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* The manga ''Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President'', set in a fictionalized version of the 2000 U.S. Presidential race, prominently features incumbent Vice President Al ''Noah'', along with the ambitious First Lady "''Ellery''", along with her unnamed-yet-familiar-looking husband.
* ''[[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]]'' had U.S. Presidential candidate "John Omaha", an ersatz [[Barack Obama]], appear in one story. Omaha has reappeared in a recent storyline as President-Elect, where he {{spoiler|somehow ended [[Freaky Friday|switching minds with]] [[Beta Couple|Emily]]. Did we mention that he's an expert skater?}}
* ''[[Kirby of the Stars|Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'' gives King Dedede (a fat blue penguin) a slightly off voice and mannerisms that obviously intends to evoke Foghorn Leghorn, with occasional lines made to sound like things [[George W. Bush]] might say. His minion Escargoon is basically Paul Lynde, which is even funnier when you realize that Escargoon is in fact gay.
** Non-dub example, one episode spoofed the Harry Potter craze and an ersatz of [[JK Rowling]] appeared in Cappy Town due to it.
* In episode 2 of the ''[[Pretty Sammy]]'' OAV, Standardsoft chairman Bif Standard is a parody of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates.
* The author of ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]'' admitted that Cobra's character design was largely based on French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, who was specialized during the 70's in tough, charming and witty roles.
* In ''[[Street Fighter II (Video Game)|Street Fighter II]] V'', Nash appearance doesn't look like to the games (the show was made before ''[[Street Fighter Alpha (Video Game)|Street Fighter Alpha]]''), instead, he holds a likeness with the french actor ''[[Jean Reno]]''
* The U.S. President in the ''[[Read or Die (Anime)|Read or Die]]'' OVA was "[[George W. Bush|Dubya]]" [[Flanderized]] to the point of insanity and pants-wetting.
* One of Sakuragi's friends - the one with the mustache - has the voice, [[Catch Phrase|CatchPhrases]] and the look of deposed (and as of May 2010 running again for) President Joseph Estrada in the ''[[Slam Dunk]]!'' Filipino dub.
** Another Filipino dub joke - this time in [[Hajime no Ippo]] - has someone telling Takamura that he looks like an alcohol salesman while wearing a boxing referee's outfit. This is a reference to Carlos Padilla, Jr. - Takamura's retort is also a blatant nod to the alcohol commercial's tagline. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx5CE8ZypAM This is the commercial], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p8oBSaaqfM and this is the scene where the] [[Shout
* In the classic seventies shoujo manga ''[[From Eroica With Love]]'', main character Dorian Red Gloria and three of his henchmen are physically modeled after the members of [[Led Zeppelin]]. (In fact, the henchmen are all named after band members: James (Jimmy Page), Bonham (John Bonham) and John Paul (John Paul Jones.) Leaving, of course, Robert Plant as Dorian.)
* This happens occasionally in ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''--for instance, in "Heavy Metal Queen", the fugitive, [[Blade Runner|Deckard]], bears a suspicious resemblance to [[Woody Allen]], or nearly explicit reference to [
* ''[[Ergo Proxy]]'': The Great Amy Lee Debacle. The secondary main-character of Ergo Proxy, Re-l Mayer is the [http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2508/ergoproxyamylee.jpg spitting image] of Evanescences' vocalist, Amy Lee. It is unclear if it was actually intended or not, but many fans agree the startling similarity is just too much to be coincidental.
* Many of the characters in ''[[Beck]]'' are based on actual musicians. Chiba the punk/rap vocalist for Beck is based in attitude, style, and appearance on Zach de la Roca. While Taira, the bassist, possesses much of the style and mannerisms of Flea from [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] (who just happen to be [[Write Who You Know|the creator's favorite band]].)
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** In one Chuck Dixon ''Robin'' story, the Teen Wonder finds himself rescuing pop star Normandy Shields from a crazy stalker. It turns out she encouraged him in order to get more publicity.
** ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'' was rife with these, containing caricatures of [[David Letterman]] ("David Endochrine"), Connie Chung ("Lola Chong"), Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and a nameless President that was obviously supposed to be Reagan. {{spoiler|The Joker killed Letterman and Dr. Ruth.}}
* ''[[
* Lucas Lee of ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' is clearly based on [[My Name Is Earl|Jason]] [[The View Askewniverse|Lee]], in both name and appearance, and they are also both professional skateboarders who became actors.
* In ''[[Transformers Trans Tech]]'', Optimus Prime is based on [[Barack Obama]].
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* In a rare live-action example, most of the humor if not the entire premise of ''[[Galaxy Quest (Film)|Galaxy Quest]]'' is lost if you don't realize that Tim Allen is [[William Shatner]] (although really, the entire cast qualifies).
