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[[File:President Reagan speaking in Minneapolis 1982.jpg|thumb|400px|[[w:Make America Great Again|Make America]] [[Older Than They Think|Great Again]].]]
{{quote|''"Pride in our country, respect for our armed services, a healthy appreciation for the dangers beyond our borders, an insistence that there was no easy equivalence between East and West — in all this I had no quarrel with Reagan. And when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, I had to give the old man his due, even if I never gave him my vote."''
|'''[[Barack Obama]]''', ''The Audacity of Hope''}}
Yes, he's the actor who became President. The thing is, a lot of these jokes don't work because he was only the "former actor who's running for Governor of California"; after that, he was "two term Governor of California who's running for President." [[Arnold Schwarzenegger|Which is a kind of scary concept]], if you're unfamiliar with the clause which excludes [[American Political System|all foreign-born people from becoming President]].
'''Reagan's Political Career'''
Actually, '''Ronald Wilson Reagan''' is better known as the conservative guy who was President in [[The Eighties]]. You [[Love It or Hate It|either love him or you hate him]]: If you see someone in a film or TV show talking about how great Reagan was, then it's a sure-fire indication that the character (or the script writer) is a Republican. In fact, most Republicans will couple him with [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]] as their favorite presidents. Conversely, if you see someone in a film or TV show disparaging Reagan, it's a guarantee the character (or the script writer) is on the left ([[Periphery Demographic|though he does have his Democrat fans]], known as "Blue Dogs" or "Reagan Democrats", and there are self-described conservatives that dislike him, mostly for pushing policies that [[No True Scotsman|they do not think are conservative]]). British media substitute [[Margaret Thatcher]] for Reagan to precisely the same effect. Reagan's other use in popular culture is to evoke [[The Eighties]], so expect him to be referenced in anything set in a [[Popular History]] version of that decade.
Reagan is known for the demand, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down [[Berlin Wall|this wall]]!" Funnily enough, he started off as a Democrat, a fact he would joke about in later life, saying that he didn't leave the
He beat Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election by a popular vote margin of 9%, although he only got 50.7% of the popular vote due to a losing Republican primary candidate, John Anderson, running as a more moderate independent. The Electoral College victory was more emphatic. He was
In 1981, Reagan was shot [[Loony Fan|by a man obsessed]] with [[Jodie Foster]], and [[Misaimed Fandom|who wanted to ape the "heroic" actions]] of [[Taxi Driver|Travis Bickle]]. Reagan wasn't actually aware he'd been shot for several minutes. He also was [[Casual Danger Dialogue|cracking jokes on his way to the hospital]]
The 1984 victory over Democratic candidate Walter Mondale was one of the largest electoral beatdowns in US history -- [[Landslide Election|a 49-state landslide]], with Mondale only winning his home state of Minnesota (and even then, by a small margin) and [[Washington DC]].
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Reagan's era saw [[Peace Through Superior Firepower]] reach its greatest apex which helped end of the [[Cold War]] (although it is still hotly debated how much his influence hastened the collapse of the already wobbling USSR); he got essentially everything he wanted in the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty and [[The Great Politics Mess-Up|liberation of Eastern Europe]], followed years later by the collapse of the Soviet Union. How much of it was a direct result of his actions is debatable (see above).
Appropriately enough for a former actor, Reagan was very much in touch with the popular culture of the time, and became known as the "Great Communicator" for his speaking skills. He called the Soviet Union an [[Star Wars|evil Empire]], and quoted ''Back To The Future'' (he reportedly found the above lines from that movie quite amusing) in a State of the Union Address. His favorite television show was ''[[Family Ties]]'', which may or may not be related to the fact that one of the show's lead characters admired Reagan. Ironically, in private, he and Gorbachev became good friends, and this helped thaw U.S.-Soviet relations leading into George H.W. Bush's term. Gorbachev himself was present during Reagan's funeral, among other current and former world leaders at the time.
