History Main / OurPresidentsAreDifferent

** In ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 the second game]], President Michael Dugan is mainly a combo of President Personable (he tries diplomacy first by contacting Soviet Premier Romanov when the US military first detects the incoming invasion force) and President Target in a couple of campaign missions (extracting him out of an occupied Washington in the third Allied mission, hunting him down and capturing him at the Alamo in the ninth Soviet mission). He also takes on President Iron when things get serious, such as ordering nuclear retaliation against the Soviets when diplomacy fails (too bad Yuri sabotaged that) and being the one who gives the NonEntityGeneral Allied player the mission objectives after [[spoiler:General Carville is assassinated by a Crazy Ivan suicide bomber]].

** President Michael Dugan is mainly a combo of President Personable (he tries diplomacy first by contacting Soviet Premier Romanov when the US military first detects the incoming invasion force) and President Target in a couple of campaign missions (extracting him out of an occupied Washington in the third Allied mission, hunting him down and capturing him at the Alamo in the ninth Soviet mission). He also takes on President Iron when things get serious, such as ordering nuclear retaliation against the Soviets when diplomacy fails (too bad Yuri sabotaged that) and being the one who gives the NonEntityGeneral Allied player the mission objectives after [[spoiler:General Carville is assassinated by a Crazy Ivan suicide bomber]].

* President Howard "Screw 'Em All!" Ackerman of ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' pretty much epitomizes the concept of President Iron along with President Lunatic/President Evil. His solution to illegal immigration? ''Attack dogs!'' His position on serving special interests? None; he's too busy serving the Commies a steaming platter of ''shame'', with a side order of ''suck it!'' Vote for Ackerman, ''if you want to live.'' His hatred for the Soviets leads him to try and use superweapons (not nukes; they haven't been invented thanks to the eradication of Albert Einstein from the timeline) to obliterate the USSR from a secret base in Mount Rushmore after the rest of the Allies are readying a cease-fire with them, [[spoiler:though he turns out to be right not to trust them.]]. Then again, his militant attitude is due to the fact that [[spoiler:he's a Japanese Cyborg Spy sent to make the Allies more aggressive towards the Soviets.]]
** This game also includes the rare non-American President Action, as the Japanese Emperor personally takes to the field in his HumongousMecha.

* ''Democracy: An American Novel'', written in 1880, may be the first work to depict a fictional U.S. president. The President's full name is never stated, but it's briefly mentioned that his first name is Jacob. He's a President Corrupt and President Buffoon, mostly based on UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant.

* Creator/GregBear's ''The Forge of God'' shows the President (along with a significant part of the rest of the population) transforming into a wibbling President Lunatic of the religious variety under the stress of knowing that the world is about to end and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Ultimately though this is of little consequence precisely because there is nothing anyone can do about it and going mad is as good a way of passing what little time remains as any.

* IrvingWallace's ''The Man'' is the story of the first accidental President Minority.
* In Dougal [=MacLeish=]'s Canadian political thriller THE TRAITOR GAME, not only Prime Minister Target but PARLIAMENT Target is blown away by the machinations of Premier Corrupt; and Governor General Iron steps in to save the day.
* In Eric Romer's ULTIMATUM, Canada is threatened by a President Iron who, by WordofGod, is supposed to be John Connolly.

* "[[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Prexy]]" in ''Literature/TheSheepLookUp'', as he is affectionaly known by his voter base. Never appears in person, always remaining The Ghost over the course of the novel, only heard making quippy statements on his way to and from photo opportunities. A mixture of President Buffoon and President Personable on the surface, gradually gives way to President Evil as the government takes harsher measures against anyone who is even mildly critical of the United States.

* 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 Corben Dallas' mother.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': President Roberto Katze is a mix of Action, Playboy, and Minority. He's constantly flirting and making crude comments, but he's also a kindhearted man and a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who genuinely loves America and wants to do what's right for everyone. At several points, he takes up a gun and fights on his own (horrifying his Secret Service detail) just because he feels it's the right thing to do. It's also mentioned he's a Hispanic immigrant (which would be impossible in real life, but the series mentions that, before his Presidency, he lobbied to have an Amendment passed that removed the requirement for the President to have been born American).

*** Elizabeth III is Queen Iron, due to being TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask since her teens,

*** After their next -- and final -- revolution, President [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask Eloise]] [[SugarAndIcePersonality Pritchart]] is clearly a President Iron, bent on returning Haven back on the right path, but she is also a President Personable in that she treats her (non-idiot) subordinates with respect, listens to what they have to say, ''will'' admit she's wrong when she actually is, and is beloved (or at least well-liked) by most of the population.

