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* KarmaHoudini: Downplayed with Donald; he's a ButtMonkey like the rest of his friends and does get in trouble, but he gets a way with a lot of badmouthing that would get most kids in trouble, notably calling his teacher a bitch and cussing out his mom.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: Whenever a teacher says "Good morning" to the class, most of the students will greet them back in kind, but Donald will never fail to throw a vulgar insult; calling Mr. Zuck "Mr. Fuck" and telling Ms. Smith "Good morning, bitch."
** Donald's MaliciousMisnaming (detailed above) whenever anyone says "Good morning, class."
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* RousingSpeech: Obamna frequently gives these, possibly referencing the ream Barrack Obama's skills as an orator.
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* DullSurprise: Sometimes the dialogue comes off this way, due to the AI voices, which adds to the humor.
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** In "Science Fair", Ben and the boys' story serve as a backdrop for a crime farce starring drug lord [[Series/BreakingBad Heisenberg]], addict Dusty, and other junkies and members of the town's criminal underworld fighting each other for the "candy" the boys made for their project.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: In "Science Fair", a group of violent drug dealers and [[AddledAddict malajusted junkies]] are so put off by Ben's bullying ways that they [[spoiler: turn the tides to help the boys win]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to Right: [[CloudCuckoolander Joe]], [[EmoTeen George]], [[MouthyKid Donald]], and [[OnlySaneMan Obamna]] ]]
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqN2ZBMzkM&list=PLxjouUK0x3nmXnU2cJ9kgdECvgHJiCc_p ''The Presidents'']] is a [=YouTube=] series created by user Saint Splooge, that portrays the [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates United States Presidents]] and other world leaders and celebrities as middle-schoolers with the vocal mimicry AI Eleven Labs.
[[UsefulNotes/JoeBiden Joe]], [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Donald]], and [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Obamna]] are three friends just starting middle school, and new student [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush George]] joins them in Season 2. Outside of sleepovers and playing in the sandbox, their main goal is to climb the social ladder at school. Unfortunately, [[JerkJock the leader of the cool kids]] Ben Shapiro is determined to keep them down. He has the school Principal in his pocket and is also [[ItMakesSenseInContext Joe's mom's boyfriend]], so overcoming him is going to be a huge challenge.
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! This series provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Donald's dad is neglectful of his son and barely cares about him, as well as an alcoholic, which is probably why Donald acts the way he does.
* AdultsAreUseless: Every authority figure in the series so far, except for [[GoodParents George's dad]].
** The Principal lets Ben get away with bullying and belittling the boys, and often harshly punishes them for little-to-no reason. His punishments themselves aren't well thought-out either; he invites Hitler to detention to ScareEmStraight, but didn't vet if he could speak English beforehand. Ms. Smith, one of the teachers, isn't as sadistic but does allow the Cool Kids to walk all over her and get away with their injustices.
** Joe's mom is dating a teenage boy, and stays out of the way while he abuses her son and his friends.
** Donald's mom sets no limits with him, and his dad is a dysfunctional temperamental alcoholic.
** Obamna's mom seems like a good mother at first, but lets her desire for dating/sex cause her to be neglectful and [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter leave the boys with Ben]].
** Even Principal Bernie isn't immune; he ''tries'' to be a good authority figure and is leagues better than the former Principal, but he's not away of how treacherous [[CrapsackWorld this school]] can be and [[spoiler: underestimates Ping's manipulative machinations]].
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: The events of "The Presidents Meet WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}" are all Obamna's dream.]]
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Tristan to Andrew, insisting on playing with him and Kim at their sleepover.
* AssShove: Apparently one way that Ben bullies Joe is by shoving pencils up his ass.
* BigBad: [[UsefulNotes/XiJinping Ping]], as the coolest kid in high school, is the driving force behind most of the boys' problems; though they deal more directly with [[TheHeavy Ben and Vlad]].
* BizarroEpisode:
** "The Presidents Meet Cailou" breaks from form in several ways, having the boys acknowledged in-universe as "Presidents", an InteractiveNarrator, tons of MindScrew, and ending with [[spoiler: The reveal it was all Obamna's dream.]]
