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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: When President Bartlet and Zoey are having lunch together:
-->'''Zoey:''' [[SarcasmMode Is someone after me in California?]]\\
'''President Bartlet:''' All kinds of things in California, Zoey. You've got your smog, your freeway shootings, brush fires, mudslides. Plus, apparently, there's a mad rash of flag burning going on, and you don't want a piece of that.
-->'''Zoey:''' [[SarcasmMode Is someone after me in California?]]\\
'''President Bartlet:''' All kinds of things in California, Zoey. You've got your smog, your freeway shootings, brush fires, mudslides. Plus, apparently, there's a mad rash of flag burning going on, and you don't want a piece of that.
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Speaking of Joey Lucas, it turns out Josh has a crush on her, but [[ShipSinking his hopes are dashed when it turns out]] [[spoiler: Joey is sleeping with Al Kiefer]]. Also, it turns out Charlie and Zoey are dating, and Zoey has a new Secret Service agent guarding her named Gina Toscano.
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Speaking of Joey Lucas, it turns out Josh has a crush on her, but [[ShipSinking his hopes are dashed when it turns out]] [[spoiler: Joey is sleeping with Al Kiefer]].Kiefer. Also, it turns out Charlie and Zoey are dating, and Zoey has a new Secret Service agent guarding her named Gina Toscano.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: When Hoynes refuses to budge on the ethanol credit vote, in a conference call afterwards the senior staff seem to agree that Hoynes has a point, leading Sam to suggest that since they only have the amount of votes they do by headlocking certain congressmen, if they were to cut them loose the vote would be a decisive loss, taking him off the hook. Bartlet is clearly unhappy by Hoynes and his defiance, but in a call to him on Air Force One admits that they share the same view on the ethanol credit, and that Bartlet does respect that unlike him Hoynes stuck to his guns even if it was unfavourable for him to do so.
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* HiddenDepths: David Hasselhoff, then more famous for his FemaleGaze eye-candy roles on shows like ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'', is found speaking eloquently about politics when we encounter him talking to Josh and Donna.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Ted Marcus bullies Josh into securing a meeting between him and President Bartlet by threatening to cancel the fundraiser. He ends up regretting it when Bartlet, already pissed off over a number of different reasons and not appreciating Marcus throwing his weight around Josh, promptly demonstrates why being on the receiving end of the U.S. President's wrath is a ''lot'' more terrifying than a movie producer's could ever be.
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: At the party, when C.J. gets offered a job by a studio executive to do development deals, she sees Sam walking by and tells the executive, "I have to talk to Sam about a thing the President wants me to..." and walks away. Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't be an example of this trope (that's a legitimate excuse), but in this case, C.J. wants to get away from the executive because she doesn't understand what he's talking about.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Ted Marcus bullies Josh into securing a meeting between him and President Bartlet by threatening to cancel the fundraiser. He ends up regretting it when Bartlet, already pissed off over a number of different reasons and not appreciating Marcus throwing his weight around Josh, promptly demonstrates why being on the receiving end of the U.S. President's wrath is a ''lot'' more terrifying than a movie producer's could everbe. be.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: When President Bartlet and Zoey are having lunch together:
-->'''Zoey:''' [[SarcasmMode Is someone after me in California?]]\\
'''President Bartlet:''' All kinds of things in California, Zoey. You've got your smog, your freeway shootings, brush fires, mudslides. Plus, apparently, there's a mad rash of flag burning going on, and you don't want a piece of that.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Ted Marcus bullies Josh into securing a meeting between him and President Bartlet by threatening to cancel the fundraiser. He ends up regretting it when Bartlet, already pissed off over a number of different reasons and not appreciating Marcus throwing his weight around Josh, promptly demonstrates why being on the receiving end of the U.S. President's wrath is a ''lot'' more terrifying than a movie producer's could ever
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: When President Bartlet and Zoey are having lunch together:
-->'''Zoey:''' [[SarcasmMode Is someone after me in California?]]\\
'''President Bartlet:''' All kinds of things in California, Zoey. You've got your smog, your freeway shootings, brush fires, mudslides. Plus, apparently, there's a mad rash of flag burning going on, and you don't want a piece of that.
