History Main / PresidentEvil

* The trope name is taken from the Franchise/{{Superman}} arc in which SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor became President of the United States, which is most likely a play on the title of the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series.

* SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom, archenemy of the ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', is probably the best-known, ruling Latveria, an archetypical {{Ruritania}}. He's been deposed a couple times, but always manages to get back in.

* Naturally, AdolphHitler in ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''.

* ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'' has Jake Featherston, President of the Confederate States of America, and thinly veiled AdolfHitler analogue, who attempts a genocide of the CSA's black population.

** Mavic Chen of "The Daleks' Master Plan" is the democratically-elected head of the Galaxy, and also colluding with the Daleks to destroy time.

* In an episode of ''TheOuterLimits'', a time traveler approaches a presidential candidate and warns him that his loss in the upcoming election will pave the way for one of these. As she continues to win him over, she eventually convinces him that his staff will sabotage his chances of winning, and that he needs to jump from the plane and leave them all to die (she'll protect him with her future-tech). He complies, and she's true to her word. [[spoiler:Then she reveals ''he'' is the President Evil she spoke of, having gambled that he would be self-centered enough to save his own hide at the expense of everyone else. The plane will be fine, and he's just ensured that his political career is tarnished beyond recovery.]]

** Interestingly, after Hammer's death halfway through the war, the military brass decides to continue the war instead of suing for peace.

* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', The Boss has gone from criminal kingpin/mass murderer to the President of the United States. More impressive is the fact that the Boss might not even be American (either being British or French). It's implied that she's less sociopathic as a president than as a gang leader, though, at least if her only presidential initiative shown (either "Fuck Cancer" or solving world hunger depending on what the player chooses) is any indication.
* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' 2 has Teikun O, the president of the Republic of Zheng-Fa, a DirtyCoward who [[spoiler: orchestrated a fake assassination attempt on himself in a futile attempt to salvage his waning popularity.]] Then, much later in the game, we learn that [[spoiler: he's actually a body double who pulled a KillAndReplace on the ''real'' president and took over the country, and was planning to kill several others to cover it up. Of course, by the time you find that out, [[PayEvilUntoEvil someone else already killed him.]] [[AssholeVictim He will not be missed.]] ]]

* Subverted with {{Final Fantasy VIII}}, Vinzer Deling, president of the (mostly portrayed as) antagonistic Galbadian nation is made out to be the Big bad when the plot kicks off, only to be killed very early on by his [[TheDragon Dragon, Edea]].

* In VideoGame/SaintsRowIV, The Boss has gone from criminal kingpin/mass murderer to the President of the United States. More impressive is the fact that the Boss might not even be American (either being British or French). It's implied that she's less sociopathic as a president than as a gang leader, though, at least if her only presidential initiative shown (either "Fuck Cancer" or solving world hunger depending on what the player chooses) is any indication.
* ''AceAttorneyInvestigations'' 2 has Teikun O, the president of the Republic of Zheng-Fa, a DirtyCoward who [[spoiler: orchestrated a fake assassination attempt on himself in a futile attempt to salvage his waning popularity.]] Then, much later in the game, we learn that [[spoiler: he's actually a body double who pulled a KillAndReplace on the ''real'' president and took over the country, and was planning to kill several others to cover it up. Of course, by the time you find that out, [[PayEvilUntoEvil someone else already killed him.]] [[AssholeVictim He will not be missed.]] ]]

For very obvious reasons, NoRealLifeExamplesPlease

* The StarWarsExpandedUniverse does this a lot. The current story arc features a retired Imperial Admiral as president. [[PunchClockVillain Not so bad]], until you remember that she oversaw the construction of the Death Star, the enslavement of genius children to build it, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the bombardment of several pacifist planets]].

* ''DoctorWho'':
** Rassilon of Gallifrey is the classic one. Returns with a vengeance in [[spoiler: "The End of Time", as an OmnicidalManiac who was planning to destroy the universe so that he could AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. He's appropriately played by TimothyDalton.]]
** In "The Invasion Of Time", the Fourth Doctor himself becomes this for all of Gallifrey. It rather confuses his old teacher Burosa. (And it's all a ruse, of course.)

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' had an alternate reality where the president of the US was LexLuthor. But it may be up to discussion who was the real president evil there, if Lex Luthor, or the Justice League that made a coup d'état and killed him in the process. It may be [[AlternateUniverse an alternate universe]], it may be Lex Luthor the one [[GullibleLemmings voted by the people]], but [[MyCountryRightOrWrong it's still America]]!

If the president evil has the same name as a real life president or is and {{Expy}} of a real life president then this is {{Demonization}}.

* In ''{{Zombo}}'', Donald Trump is president of Earth, and when he isn't an unholy spawn of George Bush and Ronald Reagan, he runs the planet like ''TheApprentice''. Also, he [[KickTheDog shredded a puppy]].*

* In the novel ''AGirlWhoBroughtDownTheWorld'', Christopher Winnifred Vega [[note]]a CaptainErsatz of [[{{Sonichu}} Christian Weston Chandler]][[/note]] is made President of the US thanks to a massive conspiracy. In due time, he ravages the entire world in an attempt to bring in a girl he had fallen in love with years ago who had no interest in him.

* Apparently, the people in JohnCarpenter's CrapsackWorld future in the ''Escape From...'' film series can'''not''' get a good president. In ''[[Film/EscapeFromNewYork ...New York]]'', he was a scheming little crook, and ''[[Film/EscapeFromLA ...LA]]'' had an outright religious psychotic.

* ''{{Timeline 191}}'' has Jake Featherston, President of the Confederate States of America, and thinly veiled AdolfHitler analogue, who attempts a genocide of the CSA's black population.

This supervillain doesn't just have an ElaborateUndergroundBase, they have their own ''country'', often a {{Ruritania}}, BananaRepublic, or {{Qurac}}. Just like the EvilOverlord, but with an international scope. This affords them so many resources and so much power that the heroes [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption are never able to truly beat them]].

* Naturally, AdolphHitler in ''EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''.

For very obvious reasons, NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.

* In VideoGame/SaintsRowIV, The Boss has gone from criminal kingpin/mass murderer to the President of the United States. More impressive is the fact that the Boss might not even be American (either being British or French).

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' had an alternate reality where the president of the US was LexLuthor. But it may be up to discussion who was the real president evil there, if Lex Luthor, or the Justice League that made a coup d'état and killed him in the process. It may be [[AllTheMyriadWays an alternate universe]], it may be Lex Luthor the one [[GullibleLemmings voted by the people]], but [[MyCountryRightOrWrong it's still America]]!

* ''TheJapaneseBeetle'' featured an [[AIIsACrapshoot evil android]] named Hypnotron whose CompellingVoice fueled a villain-organized run for the Presidency, but ultimately failed because, as a newly-built android, he's too young to legally be President. A later storyline had him succeed in disguising himself as GeorgeWBush and taking over America, using his powers to alter the world in subtle ways until a few heroes and villains catch on and fight back.

* ''BobRoberts'' becomes one at the end of the movie, after spending the whole movie revealing how corrupt and extremist he is (to the point of [[spoiler: faking an assassination attempt to win sympathy votes and pin the blame on a journalist trying to expose him, which ends with the journalist getting shot and killed, presumably by one of Roberts' {{Loony Fan}}s]])