What are your favorite examples of 'media within media' (e.g., shows, stories, or movies inside of other shows or books)?

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merari42@lemmy.world

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Examples: Itchy & Scratchy from The Simpsons, The Scary Door from Futurama, or The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky.

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4 months ago

Surprised that no one has mentioned Vegemorphs from PBS’s Arthur yet.

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StopJoiningWars@discuss.online

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4 months ago

Fillory in the magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman is fantastic.

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pewter@lemmy.world

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4 months ago

Fillory and Further by Christopher Plover

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The Magicians by Lev Grossman

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GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world

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4 months ago

As The Stomach Turns. It was a classic parody of soap operas on The Carol Burnett show, and as someone from that era i can vouch that it was a pretty spot on parody, at least from what i saw on tv when staying home sick from school.

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Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca

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4 months ago

Galaxy Quest the Show inside Galaxy Quest the Movie

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