History Film / ManOfTheYear

* ColbertBump: [[invoked]] A fictional example, and also an example of Colbert's faux South Carolina primary campaign taken to its logical conclusion.

* {{Expy}}: Tom Dobbs is essentially Creator/JonStewart. There's also a CastingGag by having Lewis Black play one of Dobbs' supporters.
* FinaleTitleDrop: The very last thing the film shows before cutting to credits is a cover of ''Time'' Magazine that named Tom Dobbs the "Man Of The Year" as a result of his actions.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Aware that he won because of the glitch, Tom uses an appearance on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' to graciously step down from the office of President Elect.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Tom Dobbs runs as an Independent party during the elections, as a joke, and wins. [[spoiler:Because of the voting machines having a glitch involving dual letters in the candidates' names. In reality, once the votes are recounted manually, it turns out that he never had the necessary votes to win so much as a single state. The United States of America is a pretty tough town for anybody running outside the Democrat or Republican sides.]]

* KarmaHoudini: Hemings and Stewart never get any comeuppance for having Eleanor drugged, while she is fired after having a meltdown at work and subsequently testing positive for several illegal drugs. She has no memory of the attack, and it never seems to occur to her that she was set up even when she finds the needle mark.

* RealityEnsues: Tom Dobbs runs as an Independent party during the elections, as a joke, and wins. [[spoiler:Because of the voting machines having a glitch involving dual letters in the candidates' names. In reality, once the votes are recounted manually, it turns out that he never had the necessary votes to win so much as a single state. The United States of America is a pretty tough town for anybody running outside the Democrat or Republican sides.]]

Tom Dobbs is the host of a successful political talk show. Always happy to take shots at that system he sees as broken, he has no shortage of material with the presidential election coming up. Then during his warm up act one day, an audience member suggests ''he'' should run for president. He laughs it off at first, but after a huge wave of support, he does put his name on the ballot, of course expecting not to win. The shocker? [[DarkhorseVictory He does.]] Meanwhile, Eleanor Green, an employee of Delacroy, the people who make the voting machines, suspects the whole election could have been won on a system glitch.

[[caption-width-right:300:The Election is just the beginning...]]A 2006 comedy/drama starring Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/LewisBlack and Creator/LauraLinney.

* HowWeGotHere: The entire film is told from the memory of wheelchair bound Jack Menkin.
* LenoDevice: Tom Dobbs appears on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', during a Weekend Update sketch with Creator/AmyPoehler and Creator/TinaFey.

* RealityEnsues: Tom Dobbs runs as an Independent party during the elections, as a joke, and wins. [[spoiler:Because of the voting machines having a glitch involving dual letters in the candidates' names. In reality, once the votes are recounted manually, it turns out that he never had the necessary votes. The United States of America is a pretty tough town for anybody running outside the Democrat or Republican sides.]]

* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: Aware that he won because of the glitch, Tom uses an appearance on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' to graciously step down from the office of President Elect.]]
* GenreRoulette: Something the marketing didn't show. Arguably done well, though the comedy portions were received the best critically.

[[caption-width-right:300:The Election is just the beginning...]]A 2006 comedy drama starring Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/LewisBlack and Creator/LauraLinney.

* {{Expy}}: Tom Dobbs is essentially Creator/JonStewert. There's also a CastingGag by having Lewis Black play one of Dobbs' supporters.

* [[AsHimself As Themselves]]: James Carville, Chris Matthews, TinaFey and Creator/AmyPoehler.

* {{Expy}}: Tom Dobbs is essentially [[Series/TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]]. There's also a CastingGag by having Lewis Black play one of Dobbs' supporters.

A 2006 comedy drama starring Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/LewisBlack and Creator/LauraLinney.

* ColbertBump: A fictional example, and also an example of Colbert's faux South Carolina primary campaign taken to its logical conclusion.

* [[spoiler: GracefulLoser: Aware that he won because of the glitch, Tom uses an appearance on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' to graciously step down from the office of President Elect.]]

* [[spoiler: GracefulLoser: Aware that he won because of the glitch, Tom uses an appearance on SaturdayNightLive to graciously step down from the office of President Elect.]]

* LenoDevice: Tom Dobbs appears on ''SaturdayNightLive'', during a Weekend Update sketch with Creator/AmyPoehler and Creator/TinaFey.

A 2006 comedy drama starring Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/ChristopherWalken, and Creator/LauraLinney.

* {{Expy}}: Tom Dobbs is essentially [[Series/TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]].

* RomanticPlotTumor: Everything with Eleanor Green.

!!This film provides examplesof:

* LenoDevice: Tom Dobbs appears on ''SaturdayNightLive'', during a Weekend Update sketch with Creator/AmyPoehler and TinaFey.

!!Tropes used in this film:

* LenoDevice: Tom Dobbs appears on ''SaturdayNightLive'', during a Weekend Update sketch with AmyPoehler and TinaFey.

* [[AsHimself As Themselves]]: James Carville, Chris Matthews, TinaFey and AmyPoehler.

A 2006 comedy drama starring RobinWilliams, ChristopherWalken, and Laura Linney.