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* BreakTheHaughty: In Season 3, the usually smarmy Dan suffers a nervous breakdown, ending up in a hospital and loses his job as a campaign manager. Jonah visits him only to cruelly mock him.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: After Dan suffers a nervous breakdown, ends up in a hospital and loses his job as a campaign manager, Jonah visits him only to cruelly mock him. However, Dan is such a massive jerk that it's hard to feel sorry for him.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: The show is a spiritual successor to ''The Thick of It'' and ''Film/InTheLoop''. Several characters in ''Veep'' are very similar to the American characters from ''In the Loop'', and a number of actors in ''In the Loop'' appear in ''Veep''.
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* RidiculousCounterRequest: In Season 6, Jonah Ryan and Roger Furlong get in an argument when Jonah demands [[spoiler:a better Congressional office.]]
-->'''Jonah:''' Well now, I want a new office!\\
'''Roger:''' And I want Music/{{Rihanna}} to put a gun to my head while she makes me eat her out, but guess what, that's about as likely to happen as Will's wife putting a baby in her polyp festival of a uterus!
-->'''Jonah:''' Well now, I want a new office!\\
'''Roger:''' And I want Music/{{Rihanna}} to put a gun to my head while she makes me eat her out, but guess what, that's about as likely to happen as Will's wife putting a baby in her polyp festival of a uterus!
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* BaitAndSwitch: Jonah refuses to give Dan an interview unless he gets him tickets to a play that are impossible to get. No, not ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', but ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', which would ''literally'' be impossible because it hasn't been playing for years.
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** Season 4's opening episode includes Jonah returning to the Vice President's office, where he's greeted by Roger Furlong who explains that it's a "man hang" now. After exchanging some lines with Furlong and new VP aide Teddy, Jonah realizes Doyle is standing behind the door and greets him as "Mr. Vice President".
** Jonah refuses to give Dan an interview unless he gets him tickets to a play that are impossible to get. No, not ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', but ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', which would ''literally'' be impossible because it hasn't been playing for years.
** Season 4's opening episode includes Jonah returning to the Vice President's office, where he's greeted by Roger Furlong who explains that it's a "man hang" now. After exchanging some lines with Furlong and new VP aide Teddy, Jonah realizes Doyle is standing behind the door and greets him as "Mr. Vice President".
** Jonah refuses to give Dan an interview unless he gets him tickets to a play that are impossible to get. No, not ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', but ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', which would ''literally'' be impossible because it hasn't been playing for years.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: At the beginning of season 3, Jonah is fired from his job as the White House Liaison to the VP's office. Come season 4, he's back at his old job.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: At the beginning of season 3, Jonah is fired from his job as the White House Liaison to the VP's office. Come At the start of season 4, he's back at his old job.job but now as the liaison between President Meyer and VP Doyle.
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* StoryArc: The "clean jobs" bill in season 1; the hostage crisis and the resulting scandal in season 2; Selina running for President in season 3 and 4; Team Selina trying desperately to break the tied vote in her favor in the House in season 5; Selina's memoir and presidential library in season 6.
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* StoryArc: The "clean jobs" bill in season 1; the hostage crisis and the resulting scandal in season 2; Selina running for President the party nomination race in season 3 and 3; Selina becoming president while still campaigning in season 4; Team Selina trying desperately to break the tied vote Electoral College tie in her favor in the House in season 5; Selina's memoir and presidential library in season 6.6; Selina's re-election campaign in season 7.
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* AmbiguousDisorder:
** Jonah hints at having a learning disorder (what he describes as "dyslexia, but for numbers"[[note]]which is real. It's called "dyscalculia"[[/note]], which is why he failed algebra). Whether this is legitimate or merely an excuse for his boorish behavior and poor performance in school is unknown.
** Kent is incredibly meticulous and has difficulty empathizing with others. While the latter could be said of most characters on the show, these traits lead to some insinuations that he could be autistic or have Asperger's.
** Jonah hints at having a learning disorder (what he describes as "dyslexia, but for numbers"[[note]]which is real. It's called "dyscalculia"[[/note]], which is why he failed algebra). Whether this is legitimate or merely an excuse for his boorish behavior and poor performance in school is unknown.
** Kent is incredibly meticulous and has difficulty empathizing with others. While the latter could be said of most characters on the show, these traits lead to some insinuations that he could be autistic or have Asperger's.