** Well... it's ''[[Star Trek]]''. If you haven't seen any ''[[Star Trek]]'', what are you even doing here? Close this page.
* The 2007 ''[[Transformers (Film)|Transformers]]'' film combined this with [[Invisible President]]. No name was mentioned and no face was seen, but it was clearly a none-too-flattering parody of [[George W. Bush]].
** Other viewers are convinced the unseen president is [[Bill Clinton]].
*** It might just be [[Composite Character|G. B. Clintbush]].
** The 2009 sequel explicitly confirms the president as being [[Barack Obama]]. This all but confirms the president two years earlier in the first film was, in fact, [[George W. Bush]].
* ''[[Velvet Goldmine]]''. [[David Bowie]] was [[Memetic Mutation|very disappointed in them]]. And sued.
* Edie Sedgwick's love interest in ''Factory Girl'' was obviously [[Bob Dylan]], portrayed as an unnamed character by Hayden Christensen. [[Bob Dylan]] himself threatened legal action over his initial portrayal during production, resulting in the removal of all references to Dylan in the script.
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* ''American Dreamz'' had Dennis Quaid as a barely functional Texan president whose dad had been president, who "decided" to run because people told him to, etc. With Marcia Gay Harden as his beatifically gentle, tolerant wife and Willem Dafoe as his scheming bald puppetmaster.
** As well as Hugh Grant as [[American Idol|a boorish British showrunner/judge of the titular singing competition.]]
* ''All Good Things'' is a fictionalization of the story of the [
* In ''[[Rock N Rolla]]'', there is a Russian millionaire mobster and businessman that is trying to make a huge [[The Beautiful Game|football]] stadium. It's a surprise that Roman Abramovich didn't sue them.
* [[Kurt Russell]] admittedly based his performance as Jack Burton in ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'' more or less entirely on [[John Wayne]], and his performance as Snake Plissken in ''[[Escape From New York]]'' more or less entirely on [[Clint Eastwood]].
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{{quote| ''"Son of a son of a bitch! Mother mother fucker!"''}}
* An interesting case is the German dub of ''[[Coneheads]]''. Since the actor who played the great leader of the Coneheads looked a bit like [[The Chancellors of Germany|Germany's then-chancellor Helmut Kohl]], the dubbers decided to add a gag and chose a [[Voice Actor]] who had a somewhat similar voice.
** Somewhat similar case: The German dub of ''[[The Incredibles]]''. Mr. Huph, Bob's boss, looks like a caricature of the [[German Humor|German comedian]] [
* Vince and Lanny in ''Where the Truth Lies'' are obviously (''very'') fictionalized versions of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
* In ''[[My Favorite Year]]'', Peter O'Toole plays washed-up film idol Alan Swann, who is not in any way related to [[Errol Flynn]]. He is appearing on the live variety show of King Kaiser, who is totally not Sid Caesar. And Kaiser is being stalked by the goons of a crooked labor leader who is certainly anyone but Jimmy Hoffa.
* ''[[The Broadway Melody]]'' features a famous producer of Broadway revues named [
* In ''[[The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou]]'', Zissou is a clear [[Mock Cousteau|parody of Jacques Cousteau]], right down to the uniforms...yet at one point he makes an offhand reference to "Cousteau and his cronies." No one comments on the resemblance between the two crews.
* It is generally accepted that [[Dustin Hoffman]]'s character in ''[[Wag the Dog]]'' is based on film producer Robert Evans. Hoffman, however, claims that he actually based the portrayal on his own father.
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* Lois Cook in ''The Fountainhead'' is [[Ayn Rand]]'s unflattering caricature of Gertrude Stein.
* Charles Bukowski's ''Hollywood'' is full of these, ranging from the relatively subtle and well-disguised (Dennis Hopper becomes Mack Austin, [[David Lynch]] is Manz Loeb, Mickey Rourke gets rebranded as Jack Blesdoe) to the ludicrously blunt (Jack Kerouac as Mack Derouac anyone? Welsh, Vegas-based singer Tab Jones, perhaps? No? Perhaps you'd prefer Francis Ford Lopolla?).
* ''[[
** The [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel ''The Tomorrow Windows'' by Jonathan Morris features Prubert Gastridge, a large, shouty, bearded [[Large Ham]] actor, best remembered for playing the King of the Buzzardmen in the sci-fi epic ''[[Flash Gordon (Film)|Zap Daniel]]''. His signature line was "What do you mean, Daniel's '''''not dead'''''?" [[Brian Blessed|Sound familiar]]?