He has an aircraft carrier, as well as quite a few other things, named after him. He is the first former President to benefit from an organized project to polish his presidential legacy after the fact. Grover Norquist's "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Reagan Legacy Project]]" lists, among its goals, getting at least one major landmark in every state named after him; and at one point launched a campaign to get his image on the $10 bill, until it was discovered that legislation (signed into law by Reagan himself!) requires a person to have been dead for 50 years before they can appear on U.S. currency. He passed away in June
'''Reagan's Movie Career'''
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Reagan appeared in quite a number of movies between 1937 and 1964, but nothing especially famous. Because he was extremely near-sighted, he could not go overseas and so spent [[World War II]] making training films.
In 1940, he played real-life American Football Player George "The Gipper" Gipp in the movie ''[[Knute Rockne, All American]]'' (about a Notre Dame football coach), which
His most famous role was probably in the 1942 film ''Kings Row'', which contains the famous line: "Where's the rest of me?" (his character had [[An Arm and a Leg|lost both of his legs]].) ''Where's The Rest Of Me?'' was the title of his 1965 autobiography. He had a memorable [[Playing Against Type]] role as a brutal crime kingpin in his last film, ''The Killers'' (1964).
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He was also, ironically, strongly pro-union during this period, a two-time President of the [[Unions in Hollywood|Screen Actors Guild]], named names before the [[Red Scare|House Un-American Activities Committee]], and stood up to Herb Sorell's attempted take-over of SAG. Sorrell threatened those who opposed him, such as Reagan, saying, "There may be men hurt, there may be men killed before this is over." Sorrell's faction was financed by the CPUSA.
Though often smeared by those who hate him as being involved in [[Blacklist
'''Reagan's Reputation'''
He is the [[Ur Example]] of many recent examples of [[Our Presidents Are Different|President Buffoon]], most notably, a recurring list a statements such as "more of our imports come from overseas", "how hard it is to put food on your family", ''etc''. These are often immediately redistributed to [[George W. Bush]] or [[Dan Quayle]], who are actually the source of some of them. Unfortunately, much of this kind of humor, and above all the quite real statements of "do not recall" during the Iran-Contra affair, became a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|Funny Alzheimers Moment]], i.e. not so funny any more (and the "imports" knee-slapper misses that [[Did Not Do the Research|two of America's largest importers are Mexico and Canada]]. D'oh.). He was also the [[Trope Namer]] for [[The Capital of Brazil Is Buenos Aires]].
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* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: During the second debate, Reagan was pretty much on the defensive after he made a poor showing in the first. His tired look in the first debate was the subject of a question whether he was too old for the Presidency (being, at the time, 73). Reagan immediately fired back:
{{quote|"I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. [[Gentleman Snarker|I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.]]"}}
** The camera cut to a shot of Mondale laughing along with the rest of the crowd. Looking back on the campaign, Mondale recognised that was the moment he had totally lost the election.
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Arch Enemy]]: During Reagan's tenure as president, his primary opponent was the ever-so outspoken Democratic Speaker of the House, Tip O'Neill, the second-longest running Speaker after Sam Rayburn.
** Though political commentator Chris Matthews has offered the [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] that Reagan and O'Neill were friendly after work, noting that Reagan once said "We're all friends after 5 o'clock."
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Reagan was a life-long fan of the Western genre. As an adult, he finally achieved his dream of becoming a rancher when he bought a ranch nestled in the California mountains, Rancho del Cielo, and actually did the necessary work on the ranch, mostly by hand. One Reagan assistant noted that the President was at his happiest when he was at the ranch doing simple things like clearing brush, tending to the horses, or chopping firewood.
* [[Attack of the Political Ad]]: Although his more positive "Morning in America" ads are more famous, he was not immune to this either.
{{quote|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}NpwdcmjBgNA There's a bear in the woods...]'' }}
* [[Badass Boast]]:
{{quote|''Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!''
''The United States will not contain Communism, [[Take That|it will transcend Communism]]. We'll not bother to denounce it, we'll dismiss it as a sad, bizarre chapter in human history [[The Great Politics Mess-Up|whose last pages are even now being written.]]'' }}
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: The President never said that ketchup was a vegetable.
