History Characters / LesGuignolsDeLInfo

A puppet based on Barbadian singer-songwriter Music/{{Rihanna}}.

* FinalSeasonCasting: She was added very late into the show's run (around season 29), when the show was already on its last legs under Bollore's rule.

!!Sportspeople

[[folder:Aimé Jacquet]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Daniel Herzog

A puppet based on the trainer of the national French [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] team in TheNineties, which won the [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup FIFA World Cup]] in 1998.

* BrutalHonesty: When he sees soccer teams that suck, he won't sugarcoat how badly he thinks they suck.
* DrivenToMadness: After his soccer trainer career ended, he found himself commenting matches of the (then-) epically boring French League 1 championship at Canal+. One day, he can't stand it anymore, snaps and takes his colleague {{hostage|situation}}, threatening to [[ShootTheHostage shoot him]] if he doesn't get better competitions to comment.
* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: After the French team won the FIFA World Cup in 1998, PPDA started dressing as him and keep telling him he wants to be like him much to his irritation.
* UsurpingSanta: Took the throne of ''{{God}}'' after doing the impossible, that is... having the French team win the FIFA World Cup for the first time in history.

[[folder:Jacques Santini]]
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A puppet based on former [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] player and short-lived trainer of the national French soccer team between 2002 and 2004.

* TheDreaded: PPD dreaded having to interview him considering how ''painfully slow'' he is and talks.
* RunningGag: For a time, whenever PPD would interview Fabien Barthez, Barthez would just bring Santini on set for shit and giggles, knowing that Santini's extreme slowness will annoy PPD to no end.
* SpeechImpediment: Speaks... very... very... very... slowly... So much so that Fabien Barthez made a game of trying to guess how to finish his phrases before he managed to finish them.
* TheUnblinking: He never blinks.
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: His eyes are always open wide in a disturbingly empty stare.

[[folder:Fabien Barthez]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Daniel Herzog

A puppet based on the goalkeeper the national French [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] team from 1991 to 2006.

* GallowsHumor: No matter how bad the situation is, he'll always find a funny side to it.
* TheHyena: Would often laugh or snicker, usually because of the misfortunes of either the national French soccer team or French League 1 championship clubs.
* StonersAreFunny: About half the time, he was seen heavily smoking something implied not to be mere tobacco.

[[folder:Philippe Lucas]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Nicolas Canteloup

A puppet based on the trainer of the French champion swimmer Laure Manaudou.

* TheAllegedExpert: He's even asked about his opinion on sports that ''aren't'' swimming, and other subjects such as politics, fashion, or RealityTV.
* BreakoutCharacter: The puppet became so popular that it was brought in sketches that had nothing to do with sports at all just to have the character comment on news.
* BrutalHonesty: When he thinks some sportspeople suck, he doesn't sugarcoat how he thinks they suck.
* CausticCritic: He's asked to give his opinion on sports and makes [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]] caustic remarks about it.
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Et pis c'est tout." ("And that's it" / "Period")
* DumbJock: Gives off this vibe sometimes with his muscles, shirts and not always very bright remarks.
* SleevesAreForWimps: He's never seen wearing anything with sleeves, to show off his muscles.

[[folder:Zlatan Ibrahimović]]
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A puppet based on the Swedish professional [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] player of Yugoslavian descent Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was once one of the crown jewels of the Paris Saint-Germain club.

* MundaneUtility: His legendary ball-kicking was used to deliver Christmas presents in chimneys ''around the world from the North Pole'' on SantaClaus' behalf at one point.
* {{Smurfing}}: He christened the verb "Zlataner" and uses it to mean various things, usually as a synonym of "kicking ass".
* SuperStrength: He's got enough strength in his foot to kick a ball across impossible distances.

!!Others

[[folder:Mr. Sylvestre]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yves Lecoq

A puppet based off Creator/SylvesterStallone, who had actually very little to do with the actor himself and was used to portray several characters, most prominently from the "[[OneWorldOrder World Company]]".

