What is "spitting image"

n. (context colloquial English) The exact likeness (of someone).

n. a perfect likeness or counterpart

Spitting Image is a British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by 'Spitting Image Productions' for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV network. The series was nominated and won numerous awards during its run including 10 BAFTA Television Awards, including one for editing in 1989 and two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category.

The series featured puppet caricatures of celebrities prominent during the 1980s and 1990s, including British Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major and other politicians, US president Ronald Reagan, and the British Royal Family; the series was the first to caricature Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

One of the most-watched shows of the 1980s and early 1990s, the series was a satire of politics, entertainment, sport and British culture of the era, and at its peak it was watched by 15 million people. The series was cancelled in 1996, after viewing figures declined. ITV had plans for a new series in 2006, but these were scrapped after a dispute over Ant & Dec puppets used to host Best Ever Spitting Image, which were created against Roger Law's wishes.

Spitting Image is a video game released in 1989 featuring characters from the Spitting Image puppet show. It is a one-on-one fighting game programmed by Walking Circles and published by Domark

Spitting Image or The Spitting Image may refer to:

• Spitting Image, a British satirical puppet show
• Spitting Image (video game), a 1989 video game featuring the puppet show
• The Spitting Image, a 1998 book
• "Spitting Image", an episode of the television series Mona the Vampire