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The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
The Moment: Almost impossible to choose just one moment of greatness, but this one’s a giggler – Shaun (Simon Pegg) wanders to the newsagent, completely oblivious to the fact that a zombie apocalypse has landed.
What’s It Spoofing: Anything by Romero.
Why It’s Great: Shaun’s obliviousness will strike a chord with any big city dweller, where most people walk around like zombies anyway.
Shanghai Noon (2000)
The Moment: Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) uses a horse shoe and a bit of rope to take down gun-toting cowboys.
What’s It Spoofing: Western stand-offs.
Why It’s Great: It shakes up the Western formula – and shows off Chan’s considerable fighting prowess.
Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
The Moment: Sgt Jack Colt (Emilio Estevez) has an encounter with convenience store workers.
To say he’s intense would be something of an understatement.
What’s It Spoofing: Lethal Weapon – right down to Estevez’s tight, stone-wash jeans.
Why It’s Great : Estevez’s impression of Mel Gibson is surprisingly, hysterically prophetic…
The Naked Gun 2: The Smell Of Fear (1991)
The Moment: Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) and Dr. Albert Meinheimer (Richard Griffiths) have been kidnapped – but Frank has a plan to escape.
What’s It Spoofing: Various Bond movies plus Mission: Impossible (the show).
Why It’s Great: It’s why we love Frank – he’s a hero almost despite himself.
Piranha (1978)
The Moment: Piranhas strike at a newly-opened water park. Cue people screaming and being dragged under the water, which quickly turns red…
What’s It Spoofing: Jaws .
Why It’s Great: This exchange as the carnage takes place: Whitney: The piranhas... / Buck Gardner: What about the goddamn piranhas? / Whitney: They're eating the guests, sir.
The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad! (1988)
The Moment: Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) and Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley) fall madly in love – first practicing safe sex (ahem), then frolicking on the beach, laughing at Platoon and getting hot dogs.
What’s It Spoofing: Soppy romcom montages that you’ve seen a million times over.
Why It’s Great: It makes us feel better about laughing at Platoon .
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
The Moment: War hero Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) gets in the ring for an epic fist fight that ends in his opponent spitting out nuts…
What’s It Spoofing: Rambo .
Why It’s Great: Sheen’s never played it straighter, and never been funnier.
Top Secret! (1984)
The Moment: A pair of resistance fighters dress up in a cow suit, armed with an infiltration plan. Except they didn’t count on a horny bull disrupting said plan…
What’s It Spoofing: Any spy film that involves dressing up to go undercover.
Why It’s Great: The film sees Kilmer at his finest and funniest, but even he’s upstaged here…
Hot Rod (2007)
The Moment: Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg) vents his anger at the prospect of his stepfather dying by heading out into the forest and dancing like a maniac.
What’s It Spoofing: Footloose .
Why It’s Great : It ends with Rod rolling endlessly down a hill after tripping over. Klutz.
