History UsefulNotes / RonaldReagan

* Reagan appears in ''Comicbook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' as a disturbingly shrunken and senile wretch who's stayed in office 20 years longer than is legal.
* In Franchise/TheDCU, wannabe superhero Michael Jon "Booster" Carter, calling himself Goldstar, traveled back in time to 1986 and managed to save Reagan from an assassination attempt. When Ronnie asked him his name, he responded "Boost ... er, Gold...," and was forever more known as ComicBook/BoosterGold. Also, in the CrisisCrossover ''Legends'', [[http://www.superdickery.com/president-reagan-bad-ass/ Reagan apparently faces down a group of armed gunmen breaking into the Oval Office]]. "You have five seconds to surrender yourselves!" (Gunfire to Reagan's chest ... with no effect beside ClothingDamage.) "Now you have two seconds!" It's revealed to be a disguised Martian Manhunter acting as a decoy.
* Issue #344 of ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' had [[Characters/MarvelComicsHydra The Viper]] using a serum she got from Slithers (a minor ''ComicBook/XMan'' villain) turning Ronald and Nancy into BrainwashedAndCrazy serpent-men with the rest of Washington, DC in an earlier stage of the transformation. The Captain (as he was known at the time because of a dispute with the government) didn't manage to stop the plot before throwing down with the suddenly scaly Commander-In-Chief who was clad only in his underwear. Reagan even used old glory as a weapon during the fight. While Cap was preoccupied with the president, Viper was able to make a VillainExitStageLeft but she was not able to get very far before she was stopped and defeated by Cobra (who is usually an enemy of ComicBook/TheMightyThor). He said it was payback for Cap helping Sidewinder retake control of the Serpent Society and had nothing to do with his political affiliation.
* In the 1980s Action Comics ran a ''Deadman'' storyline in which at one point Deadman and the Devil drop in at a Washington soiree, possess Reagan and Gorbachev, respectively, then switch to Mrs. Gorbachev and Mrs. Reagan, respectively. [[http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4735401341_490b2a2b3a_b.jpg And then]] [[http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4736048912_eefddf6eb1_b.jpg they fight.]]
* ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'': Reagan shows up in several albums written in TheEighties ("El Cacao Espacial", "La Perra de las Galaxias" and "Los Ángeles 84"), or it's mentioned (''¡Este trasto está más cascado que el Reagan!'' (''This junk is more broken than Reagan!'')) in "El cochecito leré"
* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' (an AlternateHistory where UsefulNotes/RichardNixon is still president), editors at a right-wing newspaper mock the idea of a "cowboy actor" like Creator/RobertRedford running for president; the film dispenses with subtlety and has them mocking the idea of Reagan ''himself'' running, despite the fact that he would be eight years ''older'' on taking office and probably beginning to show signs of Alzheimer's, not to mention losing some of the original irony. The film dialogue rewords it as just "a cowboy running for President", turning it into a dig at [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush someone a little more recent.]]
* Reagan is the main character of the political parodied comic ''[[http://www.comics.org/series/16342/ Reagan's Raiders]]'', which shows Reagan leading a team of commandos.
* The very first issue of ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance'' featured a clever, forceful Reagan blackmailing Sable into helping with presidential security against an assassin who happened to be an old enemy of Sable's.
-->'''Reagan:''' Do you know me?\\
'''Sable:''' I know who you ''look'' like. Got any ID?\\
'''Reagan:''' [''Holding up American Express card''] Will ''this'' do?
* A ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'' story in 1987 involved Johnny and Durham Red rescuing Reagan from alien [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters freedom fighters]] from the future who were threatening to kill him in order to create a TimeStorm if all humans did not leave their planet. It's clear that Alan Grant was not fond of Reagan.
-->'''Alien 1:''' So this is he--the Reagan? [[PunyEarthlings A puny specimen]], even for a human. Just like [[HumansAreBastards the defilers]] to worship such a one! Do you suppose [[HumansAreUgly ugliness is a virtue to them]]?\\
'''Alien 2:''' [[HumansAreMorons Or stupidity]]? Have you ever seen eyes so vacant?
* In ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'', neo-fascist dictator Adam ''Susan'' is intended as a reference to Ronald ''Reagan'' (and to Margaret Thatcher as well).
* ''ComicBook/GiveMeLiberty'' has President Rexall, a Reagan {{Expy}} who ends up as a BrainInAJar and goes on to serve three terms.
* ''ComicBook/EdTheHappyClown'' features the Ronald Reagan of an alternate universe getting his head stuck to the title character's penis. Surprisingly, Chester Brown stated that this wasn't intended to be a TakeThat, as being both apolitical and Canadian, he had little idea of the specifics of Reagan's politics besides knowing that he was vaguely right-wing and that the American right wing was opposed to pornography and obscenity, both of which Brown had been accused of creating. Instead, he mostly picked Reagan so people would recognize the name (the drawn Reagan doesn't look much like the real man either): Brown had originally meant to caricature Ed Broadbent, a left-wing Canadian politician he disliked, but eventually decided the first target was too obscure even for Canadians to appreciate.
* During his presidency, he often appeared in the UndergroundComics of the time, where [[SarcasmMode surprisingly,]] he was universally depicted in an extremely negative light. He was typically drawn with a giant pompadour and hideously wrinkled face, and was depicted as a senile idiot at best and a racist, homophobic tyrant at worst.
* The first Marvel NOW arc of ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' features all the deceased presidents returning as zombies to destroy the world. Reagan, for his part in this, hijacks a military satellite to try and enact his failed Star Wars program in person, only for Deadpool to crash the satellite and re-kill him in the process. Also, during the fight, he cuts Reagan open, and all his [[TrademarkFavoriteFood jellybeans]] spill out.

