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* Jonah declares that since [[InsaneTrollLogic math was created thousands of years ago by Islamists, then math teachers are terrorists and will ban "this Sharia math from our schools!"]]
-->'''Teddy''': That's it, I [[EveryoneHasStandards may be a registered sex offender but I'm out.]]
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* Jonah believes math "was invented by the Chinese to make smart Americans feel dumb."
* The return of Jeff.
-->'''Jonah''': When I'm President...
-->'''Jeff''': I'll jam my fist up my dick-hole and pull out a 40-piece set of Danish cutlery when you're President!
** As he leaves, Jonah's mom notes "I'll see you at church on Sunday."
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* Gary suggests Selina announce her candidacy at the Statue of Liberty. "You love standing next to ugly women!"
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* It's shown that when Selina brought her mother to the White House to show off being the President, her mother's only response was to comment that Selina -- sporting her late Season 3 pixie cut -- should wait until her hair grows back in before having her Presidential portrait done.

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* It's shown that when When Selina brought her mother to the White House to show off being the President, her mother's only response was to comment that Selina -- sporting her late Season 3 pixie cut -- should wait until her hair grows back in before having her Presidential portrait done.



* Jonah and Richard desperately running all over Capitol Hill to get Jonah to the House chambers in time for the vote.
-->'''Selina''': Jonah? You are already dead! What you do now, you do for your family!

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* Jonah and Richard desperately running all over Capitol Hill to get Jonah to the House chambers in time for the vote.
vote as the various members of the Meyer team berate him by phone.
-->'''Selina''': Jonah? You Jonah, you are already dead! What you do now, you do for your family!



** Then the Eagle passes by and says "Selina, good news! We found the missing Nevada votes, you won!" He walks on as Montez just gives him a baffled look.

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** Then the Eagle passes by and says tells Montez "Selina, good news! We found the missing Nevada votes, you won!" He walks on as Montez just gives him a baffled look.



* After Selina makes up a sob story about the help she gave to a Latina immigrant to get support from the community, it turns out that somehow there really is a person fitting her exact description, who was actually convinced of the story herself. And then calls Selina “President Montez,” which no one even acknowledges.

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* After Selina makes up a sob story about the help she gave to a Latina immigrant to get support from the community, it turns out that somehow there really is a person fitting her exact description, who was actually convinced of the story herself. And then the woman calls Selina “President Montez,” which no one even acknowledges.

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* This exchange:exchange after Selina complains about the democratic process:



* Mike is showing Sue a picture of the baby he is adopting from China.
--> '''Mike:''' Isn't she cute?
--> '''Sue:''' Oh they all look alike to me.
--> '''Mike:''' What?
--> '''Sue:''' [[DiscriminateAndSwitch Not Chinese people, pictures of children]].




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** He then throws the half-eaten sandwich in the trash can right beside said homeless guy.

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'''As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff as per policy.]] Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''



* After getting the news that [[spoiler:the President is resigning, making Selina his successor for the next few months]], Selina and Gary pretty much go LaughingMad, while also having to deal with Gary getting a nosebleed.

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* After getting the news that [[spoiler:the the President is resigning, making Selina his successor for the next few months]], months, Selina and Gary pretty much go LaughingMad, while also having to deal with Gary getting a nosebleed.



* Gary has kept an important gift, a pair of shoes, for Selina on the occasion that she should give [[spoiler:her first inaugural speech as president.]] Selina can barely contain her non-excitement.

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* Gary has kept an important gift, a pair of shoes, for Selina on the occasion that she should give [[spoiler:her her first inaugural speech as president.]] president. Selina can barely contain her non-excitement.



* Gary and Mike accidentally get left behind in Tehran. They make it to the back-up plane only to learn that it's damaged and it'll take a week to replace the part. They take all of the booze from that plane to go to the Press plane, but drop it all over the airport. [[spoiler: They fail to make it on the plane]].

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* Gary and Mike accidentally get left behind in Tehran. They make it to the back-up plane only to learn that it's damaged and it'll take a week to replace the part. They take all of the booze from that plane to go to the Press plane, but drop it all over the airport. [[spoiler: They fail to make it on the plane]].plane.



--> '''Ben''': He's been fondling Jonah's balls like he's trying to find a prize inside.

