History Main / OurPresidentsAreDifferent

** And this list may go [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters on, and on, and on]]...

* ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}} had a set of events where the [[BugWar Prethoryn Queen]], a gigantic HiveMind leader, could be captured, turned to your side, making them a special character Admiral, and then in certain civilisations, that HiveMind Consciousness Admiral could then be democratically elected to run the entire Government.

%%Remember, the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment is firmly in place here. So proceed with caution.

* Vasiliy from ''Series/ServantOfThePeople'' is an idealistic, devoted and honest president, who lives with his parents, rides a bicycle to work (when he doesn't take a bus) and overall thinks and acts as a regular person. In a noteworthy case of LifeImitatesArt, his actor, UsefulNotes/VolodymyrZelenskyy, actually became president of Ukraine in 2019.

* Vasiliy from ''Series/ServantOfThePeople'' is an idealistic, devoted and honest president, who lives with his parents, rides a bicycle to work (when he doesn't take a bus) and overall thinks and acts as a regular person.

* ''Anime/CaroleAndTuesday'' has Tuesday's mother, Valerie Simmons, who seems to be a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed parody]] of Donald Trump

* At other times in the Marvel Universe, the President just happens to be whoever's in office at the time, with varying degrees of any of the above-mentioned stereotypes. In Uncanny X-Men alone, we see UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter (during the Dark Phoenix Saga), UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan (in follow-on stories to ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast), and George H.W. Bush (in X-Men #1). In a discussion board thread, Creator/ChrisClaremont, talking about how his new X-Men Forever simultaneously follows on from X-Men #1 yet is set in 2009, essentially said "[[MST3KMantra Assume that the gent sitting in the White House was always Barack Obama, or perhaps George W. Bush, depending on when exactly the story takes place]]." One assumes that this also includes the [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp fact that there was still a Soviet Union in X-Men #1...]] Yeah, Marvel's sliding timeline probably causes more trouble than it's worth.

*** President Allison Taylor looks like a sweet, middle-aged lady (she is, after all, played by Cherry Jones). '''Do not let this fool you.''' President Taylor ''will not budge'' once she has made up her mind about something... she's an IronLady and thus President Iron personified.
---->'''President Taylor:''' "I want that sonofabitch ''found''."

[[header: President MarySue]]
A sort of extreme version (on the friendly side) of President Strawman, President MarySue is perfection itself: the sort of President that, say, [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Atticus Finch]] would make. Every decision is correct and impeccably moral. Every action is noble and heroic. Every belief is valid and correct and, not coincidentally, conforms to the beliefs of the person who created him. Count on President Sue to single-handedly save the whales, stop global warming, defeat the enemy, uplift the downtrodden, personally read aloud to all school-aged children, and have twelve national holidays in his or her honor.

** "Feeling Presidential" from the eighth edition shows what would happen if certain fictional characters became president. In order, we have [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] (Personable with shades of Mary Sue), [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Ms. Fowl]] (seen as Buffoon, though it's argued she merely got into office at a horrible time), [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Fred Jones]] (a mix of Corrupt and Iron, surprisingly enough), [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Dipper Pines]] (doesn't fit a solid category, though his run was mostly quiet), [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Stevonnie]] (Minority and Mary Sue, though it's noted that [[UnreliableNarrator Peridot]] wrote their section), [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] (Action, of course), [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Carl Wheezer]] (mild Playboy), [[WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents Mr. Crocker]] (Corrupt and Lunatic, but he managed to balance out the economy), [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Dib Membrane]] (possibly Buffoon), and [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Dani Fenton]] (Personable).

* In ''Film/TheAmericanPresident'', President Andrew Shepherd (isn't that such a presidential-sounding name?) is President Personable, with a 63% approval rating. The film is about how the widowed president finds love again, so he's a President Romantic and also President Mary Sue. The film was the spiritual predecessor to ''Series/TheWestWing'', which was created by the screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.

