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The former Governor of [[Alaska]], Sarah Palin was [[Ascended Extra|abruptly thrust]] onto the pop culture radar by becoming Republican presidential nominee John McCain's running mate during the 2008 United States presidential election against Democrats [[Barack Obama]] and Joe Biden. She was the second female vice-presidential candidate from a major party in US history (the first being Geraldine Ferraro in 1984), and the first from the Republican Party. In July
From that point onwards, Palin's public persona has largely been defined, rightly or wrongly, by her [[So Bad It's Good]] [[Malaproper|absurd]] [[You Keep Using That Word|politispeak]].
Incidentally, anyone looking for a nuanced and balanced political discussion of Palin's influence in America is on the wrong wiki. Your typical Palin reference in most media will either involve Alaska, that she has a child with Down Syndrome, parodying her style of political speech (including the fact that [[American Accents|her accent]] sounds ''exactly'' like Marge Gunderson in ''[[Fargo]]''), her being more attractive than the typical politician, or some combination of the four. Her actual political value, as far as we can tell, has very little to do with these things.
As just a few moments' worth of internet research can handily show (or just look a few inches up or down from this sentence), Palin has a [[Hatedom]] white-hot enough to be seen from space, yet it seems [[Your Mileage May Vary|just as many people]] [[Love It or Hate It|love her]]
The [[Popcultural Osmosis]] does not seem to be slowing down either, as a recent reality show about Alaska stars Palin and was [[Overly Narrow Superlative|TLC's highest-rated premiere]]. Unfortunately for Sarah, it was not renewed for a second season.
Some men who lean towards [[Meganekko]] have been pleased to see that since this woman who openly wears eyeglasses got so much coverage and so close to the vice presidency that the tendency of some western women to [[The Glasses Gotta Go|hide their need for eyeglasses behind contacts]] has abated just a little.
[[Name's the Same|No relation to]] [[Michael Palin]].
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=== [[Sarah Palin]] has been portrayed in: ===▼
* [[Blonde Republican Sex Kitten]]: She went from beauty contest winner to Republican Vice-Presidential nominee.
* ''Real American Stories'' is probably the best known appearance Palin has in media that doesn't involve her being used as the clear butt of a joke. [[Irony|Ironically]], it's also fairly [[So OK Its Average|average]], with Palin only providing opening narration for stories that FOX already had kicking around the video archives for the past two years. Once people watching the show realized Palin's presence as host didn't automatically make it [[So Bad It's Good]], most stopped paying attention.▼
* Palin's most popular appearance in media is the aforementioned ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch (seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE2gE-VVjBI here]). It defined most of her character traits in media from the point it aired, to the extent the Couric interview did not. "I can see Russia from my house!" is from the sketch, not the interview, though the interview had her applying more-or-less the same logic to the foreign policy question (Alaska is the only state to border Russia).▼
* In an episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'', Chris dates a girl with Down Syndrome who briefly makes reference to her mother being the former governor of Alaska. Notable largely because when Palin herself found about this, she indignantly called it a "kick in the gut" to families with Down Syndrome in general, claiming it to be [[Dude, Not Funny]] material, and then tried to claim that she was defending the Down Syndromed actress who read the line. The actress who played the character, who is in her forties, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhMSA6Chiag was nonplussed about this criticism], telling Palin to "get a sense of humor," and claimed she [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|didn't need anyone to stand up for her grown-ass self]].▼
== Comic Books ==
** In an open letter the actress later wrote, she accused Sarah Palin of using her Down Syndrome son as a political prop that she carried around [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"like a loaf of French bread."]]▼
* [[The Midnight Beast]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4npUdfEmbQ parody] of [[Kesha]]'s "TiK ToK" uses Palin to play on the original's odd [[The Rolling Stones|Mick Jagger]] line:▼
{{quote| '''Stefan''': Now the girls are lining up because we're pussy sailin' / But we punch them in the mouth if they're not Sarah Palin"}}▼
* And of course, the [[Parallel Porn Titles|Porn Parody]] ''Who's Nailin' Paylin?'', using a look-alike actress (Lisa Ann) in the role. In a porn version of the [[Colbert Bump]], this also heavily boosted Lisa Ann's career.▼
** And on the gay side, we have ''Getting Levi's Johnson'', which, although primarily focusing Bristol Palin's ex-fiancee, ''also'' features Lisa Ann as "Serra Paylin," dispensing ridiculous advice and commentary to Levi (Chris Steele) between scenes. ▼
* In ''[[Kickassia]]'', when [[The Nostalgia Chick]] becomes the Vice President of the titular nation, she starts to dress and talk in a style parodying Palin.▼
* In the comic book ''Barack the Barbarian'', which casts all the major players of the '08 election in a ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]''-type universe, she appears wearing a [[Stripperific]] outfit.
* In an episode of ''[[South Park]]'', it is revealed that her quirky image is actually [[Obfuscating Stupidity|all an act]], and that she is actually a brilliant British [[Spy Catsuit|catsuit-clad]] jewel thief taking part in an unspeakably elaborate heist, along with McCain and Obama.▼
== Film ==
* ''[[Mercenaries]] 2'' had [[DLC]] that enabled Palin as a playable character, along with [[Barack Obama]]. ▼
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▲** And on the gay side, we have ''Getting Levi's Johnson'', which, although primarily focusing Bristol Palin's ex-fiancee, ''also'' features Lisa Ann as "Serra Paylin," dispensing ridiculous advice and commentary to Levi (Chris Steele) between scenes.