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* {{Squee}}: InUniverse: Donna gushes over David Hasselhoff when she meets him at the party.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Ted Marcus bullies Josh into securing a meeting between him and President Bartlet by threatening to cancel the fundraiser. He ends up regretting it when Bartlet, pissed off in general over a number of different reasons and not appreciating Marcus throwing his weight around with Josh, promptly demonstrates why being on the receiving end of a US president's bullying is a ''lot'' more terrifying than a movie producer's could ever be.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Ted Marcus bullies Josh into securing a meeting between him and President Bartlet by threatening to cancel the fundraiser. He ends up regretting it when Bartlet, already pissed off in general over a number of different reasons and not appreciating Marcus throwing his weight around with Josh, promptly demonstrates why being on the receiving end of a US president's bullying the U.S. President's wrath is a ''lot'' more terrifying than a movie producer's could ever be.
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Directed by Creator/AlanTaylor
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Ted Marcus bullies Josh into securing a meeting between him and President Bartlet by threatening to cancel the fundraiser. He ends up regretting it when Bartlet, pissed off in general over a number of different reasons and not appreciating Marcus throwing his weight around with Josh, promptly demonstrates why being on the receiving end of a US president's bullying is a ''lot'' more terrifying than a movie producer's could ever be.
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** LenoDevice: So does [[TheTonightShow Jay Leno]], whom C.J. thanks for [[Recap/TheWestWingS01E12HeShallFromTimeToTime for not joking about Leo's alcoholism]]; Leno deflects the praise, saying he gets enough material from them, and asks [[Recap/TheWestWingS01E01Pilot if President Bartlet can ride his bike into a tree again]], since that's the kind of material he likes.
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** LenoDevice: So does [[TheTonightShow [[Series/TheTonightShow Jay Leno]], whom C.J. thanks for [[Recap/TheWestWingS01E12HeShallFromTimeToTime for not joking about Leo's alcoholism]]; Leno deflects the praise, saying he gets enough material from them, and asks [[Recap/TheWestWingS01E01Pilot if President Bartlet can ride his bike into a tree again]], since that's the kind of material he likes.
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* TheCameo: DavidHasselhoff and Veronica Webb appear as themselves at the fundraiser.
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* {{Expy}} / NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Ted Marcus is based on movie/music mogul David Geffen.
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* {{Expy}} / NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Ted Marcus is based on movie/music mogul [[Creator/GeffenRecords David Geffen.Geffen]].
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* {{Expy}} / NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Ted Marcus is based on movie/music mogul David Geffen.
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* HypocriticalHumor: When interviewing Gina, President Bartlet tells her it's not her job to tell him if Zoey is cutting English Literature class or anything like that. After he dismisses her, he tells her to tell him if Zoey is cutting English Literature, and Gina, with a smile, says, "No deal, Mr. President."
* MundaneMadeAwesome: From President Bartlet's point of view, the fact the restaurant makes the guacamole right in front of him.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: From President Bartlet's point of view, the fact the restaurant makes the guacamole right in front of him.
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* ShapedLikeItself: Donna's attempts to interpret poetry and encourage Josh to call Joey come off as this:
-->'''Donna:''' Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Josh. Do you know what that means? It means you should take this time to gather rosebuds, because later on you might not be able to.
-->'''Josh:''' [[SarcasmMode Interpreting the classics with Poet Laureate Donnatella Moss.]]
-->'''Donna:''' Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Josh. Do you know what that means? It means you should take this time to gather rosebuds, because later on you might not be able to.
-->'''Josh:''' [[SarcasmMode Interpreting the classics with Poet Laureate Donnatella Moss.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{ER}} Dr. Maggie Doyle]] is Gina Toscano (could count as ProductionPosse as well, since both ''Series/{{ER}}'' and ''Series/TheWestWing'' were produced by John Wells), and [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Q]] is Al Kiefer. Also, [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind David Laughlin]] is Ted Marcus.