* TheAhnold: The puppet is based off Sylvester Stallone, and speaks with a gravel voice by Yves Lecoq that's meant to roughly imitate Stallone's French dub voice, Creator/AlainDorval. More specifically it's based off [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} John Rambo]], who was a shorthand for [[{{Eagleland}} American jingoism]] in France due to the Reagan era films ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' and ''Film/RamboIII''.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Not so much a single character as an embodiment of [[{{Eagleland}} American jingoism]] during the early years of UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, then as one for OneWorldOrder through lies to the masses, terrorism as a political tool, unbridled capitalism, imperialism, {{opportunis|tic Bastard}}m [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste in crisis times]] and whatnot.
* {{Brownface}}: The puppet was simply painted brown when it was used as Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: His most recurring role (usually in business or [[PredatoryBigPharma pharmaceutics]]), along with GeneralRipper and [[SinisterMinister corrupted cardinals]].
* EvilLaugh: He would often ending his sentences [[TheHyena this way]].
* FourEyesZeroSoul: The puppet is always used to portray despicable powerful people who run humanity into the ground for profit and are often seen wearing glasses.
* TheManBehindTheMan:
** Whenever UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's puppet was interviewed in the show, his secretary (resembling Mr. Sylvestre, of course) talked for him (since he was a {{Manchild}} and TheDitz) and clearly implied to be the one who's truly in charge.
** To UsefulNotes/BarackObama as well, much to his annoyance.
* UniversalAdaptorCast: The puppet was used for several characters (aides to George W. Bush and UsefulNotes/BarackObama, the World Company executives, a UsefulNotes/{{Vatican|City}} cardinal, Lakshmi Mittal, etc), all having ForTheEvulz in common.

[[folder:Osama bin Laden]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Daniel Herzog

A puppet based on the [[UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden infamous Saudi Arabian terrorist leader]] from the early [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror War on Terror]].

* RunningGag: For a time, when PPD would interview Fabien Barthez, Barthez would just bring Santini on set for shit and giggles, knowing Santini's extreme slowness will annoy PPD to no end.

* BlackComedy: This particular bit:
-->'''Putin:''' We winners of UsefulNotes/{{the Chechnya War|s}}.

-->'''Putin:''' When we find still standing building in Grozny and plant flag.

-->'''Putin:''' We winners of UsefulNotes/TheChechnyaWars.
--->'''PPD:''' Where do you see "victory"?

A puppet based off [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin the alternatively President / Prime Minister]] of Russia since 1999.

* VerbalTic: Often lets out something akin to "Uuuuhuuugghhh", which adds to his dumbness/cluelessness, especially after {{Epic Fail}}s of his making.

A puppet based on Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a former Socialist politician who founded the far-left party Parti de Gauche (renamed France Insoumise in 2016).

* AxCrazy: He's quite unhinged against the capitalistic order, "bourgeois" and right wing parties, and he's prone to murderous rage.

!!Foreign Politics

!!!'''[[UsefulNotes/UnitedStates USA]]'''

[[folder:Bill Clinton]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yves Lecoq

A puppet based off [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton the 42nd U.S. President]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: He's sick and tired of foreign news talking endlessly about his sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky, so each time he hears the news from a country, he ''attacks the country with missiles'', which amounts to ''a lot'' after a while. That's still not enough, so by the end he simply [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt torches the Earth]] with ''{{nuke|em}}s''.

[[folder:George W. Bush]]
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A puppet based off [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush the 43rd U.S. President]].

* TheDitz: Possibly the most stupid character ever seen in the show. ''Much'' TakeThat was involved especially as a response to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-French_sentiment_in_the_United_States#21st_century anti-French sentiment in the USA]] in 2003 when France refused to support [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror the invasion of Iraq]].
* {{Manchild}}: Essentially portrayed as a toddler in a grown man's body.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: "President Buffoon" through and through.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: The show's version of UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush was also portrayed as a stupid {{Manchild}} (only during George W.'s mandates however).
* ThrowTheDogABone: There's ''[[https://vimeo.com/424269337 one]]'' sketch where he wasn't depicted as a manchild-ish hopeless moron, when it was found out his brain got stuck in his pilot helmet. When the Mr. Sylvesters put the brain back in his head, he became shockingly competent, which prompted them to take it off again.

[[folder:Barack Obama]]
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A puppet based off [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama the 44th U.S. President]].

* JiveTurkey: He always talks in slang to sound hip and cool.
* NiceGuy: He's always affable and friendly.
* OnlySaneMan: Was this at first. A good example was when Obama confessed that he found Sarkozy "bizarre", after the latter showed him [[CoolPlane his presidential plane]] in a customized version that screams ConspicuousConsumption.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Definitely "Personable". Had shades of "Puppet" too, much to his annoyance. And "Minority", of course.
* TopTenList: Regularly made a show of presenting his "Top 5" or "Top 10" about various random subjects. This was [[ShoutOut inspired by]] the routine of comedian Thomas Ngijol, who became known on Canal+.

