Editing The Real World (section)

==Parodies==
* Dutch TV producer Erik Latour claims that the ideas for ''The Real World'' were directly derived from his television show ''[[Nummer 28]]'', which aired in 1991 on Dutch television.<ref name=Nummer28/>
* Video artist Eileen Maxson's short film ''Tape 5925: Amy Goodrow'' is set up as an audition tape for ''The Real World'', a familiar component of the series' casting specials and season openers. Maxson portrays the title character, a sensitive and awkward young woman whose main hobby is paper craft, and reveals a surprising sexual encounter between her teenage self and a teacher. The resulting confession lands on the desk of a jaded MTV employee, who fast-forwards through the details of her depressing story. The video was named one of the "sweet 16" experimental film and video works of 2003 by ''[[Village Voice]]'' media critic [[Ed Halter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-12-23/news/the-year-in-experimental-film-and-video/|title=The Year in Experimental Film and Video Halter, Ed. Village Voice 2003|newspaper=[[Village Voice]]|access-date=December 20, 2012|archive-date=June 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612154223/http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-12-23/news/the-year-in-experimental-film-and-video/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* On ''[[Happy Endings (TV series)|Happy Endings]]'', three of the core characters met during the season of ''The Real World'' titled ''The Real World: Sacramento''. In the episode "More Like Stanksgiving", the characters watch clips from an episode of their ''The Real World'' season. The fictional season was said to have not aired due to one of the cast members burning down the house.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/21/happy-endings-the-real-world-video_n_2169567.html|title='Happy Endings': See The Episode Of 'The Real World' Where The Gang Met (VIDEO)|work=The Huffington Post|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=December 20, 2012}}</ref>