* [[Big Good]]: To the modern-day Republican party and the conservative movement, particularly for shifting the political spectrum significantly more to the right in his time. Conversely...
** [[Big Bad]]: To the liberal and progressive Democrats at the time of his tenure, and even now, who view him as the start of America's [[Morally-Bankrupt Banker|problems with the banking industry]].
* [[The Capital of Brazil Is Buenos Aires]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[The Chessmaster]]: To an extent, mainly with how he helped combat communism and the Soviets.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: A lot of people, even if they disagreed with his policies, seem to like Reagan as a person.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: As the first page quote [[Crowning Moment of Funny|exemplifies well]].
* [[Fan Dumb]]: His modern supporters, who have more or less deified him, are willfully ignorant of the facts that contradict many of their
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Gorbachev.
* [[Full-Name Basis]]: Nowadays, out of respect, his supporters primarily refer to Ronald Reagan by his full name.
* [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]: Reagan and Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill clashed fiercely over politics, but supposedly were quite friendly after the debates were over.
** More famously, Reagan and Gorbachev apparently got along very well, despite being the leaders of opposing superpowers.
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* [[Is This Thing On?]]: Reagan, during a mic test; the USSR responded with [[Dude, Not Funny]]
{{quote|"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw [[Dirty Communists|Russia]] forever. We [[Nuclear Option|begin bombing]] in five minutes."}}
* [[Love It or Hate It]]: Very, ''very'' much so. Those that love him are typically those that praise his no-nonsense demeanor, his humor and his 'popularization' of modern conservative ideas. By contrast, those that hate him tend to view him as little more than an actor paid to play the role of a leader, while secretly looking out for the interests of his corporate donors. Needless to say, as with most politicians, it's a ''bad'' idea to bring up either argument in a conversation.
** Interestingly, although there are certainly many Americans who strongly dislike Reagan, he has turned out to be one of the more popular Presidents in U.S. history, in that there are actually a lot of moderate Democrats who generally like Reagan even if they didn't agree with all of his policies. Nowadays, these moderate Democrats are often nicknamed the "Blue Dog Democrats," but during [[The Eighties]] and [[The Nineties]] they were quite reasonably called "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Reagan Democrats]]."
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: During the [[Cold War]], Reagan was among those that wanted to defeat communism and the Soviet Union, and to achieve that end, he supported and helped propped up several regimes at the time that would later cause the U.S. any manner of trouble or embarrassment, including those of Saddam Hussein of Iraq and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. Furthermore, he trained, equipped and funded an the Islamist Mujahideen resistance fighters in Afghanistan, whose most notable top fighter ended up being [[Osama Bin Laden]].
** This last point is a misconception; Bin Laden's role in the [[Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan|Afghanistan war]] was parallel to the US's - an outside supporter of the Mujahideen. He was no friend of the Great Satan, even in the 80s. However, Reagan and his administration certainly do bear some responsibility for equipping and training the Mujahideen (positioning them ideally to become warlords) with virtually no concern over what this would do to Afghanistan once the Soviets left.
** In the 1980's, [[Modern Egypt|Egypt under Mubarak]] was seen as being not just an ally against the Soviets but as an important moderating force in the Middle East and a front-line ally against [[Muammar Gaddafi|Colonel Qadaffi]] (remember that the U.S. fought a series of sea and air clashes with [[Libya]] over the so-called "Line of Death" and then bombed Libya in retaliation for terrorist attacks), and the U.S. also wanted to bolster Egypt to reward it for having made peace with Israel.
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** A better example may be [[The Falklands War]]. The U.S. initially got itself into a rather awkward position because Argentina, which had invaded and occupied British territory ([[British Frozen Rocks with Penguins and Landmines|the Falkland Islands]]), was providing important support to the U.S. in its operations against Marxist guerrilla movements in Central America (especially El Salvador). The Reagan Administration therefore sought, not too successfully, to take a neutral posture between Argentina and Great Britain. In the end, however, America ended up tilting toward the U.K., providing crucial logistical support to the fleet steaming south to retake the islands.
