History UsefulNotes / AlGore

* Al has gleefully [[AdamWestng mocked his own shortcomings]] ever since the 2000 election, mostly on ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''.
** He also plays himself in a ''[[Series/TheWestWing West Wing]]'' sketch (along with Martin Sheen and the other regulars) on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': The cast and crew try to usher him out of the Oval Office set, but Al refuses to budge, pretending to ring up Putin on a prop phone.

To the frustration of more than a few Clinton loyalists, the Gore campaign shifted from center-left to centrist in hopes of distancing him from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and what some considered [[TheScapegoat a failure of oversight]] on Al's part. Gore started out from an advantage, as Clinton's approval ratings were still good and the economy was weathering the dot-com bubble, while Bush was viewed as little more than a brand name. That quickly changed over the course of the debates (''[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass "They misunderestimated me!]]"''), when Bush successfully took the initiative away from Gore on the issue of Social Security privatization. Bush alleged that S.S. was going to go bankrupt if left unchecked. While Gore initially refuted this claim, he finally blinked and rolled out the "lockbox" plan, an [[MissingStepsPlan opaque strategy]] to say the least. The lockbox was much-parodied and viewed by the electorate as a tacit admission that Bush was right. Unfortunately for Gore's camp, they fumbled the ball again by neglecting key battleground states -- including Gore's home turf of Tennessee -- which turned Red in spite of the assumption that [[DidntThinkThisThrough they were in Gore's pocket]]. The endgame took place in Florida, where officials spent '''two months''' counting and re-counting ballots to determine who won the state; it was ''that'' tight. Gore actually ended up winning more votes than by a very slight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]], but Bush carried the election due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]). Had Gore not lost Tennessee, the votes gained in Florida would not have mattered.

After leaving office, Mr Gore became an environmental activist whose work, including the Oscar-winning documentary ''Film/AnInconvenientTruth'', earned him a Nobel Prize. There were also some concerns that he exaggerated the dangers on some issues (e.g. the "hockey stick" graph), but he generally got more right than wrong. Gore's film was lampooned in various forms of American media for his seemingly textbook liberal agenda. In 2006 he was parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' in which he insists on alarming the residents about the existence of a "half man, half bear, and half pig!" The episode ends with Al Gore [[EngineeredHeroism attaching a cape to himself and pretending to fly off]]. There was also some irony to be had with Bush's energy-efficient Crawford ranch, causing Gore's words to boomerang back onto his own lavish Nashville home.

!!Tropes as portrayed in fiction:
* AdamWesting: Mainly on ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''. He also plays himself in a ''[[Series/TheWestWing West Wing]]'' sketch (along with Martin Sheen and the other regulars) on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': The cast and crew try to usher him out of the Oval Office set, but Al refuses to budge, pretending to ring up Putin on a prop phone.

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* BeamMeUpScotty: He never said he "invented the internet". What he actually said was, "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system." He was referring to, among other things, a law he authored and pushed through that opened up ARPANET (precursor of today's Internet) to beyond the military and select universities.
** For what it's worth, Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn have agreed with his statement.
** What Gore ''can'' be credited for is coining the phrase "information superhighway".
* TheComicallySerious: Knows this is how he's seen, and is not above making fun of his own "boring" reputation; for example, when he demonstrated the "Al Gore Macarena," which was simply him standing in place.
** His daughter Kristin is a staff writer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', and he has guest-starred on the show a few times, playing this to the hilt.
-->"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to save some whales. Excelsior!" ''{flies away on a solar-powered rocket}''
* DeadpanSnarker: When not deadpan "boring".
* [[GranolaGirl Granola Guy]]: So much he thought UsefulNotes/BarackObama's dismal performance in the first 2012 Presidential debate was [[InsaneTrollLogic based on the altitude in Denver]].
* MoralGuardians: He's not, particularly, but his would-have-been First Lady Tipper Gore is a rather notable one. She is known for her criticism of the "immoral" music industry, and was responsible for labelling the "Filthy Fifteen" that was taken to court and was ultimately responsible for the "Parental Advisory" (a.k.a. the "Tipper Sticker") label on albums.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to UsefulNotes/BillClinton's Red Oni.
* SelfDeprecation: He is well aware of his reputation for dull, monotone oratory, and frequently jokes about it in his speeches.
** "Hello. I'm Al Gore, and I used to be the next President of the United States."
** Also, when he hosted SaturdayNightLive. During his monologue, he mentioned that people sometimes found him patronizing.
-->"Patronizing, of course, means talking to people like they're stupid..."
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The results of the 2000 election. It was that muddled, and that close, a call to make either way.

