History PlayingWith / PresidentEvil

** The evil head of state is [[WriterOnBoard a politician that the writer personally does not like]].

* '''Parodied''': President Bob opens all his speeches by saying, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "I have done nothing illegal or immoral in the past twenty-four hours."]]

* '''Enforced''': The work is a political satire set in a PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny.

* '''Played for Laughs''': President Bob forces everyone in Tropeland to pull humorous stunts.

* '''Played For Horror''': The day after he's sworn in, President Bob proves himself to be a demented fascist psycho by enabling the DayOfTheJackboot, complete with a remake of the Night of the Long Knives.

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* '''Exaggerated''': President Bob engages in [[FinalSolution genocide]].

* '''Defied''': Despite [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem many opportunities to flout the law without too many people questioning him]], President Bob never strays from a LawfulGood path.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': President Bob is usually LawfulEvil and does [[PetTheDog some token good deeds]], but when people aren't watching, he bends or breaks the laws in pursuit of his more nefarious ultimate goal.

* '''Conversed''': "By now, voters on this show really ought to have learned [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped maintaining a healthy democracy is tougher than it sounds]]."

* '''Downplayed''': People question the morality of some of President Bob's actions.

** President Bob was able to [[VillainWithGoodPublicity fool the public into believing he was a benign figure]] while he was still running for election. Now that he is in power, he doesn't feel the need to hide his true agenda any more.

* '''Parodied''': President Bob opens all his speeches by saying, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "I have done nothing illegal or unethical in the past twenty-four hours."]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': President Bob operates within the confines of Tropeland's laws whenever he can and lets his political enemies see him doing so, but he bends or breaks them when he has a goal best left unstated.

* '''Invoked''': Bob, a vigilante with a few extrajudicial killings under his belt, seeks the Tropeland presidency on a xenophobic anti-immigrant platform, secretly planning to sanction his actions and similar actions conducted by other yahoos retroactively.

* '''Played For Laughs''': President Bob forces everyone in Tropeland to pull humorous stunts.
* '''Played For Drama''': President Bob's misdeeds cause many Tropelanders to do things which, in the narrow letter of the law, constitute "treason", so to maintain his status as a "law and order" type, he is forced either to execute or imprison for life the vast majority of his country's population. Naturally, this leaves virtually all spheres of life more or less abandoned, and Tropeland falls into deep disrepair.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': President Bob is a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed thinly veiled version of a world leader who really is/was that bad]].

** President Bob was able to [[VillainWithGoodPublicly fool the public into believing he was a benign figure]] while he was still running for election. Now that he is in power, he doesn't feel the need to hide his true agenda any more.

** President Bob was able to [[VillianWithGoodPublicly fool the public into believing he was a benign figure]] while he was still running for election. Now that he is in power, he doesn't feel the need to hide his true agenda any more.

* '''Downplayed''': People question the morality of some actions of President Bob.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...so he arranges to have Tropeland's constitution repealed, rewritten or suspended.

* '''Defied''': Despite [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem many opportunities to flout the law without too many people questioning him]], President Bob takes the high road every time.

* '''Deconstructed''': After President Bob [[MoralEventHorizon authorizes the execution of someone from Tropendom]] -- [[TooDumbToLive which is led by his sworn enemy, Prime Minister Leah]] -- she [[DisproportionateRetribution takes matters into her own hands]] via [[NukeEm the bomb]].

* '''Straight''': Bob, President of Tropeland, engages in actions of [[KickTheDog dubious morality]].

* '''Downplayed''': Commentators debate about the morality of some actions of President Bob.

* '''Double Subverted''': Then Tropeland's constitution is repealed.
* '''Parodied''': President Bob opens all his speeches by saying, "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I have done nothing illegal or unethical in the past twenty-four hours]]."

* '''Exploited''': Vice President Alice catches President Bob working out a corrupt deal and blackmails him by threatening to tell all the voters unless he gives her more of a say in policymaking.

* '''Deconstructed''': After President Bob [[MoralEventHorizon authorizes the execution of someone from Tropendom]] -- [[TooDumbToLive while it's under the leadership of his sworn enemy, Prime Minister Leah]] -- she [[DisproportionateRetribution takes matters into her own hands]] via [[NuclearOption the bomb]].
* '''Reconstructed''': President Bob learns some principles of PragmaticVillainy to ensure he doesn't give relatively good foreign leaders an excuse to go after him.

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* '''Downplayed''': There is some debate about the morality of some actions of President Bob.

* '''Double Subverted''': Tropeland's constitution is repealed.

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** President Bob is an okay guy. It's [[EvilChancellor Vice President Alice]] you have to watch out for.

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** "Wow, President Bob is a scumbag."

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* '''Exaggerated''': President Bob engages in [[FinalSolution genocide]] and is generally a CompleteMonster.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, President Bob is a scumbag."

* '''Straight''': Bob, President of Tropeland, engages in actions of [[KickTheDog dubious morality]]

** IDidWhatIHadToDo

** TheGoodKing
** President Bob spreads good and peace in Tropeland and abroad.

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, President Bob is a scumbag"

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'''Basic Trope''': A President who KickTheDog

* '''Straight''': Bob, President of Tropeland, engage in actions of [[KickTheDog dubious morality]]
* '''Exaggerated''': President Bob engage in [[FinalSolution genocide]] and is generally a CompleteMonster.
* '''Downplayed''': There is [[YouMileageMayVary some debate]] about the morality of some actions of President Bob.
* '''Justified''': IDidWhatIHaveToDo

* '''Inverted''': TheGoodKing
** President Bob spread good and peace in Tropeland and abroad.
* '''Subverted''': There are rumors abour the evilness of President Bob...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...until these rumors turn to be true.

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* '''Enforced''': "President Bob must cross the MoralEventHorizon"

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