History UsefulNotes / BillClinton

** In "A Taste of Freedom", the Decapodian fleet [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar cuts the tip off the Bill Clinton monument]]. This was actually a late addition [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents due to the September 11th attacks]], which made shots of rampantly destroyed buildings distasteful.

-->'''I.M. Weasel''': "I fixed the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fobaproa Fobaproa]] crisis, changed the model of the Popemobile and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar cleaned Moni's stained dress]].

[[caption-width-right:350:''"There is no title I will wear more proudly than that of citizen."'']]

That said, Clinton's power and popularity [[DeaderThanDisco has dramatically declined over the past few years]]. Hillary's loss to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the 2016 election severely damaged his reputation as a political operator and saw him lose almost all of the power he used to wield within the Democratic Party. (Ironically, the 2017 book ''Shattered'' claims that Bill [[IgnoredExpert correctly diagnosed the problems that doomed Hillary's campaign early on but his warnings were ignored and concerns dismissed]] by campaign chair [[PointyHairedBoss Robby Mook]].) As the Democratic base becomes younger and more populist, more serious scrutiny is being applied to his behavior and his record. Millennials fault his economic policies for helping cause the economic difficulties their generation faces, with longshot challenger UsefulNotes/BernieSanders -- a self-identifying socialist in a country where that's been an epithet for decades -- attracting a surprising amount of youth support for that reason, and the Democratic base more broadly is soured by how Hillary's decade-long attempt to elevate herself to the White House ended with the far-right rising to power and the Democrats being reduced to minority status at the federal level and in a majority of state governments, forcing the party to scramble to rebuild and reunite under elderly leaders like UsefulNotes/JoeBiden and UsefulNotes/NancyPelosi.

That said, Clinton's power and popularity [[DeaderThanDisco has dramatically declined over the past few years]]. Hillary's loss to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the 2016 election severely damaged his reputation as a political operator and saw him lose almost all of the power he used to wield within the Democratic Party. (Ironically, the 2017 book ''Shattered'' claims that Bill [[IgnoredExpert correctly diagnosed the problems that doomed Hillary's campaign early on but his warnings were ignored and concerns dismissed]] by campaign chair [[PointyHairedBoss Robby Mook]].) As the Democratic base becomes younger and more populist, more serious scrutiny is being applied to his behavior and his record. Millennials fault his economic policies for helping cause the economic difficulties their generation faces, with longshot challenger UsefulNotes/BernieSanders -- a self-identifying socialist in a country where that's been an epithet for decades -- attracting a surprising amount of youth support for that reason, and the Democratic base more broadly is soured by how Hillary's decade-long attempt to elevate herself to the White House ended with the far-right rising to power and the Democrats being reduced to minority status at the federal level and in a majority of state governments, forcing the party to scramble to rebuild and reunite under elderly leaders like UsefulNotes/JoeBiden and Nancy Pelosi.

America's first Democratic president at the time since UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter, and the 15th to serve as a member of that party, he was also the first Democrat to serve exactly two terms, having been elected to both, since UsefulNotes/WoodrowWilson.[[note]]UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt won four elections and died in the beginning of his fourth term; UsefulNotes/HarryTruman finished FDR's fourth term, was then elected in his own right for a term in 1948, and did not run for a second full term; UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy was assassinated before he could finish his first term, which UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson finished before being elected in his own right for a term in 1964, and he did not run for a second full term; and Jimmy Carter only served one full term.[[/note]] Plus, he was the first president to be born after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and therefore the first Baby Boomer President;[[note]]the first of ''three'' Presidents to be born in the year 1946, with the younger Bush and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump following him.[[/note]] only UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt and UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy were younger when they first took office. Also, he was the first president to have been educated at a Catholic university (Georgetown).[[note]]Kennedy was the only Catholic president before Clinton, but he began his college studies at Princeton, was forced to drop out due to illness, and eventually completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard. UsefulNotes/JoeBiden, the second Catholic president, did his undergraduate studies at the University of Delaware and got his law degree at Syracuse University.[[/note]] The Clinton presidency is best-known for a prosperous economy and for his impeachment by a Republican-controlled Congress. Less known are his efforts to put an end to UsefulNotes/TheTroubles in UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland in 1995 (though things dragged on for a few years, it was ultimately his intervention that helped to end it).

