Spitting Image was a British television satire built around grotesque latex puppets of politicians, royals and celebrities, first broadcast in the 1980s and later revived for a new audience. Its humour depended on exaggeration, with familiar public figures reduced to a single vanity, tic or voice, and laughter used as a weapon rather than a reward. Clips and sounds from the show now circulate as reaction audio online, where the puppet laugh works even without the original scene because its mocking tone is instantly recognisable to viewers familiar with satirical television.