Line #17 PlayingWith/PermanentElectedOfficial


1	'''Basic Trope''': An elected official who is never removed from office.
2	* '''Straight''': Mayor Bob is mayor of Trope City in the beginning of ''AliceAndBob'' and through the series' entire run.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob is {{immortal\|ity}}, ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, and has been the mayor ever since Trope City was founded.
5	** [[UltimateJobSecurity Bob keeps getting re-elected despite]] [[CorruptPolitician loads of corruption scandals,]] [[TheCasanova many extramarital affairs,]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and getting many speeding tickets.]]
6	* '''Downplayed''': Bob is serving his third term as mayor, which already is longer than usual in the town.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Bob is an honest mayor, respected and beloved by the whole town.
9	** Bob has [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections]] that enforce his UltimateJobSecurity.
10	** Bob has [[LandslideElection won easily]] many times before, so nobody bothers running against him anymore.
11	** Bob runs a PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny, and the "democratic process" is rigged to keep himself in power.
12	** Bob is the King of an ElectiveMonarchy; the next election will take place when he either dies or abdicates.
13	* '''Inverted''': [[HighTurnoverRate No mayor of Trope City]] [[ShortLivedLeadership has ever served a full term.]]
14	* '''Subverted''':
15	** Trope City finally gets fed up with corrupt, stupid mayor Bob and elects Charles in his place.
16	** The various ''[[IdenticallyNamedGroup Mayor Bobs]]'' only sound like they are a single person to outsiders.
17	** Mayor Bob has never been removed from office, but that's because Trope-City has been absorbed into Tropopolis during his tenure, rendering the office void.
18	* '''Double Subverted''': [[VetinariJobSecurity Charles turns out to be even worse]], and Bob is elected back into office in the next election.
19	* '''Parodied''':
20	** Despite never having registered to run in an election, Bob has been re-elected for ages and many times on end.
21	** Bob continues to get re-elected as hall monitor of his school ... many years after graduating.
22	* '''Zig-Zagged''':
23	** Some jurisdictions have long-serving elected leaders, while others have a ''very'' HighTurnoverRate.
24	** Bob's first stint as mayor of Trope City lasts a full four-year term, then he loses his re-election bid. Some time later, he wins the mayoralty back and goes on to serve another eight terms before retiring. In the next mayoral election, he runs one last time and wins but, for whatever reason, he doesn't serve his whole mandate.
25	* '''Averted''': Trope City's law forbids mayors from staying more than two terms in charge.
26	* '''Enforced''':
27	** StatusQuoIsGod
28	** Bob is a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of someone who occupied some political office for a long time and was never voted out of office.
29	** This is a SpaceManagementGame; the player needs to remain "permanently elected" in order for them to [[EndlessGame continue playing indefinitely]].
30	* '''Lampshaded''': "I can be re-elected in this town no matter what I do."
31	* '''Invoked''': Mayor Bob pursues initiatives that end up making him a UniversallyBelovedLeader. Meanwhile, if there are term limits, he pushes for them to be extended or removed, and if there aren't, he doesn't call for them to be instated.
32	* '''Exploited''': People who need mayoral approval to do something learn to tailor their proposals to appeal to Bob specifically.
33	* '''Defied''': Bob is such a MayorPain that even his political allies are trying to persuade him to retire.
34	* '''Discussed''': "Bob's been mayor for a long time here. Personally, I think it's time for a change."
35	* '''Conversed''': ???
36	* '''Implied''': Bob is TheGhost and all the oldest people in town say he's been around since they were young.
37	* '''Deconstructed''':
38	** Bob campaigns well but governs poorly, so he wins over the [[TheDitz dumb masses]] with big promises and mismanages the town in every possible way -- and those who see him for what he is [[ApatheticCitizens don't care to stop him]].
39	** Conversely, Bob governs so well that the rest of the townspeople rely on him to be mayor and nobody prepares for his inevitable retirement or death. When one of those happens, things in Trope City stop working as well as they should because the new mayor is ill-prepared and unskilled.
40	*** Similarly, even one especially good executive figure isn't everything. Even Bob needs councillors and bureaucracy to help him make policy and sign off on his initiatives, and if they can't co-operate, the city won't work as well as it should.
41	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
42	%%* '''Played for Laughs''': ???
43	%%* '''Played for Drama''': ???
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45	I am the PermanentElectedOfficial of the main page.

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