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* Gary Callahan, the second [[President Evil|President]] in ''[[Transmetropolitan]]'', is believed to have been largely based on Tony Blair. Trademarks include a near-permanent grin and an obsession with control and media spin.
* Played by [[Michael Sheen]] in 2006's ''[[The Queen]]'', who previously played him in 2003's ''[[The Deal]]'' and again in 2010's ''The Special Relationship''. Screenwriter Peter Morgan seems to have a [[Author Appeal|strong interest]] in what Blair is like behind closed doors.
* Blair was one of Jon Culshaw's most popular impersonations in ''[[Dead Ringers (TV series)|Dead Ringers]]'': in another Comic Relief sketch, the real Blair appeared alongside Culshaw's version and played along, notably accepting Culshaw's use of his catchphrase ''"...in a very real sense..."''
* ''[[Private Eye]]'' started out with two Blair parodies: ''Blairzone'', referencing his "Cool Britannia" attempts to be hip and with it, and "The Vicar of St. Albion's", referencing how some had compared his speech-giving style to that of a sanctimonious parish [[The Vicar|vicar]] preaching a sermon. Perhaps unexpectedly, it was the second one that lasted and became very popular, with Cabinet members fulfilling corresponding roles (for instance, [[Gordon Brown]] as the church treasurer) and foreign leaders being slotted into appropriate roles (e.g. American Presidents [[Bill Clinton]] and [[George W. Bush]] were made into the leaders of odd evangelical sects the Church of the Seventh-Day Fornicators and the Church of the Latter Day Morons--or Morbombs during the Iraq War--respectively).
** "The Vicar of St. Albion's" [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|got weird]] when Blair very publicly converted to Catholicism shortly after resigning as Prime Minister...
*** And then immediately started offering the Pope unsolicited advice about modernizing his outlook...
** Actually, ''[[Private Eye]]'' adapted pretty well: he now makes occasional appearances as the Rev. Imam Rabbi Sri Tony Blair, Chief Executive of super-ecumenical organization [[Fun
* The [[Pet Shop Boys]] [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[George W. Bush]] and Tony Blair - "I'm with stupid" - reached number eight as a single on the UK charts.
** They also wrote "I get along" about his second firing of [[Peter Mandelson]] (according to [[Word of God]])
*** They also made the extremely creepy [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kx05kU5gZg "Integral"] about New Labour's increasing tendency to introduce a surveillance society; the fandom sometimes count these three together as the [[Pet Shop Boys]]' "Blair Trilogy".
* Former Prime Minster Adam Lang in ''[[
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