Editing Invasion of the Body Snatchers (section)

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[[Robert A. Heinlein]] had previously developed this subject in his 1951 novel ''[[The Puppet Masters]]'', written in 1950. ''The Puppet Masters'' was later plagiarized as the 1958 film ''[[The Brain Eaters]]'', and adapted under contract in the 1994 film ''[[The Puppet Masters (film)|The Puppet Masters]]''.

Several thematically related works followed Finney's 1955 novel ''The Body Snatchers'', including [[Val Guest]]'s ''[[Quatermass 2]]'' and [[Gene Fowler, Jr.|Gene Fowler's]] ''[[I Married a Monster from Outer Space]]''.

The 1986 film [[Troll (1986 film)|Troll]] has a snippet of a movie seen on TV in which Spot (a dog) and Tweetie (a canary) are declared to be pod persons.

A [[Looney Tunes]] parody of the film was released, entitled ''[[Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers]]'' (1992). The adaptation was directed by [[Greg Ford]] and places [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Daffy Duck]], [[Elmer Fudd]], [[Yosemite Sam]], and [[Porky Pig]] in the various roles of the story.

In 2018, theater company [[Team Starkid]] created the musical parody ''[[The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals]]'', the story of a Midwestern town that is overtaken by a singing alien hivemind. The musical parodies numerous horror and musical tropes, while the main character also wears within the show a suit reminiscent of Bennell's wardrobe.

The May 1981 issue of ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]'' featured a parody titled "Invasion of the Money Snatchers"; the [[gentile]] population of Whiteville is taken over by [[pastrami]] sandwiches from outer space and turned into [[Jews]].<ref name=NatLamp>[https://www.comics.org/issue/977128/ ''National Lampoon'' (May 1981)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172453/https://www.comics.org/issue/977128/ |date=2017-10-13 }} at the Grand Comics Database</ref>

The Host segments of the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode ''[[The Giant Spider Invasion]]'' parody this film. In the episode, as Pearl, Brain Guy, and ''[[Professor Bobo]]'' are out [[camping]], they end up discovering flowers that they nickname "Zucchini Throw Pillows" which are actually Body Snatcher Aliens in disguise. They end up getting sent to the Satellite of Love along with the titular movie, causing Pearl, Brain Guy, and all the Bots (except Mike and Bobo) to become affected. Per Mike's encouragement, Bobo manages to save everyone by destroying the mother body snatcher alien, killing all the aliens and turning everyone affected back to normal. But because Pearl missed out on the SOL Crew's reactions to the movie, she forces them to watch it again.

''[[Halloween III: Season of the Witch]]'', a 1982 film with similar themes involving androids, is also largely set in a California town named Santa Mira.

The film was also parodied in the 2012 ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Planet of the Jellyfish" (referencing ''[[Planet of the Vampires]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'') featuring [[List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters|characters from Bikini Bottom]] being replaced by alien clones in their sleep.<ref>{{Citation|title=Are You Happy Now?/Planet of the Jellyfish|date=2012-03-31|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2337387/|type=Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy|others=Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Dee Bradley Baker, Bill Fagerbakke|publisher=United Plankton Pictures|access-date=2021-02-08}}</ref>