After leaving office, Mr Gore became an environmental activist whose work, including the Oscar-winning documentary ''Film/AnInconvenientTruth'', earned him a Nobel Prize. There were also some concerns that he exaggerated the dangers on some issues (e.g. the "hockey stick" graph), but he generally got more right than wrong. Gore's film was lampooned in various forms of American media for his seemingly textbook liberal agenda. In 2006 he was parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark in which he insists on informing the residents of the town about the existence of a "half man, half bear, and half pig!" The episode ends with Al Gore [[EngineeredHeroism attaching a cape to himself and pretending to fly off]]. There was also some irony to be had with Bush's energy-efficient Crawford ranch, causing Gore's words to boomerang back onto his own lavish Nashville home.

After leaving office, Mr Gore became an environmental activist whose work, including the Oscar-winning documentary ''Film/AnInconvenientTruth'', earned him a Nobel Prize. There were also some concerns that he exaggerated the dangers on some issues (e.g. the "hockey stick" graph), but that he generally got more right than wrong. Gore's film was lampooned in various forms of American media for his seemingly textbook liberal agenda. In 2006 he was parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark in which he insists on informing the residents of the town about the existence of a "half man, half bear, and half pig!" The episode ends with Al Gore [[EngineeredHeroism attaching a cape to himself and pretending to fly off]]. There was also some irony to be had with Bush's energy-efficient Crawford ranch, causing Gore's words to boomerang back onto his own lavish Nashville home.

After leaving office, Mr Gore became an environmental activist whose work, including the Oscar-winning {{documentary}} ''AnInconvenientTruth'', earned him a Nobel Prize. He has also appeared multiple times on ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' and on Current TV, a network he founded and co-headed until selling it in 2012 to Qatar-based news group Al-Jazeera.

To the frustration of more than a few Clinton loyalists, the Gore campaign shifted from center-left to centrist in hopes of distancing him from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and what some considered [[TheScapegoat a failure of oversight]] on Al's part. Bush started out from a disadvantage, as Clinton's approval ratings were still good and the economy was weathering the dot-com bubble, while Bush was viewed as little more than a brand name. That quickly changed over the course of the debates (''[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass "They misunderestimated me!]]"''), when Bush successfully took the initiative away from Gore on the issue of Social Security privatization. Bush alleged that S.S. was going to go bankrupt if left unchecked. While Gore initially refuted this claim, he finally blinked and rolled out the "lockbox" plan, an [[MissingStepsPlan opaque strategy]] to say the least. The lockbox was much-parodied and viewed by the electorate as a tacit admission that Bush was right. Unfortunately for Gore's camp, they fumbled the ball again by neglecting key battleground states -- including Gore's home turf of Tennessee -- which turned Red in spite of the assumption that [[DidntThinkThisThrough they were in Gore's pocket]]. The endgame took place in Florida, where officials spent '''two months''' counting and re-counting ballots to determine who won the state; it was ''that'' tight. Gore actually ended up winning more votes than by a very slight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]], but Bush carried the election due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]). Had Gore not lost Tennessee, the votes gained in Florida would not have mattered.

'''Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr.''' (March 31, 1948-) was the Vice President of UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates under UsefulNotes/BillClinton from 1993-2001. Before that, he served as U.S. Representative for the Nashville area (1977-1985), and then as Tennessee's junior U.S. Senator (1985-1993). After Clinton was term-limited out of office in 2000, Gore became his party's nominee for President, running on a platform of "If it ain't broke..." against then-Texas Governor UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush.