Clinton had perhaps the widest range of satirical portrayals of any president. At the beginning his comedic persona was that of a [[DeepSouth hickish southerner]]; a "Bubba" who [[AndADietCoke enjoyed too much fast food]] and was out of his league in UsefulNotes/{{Washington|DC}}. As his presidency went on, parodies increasingly played upon a "Slick Willie" portrayal, a fast-talker in both the situation room and the bedroom, able to invoke RefugeInAudacity to barrel through scandals with his popularity rating remaining high. He is currently largely known in media parody/satire for his [[SexySaxMan playing of the saxophone]] and perpetually [[HandsomeLech groping his interns]] thanks to all those sex scandals. Given the masterful use of WeaselWords during the Lewinsky scandal (including the legendary "[[ExactWords it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is]]"), he also has a reputation of being able to talk his way out of anything.

* AndADietCoke / BigEater: The common angle comedians took in portraying him pre-Monica Lewinsky, such as how Creator/PhilHartman famously portrayed him in the now-classic "Bill Clinton at UsefulNotes/McDonalds" ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch. The sight of this trope now dates any portrayal that uses it, both because of how he's now commonly portrayed as a LovableSexManiac and how he became a vegetarian (mostly) in his post-presidency.

* ControversyProofImage: One of the most memorable elements of his presidency and career in general was how no scandal seemed to be able to hurt his popularity. His approval rating actually ''went up'' during his impeachment trial and he left office with one of the highest recorded approval ratings of any president. ''Series/MadTV'' made fun of this, portraying Clinton as the protagonist of ''Film/LiarLiar 2'' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbZCw9OUmSY a memorable sketch]]. Clinton being forced to come clean about all his scandals and secrets thanks to his newfound complete inability to lie or hide his true feelings ... resulted in him becoming even more popular.
** As noted in the intro, Clinton's luck finally ran out when Hillary lost the 2016 election.

* KavorkaMan: As Monica Lewinsky made LovableSexManiac the common trope of Clinton impersonations, many portrayals of Clinton show him surrounded by attractive, young women, or show him chasing them in either successful or unsuccessful attempts to get laid.
* LovableSexManiac / ThePornomancer: The Lewinsky scandal made it all too easy to use Clinton as the punch line of sex jokes. One example of this is how, with "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega becoming one of the biggest hits of 1999, it naturally got tied to the President given it's subject matter, especially considering that the first female name mentioned in the chorus is "Monica". One of the more notable works tying Clinton to the song, the Clinton impersonator-sung parody "Bimbo No. 5", got frequently played by Radio/RushLimbaugh.

* A thinly-veiled depiction of Clinton is one of Mathilda Lando's targets for her first mock assassination session in ''Film/TheProfesional''.

* Stock footage of Clinton is used in the opening sequence of ''Film/TheSiege''

'''William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton''' (born August 19, 1946) was the [[JustForFun/FortyTwo 42nd]] President of the United States; serving between [[UsefulNotes/TheNineties 1993 and 2001]], succeeding UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush and preceding UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush.

The first Democratic president of the United States at the time since UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter, he was also the first Democrat to serve two terms, having been elected to both, since UsefulNotes/WoodrowWilson.[[note]]UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt served three terms and died in the beginning of fourth; UsefulNotes/HarryTruman finished FDR's fourth term, and was then elected in his own right for a term in 1948; UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy was assassinated before he could finish his first term, which UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson finished before later being elected in his own right for a term of his own, and he did not run for a second term; and Jimmy Carter only served one full term.[[/note]] Plus, he was the first president to be born after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and therefore the first Baby Boomer President[[note]]the first of ''three'' Presidents to be born in the year 1946[[/note]]; only UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt and UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy were younger when they first took office. Also, he was the first president to have been educated at a Catholic university (Georgetown).[[note]]Although UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy is the only Catholic president to date, he began his college studies at Princeton, was forced to drop out due to illness, and eventually completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard.[[/note]] The Clinton presidency is most well-known for a prosperous economy and for his impeachment by a Republican-controlled Congress. Lesser-known are his efforts to put an end to UsefulNotes/TheTroubles in Northern Ireland in 1995 (though things dragged on for a few years, it was ultimately his intervention that helped to end it).

