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* AnnoyingLaugh: When she is in a flirtatious mood toward her ex-husband Andrew.
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* KickedUpstairs: TruthInTelevision, the Vice Presidential position is notorious for being a graveyard for political influence, with some exceptions - UsefulNotes/AlGore, UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush and UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, for example. Selina is apparently not one of them.
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* KickedUpstairs: TruthInTelevision, the Vice Presidential position is notorious for being a graveyard for political influence, influence,[[note]]The very first VP UsefulNotes/JohnAdams even famously declared it to be the most useless job humanity has ever invented.[[/note]] with some exceptions - UsefulNotes/AlGore, UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush and UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, for example. Selina is apparently not one of them.
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* {{Flanderization}}: In early seasons, Mike shows some signs of incompetence, but was also generally capable of doing his job and defusing the frequent threats to it posed by the various political storms Selena gets into. By the latter seasons, he can barely function as an independent adult, never mind as a Washington speechwriter.
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* {{Flanderization}}: In early seasons, Mike shows some signs of incompetence, but was is also generally capable of doing his job and defusing the frequent threats to it posed by the various political storms Selena gets into. By the latter seasons, he can barely function as an independent adult, never mind as a Washington speechwriter.
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* {{Flanderization}}: In early seasons, Mike shows some signs of incompetence, but was also generally capable of doing his job and defusing the frequent threats to it posed by the various political storms Selena got gets into. By the latter seasons, he can barely function as an independent adult, never mind as a Washington speechwriter.
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* Flanderization: {{Flanderization}}: In early seasons, Mike shows some signs of incompetence, but was also generally capable of doing his job and defusing the frequent threats to it posed by the various political storms Selena got into. By the latter seasons, he can barely function as an independent adult, never mind as a Washington speechwriter.
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* Flandersization: Flanderization: In early seasons, Mike shows some signs of incompetence, but was also generally capable of doing his job and defusing the frequent threats to it posed by the various political storms Selena got into. By the latter seasons, he can barely function as an independent adult, never mind as a Washington speechwriter.
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* Flandersization: In early seasons, Mike shows some signs of incompetence, but was also generally capable of doing his job and defusing the frequent threats to it posed by the various political storms Selena got into. By the latter seasons, he can barely function as an independent adult, never mind as a Washington speechwriter.
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** The same episode also reveals that at the time she had first begun dating Catherine, she was still in the closet to her family.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: To set up just ''how'' much of a [[ButtMonkey]] Jonah is, the first person to really lay into him is Mike, of all people, the character in which numerous jabs had already been made at remarking his incompetence
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* PrinciplesZealot: After Selina accidentally tells her about a war crime, Minna reports her to Interpol as she's legally obligated...then turns right around and offers Selina sanctuary in her embassy until it blows over.
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* FakeNationality: She’s caucasian but uses her last name (her husband was actually born in Mexico) and olive complexion to make people assume she’s a white passing Latina.
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[[folder:Minna Häkkinen]]
->'''Played By:''' Sally Phillips
First introduced in Season 2, she subsequently makes appearances once a season. She starts the series as the Prime Minister of Finland. Later on, she moves on to an international career, as the head of the IMF and a high-ranking United Nations Diplomat.
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* TheComicallySerious: One of her quirks is being comically blunt.
* FeeFiFauxPas: Accidentally divulges some off-the-cuff remarks from Selina about the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanGunPolitics Second Amendment]] to Jonah, who leaks it to the press.
* FunnyForeigner: Her other defining characteristic - she and Selina have some incredibly awkward banter over the course of the show.
* TooMuchInformation: During the election monitoring in Georgia, she goes into candid detail about her romantic and sexual relationship with the opposition candidate, much to Selina's disgust.
[[folder:Minna Häkkinen]]
->'''Played By:''' Sally Phillips
First introduced in Season 2, she subsequently makes appearances once a season. She starts the series as the Prime Minister of Finland. Later on, she moves on to an international career, as the head of the IMF and a high-ranking United Nations Diplomat.
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* TheComicallySerious: One of her quirks is being comically blunt.
* FeeFiFauxPas: Accidentally divulges some off-the-cuff remarks from Selina about the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanGunPolitics Second Amendment]] to Jonah, who leaks it to the press.
