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=== Parodies and spin-offs === ''Fantasia'' is parodied in ''[[A Corny Concerto]]'', a [[Warner Bros.]] cartoon from 1943 of the ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' series directed by [[Bob Clampett]]. The short features [[Elmer Fudd]]<ref>{{Cite news | last=Kehr| first=Dave|author-link=Dave Kehr| title=''Shrek 2'', More Looney Tunes and ''Animal Farm'' |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=November 2, 2004 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/02/movies/02dvd.html |access-date=March 13, 2011}}</ref> in the role of Taylor, wearing his styled glasses, who introduces two segments set to pieces by [[Johann Strauss II|Johann Strauss]] (''Tales from the Vienna Woods'' and the ''Blue Danube Waltz'', the former featuring Porky and Bugs and the latter featuring Daffy). In 1976, Italian animator [[Bruno Bozzetto]] produced ''[[Allegro Non Troppo]]'', a feature-length parody of ''Fantasia''.<ref>{{Cite news | title='Fantasia' Satire Reissued, But Don't Take The Kids | work=Chicago Tribune | date=October 18, 1990 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/10/18/fantasia-satire-reissued-but-dont-take-the-kids/ |access-date=February 12, 2011}}</ref> The animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' references ''Fantasia'' in a few episodes. [[Matt Groening]], the creator of the series, expressed a wish to make a parody film named ''Simpstasia''; it was never produced, partly because it would have been too difficult to write a feature-length script.<ref>{{cite video|people=Groening, Matt|date=2004|title=The Simpsons The Complete Fourth Season DVD commentary for the episode "[[A Streetcar Named Marge]]"|medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> In "[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]", director [[David Silverman (animator)|David Silverman]] had admired the animation in ''Night on Bald Mountain'', and made the first appearance of Devil [[Ned Flanders|Flanders]] resemble Chernabog.<ref>{{cite video | people=Silverman, David|date=2004|title=The Simpsons season 5 DVD commentary for the episode "Treehouse of Horror IV"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> The episode "[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]" references ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' in a snippet titled "Scratchtasia", which features the music and several shots parodying it exactly.<ref>{{cite video | people=Mirkin, David|date=2005|title=The Simpsons season 6 DVD commentary for the episode "Itchy & Scratchy Land"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> In 2014, [[BBC Music]] created a music education scheme similar to ''Fantasia'' called ''[[Ten Pieces]]'', intended to introduce children to classical music. Spanning two films (in 2014 and 2015), several pieces featured in the ''Fantasia'' films are also included.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01vs08w |title=CBBC β Ten Pieces |publisher=BBC |access-date=May 15, 2015}}</ref> The 2018 film ''[[Teen Titans Go! To the Movies]]'' references ''Fantasia'' during the musical sequence "My Superhero Movie".{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
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