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** In a non-direct family way, Bartlet also gets pissed when Ted Marcus tries to bully Josh about the gays-in-the-military bill and makes it clear in no uncertain terms to Marcus that that is not to happen again.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{ER}} Dr. Maggie Doyle]] is Gina Toscano (could count as ProductionPosse as well, since both ''Series/{{ER}}'' and ''Series/TheWestWing'' were produced by John Wells), and [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Q]] is Al Kiefer. Also, [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind David Laughlin]] is Ted Marcus.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{ER}} Dr. Maggie Doyle]] is Gina Toscano (could count as ProductionPosse as well, since both ''Series/{{ER}}'' and ''Series/TheWestWing'' were produced by John Wells), and [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Q]] is Al Kiefer. Also, [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind David Laughlin]] is Ted Marcus.
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** LenoDevice: So does [[TheTonightShow Jay Leno]], whom C.J. thanks for [[Recap/TheWestWingS01E12HeShallFromTimeToTime for not joking about Leo's alcoholism]]; Leno deflects the praise, saying he gets enough material from them, and asks [[Recap/TheWestWingS01E01Pilot if President Bartlet can ride his bike into a tree again]], since that's the kind of material he likes.
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** LenoDevice: So does [[TheTonightShow Jay Leno]], whom C.J. thanks for [[Recap/TheWestWingS01E12HeShallFromTimeToTime for not joking about Leo's alcoholism]]; Leno deflects the praise, saying he gets enough material from them, and asks [[Recap/TheWestWingS01E01Pilot if President Bartlet can ride his bike into a tree again]], since that's the kind of material he likes.
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Speaking of Joey Lucas, it turns out Josh has a crush on her, but his hopes are dashed when it turns out [[spoiler: Joey is sleeping with Al Kiefer]]. Also, it turns out Charlie and Zoey are dating, and Zoey has a new Secret Service agent guarding her named Gina Toscano.
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Speaking of Joey Lucas, it turns out Josh has a crush on her, but [[ShipSinking his hopes are dashed when it turns out out]] [[spoiler: Joey is sleeping with Al Kiefer]]. Also, it turns out Charlie and Zoey are dating, and Zoey has a new Secret Service agent guarding her named Gina Toscano.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{ER}} Dr. Maggie Doyle]] is Gina Toscano (could count as ProductionPosse as well, since both ''Series/{{ER}}'' and ''Series/TheWestWing'' were produced by John Wells), and [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Q]] is Al Kiefer. Also, [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind David Laughlin]] is Ted Marcus.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Donna towards Josh and Joey, though it turns out she has her reasons.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: We'll see more from the two kids eyeing Zoey suspiciously after she leaves the restaurant.
* PapaWolf: President Bartlet, in [[ObfuscatingStupidity the most deceptive way possible]], and to Zoey's annoyance.
* ShipperOnDeck: Donna towards Josh and Joey, though it turns out she has herreasons.reasons.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Ed and Larry are the only staffers left whom Leo can discuss the ethanol tax bill with.
* PapaWolf: President Bartlet, in [[ObfuscatingStupidity the most deceptive way possible]], and to Zoey's annoyance.
* ShipperOnDeck: Donna towards Josh and Joey, though it turns out she has her
* ThoseTwoGuys: Ed and Larry are the only staffers left whom Leo can discuss the ethanol tax bill with.
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Speaking of Joey Lucas, it turns out Josh has a crush on her, but his hopes are dashed when it turns out [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Joey is sleeping with Al Kiefer]]. Also, it turns out Charlie and Zoey are dating, and Zoey has a new Secret Service agent guarding her named Gina Toscano.
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The Senate is deadlocked on a bill involving an ethanol tax credit. Leo asks Vice President Hoynes to use his position as president of the senate to break the tie. Hoynes doesn't want to do this, partly because he's going to get flak from the Republicans, but also because he doesn't think the bill is a very good idea in the first place. Leo argues with him, but eventually agrees, and gets the President to agree to break the tie by allowing Senators Sam had pressured to vote the other way. President Bartlet then calls Hoynes and tells him he was right.