* FunnyForeigner: Her other defining characteristic - she and Selina have some incredibly awkward banter over the course of the show.
* TooMuchInformation: During the election monitoring in Georgia, she goes into candid detail about her romantic and sexual relationship with the opposition candidate, much to Selina's disgust.
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'''Ben''': Work. ''(Takes a drink.)''
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'''Ben''': Work. ''(Takes a drink.)''drink)''
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:He eventually passes away from natural causes sometime between the present day of the GrandFinale and the DistantFinale.]]
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:He eventually passes away from natural causes sometime between the present day of the GrandFinale and the DistantFinale.]]
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: While working as a consultant for Uber, Ben makes the mistake of using the word "Chinaman" in front of Uber's board, which has at least two East Asian people on it. When they call him out on his use of a slur, he responds with "my wife is oriental." They promptly fire him.
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: While working as a consultant for Uber, Ben makes the mistake of using the word "Chinaman" in front of Uber's board, which has at least two East Asian people on it. When they call him out on his use of a slur, he responds with [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX "my wife is oriental." "]] They promptly fire him.
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--> '''Selina:''' 8 years ago? It could have been anyone. Could have been Ben.
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--> '''Selina:''' 8 Eight years ago? It could have been anyone. Could have been Ben.
* AmbiguousDisorder: He's incredibly meticulous, exhibits some {{cloudcuckoolander}} behavior, and has difficulty emphasizing with others. While the last one can be attributed to the White House being a WorldOfJerkass, some viewers have taken these traits as evidence that he may be on the autism spectrum.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Some of his behavior is ascribed to this, like his [[StylisticSuck terrible workout outfit]]. Might be a result of AmbiguousDisorder.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: In the GrandFinale, he and Amy try to convince Selina that [[spoiler:picking Jonah as her running mate is a bad idea]]. When she refuses to listen, [[spoiler:Kent {{ragequit}}s.]]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: EveryoneHasStandards:
** In Season 7, he's wary about Selina trying to hide her crimes because this is obviously illegal. This is likely for [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic reasons]] though rather than any moral standards.
** In the GrandFinale, he and Amy try to convince Selina that [[spoiler:picking Jonah as her running mate is a bad idea]]. When she refuses to listen, [[spoiler:Kent {{ragequit}}s.]]
** In Season 7, he's wary about Selina trying to hide her crimes because this is obviously illegal. This is likely for [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic reasons]] though rather than any moral standards.
** In the GrandFinale, he and Amy try to convince Selina that [[spoiler:picking Jonah as her running mate is a bad idea]]. When she refuses to listen, [[spoiler:Kent {{ragequit}}s.]]
** Near the end of the episode of his very debut, he's yelling in pain from being [[EyeScream hit in the eye by Selina's lipstick]].
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Sue! Everyone else just wants to know what the heck's going on. It seems to have ended when it turns out that [[spoiler:Sue is married]], and in Season 6, Kent is dating some other woman.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Sue! Everyone else just wants to know what the heck's going on. It seems to have ended when it turns out that [[spoiler:Sue is married]], and in Season 6, Kent is dating some other woman.a new girl, Julia.
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* OhCrap: Discussed.
-->'''Kent:''' Your idea of "crisis management" is running around screaming "Bury me, we're fucked!"\\
'''Ben:''' Bury me, we're fucked!
-->'''Kent:''' Your idea of "crisis management" is running around screaming "Bury me, we're fucked!"\\
'''Ben:''' Bury me, we're fucked!
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* FireForgedFriends: To some extent. In his debut, he starts out as somewhat antagonistic to the rest of the cast (such as Selina viewing him as a nuisance and a foreigner to her team), but eventually fits right in. Particularly seems to be one to [[ThoseTwoGuys Ben]].
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-->'''Kent:''' You know, all this melodrama really explains your three divorces!\\
'''Ben:''' Yeah, well, I'd like to divorce your head from your neck!
'''Ben:''' Yeah, well, I'd like to divorce your head from your neck!
