Original air date: 9/27/2002 (produced in 2001)
Episode number: 17a
Timmy competes with Tad and Chad for class presidency, only to find that it's not all it's cracked up to be.
This episode contains examples of:
- Absurdly Powerful Student Council: The Student Council President can cut in line (with a springboard to any student that doesn't let them), has his own bathroom stall and office, his own security detail, and apparently has important duties. This might be where the popular kids' bodyguard comes from as well.
- An Aesop: Being class president isn't just a bunch of perks. It's a very rigorous job.
- The Chains of Commanding: Timmy quickly finds he has no free time and can't pursue Trixie (one of the main reasons he wanted the position), and he gets no privacy thanks to Chester and AJ being his overzealous security. He eventually sabotages himself and everything goes back to normal.
- Decided by One Vote: Tired of seeing co-Presidents Tad and Chad abusing presidential power, Timmy decided to run for student council president. At the debate, Tad and Chad offered a party with a giant cake and Timmy was sure he'd be the only person to vote for him since even his best friends accepted the bribe. To his surprise, Timmy not only ends up being the only student to vote for himself (as he expected), but the only student to even be at school to vote at all because all the other students became sick from eating too much of the cake and therefore couldn't attend classes on the day they were supposed to vote.
- Election Day Episode: Naturally, the premise of the episode.
- Hoist by Their Own Petard: Tad and Chad bribe everyone with cake to vote for them. Said cake gives everyone food poisoning, which leaves Timmy as the sole voter.
- Landslide Election: Timmy runs for Class President against popular kids Tad and Chad, who bribe everyone to vote for them with (among other things) cake. When Timmy shows up on the day of the vote, he finds that their cakes made everyone else sick and he's the only one eligible to vote. He therefore wins after casting the only vote for himself.
- Loophole Abuse: Timmy can't outright ditch his presidential duties after getting tired of them, but he can convince his peers to vote him out of office via impeachment.
- Student Council President: The main focus of the episode.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Trixie hangs out with Timmy once he becomes class president, then ditches him in the end when he gets himself impeached.
