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[[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: [[The Movie]].
Well, we should probably be a little more comprehensive than that. '''''Head of State''''' is a 2003 film. The party candidates (Which party? [[No Party Given|Who knows]]) for president and vice-president were killed when [[Contrived Coincidence|their planes crashed into each other]]. Senator Bill Arnot (James Rebhorn), believing they have no chance of winning since the other party's candidate is unbeatable (Having been vice-president for eight years, a Vietnam War veteran, ''and'' being Sharon Stone's cousin), decides to set his party up as next election's favorite. He decides to put Mays Gilliam (Chris Rock), a black alderman of the 9th Ward in Washington D.C., on the ticket. The idea is that Mays will garner them goodwill among the minority voters of America, so that when the next election comes they will be predisposed to vote for whoever the party has nominated, which Arnot plans to be himself. Unfortunately, once Mays decides to run things his way, he does do well. [[Gone Horribly Right|Too well.]] So well that it looks like he has a legitimate chance of winning, and even if he fails, he will do well enough to be nominated again for the next election instead of Arnot. Much of what follows is Arnot trying to undermine Mays while presidential favorite Brian Lewis (Nick Searcy) underestimates Mays to the very end.
Not to be confused with [[Head of State (2016 film)|the 2016 film of the same name]], or the 2004 album by Cali Agents.
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* [[Attack of the Political Ad]]: Gilliam refuses to run attack ads on Lewis. Not because he has a moral compunction against them (Although he does), but because he just does not think they do any good because ''everybody'' runs attack ads. He points out that, in [[Bugs Bunny]] cartoons, what hurt Elmer Fudd the most was not when Bugs would attack him directly, but when he would ''kiss'' him. So, Gilliam runs an ad campaign of people professing their support for Lewis: People like members of the KKK, [[Osama Bin Laden]] and others.
* [[Be Yourself]]: Mayes' campaign takes off after he stops trying to be what is expected of him and runs the campaign his way. It helps that the original campaign was deliberately engineered to ''not'' be successful.
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** Mayes has "That ain't right!" as his slogan.
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: Mayes only gets a shot because the presidential and vice-presidential candidates die when their planes crash into each other.
* [[Determinator]] Mays and Mitch. When they are advised that to win the election, Brian Lewis must get into a debate, that they know he won't win. Brian knows it too and refuses. When Martin laments that calling Brian a [[Tempting Fate|little bitch won't get him to debate.]] Mays and Mitch do just that, by stalking and interrupting many of his interviews demanding the debate. It's taken [[Up to Eleven]], when they stalk him while jogging and hijack his tv. All of while quoting [[Shout Out|Puff Daddy's verse in Mase]].
{{quote|'''Mays:''' I thought I told you that we won't stop. I thought I told you that we won't stop.}}
* [[Enemy Mine]]: {{spoiler|Towards the end, Arnot actually gives Lewis advice on how to pull out a last minute victory, since neither of them wants to see Gilliam win}}.
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: Arnot picks Mayes because he thinks he is capable of running a good race without actually winning., garnering them good will for the next election. Except he runs a ''really'' good race.
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** The guy with the demo CD trying to get a Presidential candidate and his running mate to promote his music.
* [[Rushmore Refacement]]: Mayes' head is added to the lineup, complete with shiny tooth.
* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: Mays declines a campaign contribution from beverage company whose latest brand of malt liquor is clearly marketed to encourage underage drinking.
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* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: Party head Bill Arnott chooses Gilliam as their replacement presidential candidate because it will win minority votes for the party and set him up for a win when he runs for president during the next election. He is not at all prepared for the possibility that Gilliam might win.
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