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** Jonah hints at having a learning disorder (what he describes as "dyslexia, but for numbers"[[note]]which is real. It's called "dyscalculia"[[/note]], which is why he failed algebra). Whether this is legitimate or merely an excuse for his boorish behavior and poor performance in school is unknown.
** Kent is incredibly meticulous and has difficulty empathizing with others. While the latter could be said of most characters on the show, these traits lead to some insinuations that he could be autistic or have Asperger's.
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* NoPartyGiven: The show never reveals Meyer or any other characters' political party. However, given the issues she claims to stand for and other various bits of information, she can be interpreted as a Democrat. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the props in the post-series auction also later confirms she's Democrat]].
** Her big push in Season One is "clean jobs," and she's reluctant to make a deal with anti-immigration politicians as a compromise.
** She's a former senator from Maryland, a state that hasn't had a Republican senator since 1986.
** In "Full Disclosure," an unflattering viral video says that she considers herself an environmentalist, and Fox News (overtly Republican) jumps on the embarrassing Secret Service story.
** The line from from Selina's stump speech in "Midterms"--"freedom is 'we'-dom, not 'me'-dom"--is strongly reminiscent of Democratic rhetoric.
** In "Debate" Selina's impromptu "repel" speech on immigration horrifies her staff, who refer to it as being right-wing.
** Danny Chung's veteran shtick is reminiscent of the 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee, John Kerry. He's also the governor of the blue state of Minnesota.
** In the Season 4 finale "Election Night," the electoral map colors Selena's states blue, which has been the traditional color to denote Democrats since 2000, and her states largely match with Democratic-leaning states while O'Brien's match with Republican-leaning states. Additionally, Selina tells Gary that "a bowl of hair" could win Connecticut and Vermont, two strongly Democratic states that haven't gone Republican since George H.W. Bush was elected in 1988.
** Season 6 premiere "Omaha" has Selina talking about going to a Madison-Monroe dinner, which is an obvious nod to Jefferson-Jackson dinners, a Democratic Party tradition.
** "Omaha" has Selina's most overt shot at a real life president’s policy as well. When she’s told she “can’t do anything about AIDS” as her pet cause post-presidency, her retort is, "Who are you, Ronald Reagan?" Fittingly enough the official stance of the show is to not mention anything real-life post Reagan.
** Season 7 introduces Kemi Talbot, a black woman senator from New York whom Selina calls "the future of our party." Black women as a group are about as close to monolithically Democratic as a group can be (roughly 95% of black women vote Democratic in presidential elections) and New York is a 2-to-1 Democratic state.
** Season 7’s final episodes have Selina sell out every political position she ever had in an desperate attempt to secure the party nomination, including opening up protected lands to drilling and fighting gay marriage, both positions that would only be antithetical to a Democrat.
** The convention in season 7 takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina. A couple of people in Selina’s campaign say they shouldn’t be legitimizing a state who passed an anti-transgender bathroom bill. This actually happened in North Carolina in 2016 under a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Facilities_Privacy_%26_Security_Act]] Republican governor/legislature. The bill went on to cost the governor his job and some but not all of it was later overturned.
** However, given the show's intention to satirize the whole political system rather than one party, some elements of Selina's party don't align with the Democrats:
** Her big push in Season One is "clean jobs," and she's reluctant to make a deal with anti-immigration politicians as a compromise.
** She's a former senator from Maryland, a state that hasn't had a Republican senator since 1986.
** In "Full Disclosure," an unflattering viral video says that she considers herself an environmentalist, and Fox News (overtly Republican) jumps on the embarrassing Secret Service story.
** The line from from Selina's stump speech in "Midterms"--"freedom is 'we'-dom, not 'me'-dom"--is strongly reminiscent of Democratic rhetoric.
** In "Debate" Selina's impromptu "repel" speech on immigration horrifies her staff, who refer to it as being right-wing.
** Danny Chung's veteran shtick is reminiscent of the 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee, John Kerry. He's also the governor of the blue state of Minnesota.
** In the Season 4 finale "Election Night," the electoral map colors Selena's states blue, which has been the traditional color to denote Democrats since 2000, and her states largely match with Democratic-leaning states while O'Brien's match with Republican-leaning states. Additionally, Selina tells Gary that "a bowl of hair" could win Connecticut and Vermont, two strongly Democratic states that haven't gone Republican since George H.W. Bush was elected in 1988.
