U-Boat Parodies

U-Boat Parodies are a spin-off from the popular Downfall parodies created by HitchcockJohn centered around the crew of a German submarine. They are created in a similar style to the Hitler or Stalin Parodies, although unlike the other parodies, the Captain is not surrounded by imbeciles.

All of the initial U-Boat Parodies by HitchcockJohn were made as video responses to Hitler parodies created by Hitler Rants Parodies. Earlier videos usually just consisted of the crew sharing their own remarks on the subject matter of the parody the video is responding to. For instance, his first U-Boat parody (a response to Hitler ranting about Rebecca Black's song "Friday") had the Captain wondering why Hitler disliked the song, only to understand when he heard it. Another parody responding to Hitler ranting about not being invited to the Royal Wedding had the crew (who had been invited) speaking fondly of the same event, and one of them even met Hermann Fegelein and was invited to help him with one of his Antics. More recently, a series of U-Boat parodies has helped to expand on the war against the United Bieber Fever Alliance.

Clips Used
For U-Boat parodies, the scenes that are used are from the 1981 movie Das Boot, a German film by director Woflgang Petersen which portrays the daily lifes of a U-Boat crew during the Second World War.

Characters in U-Boat Parodies
The individual characters in the U-Boat parodies have not yet been completly developed. The only person who really stands out currently is the Captain. This does mean that most of the characters involved in the Hitler parodies do not yet have a U-Boat parody counterpart. The one exception is the Captain, whose counterpart is arguably Adolf Hitler himself, though this is only in terms of his role as a leader, as he has a completly different personality. This fact was parodied in a U-Boat Parody titled "Captain Willenbrock Tries to Improve the U-Boat Parodies" which centered around Captain Willenbrock interviewing his crew to find similar skills to those of characters of the Hitler Parodies, such as objecting to all of his plans, providing him with useless information, map-pointing, and a master of antics.

Another notable aspect which distinguished the U-Boat parodies from the Hitler parodies is that the U-Boat crew often succeeds in their objectives, unlike Hitler who constantly fails. For example, they actually succeeded in destroying a UBFA convoy, with little trouble, even though Hitler's army could not stand a chance against them.

Current Cast:

 * Captain Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock: The captain of the U-Boat, Willenbrock is in charge of all operations that take place at sea. Unlike his counterpart Adolf Hitler, Willenbrock is much calmer, and is not known to engage in rants when given bad news. He has occasionally delivered short rants, but most of them do not come close to competing with Hitler's ranting skills.
 * Lt. Werner: A crewman who has been considered for the position as the man who objects to all of Willenbrock's plans and the master of antics. In the original film, he was a war correspondent, though this has yet to be acknowledged in any U-Boat parodies.