mterek Posted:

As far as man-man’s submission goes, I think he could have done a better job at paraphrasing, but for the most part I don’t consider it plagiarism to keep good chunks of sentences intact. This is because paraphrasing can often obscure the reference, and if people don’t have a clear idea of what the parody is it’s not likely the idea will win, and if it does it’s not likely it’ll make a good forum.

If something needs to be plagiarized in order to make it clear that it’s being parodied, then perhaps it’s not a good target for the parody in the first place. And yes, keeping significant portions is one form of plagiarism (there’s lots more than simple copying).