** "The Presidents Have a Sleepover At Donald's House" introduces a strain of marijuana that creates the mutual hallucination of ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or portal to]]) a medieval fantasy realm, where the boys go on a quest and Ben and Ping are evil overlords.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The boys and Ben take a break from the plot to discuss viewer confusion about Ben's role in the series.
* BrickJoke:
** The first Sleepover episode has the boys make a bet on who can stay awake the longest, with the losers having to give the winner five dollars, but the video ends before a winner is decided. [[spoiler: When Obamna wakes up from his dream in "The Presidents Meet Caillou", Trump remarks "Guess who owes me five dollars?"]]
** In "Start A Band", when discussing their bullies, Joe laments "I can't handle any more pencils shoved up my ass!" The episode ends with Ben approaching him with pencils.
* TheBully:
** Ben Shapiro is a high schooler who loves to pick on middle school kids.
** Vlad is the main bully in the boys' grade, leading a gang of thugs around to beat them up and take their lunch money.
** It's revealed that the Cool Kids, headed by [[BigBad Ping]], use bullying as a way to keep themselves on top of the social order.
* ButtMonkey: At school, all of Joe, Donald, and Obamna's plans blow up in their face and end up with them either humiliated or in trouble. Even their rare wins have strings attached.
* CharacterDevelopment: So far, Joe shows the most character growth out of the three; going from a timid, submissive coward to standing up to Ben and co. and freely talking to his crush [[UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton Hillary]].
* CoolOldGuy: Principal Bernie is a competent middle-school Principal who hears the kids out and gives them fair punishments when they act out, and snarks back at Principal Pingas.
* DawsonCasting: To an extreme degree; the Presidents are said to be in middle school, but look and sound like their adult selves.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Hillary toward Joe in "Go to the School Dance".
* DoggedNiceGuy: Joe pines after Hillary, who hates his guts.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** The first few videos are titled with "The ''US'' Presidents".
** In the first few episodes, the character based on Barack Obama appears to be named "Obama", with "Obamna" as simply a mispronunciation by [[{{Malaproper}} Donald]]. As the show goes on, everybody (including himself and his mom) call him "Obamna", suggesting that is his real name.
** In the first "The Presidents Have a Sleepover!", Ben is portrayed as an adult and a strict, party-pooping father figure who actually wants Joe and his friends to have fun within (his definition of) reason; rather than an outright sadist. From "Get Detention" onward, he's a teenaged bully from the high school whose goal is to make the boys miserable. He's still dating Joe's mom and acts like a dad at home, though.
** In "Get Detention", Saint Splooge experimented with giving the characters cartoonish, moving mouths. This was quietly dropped.
* EnfantTerrible: It says something that Donald was able to escape a perverted kidnapper just by being ''that'' annoying.
* EmoTeen: George listens to angsty music and acts pretty moody in his debut.
* {{Ephebophile}}: Joe's mom is dating highschooler Ben Shapiro.
* {{Expy}}: Donald resembles other loudmouth shittalking kids [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Cartman]] and [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Eddy]].
* FreudianTrio: Impulsive, no-filter Donald is the Id; cautious and level-headed Obamna is the Superego; and Joe is the Ego.
* HighSchoolHustler: [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim]] lurks in the shadows selling mysterious potions [[spoiler: that turn out to just be Modelo]].
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Cailou's parents are actually named Mommy and Daddy.
* {{Irony}}: Ben goes on frequent diatribes about how the boys are losers and will stay losers because no one in the school hierarchy can ever rise above their station; however, flashbacks in "Field Trip to the Zoo" reveals that Ben was a nerd who was mercilessly bullied in middle school just as much, if not more, than the main trio are, and that he ended up rising up the ranks after Ping noticed him. In the present day, he's still mostly subservient under Ping, who's the real ruler of the school.
* {{Jerkass}}:
** Ben Shapiro is a sadististic, domineering bully who goes out of his way to involve himself in middle school events just to pick on the boys.
** The Principal is an angry jerk who shows favoritism to the cool kids and is a SoreLoser to boot.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Donald is rude, selfish, scheming, and has an insult for everybody he meets... but he's also a loyal friend and won't hesitate to use his foul mouth to stand up for his pals as much as himself.
* KiddieKid: Ignoring the fact that they look and sound like grown men... the boys are supposed to be starting middle school (6th-7th grade), but still play in sandboxes and Biden specifically acts more six than twelve.
