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The show has had several [[Spiritual Successor|Spiritual Successors]] such as the traditional animation ''2DTV'' and CGI ''Headcases'', but none have ever matched its popularity. The concept was brought overseas and foreign remakes have been made in [[Les Guignols De L Info|France]], the USA, India, Russia and Israel among others, with varying degrees of popularity--some bombed, others have outlasted the British original.
The show's team is also responsible for the famous video for "[[Land of Confusion]]" by [[Genesis (
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* '''The Chicken Song''': A parody of annoyingly catchy summer hits like ''Agadoo'', which naturally underwent [[Defictionalization]] and itself became a number one single.
** '''I've Never Met A Nice South African''': Musical number about the apartheid regime's abuses (and the West cosying up to it). The B side of The Chicken Song.
** '''Go Now''': A cover of [[
** ''Every Bomb You Drop'', to the tune of ''Every Breath You Take'' by [[The Police]] (and actually featuring Sting on vocals) served as a massive [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to the major political figures of the era.
* '''Thatcher's Cabinet at the Restaurant''': Mrs Thatcher's cabinet eat at a restaurant; she orders a raw steak, and when asked "What about the vegetables?" replies "They'll have the same as I'm having." (This line entered her legend, and people later thought she had really said it.)
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'''"von Willcox":''' "I know vat I mean." }}
* '''Home for Retired PMs''': All the living retired Prime Ministers (such as [[Edward Heath]], [[Harold Macmillan]] and [[Harold Wilson]]) live in a retirement home which they view as a prison camp and plot to escape from.
** With [[Queen Vicky|Queen Victoria]] filling in for [[One Flew Over the
* '''Paul Daniels''': "One Man and His Wig".
* '''Mary Whitehouse''': often seen in early episodes watching the show and simultaneously writing in to complain, overtly disgusted and yet secretly fascinated by it.
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* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: "What a Wonderful World" becomes "We've Ruined the World."
** ''Spitting'' Image did this a lot, though, from a cheerful Paul McCartney-esque folk song about murdering estate agents (complete with violent, bloody non-slapstick visuals), the Four Horsemen singing about how "every silver lining has a cloud, and it won't be alright on the night" and General Pinochet singing a Chas-&-Dave style number about the joys of nuclear war. Probably freaked out a few kids.
* [[Multi National Shows]]: Three "Spitting Image" specials produced for the American Market and aired on NBC, one taking aim at the White House, one at Hollywood, and one at Ronnie Reagan in a parody of 50s sitcoms. Spitting Image has also inspired many international equivalents: Sid and Marty Kroff's ''[[
* [[No Indoor Voice]]:
** HAROLD ANGRYPERSON
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Frequently, but most notably Thatcher taking advice from an elderly Hitler and the entire Conservative cabinet singing ''[[Cabaret|Tomorrow Belongs To Me]].''
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Any sketch with Jonathan Miller.
* [[Shout-Out]]: One to both ''[[Dallas]]'' and ''[[
* [[Sketch Comedy]]
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: [[Your Mileage May Vary|Arguably]] the successor to ''[[Not the Nine O
* [[The Starscream]]: Michael Heseltine, by the end of Thatcher's tenure. Not that he ever got to be [[Prime Minister]], even after he helped force her out.
* [[Stiff Upper Lip]]: Margaret on Cruise missiles being deployed in Britain:
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** And ''Every Bomb You Make''
* [[Throw It In]]: The only reason Geoffrey Howe missed out on the dancing in ''In the Mood'' was that the puppeteer got too tired since Howe was one of the heavier puppets and decided that he really needed to take a break.
* [[Trans Atlantic Equivalent]]: The US's much less biting ''[[
* [[Truck Driver's Gear Change]]: Parodied to death in "The Chicken Song."
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "Mr. Wobble Hides his Helmet".
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