History Main / OurPresidentsAreDifferent

-> ''"Checkers, [[KickTheDog shut up]]! Or [[EatTheDog I'll feed you to the]] [[NationalStereotypes Chinese]]!"''

* The unnamed President in ''VideoGame/GhostSquad'' is President Target, and ''high-fives'' you the second time you rescue him.

* President Judson Hammond from the infamous ''Film/GabrielOverTheWhiteHouse'' embodies almost all the tropes. He starts off as a Strawman Buffoonesque Scheming Corrupt Playboy Personable President until he suffers a car accident and is possessed by Archangel Gabriel and becomes the Iron Action president and also Evil.
** Except, somewhat disturbingly, [[ValuesDissonance we're not supposed to see him as evil]].

* President Judson Hammond from the infamous ''Gabriel Over The White House'' embodies almost all the tropes. He starts off as a Strawman Buffoonesque Scheming Corrupt Playboy Personable President until he suffers a car accident and is possessed by Archangel Gabriel and becomes the Iron Action president and also Evil.

* The President in ''The Sentinel'' (2006) is a President Target. The whole film revolves around the hunt for a mole within the secret service who's out to kidnap and possibly kill him.

* President Barbara Adams in ''Whoops Apocalypse'' is a President Minority and President Focus Group. British PM Sir Mortimer Chris is a Prime Minister Lunatic (his policies include creating new jobs by pushing employed people off cliffs).

* The Trump parody that serves as the villain of the horror-comedy movie ''President Evil'' is, as you might expect, a President Evil.

* The Series/{{Arrowverse}} initially has President Minority (as seen on ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', an African-American Man), then President Target (unnamed white man who gets abducted and vaporized in the "Invasion!" crossover), then President Minority x 2 (African-American woman vice-president) who is elevated into the presidency after the aforementioned vaporization of her predecessor.

** Ed Kealty, in ''Debt of Honor'', is Vice President Playboy and Vice President Strawman. In ''The Teeth of the Tiger'', he's President Invisible, losing the "Vice" and "Playboy" parts, but not "Strawman".

* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': In the first arc, the daughter of the president is kidnapped by the Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy, a terrorist mutant group, and the X-Men have to rescue her. In the climax, Magneto attacks Washington DC with an army of Sentinels under his control, and has George Bush naked and helpless at his feet while he provides the NewEraSpeech. Couldn't be more of a President Target because there was not enough space. This event led to the creation of ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''.
* In IDW’s ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' comics go through three presidents over the course of the series. The first is initially a President Invisible and becomes a short-lived President Target when Starscream kills him and his administration by shooting down Air Force One. The second is a generic President Buffoon who can’t handle situations with the Transformers at all. The third and most important is a President Minority (a black woman) and a bit of a President Jerkass; she’s not totally unreasonable and brings up some salient points, but is also snide, easily angered, and intensely distrustful of the Autobots.
* ''ComicBook/XMen: The End'', an 18-issue storyline depicting an alternate future for the X-Men, ends with a 20 year TimeSkip and the reveal that humans and mutants have finally achieved a peaceful coexistence under President [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]] (covering President Action, President Personable and President Minority).

* The unnamed president in the 2007 ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie was seen only briefly, with his face conveniently covered by his feet (which were pointed at the camera), making him bordering on President Invisible. His characterization during his brief appearance was more or less President Buffoon. (Also, he did sound a bit like George Bush II.)
** President Obama becomes President Invisible in ''Revenge of The Fallen'' where he never appears but is mentioned as being taken to a bunker for protection.
*** The way that scene is set makes it pretty clear that when they filmed it they intentionally set it up so the voiceover newscast could refer to whomever the President would be when the film was released. Oddly, Michael Bay said he put his name in there as a sort of tribute...except it ends up being that Obama's administration is asking the Autobots to ''leave''.

* William Cooper in ''Film/{{Pixels}}'' is President Geek as ex-retro gamer. With his family and friends he's President Personable and by the end of the movie, he takes up a mantle of President Action.