* LoveTriangle: Joe [[DoggedNiceGuy pines for Hillary]], who's dating highschooler Ben... [[LoveDodecahedron who's also dating Joe's mom]], though the latter fact doesn't seem to come up when dealing with the triangle plotline. In "Go to the School Dance", Ben and Hillary have broken up and she actually starts to like Joe back, but is wishy-washy on dating him or getting back with Ben because of social appearances. Later, George expresses interest in her too; though he's seemed to have gotten over it.
* LowerDeckEpisode: "Kim and Andrew's Epic Sleepover" is one for Kim and Andrew, who are normally supporting characters. The only one of the main four to appear is [[spoiler: Donald]], and not until halfway through.
* MindScrew: "The Presidents Meet WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}" ends with one. [[spoiler: Justified, as it was all Obamna's dream.]]
* NoIndoorVoice: The school Principal is always screaming angrily, even when he's happy.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Obamna normally takes a backseat to the silliness, but at one point Ben finds his audition tape for Series/AmericasGotTalent where he sings "[[Music/RebeccaBlack Friday]]". He also gets irrationally angry about George [[FelonyMisdemeanor taking the last slice of pizza]].
* NotSoDifferentRemark: When he interrupts their soccer game, Ben points out to Obamna that [[TheAce he and George]] playing on a team against Donald and Joe is essentially picking on those weaker than him; similar to the behavior that Obamna hates him for.
* OnceAnEpisode:
** From the "Sleepover" series:
*** Donald cussing out Ben.
*** The boys debating which pizza chain is the best.
*** Donald's mom telling him to be good, and Donald telling her to "Shut up, Mom!" (Except when the sleepover was at Donald's house, and we're treated to a more respectful conversation between Obamna and his mom)
*** Joe revealing that he doesn't have a necessary component for the game they wanted to play.
** From the school episodes:
*** Ben or Vlad ranting about how cool they are and how lame the boys are.
* OnlySaneMan: Between the childish and spacey Joe and the brash problem-child Donald, Obamna is definently the one holding things together.
* ParentWithNewParamour: In "Have a Sleepover", Donald describes Ben as "your mom's ''new'' boyfriend".
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero:
** Donald, one of the protagonists, loves Hitler.
** George assuming that Obamna would want to play as [[Film/StarWars Mace Windu]] just because he's black. He also uses "gay" as an insult to Obamna's and Joe's Playmobil toys.
* PottyFailure: Joe has a habit of wetting his pants when nervous. Also happens to [[NotSoAboveItAll Obamna]] once.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Oftentimes, the villains eyes will turn red when they're delivering or receiving a BreakingSpeech.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The New Principal, [[UsefulNotes/BernieSanders Bernie]], is nothing like Principal Pingas; he treats all the kids equally and is pretty fair with his punishments. He's [[spoiler: still manipulated by Ping]], but he has to [[BitchInSheepsClothing act like a good student]] to get on Bernie's good side since Bernie isn't going to willingly join a corrupt system.
* RunningGag:
** Joe [[PottyFailure pissing his pants or wetting the bed]]. Also happens to Obamna after a scary dream.
** Ben coming to the room to tell the boys to keep it down, and Donald cussing him out for it.
** Debates about which pizza chain is better.
* SeriousBusiness: Being a "cool kid" is treated as important as holding office or kingship is in political thrillers.
* ShutUpHannibal: In TheMovie, Obamna finally calls out the bullies on their constant hot air.
--> Obamna: "It's just talk. All talk! No action! ... Every damn day, it's all we hear from you guys! 'We are superior!' 'We are cool big kids!' 'We are so much better than you!' 'You guys are peasants!' Blah, blah, blah, blah! If you guys are so much better than us, time to shut your mouths and show us!"
* TheStinger: After the closing title of TheMovie, Ben opens the door to find [[spoiler: Donald dating his mom]].
* ToxicFriendInfluence: In "Have a Sleepover at Donald's House", [[Creator/EllenDeGeneres Obamna's mom]] worries about Donald being a bad influence on her son; based on the fact his parents don't set limits and he tends to bully Joe into breaking the rules. His actions are also most often what lead to their unfortunate predicaments.