* Reagan makes several cameo appearances in ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'' -- set in the 1985 -- where he's treated in a fairly neutral manner.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Ronald Reagan makes a cameo appearance during the Darkseid War when Mikhail Gorbachev calls him to inquiry what is going on across the pond and why isn't Franchise/{{Superman}} fixing it.
* In ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'', set in 1986, Reagan and Gorbachev discuss what should be done regarding ComicBook/LexLuthor's latest world-endangering scheme before concurring that unfortunately they have no option but to rely on the super-heroic community. After the Luthor's threat is over for good, both Reagan and Gorbachev compete to see which is able to pay a better homage to Superman, but the Man of Steel declines politely.

* The page's quote is from ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', with Doc Brown laughing when Marty mentioned it to him in 1955. When Reagan watched the film himself, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny he got so amused]] that he told the projectionist to stop the film and replay the scene. In addition, in his 1986 State of the Union address, he would use the closing line "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads," which writer Bob Gale believes cemented BTTF's place in pop culture. In ''[[Film/BackToTheFuturePartII Part II]]'', the Cafe '80s nostalgia restaurant is shown, a bit of a [[TheThemeParkVersion Theme Park Version]] of the decade. Reagan was shown on a ''Series/MaxHeadroom''-like display offering Marty a drink, vying with an animated Ayatollah Khomeni for his attention. This may be a ShoutOut to ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'''s "Ron Headrest", a similar ''Headroom'' parody. The filmmakers wanted Reagan to play the mayor of 1885 Hill Valley in ''[[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII Part III]]''. Reagan ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen wanted]]'' to play the mayor, but his aides turned down the offer. The second film features a newspaper from 1985-A with a line stating that UsefulNotes/RichardNixon is seeking a ''fifth'' term. When the timeline is restored, it instead says that Reagan is seeking a second term. One alternative script had Biff giving the almanac to his 1967 self instead of the 1955 one. One of the few things Doc teaches Marty about 1967 is the fact that Reagan was the Governor of California back then.
* Reagan is mentioned several times in ''Film/BornInEastLA''. When the immigration officer asks Rudy who's the president, he answers Creator/JohnWayne by mistake, which is "proof" enough that he's an illegal despite his protests and his ability to clearly speak English.