[[folder:Donald Trump]]
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A puppet based off [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump the 45th U.S. President]].

* LowerClassLout: One sketch called "Les Trumpche" was a {{parody}} of the French comedy film series ''Les Tuche'' about a lower class family that lacks manners and education, only with the Trump family. The [[SmallReferencePools only things they know]] about France? [[NationalStereotypes Berets, baguettes]] and "it's near Ride/{{Disneyland|Paris}}".
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: "Jerkass", "Evil", "Corrupt" and most definitely "Buffoon".
* VillainousFriendship:
** Some sketches had him hang out with Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad. Including one that parodied ''Film/TheHangover'', set after a [[AfterTheEnd nuclear apocalypse]] with ''[[UsefulNotes/TheRulersOfNorthKorea Kim Jong-un]]'' as the baby.
** He's also been invited for dinner by the far-right Le Pen family in France (Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen and Marion Maréchal) in the aformentioned "Les Trumpche" sketch.

!!!'''[[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn USSR]]''' / '''UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}'''

[[folder:Mikhail Gorbachev]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Daniel Herzog

A puppet based off the [[UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev final leader of the Soviet Union]].

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In a 1991 sketch, he said he's sure USSR will last 3000 years.
* [[invoked]]OldShame: In a late 1990s sketch, he deeply regrets famously posing at a Pizza Hut when Russia entered a free market economy.

[[folder:Vladimir Putin]]
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A puppet based off [[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin the alternatively President / Prime Minister]] of Russia since 1999.

* DeathGlare: Whenever he's asked a question that's too "sensitive" about democracy, corruption, invading other countries (UsefulNotes/{{Georgia|Caucasus}} in 2008, UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}}'s Crimea and Donbas in 2014) and the like by PPD, his usual response is simply a menacing stare at PPD, who then gets scared shitless and doesn't insist further.
* HypnoticEyes: Tried hypnotizing UsefulNotes/AngelaMerkel, François Hollande and UsefulNotes/BarackObama in order to have them see no problem with UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia and what he's done in Ukraine in 2014... then Hollande told him it doesn't work, but Western leaders are too cowardly to do anything against him anyway.
* PresidentForLife: He doesn't see any issue with being reelected in office over and over again (or exchanging seats with Dmitry Medvedev when he can't be president), usually via some [[VoteEarlyVoteOften cheating at the elections]] that he always denies.
* TheVoiceless: There were entire sketches where he would be interviewed by PPD and not say a word, [[DeathGlare staring menacingly]] at the latter instead.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Usually speaks French this way, with few grammar, per the usual HuskyRusskie stereotype.

!!!'''UsefulNotes/{{Iraq}}'''

[[folder:Saddam Hussein]]
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A puppet based off the [[UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein President of Iraq]] from 1979 to 2003.

* BeleagueredBoss: He can't do much when American forces tear through his armies like a hot knife through butter during the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 2003 invasion]] and appears jaded of the whole thing. [[MilitariesAreUseless His troops being "modernized" with only mopeds]] didn't help.
* VillainousFriendship: He's friends with Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar in the show. He even attempted an escape from Baghdad with the both of them on their moped.

!!!'''UsefulNotes/{{Qatar}}'''

[[folder:Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani & Leonardo]]
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A puppet based off the Prince of Qatar (its Emir since 2013). He is always accompanied by his interpreter, Leonardo.

* ArabOilSheikh: Al Thani, though he bought the Paris Saint-Germain [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] club to diversify his assets.
* CharacterCatchphrase: Leonardo's "La Prince il parle, mais pas à toi." ("Da Prince can talk, but won't talk to you.") whenever he is asked if Al Thani can talk.
* CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator: Leonardo is technically this, as Al Thani can speak French fluently, as seen in skits only featuring the two. It's just that the prince doesn't bother to talk to people beneath him.
* ConspicuousConsumption: ''Everything'' is cheap for Prince Al Thani. The ''one and only'' thing he's ever considered as costly? Convincing UsefulNotes/ThePope to ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} pray Allah]]''. In the middle of a public audience at [[UsefulNotes/VaticanCity Saint Peter's Square]].
* TheVoiceless: Al Thani usually thinks too highly of himself to talk to people, his interpreter does for him. Though in later years he talked normally to the soccer players on his payroll.

!!Musicians

[[folder:Johnny Hallyday]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yves Lecoq

A puppet based on the [[Creator/JohnnyHallyday famous singer]].

