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== Film ==
* ''[[War GamesWarGames]]'' features a photograph of the incumbent President on set.
** It's standard practice in US government offices to display pictures of the sitting president and the relevant cabinet secretary (the Defense secretary, in this case, since it's a military base). However, repeatedly zooming in on a picture of [[Ronald Reagan|the Gipper]] in a movie that deals with the threat of nuclear holocaust has been seen as a [[Take That]] by the director.
* [[wikipedia:Invasion U.S.A. (1952 film)|Invasion U.S.A.]]: an unusual version is used. We see the president's back and [http://www.badmovieplanet.com/3btheater/i/invasionusa.html part of his face]. [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] parodied this with the line: "Sir, we're over here."
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== Western Animation ==
* Partially subverted in ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'': In the two episodes where the president appears, he either is only seen as an arm poking out the window of his car (in "Baby Face") or dressed as [[George Washington]], and later [[Abraham Lincoln]] (in "Vicky loses her Icky".) However, you can tell from the voice that it's intended to be George Bush.
** The president also appears in "That Ol' Black Magic", and once again is unnamed but obviously George W. Bush.
* The ''[[Earthworm Jim (animation)|Earthworm Jim]]'' cartoon used a generic president. The practice was [[Lampshaded]] by whomever was meeting/kidnapping him and always introducing himself with "I'm one of those generic presidents they use to keep cartoons from becoming dated."
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* A fictional president bearing a passing resemblance to George Bush appears in ''[[Justice League]]'', albeit in a parallel universe.
** Played straighter in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', where in the aftermath of {{spoiler|the Watchtower being overridden and firing on Earth}}, J'onn receives a call from the President, who is not clearly shown.
* [[Bill Clinton]] ended up with quite a bit of animated screen time in ''[[Animaniacs]]'', [[Freakazoid!]] and ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' as the current President. (Prior series ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' used [[Abraham Lincoln]] as a generic President). Al Gore doesn't get quite as much, but he does show up a few times. Of course, this isn't quite the ''actual'' image, merely an animated version several times.
** [[Bill Clinton]] is in the opening credits of ''Animaniacs'', with the line "[[Bill Clinton]] plays the sax."
** Of course, an exception for ''Tiny Toons'' was the [[Very Special Episode]] about [[Media Watchdogs]], where the cast went to the capitol to pick on the Bush administration in person (the highlight was, of course, Quayle).
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