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Lil' Bush began life as a series of five-minute videos distributed on Amp'd Mobile cell phones before moving to Comedy Central in a longer and more elaborate format. It is essentially a Spinoff Babies work for Real Life.

It features George W. Bush, his cronies, and various other political figures as Super-Deformed grade-school versions of themselves. This show takes place in an Alternate Universe where most current American politicians are children, the elder George Bush is President, and currently current issues are introduced in accordance with the Rule of Funny.

Almost every corner of the show is crammed with references to current (and not-so-current) political events, as well as pop-culture shout-outs and exactly one musical number. Many of its jokes are rather overdone, and many others walk the line between Refuge in Audacity and Dude, Not Funny; for those reasons, Lil' Bush did not fare well with critics. Those who did like it counted it among their Guilty Pleasures. Unfortunately the show managed to get put on the air just as Bush's administration was wrapping up, and Barack Obama becoming president, making the show no longer relevant, and its expiration date set.

This work contains examples of the following tropes:

Absurdly Powerful Student Council: More precisely, an absurdly powerful Hall Monitor, and some kind of student media organization that apparently has its own channel.
Bishonen: Vladimir Putin is shown to be one, as well as a Marty Stu until he gets his ass kicked by Lil' Bush in a very embarrassing manner.
Comedic Sociopathy
Crosses the Line Twice: Rather more than twice.
Dead Baby Comedy
Enfante Terrible: Most of the cast, particularly Lil' Cheney and Lil' Rummy(Donald Rumsfeld).
Granola Girl: The Lil' Democrats, somewhat.
Gross-Out Show
Heroic Sociopath: Lil' Cheney (like his real life counterpart), among others...
Karma Houdini: For a show that makes fun of Bush, the kid gets away with almost all of his antics.
New Transfer Student: Lil' Kim Jong Il and Lil' Tony Blair.
Once an Episode: Most episodes feature a musical performance by the Lil' Bush Band.
Ripped from the Headlines
Scare Campaign:
Scooby-Dooby Doors: Part of an extended Affectionate Parody of Scooby Doo.
School Newspaper Newshound: Lil' versions of media figures are portrayed like this.
Straw Feminist: Lil' Hillary Clinton.
Strawman Political: One guess as to why.
Take That: Pretty much the entire purpose of the show.
The Unintelligible: Lil' Cheney, whose dialogue consists mostly of "rabba rabba rabba".
- No surprise, as he's voiced by Iggy Pop.
  - No, Iggy is Lil' Rummy. Lil' Cheney is the creator.
"The Villain Sucks" Song: Used to mock terrorists and evolutionists, among others.
To Hell and Back: Lil' Cheney goes to Hell after dying of a heart attack, but is exiled and resurrected because he nearly takes over.

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 ''Lil' Bush'' began life as a series of five-minute videos distributed on Amp'd Mobile cell phones before moving to [[Comedy Central]] in a longer and more elaborate format. It is essentially a [[Spinoff Babies]] work for [[Real Life]].
-It features George W. Bush, his cronies, and various other political figures as [[Super Deformed]] grade-school versions of themselves. This show takes place in an [[Alternate Universe]] where most current American politicians are children, the elder George Bush is President, and currently current issues are introduced in accordance with the [[Rule of Funny]].
+It features George W. Bush, his cronies, and various other political figures as [[Super-Deformed]] grade-school versions of themselves. This show takes place in an [[Alternate Universe]] where most current American politicians are children, the elder George Bush is President, and currently current issues are introduced in accordance with the [[Rule of Funny]].
-Almost every corner of the show is crammed with references to current (and not-so-current) political events, as well as pop-culture [[Shout Out|shout-outs]] and exactly one musical number. Many of its jokes are rather overdone, and many others walk the line between [[Refuge in Audacity]] and [[Dude, Not Funny]]; for those reasons, ''Lil' Bush'' did not fare well with critics. Those who did like it counted it among their [[Guilty Pleasures]]. Unfortunately the show managed to get put on the air just as Bush's administration was wrapping up, and Barack Obama becoming president, making the show no longer relevant, and its expiration date set.
+Almost every corner of the show is crammed with references to current (and not-so-current) political events, as well as pop-culture [[Shout-Out|shout-outs]] and exactly one musical number. Many of its jokes are rather overdone, and many others walk the line between [[Refuge in Audacity]] and [[Dude, Not Funny]]; for those reasons, ''Lil' Bush'' did not fare well with critics. Those who did like it counted it among their [[Guilty Pleasures]]. Unfortunately the show managed to get put on the air just as Bush's administration was wrapping up, and Barack Obama becoming president, making the show no longer relevant, and its expiration date set.
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 * [[Enfante Terrible]]: Most of the cast, particularly Lil' Cheney and Lil' Rummy(Donald Rumsfeld).
 * [[Granola Girl]]: The Lil' Democrats, somewhat.
-* [[Gross Out Show]]
+* [[Gross-Out Show]]
 * [[Heroic Sociopath]]: Lil' Cheney (like his real life counterpart), among others...
 * [[Karma Houdini]]: For a show that makes fun of Bush, the kid gets away with almost all of his antics.
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 * [[Ripped from the Headlines]]
 * [[Scare Campaign]]:
-* [[Scooby Dooby Doors]]: Part of an extended [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Scooby Doo]].
+* [[Scooby-Dooby Doors]]: Part of an extended [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Scooby Doo]].
 * [[School Newspaper Newshound]]: Lil' versions of media figures are portrayed like this.
 * [[Straw Feminist]]: Lil' Hillary Clinton.