Saddam Hussein in U.S. popular culture

Saddam Hussein appears in many U.S. television shows and other media, and became an especially popular icon in US popular culture after the Persian Gulf War of 1991. Sometimes he is parodied in comedy shows, portrayed usually as a bufoonish dictator or a servant of the Devil.

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Saddam Hussein - Persian Gulf War

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In the beginning one episode of Animaniacs, he is shown speaking to an audience in Iraq. He states, "People of Iraq.." before he falls off of the podium and goes to hell.

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Animaniacs - Hell

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On Saturday Night Live, he was portrayed on several occasions by Will Ferrell. The comedy in these sketches was that Ferrell played Saddam not as a powerful dictator, but as a chummy, happy-go-lucky guy who happened to commit atrocities. He was also portrayed earlier by Phil Hartman but Hartman use the more stereotypical cold dictator approach.

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Saturday Night Live - Will Ferrell - Phil Hartman

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In the action movie spoof Hot Shots! Part Deux, Saddam is the main antagonist, having a duel with fictional President "Tug" Benson (played by Lloyd Bridges). Jerry Haleva, the actor who played Saddam Hussein in the movie, also played Saddam in The Big Lebowski and Live From Baghdad

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Action movie - Spoof - Hot Shots! Part Deux - Lloyd Bridges - The Big Lebowski - Live From Baghdad

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The television series South Park (and, especially, the film ) at times feature Saddam as a character. In the film, Saddam said to be killed by wild boars, though in an earlier South Park episode "Not without my Anus", he was killed by a stadium full of farting Canadians. As a result, he goes to Hell, starting a gay love affair with Satan. The affair ends when Satan refuses to defend Saddam from Eric Cartman, instead throwing him into a chasm declaring, "I have had enough of you!" (referencing ). Later in the series, Saddam reappears in Hell, attempting to steal Satan away from his new gay lover, Chris, eventually violently killing Chris multiple times, only for Chris to reappear in Hell after his deaths. Later, he is sent to Heaven(which is filled with Mormons) for punishment and at one point is shown making Weapons of Mass Desruction in a facility deguised as a Chocolate Chip Factory. Eventually, he somehow returns to life and briefly beocmes the new prime minister of Canada, before being discovered and captured. This depiction of Saddam is intended as comedy, and not as any attempt at seriously rendering him as a fictional character.

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South Park - Boar - Hell - Gay - Satan - Eric Cartman

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