* ''Film/AbsolutePower'' features a President Corrupt who [[spoiler:murders his mistress and frames a passing crook for the crime]].

** ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' had a President Target whose (planned) assassination was one of many gears in a conspiracy that dug to the core of Starfleet. His equivalent on the other side, Chancellor Gorkon of the Klingon Empire was also one.

[[folder:Film]]

* Curiously, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' casts Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger in the role of a US President Buffoon -- curiously, because they already ''have'' an Arnie parody (Rainer Wolfcastle) who could just as easily have been put in the role to make the same joke and point (and possibly make it in a less-obvious fashion as well).
** It was also odd because while it fits the parody, it doesn't exactly fit the governor we all know and love. A TakeThat, perhaps? Creator/MattGroening is supposedly a friend of Phil Angelides (who ran against Arnie in 2006).
*** The film took a long time to make, and they specifically chose someone who could never be President for the role, since they didn't want to run the risk of the film being outdated in the event that there was a different person in the actual White House when the film finally was released.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'', you have [[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]] [[InkSuitActor playing]] "[[AlterEgoActing himself]]" as a president buffoon, who attempts to make contact with a robotic probe by playing a kickass keyboard solo, puts {{Big Red Button}}s for launching nukes and making coffee next to each other, and tries to take out a 50-story alien robot with [[ShootingSuperman a handgun.]]

A common character in TheNineties, this President [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking kicks ass consistently and thoroughly]]. Oftentimes, he's far more a badass than his entire Secret Service detail combined. This particular detail is often {{justified|Trope}} by [[HandWave declaring]] that, before elected to office, he [[RetiredBadass was a decorated military hero]], as there are several real-world cases (see below). In fiction few leaders outside of the United States have been placed into this role. [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething King Action]], however, is fairly common, as in the past it was an explicit part of the King's duty to be a [[WarriorPrince battlefield leader]]. Note connections with {{Eagleland}}.

* In ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans 2'', Crypto has risen to the presidency of the United States, allowing the player to control a combination PresidentEvil and [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking President Action]]. Mwahahahaha!!!

* Vasiliy from ''Series/ServantOfThePeople'' is an idealistic, devoted and honest president, who lives with his parents, rides a bicycle to work (when he doesn't take a bus) and overall thinks and acts as a regular person. In a noteworthy case of LifeImitatesArt, his actor, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, actually became president of Ukraine in 2019.

* An ''Comicbook/{{Armageddon 2001}}'' issue of Creator/DCComics had an alternate-future ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' as President of the United States. (The Supreme Court ruled that the opening of his birthing matrix in Kansas (in ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel'' #1) counted as his "birth" for eligibility reasons. Birthers be damned.)

* [[http://www.superdickery.com/president-reagan-bad-ass/ This]] undoubtedly ''epitomizes'' President Action. Note: that is [[spoiler: actually the Martian Manhunter in disguise.]]

* While President ComicBook/LexLuthor was... well, it's Lex flippin' ''Luthor''. What do you ''think'' he was?

* In some [[{{Elseworld}} versions]] of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, Steve Rogers (a.k.a ComicBook/CaptainAmerica) has served as President -- often as something of a President Action himself. Well, what else did you expect?

* Mad Jim Jaspers of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse is one of the few non-American President Action-characters (in this, as an Evil Prime Minister Action of the United Kingdom). His [[RealityWarper Reality Warping]] powers make him one of the most powerful characters in the entire [[TheMultiverse multiverse]], although his Lunacy (as suggested by his name) reduce his effectiveness somewhat.