** The novel ''Mad Dogs and Englishmen'' by Paul Magrs has No Celebrities Were Harmed versions of [[JRR Tolkien (Creator)|JRR Tolkien]], [[CS Lewis (Creator)|CS Lewis]], [[George Lucas]] and [[Ray Harryhausen]]. And the actual [[Noel Coward]]. Magrs has since used the Smudgelings (his version of the Inklings) in his non-Who work.
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* There is a scene in ''[[Swordspoint]]'' where Richard and Alec attend a very Shakespearean play. Richard, taking over Alec's customary role as [[Deadpan Snarker]], provides a running commentary regarding a parrot and how long it actually takes someone who has been stabbed to die.
* Stephen Hunter's novel ''I, Sniper'' features a Joanne Flanders and Tom Constable, aka Jane Fonda and Ted Turner. In earlier books, there's references to a [[Cold Sniper|Carl Hithcock]], based off legendary USMC sniper Carlos Hathcock.
* ''The Man in the Ceiling'' by Jules Feiffer has Uncle Lester, writer of "floperoo" musicals that invariably fail, who seems based on [
* ''[[Letters Back to Ancient China (Literature)|Letters Back to Ancient China]]'' has one poet whom the narrator calls "[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigi_Sommer Si-gi who only writes during summer]". Also a minister who's only mentioned as "[[Take That|demonic southern barbarian]]".
* Victorian novelists with Oxford connections were fascinated by the unhappy relationship between Mark Pattison, the Rector of Lincoln College, and his [[May-December Romance|much younger wife]], Emilia Francis Strong. Characters based on Pattison crop up in bestsellers like Rhoda Broughton's ''Belinda'', Mrs. Humphry Ward's ''Robert Elsmere,'' and (probably) George Eliot's ''[[Middlemarch]].''
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** Earlier in ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]'', we find out that the Pink Ranger is a fan of "[[Jackie Chan|Frankie Chang]]" movies, and they go to see a filming (which ends up being a trap by the bad guys).
** There were a few ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' [[Monster of the Week|monsters of the week]] like this. Fang and Vampirus were both [[Peter Lorre]] impressions, the Lizzinator was [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], and Dischordia was [[Ethel Merman]].
* In ''[[
* In the fourth season of ''[[The West Wing]]'', Jed Bartlet is challenged for the presidency by Robert Ritchie, a conservative Republican and governor of Florida who bears a resemblance to [[Strawman Political|parodical exaggerations]] of a certain President of the United States -- populist tendencies, right-wing views and catchy slogans coupled with a tendency to garble his words and stick his foot in his mouth when speaking. ''[[The West Wing]]'' production team being somewhat on the political left, he was promptly trounced by the intellectual, shrewd Bartlet.
** This approaches [[Truth in Television]] - Bartlet is essentially an idealized Clinton, and Clinton did win handily in both of his races. Remove the sex scandals and [[Canon Sue|add a Nobel prize]], and this is wholly reasonable.
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* Apart from the "Bruce Lee as Marshall Law" example above, ''[[Tekken]]'' series have more not-celebrities: Raven is based on Wesley Snipes (in a weird mash-up of his ''[[Demolition Man]]'' and ''[[Blade]]'' movie personas), Craig Marduk is the actor/wrestler Nathan Jones and Lei Wulong is [[Jackie Chan]], to name just a few.
* Patch 3.3 of ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' introduced [[James Brown|Bronjahm, the Godfather of Souls]]. To further cement the reference, his loot includes such items as [http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50316 Papa's Brand New Bag], [http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50196 Love's Prisoner], and [http://www.wowhead.com/?item=49788 Cold Sweat Grips].
** [[WoW]] has more than a few as [[Shout
** In addition to those, we also have [[Paris Hilton|Haris Pilton]] (pictured), Ricole Nichie, and even ''[[Chuck Norris]]'' (pending as of November 2011 though).
* The fighting game ''Battle K-Road'' is a rather blatant example, featuring <s>[[Sylvester Stallone]]</s>Wolf alongside <s>[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]</s>[[The Terminator|T-8P]] (who also has a [[Palette Swap|HeadSwap]] in the form of <s>[[The Terminator]]</s>D-9P).
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** Yakko Warner steals gags, quips, and sometimes entire plotlines from [[The Marx Brothers|Groucho Marx]], with Wakko occasionally filling in as Harpo. Wakko himself is basically [[The Beatles|Ringo Starr]] most of the time.
** Mr. Director, a recurring foe, is clearly [[Jerry Lewis]].
** The Brain, megalomaniac mouse extraordinaire, is based on voice actor Maurice LaMarche's excellent [[Orson Welles]] impersonation. (To the point that, as a treat for Moe, the short "Yes, Always" was an adaptation of an obscure but infamous [
** The Goodfeathers were parodies of Ray Liotta's (Squit), [[Robert De Niro]]'s (Bobby), and [[Hair-Trigger Temper|Joe Pesci]]'s (Pesto) characters from the film ''[[Goodfellas]]''; their boss, the Godpidgeon, is an extreme parody of [[Marlon Brando]] as [[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]].