To the frustration of more than a few Clinton loyalists, the Gore campaign shifted from center-left to centrist in hopes of distancing himself from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and what some considered a failure of oversight on Al's part. Bush started out from a disadvantage, as Clinton's approval ratings were still good and the economy was weathering the dot-com bubble, while Bush was viewed as little more than a brand name. That quickly changed over the course of the debates (''[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass "They misunderestimated me!]]"''), when Bush successfully took the initiative away from Gore on the issue of Social Security privatization. Bush held that S.S. was going to go bankrupt if left unchecked. While Gore initially denied these claims, he eventually blinked and rolled out an opaque strategy known as the "lockbox" plan. The lockbox was much-parodied on television and viewed by the electorate as a tacit admission that Bush was right. Unfortunately for Gore's camp, they fumbled the ball again by neglecting key battleground states -- including Gore's home turf of Tennessee -- which turned Red in spite of the assumption that they were in Gore's pocket. The endgame took place in Florida, where officials spent '''two months''' counting and re-counting ballots to determine who won the state; it was ''that'' tight. Gore actually ended up winning more votes than by a very slight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]], but Bush carried the election due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]). Had Gore not lost Tennessee, the votes gained in Florida would have been negligible.

but he invented the alGOREithm.]]

To the frustration of more than a few Clinton loyalists, the Gore campaign shifted from center-left to center-right in hopes of distancing himself from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and what some considered a failure of oversight on Al's part. Bush started out from a disadvantage, as Clinton's approval ratings were still good and the economy was weathering the dot-com bubble, while Bush was viewed as little more than a brand name. That quickly changed over the course of the debates (''[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass "They misunderestimated me!]]"''), when Bush successfully took the initiative away from Gore on the issue of Social Security privatization. Bush held that S.S. was going to go bankrupt if left unchecked. While Gore initially denied these claims, he eventually blinked and rolled out an opaque strategy known as the "lockbox" plan. The lockbox was much-parodied on television and viewed by the electorate as a tacit admission that Bush was right. Unfortunately for Gore's camp, they fumbled the ball again by neglecting key battleground states -- including Gore's home turf of Tennessee -- which turned Red in spite of the assumption that they were in Gore's pocket. The endgame took place in Florida, where officials spent '''two months''' counting and re-counting ballots to determine who won the state; it was ''that'' tight. Gore actually ended up winning more votes than by a very slight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]], but Bush carried the election due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]). Had Gore not lost Tennessee, the votes gained in Florida would have been negligible.

'''Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr.''' (March 31, 1948-) was the Vice President of UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates under UsefulNotes/BillClinton from 1993-2001. Before that, he served as U.S. Representative for the Nashville area (1977-1985), and then as Tennessee's junior U.S. Senator (1985-1993). After Clinton was term-limited out of office in 2000, Gore became his party's nominee for President, running on a platform of "if it's ain't broke..." against then-Texas Governor UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush.

To the frustration of more than a few Clinton loyalists, the Gore campaign shifted from center-left to center-right in hopes of distancing himself from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and what some considered a failure of oversight on Al's part. Bush started out from a disadvantage, as Clinton's approval ratings were still good and the economy was weathering the dot-com bubble, while Bush was viewed as little more than a brand name. That quickly changed over the course of the debates (''[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass "They misunderestimated me!]]"''), when Bush successfully took the initiative away from Gore on the issue of Social Security privatization. Bush held that S.S. was going to go bankrupt if left unchecked. While Gore initially denied these claims, he eventually blinked and rolled out an opaque strategy known as the "lockbox" plan. The lockbox was much-parodied on television and viewed by the electorate as a tacit admission that Bush was right. Unfortunately for Gore's camp, they fumbled the ball again by neglecting key battleground states -- including Gore's home turf of Tennessee -- which turned Red in spite of the assumption that they were in Gore's pocket. The endgame took place in Florida, where officials pent '''two months''' counting and re-counting ballots to determine who won the state; it was ''that'' tight. Gore actually ended up winning more votes than by a very slight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]], but Bush carried the election due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]). Had Gore not lost Tennessee, the votes gained in Florida would have been negligible.

