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* FakeRussian: Creator/OlekKrupa (Polish), Creator/YorgoConstantine (Greek-American), and Creator/AngelaGots (New Yorker) respectively play Russian President Pavel Ostrov, Foreign Minister Anton Gorev, and First Lady Maria Ostrova. Creator/ChrisPetrovski (Russian Army Captain Dmitri Petrov) is originally from Macedonia.

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* FakeRussian: Creator/OlekKrupa Olek Krupa (Polish), Creator/YorgoConstantine Yorgo Constantine (Greek-American), and Creator/AngelaGots Angela Gots (New Yorker) respectively play Russian President Pavel Ostrov, Foreign Minister Anton Gorev, and First Lady Maria Ostrova. Creator/ChrisPetrovski Chris Petrovski (Russian Army Captain Dmitri Petrov) is originally from Macedonia.
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** Dmitri Petrov is played by Chris Petrovski.

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That's.... not how this trope works. Also, unbecoming (and factually incorrect) political shoehorning. Cut it out.


* RomanceOnTheSet: According to ''People'' magazine, Creator/TeaLeoni and Creator/TimDaly's chemistry as Liz and Henry [=McCord=] wasn't all acting: [[http://www.people.com/article/tea-leoni-tim-daly-dating-white-house-dinner they apparently started dating in December 2014]], midway through season one and were still together as of the season 2 finale.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Owing no small amount of inspiration to Hillary Clinton's life and career, the show comes across as sort of anachronistic after her political career went down in flames after a loss to Donald Trump in the Election of 2016

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* RomanceOnTheSet: According to ''People'' magazine, Creator/TeaLeoni and Creator/TimDaly's chemistry as Liz and Henry [=McCord=] wasn't all acting: [[http://www.people.com/article/tea-leoni-tim-daly-dating-white-house-dinner they apparently started dating in December 2014]], midway through season one and were still together as of the wrap on season 2 finale.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Owing no small amount of inspiration to Hillary Clinton's life and career, the show comes across as sort of anachronistic after her political career went down in flames after a loss to Donald Trump in the Election of 2016
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Owes no small amount of inspiration to Hillary Clinton's life and career, the show comes across as sort of anachronistic after her political career went down in flames after a loss to Donald Trump in the Election of 2016

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Owes Owing no small amount of inspiration to Hillary Clinton's life and career, the show comes across as sort of anachronistic after her political career went down in flames after a loss to Donald Trump in the Election of 2016
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Owes no small amount of inspiration to Hillary Clinton's life and career, the show comes across as sort of anachronistic after her political career went down in flames after a loss to Donald Trump in the Election of 2016
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* TheDanza: Played with. Elizabeth [=McCord=] is played by Creator/TeaLeoni -- whose actual first name is, in fact, Elizabeth.
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* ActorAllusion: In "Connection Lost" we're told that Matt's mother is from Karachi, a background borrowed from his actor Creator/GeoffreyArend.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: According to ''People'' magazine, Creator/TeaLeoni and Creator/TimDaly's chemistry as Liz and Henry [=McCord=] wasn't all acting: [[http://www.people.com/article/tea-leoni-tim-daly-dating-white-house-dinner they apparently started dating in December 2014]], midway through season one.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: According to ''People'' magazine, Creator/TeaLeoni and Creator/TimDaly's chemistry as Liz and Henry [=McCord=] wasn't all acting: [[http://www.people.com/article/tea-leoni-tim-daly-dating-white-house-dinner they apparently started dating in December 2014]], midway through season one.one and were still together as of the season 2 finale.
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* TheCastShowoff: In "The Show Must Go On", Nadine, Blake, and Daisy sing Music/BillyJoel's "The Longest Time" (with the lyrics rewritten by Matt to be about a trade deal) at a conference. Nadine (Creator/BebeNeuwirth) leads with a ''very'' nice alto croon.

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* TheCastShowoff: In "The Show Must Go On", Nadine, Blake, and Daisy sing Music/BillyJoel's "The Longest Time" (with the lyrics rewritten by Matt to be about a trade deal) at a conference. Nadine (Creator/BebeNeuwirth) (Broadway leading lady Creator/BebeNeuwirth) leads with a ''very'' nice alto croon.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Madam Secretary hung around with some Film/BadBoys when she was younger, and even [[Film/JurassicParkIII survived an island full of dinosaurs]].
** Prince Yousif infamously [[Film/TheLastAirbender punched a fish]].
** Perennial That Guy Creator/ErickAvari plays the Turkish foreign minister.
** Henry's dad is [[Film/TopGun Mike "Viper" Metcalf]].
** [[Series/{{Dexter}} Special Agent Lundy]] is now [=POTUS=]
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** [[Disney/TheJungleBook Bagheera]] is the Foreign Minister of Iran.
** Jay Whitman, Elizabeth's policy advisor, used to be a [[Manga/ShamanKing shaman]].
** Elizabeth is married to [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]].
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** Elizabeth is married to [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]].
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* FakeRussian: Creator/OlekKrupa (Polish), Creator/YorgoConstantine (Greek), and Creator/AngelaGots (New Yorker) respectively play Russian President Pavel Ostrov, Foreign Minister Anton Gorev, and First Lady Maria Ostrova. Creator/ChrisPetrovski (Russian Army Captain Dmitri Petrov) is originally from Macedonia.

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* FakeRussian: Creator/OlekKrupa (Polish), Creator/YorgoConstantine (Greek), (Greek-American), and Creator/AngelaGots (New Yorker) respectively play Russian President Pavel Ostrov, Foreign Minister Anton Gorev, and First Lady Maria Ostrova. Creator/ChrisPetrovski (Russian Army Captain Dmitri Petrov) is originally from Macedonia.