* An indirect shout out in the 1967 (early in Reagan's political career) spy comedy ''Film/InLikeFlint'' has the president replaced by a double. Flint, hearing the whole evil plan, incredulously mutters "An actor as president?"
* Reagan gets a ShoutOut / TakeThat in ''Film/TheMatrix'' when [[FaceHeelTurn the traitor]], whose name is Reagan, says he wants to be "reborn" in the Matrix as an actor and completely forget his past.
* Rumor has it that George Lucas named "Nute Gunray" of ''Franchise/StarWars Episode I: Film/ThePhantomMenace'' after ''Newt'' Gingrich and Ronald ''Reagan'', which would make it a TakeThat. Alternatively, "Nute" may have come from '''''Knute''' Rockne: All American'', the film which gave Reagan his nickname "The Gipper." Supposedly, Lucas was upset about the SDI's nickname, even though it was Reagan's critics who dubbed it "Franchise/StarWars," not the President.
* The killer in ''The Tripper'' is a psychotic, hippie-hating Reagan-fanatic who dresses and acts like him.
* Is played by Creator/AlanRickman in ''[[Film/TheButler Lee Daniels' The Butler]]''.
* In ''Film/TradingPlaces'', Randolph Duke has a portrait of then-president Reagan on his desk, while his brother Mortimer has a portrait of UsefulNotes/RichardNixon on his desk.
* He has a prominent role in two of Creator/MichaelMoore's movies.
** In ''Film/RogerAndMe'' he is seen inviting some autoworkers out for a pizza, and encouraging them to look for work elsewhere. The cash register at that restaurant was later stolen during the event.
** In ''Film/CapitalismALoveStory'', Moore accuses Reagan and his co-thinkers of creating an economic system that favored the rich, causing economic inequality and industrial decline.
* ''Film/AmericanPsycho'': He briefly appears on television in the background when one of Patrick Bateman's friends discusses his demeanor, claiming that Reagan only uses the "nice old guy" image to appear harmless.
* Reagan the ''actor'' is briefly mentioned in ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', when the first passenger to come down with the food poisoning mentions she hasn't felt this awful "[[TakeThat since we saw that Ronald Reagan movie]]!" However, this was almost certainly a dig at Reagan the ''politician''. The scene was filmed in August 1979 but Reagan had challenged then-incumbent President UsefulNotes/GeraldFord in the Republican primaries three years earlier and Reagan at least ''running'' for president in 1980 -- if not winning outright as Jimmy Carter was deeply unpopular in 1979 -- was considered a foregone conclusion. By the time the film premiered in 1980, Reagan was the presumptive Republican nominee and would be elected president that November. (The film also contains a dig at Reagan's old rival Gerald Ford.)
* Creator/RobinWilliams does an impression of Reagan in ''Film/MrsDoubtfire''.

* The President of the United States in ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' is never named, but greatly resembles Reagan in appearance (mottled rosey complexion, dyed brown pompadour) and has a similar speaking style. Reagan was President during the actual year 1984, of course, and the arms race which the character is preoccupied was in full swing at the time.

* Reagan is frequently disparaged by the narrator of Creator/JohnIrving's ''Literature/APrayerForOwenMeany''.
* ''Literature/TheSalmonOfDoubt'' In Creator/DouglasAdams' posthumous collection, a short story starring Zaphod ends with the revelation that Ronald Reagan [[{{Anvilicious}} is an escaped alien-engineered weapon of mass political destruction]], and that the aliens responsible will have to make the Earth [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt 'safe, perfectly safe']].
* ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'' featured "Know-Nothing Bozo the Non-Wonder Dog", so named "due to a remarkable similarity to the American President". The dog's owner and his friends would play a game with the dog where they would shout "Commies!" repeatedly and watch as the dog went berserk.
* In Creator/StephenKing's ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series, one of the characters, Susannah is transported from the America of 1964 into a fantasy world. When she meets Eddie, who came from 1987, she doesn't believe that Reagan is the president by then and thinks he's just kidding.
* In Creator/FrederikPohl's ''The Coming of the Quantum Cats'', an alternate Ronald Reagan exists in two of the universes. In one, he's a former actor viewed as a subversive by the government. In the other, he's the First Gentleman -- Nancy Reagan is president.
* Inasmuch as ''Literature/TheKiteRunner'' is based around the events in Afghanistan from the 1970s up to the present day, Ronald Reagan's election is mentioned. Amir's father Baba is a huge supporter, going out and buying a poster of Reagan the day after the "Evil Empire" speech.
* The Franchise/CthulhuMythos story, ''A Colder War'', by Creator/CharlesStross has Reagan accidentally causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, by jokingly saying "We'll starting bombing in fifteen minutes!" during a speech in UsefulNotes/{{Finland}}. This leads to the Soviet Union, as well as the warring states of UsefulNotes/{{Iraq}} and Iran, panicking and unleashing their horrifying {{Magitek}} weapons they got from studying Cthulhu and Soggoths, but still don't fully understand. The US quickly retaliate by launching their own horrifying weapons they don't fully understand either, which they got from studying leftovers from the Elder Things, and soon humanity is utterly doomed.
* ''A Nomad of the Timestreams'' by Creator/MichaelMoorcock features an appearance by an alternate-universe version of Reagan as a racist, buffoonish Boy Scout leader.
* In the ''Literature/PresidentsVampire'' series, it's revealed that Reagan was ''much'' more severely wounded by Hinckley than was let on to the public, and that the government had to release [[MadScientist Johann Konrad]] from prison [[DealWithTheDevil in exchange]] for him saving the President's life. Even then, it's implied that the brush and whatever Konrad did to him caused his mental decline in his later years.
* Reagan, referred to only as "Dutch," has a cameo in ''American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold'', part of the Literature/Timeline191 series by Creator/HarryTurtledove. Paralleling Reagan's real-life career at this time (the 1930's), "Dutch" is a sportscaster, working out of Des Moines, Iowa. He's pretty good, too: the character listening to him thinks he could make reading the phone book sound interesting. "If anyone was a great communicator, he was the man."