* AddledAddict: He became addicted to Cuckoo Boxes, and so tried to suppress said addiction with paper clips. Then he became addicted to paper clips. Then he took a medication against paper clips... and became addicted to said medication, and ended up taking a [[ExaggeratedTrope medication against the medication against the addiction to paper clips]]. PPD took pity on him and brought a Cuckoo Box to have him come back to his first addiction.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He doesn't seem to be quite there, and in TheNineties he even had a device that he had childish glee playing with (and even [[GRatedDrug addiction]]) called "[[InvokedTrope The Cuckoo Box]]", which consisted in an egg springing out of a box saying "CUCKOO!".
* KitschCollection: He has a whole collection of Cuckoo Boxes, with some being themed after TheSixties, TheSeventies and TheEighties and even some saying something else than "Cuckoo!".
* VerbalTic: Always started his phrases with "Ah que...".

[[folder:Michael Jackson]]
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A puppet based on the [[Music/MichaelJackson King of Pop]].

* ArtEvolution: The puppets depicting him changed as his physical appearance changed with vitiligo and plastic surgery.
* FriendToAllChildren: Claims to love children, but the show made not-so-subtle hints at the infamous RealLife child sexual abuse allegations against Jackson.
* {{Manchild}}: He was portrayed with "Peter Pan syndrome".
* WingedHumanoid: He has angel wings with feathers in {{Heaven}}. They get replaced by Creator/{{Apple}}-[=made=] wings when UsefulNotes/SteveJobs arrives there after his passing.

[[folder:[=JoeyStarr=]]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Daniel Herzog

A puppet based on French rapper Creator/JoeyStarr (real name Didier Morville), of Music/SupremeNTM fame.

* TheDitz: Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength
* NoIndoorVoice: He always seems to be yelling angrily -- even when perfectly calm. He also snores loud enough to wreck up his bedroom.
* ScaryBlackMan
* ThoseTwoGuys:
** Often seen paired with fellow Suprême NTM member Kool Shen in TheNineties.
** In [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]], he was often paired with fellow rapper Doc Gynéco, who was depicted as a sleepy, slow-talking [[TheStoner stoner]] by contrast.
* VerbalTic: Like most rappers portrayed on the show, he ends every sentence with "Quoi !" ("What!" though in that case, it's closer to "Y'know!")

!!Sportspeople

[[folder:Aimé Jacquet]]
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A puppet based on the trainer of the national French [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] team in TheNineties, which won the [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup FIFA World Cup]] in 1998.

* BrutalHonesty: When he sees soccer teams that suck, he won't sugarcoat how badly he thinks they suck.
* DrivenToMadness: After his soccer trainer career ended, he found himself commenting matches of the (then-) epically boring French League 1 championship at Canal+. One day, he can't stand it anymore, snaps and takes his colleague {{hostage|situation}}, threatening to [[ShootTheHostage shoot him]] if he doesn't get better competitions to comment.
* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: After the French team won the FIFA World Cup in 1998, PPDA started dressing as him and keep telling him he wants to be like him much to his irritation.
* UsurpingSanta: Took the throne of ''{{God}}'' after doing the impossible, that is... having the French team win the FIFA World Cup for the first time in history.

[[folder:Jacques Santini]]
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A puppet based on former [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] player and short-lived trainer of the national French soccer team between 2002 and 2004.

* TheDreaded: PPD dreaded having to interview him considering how ''painfully slow'' he is and talks.
* RunningGag: For a time, when PPD would interview Fabien Barthez, Barthez would just bring Santini on set for shit and giggles, knowing Santini's extreme slowness will annoy PPD to no end.
* SpeechImpediment: Speaks... very... very... very... slowly... So much so that Fabien Barthez made a game of trying to guess how to finish his phrases before he managed to finish them.
* TheUnblinking: He never blinks.
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: His eyes are always open wide in a disturbingly empty stare.

[[folder:Fabien Barthez]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Daniel Herzog

A puppet based on the goalkeeper the national French [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] team from 1991 to 2006.

* GallowsHumor: No matter how bad the situation is, he'll always find a funny side to it.
* TheHyena: Would often laugh or snicker, usually because of the misfortunes of either the national French soccer team or French League 1 championship clubs.
* StonersAreFunny: About half the time, he was seen heavily smoking something implied not to be mere tobacco.

[[folder:Philippe Lucas]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Nicolas Canteloup

A puppet based on the trainer of the French champion swimmer Laure Manaudou.