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* HeyItsThatVoice: [[Disney/TheJungleBook Bagheera]] is the Foreign Minister of Iran.

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[[Disney/TheJungleBook Bagheera]] is the Foreign Minister of Iran.Iran.
** Jay Whitman, Elizabeth's policy advisor, used to be a [[Manga/ShamanKing shaman]].
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* FakeNationality: Creator/UsmanAlly (Iranian Foreign Minister Zahed Javani) is from Swaziland.

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* FakeNationality: FakeNationality:
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Creator/UsmanAlly (Iranian Foreign Minister Zahed Javani) is from Swaziland.Swaziland.
** Ironically, Ukrainian President Mikhail Bozek is played by a Russian-born actor, Creator/LevGorn.
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* LifeImitatesArt: * FunnyAneurysmMoment: "Catch and Release" ends with "Jihadi Judd", an American who joined ISIS, being killed in a drone strike on orders of President Dalton. [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed His model]], British-born ISIS member [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihadi_John Mohammed Emwazi, a.k.a. "Jihadi John"]], was killed in a joint US-British drone attack four days after the episode aired.

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* LifeImitatesArt: * FunnyAneurysmMoment: "Catch and Release" ends with "Jihadi Judd", an American who joined ISIS, being killed in a drone strike on orders of President Dalton. [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed His model]], British-born ISIS member [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihadi_John Mohammed Emwazi, a.k.a. "Jihadi John"]], was killed in a joint US-British drone attack four days after the episode aired.
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* LifeImitatesArt: * FunnyAneurysmMoment: "Catch and Release" ends with "Jihadi Judd", an American who joined ISIS, being killed in a drone strike on orders of President Dalton. [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed His model]], British-born ISIS member [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihadi_John Mohammed Emwazi, a.k.a. "Jihadi John"]], was killed in a joint US-British drone attack four days after the episode aired.
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** [[Series/{{Dexter}} Special Agent Lundy]] is now [=POTUS=]
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* RomanceOnTheSet: According to ''People'' magazine, Creator/TeaLeoni and Creator/TimDaly's chemistry as Liz and Henry [=McCord=] wasn't all acting: [[http://www.people.com/article/tea-leoni-tim-daly-dating-white-house-dinner they apparently started dating in December 2014]], midway through season one.
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* FakeRussian: Creator/OlekKrupa (Polish), Creator/YorgoConstantine (Greek), and Creator/AngelaGots (New Yorker) respectively play Russian President Pavel Ostrov, Foreign Minister Anton Gorev, and First Lady Maria Ostrova.

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* FakeRussian: Creator/OlekKrupa (Polish), Creator/YorgoConstantine (Greek), and Creator/AngelaGots (New Yorker) respectively play Russian President Pavel Ostrov, Foreign Minister Anton Gorev, and First Lady Maria Ostrova. Creator/ChrisPetrovski (Russian Army Captain Dmitri Petrov) is originally from Macedonia.
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* FakeRussian: Creator/OlekKrupa (Polish), Creator/YorgoConstantine (Greek), and Angela Gots (New Yorker) respectively play Russian President Pavel Ostrov, Foreign Minister Anton Gorev, and First Lady Maria Ostrova.

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* FakeRussian: Creator/OlekKrupa (Polish), Creator/YorgoConstantine (Greek), and Angela Gots Creator/AngelaGots (New Yorker) respectively play Russian President Pavel Ostrov, Foreign Minister Anton Gorev, and First Lady Maria Ostrova.
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* FakeRussian: Creator/OlekKrupa (Polish), Creator/YorgoConstantine (Greek), and Angela Gots (New Yorker) respectively play Russian President Pavel Ostrov, Foreign Minister Anton Gorev, and First Lady Maria Ostrova.
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** Henry's dad is [[Film/TopGun Mike "Viper" Metcalf]].
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** Perennial That Guy Creator/ErickAvari plays the Turkish foreign minister.

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** Perennial That Guy Creator/ErickAvari plays the Turkish foreign minister.minister.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[Disney/TheJungleBook Bagheera]] is the Foreign Minister of Iran.
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* FakeAmerican: Creator/ZeljkoIvanek (Russell Jackson) is originally from Slovenia.

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* TheCastShowoff: In "The Show Must Go On", Nadine, Blake, and Daisy sing Music/BillyJoel's "The Longest Time" (with the lyrics rewritten by Matt to be about a trade deal) at a conference. Nadine (Creator/BebeNeuwirth) leads with a ''very'' nice alto croon.
* FakeAmerican: Creator/ZeljkoIvanek (Russell Jackson) is originally from Slovenia.Slovenia, though he's been an American citizen for years.
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* FakeNationality: Creator/UsmanAlly (Iranian Foreign Minister Zahed Javani) is from Swaziland.
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* FakeAmerican: Creator/ZeljkoIvanek (Russell Jackson) is originally from Slovenia.
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** Prince Yousif infamously [[Film/TheLastAirbender punched a fish]].

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** Prince Yousif infamously [[Film/TheLastAirbender punched a fish]].fish]].
** Perennial That Guy Creator/ErickAvari plays the Turkish foreign minister.

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** Madam Secretary hung around with some Film/BadBoys when she was younger.

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** Madam Secretary hung around with some Film/BadBoys when she was younger.younger, and even [[Film/JurassicParkIII survived an island full of dinosaurs]].
** Prince Yousif infamously [[Film/TheLastAirbender punched a fish]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Madam Secretary hung around with some Film/BadBoys when she was younger.

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