The series parodied the "hard-boiled detective" genre.

The series also parodies the violent atmosphere of Chicago during the Dry Law, as well as the old American films, their heroes and villains.

A new series of before-and-after advertisements for the Wallpaper Council in glossy magazines parodies a prevailing shelter magazine technique.

An entire series of films and novels from Finland titled Star Wreck also parodies Star Trek.

The Hoihoi-san series of products parodies the girls with guns genre, robot girls as companions and the otaku.

The series heavily parodies the New York art world.

The series parodied many telenovelas, films, and pop-culture themes of Mexico.

The series parodied comic book super-heroes.

The short-lived series parodied American attitudes toward the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War.