* In ''{{Literature/Unsong}}'', Reagan makes a deal with [[MessianicArchetype the Comet King]] to reunify the collapsing United States into the new Untied States. It turns out that he's actually [[spoiler: a Golem created by Gadiriel, the angel of celebrity, who wants to stop America from falling apart]].
* ''Literature/BruceCovillesBookOf Monsters'': In the opening story, ''My Little Brother Is a Monster'', protagonist Jason Burger privately nicknames his new little brother "Bonzo" after the chimpanzee in ''Bedtime for Bonzo''. When Coville rewrote the story into a full-length book, ''Always October'', this was left out.

* Reagan was one of the four ''X''-Presidents on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''[='=]s "TV Funhouse," and the comic books based on it, a group of superheroes who fought crime.

* Due to constant cast turnovers brought about by behind-the-scenes problems, Reagan was largely unscathed by ''Saturday Night Live''[='=]s political humor during his tenure. It was only until the very end of his presidency that ''SNL'' found its definitive Reagan in the form of Creator/PhilHartman. Sadly, by this point, they were only able to get one notable skit out of Hartman's Reagan, which famously portrayed Reagan as a shrewd, harsh tactician who simply [[ObfuscatingStupidity put up a façade]] of being a doddering CloudCuckoolander to get away with the Iran-Contra scandal. This sketch is usually the only one that you'll see on "best of Presidential spoofs" clip shows. See it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuujTYHCmgs here]].
* In the satirical puppet show ''Series/SpittingImage'' he was often portrayed as in a relationship with UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher, and as a CloudCuckoolander always accompanied by the chimpanzee Bonzo. Along with Thatcher he was one of the acceptable targets that made the show enormously popular in the United Kingdom.
* John Casey from ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' is a big Reagan fan. He keeps a framed picture of Reagan (which actually belongs to actor Creator/AdamBaldwin) in his apartment.
* Jack Donaghy of ''Series/ThirtyRock'' reveres Reagan as the patron saint of capitalism.
* Reagan does not appear in ''Series/TheAmericans'', but is frequently discussed by the titular Soviet sleeper agents, whose commanders believe he is a madman who will end up destroying the world (and discovering the plans for the Star Wars project don't allay these fears either). In the episode covering the time where he's shot, the Soviets misinterpret the events to cause them to think that a coup within the American government is imminent.
** Read any account of how Able Archer '83 almost went nuclear, and you'll see rampant paranoia amongst the top Soviet leadership concerning Reagan and his intentions as being [[NightmareFuel horrifying]] TruthInTelevision.

* One episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}'' has Shawn need Lassiter to [[HitMeDammit punch him]]. Lassiter refuses, until Shawn says that Reagan was an awful president, leading to Lassiter immediately punching Shawn out.
* Creator/BruceCampbell will have a cameo as Reagan in Season 2 of ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' which takes place in the Seventies (and not in Fargo).
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': Despite the series not premiering until 2004, Det. Mac Taylor has a framed 8"x10" picture of Reagan in his office, and is teased by a co-worker about "that eight-hour documentary you're always watching."

