mockumentary

A show or film which parodies a "serious" documentary.

Movie examples include Spinal Tap, Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Specials (starring Rob Lowe, very underrated). One profound example on TV in Britain that nobody has mentioned is "Brass Eye" - a series of 6 documentaries and one special. They are available on DVD and video and are totally worth a look.

by Andrew Ferenbach February 5, 2004

stockumentary

Any documentary film overly padded with stock footage that barely relates to the story.

I just watched a stockumentary on Netflix called This Is a Robbery.

by Enjonze May 31, 2021

shockumentary

A documentary-style film meant to shock and disgust its audience. These films tend to contain snuff footage (real and/or fake).

Faces of Death, Autopsy, and Cannibal Holocaust(to an extent) are all good examples of what a shockumentary film is.

by The Devil's Pinky Finger March 18, 2008

mockumentary

A completely farcical documentary, which is intended to be viewed as a comedy.

"This is Spinal Tap" and "Fear of a Black Hat" are two examples of a mockumentary.

by Anonymous September 2, 2003

spockumentary

A factual recounting of the life and times of a Star Trek character

Did you see the spockumentary last night? It was out of this world.

by 3episoeepisodesofLITB December 11, 2017

mockumentary

Anything made by Michael Moore; whether or not he meant it to be that way.

Dude: Damn, MM, that was hilarious!

MM: It wasn't a comedy.

Dude: C'mon! It was so full of bullshit that it had to be a comedy.

MM: No! It was all true! Waaahhh!

Dude: Whatever you say, fatass.

by dammit janet September 5, 2003

mockumentary

An extremely profitable production of deceptive and shocking media, typically with a scary title, that is intended to divide a society into two warring, social factions by employing subtle international terrorism that convinces people they must relinquish control over their lives to a reigning bureaucracy in order to save the planet from themselves.

Scared: "Oh no, the sky is melting, we need to stop breathing and farting or we are all going to die!"

Reasonable: "What? Are you crazy?!"

Scared: "Me? You're the fool. You're going to kill us all! haven't you seen that documentary "An Inconsistent Boob"? The producer even gives speeches warning us about you people who are just too selfish and ignorant to see the truth.

Reasonable: "Oh, I get it, you fell for some money-hungry trickster's digitally altered mockumentary."

by Your liberator February 20, 2011