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Parody Name Fanworks
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A parody name fanwork, very often fiction, is a creation that changes the names of characters to something that sounds similar and is almost always unflattering.
The focus of many parody name stories are these goofy names, with the rest of the story almost an afterthought. Some writers make the mistake of thinking that doing this makes their parody automatically funny.
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Star Trek and Parody Name Stories
There are many examples of parody name stories in Star Trek.
These stories include Captain Kirk as "Captain Jerk" or "Captain Quirk," Spock as "Mr. Spunk"[1] and "Mr. Shock." [2], Bones as "Doctor McCrotch" [3], "Dr. McCloy" [4], and "McPloy" [5]
Fan Comments
1982
"Thank God It's Friday!" was absolutely hilarious. Over the years I have read dozens of Star Trek parodies, but I don't recall any that played upon a specific episode as this one did. The humor was irreverent and slightly naughty. I liked the way everyone's accents were exaggerated, and the way everyone was in it for their own selfish gain, but most of all, I liked the names. Shmuck the Vulgarian! The starship Enteritis! Dr. Balls McCrotch! I laughed continuously as I read it. [6]
2019
References
- ^ from Logically Star Trek
- ^ from Saurian Brandy Digest #17
- ^ (Visions #1, 1982
- ^ published in the science fiction zine, "Leftovers," the successor to "Knowable and Pointing Vector," published by John and Perdita Boardman in July 1968
- ^ from Fizzbin Fever, or McPloy's Diagnosis, or Booby-Prize Bridge in Dilithium Dope
- ^ an LoC in Visions #2
- ^ from a personal email from Teegar to MPH, quoted with permission (February 2019)