To the frustration of more than a few Clinton loyalists, the Gore campaign shifted from center-left to center-right in hopes of distancing himself from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and what some considered a failure of oversight on Al's part. Bush started out from a disadvantage, as Clinton's approval ratings were still good and the economy was weathering the dot-com bubble, while Bush was viewed as little more than a brand name. That quickly changed over the course of the debates (''[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass "They misunderestimated me!]]"''), when Bush successfully took the initiative away from Gore on the issue of Social Security privatization. Bush held that S.S. was going to go bankrupt if left unchecked. While Gore initially denied these claims, he eventually blinked and rolled out an opaque strategy known as the "lockbox" plan. The lockbox was much-parodied on television and viewed by the electorate as a tacit admission that Bush was right. Unfortunately for Gore's camp, they fumbled the ball again by neglecting key battleground states -- including Gore's home turf of Tennessee -- which turned Red in spite of the assumption that they were in Gore's pocket. The endgame took place in Florida, where officials pent '''two months''' counting and re-counting ballots to determine who won the state; it was ''that'' tight. Gore actually ended up winning more votes than by a very slight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]], but Bush carried the elction due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]). Had Gore not lost Tennessee, the votes gained in Florida would have been negligible.

To the frustration of more than a few Clinton loyalists, the Gore campaign shifted from center-left to center-right in hopes of distancing himself from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and what some considered a failure of oversight on Al's part. Bush started out from a disadvantage, as Clinton's approval ratings were still good and the economy was weathering the dot-com bubble, while Bush was viewed as little more than a brand name. That quickly changed over the course of the debates (''[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass "They misunderestimated me!]]"''), when Bush successfully took the initiative away from Gore on the issue of Social Security privatization. Bush held that S.S. was going to go bankrupt if left unchecked. While Gore initially denied these claims, he eventually blinked and rolled out an opaque strategy known as the "lockbox" plan. The lockbox was much-parodied on television and viewed by the electorate as a tacit admission that Bush was right. Unfortunately for Gore's camp, they fumbled the ball again by neglecting key battleground states -- including Gore's home turf of Tennessee -- which turned Red in spite of the assumption that they were in Gore's pocket. The endgame took place in Florida, where officials pent '''two months''' counting and re-counting ballots to determine who won the state; it was ''that'' tight. Gore and actually won more votes than by a very slight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]], but Bush ultimately won due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]). Had Gore not lost Tennessee, the votes gained in Florida would have been negligible.

To the frustration of more than a few Clinton loyalists, the Gore campaign shifted from center-left to center-right in hopes of distancing himself from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and what some considered a failure of oversight on Al's part. Bush started out from a disadvantage, as Clinton's approval ratings were still good and the economy was weathering the dot-com bubble, while Bush was viewed as little more than a brand name. That quickly changed over the course of the debates (''[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass "They misunderestimated me!]]"''), when Bush successfully took the initiative away from Gore on the issue of Social Security privatization. Bush held that S.S. was going to go bankrupt if left unchecked. While Gore initially denied these claims, he eventually blinked and rolled out an opaque strategy known as the "lockbox" plan. The lockbox was much-parodied on television and viewed by the electorate as a tacit admission that Bush was right. Unfortunately for Gore's camp, they fumbled the ball again by neglecting key battleground states -- including Gore's home turf of Tennessee -- which turned Red in spite of the assumption that they were in Gore's pocket. The endgame took place in Florida, where official spent '''two months''' counting and re-counting ballots to determine who won the state; it was ''that'' tight. Gore and actually won more votes than by a very slight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]], but Bush ultimately won due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]). Had Gore not lost Tennessee, the votes gained in Florida would have been negligible.

To the frustration of more than a few Clinton loyalists, the Gore campaign shifted from center-left to center-right in hopes of distancing himself from the Monica Lewinsky scandal and what some considered a failure of oversight on Al's part. Bush started out from a disadvantage, as Clinton's approval ratings were still good and the economy was weathering the dot-com bubble, while Bush was viewed as little more than a brand name. That quickly changed over the course of the debates (''"They misunderestimated me!"), when Bush successfully took the initiative away from Gore on the issue of Social Security privatization. Bush held that S.S. was going to go bankrupt if left unchecked. While Gore initially denied these claims, he eventually blinked and rolled out an opaque strategy known as the "lockbox" plan. The lockbox was much-parodied on television and viewed by the electorate as a tacit admission that Bush was right. Unfortunately for Gore's camp, they fumbled the ball again by neglecting key battleground states -- including Gore's home turf of Tennessee -- which turned Red in spite of the assumption that they were in Gore's pocket. The endgame took place in Florida, where official spent '''two months''' counting and re-counting ballots to determine who won the state; it was ''that'' tight. Gore and actually won more votes than by a very slight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]], but Bush ultimately won due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]). Had Gore not lost Tennessee, the votes gained in Florida would have been negligible.