** Domestically, some would argue that the Reagan Administration's policies of deregulation of various sectors of the economy helped to set up the conditions that would end up getting the U.S. economy into serious trouble in 2008.
*** Then again, it was the first Democratic President in 12 years, [[Bill Clinton]], who [[wikipedia:
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Many in the public saw Reagan as a cute old grandfatherly figure if they were fans of his, or an "amiable dunce" if they were his opponents. In the decades since his presidency, declassified documents and interviews with people close to him reveal that Reagan was arguably quite clever and politically savvy, particularly when it came to his relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Even the staunchly anticommunist [[Margaret Thatcher]] was angry about the US invasion of Grenada (apparently she had been reassured by Reagan just days before that the invasion was not going to happen).
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Especially in his speeches, his idealism about freedom [[Eagle Land|and the American way of life]] shows though (see the slogans "it's morning in America", "this Wall will fall" etc). As his actions on Grenada and Nicaragua show, he was capable of being much more hard-headed in private.
* In the ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' series, Ronald Reagan demanded a [[Humongous Mecha|giant robot]] force to go with the Star Wars project, hence the presence of [[A Mech by Any Other Name|Arm Slaves]].
* In ''[[Japan Inc]]'', a manga about economics, hence more realistic than other examples.
* Reagan appears in ''[[Batman]]: [[The Dark Knight Returns]]'' as a disturbingly shrunken and senile wretch who's stayed in office 20 years longer than is legal.
* In [[The DCU]], wannabe superhero Michael Jon "Booster" Carter, calling himself Goldstar, traveled back in time to 1986 and managed to save Reagan from an assassination attempt. When Ronnie asked him his name, he responded "Boost... er, Gold...," and was forever more known as [[Booster Gold]].
** Also, in the [[Crisis Crossover]] ''Legends'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130714080232/http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=798:president-reagan-bad-ass&catid=30:frames-and-panels-index&Itemid=34 Reagan apparently faces down a group of armed gunmen breaking into the Oval Office]. "You have five seconds to surrender yourselves!" (Gunfire to Reagan's chest ... with no effect beside [[Clothing Damage]].) "Now you have two seconds!" It's revealed to be a disguised Martian Manhunter acting as a decoy.
* Issue #344 of ''[[Captain America (comics)]]'' had The Viper using a serum she got from
* In the 1980's Action Comics ran a Deadman storyline in which at one point Deadman and the Devil drop in at a Washington soiree, possess Reagan and Gorbachev, respectively, then switch to Mrs. Gorbachev and Mrs. Reagan, respectively. [http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4735401341_490b2a2b3a_b.jpg And then] [http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4736048912_eefddf6eb1_b.jpg they fight].
* In ''[[Watchmen]]'' (an [[Alternate History]] where [[Richard Nixon]] is still president), editors at a right-wing newspaper mock the idea of a "cowboy actor" like Robert Redford running for president; the film [[Viewers are Morons|dispenses with subtlety]] and has them mocking the idea of Reagan ''himself'' running, despite the fact that he would be eight years ''older'' on taking office and probably beginning to show signs of Alzheimer's, not to mention losing some of the original irony.
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'''Reagan:''' (holding up American Express card) Will ''this'' do? }}
* A ''[[Strontium Dog]]'' story in 1987 involved Johnny and Durham Red rescuing Reagan from alien [[Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters|freedom fighters]] from the future who were threatening to kill him in order to create a [[Time Storm]] if all humans did not leave their planet. It's clear that Alan Grant was not fond of Reagan.
{{quote|'''Alien 1:''' So this is he--
'''Alien 2:''' [[Humans Are Morons|Or stupidity]]? Have you ever seen eyes so vacant? }}
* In ''V for Vendetta'', neo-fascist dictator Adam ''Susan'' is intended as a reference to Ronald ''Reagan'' (and to Margaret Thatcher as well)
* ''[[Give Me Liberty]]'' has President Rexall, a Reagan [[Expy]] who ends up as a [[Brain In a Jar]] and goes on to serve three terms.