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--> '''Ben''': '''Ben:''' He's been fondling Jonah's balls like he's trying to find a prize inside.



---> '''Teddy''': Sir, everything I have done -- everything -- has been to serve you, and that goes double for fondling Jonah.

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---> '''Teddy''': '''Teddy:''' Sir, everything I have done -- everything -- has been to serve you, and that goes double for fondling Jonah.



* After it looks like [[spoiler:there's going to be a tie and Tom James can become president by virtue of a loophole (the 20th amendment)]], Selina's meltdown
-->'''Selina:''' I'll tell you what's unprecedented, Kent! A ''[[spoiler:tie]]'' is unprecedented! So is becoming the first lady president! So is that jackoff becoming president through the back door! Okay? The rule book's been torn up now, and America is wiping its ''nasty'' '''''ass''''' with it!

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* After it looks like [[spoiler:there's there's going to be a tie and Tom James can become president by virtue of a loophole (the 20th amendment)]], amendment), Selina's meltdown
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-->'''Selina:''' I'll tell you what's unprecedented, Kent! A ''[[spoiler:tie]]'' ''tie'' is unprecedented! So is becoming the first lady president! So is that jackoff becoming president through the back door! Okay? The rule book's been torn up now, and America is wiping its ''nasty'' '''''ass''''' with it!



** And it gets better later on: [[spoiler:there ''was'' another meeting about him, with the staff being GenreSavvy enough to wait a bit until he checked.]]
* Gary walks in on [[spoiler: Selina and Tom having sex]] and backs out of the room and walks away whimpering to himself.
** Catherine's documentary later shows that he [[spoiler: had the couch they had sex on moved out of the room]].

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** And it gets better later on: [[spoiler:there there ''was'' another meeting about him, with the staff being GenreSavvy enough to wait a bit until he checked.]]
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* Gary walks in on [[spoiler: Selina and Tom having sex]] sex and backs out of the room and walks away whimpering to himself.
** Catherine's documentary later shows that he [[spoiler: had the couch they had sex on moved out of the room]].
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* The final reveal that [[spoiler:Ben has been screwing with Kent by messing up the presentation of his bookshelf.]]
* As it turns out, Catherine was hiding in a closet while [[spoiler: her mom and Tom had sex]] a few episodes prior, and was left even more traumatized by it than Gary.

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* The final reveal that [[spoiler:Ben Ben has been screwing with Kent by messing up the presentation of his bookshelf.]]
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* As it turns out, Catherine was hiding in a closet while [[spoiler: her mom and Tom had sex]] sex a few episodes prior, and was left even more traumatized by it than Gary.



* The revelation that Sue is still working for [[spoiler: President Montez.]]
** Then [[spoiler: the Eagle passes by and says "Selina, good news! We found the missing Nevada votes, you won!" He walks on as Montez just gives him a baffled look.]]

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* The revelation that Sue is still working for [[spoiler: President Montez.]]
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** Then [[spoiler: the Eagle passes by and says "Selina, good news! We found the missing Nevada votes, you won!" He walks on as Montez just gives him a baffled look.]]
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-->'''Margarey''': We can't do anything about AIDS.
-->'''Selina''': Who are you, Ronald Reagan?

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-->'''Margarey''': -->'''Margarey:''' We can't do anything about AIDS.
-->'''Selina''': -->'''Selina:''' Who are you, Ronald Reagan?



-->'''Selina''': I was the first female President of the United States and I will not work for less than eighty-seven cents on the dollar!

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-->'''Selina''': -->'''Selina:''' I was the first female President of the United States and I will not work for less than eighty-seven cents on the dollar!



---> '''Selina''': You both look like you fingered the Incredible Hulk.

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---> '''Selina''': '''Selina:''' You both look like you fingered the Incredible Hulk.



* At the end of the episode, Selina's surprised to find out that [[spoiler: the Georgian officer who'd been acting as her tour guide has staged a MilitaryCoup]].

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* At the end of the episode, Selina's surprised to find out that [[spoiler: the Georgian officer who'd been acting as her tour guide has staged a MilitaryCoup]].
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--> '''Dan''': You know what I like about you two? It's not clear who's the top.
--> '''Marjorie''': I am.

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--> '''Dan''': '''Dan:''' You know what I like about you two? It's not clear who's the top.
--> '''Marjorie''': '''Marjorie:''' I am.