Contrary to the image of the presidency as an upper-class platform, Clinton came from a background of fierce lower-class struggle. This ended up working to his advantage, as rather than being portrayed as a backwater hick or a repeat of former farmer Carter, it allowed him to craft a populist image that could directly contrast the "dorky old dad" image the elder Bush had developed and appeal more easily across class lines; a campaign speech in which a teary-eyed Clinton stated that "I feel your pain" became emblematic of his image as a president for the people. Within his time in office, African-American writer Toni Morisson dubbed him "the first black president" as a result of how effectively Clinton's invocations of his background appealed to and resonated with redlined black voters in particular, with black scholars generally agreeing with the label and its connotations in analyzing Clinton's popularity among black communities. This also led to heightened expectations for the ''actual'' first black president, UsefulNotes/BarackObama, who had a more upper-class and Bohemian image more in-step with the conventional image of the presidency before Clinton's time (though Obama, like Clinton, successfully maintained heavy popularity among black Americans, aided in part by him constantly staying in-touch with trends and issues relevant to black America rather than falling victim to the classist apathy of black capitalism).

Since leaving office, he has become an acclaimed public speaker and charity organizer. Clinton has had an active post-presidency conducting humanitarian work through the Clinton Foundation and campaigning for Democratic candidates up and down the ticket; Up until 2016 he was widely known to be the ManBehindTheMan running the Democratic Party and his campaign work, including a rousing keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, was widely credited for helping UsefulNotes/BarackObama get re-elected in 2012.

Clinton had perhaps the widest range of satirical portrayals of any president. At the beginning his comedic persona was that of a [[DeepSouth hickish southerner]]; a "Bubba" who [[AndADietCoke enjoyed too much fast food]] and was out of his league in UsefulNotes/{{Washington|DC}}. As his presidency went on, parodies increasingly played upon a "Slick Willie" portrayal, a fast-talker in both the situation room and the bedroom, able to invoke RefugeInAudacity to barrel through scandals with his popularity rating remaining high. He is currently largely known in media parody/satire for his [[SexySaxMan playing of the saxophone]] and perpetually [[HandsomeLech groping his interns]] thanks to all those sex scandals. Given the masterful use of WeaselWords during the Lewinsky scandal (including the legendary "[[ExactWords it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is]]"), he also has a reputation of being able to talk his way out of anything.

Despite his sex scandal, he was actually one of the most popular presidents among women, due to a number of policies that were generally acclaimed as feminist. Also, due to her own involvement in politics, UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton has perhaps been the target of more satire than any other First Lady: most of these satires played up her own calculating nature and the notion of a "Faustian Deal" with her husband wherein she would stay with him, no matter how many affairs he might have, in exchange for helping her achieve political power in her own right.

When Hillary ran for the Democratic Party nomination for President in 2008 and became the nominee in 2016, speculation arose in the media as to what title he would hold (First Gentleman, First Dude, First Laddie, among others) if she actually became the next Commander in Chief.

That said, Clinton's power and popularity [[DeaderThanDisco has dramatically declined over the past few years]]. Hillary's loss to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the 2016 election severely damaged his reputation as a political operator and saw him lose almost all of the power he used to wield within the Democratic Party. (Ironically, the book ''Shattered'' claims that he [[IgnoredExpert correctly diagnosed the problems that doomed Hillary's campaign early on but his warnings were ignored and concerns dismissed]] by campaign chair [[PointyHairedBoss Robby Mook]]). As the Democrat base becomes younger and more populist, more serious scrutiny is being applied to his behavior and his record. Millennials fault his economic policies for helping cause the economic difficulties their generation faces and the Democratic base more broadly is soured by how Hillary's decade-long attempt to elevate herself to the White House ended with the far-right rising to power and the Democrats being reduced to minority status at the federal level and in a majority of state governments, forcing the party to scramble to rebuild and reunite under elderly leaders like UsefulNotes/JoeBiden and Nancy Pelosi.