* At other times in the Marvel Universe, the President just happens to be whoever's in office at the time, with varying degrees of any of the above-mentioned stereotypes. In Uncanny X-Men alone, we see UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter (during the Dark Phoenix Saga), UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan (in follow-on stories to ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast), and George H.W. Bush (in X-Men #1). In a discussion board thread, Creator/ChrisClaremont, talking about how his new X-Men Forever simultaneously follows on from X-Men #1 yet is set in 2009, essentially said "[[MST3KMantra Assume that the gent sitting in the White House was always Barack Obama, or perhaps George W. Bush, depending on when exactly the story takes place]]." One assumes that this also includes the [[FailedFutureForecast fact that there was still a Soviet Union in X-Men #1...]] Yeah, Marvel's sliding timeline probably causes more trouble than it's worth.
* The ''Comicbook/SquadronSupreme'' limited series started with Kyle Richmond, a CaptainErsatz of Franchise/{{Batman}}, as the President of the United States. After being mind-controlled by an alien being to conquer the Earth, he steps down from power... then things go FromBadToWorse.
* In ''Comicbook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'', Hal Jordan becomes President in the 1980s. While in this version of reality Hal never became Franchise/GreenLantern, he's still a President Action. [[spoiler:After his term ends, he does end up becoming GL in order to fight Sinestro, who is out to kill anyone who wore or was capable of wearing the ring.]]

* ''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 ComicBook/KittyPryde(covering President Action, President Personable and President Minority).

*** His successor, President Fulton, is pretty much his exact opposite. Appearing for the rest of the arc, Fulton is largely President Corrupt, agreeing to [[spoiler:make a deal with PURITY in order to further his own ambitions and essentially turn America into a police state, and his later appearances plant him firmly in the PuppetKing position with some PresidentEvil leanings.]]
** "Feeling Presidential" from the eighth edition shows what would happen if certain fictional characters became president. In order, we have [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] (Personable with shades of OP-ness), [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Ms. Fowl]] (seen as Buffoon, though it's argued she merely got into office at a horrible time), [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Fred Jones]] (a mix of Corrupt and Iron, surprisingly enough), [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Dipper Pines]] (doesn't fit a solid category, though his run was mostly quiet), [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Stevonnie]] (Minority and Sue, though it's noted that [[UnreliableNarrator Peridot]] wrote their section), [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] (Action, of course), [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Carl Wheezer]] (mild Playboy), [[WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents Mr. Crocker]] (Corrupt and Lunatic, but he managed to balance out the economy), [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Dib Membrane]] (possibly Buffoon), and [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Dani Fenton]] (Personable).

* President Kaldwin in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheProgenitorChronicles'' is a mix of President Action, President Badass, President Iron, and President Scheming. One of her [[Main/EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing character moments]] comes with this line:

* Merkin Muffley in ''[[Film/DrStrangelove Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb]]'' is no Jack Kennedy. President strawman for the most part. Played by Creator/PeterSellers, he has plenty of caricaturesque moments, some taken the extreme during the ridicule phone call with his Russian counterpart. The man is compassionate and soft-spoken, but he comes off as weak, which is underscored by his baldness, poor eyesight and voice, affected by a cold in some scenes. To his credit, he's able to shut down Turgidson's gung-ho suggestions and is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who takes the right decisions. These HiddenDepths are modelled after Adlai Stevenson's. Also note his MeaningfulName, meant to indicate that he is a massive puss- pussilanimous sort of person.

* The President of the Magical Congress of the United States ([=MACUSA=]) in the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' series, Seraphina Picquery, is a double President Minority as a black woman in 1926. The government in the American wizarding world is also more akin to a Parliamentary System so she’s more like a Prime Minister (which women have a much easier time becoming than a directly elected President) or Speaker of a House than a No-Maj President. WordOfGod also says she's not the first female President in [=MACUSA=]'s history. The first film takes place forty-three years before a black woman (Shirley Chisholm) was even elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, fifty-eight years before a woman first ran on the presidential ticket (Geraldine Ferraro as Vice President), eighty years before a woman (UsefulNotes/NancyPelosi) became the Speaker of the House, eighty-two years before UsefulNotes/BarackObama won the election to be the first non-white president, ninety years before the first woman-lead presidential ticket (UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton) in the No-Maj world, and ninety-four before a woman of color ran on the presidential ticket and became the first woman of color to be vice president (UsefulNotes/KamalaHarris).

* President Curtis in ''Literature/PresidentsVampire'' is President Personable: kind, NiceGuy and terrified of the supernatural dangers. On the other hand, in Cade's flashbacks, real-life president Andrew Johnson comes across as President Jerkass with his treatment of Nathaniel, and the fact that he's always drunk or near drunk, although this might be because Johnson's... well, talking with vampire.

* In Eric Romer's ULTIMATUM, Canada is threatened by a President Iron who, by WordOfGod, is supposed to be John Connolly.

-->'''President Taylor:''' "I want that sonofabitch ''found''."
** And now President Hassan of [[HollywoodAtlas Kamistan]] has gotten in on the action, mostly as President Target but now edging into [[spoiler:President Action territory after ''saving Jack Bauer.'']]

