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* ActorSharedBackground: During the film, Dave makes up a story of falling in love at first sight with a woman who was half American and half Polynesian. Creator/KevinKline's real-life wife, Creator/PhoebeCates, is herself half American and half Polynesian.

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* ActorSharedBackground: During the film, Dave makes up a story of falling in love at first sight with a woman who was half American and half Polynesian. Creator/KevinKline's real-life wife, Creator/PhoebeCates, is herself half American and half Polynesian. He also says "She's a Princess" while describing her - Kline and Cates starred together in ''Princess Caraboo'', with Cates in the title role.
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* FakeAmerican: English actor Sir Ben Kingsley plays US Vice President [[spoiler: then, after the scandal is exposed, President]] Gary Nance.
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* RecycledSet: The sets from this movie were so good they've been reused many times, most notably in ''Film/IndependenceDay''.

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* RecycledSet: The sets from this movie were so good they've been reused many over 25 times, most notably in ''Film/IndependenceDay''. films including ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger'' and ''Film/ThePelicanBrief''.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** While the movie doesn't go overboard, the cameos by politicians of the era clearly mark this movie as something of the early '90s.
** Ditto the scene of "President Mitchell" throwing out the first pitch at a Baltimore Orioles baseball game; before the Montreal Expos were relocated and became the Washington Nationals in 2004, Baltimore was the closest team to DC.
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/KevinKline plays both Dave Kovic and the man he's doubling for, U.S. President Bill Mitchell.
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* FollowTheLeader: Some have accused the show of being derivative of ''Series/{{Atlanta}}''.

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* AllThereInTheManual: While Dave's divorce is mentioned once late in the film, the script acknowledges that his secretary Alice is actually his ex-wife.



* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: In "Hype Man", [=GaTa=] is revealed to have bipolar disorder, which the actor also has in real life.

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* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: In "Hype Man", [=GaTa=] is revealed to have bipolar disorder, which the actor also has in real life.life.

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