In addition, the several allegations of sexual misconduct that were leveled against him during his presidency received far more scrutiny from both the press and his own party in the wake of [=#MeToo=], not only due to the acts involved in the accusations, but also the huge imbalance of power between the ''president of the United States'' and the interns who accused him. This led to him not making a single appearance during the 2018 midterm elections, as many Democrats conceded that he's become too controversial to be used in public campaigns. Similarly, he kept a low profile during the 2020 Presidential campaign and his diminishment was crystallized by the 2020 Democratic National Convention, where he only spoke for five minutes alongside UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter before fading into the background, a dramatic change from the hour-long top-billed speeches Clinton gave at conventions during the 2000s and 2010s. Though to be fair, it may also be due to the fact that it has been over 20 years since he was President, where to young voters he's mostly known as Hillary Clinton's husband, and that Barack Obama is the most recent Democratic President.

* AndADietCoke / BigEater: The common angle comedians took in portraying him pre-Monica Lewinsky, such as how Creator/PhilHartman famously portrayed him in the now-classic "Bill Clinton at [=McDonald's=]" Saturday Night Live sketch. The sight of this trope now dates any portrayal that uses it, both because of how he's now commonly portrayed as a LovableSexManiac and how he became a vegetarian (mostly) in his post-presidency.
* ChubbyChaser: Often painted as this in the media, sometimes overlapping with a fondness for big butts (due to owning an office in Harlem). A lot of comedians and satirists got mileage out of Lewinsky's fuller figure. This trope was revisited in 2013 when a photo reached the internet of Clinton supposedly checking out full-figured singer Music/KellyClarkson during UsefulNotes/BarackObama's second inauguration. For what it's worth, UsefulNotes/{{Hillary|RodhamClinton}} has never been particularly skinny, either.
* ControversyProofImage: One of the most memorable elements of his presidency and career in general was how no scandal seemed to be able to hurt his popularity. His approval rating actually ''went up'' during his impeachment and he left office with one of the highest recorded approval ratings of any President. ''MadTV'' made fun of this, portraying Clinton as the protagonist of ''[[Film/LiarLiar Liar Liar 2]]'' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbZCw9OUmSY a memorable sketch]]. Clinton being forced to come clean about all of his scandals and secrets thanks to his newfound complete inability to lie or hide his true feelings....resulted in him becoming even more popular.
** As noted in the intro, Clinton's luck finally ran out when Hillary lost the 2016 election.

** "It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is."
*** This was actually less disingenuous than it sounded: he had originally been trying to clarify a poorly worded question.
** "I did ''not'' have sexual relations with that woman."
*** This...wasn't.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname : In real life, he is almost never referred to as William Clinton.

That said, Clinton's power and popularity [[DeaderThanDisco has dramatically declined over the past few years]]. Hillary's loss to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the 2016 election severely damaged his reputation as a political operator and saw him lose almost all of the power he used to wield within the Democratic Party. (Ironically, the book ''Shattered'' claims that he [[GenreSavvy correctly diagnosed the problems that doomed Hillary's campaign early on]] but his warnings were ignored and concerns dismissed by campaign chair [[PointyHairedBoss Robby Mook]]). As the Democrat base becomes younger and more populist, more serious scrutiny is being applied to his behavior and his record. Millennials fault his economic policies for helping cause the economic difficulties their generation faces and the Democratic base more broadly is soured by how Hillary's decade-long attempt to elevate herself to the White House ended with the far-right rising to power and the Democrats being reduced to minority status at the federal level and in a majority of state governments, forcing the party to scramble to rebuild and reunite under elderly leaders like UsefulNotes/JoeBiden and Nancy Pelosi.

