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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 2004 and, thus, is currently (until June 2054) ineligible. However, in 2005, the Presidential Dollar Coin act provided for the release of dollar coinage featuring all the presidents who were in office up to that point and died at least two years before the issuing of their coinage. Reagan's coin is scheduled for 2016. (This maybe considered less valuable since one-dollar coins have never been particularly popular in the United States). Humorously Republican Reagan, the oldest man ever elected president was one of two fully Irish-American presidents, the other being Democrat John. F. Kennedy, the youngest man ever elected President.
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* 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.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[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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