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:In the end she becomes so obsessed with becoming President that she trades away her one positive legacy in freeing Tibet, and by the time she gets in the office has thoroughly alienated everyone she was once close to. She’s defeated by Kemi after only a single term, and then has to watch her old nemesis completely eclipse her place in history as a truly beloved female President with two terms. By the time she dies at 74, she’s such a footnote to history that the death of Tom Hanks completely overshadows her funeral on the news.]]
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:In the end she becomes so obsessed with becoming President that she trades away her one positive legacy in freeing Tibet, and by the time she gets in the office Oval she has thoroughly alienated everyone she was once close to. She’s defeated by Kemi after only a single term, and then has to watch her old nemesis completely eclipse her place in history as a truly beloved female President with two terms. By the time she dies at 74, she’s such a footnote to history that the death of Tom Hanks completely overshadows her funeral on the news.]]
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* ContinuitySnarl: At Jonah's congressional speech, he comments that Jonah fighting with the hecklers he hired is "more beautiful than the birth of my child". In the series finale, [[spoiler:Amy states that she and Bill never had any children in the DistantFinale, so either Bill was just saying that as a figure of speech, Amy meant that ''she'' didn't have kids with Bill, or it's this trope]].
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** Exemplified in the GrandFinale, [[spoiler:where she confesses to a hospitalized Ben that [[PleaseDontLeaveMe she needs him]] because she doesn't know what to do without him, which foreshadows the ending: that she'll regret alienating her team and she'll be all alone.]]
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** Exemplified in the GrandFinale, [[spoiler:where she confesses to a hospitalized Ben that [[PleaseDontLeaveMe she needs him]] because she doesn't know what to do without him, which foreshadows the ending: that she'll regret alienating her team and to win the presidency, [[LonelyAtTheTop but she'll be all alone.alone]].]]
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* {{Hidden Depths}}: In spite of Selina being largely depicted as incompetent, she consistently has moments which show how she was able to become an accomplished Senator, mount a presidential campaign and become Vice President.
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* FoxNewsLiberal: [[spoiler: Permanently overturns gay marriage in order to win the 2020 Democratic nomination.]]
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In "Kissing Your Sister" after [[spoiler:the House vote is undecided and Tom James is all but certain to take the presidency]], she just walks out of the Oval Office forlornly. No screaming, no blaming staff, just straight quiet to the point that it's almost a HeroicBSOD.
* PetTheDog: She shows an odd concern for the well-being of the President [[spoiler:when Kent informs her that he's resigning]].
* PetTheDog: She shows an odd concern for the well-being of the President [[spoiler:when Kent informs her that he's resigning]].
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** In "Kissing Your Sister" after [[spoiler:the House vote is undecided and Tom James is all but certain to take the presidency]], she just walks out of the Oval Office forlornly. No screaming, no blaming staff, just straight quiet to the point that it's almost a HeroicBSOD.
** Her very last scene in the show is [[spoiler:her back in the Oval Office about to complain about the "level of incompetency" that she's... no longer surrounded by, because she alienated all her friends/allies in order to get to where she was. She trails off her remark as she realizes this.]]
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** She shows an odd concern for the well-being of the President [[spoiler:when Kent informs her that he'sresigning]].resigning]].
** When she hears from Dan and Amy that [[ButtMonkey Jonah]] literally shot himself in the foot, she tells Ben, who is struggling to hold in his laughter, that it isn't funny. Diminished in that she then asks Dan and Amy how this will affect her reputation.
** In "Kissing Your Sister" after [[spoiler:the House vote is undecided and Tom James is all but certain to take the presidency]], she just walks out of the Oval Office forlornly. No screaming, no blaming staff, just straight quiet to the point that it's almost a HeroicBSOD.
** Her very last scene in the show is [[spoiler:her back in the Oval Office about to complain about the "level of incompetency" that she's... no longer surrounded by, because she alienated all her friends/allies in order to get to where she was. She trails off her remark as she realizes this.]]
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** She shows an odd concern for the well-being of the President [[spoiler:when Kent informs her that he's
** When she hears from Dan and Amy that [[ButtMonkey Jonah]] literally shot himself in the foot, she tells Ben, who is struggling to hold in his laughter, that it isn't funny. Diminished in that she then asks Dan and Amy how this will affect her reputation.