* The US President in ''[[Iron Sky]]'' is an [[Iron Lady]] expy of Palin.▼
* She's played by [[Julianne Moore]] the [[HBO]] film ''[[Game Change]]'', (based on the book of the same title), which depicts the 2008 election.▼
== Live-Action TV ==
▲* ''[[Real American Stories]]'' is probably the best known appearance Palin has in media that doesn't involve her being used as the clear butt of a joke. [[Irony|Ironically]], it's also fairly [[So
▲* [[Poe's Law]]: Palin's most popular appearance in media is the aforementioned ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch (seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE2gE-VVjBI here]). It defined most of her character traits in media from the point it aired, to the extent the Couric interview did not. "I can see Russia from my house!" is from the sketch, not the interview, though the interview had her applying more-or-less the same logic to the foreign policy question (Alaska is the only state to border Russia).
* She hosts a travelogue called ''Sarah Palin's Alaska.''▼
== Music ==
▲* [[The Midnight Beast]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4npUdfEmbQ parody] of [[
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== Video Games ==
▲* ''[[Mercenaries]] 2'' had [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] that enabled Palin as a playable character, along with [[Barack Obama]].
** The new ''NBA Jam'' allows for the same.
* ''[[Sinfest]]'' included [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2923 a long story arc] involving Squigley wearing a beehive hairdo and running for Vice President.▼
== Web Comics ==
* Appears from time to time as [[The Rival]] to Robin DeSantos in ''[[Shortpacked]]''. Their rivalry came to a head when Robin {{spoiler|shoved [[The Scrappy|Faz]] [[Ass Shove|up Palin's ass]]}}.▼
▲* ''[[Sinfest]]'' included [
* ''College Humor'' has a video where her running for vice president is just a [[Disney]] movie of a hockey mom becoming president called ''[http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1831461 Head of Skate]''.▼
▲* Appears from time to time as [[The Rival]] to Robin DeSantos in ''[[Shortpacked!]]''
* In [http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/269/ this] ''[[The Unspeakable Vault of Doom|Unspeakable Vault of Doom]]'', both presidential candidates of 2008 are [[Eldritch Abomination|the Great Old Ones]] in disguise: Obama is Nyarly (Nyarlathotep), while McCain is Cthulhoo (guess...). Sarah Palin is a Shoggie (negative-IQ shoggoth [[Expy]]) in a wig.
== Web Original ==
▲* In ''[[Kickassia]]'', when [[The Nostalgia Chick]] becomes the Vice President of the titular nation, she starts to dress and talk in a style parodying Palin.
▲* ''[[CollegeHumor|College Humor]]'' has a video where her running for vice president is just a [[Disney]] movie of a hockey mom becoming president called ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20101024211506/http://www.collegehumor.com//video:1831461 Head of Skate]''.
** This likely came from an interview where Matt Damon slammed her "hockey mom" persona, saying that her whole story (typical suburban wife and mother sliding up the political ladder to President) sounded like the plot of a bad Disney movie.
* A ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPzwCWe86Qc parody on YouTube].
▲* In [http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/269/ this] ''[[The Unspeakable Vault of Doom|Unspeakable Vault of Doom]]'', both presidential candidates of 2008 are [[Eldritch Abomination|the Great Old Ones]] in disguise: Obama is Nyarly (Nyarlathotep), while McCain is Cthulhoo (guess...). Sarah Palin is a Shoggie (negative-IQ shoggoth [[Expy]]) in a wig.
== Western Animation ==
▲* She hosts a travelogue called ''Sarah Palin's Alaska.''
▲* In an episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'', Chris dates a girl with Down Syndrome who briefly makes reference to her mother being the former governor of Alaska. Notable largely because when Palin herself found about this, she indignantly called it a "kick in the gut" to families with Down Syndrome in general, claiming it to be [[Dude, Not Funny]] material, and then tried to claim that she was defending the Down Syndromed actress who read the line. The actress who played the character, who is in her forties, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhMSA6Chiag was nonplussed about this criticism], telling Palin to "get a sense of humor," and claimed she [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|didn't need anyone to stand up for her grown-ass self]].
▲** In an open letter the actress later wrote, she accused Sarah Palin of using her Down Syndrome son as a political prop that she carried around [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"like a loaf of French bread."]]
▲* The US President in ''[[Iron Sky]]'' is an [[Iron Lady]] expy of Palin.
▲* In an episode of ''[[South Park]]'', it is revealed that her quirky image is actually [[Obfuscating Stupidity|all an act]], and that she is actually a brilliant British [[Spy Catsuit|catsuit-clad]] jewel thief taking part in an unspeakably elaborate heist, along with McCain and Obama.
▲* She's played by [[Julianne Moore]] the [[HBO]] film ''[[Game Change]]'', (based on the book of the same title), which depicts the 2008 election.
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