[[caption-width-right:He didn't invent the internet but he invented the alGOREithm.]]

'''Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr.''' (March 31, 1948-) was the Vice President of UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates under UsefulNotes/BillClinton from 1993-2001. Before that, he served as U.S. Representative for the Nashville area (1977-1985), and then as Tennessee's junior U.S. Senator (1985-1993). After Clinton was term-limited out of office in 2000, Gore became his party's nominee for President, and actually won more votes than UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush by a very tight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]]. Unfortunately for him, Bush became president due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]).

* MoralGuardians: He's not, particularly, but his would-have-been First Lady Tipper Gore is a rather notable one. She is known for her criticism of the "immoral" music industry, and was responsible for labelling the "Filthy Fifteen" that was taken to court and was ultimately responsible for the "Parental Advisory" label on albums.

* AdamWesting: mainly on ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''. He also plays himself in a ''[[Series/TheWestWing West Wing]]'' sketch (along with Martin Sheen and the other regulars) on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': The cast and crew try to usher him out of the Oval Office set, but Al refuses to budge, pretending to ring up Putin on a prop phone.

--->"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to save some whales. Excelsior!" ''{flies away on a solar-powered rocket}''

--> "Patronizing, of course, means talking to people like they're stupid. . ."

Just for added strangeness, Gore was Creator/TommyLeeJones' roommate at Harvard. And according to author Erich Segal (who attended Harvard at the same time) the hero of his novel ''LoveStory'' was based on a fusion of the two of them.

* AdamWesting: mainly on ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''. He also plays himself in a ''[[Series/TheWestWing West Wing]]'' sketch (along with Martin Sheen and the other regulars) on ''SaturdayNightLive'': The cast and crew try to usher him out of the Oval Office set, but Al refuses to budge, pretending to ring up Putin on a prop phone.

* AdamWesting: mainly on ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''. He also plays himself in a ''Series/WestWing'' sketch on ''SaturdayNightLive'': The cast and crew try to usher him out of the Oval Office set, but Al refuses to budge, pretending to ring up Putin on a prop phone.

* AdamWesting: mainly on ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''.

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) was the Vice President of UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates under UsefulNotes/BillClinton from 1993-2001. Before that, he served as U.S. Representative for the Nashville area (1977-1985), and then as Tennessee's junior U.S. Senator (1985-1993). After Clinton was term-limited out of office in 2000, Gore became his party's nominee for President, and actually won more votes than UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush by a very tight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]]. Unfortunately for him, Bush became president due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]).

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born 1948) was the Vice President of UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates under UsefulNotes/BillClinton from 1993-2001. Before that, he served as U.S. Representative for the Nashville area (1977-1985), and then as Tennessee's junior U.S. Senator (1985-1993). After Clinton was term-limited out of office in 2000, Gore became his party's nominee for President, and actually won more votes than UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush by a very tight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]]. Unfortunately for him, Bush became president due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]).

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born 1948) was the Vice President of UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates under BillClinton from 1993-2001. Before that, he served as U.S. Representative for the Nashville area (1977-1985), and then as Tennessee's junior U.S. Senator (1985-1993). After Clinton was term-limited out of office in 2000, Gore became his party's nominee for President, and actually won more votes than UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush by a very tight margin[[note]] half-a-million votes out of about 100 million cast, or .5%[[/note]]. Unfortunately for him, Bush became president due to the way American presidential elections work ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and that's all that needs to be said]]).

* [[GranolaGirl Granola Guy]]: So much he thought BarackObama's dismal performance in the first 2012 Presidential debate was [[InsaneTrollLogic based on the altitude in Denver]].