Squib
Squib noun - Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise.
Takeoff
Takeoff noun - A work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect.
Usage example: a sitcom that's a takeoff of an old TV show from the 1960s
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