Contrary to the image of the presidency as an upper-class platform, Clinton came from a background of fierce lower-class struggle. This ended up working to his advantage, as rather than being portrayed as a backwater hick or a repeat of former farmer Carter, it allowed him to craft a populist image that could directly contrast the "dorky old dad" image the elder Bush had developed and appeal more easily across class lines. Within his time in office, African-American writer Toni Morisson dubbed him "the first black president" as a result of how effectively Clinton's invocations of his background appealed to and resonated with redlined black voters in particular, with black scholars generally agreeing with the label and its connotations in analyzing Clinton's popularity among black communities. This also led to heightened expectations for the ''actual'' first black president, UsefulNotes/BarackObama, who had a more upper-class and Bohemian image more in-step with the conventional image of the presidency before Clinton's time (though Obama, like Clinton, successfully maintained heavy popularity among black Americans, aided in part by him constantly staying in-touch with trends and issues relevant to black America rather than falling victim to the classist apathy of black capitalism).

That said, Clinton's power and popularity [[DeaderThanDisco has dramatically declined over the past few years]]. Hillary's loss to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the 2016 election severely damaged his reputation as a political operator and saw him lose almost all of the power he used to wield within the Democratic Party. (Ironically, the book ''Shattered'' claims that he [[GenreSavvy correctly diagnosed the problems that doomed Hillary's campaign early on]] but his warnings were ignored and concerns dismissed by campaign chair [[PointyHairedBoss Robby Mook]]). As the Democrat base becomes younger and more populist, more serious scrutiny is being applied to his behavior and his record. Millennials fault his economic policies for helping cause the economic difficulties their generation faces and the Democratic base more broadly is soured by how Hillary's decade-long attempt to elevate herself to the White House ended with the far-right rising to power and the Democrats being reduced to minority status at the federal level and in a majority of state governments, forcing the party to scramble to rebuild and reunite under elderly leaders like UsefulNotes/JoeBiden and Nancy Pelosi. In addition, the several allegations of sexual misconduct that were leveled against him during his presidency received far more scrutiny from both the press and his own party in the wake of [=#MeToo=], which led to him not making a single appearance during the 2018 midterm elections, as many Democrats conceded that he's become too controversial to be used in public campaigns. Similarly, he kept a low profile during the 2020 Presidential campaign and his diminishment was crystallized by the 2020 Democratic National Convention, where he only spoke for five minutes alongside UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter before fading into the background, a dramatic change from the hour-long top-billed speeches Clinton gave at conventions during the 2000s and 2010s. Though to be fair, it may also be due to the fact that it has been over 20 years since he was President, where to young voters he's mostly known as Hillary Clinton's husband, and that Barack Obama is the most recent Democratic President.

Contrary to the image of the presidency as an upper-class platform, Clinton came from a background of fierce lower-class struggle. This ended up working to his advantage, as rather than being portrayed as a backwater hick or a repeat of former farmer Carter, it allowed him to craft a populist image that could directly contrast the "dorky old dad" image Bush had developed and appeal more easily across class lines. Within his time in office, African-American writer Toni Morisson dubbed him "the first black president" as a result of how effectively Clinton's invocations of his background appealed to and resonated with redlined black voters in particular, with black scholars generally agreeing with the label and its connotations in analyzing Clinton's popularity among black communities. This also led to heightened expectations for the ''actual'' first black president, UsefulNotes/BarackObama, who had a more upper-class and Bohemian image more in-step with the conventional image of the presidency before Clinton's time (though Obama, like Clinton, successfully maintained heavy popularity among black Americans, aided in part by him constantly staying in-touch with trends and issues relevant to black America rather than falling victim to the classist apathy of black capitalism).

-->'''I.M. Weasel''': "I solved world hunger, fixed the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fobaproa Fobaproa]] crisis and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar cleaned Moni's stained dress]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'', Peabody starts recieving the presidential pardon from many presidents of history, including George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. At the end Bill appears and says "I've done worse things!"

