 300 has been spoofed in film , television , and other media , and spawned the " This is Sparta ! " internet meme . Skits based upon the film have appeared on Saturday Night Live and Robot Chicken , the latter of which mimicked the visual style of 300 in a parody set during the American Revolutionary War , titled " 1776 " . Other parodies include an episode of South Park named " D @-@ Yikes ! " , and " BOO ! " by Mad magazine in its September 2007 issue # 481 , written by Desmond Devlin and illustrated by Mort Drucker . 20th Century Fox released Meet the Spartans , a spoof directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer . Universal Pictures was planning a similar parody , titled National Lampoon 's 301 : The Legend of Awesomest Maximus Wallace Leonidas . 