--> '''Dan''': So, I've been pulling out this entire time for nothing? Oh, I am gonna save a fortune in morning-after pills. There are, like, three girls that owe me an abortion refund.

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--> '''Dan''': '''Dan:''' So, I've been pulling out this entire time for nothing? Oh, I am gonna save a fortune in morning-after pills. There are, like, three girls that owe me an abortion refund.



-->'''Jonah''': You spring backward!
-->'''Ben''': It's spring forward, you idiot!
-->'''Jonah''': Have you ever watched girl's gymnastics? That makes no sense.

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-->'''Jonah''': -->'''Jonah:''' You spring backward!
-->'''Ben''': -->'''Ben:''' It's spring forward, you idiot!
-->'''Jonah''': -->'''Jonah:''' Have you ever watched girl's gymnastics? That makes no sense.



-->'''Dan''': I haven't slept with a woman over 30 since I was 14.

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-->'''Dan''': -->'''Dan:''' I haven't slept with a woman over 30 since I was 14.
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* The show finally parodies the [=#MeToo=] movement, as a woman who once had a business lunch with Jonah comes forward to publicly admit that she never dated him, inspiring the [=#NotMe=] movement, as dozens of women likewise come forward to say they've never dated Jonah and never will.

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* The show finally parodies the [=#MeToo=] movement, as a woman who once had a business lunch with Jonah comes forward to publicly admit that she never dated him, inspiring the [=#NotMe=] movement, as dozens of women likewise come forward to say they've [[ButtMonkey never dated Jonah and never will.will]].
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* Selina's FreakOut at Kent.
-->'''Selina:''' ''[ranting]''\\
'''Kent:''' Okay, calm dow--!\\
'''Selina:''' DON'T YOU TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!
* And right afterwards, she accidentally throws a lipstick at his eye. It's [[TheStoic Kent's first episode]] and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he's already breaking character with him screaming in pain]].

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* [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Kent]] firing [[AintTooProudToBeg Jonah]] ("Sir, I think I've [[DelusionsOfEloquence temporarily]] lost your meaning?") and Dan hanging up his call with Amy to watch it go down.
-->'''Jonah:''' [[RapidFireNo Nonononono]], sir, please, working at the White House is a part of my DNA, [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext and vice versa!]] I--\\
'''Kent:''' You're embarrassing yourself!\\
'''Jonah:''' Sir, I don't have anything else in my life!\\
'''Dan:''' [[StealthInsult He really doesn't, sir.]]\\
'''Jonah:''' See, exactly! [[ExplainExplainOhCrap Thank you, Da-- FUCK YOU, DAN!]]\\
'''Kent:''' That'll be all, Mr. Ryan.\\
'''Jonah:''' Sir, did POTUS 'OK' this?!\\
'''Kent:''' '''''[[GetOut GET HIM OUT OF HERE!]]'''''
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* Richard accidentally exposes numerous Iowa state legislators as corrupt, sending them all to jail.

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* Richard accidentally exposes numerous Iowa state legislators as corrupt, sending them all to jail.prison.
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* Selina's first choice for a running mate is a Governor who happens to be a handicapped war vet. Cue RunningGag of him being ''extremely'' slow to move around, much to the annoyance and awkwardness of Selina and the others.
* After Leon starts working for Kemi and helps her undercut Selina, Selina [[BrickJoke once again]] questions why people only start getting smart after she fires them.

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* Jonah's uncle breaking out in maniacal laughter when he overhears Shawnee dumping him.

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* Jonah's uncle Jeff breaking out in maniacal laughter when he overhears Shawnee dumping him.



-->'''Selina''': ''(screaming loudly enough to knock Gary off his chair)'' NO!!

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-->'''Selina''': ''(screaming loudly enough to knock Gary off his chair)'' NO!![[BigNo NO!!]]