* ''Film/WelcomeToMooseport'': Ex-President Monroe "Eagle" Cole. He comes across as a mixture of a President Personable and a President MarySue; a nice, grandfatherly charismatic man, so beloved by people that he retired with an 85% rating of approval (the highest FDR got was 84%), so popular that even a really small town like Mooseport knows him well (although it is his hometown as well). Also, he describes himself as "the most environmentally conscious president since Teddy Roosevelt". Nevertheless, at the same time, he's revealed to be an moderate President Jerkass who jokes about getting his adviser beaten up for not succeeding in his tasks, is arrogant, despised by his ex-wife, dates with the girlfriend of his mayoral candidate (and town plummer) Harold "Handy" Harrison, and plays it dirty when it comes to golf. By the end of the movie, President JerkWithAHeartOfGold probably sums him up, however.

** Palmer had a tendency to stray into President Mary Sue territory occasionally.

** President Mary Sue: [[spoiler:Definitely Sheridan.]]

** RealLife President of Molossia Kevin Baugh is portrayed equal-parts Action, Scheming and Mary Sue. Action in that he is perfectly willing to defend Molossia from the invading reviewers by himself with nothing but a sword, a cannon and his inexplicable TeleportSpam power. Scheming in that when it becomes clear that the invaders are too strong, he puts on the PaperThinDisguise of "Baron Fritz Von Baugh, Minister of Keeping Things Orderly" where he sows distrust among the newly established Kickassian Regime. Mary Sue in that he keeps a cool head throughout the entire ordeal and successfully takes his country back completely in-tact.

** In the episode "Decision 3012", Senator (and later [[spoiler: for about five seconds]] President) Chris Travers is President Personable to a level bordering on President MarySue. He's the OnlySaneMan and an AllLovingHero, who manages to get pretty much everyone except the villains on his side and would have been able to fix all the world's problems with ease. Sadly, [[spoiler: he only gets to be President for about five seconds before being destroyed by a time paradox; he's actually a time traveller who came back to stop Nixon from destroying the world, since he accomplished that by being elected he no longer had a reason to go back.)]]

The President is female and/or from a minority background, ethnic or otherwise. How much her or his or her minority background is mentioned depends on the plot and whether anyone feels like invoking ''Theatre/{{Othello}}''. Resemblance to UsefulNotes/BarackObama (in works made in 2009 or later) is somewhat common if the minority background is specifically being of African/Black ethnicity and with UsefulNotes/KamalaHarris becoming the first woman of color to become Vice President, expect future works to have Resemblance to her as well. Resemblance to UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher is surprisingly rare.[[note]]It should be noted that black Americans overwhelmingly supported Obama, while Thatcher was loathed by many British women as she was no friend to feminism, among other things.[[/note]] Any resemblance to UsefulNotes/BenjaminDisraeli is even rarer. Sometimes used to depict a setting TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in Zeerust-y sci-fi works. Now that it's actually happening, it should be interesting to see how it'll turn out.

-->-- '''President UsefulNotes/RichardNixon''', RealLife.

* ''Series/TheEvent'' features a President Minority in U.S. President Elias Martinez (played by Blair Underwood), who is Cuban.

* President Coriolanus Snow in [[Literature/TheHungerGames The Hunger Games trilogy]] is certainly the PresidentEvil of the series, though [[spoiler:it certainly turns out that even the president of the supposed good guys from District 13, President Coin, is [[NotSoDifferent not so different]] [[BlackAndGrayMorality from Snow]]]].

Remember, the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment is '''''firmly''''' in place here. So proceed with caution.

** In the episode Decision 3012, Senator (and later [[spoiler: for about five seconds]] President) Chris Travers is President Personable to a level bordering on President MarySue. He's the OnlySaneMan and an AllLovingHero, who manages to get pretty much everyone except the villains on his side and would have been able to fix all the world's problems with ease. Sadly, [[spoiler: he only gets to be President for about five seconds before being destroyed by a time paradox; he's actually a time traveller who came back to stop Nixon from destroying the world, since he accomplished that by being elected he no longer had a reason to go back.)]]

** Kelsey Grammer (R-CA, 2013-2021) is mainly President Iron for his tougher stances on issues than Wellstone.

The "NiceGuy" President. This President isn't nearly the badass that President Action is, and is often a bit older, but is often a decent, honourable, and kind man who treats his position, aides, and country with great respect and dignity. Often takes the role of the ReasonableAuthorityFigure. A President Personable needs to watch out, however, since the EvilChancellor is usually waiting in the wings (often as a scheming Vice President or deputy), the GovernmentConspiracy is often gunning straight at them, and they can easily end up as President Target.

