Osama bin Laden in popular culture

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Caricature of Osama bin Laden by DonkeyHotey

Osama bin Laden, the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda, has been depicted or parodied in a variety of media. Notable examples include:

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Books and comics

Film and television

Internet

In the now terminated Brazilian flash animation website Mundo Canibal, Bin Laden is featured as a main character in a number of animations. He also appears as suicidal enemy in the site's beat-em-up videogame, Mundo Canibal Apocalypse.

Music

Video games

Osama bin Laden is an opponent (or boss) in many games released during the 2000s:. [25] He is the main antagonist in most of these games.

Osama bin Laden is also briefly mentioned in the opening cutscene of Call of Duty: Black Ops II , with a character saying that the main antagonist of the game, Raul Menendez, is the most dangerous terrorist since bin Laden.[ citation needed ]

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References

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