* VagueAge: In his first appearance, Ben is dating Joe's mom and acting as a strict stepdad. However, once the boys start going to school, he's said to be a high-schooler. It was later confirmed that he's a Freshman (Sophomore in season 2) who also happens to be dating Joe's mom.
* VillainRespect: At various points, the Cool Kids will begrudgingly admit that [[TheAce Obamna]] has some talents. In the movie, Ben acknowledges his prowess in sports and his critical thinking skills.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Part of what makes the Cool Kids so frustrating is that the Principal and most of the adults think that they're model students.
* VitriolicBestBuds: The main four boys constantly bicker, but it's obvious they love each other.
* VocalDissonance: The voices of middle-aged and senior-aged men; talking like young boys.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to Right: [[CloudCuckoolander Joe]], [[EmoTeen George]], [[MouthyKid Donald]], and [[OnlySaneMan Obamna]] ]]
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqN2ZBMzkM&list=PLxjouUK0x3nmXnU2cJ9kgdECvgHJiCc_p ''The Presidents'']] is a [=YouTube=] series created by user Saint Splooge, that portrays the [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates United States Presidents]] and other world leaders and celebrities as middle-schoolers with the vocal mimicry AI Eleven Labs.
[[UsefulNotes/JoeBiden Joe]], [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Donald]], and [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Obamna]] are three friends just starting middle school, and new student [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush George]] joins them in Season 2. Outside of sleepovers and playing in the sandbox, their main goal is to climb the social ladder at school. Unfortunately, [[JerkJock the leader of the cool kids]] Ben Shapiro is determined to keep them down. He has the school Principal in his pocket and is also [[ItMakesSenseInContext Joe's mom's boyfriend]], so overcoming him is going to be a huge challenge.
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! This series provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Donald's dad is neglectful of his son and barely cares about him, as well as an alcoholic, which is probably why Donald acts the way he does.
* AdultsAreUseless: Every authority figure in the series so far, except for [[GoodParents George's dad]].
** The Principal lets Ben get away with bullying and belittling the boys, and often harshly punishes them for little-to-no reason. His punishments themselves aren't well thought-out either; he invites Hitler to detention to ScareEmStraight, but didn't vet if he could speak English beforehand. Ms. Smith, one of the teachers, isn't as sadistic but does allow the Cool Kids to walk all over her and get away with their injustices.
** Joe's mom is dating a teenage boy, and stays out of the way while he abuses her son and his friends.
** Donald's mom sets no limits with him, and his dad is a dysfunctional temperamental alcoholic.
** Obamna's mom seems like a good mother at first, but lets her desire for dating/sex cause her to be neglectful and [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter leave the boys with Ben]].
** Even Principal Bernie isn't immune; he ''tries'' to be a good authority figure and is leagues better than the former Principal, but he's not away of how treacherous [[CrapsackWorld this school]] can be and [[spoiler: underestimates Ping's manipulative machinations]].
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: The events of "The Presidents Meet WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}" are all Obamna's dream.]]
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Tristan to Andrew, insisting on playing with him and Kim at their sleepover.
* AssShove: Apparently one way that Ben bullies Joe is by shoving pencils up his ass.
* BigBad: [[UsefulNotes/XiJinping Ping]], as the coolest kid in high school, is the driving force behind most of the boys' problems; though they deal more directly with [[TheHeavy Ben and Vlad]].
* BizarroEpisode:
** "The Presidents Meet Cailou" breaks from form in several ways, having the boys acknowledged in-universe as "Presidents", an InteractiveNarrator, tons of MindScrew, and ending with [[spoiler: The reveal it was all Obamna's dream.]]
** "The Presidents Have a Sleepover At Donald's House" introduces a strain of marijuana that creates the mutual hallucination of ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or portal to]]) a medieval fantasy realm, where the boys go on a quest and Ben and Ping are evil overlords.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The boys and Ben take a break from the plot to discuss viewer confusion about Ben's role in the series.
* BrickJoke:
** The first Sleepover episode has the boys make a bet on who can stay awake the longest, with the losers having to give the winner five dollars, but the video ends before a winner is decided. [[spoiler: When Obamna wakes up from his dream in "The Presidents Meet Caillou", Trump remarks "Guess who owes me five dollars?"]]
** In "Start A Band", when discussing their bullies, Joe laments "I can't handle any more pencils shoved up my ass!" The episode ends with Ben approaching him with pencils.
