The Simpsons: 20 Best Movie Parodies

20. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Seen in: Co-Dependent's Day (Season 15, Episode 15)

After much hype, the Simpsons go to see the latest Cosmic Wars movie, Episode 1: The Gathering Shadow. 

But instead of lots of sci-fi thrills (summed up perfectly by Lisa as "shoom, shoom, waaaa-argh") it's just two hours of political debate, with a large portion taken up by a roll call of the film's bloated cast of characters including Jim-Jam Bonks ("that character's just a tired stereotype!") and an AT-AT reading a newspaper. 

As Comic Book Guy says, "Worst Cosmic Wars ever! I shall only see it three more times. Today."

Yes, The Phantom Menace is an easy target perhaps, but it’s always fun to poke holes at the oft-derided Star Wars prequel films (after all, the internet has never got bored with doing so for the past sixteen years).