* [[Series/TheTonightShow Johnny Carson]] played Reagan in several skits on ''The Tonight Show'', including one where he led the Reagans against Queen Elizabeth's Windsor family on ''Series/FamilyFeud''.
* In ''Series/TheRanch'', it's mentioned that Beau is such a big fan of Ronald Reagan that he voted for him as a write-in candidate in every election since Reagan left office.
* In ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', Archie annoys Mike by telling him that he wrote in Richard Nixon in the 1976 election; in fact, Archie actually wrote in Reagan. (Later, he yells at Mike, "You're gonna get Ronald Reagan in 1980!", a prediction which proved accurate.)
* In ''Series/GhostsUS'', when main characters Sam and Jay visit their neighbors, The Farnsbys, in the season one finale, Sam sees the ghost of a housewife. The ghost, surprised that Sam can see and hear her, takes the time to ask, "Did the actor from Bedtime for Bonzo really become President in TheEighties?"

** "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" by Music/TheRamones, a track criticizing Reagan for making an official visit to a German cemetery where a number of Nazi SS officers were buried. This track is especially notable because the band included lifelong Republican Johnny Ramone, who was absolutely ''infuriated'' with this song.
* "Battalions of Fear" by German metal band Music/BlindGuardian is about his policies. As you can probably guess by the title, it's not positive.
* Music/MichaelJackson appeared with Ron and Nancy in a Rose Garden photo op. Reagan honored Michael for allowing the "Just Say No" campaign to use the song "Beat It" in an ad. According to the Jackson biography, ''The Magic and the Madness'', the First Lady found Michael somewhat peculiar but attractive. To say that this was controversial would be ... an overstatement.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAMFHT6BGO0 music video]] for Music/{{Minutemen}}'s "This Ain't No Picnic" included clips of Ronald Reagan from a war film. The clips were [[ManipulativeEditing edited]] to make it look like Ronald Reagan was shooting at and bombing The Minutemen from a fighter plane.
* Rich Little did a fictitious appeal to minority voters as Reagan rapping and Nancy on Bass. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XECby_mT1w "Rappin' Ronnie."]]
* "Secret Service Freedom Fighting USA" by Music/TheWorldInfernoFriendshipSociety is often introduced during live shows as being titled "I shot President Ronald Reagan, AND I'M GONNA DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!" The song itself is supposedly based on an incident from the lead singer's teenage years, when (unaware that Reagan was making an appearance a few towns over) he shouted that during a prank call and was subsequently arrested.
* Music/{{Genesis|Band}}' video of 'Music/LandOfConfusion' uses ''Series/SpittingImage'' and their puppets, including that of Reagan as a would-be superhero. Reagan is depicted as a senile old coot incapable of dealing with the problems he tries to solve (failing at ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction when he tries to put on a {{ComicBook/Superman}} suit) and suffering from dementia (when he tries to call a nurse, he pushes the "Nuke" button by mistake and sets off a nuclear weapon).
* Music/OwlCity uses part of Ronald Reagan's famous speech about the explosion of the ''Challenger'' space shuttle as an intro to the song "Galaxies", which is a tribute to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the tragedy.
* Music/FrankZappa was a very vocal critic of Reagan's politics. This began very early, with the concentration camp for hippies on ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney'' (1968) being called "Camp Reagan", an allusion to Reagan then being governor of California. In the only music video Zappa ever made, ''Music/YouAreWhatYouIs'' (1981), a lookalike of Reagan is depicted on the electric chair. Several anti-Reagan songs can be heard on ''Music/BroadwayTheHardWay'' (1988), namely "The Untouchables", "Dickie's Such an Asshole" (also targeting Nixon), "When the Lie's So Big", "Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk". On ''Make a Jazz Noise Here'' (1991) the track "Star Wars Won't Work" attacks Reagan's "Star Wars" defense project. The instrumental track "Reagan at Bitburg" on ''Music/CivilizationPhazeIII'' (1994) references Reagan's infamous controversial visit to Bitburg, West Germany in 1985 where he laid a laurel wreath on the grave of some SS soldiers.