That said, Clinton's power and popularity [[DeaderThanDisco has dramatically declined over the past few years]]. Hillary's loss to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the 2016 election severely damaged his reputation as a political operator and saw him lose almost all of the power he used to wield within the Democratic Party. (Ironically, the book ''Shattered'' claims that he [[GenreSavvy correctly diagnosed the problems that doomed Hillary's campaign early on]] but his warnings were ignored and concerns dismissed by campaign chair [[PointyHairedBoss Robby Mook]]). As the Democrat base becomes younger and more populist, more serious scrutiny is being applied to his behavior and his record. Millennials fault his economic policies for helping cause the economic difficulties their generation faces and the Democratic base more broadly is soured by how Hillary's decade-long attempt to elevate herself to the White House ended with the far-right rising to power and the Democrats being reduced to minority status at the federal level and in a majority of state governments, forcing the party to scramble to rebuild and reunite under elderly leaders like UsefulNotes/JoeBiden and Nancy Pelosi. In addition, the several allegations of sexual misconduct that were leveled against him during his presidency received far more scrutiny from both the press and his own party in the wake of [=#MeToo=], which led to him not making a single appearance during the 2018 midterm elections, as many Democrats conceded that he's become too controversial to be used in public campaigns. Similarly, he kept a low profile during the 2020 Presidential campaign and his diminishment was crystallized by the 2020 Democratic National Convention, where he only spoke for five minutes alongside UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter before fading into the background, a dramatic change from the hour-long top-billed speeches Clinton gave at conventions during the 2000s and 2010s.

'''William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton''' (born August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States; serving between [[UsefulNotes/TheNineties 1993 and 2001]], succeeding UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush and preceding UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush.

That said, Clinton's power and popularity [[DeaderThanDisco has dramatically declined over the past few years]]. Hillary's loss to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the 2016 election severely damaged his reputation as a political operator and saw him lose almost all of the power he used to wield within the Democratic Party. (Ironically, the book ''Shattered'' claims that he [[GenreSavvy correctly diagnosed the problems that doomed Hillary's campaign early on]] but his warnings were ignored and concerns dismissed by campaign chair [[PointyHairedBoss Robby Mook]]). As the Democrat base becomes younger and more populist, more serious scrutiny is being applied to his behavior and his record. Millennials fault his economic policies for helping cause the economic difficulties their generation faces and the Democratic base more broadly is soured by how Hillary's decade-long attempt to elevate herself to the White House ended with the far-right rising to power and the Democrats being reduced to minority status at the federal level and in a majority of state governments. The brain drain that Hillary caused is on full display today as the party scrambles to rebuild and reunite under elderly leaders like UsefulNotes/JoeBiden and Nancy Pelosi. In addition, the several allegations of sexual misconduct that were leveled against him during his presidency received far more scrutiny from both the press and his own party in the wake of [=#MeToo=], which led to him not making a single appearance during the 2018 midterm elections, as many Democrats conceded that he's become too controversial to be used in public campaigns. Similarly, he kept a low profile during the 2020 Presidential campaign and his diminishment was crystallized by the 2020 Democratic National Convention, where he only spoke for five minutes alongside UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter before fading into the background, a dramatic change from the hour-long top-billed speeches Clinton gave at conventions during the 2000s and 2010s.

Since leaving office, he has become an acclaimed public speaker and charity organizer. Clinton has had an active post-presidency conducting humanitarian work through the Clinton Foundation and campaigning for Democratic candidates up and down the ticket; Up until 2016 he was widely known to be the ManBehindTheMan running the the Democratic Party and his campaign work, including a rousing keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, was widely credited for helping UsefulNotes/BarackObama get re-elected in 2012.

Since leaving office, he has become an acclaimed public speaker and charity organizer. Clinton had perhaps the widest range of satirical portrayals of any president. At the beginning his comedic persona was that of a [[DeepSouth hickish southerner]]; a "Bubba" who [[AndADietCoke enjoyed too much fast food]] and was out of his league in UsefulNotes/{{Washington|DC}}. As his presidency went on, parodies increasingly played upon a "Slick Willie" portrayal, a fast-talker in both the situation room and the bedroom, able to invoke RefugeInAudacity to barrel through scandals with his popularity rating remaining high.

He is currently largely known in media parody/satire for his [[SexySaxMan playing of the saxophone]] and perpetually [[HandsomeLech groping his interns]] thanks to all those sex scandals. Given the masterful use of WeaselWords during the Lewinsky scandal (including the legendary "[[ExactWords it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is]]"), he also has a reputation of being able to talk his way out of anything.

