History WebVideo / TheChairmansEar

* HereWeGoAgain: In the second episode of the second season the Chairman thinks that he scored a victory against Antoni by kicking Antoni's assistant Misio out of the ruling party. [[spoiler:While Antoni was heartbroken at first, by the time the Chairman meets him he has already rebounded by getting himself a replacement assistant.]]

* ConspiracyTheorist: Jurek in the second season, who is portrayed [[TakeThat rather unflatteringly]].[[note]]The series itself was a subject of a conspiracy theory in real life, after the president Andrzej Duda vetoed two judicial bills backed by the government in 2017. One publicist subsequently claimed the series to be a product of a conspiracy of former members of the communist StateSec, who apparently studied the psychology of the president and concluded that mocking him in a satirical series would make him want to show that he isn't Kaczyński's puppet, and oppose Kaczyński. Jurek is rather obviously based on said publicist.[[/note]]

* HopelessWithTech: Even the Chairman himself acknowledges that when it comes to the knowledge of technology he is stuck in TheSeventies. He thinks that a moving electric car would eventually pull its plug out the socket, and that if there were many such cars their cables would get entangled.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Jurek in the second season, who is portrayed [[TakeThat rather unflatteringly]].[[note]]The series itself was a subject of a conspiracy theory in real life, after the president Andrzej Duda vetoed two judicial bills backed by the government in 2017. One publicist subsequently claimed the series to be a product of a conspiracy of former members of communist secret police, who apparently studied the psychology of the president and concluded that mocking him in a satirical series would make him want to show that he isn't Kaczyński's puppet, and oppose Kaczyński. Jurek is rather obviously based on said publicist.[[/note]]

* TheStarscream: Invoked by the Chairman and Mariusz, who suspect that Antoni (the Minister of Defence and vice-chairman of the Party) is plotting to overthrow the Chairman. While Antoni has not revolted against the Chairman yet, he shows little respect for the Chairman (e.g. he turns up an hour late to their meeting because he didn't feel like leaving his house sooner), and is one of the few characters that the Chairman has a considerable trouble reining in. [[spoiler:There's also the fact that Antoni had the Chairman's office bugged for whatever reason.]]

* AndThatWouldBeWrong: In the first episode of the second season the prosecutor assisting the Minister of Justice, commenting on the crowd protesting in front of the Party headquarters, muses (with a huge grin on his face) what [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZOMO ZOMO]] would have done to the protesters if the protests where happening in the communist Poland - then quickly adds how inhuman it was and how thankful he is that those days are long gone.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Jurek in the second season, who is portrayed [[TakeThat rather unflatteringly]].[[note]]The series itself was a subject of a conspiracy theory in real life, after the president Andrzej Duda vetoed two judicial bills backed by the government in 2017. One pundit subsequently claimed the series to be a product of a conspiracy of former members of communist secret police, who apparently studied the psychology of the president and concluded that mocking him in a satirical series would make him want to show that he isn't Kaczyński's puppet, and oppose Kaczyński. Jurek is rather obviously based on said pundit.[[/note]]

* ConspiracyTheorist: Jurek in the second season, who is portrayed [[TakeThat rather unflatteringly]].[[note]]The series itself was a subject of a conspiracy theory in real life, after the president Andrzej Duda vetoed two judicial bills backed by the government in 2017. One pundit subsequently claimed the series to be a product of a conspiracy of former members of communist state police, who apparently studied the psychology of the president and concluded that mocking him in a satirical series would make him want to show that he isn't Kaczyński's puppet, and oppose Kaczyński. Jurek is rather obviously based on said pundit.[[/note]]

* OneSteveLimit: Averted, as both the Chairman's [[TheRival rival]] and the POTUS are named Donald. It's because they're representing real-life politicians bearing that name, Donald Tusk and Donald Trump respectively.

* DivideAndConquer: The thirteenth episode ends with [[spoiler: the entire parliamentary opposition squabbling with each other, while the Chairman walks upstairs and heads to bed.]]

** The president's name is not Aleksander, or Artur, or...

* AccidentalMisnaming: The president's name is not Aleksander, or Artur, or...

* DramaBombFinale: [[spoiler: Episode 15, the first part of a two-parter. Mariusz is believed to be a secret agent, and gets shot by the Chairman. The last shot of the episode is him dead on the floor with the words 'to be continued'. During the climax all the comedy goes out of the window, barring a single Crosses The Line Twice moment.]] Subverted in the next episode, [[spoiler:when it turned out it was all a set-up by Adam the PR guy, who ]]

* TactfulTranslation: Goes both ways in the episode with the German chancellor.
* TakeThat: It's political satire explicitly based on real life people, it's a given. To briefly sum it up: The Chairman is depicted as a ManipulativeBastard, his party colleagues are shown as universally spineless, with exception of the [=MoD=], and [[spoiler:the opposition is too busy fighting with other parties and themselves to stand up to the Chairman.]]

* DramaBombFinale: [[spoiler: Episode 15, the first part of a two-parter. Mariusz is believed to be a secret agent, and gets shot by the Chairman. The last shot of the episode is him dead on the floor with the words 'to be continued'. During the climax all the comedy goes out of the window, barring a single Crosses The Line Twice moment.]]

** Mariusz also qualifies. The Chairman described him as "his most loyal eunuch" once. [[spoiler:Played for drama when it's revealed his spineless might've made him easy enough to be recruited by the StateSec back in the eighties.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: In the first episode, when asked if the handgun he gave the Chairman was loaded, Mariusz stares down the barrel to check. In the 15th episode, he gets shot and killed by the very same gun.]]

* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: In the first episode, when asked if the handgun he gave the Chairman was loaded, Mariusz stares down the barrel to check. In the 15th episode, he gets shot and killed by the very same gun.]]

** Mariusz also qualifies. The Chairman described him as "his most loyal eunuch" once.

** Mariusz also qualifies.

'''''[=The Chairman's Ear=]''''' (pol. ''Ucho Prezesa'') is a Polish political comedy web-series, created by Robert Górski. The show is a satire of the then-current Polish government, and the chairman of the ruling party, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaros%C5%82aw_Kaczy%C5%84ski Jaroslaw Kaczynski]].

** As of episode 10, the President of Poland still waits to be invited to the chairman's office. Any time he tries to get in behind someone, the door gets closed in his face. Not even slammed, gently closed.

* KindheartedCatLover: While it's never shown on-screen, the Chairman has a cat.

* MetaphoricMetaphorphosis: Almost every character appearing in episode 11 is shown like that at some point. In particular, father Tadeusz is shown as [[spoiler:a voting urn, representing his influence over the potential voters]], and the chairman is represented by [[spoiler: an ATM, as Tadeusz wants to fund another moneymaking scheme.]]

* FirstNameBasis: Even though it's pretty obvious who the characters are meant to represent, none of them are referred to by their last name, with the exception of the Chairman's assistant, who got the last name "Płaszczak".

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Chairman's name (Jarosław, natch) was used only once in the first ten episodes.

* BilingualBonus: Understanding the German (or reading the subtitles) nets you a few bonus gags in the 8th episode.

** The Prime Minister isn't that much better. She's a meek woman pushed around by her higher-ups and having to deal with an