* The opening quote is from the first ''[[Back to The Future]]'' film. In the second, the '80s Cafe' is shown, a bit of a [[The Theme Park Version|Theme Park Version]] of the decade. Reagan was shown on a ''[[Max Headroom]]''-like display offering Marty a drink, vying with an animated Ayatollah Khomeni for his attention.
** This may be a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Doonesbury]]'''s "Ron Headrest", a similar ''Headroom'' parody.
** Additionally, the filmmakers wanted Reagan to play the mayor of 1885 Hill Valley in the third film, but he had to decline due to prior commitments.
*** Actually, Reagan ''[[What Could Have Been|wanted]]'' to play the mayor, but it was his aides who turned down the offer.
* He's mentioned several times in ''[[Born in East L.A.]]''. When the immigration officer asks Rudy who's the president. He answers John Wayne by mistake, which is "proof" enough that he's an illegal despite his protests and his ability to clearly speak English.
{{quote|'''Rudy:''' ''I'M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, YOU IDIOTS! THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS RONALD "DICKHEAD" REAGAN!''}}
* An indirect shout out in the 1967 (early in Reagan's political career) spy comedy ''[[In Like Flint]]'' has the president replaced by a double. Flint, hearing the whole evil plan, incredulously mutters "An actor as President?"
* Reagan gets a [[Shout-Out]] / [[Take That]] in ''[[The Matrix]]'' when [[Face Heel Turn|the traitor]], whose name is Reagan, says he wants to be "reborn" in the Matrix as an actor and completely forget his past.
* Rumor has it that George Lucas named "Nute Gunray" of ''[[Star Wars]] Episode I: [[The Phantom Menace]]'' after ''Newt'' Gingrich and Ronald ''Reagan'', which would make it a [[Take That]]. Alternatively, "Nute" may have come from '''''Knute''' Rockne: All American'', the film which gave Reagan his nickname "The Gipper." Supposedly, Lucas was upset about the SDI's nickname, even though it was Reagan's critics who dubbed it "[[Star Wars]]," not the President. (''See also'' [[Real Life]],'' below''.)
* The killer in ''[[The Tripper]]'' is a psychotic, hippie-hating Reagan-fanatic who dresses and acts like him.
* The [[Invisible President]] in ''[[The Wizard of Speed and Time (film)|The Wizard of Speed and Time]]'', whose broadcast address preempts the special Mike's film will be on, sounds eerily like Reagan.
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* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series, one of the characters, Susannah is transported from the America of 1964 into a fantasy world. When she meets Eddie, who came from 1987, she doesn't believe that Reagan is the president by then, and thinks he's just kidding.
* In [[Frederik Pohl]]'s ''The Coming of the Quantum Cats'', an alternate Ronald Reagan exists in two of the universes. In one, he's a former actor viewed as a subversive by the government. In the other, he's the First
* Inasmuch as ''[[The Kite Runner]]'' is based around the events in Afghanistan from the 1970s up to the present day, Ronald Reagan's election is mentioned. Amir's father Baba is a huge supporter, going out and buying a poster of Reagan the day after the "Evil Empire" speech.
* Reagan was one of the four ''X''
{{quote|'''Reagan:''' Just say "no" to '''pissing me off!'''}}
** Sadly, due to constant cast turnovers brought about by behind the scenes problems, Reagan was largely unscathed by ''SNL''{{'}}s political humor during his actual Presidency. It was only until the very end of his tenure as President, that ''SNL'' found
* In the satirical puppet show ''[[Spitting Image]]'' he was often portrayed as in a relationship with [[Margaret Thatcher]], and as a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] always accompanied by the chimpanzee Bonzo (see [[Never Live It Down]]).
* John Casey from ''[[Chuck]]'' is a big Reagan fan.
* Jack Donaghy of ''[[30 Rock]]'' reveres Reagan as the patron saint of capitalism.
