The X-Presidents is anNBC/Saturday Night LiveSaturday TV Funhouse cartoon created byRobert Smigel and animated byJ. J. Sedelmaier Productions. It focuses on asuperhero team consisting of formerAmerican PresidentsGerald Ford,Jimmy Carter,Ronald Reagan, andGeorge H.W. Bush. The cartoon lasted from 1997 to 2004.

This cartoon features the four formerAmerican Presidents who were still alive in 1997 —Gerald Ford,Jimmy Carter,Ronald Reagan, andGeorge H.W. Bush (all of whom were voiced by Jim Morris) — as asuperhero team.^[1] This recurring sketch debuted on January 11, 1997,^[2] and a total of nine installments were produced between 1997 and 2004. The four former leaders were endowed with superpowers when struck bylightning at a celebritygolf tournament. The title is a play on words, both referencing that the members areex-Presidents, and alluding to theMarvel Comics franchise,X-Men.Bill Clinton, who doesn't have superpowers, also occasionally aids the group. Their wives are also members of a similar group,The X-First Ladies, with more flamboyant powers.^[3]

In the episode "Nixon,"Richard Nixon and his dogCheckers are resurrected to aid the group. In the episode "The Hunt for Osama",Bob Dole, the Republican presidential candidate in the1996 election and vice presidential candidate in the1976 election, is shown as the butler of the group's headquarters, asking if he can join the group in hunting downOsama bin Laden, to which Reagan says "Dole, just be glad we let you be butler."

The episode "Propaganda" featuresTom Kenny reprising his role asSpongeBob SquarePants who is roped in by the group to make a pro-Iraq War propaganda cartoon, only to be put off by the racist and vulgar content.George W. Bush also appears at the beginning and end of the episode whileDick Cheney makes a cameo appearance.

The cartoons end with the X-Presidents singing a song that recounts the episode's message.The Ambiguously Gay Duo, another series of shorts created by Robert Smigel and J. J. Sedelmaier, made a special guest appearance inThe X-Presidents episode "The Hunt for Osama". The sketch broadly parodiesHanna-Barbera/Filmation cartoons from the 1970s.

In 2006, Smigel said he had written a script for a X-Presidents film withAdam McKay.^[4]

The cartoon short was adapted to agraphic novel byRandom House Books.^[5]

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