* TheAllegedExpert: He's even asked about his opinion on sports that ''aren't'' swimming, and other subjects such as politics, fashion, or RealityTV.
* BreakoutCharacter: The puppet became so popular that it was brought in sketches that had nothing to do with sports at all just to have the character comment on news.
* BrutalHonesty: When he thinks some sportspeople suck, he doesn't sugarcoat how he thinks they suck.
* CausticCritic: He's asked to give his opinion on sports and makes [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]] caustic remarks about it.
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Et pis c'est tout." ("And that's it" / "Period")
* DumbJock: Gives off this vibe sometimes with his muscles, shirts and not always very bright remarks.
* SleevesAreForWimps: He's never seen wearing anything with sleeves, to show off his muscles.

[[folder:Zlatan Ibrahimović]]
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A puppet based on the Swedish professional [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] player of Yugoslavian descent Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was once one of the crown jewels of the Paris Saint-Germain club.

* MundaneUtility: His legendary ball-kicking was used to deliver Christmas presents in chimneys ''around the world from the North Pole'' on SantaClaus' behalf at one point.
* {{Smurfing}}: He christened the verb "Zlataner" and uses it to mean various things, usually as a synonym of "kicking ass".
* SuperStrength: He's got enough strength in his foot to kick a ball across impossible distances.

!!Others

[[folder:Mr. Sylvestre]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yves Lecoq

A puppet based off Creator/SylvesterStallone, who had actually very little to do with the actor himself and was used to portray several characters, most prominently from the "[[OneWorldOrder World Company]]".

* TheAhnold: The puppet is based off Sylvester Stallone, and speaks with a gravel voice by Yves Lecoq that's meant to roughly imitate Stallone's French dub voice, Creator/AlainDorval. More specifically it's based off [[Franchise/{{Rambo}} John Rambo]], who was a shorthand for [[{{Eagleland}} American jingoism]] in France due to the Reagan era films ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' and ''Film/RamboIII''.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Not so much a single character as an embodiment of [[{{Eagleland}} American jingoism]] during the early years of UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror, then as one for OneWorldOrder through lies to the masses, terrorism as a political tool, unbridled capitalism, imperialism, {{opportunis|tic Bastard}}m [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste in crisis times]] and whatnot.
* {{Brownface}}: The puppet was simply painted brown when it was used as Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: His most recurring role (usually in business or [[PredatoryBigPharma pharmaceutics]]), along with GeneralRipper and [[SinisterMinister corrupted cardinals]].
* EvilLaugh: He would often ending his sentences [[TheHyena this way]].
* FourEyesZeroSoul: The puppet is always used to portray despicable powerful people who run humanity into the ground for profit and are often seen wearing glasses.
* TheManBehindTheMan:
** Whenever UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's puppet was interviewed in the show, his secretary (resembling Mr. Sylvestre, of course) talked for him (since he was a {{Manchild}} and TheDitz) and clearly implied to be the one who's truly in charge.
** To UsefulNotes/BarackObama as well, much to his annoyance.
* UniversalAdaptorCast: The puppet was used for several characters (aides to George W. Bush and UsefulNotes/BarackObama, the World Company executives, a UsefulNotes/{{Vatican|City}} cardinal, Lakshmi Mittal, etc), all having ForTheEvulz in common.

[[folder:Osama bin Laden]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Daniel Herzog

A puppet based on the [[UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden infamous Saudi Arabian terrorist leader]] from the early [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror War on Terror]].

A puppet based on French rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (real name Didier Morville), of Music/SupremeNTM fame.

A puppet based on French rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (real name Didier Morville), of Suprême NTM fame.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: Managed to confuse a ''[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminator]]'' so much thanks to her sheer stupidity that he gave up his mission of killing her to save the world from her catastrophic tenure as a Minister. [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough Reasoning than no one would be dumb enough to let her be one in the first place]].
* TheAllegedExpert: No matter the Ministry she held, she was always completely inept at the subject and most of her interviews with PPDA either ended with him having to explain her some simple concept to her, and her failing to understand, or PPDA just giving up on the interview.

A puppet based on French rapper [=JoeyStarr=] (real name Didier Morville).

* UsurpingSanta: Took the throne of ''{{God}}'' himself after doing the impossible, that is... having the French team win the FIFA World Cup for the first time in history.

* GallowsHumor: No matter how bad the situation, he'll always find a funny side to it.

* TheAllegedExpert: He's even asked about his opinion on sports that ''aren't'' swimming, and other subjects such as RealityTV.

* CharacterCatchphrase: There's a RunningGag in which, whenever he hosts ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', he always brings up "[[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan Kenobi]]" as [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers the "D" answer]].