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* "Battalions of Fear" by German metal band [[Blind Guardian]] is about his policies. As you can probably guess by the title, it's not positive.
* [[Michael Jackson]] appeared with Ronald and Nancy in a Rose Garden photo op. Reagan honored Michael for allowing the [[Just Say No]] campaign to use the song "Beat It" in an ad. According to the Jackson biography, ''The Magic and the Madness'' [[The First Lady]] found Michael somewhat peculiar but attractive. To say that this was controversial would be... an [[overstatement]].
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAMFHT6BGO0 music video] for [[The Minutemen]]'s "This Ain't No Picnic" included clips of Ronald Reagan from a war film. The clips were [[Manipulative Editing|edited]] to make it look like Ronald Reagan was shooting at and bombing The Minutemen from a fighter plane.
* [[Impersonation Paradox|Rich Little]] did a fictious appeal to minority voters as Reagan rapping and Nancy on Bass. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XECby_mT1w "Rappin' Ronnie"]
* "Secret Service Freedom Fighting USA" by [[The World
* [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]'s video of 'Land of Confusion' uses ''[[Spitting Image]]'' and their puppets, including that of Reagan as a would-be superhero.
* [[Owl City]] uses part of Ronald Reagan's famous speech about the explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle as an intro to the song "Galaxies", which is a tribute to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the tragedy.
* [[The Boondocks|Huey Freeman]] is convinced that Ronald Reagan is really [[The Antichrist]].
** This is based on actual conspiracy theories by some black militants, citing, among their reasons, the fact that his first, middle, and last names [[Number of the Beast|All had six letters]].
* In a 1981 series of ''[[Bloom County]]'' strips, Santa's elves [[Weird Trade Union|go on strike]]; Reagan (who is never depicted but heard as a voice on a TV seen from the side) fires them all and replaces with scabs, breaking the union. Any resemblance to the 1981 [[wikipedia:Air traffic controllers strike|air traffic controllers' strike]] is purely intentional.
* In the musical ''[[Assassins (theatre)|Assassins]]'', John Hinckley Jr. shoots Reagan as an act of love for [[Jodie Foster]]. Reagan survives. Like the other assassination attempts, it's presented as a carnival game, with a buzzer sounding every time Hinckley fails to kill the president, and the Proprietor mocking him with Reagan's various quips.
{{quote|'''Hinckley''': He died so our love could live!
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* The 1984 off-Broadway musical ''Rap Master Ronnie'', co-written by Elizabeth Swados and ''[[Doonesbury]]'' creator Garry Trudeau, satirizes key Reagan administration events and individuals. A movie version was released in 1988.
* Sometime in the eighties, Ronald Reagan was [[James Bondage|kidnapped]] by [[Ninja
* The heroes of the [[Blind Idiot Translation|Engrish-laden]] classic ''Battle Rangers'' also set out to save president Ronnie from a boomerang-tossing despot.
* "Senile Reagan in a Bikini" was the original co-host of the game show segment in ''Bushgame'', a politically-charged spinoff of the ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131206195904/http://www.emogame.com/ Emogame]'' series. Out of... respect(?) after Reagan's death, the character became the more lucid "John Snow".
* Reagan appears as a minor character in ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War]]'' where he authorizes a black operation team to neutralize Perseus after being briefed of his threat by Jason Hudson and Adler.
* ''[[Edge The Devilhunter]]'' features Reagan
* ''[[Ansem Retort]]'' also used the REAGAN SMASH joke mentioned below...except this time Reagan turned into [[The Incredible Hulk]] and really did tear down the Berlin Wall.
** {{spoiler|And as it turns out, the reason Ronald Reagan can turn into [[The Incredible Hulk]] is because Axel brought a gamma bomb from the future and set it off at the set of Kings Row.}}
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* ''[[Subnormality]]'' not only claims that Ronald Reagan [[Card-Carrying Villain|is evil]], but that he is an excellent [[Villain Song|freestyle rapper]]. He's on a date with [[Margaret Thatcher]], who is also evil.
