Editing Rubbery Figures (section)

=== Characters ===

==== Australian politicians ====

The primary characters of ''Rubbery Figures'' were politicians native to [[Australia]]. The ''Rubbery Figures'' political characters included:

*[[Bob Hawke]] – portrayed as a self-centred, power-hungry opportunist
*[[Paul Keating]] – depicted as Hawke's down-to-earth but ambitious crony
*[[John Howard]] – an irritating, nerdy loser
*[[Andrew Peacock]] – vain and snobbish, often seen filing his nails
*[[Joh Bjelke-Petersen|Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen]] – senile and rambling, with a tendency for [[malapropism]] ("you mark my verbs")
*[[John Elliott (businessman)|John Elliott]] – a beer-swilling "yobbo", with his catchphrase of "pig's arse"<ref>{{Cite web |title=How TV satire died in Australia |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2016/05/12/how-tv-satire-died-australia |access-date=2020-10-01 |website=Guide |date=12 May 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

==== International politicians ====

''Rubbery Figures'' also satirised prominent world politicians of the time, among them were:

*[[Margaret Thatcher]] – the then-[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]; an eccentric profiteer, eager to sell to the Australian government
*[[Ronald Reagan]] – the then-[[President of the United States]]; portrayed as a lumberjack, making decisions based on his [[horoscope]]
*[[Mikhail Gorbachev]] – former [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]; an easygoing liberal who was always giving himself time off
*[[Muammar al-Gaddafi]] – former ruler of [[Libya]], whose puppet was permanently impaled by a missile with the letters ''"[[United States|USA]]"'' painted on one side