Clinton has had an active post-presidency conducting humanitarian work through the Clinton Foundation and campaigning for Democratic candidates up and down the ticket; Up until 2016 he was widely known to be the ManBehindTheMan running the the Democratic Party and his campaign work, including a rousing keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, was widely credited for helping UsefulNotes/BarackObama get re-elected in 2012. That said, Clinton's power and popularity [[DeaderThanDisco has dramatically declined over the past few years]]. Hillary's loss to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the 2016 election severely damaged his reputation as a political operator and saw him lose almost all of the power he used to wield within the Democratic Party, which more or less put him and his family all out to pasture as it regrouped after the loss. (Ironically, the book ''Shattered'' claims that he [[GenreSavvy correctly diagnosed the problems that doomed Hillary's campaign early on]] but his warnings were ignored and concerns dismissed by campaign chair Robby Mook). This lead to more serious scrutiny being applied to his behavior and his record. The Democrat base and populist left have turned on him, blaming his economic policies for helping cause the country's current economic problems and blame the Democratic Party losing its control of Congress, a majority of state legislatures and governorships and eventually the Presidency during the 2010s on his single-minded focus on incubating Hillary's career and presidential campaigns to the neglect of everything else. It was made worse upon learning that the DNC actively worked to fix the 2016 primaries in Hillary's favor, first by preventing UsefulNotes/JoeBiden from running and then working to sandbag UsefulNotes/BernieSanders when he surprisingly emerged as a serious rival. The brain drain caused by putting Hillary's presidential ambitions over everything else is on full display today as the party scrambles to rebuild and reunite under elderly leaders like Biden and Nancy Pelosi. In addition, the several allegations of sexual misconduct that were leveled against him during his presidency received far more scrutiny from both the press and his own party in the wake of [=#MeToo=]. Several prominent figures in the media and a few sitting Democrats in Congress, most notably Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, admitted Clinton should have resigned over his affair with Lewinsky, conceding it was an abuse of power. The renewed scrutiny regarding Clinton's alleged misconduct led to him not making a single appearance during the 2018 midterm elections, as many Democrats conceded that the large amount of allegations, one of which involved rape, made him too controversial among women to be used in public campaigns. Similarly, he kept a low profile during the 2020 Presidential campaign and his diminishment was crystallized by the 2020 Democratic National Convention, where he only spoke for five minutes alongside UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter before fading into the background, a dramatic change from the hour-long top-billed speeches Clinton gave at conventions during the 2000s and 2010s.

Clinton has had an active post-presidency conducting humanitarian work through the Clinton Foundation and campaigning for Democratic candidates up and down the ticket; Up until 2016 he was widely known to be the PowerBehindTheThrone within the Democratic Party and his campaign work, including a rousing keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, was widely credited for helping UsefulNotes/BarackObama get re-elected in 2012. That said, Clinton's power and popularity [[DeaderThanDisco has dramatically declined over the past few years]]. Hillary's loss to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in the 2016 election severely damaged his reputation as a political operator and saw him lose almost all of the power he used to wield within the Democratic Party, which more or less put him and his family all out to pasture as it regrouped after the loss. (Ironically, the book ''Shattered'' claims that he [[GenreSavvy correctly diagnosed the problems that doomed Hillary's campaign early on]] but his warnings were ignored and concerns dismissed by campaign chair Robby Mook). This lead to more serious scrutiny being applied to his behavior and his record. The Democrat base and populist left have turned on him, blaming his economic policies for helping cause the country's current economic problems and blame the Democratic Party losing its control of Congress, a majority of state legislatures and governorships and eventually the Presidency during the 2010s on his single-minded focus on incubating Hillary's career and presidential campaigns to the neglect of everything else. It was made worse upon learning that the DNC actively worked to fix the 2016 primaries in Hillary's favor, first by preventing UsefulNotes/JoeBiden from running and then working to sandbag UsefulNotes/BernieSanders when he surprisingly emerged as a serious rival. The brain drain caused by putting Hillary's presidential ambitions over everything else is on full display today as the party scrambles to rebuild and reunite under elderly leaders like Biden and Nancy Pelosi. In addition, the several allegations of sexual misconduct that were leveled against him during his presidency received far more scrutiny from both the press and his own party in the wake of [=#MeToo=]. Several prominent figures in the media and a few sitting Democrats in Congress, most notably Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, admitted Clinton should have resigned over his affair with Lewinsky, conceding it was an abuse of power. The renewed scrutiny regarding Clinton's alleged misconduct led to him not making a single appearance during the 2018 midterm elections, as many Democrats conceded that the large amount of allegations, one of which involved rape, made him too controversial among women to be used in public campaigns. Similarly, he kept a low profile during the 2020 Presidential campaign and his diminishment was crystallized by the 2020 Democratic National Convention, where he only spoke for five minutes alongside UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter before fading into the background, a dramatic change from the hour-long top-billed speeches Clinton gave at conventions during the 2000s and 2010s.