The diametric opposite of President Personable -- your stereo)typical scheming, shifty, and corrupt politician who is in it only for what he can get out of it, legally or otherwise. Often seems to take great pleasure in screwing over the people and system he represents for his own personal gain. Bonus points awarded if he's having extramarital affairs (usually with his aides or secretaries) on the side. When a President Corrupt is in office, you can often find him right at the centre of the GovernmentConspiracy, and is the quintessential VillainWithGoodPublicity -- at least, until the heroes get on his case. Sometimes appears to be one of the other types until the conspiracy is uncovered, with the possibility of a HaveYouToldAnyoneElse moment. President Corrupt is particularly susceptible to an EngineeredPublicConfession.

[[header: President Jerkass]]

In contrast to the likeable President Personable, President {{Jerkass}} isn't a nice person at all. He's not necessarily corrupt or shifty: he's just a complete douchebag. He bullies his underlings, he's rude and thoughtless to his colleagues, he's arrogant, condescending and dismissive of the public he supposedly represents, and all in all is not a very nice guy at all. He's usually got very good P.R. skills, though, which explains how he manages to get elected: he's all huge smiles and smarmy charm in public, but behind closed doors he's a bit of a nasty piece of work. This President may be a less sympathetic President Target, or the story may require him to be taken down a peg or two in order to become more of a President Personable.

TheDitz President. It's not immediately clear how this guy (or, rarely, girl) ever got elected, because he can barely seem to stand up on his own at times, but nevertheless he's the boss, and everyone's got to put up with it until his term of office is, thankfully, over. (Although sometimes he wasn't elected: President Buffoon simply got the job by being next in line after a standing President dies.) President Buffoon typically shows his discomfort with the job of leading the country by taking lots of vacations. Often appears in kids' movies and TV shows and/or very broad satires. Depending on how savage the parody is, he may be either a lovable doofus or a hateful incompetent. President Buffoon lends himself very nicely to TheManBehindTheMan. See also PointyHairedBoss and Creator/StephenColbert.

->''"Remember- you are only President...for life."''

This President may be President Buffoon turned up to eleven, may be a [[HolierThanThou bit too eagerly into religion]], or may [[TheSchizophreniaConspiracy see enemies behind every curtain and hear ominous whispering behind every pot-plant]]. Whatever the deal, if this President gets into office, it's a genuine cause to panic, as he is ''[[TheCaligula completely and genuinely insane]]''. And he now has far-reaching governmental authority and a runaway military budget (often involving [[NukeEm nuclear missiles]]) to back up his particular brand of delusion. This kind of President often just needs a few little nudges to send him right into becoming a full-blown PresidentEvil.

* James Marshall in ''Film/AirForceOne'' is a President Action played by Creator/HarrisonFord. Around the time the film was coming out, Creator/DavidLetterman would say, "''Film/AirForceOne, Harrison Ford, Ass-kicking President!"

* The President of the Magical Congress of the United States ([=MACUSA=]) in the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' series, Seraphina Picquery, is a double President Minority as a black woman in 1926. The government in the American wizarding world is also more akin to a Parliamentary System so she’s more like a Prime Minister (which women have a much easier time becoming than a directly elected President) or Speaker of a House than a No-Maj President. WordOfGod also says she's not the first female President in [=MACUSA=]'s history. The first film takes place forty-three years before a black woman (Shirley Chisholm) was even elected to the Federal House, fifty-eight years before a woman first ran on the presidential ticket (Geraldine Ferraro as Vice President), eighty years before a woman (Nancy Pelosi) became the Speaker of the House, eighty-two years before UsefulNotes/BarackObama won the election to be the first non-white president, ninety years before the first woman-lead presidential ticket (UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton) in the No-Maj world, and ninety-four before a woman of color ran on the presidential ticket (Kamala Harris).

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[[caption-width-right:289:Neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, unless they're ''just too cool''!]]

** Kelsey Grammer (R-CA, 2013-) is mainly President Iron for his tougher stances on issues than Wellstone.

* The French President in ''Film/{{Banlieue 13}}'' is a President Corrupt who [[spoiler: thinks nothing of atom-bombing an entire slum just to get rid of the criminals living there.]]