen, Ed Helms, Jason Sudeikis and Will Forte to create a humorous music video for their latest single "Hopeless Wanderer"

Gotye's hit of the summer spawned so many YouTube parodies that he assembled literally hundreds of them to create a definitive "YouTube Orchestra" mashup. We'll let him speak for himself:

Reluctant as I am to add to the mountain of interpretations of Somebody That I Used To Know seemingly taking over their own area of the internet, I couldn't resist the massive remixability that such a large, varied yet connected bundle of source material offered.



GENIUS. But please note that we have a zero-tolerance policy for Snorlax jokes in situations like these.

A fairly self-explanatory parody. Lots of love for the original series, but it'd be nice to see a TNG version, or even DS9 and Voyager. Also, WHY ISN'T THE SECOND STAR TREK MOVIE OUT YET?