** Season 6 premiere "Omaha" has Selina talking about going to a Madison-Monroe dinner, which is an obvious nod to Jefferson-Jackson dinners, a Democratic Party tradition.
** "Omaha" has Selina's most overt shot at a real life president’s policy as well. When she’s told she “can’t do anything about AIDS” as her pet cause post-presidency, her retort is, "Who are you, Ronald Reagan?" Fittingly enough the official stance of the show is to not mention anything real-life post Reagan.
** Season 7 introduces Kemi Talbot, a black woman senator from New York whom Selina calls "the future of our party." Black women as a group are about as close to monolithically Democratic as a group can be (roughly 95% of black women vote Democratic in presidential elections) and New York is a 2-to-1 Democratic state.
** Season 7’s final episodes have Selina sell out every political position she ever had in an desperate attempt to secure the party nomination, including opening up protected lands to drilling and fighting gay marriage, both positions that would only be antithetical to a Democrat.
** The convention in season 7 takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina. A couple of people in Selina’s campaign say they shouldn’t be legitimizing a state who passed an anti-transgender bathroom bill. This actually happened in North Carolina in 2016 under a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Facilities_Privacy_%26_Security_Act]] Republican governor/legislature. The bill went on to cost the governor his job and some but not all of it was later overturned.
** However, given the show's intention to satirize the whole political system rather than one party, some elements of Selina's party don't align with the Democrats:
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* NoPartyGiven: The Just like its spiritual predecessor ''Series/TheThickOfIt'', the show never reveals Meyer or names any other characters' character's political party. However, given the issues she claims to stand for and other various bits of information, she can be interpreted as a Democrat. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the props parties in the post-series auction also later confirms she's Democrat]].
** Her big push in Season One is "clean jobs," and she's reluctant to make a deal with anti-immigration politicians as a compromise.dialogue or on screen.
** However, given the issues she claims to stand for and other information like their home state, it is easy to generally interpret Selina as a Democrat.
*** Her big push in Season One is "clean jobs," and she's reluctant to make a deal with anti-immigration politicians as a compromise.
*** She's a former senator from Maryland, a state that hasn't had a Republican senator since 1986.
** *** In "Full Disclosure," an unflattering viral video says that she considers herself an environmentalist, and it is Fox News (overtly Republican) (an overtly Republican leaning outlet) that jumps on the embarrassing Secret Service story.
** *** The line from from Selina's stump speech in "Midterms"--"freedom is 'we'-dom, not 'me'-dom"--is strongly reminiscent of Democratic rhetoric.
** *** In "Debate" Selina's impromptu "repel" speech on immigration horrifies her staff, who refer to it as being right-wing.
** *** Danny Chung's veteran shtick is reminiscent of the 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee, John Kerry. He's also the governor of the blue state of Minnesota.
** *** In the Season 4 finale "Election Night," the electoral map colors Selena's states blue, which has been the traditional color to denote Democrats since 2000, and her states largely match with Democratic-leaning states while O'Brien's match with Republican-leaning states. Additionally, Selina tells Gary that "a bowl of hair" could win Connecticut and Vermont, two strongly Democratic states that haven't gone Republican since George H.W. Bush was elected in 1988.
** *** Season 6 premiere "Omaha" has Selina talking about going to a Madison-Monroe dinner, which is an obvious nod to Jefferson-Jackson dinners, a Democratic Party tradition.
** *** "Omaha" has Selina's most overt shot at a real life president’s policy as well. When she’s told she “can’t do anything about AIDS” as her pet cause post-presidency, her retort is, "Who are you, Ronald Reagan?" Fittingly enough the official stance of the show is to not mention anything real-life post Reagan.
** *** Season 7 introduces Kemi Talbot, a black woman senator from New York whom Selina calls "the future of our party." Black women as a group are about as close to monolithically Democratic as a group can be (roughly 95% of black women vote Democratic in presidential elections) and New York is a 2-to-1 Democratic state.
** *** Season 7’s final episodes have Selina sell out every political position she ever had in an desperate attempt to secure the party nomination, including opening up protected lands to drilling and fighting gay marriage, both positions that would only be antithetical to a Democrat.
