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* [[Cincinnatus]]: Refusing kingship of the United States on moral as well as pragmatic grounds (Washington had no heirs, for one). When King George heard about this, he said, "If true, then he is [[Worthy Opponent|the greatest man in the world]]."
* [[Definitely Just a Cold]]: Plagued by a chronic malaria that he caught during his war days. On the eve of his death, Washington shrugged off a "trifling" sore throat.
* [[Face Death
* [[Failure Hero]]: It has been said that any General besides William Howe could have toppled Washington, and any General besides Washington could have defeated Howe. Not to mention George's spotty record during the war with France.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: He was a hell of a dancer and tasteful interior decorator.
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* [[Manly Wade Wellman]]'s short fantasy story "Vandy, Vandy" features an appearance not of the actual Washington's ghost, but the evil-smiting myth-encrusted figure described above.
* In the ''Masters of Horror'' episode "The Washingtonians," Washington and his descendants are revealed to be cannibals, though its more of a "campy and ridiculous" sort of horror than a real scary one. (Note that the real Washington was probably sterile.)
* In one of the [[
* The cartoon ''[[Time Squad]]'' always portrayed Washington as [[The Cape]] whenever he appeared... except for the episode that opened with him [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us|going on a psychotic rampage in the Squad's space station]]. (It was an [[Unwinnable Training Simulation]], simulating what would happen if they dropped [[The Masquerade]] for him.)
* Highly ambiguous character in the ''[[Illuminatus]]'' trilogy.
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{{quote| You hear what Nutty George did last night? The dollar across the Potomac -- they didn't tell you about that? Had us up till three in the morning looking for the damned thing.}}
* ''[[Deadliest Warrior]]'' has [[George Washington]] go up against [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]. {{spoiler|George barely manages to win over Napoleon.}}
* Portrayed as [[The Eeyore]] in the musical ''[[
* [[David Drake]]'s ''Into the Hinterlands'' is essentially a retelling of George Washington's early career [[In Space]]
* Dan's target of the week in ''[[Dan Vs.]]'' "George Washington". He believes that George Washington chopped down a palm tree that wrecked his car, since an axe with the initials G.W. carved into handle was still stuck in the tree. Chris and Elise try to convince Dan that Washington couldn't have done it since a) the cherry tree thing is a myth and b) he's been dead for over two centuries. Dan believes that Washington's ghost wrecked his car, and travels to Washington's home to commit vandalism as payback. {{spoiler|The ending confirms Dan's theory.}}
* Washington's execution is the [[Point of Divergence]] in the alternate-history/[[Sliding Scale of Libertarianism and Authoritarianism|Libertarian]] fantasy comic book ''The Probability Broach''. The author claims that Washington's handling of the Whiskey Rebellion was the beginnings of over-reaching federal power in America. The man who got Washington convicted is then elected President, and promptly disbands any federal infrastructure, creating the "North American Confederacy."
* According to the immense [[wikipedia:The Apotheosis of Washington|fresco]] on the ceiling of the [[The United States|United States]] Capitol Building, he [[A God Am I|became a god]].
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