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{{quote|'''Homestar:''' Well... well... Nancy and I... economics... well... rap music... jellybeans... well... we... probably had a... pet...
'''Bubs:''' That's the worst Ronald Reagan impression I've ever heard!
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* In ''[[A World of Laughter, A World of Tears]]'', a young Reagan hosts the Micky Mouse Club TV show (which turns into a mouthpiece for political propaganda).
* Reagan is the candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1976 in ''[[Fear, Loathing and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72]]''; he narrowly loses the election to Democratic candidate George Wallace. Reagan then runs for the Republican nomination again in 1980 but loses the primary election to Donald Rumsfeld.
* ''[[The Onion]]'' did a report on the GOP [https://web.archive.org/web/20131106063922/http://www.theonion.com/video/zombie-reagan-raised-from-grave-to-lead-gop,14385/ raising Ronald Reagan from the grave] so that [[Everything's Deader with Zombies|Zombie Reagan]] can be the new face of the Republician party.
* Appeared briefly in a review by [[The Nostalgia Chick]]. With the [[Star Wars|Imperial March]] playing over his picture.
* He's mentioned in ''[[1983: Doomsday]]'' as having survived [[World War III|Doomsday]] and managed to escape the crumbling US for Hawaii. But en route to Australia, his plane vanishes in the South Pacific, leaving George Bush Sr. as the head of the American exile community.
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** Homer's "Rappin' Ronnie Reagan" tape.
*** This is actually a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Impersonation Paradox|Rich Little's]] "Rappin' Ronnie", a
** When seeing Homer's Barbershop Quartet, The Be Sharps, sing at the Statue of Liberty's Centennial Anniversary, Reagan turns to wife Nancy and remarks, "Damn ceremonies. This is time I could be working, Mommy."
* In ''[[The Boondocks]]'', Reagan is
* Reagan is depicted on ''[[Family Guy]]'' saying his "Tear down this wall" line and then beating on a brickwall with his bare fists yelling: "REAGAN SMASH! REAGAN SMASH!". It turns out it was the wall of a McDonald's and the workers inside comment that it was nothing to be concerned about, and that he tends to wear himself out quickly. He is then seen curling up like a child, muttering: "Reagan Sleepy...".
** A recent{{when}} episode implied he was gay with Gorbachev.
* In an ''[[Animaniacs]]'' episode, De-Zanitized, Reagan appears in Scratchansniff's flashback, taking place when he was an actor, and tells the doctor about his dream where he becomes president. Scratchansniff deems him incurable.
** May be a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]. The episode came out in 1993, a year before he revealed his Alzheimers.
* He is often referred to on ''[[King of the Hill]]'', being Hank's personal hero.
{{quote|'''Hank:''' Now go do a report on a real president.
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** "I ''miss'' voting for that man."
*** "Hey, now, if Ron Reagan dyed his hair -- and I'm not saying he did -- it was only to show his strength to the Communists."
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* One episode of ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' featured Buster and Babs going to Washington to request aid against a [[Moral Guardian]] lady sucked up Acme Acres' residents' "tooniness". The bunnies go to the Lincoln Memorial for guidance, and seem to hear [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s voice coming from the statue, urging them not to give up. They walk off, inspired, not knowing that it's just Ronnie in his pajamas, talking to his teddy bear.
* In the "Rap-unzel" episode of the ''[[ALF|ALFTales]]'' cartoon, Reagan (in Melmaccian form) is the doddering, clueless royal father of Prince Gordon, and is finally convinced by him to set up a [[wikipedia:Federal Communications Commission|Federal Communications Commission]] to foil the Evil Witch's broadcasting monopoly.
* ''[[American Dad]]'s'' Stan Smith worships Reagan more than he does Jesus (and he already does a lot of that).
* Although not technically fiction, Phillip Adams gave Reagan a [[Fan Nickname|Detractor Nickname]]: "Ronnie Raygun"
* The lack of good ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketches about him has been rectified a bit by Dana Carvey's "Reagan Oracle" routine, portraying him as having masterminded every presidential election of the next twenty years at the end of his own term.
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