Tolkien Visual Collecting Guide: Parodies

These are nearly all humorous/comedy based, however there are a few which are serious.

From a collectables perspective, this is concentrating on commercially available items (although a few non-commercial but professionally made productions are also included).

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Parodies

There is also a lot of general amateur/fan made humour, spoof and parody available directly on the Internet.

http://lotrspoofs.net

http://parody.wikia.com/wiki/Category:The_Lord_Of_The_Rings_Spoofs

http://www.utterpants.co.uk/parody/lotr.html

Books

Bored of the Rings

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_of_the_Rings

See also Audiobook below

There is also a follow up book Muddle Earth Too, although this is not so much a Tolkien parody.

It was also made into a Children's Animated TV Series by the BBC, again there is very little Tolkien parady in this. I am also not aware of this beng available commercially, apart from a Soundtrack CD

The Roadkill of Middle Earth

Het Verband van de Ring

Graphic Novel

The Last Ringbearer

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer

This is not a humourus parady, it is a series novel looking at an alternative view of events in Middle Earth.

Only available online, not a commercial product (due to copyright infringement).

Magazines

Mad

https://archives.sfweekly.com/exhibitionist/2012/12/13/there-and-blecch-again-mad-magazines-lord-of-the-rings-parodies

Musical #210 US, #211 UK

https://madtrash.com/item/012510210/

https://madtrash.com/item/010810211/

XL13

#416

#428

https://madtrash.com/item/012510428/

#439

#440

#527

#530

Australian Mad 406

https://madtrash.com/item/010110406/

Australian Mad 482

https://madtrash.com/item/012510628/

Brazil Mad 54

https://madtrash.com/item/012510586/

Brazil Mad 64

https://madtrash.com/item/012510635/

Brazil Mad 75

https://madtrash.com/item/012510672/

German

https://www.meine-tolkien-sammlung.com/mad

German Mad 52

Dork Towers

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/dork-tower-the-lord-of-the-rings-special-1/4000-407059/

Plop

#23

The King of the Ring

http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/wally-wood-goes-plop-funny-fantasy-in.html

Simpsons Comics

Treehouse of Horror 2005

Posters

Addario & Company, guitar strings

Parody of the Bakshi movie poster

Trading Cards

Cabbage Pail Kids

Topps

These are individual cards within the set.

Also come in various versions (chrome, green border etc).

Computer Games

See seperate blog entry for more details

http://allaboutmeab.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/collecting-tolkien-musings-early.html

Bored of the Rings

Boggit

Games

Murder Mystery

This is not really Tolkien based only the name and some slight references.

Audio

Bored of the Rings

Audiobook of the Book (see above)

Muddle Earth

Audiobook of the Book (see above)

Hordes of the Things

BBC Radio series

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hordes_of_the_Things_(radio_series)

Video

Movies

The Ring Thing

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432028/

Swiss

DVD

Dork of the Rings

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804466/

http://dailydragon.dragoncon.org/dc2006/the-dork-of-the-rings/

DVD

The Throbbit

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2836138/

http://theindependentcritic.com/throbbit

DVD

French & Saunders
Within their TV show French and Saunders regularly did parodies of classic movies, their Lord of the Rings one is included on this DVD/Video.

Southpark
Episode 13 of Season 6, the 92nd overall episode, titled "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers" was a parody of the Lord of the Rings. First aired on November 13th, 2002.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_to_the_Two_Towers

DVD