Terms can be used in parodies, as can portions of scripts.Avenged wrote:Except the fact that Legend of Neil is a basic copy of the first Legend of Zelda game. The terms such as Zelda, Link, Ganon and Hyrule are all used. The names of items/weapons/enemies/areas all used. In game scripts such as "It's a secret to everybody" is used. And yes it is a parody nonetheless, the only project I believe that was taken down was the live action Zelda movie Hero of Time.
Shows like Family Guy, South Park, etc, can do that stuff specifically based on that legally being fine for parodies.
South Park literally had Bart Simpson and the Griffins in episodes, outright calling them by name. And Family Guy is well known for it's parodies, and on occasion has actually gotten the original actors to do them (and sometimes even literally keeping it line for line) but framed them in such a way that it clearly applied as a parody.
They've even been sued for it and the court has consistency pointed out these are legally protected parodies. A few examples being- Art Metrano and his... hand act thing, the Carol Burnett charwoman character, and the owners of the song 'When You Wish Upon a Star'
