Send-up and Squib

Send-up noun - A work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect.

Squib and send-up are semantically related in satire topic. In some cases you can use "Squib" instead the phrase "Send-up" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like parody, ridicule intended to expose truth.

Squib noun - Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise.

Send-up and squib are semantically related in parody topic. You can use "Send-up" instead a noun "Squib", if it concerns topics such as satire, ridicule intended to expose truth.