* TheBully:
** Ben Shapiro is a high schooler who loves to pick on middle school kids.
** Vlad is the main bully in the boys' grade, leading a gang of thugs around to beat them up and take their lunch money.
** It's revealed that the Cool Kids, headed by [[BigBad Ping]], use bullying as a way to keep themselves on top of the social order.
* ButtMonkey: At school, all of Joe, Donald, and Obamna's plans blow up in their face and end up with them either humiliated or in trouble. Even their rare wins have strings attached.
* CharacterDevelopment: So far, Joe shows the most character growth out of the three; going from a timid, submissive coward to standing up to Ben and co. and freely talking to his crush [[UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton Hillary]].
* CoolOldGuy: Principal Bernie is a competent middle-school Principal who hears the kids out and gives them fair punishments when they act out, and snarks back at Principal Pingas.
* DawsonCasting: To an extreme degree; the Presidents are said to be in middle school, but look and sound like their adult selves.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Hillary toward Joe in "Go to the School Dance".
* DoggedNiceGuy: Joe pines after Hillary, who hates his guts.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** The first few videos are titled with "The ''US'' Presidents".
** In the first few episodes, the character based on Barack Obama appears to be named "Obama", with "Obamna" as simply a mispronunciation by [[{{Malaproper}} Donald]]. As the show goes on, everybody (including himself and his mom) call him "Obamna", suggesting that is his real name.
** In the first "The Presidents Have a Sleepover!", Ben is portrayed as an adult and a strict, party-pooping father figure who actually wants Joe and his friends to have fun within (his definition of) reason; rather than an outright sadist. From "Get Detention" onward, he's a teenaged bully from the high school whose goal is to make the boys miserable. He's still dating Joe's mom and acts like a dad at home, though.
** In "Get Detention", Saint Splooge experimented with giving the characters cartoonish, moving mouths. This was quietly dropped.
* EnfantTerrible: It says something that Donald was able to escape a perverted kidnapper just by being ''that'' annoying.
* EmoTeen: George listens to angsty music and acts pretty moody in his debut.
* {{Ephebophile}}: Joe's mom is dating highschooler Ben Shapiro.
* {{Expy}}: Donald resembles other loudmouth shittalking kids [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Cartman]] and [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Eddy]].
* FreudianTrio: Impulsive, no-filter Donald is the Id; cautious and level-headed Obamna is the Superego; and Joe is the Ego.
* HighSchoolHustler: [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim]] lurks in the shadows selling mysterious potions [[spoiler: that turn out to just be Modelo]].
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Cailou's parents are actually named Mommy and Daddy.
* {{Irony}}: Ben goes on frequent diatribes about how the boys are losers and will stay losers because no one in the school hierarchy can ever rise above their station; however, flashbacks in "Field Trip to the Zoo" reveals that Ben was a nerd who was mercilessly bullied in middle school just as much, if not more, than the main trio are, and that he ended up rising up the ranks after Ping noticed him. In the present day, he's still mostly subservient under Ping, who's the real ruler of the school.
* {{Jerkass}}:
** Ben Shapiro is a sadististic, domineering bully who goes out of his way to involve himself in middle school events just to pick on the boys.
** The Principal is an angry jerk who shows favoritism to the cool kids and is a SoreLoser to boot.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Donald is rude, selfish, scheming, and has an insult for everybody he meets... but he's also a loyal friend and won't hesitate to use his foul mouth to stand up for his pals as much as himself.
* KiddieKid: Ignoring the fact that they look and sound like grown men... the boys are supposed to be starting middle school (6th-7th grade), but still play in sandboxes and Biden specifically acts more six than twelve.
* LoveTriangle: Joe [[DoggedNiceGuy pines for Hillary]], who's dating highschooler Ben... [[LoveDodecahedron who's also dating Joe's mom]], though the latter fact doesn't seem to come up when dealing with the triangle plotline. In "Go to the School Dance", Ben and Hillary have broken up and she actually starts to like Joe back, but is wishy-washy on dating him or getting back with Ben because of social appearances. Later, George expresses interest in her too; though he's seemed to have gotten over it.
* LowerDeckEpisode: "Kim and Andrew's Epic Sleepover" is one for Kim and Andrew, who are normally supporting characters. The only one of the main four to appear is [[spoiler: Donald]], and not until halfway through.