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* Furlong and Will are in the episode, so there's of course plenty of laughs from them:
** During an emergency meeting of the candidates, Furlong has Will do one of his self-insulting comments, which is so long that everyone clearly loses interest in it halfway through.
** A few minutes later, after a private talk with Selina, Furlong tries to prompt Will again, only to find that he's already left the room, to Furlong's disappointment.
** After Selina is nominated and is making her way to the stage to give her acceptance speech, Furlong follows her and is trying to remind her about the mess still surrounding the Meyer Fund. Unprompted, Will provides another self-insult, only for Furlong to [[HypocriticalHumor tell him that now's not the time]].
** In the DistantFinale, they're both at Selina's funeral, and the younger Will has somehow managed to age ''worse'' than Furlong, being confined to a wheelchair and so senile that his reaction to a prompt is to merely say "I like jizz".
-->'''Furlong''': Shit, he ain't what he used to be.
* After Ben has his heart attack:
-->'''Ben''': Don't tell my wife and kids... I could use the break.
-->'''Selina''': That won't be a problem. I've never met them.

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* Kent and Amy's horror at the idea of Jonah being Vice President

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* Selina gets a few good location insults:
-->"I did not come all the way to North Carolina to lose! I don't even like to change planes here!"

-->"Assemblyman, I've been to Buffalo six times, and I'm not even a serial killer."
* Kent and Amy's horror at the idea of Jonah being Vice PresidentPresident.


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** When Jonah initially refuses to accept the VP slot, Selina and Uncle Jeff hit him with a hurricane of insults, until he's so overwhelmed that he says yes just so that they'll stop yelling at him.
** [[TheStoic Marjorie]] is so shocked at Selina's choice that she [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness actually gets visibly angry]].
* Near the end of the episode, just before the DistantFinale, it's revealed that Sue still works at the White House. Her only scene is her refusing Jonah entry to the Oval Office, stating that he's scheduled to meet with Selina at "half past fuck o'clock".
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** Plus, the last thing the viewers at home see is her honor guard struggling to open the distinctly vagina-shaped tomb.
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* Kent and Amy's horror at the idea of Jonah being Vice President
-->'''Kent:''' [[SuddenlyShouting FUCK THE NUMBERS!!!]]


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** In classic Mike form, he still looks to the wrong camera. And while the list of Hanks films he reads is accurate, none of the clips from Hanks' career shown are from any of the films on it.

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* Selina is true to form right to the end, having her funeral overshadowed by Tom Hanks' death on the same day. Even Mike unhesitatingly pivots to reporting entirely about a retrospective on Hanks.

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* As Selina is true feels the nomination slipping away from her at the convention, she begins to act out more drastically
-->'''Gary''': Can I get you six almonds?
-->'''Selina''': ''(screaming loudly enough to knock Gary off his chair)'' NO!!
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* Selina is true to form right to the end, having her funeral overshadowed by Tom Hanks' death on the same day. Even Mike unhesitatingly pivots to reporting entirely about a retrospective on Hanks.

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* Both Amy and Furlong call Jonah "Congressman [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slenderman]]".Furlong is quite disappointed to be beaten to the punch on it.

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* Both Amy and Furlong call Jonah "Congressman [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slenderman]]". Furlong is quite disappointed to be beaten to the punch on it.


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* Richard's dumb luck-inspired rise to political power continues, as the Governor of Iowa is blinded by shingles, allowing Richard to take his place.
* Selina is surprised to run into the former President of Georgia, who was deposed in a coup last season. He cheerfully explains that Russia freed him after invading the country. He then just as cheerfully offers to finance her campaign; when she points out that she can't accept foreign aid ([[HypocriticalHumor even though she's counting on Chinese help]]) he switches gears and offers to buy her beach house, [[BlatantLies which is completely different]].
** Later, he helps her escape from the Finnish embassy through underground tunnels. During this exchange, he mentions how he once used a similar situation to kill a political enemy. He then clarifies that it was a woman, but he tells people it was a man because of [=#MeToo=], which leads to this as he's helping her through the tunnel:
-->'''Selina''': Chivalry's not dead.
-->'''Merman''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint No, her name was Svetlana. And she's definitely dead.]]
-->'''Selina''': ...That story does work better with a man.
** Also, when he's bidding her farewell:
-->'''Merman''': My car will take you to the airport. The plane is waiting, ready to run out of gas and crash into the North Sea.
-->'''Selina''': What?!
-->'''Merman''': Just kidding!
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** AND ends up becoming the new Lieutenant Governor of Iowa in the process.
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* Both Amy and Furlong call Jonah "Congressman [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slenderman]]".