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* TokenMinority: Invoked. O'Brien brought her on to his ticket to offset allegations that he is a racist. It should be noted that she’s not actually Hispanic, Mr Montez is. She plays it up to be seen as the token minority and to get kudos in the majority Hispanic state of New Mexico.
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* TokenMinority: Invoked. O'Brien brought her on to his ticket to offset allegations that he is a racist. It should be noted that she’s not actually Hispanic, Mr Mr. Montez is. She plays it up to be seen as the token minority and to get kudos in the majority Hispanic state of New Mexico.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:She gets re-elected president, selling Tibet back to the Chinese and permenently abolishes same-sex marriage, dies peacefully of old age, and is remembered somewhat fondly.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:She gets re-elected president, selling Tibet back to the Chinese and permenently abolishes same-sex marriage, dies peacefully of old age, and is remembered somewhat fondly. However...]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: Although she’s remembered a little fondly, she’s lost everybody who cared about her, was kicked out of the Oval Office after only one term as President by Kemi of all people, who then proceeded to blow her out of the water and earn herself a place in history as one of the best presidents who ever lived, and when she dies, is quickly forgotten about. All in all, she worked her block off and sold out everything and everybody she had for four measly years of power, and was quickly booted out in short order, rendering all she had done an exercise in futility and is quickly swept under the rug after her death.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: Although she’s remembered a little fondly, she’s lost everybody who cared about her, was kicked out of the Oval Office after only one term as President by Kemi of all people, who then proceeded to blow her out of the water and earn herself a place in history as one of the best presidents who ever lived, and when she dies, is quickly forgotten about. All in all, she worked her block off and sold out everything and everybody she had for four measly years of power, and was quickly booted out in short order, rendering all she had done an exercise in futility and is quickly swept under the rug after her death.]]
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* UpperClassEquestrian: She's from a very privileged background. Growing up she had a beloved pony, and she still resents her mother for selling it.
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*[[spoiler: {{Patricide}}]]: [[spoiler: His anti-vax crusade leads to his father's death.]]
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoilers: He is made Vice President, a position that Selina guarantees he will have no power in. In the future it is revealed he was impeached and has lost his other testicle to cancer.]]
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoilers: LaserGuidedKarma:
**[[spoiler: His anti-vax crusade leads to the death of his own father.]]
**[[spoiler: He is made Vice President, a position that Selina guarantees he will have no power in. In the future it is revealed he was impeached and has lost his other testicle to cancer.]]
**[[spoiler: His anti-vax crusade leads to the death of his own father.]]
**[[spoiler: He is made Vice President, a position that Selina guarantees he will have no power in. In the future it is revealed he was impeached and has lost his other testicle to cancer.]]
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* FoxNewsLiberal: By Season 7, Jonah has essentially become a far-right conspiracy theorist, yet is still running for the Democratic nomination. [[spoilers: He even becomes one of the frontrunners during the GrandFinale specifically because of Islamophobic statements he has made.]]
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* FoxNewsLiberal: By Season 7, Jonah has essentially become a far-right conspiracy theorist, yet is still running for the Democratic nomination. [[spoilers: [[spoiler: He even becomes one of the frontrunners during the GrandFinale specifically because of Islamophobic statements he has made.]]
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* FoxNewsLiberal: By Season 7, Jonah has essentially become a far-right conspiracy theorist, yet is still running for the Democratic nomination. [[spoilers: He even becomes one of the frontrunners during the GrandFinale specifically because of Islamophobic statements he has made.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Bears a number of similarities to Anthony Weiner, particularly with his affairs and his getting everyone associated with him into hot water.
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* HasAType: Two of his three wives were Asian nurses, and he has a {{MeetCute}} with another in the finale.
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* FallGuy: [[spoiler: Unwittingly takes the fall for Andrew Meyer's activities as Director of the Meyer Fund.]]
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* FutureLoser: [[spoiler: The GrandFinale shows that 24 years later he's remained as skeezy as ever, except instead of being a member of working in politics, he's selling SoCal real estate. [[{{Narcissist}} Being who he is]], though, he's more than satisfied with flaunting the money he's made off of it, and doesn't seem to really care that he never accomplished anything outside of being rich.]]