** *** The convention in season 7 takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina. A couple of people in Selina’s campaign say they shouldn’t be legitimizing a state who passed an anti-transgender bathroom bill. This actually happened in North Carolina in 2016 under a [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Facilities_Privacy_%26_Security_Act]] Republican governor/legislature. The bill went on to cost the governor his job and some but not all of it was later overturned.
** However, given the show's intention to satirize the whole political system rather than one party, some elements of the characters' don't always align with the interpretation of Selina's partydon't align with as Democrats and the Democrats:other party as Republicans:
** Her big push in Season One is "clean jobs," and she's reluctant to make a deal with anti-immigration politicians as a compromise.
** However, given the issues she claims to stand for and other information like their home state, it is easy to generally interpret Selina as a Democrat.
*** Her big push in Season One is "clean jobs," and she's reluctant to make a deal with anti-immigration politicians as a compromise.
*** She's a former senator from Maryland, a state that hasn't had a Republican senator since 1986.
** However, given the show's intention to satirize the whole political system rather than one party, some elements of the characters' don't always align with the interpretation of Selina's party
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*** Season 7 has Jonah running a racist and xenophobic primary campaign against Selina that loosely lampoons the Trump campaign. The primary also featured the closeted, homophobic, born-again Evangelical Christian candidate Buddy Calhoun. Neither of these would realistically run strong campaigns for the Democratic Party.
*** The final episode takes place during the party's 2020 nominating convention at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, which was the location for the 2020 Republican National Convention before it got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
*** The final episode takes place during the party's 2020 nominating convention at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, which was the location for the 2020 Republican National Convention before it got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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*** Season 7 has 7's primary campaign includes Jonah running a racist and xenophobic primary campaign against Selina that loosely lampoons the Trump campaign. The primary also featured Donald Trump, and the closeted, homophobic, born-again Evangelical Christian candidate Buddy Calhoun. Neither of these types of candidates would realistically run be able to mount a strong campaigns for the a Democratic Party.nomination.
*** The final episode takes place during the party's 2020nominating convention National Convention at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, which was the planned location for of the 2020 Republican National Convention before it got was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
*** The final episode takes place during the party's 2020
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* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: Selena is certainly selfish and narcissistic in the early seasons. By the last season she has; colluded with China to corrupt the election, taken dirty money from Georgian Dictators, framed Garry for Andrew’s crimes, and some other things as well.]]
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* NobodyPoops: Hilariously averted in “Yoghurt” where a feverish Selina does not react well to a cup of frozen yogurt.
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* MistakenForIncest: While Selina is juggling secret negotiations with the Chinese and a family Christmas party, Minna Häkkinen and the Chinese delegation spot Marjorie--a former Secret Service agent [[BodyDouble hired for her resemblance to Selina]]--kissing Selina's daughter Catherine. Unsurprisingly, they believe they saw Selina making out with her own daughter. Minna sternly lectures Selina about it later, but [[OneDialogueTwoConversations Selina thinks she's talking about an unrelated event with Catherine]] and just laughs it off as a mild faux pas. Neither Minna nor the Chinese President are pleased.
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Discussed in "Helsinki" after Selina is [[spoiler:sexually assaulted by the Finnish prime minister's husband]], and the reason why they can't let anyone know about it.
-->'''Amy:''' It's not like we can go public about it. [[spoiler:Your tit being fondled by a Finn]], that'd be all you were remembered for. You can't build a statue on that.
-->'''Amy:''' It's not like we can go public about it. [[spoiler:Your tit being fondled by a Finn]], that'd be all you were remembered for. You can't build a statue on that.
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* OneSteveLimit: inverted, there are two Dans (well, one Dan and one Danny) and two Andrews in the show.
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Other members of the cast include Creator/AnnaChlumsky (Chief of Staff Amy Brookheimer), Creator/TonyHale (Gary Walsh, personal assistant to the VP), Creator/ReidScott (Dan Egan, Deputy Director of Communications), Creator/MattWalsh (Mike [=McLintock=], Director of Communications), Creator/SufeBradshaw (Sue Wilson, executive assistant to the Vice President), Timothy Simons (Jonah Ryan, White House Liaison to the VP), Creator/KevinDunn (Ben Cafferty, White House Chief of Staff), Creator/GaryCole (Kent Davison, White House senior strategist and polling adviser), and Sarah Sutherland (Catherine Meyer, Selina's daughter).