* Music/LemonDemon's song "Reaganomics" satirizes the Reagan administration's policies.
* Music/{{REM}}'s album ''Music/{{Document}}'' is a full-on ConceptAlbum dedicated to protesting the Reagan administration, with "Exhuming [=McCarthy=]" in particular comparing the president to [[UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy the disgraced senator]]. The band's later song [[Music/AutomaticForThePeople "Ignoreland"]] further criticizes Reagan, his VP/successor UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush, and the Conservative Revolution that the pair led.
* Music/PinkFloyd's "The Fletcher Memorial Home" mentions Reagan as one of the many "incurable tyrants and kings" interred in the titular asylum, owed in part to his support for Britain during UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar (which the song's parent album, ''Music/TheFinalCut'', protested).
* Former Music/PinkFloyd frontman Music/RogerWaters' 1992 solo song [[Music/AmusedToDeath "The Bravery of Being out of Range"]] is a scathing criticism of Reagan and his policies, arguing that his presidency directly contributed to the outbreak of UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar and the depersonalization of armed conflict.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks Huey Freeman]] is convinced that Ronald Reagan is really TheAntichrist. This is based on actual conspiracy theories by some black militants, citing, among their reasons, the fact that his first, middle, and last names [[NumberOfTheBeast All had six letters]].
* In a 1981 series of ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' strips, Santa's elves [[WeirdTradeUnion go on strike]]; Reagan (who is never depicted but heard as a voice on a TV seen from the side) fires them all and replaces with scabs, breaking the union. Any resemblance to the 1981 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_controllers_strike air traffic controllers' strike]] is purely intentional.

* In the musical ''Theatre/{{Assassins}}'', John Hinckley Jr. shoots Reagan as an act of love for Creator/JodieFoster. Reagan survives. Like the other assassination attempts, it's presented as a carnival game, with a buzzer sounding every time Hinckley fails to kill the President, and the proprietor mocking him with Reagan's various quips.

* ''VideoGame/BadDudes vs. Dragon Ninja''. Sometime in the eighties, Ronald Reagan was [[JamesBondage kidnapped]] by {{Ninja}}s. Fortunately, there were some dudes who were bad enough to rescue him, so they did, and then went out for a hamburger (specifically, you get to watch President Ronnie eat one in front of you. [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/a/bad.htm What the hell, Ronnie?]]).

* Ronald Reagan appears in the cut scenes that precede some of the 1980s missions in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII''.

* Ronald Reagan appears in the introduction of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar'', ordering the protagonists to hunt down an elusive Soviet secret agent known only as Perseus.
* ''VideoGame/Wasteland3'': an AI copy of Reagan's brain is fanatically worshipped as a living god by a faction called "The Gippers" in the bombed-out postapocalyptic ruins of Denver, Colorado. The Gippers' priestesshood all take the name "Nancy" after his wife and proclaim themselves to be married to their god. [[spoiler:Morningstar, who knew Reagan, is furious about the whole thing, and points out that the man himself would ''hate'' being worshipped since he was a devout Christian.]]

* ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'' also used the REAGAN SMASH joke mentioned below ... except this time Reagan turned into Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk and really did tear down the Berlin Wall. [[spoiler:And as it turns out, the reason Ronald Reagan can turn into The Hulk is because Axel brought a gamma bomb from the future and set it off at the set of Kings Row.]]
-->'''REAGAN RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE!'''
* Ronald Reagan is a member of the cast of ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', after the owner of the eponymous toy store heard one of his employees remark "Bring back anything from the '80s, and it's money in the bank" (just ''how'' he was "brought back" is [[RuleOfFunny never really addressed]] although ImportedAlienPhlebotinum capable of resurrecting the dead ''does'' exist in [[Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}} the strip's universe]]). "Ronnie" is played as a kindly old man, slightly absentminded, with an occasional tendency to burst into a PatrioticFervor and total inability to retain information about AIDS. He is also portrayed as remarkably accepting of homosexuality, despite his politics, a stance he explains by reminding people that he got his start in Hollywood and personally knew Rock Hudson.
* ''Webcomic/{{Subnormality}}'' not only claims that Ronald Reagan [[CardCarryingVillain is evil]], but that he is an excellent [[VillainSong freestyle rapper]]. He's on a date with UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher, who is also evil.