** President Target: [[spoiler:Luis Santiago, Sheridan, and Delenn in her roles as both ISA VP and president.]]
** President Evil: [[spoiler:William Morgan Clark.]]
** President Jesus: [[spoiler:First almost played straight, but then averted with Sheridan during the fifth season.]]
** President Sue: [[spoiler:Definitely Sheridan.]]

* Reginald J. Priest in Season Four of ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' is a viciously presented Corrupt President Buffoon.
** He borders on PresidentEvil at times (such as nuking countries that piss him off and letting the plant aliens eat Japan), but that is to be expected when you remember that he's [[{{Satan}} Prince's]] puppet.

* President Johnny Cyclops in ''Series/WhoopsApocalypse'' is a President Buffoon; a former film star who has actually been lobotomised. The British PM, Kevin Pork, is a Prime Minister Lunatic who believes he's Franchise/{{Superman}} (probably a dig at UsefulNotes/HaroldMacmillan's "Supermac" nickname).

* In what is '''definitely''' the most utterly insane version on this list, President Michael Wilson in ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'' is a ''completely'' [[RefugeInAudacity over-the-top]] President Action who spends the game in a heavily-armed HumongousMecha yelling SoBadItsGood one liners and blowing up about half of the United States (killing ''lots'' of people in the process) in an attempt to rescue the remaining half from his [[EvilChancellor Evil Vice President]] (who, of course, is ''also'' in a HumongousMecha). Seriously, mere words [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Genl242_ZU8 cannot do this justice]].

* President Baelheit in ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos Origins'' is a blatant President Evil despite being a President Personable as well. Despite being the villain for the entirety of the game, [[spoiler:you still can't stop him from being fairly elected because the people of his home continent love him so much.]]

* The Osean president Vincent Harling in ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'' walks the line between President Personable and President Target. He is introduced as one of the game's few {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}s, whose calm and reasonable encouragement helps a rookie pilot land their plane safely, but [[spoiler:in end of the same mission, he is secretly captured by the NebulousCriminalConspiracy's agents and spends half of the game imprisoned until you break him out during the final missions. After that he assumes the BigGood position until the end of the campaign.]]

* President Di-Jun Huang of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations 2'' [[spoiler:(or rather, his body double)]] is a combination of President Iron through his stubbornness in the investigation, President Target, and President Evil [[spoiler:through everything about him revealed in The Grand Turnabout.]] [[spoiler:The real Di-Jun Huang was more of a President Personable, greatly respected and much more honorable than his body double.]]

* ''Webcomic/KillroyAndTina'' has Jesse Ventura as a President Action who doesn't need Secret Service protection, he kicks down walls and takes his cabinet to strip clubs. A one-off joke that later became a plot point, especially when Dubya seemingly declares himself president and challenges him to a fight for the title.

* [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} "Optimus Prime]] for President" returns 145,000 hits on Website/{{Google}}. Like the aforementioned Franchise/{{Superman}}, he's disqualified, having been born on Cybertron, not in the US. Would be counted as President Action (with the {{BFG}} to back it up).

** When Nostalgia Critic becomes the "democratically elected" leader of the nation after his army of internet reviewer's second invasion of Molossia, he immediately becomes President Lunatic, having wired the whole place with TNT to destroy Molossia (now named Kickassia) and kill everyone in it should someone try to take it from him. He also has bits of Buffoon, since all he does with his power is sit on the couch and watch TV while the other Kickassians try to run the place, and Geek, his uniform being an [[Franchise/StreetFighter N. Bison]] costume.

* President Man from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' is [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} a mix of President Buffoon and President Lunatic]].
** Considering the [[CrapsackWorld setting]] of the series, this is probably the best they could hope for.
* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'' -- The MIB are forced to break cover and work with the government during the GrandFinale. The US President is female (President Minority) and a ReasonableAuthorityFigure (President Personable).

