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Line 1: {{work}} {{quote\| Vote for a winner, and you'll feel like one!}} Aggie finds that, in the wake of her outburst in [[Penny and Aggie ~~(Webcomic)~~/Recap/The Race Card~~/Recap~~\|The Race Card]], many of her peers still think she's insane. She also discovers that few people share her liberal political views. So when Penny tells her sarcastically that if she likes making speeches so much, she should run for president, Aggie decides to do just that, in the student council election. Seeking out Duane for advice on how to be better liked, she learns that he too is campaigning for president, and they begin a friendly competition. Aggie announces her campaign by comandeering the school P.A. system, enraging Principal Giuliani. His hands are tied, however, due to a loophole in school regulations, so he merely calls her father Nick who, as an activist himself, assures Aggie he's proud of her. Penny is still seeing Duane platonically, but wonders why she's so reluctant to kiss him or otherwise take their relationship to the next stage. When Sara witnesses her avoiding an expected confrontation with Aggie for socializing with Duane, she erupts in frustration over Penny's failure to see what "everyone else" allegedly can: that behind her enmity with Aggie is a "seething, roiling bond" of love. Penny is stunned speechless. Line 17: * [[All Elections Are Serious Business]] Aggie runs on a campaign of "progress toward peace," apparently under the impression that a high school student council can end war. [[Zig -Zagging Trope\|Zig zagged]] with Stan. He seemingly treats the election as a joke, filling his campaign with silly slogans ("Vote Stan. He's against nuclear testing in our schools"), posters of him in a superhero costume, and transparently unachievable promises ("a parking space for every car...a passing grade for anyone who wants it badly enough"). On the other hand, he and Jack seem to spend an inordinate amount of time and effort on all this. He then throws the election for a transparently spurious reason. Then he confides in Jack that this was [[Batman Gambit\|all part of his long-range plan]] to win easy election the following year, for the more serious motive of bolstering his university applications. * [[Blatant Lies]]: Stan's purported reason for dropping out of the race: that his aunt's health will be endangered if she finds out he's gone into politics. * [[Casanova]]: During the debate, Duane mentions, as evidence of Stan's untrustworthiness, his being seen "coming out of closed doors with ''six'' different ladies over the course of the semester." While Stan spins this as simply being a "people-pleaser" (with which [[Friends ~~With~~with Benefits\|Brandi]] audibly agrees), Jack nudges Bob and Elmer and holds up ''eight'' fingers. * [[The Chessmaster]]: Stan. * [[Chewbacca Defence]]: As the debate draws to a close, Stan says he'd like to move from discussing character to discussing the issues. "Are you in favor of them?", he asks his opponents. "I am. Are you?" Aggie and Duane both sputter objections to this nonsensical question before saying, as the bell rings, they're in favour of ''discussing'' them. "Good to see you [[Follow the Leader\|on the bandwagon]]," says Stan, as an accompanying pie chart with poll results shows his strategy worked. Line 29: * [[Imagine Spot]]: Penny standing still in shock through several changes of season, two alien invasions and the heat death of the universe. * [[Insult Backfire]]: Penny's slamming Aggie, for talking to an interested Sara about endangered species, has an unexpected effect. {{quote\| '''Penny:''' If you like making speeches so much, run for president.~~<br />~~ '''Aggie:''' Fine! I will!~~<br />~~ '''Sara:''' That has to be the best comeback in the history of conversation. }} * [[Let's Just Be Friends]]: Penny considers telling Duane this. {{quote\| "Duane, I'm here to offer you a shoulder...a just-friends kind of shoulder." Yeah, ''that'll'' go over [well]...}} * [[Seasonal Baggage]]: Penny remaining rooted to one spot through seasonal changes is a "montage" instance of this trope. * [[Shipper Onon Deck]]: Sara, for Penny and Aggie. * [[Shout-Out]] ** One of Stan's campaign videos incorporates the infamous [http://goo.gl/uuxas Daisy ad] from the 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson presidential campaign. Line 44: {{reflist}} [[Category:Penny and Aggie (Webcomic)/Recap]]▼ ~~[[Category:Penny And Aggie Campaign Trail]]~~ [[Category:Recap]] [[Category:Penny and Aggie]] ▲[[Category:Penny and Aggie ~~(Webcomic)~~/Recap]]