That said, in recent times, after 2 decades of managing to avoid being seriously questioned about them, his affair and the several allegations of sexual misconduct that were leveled against him during his presidency received far more scrutiny from both the press and his own party in the wake of [=#MeToo=]. Several prominent figures in the media and a few sitting Democrats in Congress, most notably Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, admitted Clinton should have resigned over his affair with Lewinsky, conceding it was an abuse of power. The renewed scrutiny regarding Clinton's alleged misconduct led to Clinton not making a single appearance during the 2018 midterm elections, as many Democrats conceded that the large amount of allegations, one of which involved rape, made him too controversial among women to be used in public campaigns. While he still makes public appearances from time to time afterwards, the most notable being John Lewis's funeral (which even that was controversial in of itself, given his signing of the 1994 Crime Bill, which made people of color's lives even more difficult, but that's another story) it got to the point where one thing even those who had backed him in 1999 later agreed in hindsight that one thing the impeachment attempt did get right was target him for disqualification—the first President to ever be so explicitly targeted (even Nixon's articles of impeachment didn't go that far).

That said, in recent times, After 20 years of managing to avoid being seriously questioned about them, his affair and the several allegations of sexual misconduct that were leveled against him during his presidency received far more scrutiny from both the press and his own party in the wake of [=#MeToo=]. Several prominent figures in the media and a few sitting Democrats in Congress, most notably Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, admitted Clinton should have resigned over his affair with Lewinsky, conceding it was an abuse of power. The renewed scrutiny regarding Clinton's alleged misconduct led to Clinton not making a single appearance during the 2018 midterm elections, as many Democrats conceded that the large amount of allegations, one of which involved rape, made him too controversial among women to be used in public campaigns. While he still makes public appearances from time to time afterwards, the most notable being John Lewis's funeral (which even that was controversial in of itself, given his signing of the 1994 Crime Bill, which made people of color's lives even more difficult, but that's another story) it got to the point where one thing even those who had backed him in 1999 later agreed in hindsight that one thing the impeachment attempt did get right was target him for disqualification—the first President to ever be so explicitly targeted (even Nixon's articles of impeachment didn't go that far).

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Clinton is known for his cheerful personality. However, when the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing Oklahoma City Bombing]] occurred, Clinton said the images of wounded and dead children made him "beyond angry" and supposedly he even wanted to ''"put his fist through his television"''. And seriously, who could blame him.

* LovableSexManiac: The Lewinsky scandal made it all too easy to use Clinton as the punch line of sex jokes. One example of this is how, with "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega becoming one of the biggest hits of 1999, it naturally got tied to the President given it's subject matter, especially considering that the first female name mentioned in the chorus is "Monica". One of the more notable works tying Clinton to the song, the Clinton impersonator-sung parody "Bimbo No. 5", got frequently played by Radio/RushLimbaugh.

** In "A Taste of Freedom", the Decapodian fleet [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar cuts the tip off the Bill Clinton monument]]. This was actually a late addition [[TooSoon due to the September 11th attacks]], which made shots of rampantly destroyed buildings distasteful.