* In ''Literature/AWorldOfLaughterAWorldOfTears'', a young Reagan hosts the Mickey Mouse Club TV show (which turns into a mouthpiece for political propaganda).
* Reagan is the candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1976 in ''Literature/FearLoathingAndGumboOnTheCampaignTrailSeventyTwo''; he narrowly loses the election to Democratic candidate George Wallace. Reagan then runs for the Republican nomination again in 1980 but loses the primary election to Donald Rumsfeld. [[spoiler:He briefly gets his own talk show, but after becoming an opponent of Rumsfeld's policies, he flees into exile with UsefulNotes/RichardNixon to Britain.]]
* ''Website/TheOnion'' did a report on the GOP [[http://www.theonion.com/video/zombie-reagan-raised-from-grave-to-lead-gop,14385/ raising Ronald Reagan from the grave]] so that [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Zombie Reagan]] can be the new face of the Republican Party.
* Appeared briefly in a review by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick. With the [[Franchise/StarWars Imperial March]] playing over his picture.
* He's mentioned in ''Literature/NineteenEightyThreeDoomsday'' as having survived [[WorldWarIII Doomsday]] and managed to escape the crumbling US for Hawaii. But en route to Australia, his plane vanishes in the South Pacific, leaving George Bush Sr. as the head of the American exile community.
* The Website/SCPFoundation:
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1981 SCP-1981]], an anomalous VHS tape of Reagan's 1983 "Evil Empire" speech. Something happened to the tape so that every time it's played back its contents are different, with the contents always consisting of Reagan giving [[WordSaladHorror nonsensical (and creepy) anecdotes and parables]] while [[BodyHorror he's being mutilated by an invisible force]]. In one of the stories involving the tape, Reagan himself views it and sometime later goes into an insane rage state. In an attempt to get him back to normal, his secret service agents steal some of the Foundation's memory erasing shots and administer them to Reagan, but they accidental give him an overdose, causing his Alzheimer's.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-095 SCP-095]] is a pulp science fiction magazine titled ''The Atomic Adventures of Ronnie Ray-Gun'', where the main character strongly resembles Reagan.
* If Reagan had ever found it necessary to [[HorsebackHeroism ride into battle on the back of a dinosaur]], [[FiringOneHanded firing a submachine gun]], while the dinosaur [[PatrioticFervor clutched a flagpole in one hand]]--well, then he would've done so. [[http://www.etsy.com/listing/103439513/ronald-reagan-riding-a-velociraptor-hq And it would've looked something like this.]]

* A selection of mentions and appearances in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In a brief cutaway gag in "Lisa the Beauty Queen," Reagan is one of the heads seen stuck on a pole in the Chamber of Horrors section of the Springfield Wax Museum.
** Members of the Springfield Republican Party mention that they have a mission to rename everything after Reagan. (For example, all schools named in UsefulNotes/MillardFillmore's honor will be transferred to Reagan's.)
** Homer's "Rappin' Ronnie Reagan" tape. This is actually a ShoutOut to Rich Little's "Rappin' Ronnie", a fictitious appeal to minority voters with Ron rapping and Nancy on Bass. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XECby_mT1w Watch it here.]]
** When seeing "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", The Be Sharps, sing at the Statue of Liberty's Centennial Anniversary, Reagan turns to wife Nancy and remarks, "Damn ceremonies. This is time I could be working, Mommie."
** [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Burns]]' voice is partly based on Mr. Reagan.
* Similar to the above Simpson example, the penultimate episode of ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' has Kevin mentioning that the location of the supermarket Super Pig in his home suburb has changed its name to Ronald Reagan Parkway rather than [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt FDR]] Parkway.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', Reagan is depicted as being incredibly anti-Civil Rights by other characters to the point that the revolutionary extremist Huey states that "[[EveryoneIsSatanInHell Ronald Reagan is the devil,]]" going as far as to point out that his each of his three names has [[NumberOfTheBeast six letters as a tell-tale sign]]. [[BoomerangBigot Black-hating black man]] Ruckus however idolizes him for this ideal, who in his dreams stated that he spent his life attempting to make life miserable for black people.

* In an ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode, "De-Zanitized," Reagan appears in Scratchansniff's flashback, taking place when he was an actor, and tells the doctor about his dream where he becomes president. Scratchansniff deems him incurable. May be HarsherInHindsight, as the episode came out in 1993, a year before he revealed his Alzheimer's.
* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', In one episode, in another attempt to bust her brothers for the daily project of theirs, Candace asks Mom to "Tear Down This Wall" with her car, the wall being the fence in between her and the backyard, afterwards "Hail to the Chief" begins playing briefly as a reference to Reagan.
* He is often referred to on ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', being one of Hank's two leading presidential heroes (the other being [[UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson LBJ]], who [[EverythingIsBigInTexas for obvious reasons]] serves as the only Democrat whom Hank holds in such high esteem).