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Other members of the cast include Creator/AnnaChlumsky (Chief of Staff Amy Brookheimer), Creator/TonyHale (Gary Walsh, personal assistant to the VP), Creator/ReidScott (Dan Egan, Deputy Director of Communications), Creator/MattWalsh (Mike [=McLintock=], Director of Communications), Creator/SufeBradshaw (Sue Wilson, executive assistant to the Vice President), Timothy Simons Creator/TimothySimons (Jonah Ryan, White House Liaison to the VP), Creator/KevinDunn (Ben Cafferty, White House Chief of Staff), Creator/GaryCole (Kent Davison, White House senior strategist and polling adviser), and Sarah Sutherland (Catherine Meyer, Selina's daughter).
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* ArmoredClosetGay: Buddy Calhoun in season 7.
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** Judge Walsh, Gary's father, constantly lambasted him throughout his childhood and adult life for not being manly enough and working for a woman. However, it's blatantly telegraphed that he has sexual affairs with his younger male law partners, and he seems to know more about interior design and women's fashion than he lets on.
** Buddy Calhoun inseason 7.Season 7 is depicted as this, speaking out in favor of a transgender bathroom ban by saying the only people he wants in the men's room are men, preferably a lot of them, and [[spoiler:successfully lobbies Selina to eventually ban gay marriage in exchange for his endorsement]].
** Judge Walsh, Gary's father, constantly lambasted him throughout his childhood and adult life for not being manly enough and working for a woman. However, it's blatantly telegraphed that he has sexual affairs with his younger male law partners, and he seems to know more about interior design and women's fashion than he lets on.
** Buddy Calhoun in
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** In real life, it would be extremely difficult to [[spoiler:''permanently'' ban same-sex marriage, as Selina does in the GrandFinale. Laws and executive orders can be overturned, and while it would be harder to overturn an amendment to the Constitution it's been done before (see: Prohibition.) Also, if the America of ''Veep'' is even remotely analogous to our own there wouldn't be nearly enough support for such an amendment.]]
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** In real life, it would be extremely difficult to [[spoiler:''permanently'' ban same-sex marriage, as Selina does in the GrandFinale. Laws and executive orders can be overturned, and while it but outlawing gay marriage would be harder to overturn an amendment to the Constitution it's been done before (see: Prohibition.) Also, if the America require a Constitutional amendment, which would require a lot of ''Veep'' is even remotely analogous to our own there political capital that likely wouldn't be nearly enough support for such an amendment.exist in 2020 America. Of course, that would assume that the Supreme Court case [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obergefell_v._Hodges ''Obergefell v. Hodges'']] happened in the world of ''Veep'', which it may not have.]]
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* {{Trumplica}}: Becomes especially prominent in seasons 6 and 7, which were made during the Trump administration.
** Selina [[spoiler:parallels Trump's foreign policy. She takes tens of millions (and later hundreds of millions) of dollars from the corrupt, oligarchic, pro-Russian Georgian President Murman Shalikashvili to fund her Presidential Library. Season 7 focuses on her relationship with the Chinese government, who interfere in the election in her favor in exchange for her enabling their foreign policy interests in the Pacific and Tibet.]]
** Jonah's [[spoiler:Presidential campaign platform is a parody of Trump's social policies. He demands a total shutdown on all immigration, claims that math is an Islamic conspiracy to subvert America, claims vaccinations give people autism, and demands Selina show her birth certificate to the press (a la the Barack Obama "birther" conspiracy theory). His largest voter base demographics are uneducated white men and wingnuts.]]
** Selina [[spoiler:parallels Trump's foreign policy. She takes tens of millions (and later hundreds of millions) of dollars from the corrupt, oligarchic, pro-Russian Georgian President Murman Shalikashvili to fund her Presidential Library. Season 7 focuses on her relationship with the Chinese government, who interfere in the election in her favor in exchange for her enabling their foreign policy interests in the Pacific and Tibet.]]
** Jonah's [[spoiler:Presidential campaign platform is a parody of Trump's social policies. He demands a total shutdown on all immigration, claims that math is an Islamic conspiracy to subvert America, claims vaccinations give people autism, and demands Selina show her birth certificate to the press (a la the Barack Obama "birther" conspiracy theory). His largest voter base demographics are uneducated white men and wingnuts.]]
