Season: 2
Episode: Massage Chair, Robot Chicken: Star Wars
Length: 2:27
Cast: Seth Green (George W. Bush, Jenna Bush, Bill Clinton), Hulk Hogan (Abraham Lincoln), Chad Morgan (Laura Bush), James Van Der Beek (Doctor, Bush's aide)
Characters: George W. Bush, Doctor, Laura Bush, Bill Clinton, Abraham Lincoln, Jenna Bush, Bush’s Aide
Segment Summary: George W. becomes the only thing more powerful than Commander-In-Chief: Jedi Master.
Themes: Callback, Film, Lengthy, Politics, History, Dismemberment
Allusions:
- This segment contains the Jedi elements of Star Wars.
- Lincoln's entrance alludes to Darth Vader's entrance in The Empire Strikes Back.
- Lincoln quotes the "Cave of Wonders" from Disney's Aladdin ('Who disturbs my slumber?')
- The restaurant seen midway through the sketch bears a strong resemblance to McDonald's.
Trivia / Info:
- This segment also later appeared in the special Robot Chicken: Star Wars
- Seth Green is listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial when Bush and Lincoln battle, along with the rest of the Robot Chicken crew.
- Bush mistakes Lincoln for George Washington.
- George says "tacos rule" at the end, a reference to his first appearance in W. Loves Tacos where he said the exact same thing.
- Lincoln claims to have freed the slaves. In reality, his successor, Andrew Johnson, freed the slaves when he signed the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution.
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