* Fletcher Knebel's ''Night of Camp David'' is a political thriller invoking and deconstructing what a secret President Lunatic would be like, and how even the 25th Amendment doesn't guarantee he would be removed, as an objective, non-partisan diagnosis requires necessary evidence that might be impossible to collect in time. President Mark Hollenbach has long been known as a Personable type, but the first sign of something else comes when he makes a joking remark at the Gridiron Dinner about wiretapping every phone in America, something he later says is actual policy he wants to implement. During two late-night visits to Camp David with Sen. Jim [=MacVeagh=], he slowly reveals a much darker, manic side of himself, obsessed with those he feels he have wronged him, no matter how small or imagined the slight; finally, he outlines his concept for "Aspen", an American-led coalition with Canada (for its mineral resources) and Scandinavia (for its supposed purity of character), that will force other nations to join by military action if need be. [=MacVeagh=] is horrified, but -- because of his secret mistress being a key witness, his status as a failed VP pick for the coming election, and the Secret Service on his tail for suspicious behavior -- the serious but real allegation that the President may be insane is treated by many as a vindictive smear or Jim himself showing signs of paranoia. [[spoiler:Ultimately, Hollenbach reveals to the public that his heart murmur has worsened and resigns, with the reader left to drawn their own conclusion if Mark was genuinely always insane, or just unraveling from stress and mortal panic at his health condition.]] Amusingly, many of Hollenbach's personal neuroses (insomnia, an obsession with identifying enemies, and a penchant for surveillance) can end up looking very reminiscent of the not-far-off UsefulNotes/RichardNixon to modern readers.[[note]]The exact year isn't specified, but given that it's an election year and Johnson, mentioned to have taken office after Kennedy's death, is implied to be the fictional Hollenbach's predecessor, it seems to be set [[TwentyMinutesInTheFuture in 1968 or possibly 1972]]; in 1965, when the novel was written, Section 4, mentioned in the book as being part of the 25th Amendment, had been proposed but not yet ratified.[[/note]]

* In ''Film/TheFifthElement'', President Lindberg, portrayed by: [[Creator/TinyLister Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.]], is both President Personable & President Minority. He is a no-nonsense person, but still takes time to ''try'' to talk to Korben Dallas' mother.

* Creator/LeslieNielsen plays President Buffoon Baxter Harris in ''Film/ScaryMovie 3'' to add his comedic flair to that installment of the series. [[spoiler:He also inadvertently becomes a President Action at the end, delivering the final blow to BigBad Tabitha by [[Film/{{Airplane}} opening a door behind her to wish the protagonists "Good luck -- we're all counting on you" and knocking her into a well.]]]] His first lines in the movie set the tone for his character:
-->'''Harris:''' (''doing a WalkAndTalk with his aides'') An evil videotape that kills people in seven days? Alien forces threatening the world? And who the hell is this Cindy Campbell? If what she says is true, we're facing an unprecedented crisis -- get me the president.\\
'''Aide:''' You ''are'' the president.\\
'''Harris:''' Good, then I already know about this. Let's order lunch.

* Fletcher Knebel's ''Night of Camp David'' is a political thriller invoking and deconstructing what a secret President Lunatic would be like, and how even the 25th Amendment doesn't guarantee he would be removed, as an objective, non-partisan diagnosis requires necessary evidence that might be impossible to collect in time. President Mark Hollenbach has long been known as a Personable type, but the first sign of something else comes when he makes a joking remark at the Gridiron Dinner about wiretapping every phone in America, something he later reveals to be actual policy he wants to implement. During two late-night visits to Camp David with Sen. Jim [=MacVeagh=], he slowly reveals a much darker, manic side of himself, obsessed with those he feels he have wronged him, no matter how small or imagined the slight; finally, he outlines his concept for "Aspen", an American-led coalition with Canada (for its mineral resources) and Scandinavia (for its supposed purity of character), that will force other nations to join by military action if need be. [=MacVeagh=] is horrified, but -- because of his secret mistress being a key witness, his status as a failed VP pick for the coming election, and the Secret Service on his tail for suspicious behavior -- the serious but real allegation that the President may be insane is treated by many as a vindictive smear or Jim himself showing signs of paranoia. [[spoiler:Ultimately, Hollenbach reveals to the public that his heart murmur has worsened and resigns, with the reader left to drawn their own conclusion if Mark was genuinely always insane, or just unraveling from stress and mortal panic at his health condition.]] Amusingly, many of Hollenbach's personal neuroses (insomnia, an obsession with identifying enemies, and a penchant for surveillance) can end up looking very reminiscent of the not-far-off UsefulNotes/RichardNixon to modern readers.[[note]]The exact year isn't specified, but given that it's an election year and Johnson, mentioned to have taken office after Kennedy's death, is implied to be the fictional Hollenbach's predecessor, it seems to be set [[TwentyMinutesInTheFuture in 1968 or possibly 1972]]; in 1965, when the novel was written, Section 4, mentioned in the book as being part of the 25th Amendment, had been proposed but not yet ratified.[[/note]]

* The premise of FletcherKnebel's NightOfCampDavid is the question of how to deal with a President Lunatic.. or is he?