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--->'''Selina:''' He just fucked me right in the ass!\\

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--->'''Selina:''' -->'''Selina:''' He just fucked me right in the ass!\\


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* Selina's team has been visiting so many states as part of the run-up to Super Tuesday that they've lost track of which one they're currently in.
-->'''Selina''': Before I go on stage, where are we right now?
-->(''everyone looks around in confusion'')
-->'''Leon''': I wanna say the South?

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** The following conversation uses so many hypotheticals and double negatives that by the end of it, Ben is completely lost.
** Also, this bit when the Chinese first make their offer.
-->'''Ben''': You can't trust the Chinese! I've married enough of them to know.
-->'''Selina''': Isn't your wife Korean?
-->'''Ben''': I think.




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* When Selina reveals that Keith is the Chinese mole, Ben and Ken both casually admit to thinking it was each other.
* Gary reveals that he spent millions that the campaign had set aside for a faith-based initiative, which Selina had just decided to instead use to buy off Andrew's silence, to buy Bibles for homeless people.
* Richard accidentally exposes numerous Iowa state legislators as corrupt, sending them all to jail.
* Both Amy and Furlong call Jonah "Congressman [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slenderman]]".
* Everyone's reaction to finding out that Jonah's stepfather is his biological father, meaning that his stepsister is actually his half-sister, and their relationship really is incestuous.

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* After Selina makes up a sob story about the help she gave to a Latina immigrant to get support from the community, it turns out that somehow there really is a person fitting her exact description, who was actually convinced of the story herself. And then calls Selina “President Montez,” which no one even acknowledges.




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* After Selina makes up a sob story about the help she gave to a Latina immigrant to get support from the community, it turns out that somehow there really is a person fitting her exact description, who was actually convinced of the story herself. And then calls Selina “President Montez,” which no one even acknowledges.
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* After Selina makes up a sob story about the help she gave to a Latina immigrant to get support from the community, it turns out that somehow there really is a person fitting her exact description, who was actually convinced of the story herself. And then calls Selina “President Montez,” which no one even acknowledges.
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* After Selina and Tom James sleep together again, he's expected to drop out and endorse her. Instead, he refuses to endorse anybody.
--->'''Selina:''' He just fucked me right in the ass!\\
'''Ben:''' He refused to endorse you?!\\
'''Selina:''' That too!
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* The Chinese President sends Selina a messsage that could be interpreted as [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything offering to help her become president in exchange for -]].
--->'''Ben:''' Don't finish that sentence, Ma'm.\\
'''Kent:''' We can't have this discussion. We are still a nation of laws.\\
'''Ben:''' Ish.\\
'''Kent:''' Esque.
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** Along with some FridgeBrilliance that to anyone looking from outside the story, he probably looks like a huge MagnificentBastard right now, playing both major presidential candidates against each other while they didn’t have a clue, and ultimately landing a cushy job as a mayor after he’s tapped out everything they can do for him. All while he’s really just a dimwitted lutz who genuinely just couldn’t decide who he wanted to help.
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* After Amy goes on a brief TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at some pro-life protesters outside an abortion clinic, she also takes the time to point out one of their signs is misspelled. Dan follows up by cheerfully asking everyone to vote for Selina.
* Teddy's attempts to teach Jonah to be politically correct backfires, as during a debate he's asked a question about Niger, misunderstands it as the N-word, and goes on quick rant about sending black soldiers there.
* Selina and Jonah's confusion when Richard casually admits to having been working on both their campaigns.
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** When Gary is revealed to have overheard the whole conversation, he tries to cheer Selina up by talking about a bath gel at their hotel.

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** When Gary is revealed to have overheard the whole conversation, he tries to cheer Selina up by talking about a bath gel bomb at their hotel.




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* Due to her pregnancy, Amy has been throwing up frequently. At one point during the campaign event, she comes out of a bathroom stall to find Gary standing and staring at her. She begins to try and explain herself, only to need to rush back in and find him gone when she emerges, [[StealthHiBye just as suddenly as he appeared.]]

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-->'''Selina''': Dan slept with you? What were you wearing, [[{{Narcissist}} a full length mirror?]]

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-->'''Selina''': Dan slept with fucked you? What were you wearing, [[{{Narcissist}} a full length mirror?]]


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-->'''Gary''': She looks like a goddess.

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