Editing The Famous Five (section)

===Other parodies===

Parodies began early: in 1964, only the year after the last book was published, [[John Lennon]] in his work ''[[In His Own Write]]'' had the short story ''The Famous Five through Woenow Abbey''. Amidst a plethora of deliberate misspellings, he lists ten members of the Five, and a dog named Cragesmure.

[[Viz comic]] has parodied the series' style of writing and type of stories on a number of occasions.{{fact|date=December 2021}}

In the late eighties, Australian comedy team ''[[The D-Generation]]'' parodied The Famous Five on their breakfast radio show as a five-part serial entitled ''The Famous Five Get Their Teeth Kicked In''. The parody was based on the first book ''Five on a Treasure Island''.

The fourth short story in ''[[Fearsome Tales for Fiendish Kids]]'' by [[Jamie Rix]] is named "The Chipper Chums Go Scrumping", which is about five children in 1952 on a picnic in Kent during the summer holidays. After their nap, the youngest wants an apple to eat so the children decide to steal from a nearby orchard, but they are caught by the owner, who is armed with a [[shotgun]]. It was later adapted for the ''[[Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids (TV series)|Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids]]'' cartoon, which aired on [[CITV]] in 2000.

A 2005 story in ''[[The Guardian]]'' also parodies the Famous Five. It argues that Anne, Dick, George and Julian are [[caricature]]s rather than characters, portraying Anne as having no life outside of domestic labour. It highlights what the writer, [[Lucy Mangan]], considers to be the power struggle between Dick, George and Julian while Anne is sidelined.<ref>Mangan, Lucy [http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/childrenandteens/story/0,,1672558,00.html ''The Famous Five – in their own words''] The Guardian, 22 December 2005</ref>

On 31 October 2009, the [[BBC]] programme ''[[The Impressions Show]]'' featured a sketch in which [[Ross Kemp]] meets The Famous Five. It was a parody of his [[Sky One]] show, ''Ross Kemp on Gangs''.

British comedian [[John Finnemore]] did a radio sketch in which Julian and George run into each other as adults and reminisce. It is revealed that Julian has gone on to a career as a smuggler and regularly has to deal with copycat groups of children trying to thwart his plans. George is a happily married mother, Dick has gone to live in a commune in America, and Anne has just been released from prison having murdered a man with a ginger beer bottle.

''[[Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls]]'' features "The Famous Five Go Pillaging", – a short story which parodies the writing style of [[Enid Blyton]]; five children witness the collapse of [[Roman Empire|Roman imperialism]] and their friends and family are slaughtered by 9000 invading [[Vikings]].

The satirical website [[The Daily Mash]] reported a lost Blyton manuscript titled "Five Go Deporting Gypsies".<ref>{{cite web|title=Auction uncovers 'Five Go Deporting'|url=http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/auction-uncovers-five-go-deporting-201102233570|website=The Daily Mash|date=23 February 2011 |access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref>

A spoof series of five books written by Bruno Vincent was published in November 2016. The books are titled ''Five Give Up the Booze'', ''Five Go Gluten Free'', ''Five Go On A Strategy Away Day'', ''Five Go Parenting'' and ''Five on [[Brexit]] Island''.<ref name="spoof">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36369366 |title=Enid Blyton's Famous Five spoof books to be published |access-date=25 May 2016 |newspaper=BBC News|date=24 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bookdepository.com/Five-on-Brexit-Island-Bruno-Vincent/9781786483843?redirected=true&selectCurrency=GBP&w=AFC7AU968DTZ8ZA80CPSAFPR&pdg=aud-288863512949:cmp-642865427:adg-46262001568:crv-185510280216:pos-none&gclid=CPDIypaF3NUCFc8y0wodWvEBRg|title=Five on Brexit Island : Bruno Vincent : 9781786483843|first=Book|last=Depository|website=www.bookdepository.com|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> Vincent went on to write several more titles in the series: ''Five at the Office Christmas Party'', ''Five Get Gran Online'', ''Five Get On the Property Ladder'', ''Five Go Bump in the Night'', ''Five Escape Brexit Island'', ''Five Get Beach Body Ready'', ''Five Lose Dad in the Garden Centre'', and ''Five Forget Mother's Day''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruno Vincent |url=https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/contributor/bruno-vincent/ |website=Quercus |access-date=17 February 2019|date=22 January 2019 }}</ref>

In November 2017, Return to Kirrin was released, written by Neil and Suzy Howlett. Set in 1979, it involves the Five (now middle-aged) reuniting on Kirrin Island, to discuss Julian's plans to develop Kirrin into a theme resort. Julian has become a successful stockbroker, Dick is a well-meaning but inept and overweight policeman, Anne is a worrisome housewife, and George is a feminist community worker (with her flatulent bulldog Gary in tow). Adventures then ensue, involving a host of other original characters.<ref>{{cite book|title=Return to Kirrin|id= {{ASIN|199981200X|country=uk}}}}</ref>