*** The Robert DeNiro pigeon also had elements of his character from ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' ("Are you talkin' to me?")
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** ''Transformers'' also employed more conventional impressions: Cosmos' voice was essentially a heavily-modulated [[Peter Lorre]] (again...), while Hound's voice actor was a dead-ringer for Jimmy Stewart. Both G1 and ''Animated'' Shockwave's voices are based on David Warner, specifically his performance as Sark from ''[[Tron]]'' (in fact, his voice actor, Corey Burton [[The Poor Mans Substitute|was even hired to take up Warner's role]] as Sark in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]] II''), Optimus Prime's voice is based on John Wayne, Soundwave's voice was based on Barry White, and Rumble's and Frenzy's voices were based on Al Capone and Leo Gorsey.
*** Lampshaded in the Luke Ski filk song ''The Ballad of Optimus Prime'', where Luke takes a line [[Replacement Scrappy|to complain about Hot Rod's role]]: "We wanted John Wayne, and they gave us Judd Nelson!"
** Even ''[[Transformers Animated|Animated]]'' has this going on, with Ultra Magnus' voice being a rather good imitation of Robert Stack (who, not-so-coincidentally, played the original Magnus in the 1986 movie), and Ironhide being Corey Burton's best approximation of Huell Howser. Swindle's mannerisms are modeled after those of Ron Popeil, and Mixmaster sounds suspiciously like Joe Pesci (which is played up in a [[Whole-Plot Reference|Whole Episode Reference]] to ''[[Home Alone]]''). Highbrow has a similar accent, mustache, and gap in his tooth to [
** Let's not forget Tracks is based on Jim Baccus's performance as Thurston Howell in Gilligan's Island, Red Alert was supposedly based on Richard Nixon, and Mirage was based on Dean Martin.
* The hanging lamp in ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' is yet another animated [[Peter Lorre]] clone. The air conditioner is [[Jack Nicholson]]. Both were voiced by Phil Hartman. [[Nightmare Fuel|Both haunted the nightmares of children for decades]].
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** In one episode there's an entertainer named Burt Rivendale who is clearly based on David Letterman even resembling him right down to the gap tooth.
* [[De Patie Freleng]] Enterprises' ''[[The Ant and The Aardvark (Animation)|The Ant and The Aardvark]]'' cartoons featured John Byner voicing both of the title characters, using voices based on Dean Martin and Jackie Mason, respectively.
* Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy from ''[[The Boondocks (Comic Strip)|The Boondocks]]'' are rather obviously [[George W. Bush]] and Donald Rumsfeld as scheming, shiftless frat boys.
{{quote| '''Ed Wuncler I:''' "In 30 years, that boy will be the president of the United States. And he'll still be a fucking idiot."}}
* ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series (Animation)|Sabrina the Animated Series]]'' provides some more examples.
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* In an episode of ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', they show an aerobics instructor who is obviously based on Richard Simmons.
** As said aerobics instructor was ''played'' by Richard Simmons, this is more likely a case of [[Ink Suit Actor]].
* In the second-season ''[[The Venture Bros]].'' episode ''Guess Who's Coming to State Dinner?'', the character of President Breyer is an obvious pastiche of [[
** And let's not forget Henry Kissinger as Doctor Henry Killinger. Although, no one is sure if Kissinger has a Magic Murder Bag or not.
** Brock Samson's trainer and mentor, Col. Hunter Gathers, bears a striking similarity to gonzo journalist [[Hunter S Thompson|Hunter S. Thompson]]. After his sex change he bears a striking similarity to gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a pair of really [[Nightmare Fuel|big fake tits]].
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** And his brother Drew is Bob Hope, leading to several ''Road To...'' parodies.
* Mr. Bone from ''[[Doug]]'' had a voice that was very close to that of Barney Fife from ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', as well as Fife's blind obsession with following rules, [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|no matter how trivial]].
* In the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Soul Music|Soul Music]]'', the witch who runs [[The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday]] is modelled on Auntie Wainwright who owns the junk shop in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''; Volf Volfssonssonsson, the Hubland barbarian, is [[The Ahnold]]; [[Honest John's Dealership|CMOT Dibbler]] is based on Private Walker, the spiv from ''[[
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has several examples:
** The super manly tennis player pony seen during "Call of the Cutie" and "Luna Eclipsed" seems to be based on former Tennis player Andre Kirk Agassi during his prime.
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