The Stars and the Strifes is a series created by Rooples
. It uses AI artwork and voice acting to tell a Shonen-esque drama about Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden and the struggles keeping America safe as presidents, based on memes around them.
Tropes in Stars and the Strifes
- Author Appeal: Rooples is a fan of One Piece, shown by the many AI covers of songs from the series in Stars and the Strifes, as well as King Jong-Un using Blackbeard's voice clips.
- Artistic License – Politics: In real life, three people can't serve as President of the United States at the same time.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: In "The Supreme Leader Arc", Obama is revealed to not have been born a President. This brings to mind the conspiracy theory that Obama wasn't actually born in the U.S., and therefore not eligible to become President.
- Historical Domain Superperson: The presidents each have their own powerful moves, such as Obama's Obamahameha and his various transformations, Biden's Biden Blast and Dark Brandon form, and Trump's Trump Cards.
- Historical Hero Upgrade: Why each president can be quite controversial in real life, the presidents in Stars and the Strifes fiercely defend America personally from threats.
- Historical Relationship Overhaul: In real life, the three presidents are either political allies or rivals, but are g
- Historical Villain Upgrade: In real life,[[spoler: Kim Jong-Un is a dictator who international politicians tread carefully around]]. In "The Supreme Leader Arc", he attacks Washington, D.C., something that would be one of the worse case scenarios for the world in real life.
- Interchangeable Asian Cultures: In "The Supreme Leader Arc, Kim Jong-Un, the leader of North Korea, invites the Presidents over to Guangdong, China, while speaking Japanese, and later is shown to know karate.
- Non-Standard Character Design: Shaggy has been the only character to be voiced by a real person.
- Corn Pop is...well, a cob of corn.
