Weapons of mass destruction in popular culture

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Weapons of mass destruction and their related impacts have been a mainstay of popular culture since the beginning of the Cold War
, as both political commentary and humorous outlet.

Early humorous reference to WMDs

A 1955 episode of the radio comedy series

dumplings
added to a list of "Banned Weapons of Mass Destruction".

Nuclear weapons as a central theme in movies

Nuclear weapons have been a central theme of movies since

Austin Powers series with Dr. Evil
.

In science fiction

The mocking of the term "weapons of mass destruction" dates back well before the Iraq War, with Hugh Cook's 1992 fantasy novel The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster satirically mentioned that the avalanche is a terrible weapon of mass destruction, outlawed by civilised countries in the conduct of war.

The novel

Drakh
(biological warfare against Earth).

In "Scorpion", a 1997 episode of Star Trek: Voyager, Captain Janeway describes the Borg's multikinetic neutronic mine as a weapon of mass destruction.

In many real-time strategy video games, each playable army would be able to construct a WMD or 'superweapon' to use in battle, which can be similar to WMDs found today or different from current technology.

The invasion of Iraq in search of Sadam Hussein's alleged WMDs

In the context of the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq under the guise of

Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner, February 24, 2004, George W. Bush joked about being unable to find WMD in Iraq, saying "Those weapons of mass destruction must be somewhere", while showing images of himself searching the White House for something.[2][3] In 2003 an EasyJet
advertising campaign attracted controversy with a billboard ad featuring a woman's breasts with the phrase "discover weapons of mass distraction".

Sue Townsend continued her best-selling series of comic-political novels with the 2004 Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction. The eponymous hero trusts Tony Blair implicitly, and writes to him asking for proof of the WMDs' existence, so he can get a refund from the travel agency where he had deposited some money for a holiday in Cyprus, since this island is now apparently no longer safe to travel to.

In the 2004 episode of

Sadam Hussein
's WMDs in Iraq.

rapper Xzibit in 2004, who also called a car featured on Pimp My Ride a WMD. Faithless released the album No Roots in 2004 which contained the single "Mass Destruction", whose lyrics describe negative traits such as fear, racism, greed and inaction as "weapons of mass destruction".[4]

The 2005 series,

"Rekognize") of Da Ali G Show, Ali mistakenly refers to WMDs as "BLTs" (an acronym for the popular sandwich made of bacon, lettuce, and tomato), going so far as to ask if there was mustard gas
in the BLTs.

In 2005, the

Beyond Corporation© is testing out "Unusual Weapons of Mass Destruction" within the US, starting with a weapon called Fin Fang Foom
.

In the video game

Nuketown
in which a nuclear bomb goes off in the background when a round ends. Additionally, in the first game's singleplayer story, the USA is under the threat of a national attack from a German-Soviet chemical called "Nova 6", a green nerve toxin that kills nearly instantly as it is inhaled.

The premise of the

titular bipedal nuclear missile launcher, presenting a constant struggle to decrease the global quantity of nuclear warheads as well as destroying the featured mech
presented in its respective game.

The Big Show uses a Knockout punch called WMD.

Biological WMDs

The 2008 literary thriller The Quick and The Dead by Matthew John Lee describes the aftermath of an attack on the British Isles using an enhanced smallpox virus.

ISBN 978-1-906050-78-8
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Cannot find Weapons of Mass Destruction
  2. ^ "Beltway Humor:".
  3. ^ minister, Mary Fairchild Mary Fairchild is a full-time Christian; writer; anthologies, editor of two Christian; Cavalry, including Stories of. "Verse of the Day: Laughter Therapy - Proverbs 17:22". ThoughtCo. {{cite web}}: |first3= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "FAITHLESS LYRICS - Mass Destruction". www.lyricstop.com.
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