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' featured Buster and Babs going to Washington to request aid against a {{Moral Guardian|s}} lady that sucked up Acme Acres' residents' "tooniness". The bunnies go to the Lincoln Memorial for guidance, and seem to hear UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln's voice coming from the statue, urging them not to give up. They walk off, inspired, not knowing that it's just Ronnie in his pajamas, talking to his teddy bear.
* In the "Rap-unzel" episode of the ''[[Series/{{ALF}} ALFTales]]'' cartoon, Reagan (in Melmaccian form) is the doddering, clueless royal father of Prince Gordon, and is finally convinced by him to set up a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission Federal Communications Commission]] to foil the Evil Witch's broadcasting monopoly.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
** Stan Smith worships Reagan more than he does UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} (and he already does a lot of that). At one point, he asks Nancy Reagan what Ronald would have done in a difficult situation. Nancy performs a mocking seance and sends him on his way.
** In "The Vacation Goo", he tries to convince his marauded family to listen to his ideas unless they guess what president he likes a lot. Steve immediately answers with, "Ronald Reagan."
** The first ChristmasEpisode, "The Best Christmas Story Never Told", has Stan going back in time to the 1970s to try and kill Creator/JaneFonda for "ruining Christmas", but along the way he makes changes which snowball into Reagan losing the 1984 election to Walter Mondale,[[note]]He convinces Creator/MartinScorsese to give up drugs, Scorsese never makes ''Film/TaxiDriver'', John Hinckley Jr. never becomes obsessed with Creator/JodieFoster from watching it, and he never attempts to assassinate Reagan, who doesn't have the popularity he gained from surviving an assassination attempt that lead him to being re-elected.[[/note]] who handed control of the country over to the Soviet Union less than two months into his presidency. At the end of the episode, after going back in time and failing to set things exactly as they were before, Stan has to go back to 1981 and shoot Reagan himself.
** "Stanny Slickers 2: The Legend of Ollie's Gold" has Stan sing a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpZbbOgjhPc song]] about Oliver North and Ronald Reagan's involvement in the Iran-Contra affair, in the style of ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock''
* A recurring troublemaker on ''WesternAnimation/ChinaIl''. First stealing a CIA time machine to go back and crap in Steve's mouth for mocking him on an '80s kid talent show. Then assisting Frank and Baby Cakes in finding UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson's crystal palace, which makes him President for Life.
* On ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Ford mentions that he made a mind control tie for Reagan's "masters", [[NoodleIncident but never clarifies what that means.]]
* Reagan is mentioned twice in ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021''. First in the series premiere [[Recap/InsideJobS1E1Unpresidented Unpresidented]], were resident MadDoctor Andre, while showing off his many drugs, says he "has the stuff that gave Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's". Then he is mentioned in the season one finale ''[[Recap/InsideJobS1E10InsideReagan Inside Reagan]]'', where Rand Ridley explains that [[EvilInc Cognito]] created a device that allowed them to rewrite Reagan's memories after he developed Alzheimer's. It's also worth noting that since the device's codename is the same nickname Rand calls his daughter by (i.e. Jellybean), the series' main character, Reagan Ridley, is very likely name after President Reagan.

Compare UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, another Hollywood celebrity turned Republican president.

Yes, he's the first actor to become president. This fact arguably popularized the "celebrity president" trope that took off in popular media throughout the 1980s and 1990s, most of it out of mockery (later getting a major second wind after the respective elections of two other American celebrities, Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, as governor of UsefulNotes/{{California}} and president of the United States). However, many of the jokes about that don't work very well, since, when his political career commenced in 1966, he was only "the former actor who's running for governor of California". In 1975–1976 and 1979–1980, he was known as "the former two-term Republican governor of California who's running for president." People today will more likely know Reagan for his presidency in UsefulNotes/TheEighties; that said, his former acting career was and still is a big point of notoriety, even though Reagan was a B-lister during his acting career. It wouldn't be until Trump's electoral win in 2016 that an ''actual'' media celebrity would get into the Oval Office.