President Bartlet and the rest of the staff, meanwhile, are in Los Angeles for a Hollywood fundraiser, which is thrown into jeopardy when Ted Marcus, the executive holding the fundraiser, threatens to cancel if Bartlet doesn't come out publicly against a bill being introduced prohibiting gays in the military. Josh and President Bartlet manage to patch things up and the fundraiser goes on as scheduled, but Bartlet still feels testy about the whole thing. Also in Los Angeles, they meet with a citizen's group that wants a constitutional amendment against flag-burning, and Al Kiefer, a polling expert, says they can sew up the election if Bartlet comes out in favor of it, while losing the election if he opposes it (or taking a hit if he does nothing). Bartlet and the other staffers don't think the issue is a big deal, and Joey Lucas confirms the polling shows it isn't a big deal, but does say the President should tell people not to do it because so many others [[BerserkButton feel so strongly about it]].
Speaking of Joey Lucas, it turns out Josh has a crush on her, but his hopes are dashed when it turns out [[Spoiler: Joey is sleeping with Al Kiefer]]. Also, it turns out Charlie and Zoey are dating, and Zoey has a new Secret Service agent guarding her named Gina Toscano.
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* TheCameo: DavidHasselhoff and Veronica Webb appear as themselves at the fundraiser.
** LenoDevice: So does [[TheTonightShow Jay Leno]], whom C.J. thanks for [[Recap/TheWestWingS01E12HeShallFromTimeToTime for not joking about Leo's alcoholism]]; Leno deflects the praise, saying he gets enough material from them, and asks [[Recap/TheWestWingS01E01Pilot if President Bartlet can ride his bike into a tree again]], since that's the kind of material he likes.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: President Bartlet doesn't let Toby ride in the limo with him to the restaurant:
-->'''Toby:''' What, I'm not coming in the car?
-->'''President Bartlet:''' No, and you know why? [[ItMakesSenseInContext Because you made fun of the guacamole]].
-->'''Toby:''' No I didn't.
-->'''President Bartlet:''' I could tell you were thinking it.
-->'''Toby:''' Fair enough.
* ShipperOnDeck: Donna towards Josh and Joey, though it turns out she has her reasons.
President Bartlet and the rest of the staff, meanwhile, are in Los Angeles for a Hollywood fundraiser, which is thrown into jeopardy when Ted Marcus, the executive holding the fundraiser, threatens to cancel if Bartlet doesn't come out publicly against a bill being introduced prohibiting gays in the military. Josh and President Bartlet manage to patch things up and the fundraiser goes on as scheduled, but Bartlet still feels testy about the whole thing. Also in Los Angeles, they meet with a citizen's group that wants a constitutional amendment against flag-burning, and Al Kiefer, a polling expert, says they can sew up the election if Bartlet comes out in favor of it, while losing the election if he opposes it (or taking a hit if he does nothing). Bartlet and the other staffers don't think the issue is a big deal, and Joey Lucas confirms the polling shows it isn't a big deal, but does say the President should tell people not to do it because so many others [[BerserkButton feel so strongly about it]].
Speaking of Joey Lucas, it turns out Josh has a crush on her, but his hopes are dashed when it turns out [[Spoiler: Joey is sleeping with Al Kiefer]]. Also, it turns out Charlie and Zoey are dating, and Zoey has a new Secret Service agent guarding her named Gina Toscano.
!!This episode contains examples of:
* TheCameo: DavidHasselhoff and Veronica Webb appear as themselves at the fundraiser.
** LenoDevice: So does [[TheTonightShow Jay Leno]], whom C.J. thanks for [[Recap/TheWestWingS01E12HeShallFromTimeToTime for not joking about Leo's alcoholism]]; Leno deflects the praise, saying he gets enough material from them, and asks [[Recap/TheWestWingS01E01Pilot if President Bartlet can ride his bike into a tree again]], since that's the kind of material he likes.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: President Bartlet doesn't let Toby ride in the limo with him to the restaurant:
-->'''Toby:''' What, I'm not coming in the car?
-->'''President Bartlet:''' No, and you know why? [[ItMakesSenseInContext Because you made fun of the guacamole]].
-->'''Toby:''' No I didn't.
-->'''President Bartlet:''' I could tell you were thinking it.
-->'''Toby:''' Fair enough.
* ShipperOnDeck: Donna towards Josh and Joey, though it turns out she has her reasons.
