▁or ▁two - page ▁spl ash ▁usually ▁consists ▁of ▁the ▁cast ▁of ▁the ▁show ▁introdu cing ▁themselves ▁directly ▁to ▁the ▁reader . ▁In ▁some ▁par od ies , ▁the ▁writers ▁sometimes ▁attempt ▁to ▁circum vent ▁this ▁convention ▁by ▁present ing ▁the ▁characters ▁without ▁such ▁direct ▁ex position . ▁ ▁Many ▁par od ies ▁end ▁with ▁the ▁ab rupt ▁de us ▁ex ▁mach ina ▁appearance ▁of ▁outside ▁characters ▁or ▁pop ▁culture ▁figures ▁who ▁are ▁them atically ▁tied ▁into ▁the ▁nature ▁to ▁the ▁movie ▁or ▁TV ▁series ▁being ▁par od ied , ▁or ▁who ▁comment ▁sat ir ically ▁on ▁the ▁theme . ▁For ▁example , ▁Dr . ▁Phil ▁arriv es ▁to ▁coun sel ▁the ▁psych olog ically ▁dam aged ▁Des perate ▁House w ives ; ▁in ▁another ▁spo of , ▁the ▁former ▁cast ▁of ▁Sex ▁and ▁the ▁City ▁are ▁h ired ▁as ▁the ▁new ▁hook ers ▁for ▁another ▁H BO ▁series , ▁Dead wood . ▁ ▁The ▁par od ies ▁frequently ▁make ▁com edic ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁fourth ▁wall , ▁breaking ▁character , ▁and ▁meta - re ferences . ▁Within ▁an ▁ost ens ibly ▁self - cont ained ▁story line , ▁the ▁characters ▁may ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁technical ▁aspects ▁of ▁film making , ▁the ▁public ity , ▁h ype ▁or ▁box ▁office ▁surrounding ▁their ▁project , ▁their ▁own ▁past ▁roles ▁or ▁real - life ▁circumstances , ▁and ▁critical ▁analysis ▁of ▁cl ich és . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁final ▁panel ▁of ▁" The ▁$ ound ▁of ▁M oney ", ▁the ▁magazine ' s ▁ 1 9