There’s no quicker path to a million YouTube views than a music video parody. Except for those vlogs where big-chested ladies yammer on about nothing with the camera trained on their breasts, but Pop Hunter refused to run a feature that was just screencaps of YouTube user “MissTattums”. So this is The Parody OD, a monthly roundup of the ‘Tube’s burgeoning pop parodists!

Is it possible for a music video parody to even be funny? Can any of these match the heights hit by “Weird” Al Yankovic, or, at the very least, late-era MADtv? Will I regret committing to this column? Let’s find out! Today: YouTube’s take on “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5 featuring X-Tina.

“Moves Like Grandpa”

Views: 4,944,949

Why My Head Hurts: The Key of Awesome are the music parody division of YouTube kingpins Barely Political, who have video views to date of… wow, 1.2 billion. That’s depressing in a way I can’t quite elucidate. Anyhow, the production apes the original Maroon 5 vid to a tee and the song is surprisingly listenable. There’s also a meta storyline of the members competing to star in the video that’s somewhat original. But it, like most of these parodies, borrows the parody trope that “Weird” Al wore out more than twenty years ago – take a song and make it about bein’ fat!

It reeks of laziness, and no one in the video is all that tubby. If you’re gonna go big, go BIG. I’m sure there’s lots of fat guys who would have done it just for the free Cinnabon!

Does It Replace “Moves” With “Boobs”? Yes. Yes, it does.

Definitive Lyric: “Damn, I really let myself go / I ate too much pizza and nachos”

Rating: 6/10

“Moves Like MJ But Fatter”

Views: 481,511

Why My Head Hurts: Other than the guy with the Jheri curl wig and the pillow under his shirt humping the air? Why shoot a Michael Jackson-based video when he’s been dead for two years? He’d be spinning in his grave if he hadn’t surely already decomposed into a thin mush. And fat MJ has kinda been done… twice. Y’all bitin’ Al’s style!

Does It Replace “Moves” With “Boobs”? Somehow, no.

Definitive Lyric: “You don’t need a six pack / ’cause I’ve got a pudding snack / and I’ll be your Big Mac”

Rating: 4/10

“Moves Like Jabba”

Views: 1,039,099

Why My Head Hurts: There’s nothing offensively bad about this one. It’s just… ugh… fan service. From the creators of “Tonight I’m Frakking You” comes another heapin’ helpin’ of “remember that movie you like, geeks?!” This is only a tiny step up from Pizza the Hut in Spaceballs. I HATE SPACEBALLS SO MUCH.

Does It Replace “Moves” With “Boobs”? What do you think?

Definitive Lyric: “Goes to space buffets and eats it all / that’s why he’s got really high cholesterol”

Rating: 5/10

“Moves From Jager”

Sorry, couldn’t watch past the glug-burps. Automatic fail!

Rating: 0/10

“Moves Like Douchebagger”

Views: 371,870

Why My Head Hurts: “Douchebagger”! If you have to invent a word for your parody to work, just pack it in and wait for the next single. Who’s this guy with a pound of styling wax in his hair to be calling anyone a douchebag? How much do you want to bet he has business cards with his YouTube URL on them?

Does It Replace “Moves” With “Boobs”? No.

Definitive Lyric: “He is a real douchebagger / he is a real douchebagger / he is a douchebagger”

Rating: 1/10