* MindScrew: "The Presidents Meet WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}" ends with one. [[spoiler: Justified, as it was all Obamna's dream.]]
* NoIndoorVoice: The school Principal is always screaming angrily, even when he's happy.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Obamna normally takes a backseat to the silliness, but at one point Ben finds his audition tape for Series/AmericasGotTalent where he sings "[[Music/RebeccaBlack Friday]]". He also gets irrationally angry about George [[FelonyMisdemeanor taking the last slice of pizza]].
* NotSoDifferentRemark: When he interrupts their soccer game, Ben points out to Obamna that [[TheAce he and George]] playing on a team against Donald and Joe is essentially picking on those weaker than him; similar to the behavior that Obamna hates him for.
* OnceAnEpisode:
** From the "Sleepover" series:
*** Donald cussing out Ben.
*** The boys debating which pizza chain is the best.
*** Donald's mom telling him to be good, and Donald telling her to "Shut up, Mom!" (Except when the sleepover was at Donald's house, and we're treated to a more respectful conversation between Obamna and his mom)
*** Joe revealing that he doesn't have a necessary component for the game they wanted to play.
** From the school episodes:
*** Ben or Vlad ranting about how cool they are and how lame the boys are.
* OnlySaneMan: Between the childish and spacey Joe and the brash problem-child Donald, Obamna is definently the one holding things together.
* ParentWithNewParamour: In "Have a Sleepover", Donald describes Ben as "your mom's ''new'' boyfriend".
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero:
** Donald, one of the protagonists, loves Hitler.
** George assuming that Obamna would want to play as [[Film/StarWars Mace Windu]] just because he's black. He also uses "gay" as an insult to Obamna's and Joe's Playmobil toys.
* PottyFailure: Joe has a habit of wetting his pants when nervous. Also happens to [[NotSoAboveItAll Obamna]] once.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Oftentimes, the villains eyes will turn red when they're delivering or receiving a BreakingSpeech.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The New Principal, [[UsefulNotes/BernieSanders Bernie]], is nothing like Principal Pingas; he treats all the kids equally and is pretty fair with his punishments. He's [[spoiler: still manipulated by Ping]], but he has to [[BitchInSheepsClothing act like a good student]] to get on Bernie's good side since Bernie isn't going to willingly join a corrupt system.
* RunningGag:
** Joe [[PottyFailure pissing his pants or wetting the bed]]. Also happens to Obamna after a scary dream.
** Ben coming to the room to tell the boys to keep it down, and Donald cussing him out for it.
** Debates about which pizza chain is better.
* SeriousBusiness: Being a "cool kid" is treated as important as holding office or kingship is in political thrillers.
* ShutUpHannibal: In TheMovie, Obamna finally calls out the bullies on their constant hot air.
--> Obamna: "It's just talk. All talk! No action! ... Every damn day, it's all we hear from you guys! 'We are superior!' 'We are cool big kids!' 'We are so much better than you!' 'You guys are peasants!' Blah, blah, blah, blah! If you guys are so much better than us, time to shut your mouths and show us!"
* TheStinger: After the closing title of TheMovie, Ben opens the door to find [[spoiler: Donald dating his mom]].
* ToxicFriendInfluence: In "Have a Sleepover at Donald's House", [[Creator/EllenDeGeneres Obamna's mom]] worries about Donald being a bad influence on her son; based on the fact his parents don't set limits and he tends to bully Joe into breaking the rules. His actions are also most often what lead to their unfortunate predicaments.
* VagueAge: In his first appearance, Ben is dating Joe's mom and acting as a strict stepdad. However, once the boys start going to school, he's said to be a high-schooler. It was later confirmed that he's a Freshman (Sophomore in season 2) who also happens to be dating Joe's mom.
* VillainRespect: At various points, the Cool Kids will begrudgingly admit that [[TheAce Obamna]] has some talents. In the movie, Ben acknowledges his prowess in sports and his critical thinking skills.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Part of what makes the Cool Kids so frustrating is that the Principal and most of the adults think that they're model students.
* VitriolicBestBuds: The main four boys constantly bicker, but it's obvious they love each other.
* VocalDissonance: The voices of middle-aged and senior-aged men; talking like young boys.
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