* Richard Nixon, as he appears in the animated version of ''WesternAnimation/BlackDynamite'', is just as big of a President Evil as he is in ''Futurama'', if not even worse-- he spends almost all of his time plotting out insidious ways to screw over the black community, as well as Black Dynamite himself, whom he considers his sworn nemesis. He concocts a scheme to frame the black community for the death of Music/ElvisPresley, thus giving him an excuse to eradicate them with [[NukeEm the N-Bomb]], which nearly succeeded if not for the King's tendency to slip into random comas.
** Actually Nixon makes it clear he doesn't hate the black community in particular, he mostly just hates Black Dynamite himself.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has Sir Lord Quentin Trembly III, Esq., the 8-and-a-half President of the United States, as a solid President Lunatic; elected by a landslide (as in all the other candidates were crushed by a literal landslide), he proceeded to outlaw pants, declare war on pancakes, and appointed babies to the Supreme Court. He was deposed and replaced by UsefulNotes/WilliamHenryHarrison, and the government did their best to make Trembly an {{Unperson}}. [[spoiler: He later went on to found Gravity Falls, only to be deposed again and replaced by Nathaniel Northwest before encasing himself in peanut brittle in an attempt to live forever. He succeeded and was freed by the Mystery Twins]].

* The President from ''[[WesternAnimation/MrMagoo Mr. Magoo (2019)]]'' is clearly supposed to be based on Barack Obama, despite the show coming out three years after his final term.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has Sir Lord Quentin Trembly III, Esq., the 8-and-a-half President of the United States, as a solid President Lunatic; elected by a landslide (as in all the other candidates were crushed by a literal landslide), he proceeded to outlaw pants, declare war on pancakes, and appointed babies to the Supreme Court. He was deposed and replaced by UsefulNotes/WilliamHenryHarrison, and the government did their best to make Trembly an {{Unperson}}. [[spoiler: He later went on to found Gravity Falls, only to be deposed again before encasing himself in peanut brittle in an attempt to live forever. He succeeded and was freed by the Mystery Twins]].

** Nixon's Head's predecessor, President McNeal, was a President Jerkass who thought he was a President Target and then became one for real. He was ready to surrender Earth to invading aliens until the aliens sent the message "Bring us McNeal." Despite mobilizing Earth's army, he is given up to the aliens anyway and killed, even though the "McNeal" they were referring to was the star of a TV show from 1,000 years prior, and the real reason for their invasion.

** [[spoiler:Kingsley Shacklebolt, former Auror and member of the Order of the Phoenix]], became the first true Minister Action after the war, and is also a [[BaldBlackLeaderGuy Minister Minority]].

** [[RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman President James Dean]] of ''WebVideo/TheMonumentMythos'' is mostly a President Personable, with a bit of Action and Iron thrown in. He's a man of few words, with speeches that rarely run over two minutes and treat the American people like friends, an inauguration that consisted of him giving the microphone to civil rights activists to speak their case to America and ended with him playing a bongo solo, and a hobby of track racing his old political rival Richard Nixon. During the [[WesternTerrorists Anti-Dean Association]] national air raid siren attack he jumped into Action, destroying a nearby siren with a commandeered truck despite being heavily bruised and permanently deafened. After the attack had left tens of millions of Americans with permanent hearing loss, he moved into Iron, pushing the government to create an organization to mobilize all US tech companies to mass produce cochlear hearing implants, effectively ''eradicating deafness in the US'' in just over a month. [[spoiler: [[PresidentEvil Of course,]] he is also most likely a HumanoidAbomination with CharmPerson powers and a self-generating cult of personality, and the ADA attack may have been a FalseFlagOperation to get rid of people immune to his power.]] Even so, his actions, beliefs and general demeanor have led to him being beloved both InUniverse and out.

** [[RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman President James Dean]] of [[WebVideo/TheMonumentMythos]] is mostly a President Personable, with a bit of Action and Iron thrown in. He's a man of few words, with speeches that rarely run over two minutes and treat the American people like friends, an inauguration that consisted of him giving the microphone to civil rights activists to speak their case to America and ended with him playing a bongo solo, and a hobby of track racing his old political rival Richard Nixon. During the [[WesternTerrorists Anti-Dean Association]] national air raid siren attack he jumped into Action, destroying a nearby siren with a commandeered truck despite being heavily bruised and permanently deafened. After the attack had left tens of millions of Americans with permanent hearing loss, he moved into Iron, pushing the government to create an organization to mobilize all US tech companies to mass produce cochlear hearing implants, effectively ''eradicating deafness in the US'' in just over a month. [[spoiler: [[PresidentEvil Of course,]] he is also most likely a HumanoidAbomination with CharmPerson powers and a self-generating cult of personality, and the ADA attack may have been a FalseFlagOperation to get rid of people immune to his power.]] Even so, his actions, beliefs and general demeanor have led to him being beloved both InUniverse and out.