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This is a long-standing pet peeve of mine ...

A pun is simply a play on words, sometimes using a cultural reference or body of work as the subject. For example, the title of last night's episode, "[[The Fight Before Christmas]]", is a pun on the old poem "The Night Before Christmas".

A parody is a '''body of work''' that spoofs or makes fun of something else (often another body of work). A good recent example is the "Tweenlight" segment of "[[Treehouse of Horror XXI]]" being a parody of the ''Twilight'' book and movie series.

The above means that an episode (or segment) title CANNOT be a parody of something, but only a pun. For example (considering "Treehouse of Horror XXI" since it's already under discussion):
* The "Tweenlight" segment '''title''' is a '''pun''' on the ''Twilight'' series (as well as a reference to one of the series' target demographics).
* The "Tweenlight" segment itself is a '''parody''' of the ''Twilight'' series.

An example from further back in the show's history ... "The Shinning" segment of "[[Treehouse of Horror V]]":
* The segment '''title''' is a '''pun''' on ''The Shining''.
* The segment itself is a '''parody''' of ''The Shining'' (specifically, the 1980 film directed by Stanley Kubrick).

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