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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"Computers may be twice as fast as they were in 1973, but the average voter is as drunk and stupid as ever. The only one who's changed is me. I've become more bitter and, let's face it, crazy over the years. And when I'm swept into office, I'll sell our children's organs to zoos for meat, and I'll go into people's houses at night and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|wreck up the place!]] [[Evil Laugh|Woahahahahaha!!]]"''
|'''President Richard Nixon's Head''', ''[[Futurama]]''}}
▲{{quote|''"Computers may be twice as fast as they were in 1973, but the average voter is as drunk and stupid as ever. The only one who's changed is me. I've become more bitter and, let's face it, crazy over the years. And when I'm swept into office, I'll sell our children's organs to zoos for meat, and I'll go into people's houses at night and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|wreck up the place!]] [[Evil Laugh|Woahahahahaha!!]]"''|'''President Richard Nixon's Head''', ''[[Futurama]]''}}
This supervillain doesn't just have an [[Elaborate Underground Base]], they have their own ''country'', often a [[Ruritania]], [[Banana Republic]], or [[Qurac]]. This affords them so many resources and so much power that the heroes [[Failure Is the Only Option|are never able to truly beat them]].
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Usually, the heroes aren't fighting against the country ''itself'', apart from the occasional loyal citizen who's been turned into a [[Super Soldier]]. Their beef is strictly with the villain, and the country is usually just a convenient plot device.
The villain's leaderly reputation varies between [[Villain with Good Publicity]] and [[
Similar to the [[Evil Overlord]], but with an international scope. See also [[The Caligula]], which is this trope turned [[Up to Eleven]], ''sans'' the Democracy. [[Our Presidents Are Different|A Different sort of President.]] Not to be confused with [[The Grim Adventures of Billy
Almost always overlaps with [[Corrupt Politician]] or [[Sleazy Politician]]. In terms of the ranks of [[Authority Tropes]], the tropes that are equal are [[God Save Us From the Queen]], [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask]], and [[The High Queen]]. The next steps down are [[The Evil Prince]], [[Prince Charming]], [[Prince Charmless]], [[Warrior Prince]], [[The White Prince]], [[The Wise Prince]], and all [[Princess Tropes]]. The next step up is [[The Emperor]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' anime and manga, {{spoiler|Fuhrer King Bradley is a homunculus.}} When Colonel Roy Mustang tries to expose him to top military brass, he gets a shocker: {{spoiler|most of them were already in on it.}} In the manga, {{spoiler|the entire country of Amestris was founded by Father and the homunculi. Bradley was a human chosen to be the country's ruler and injected with the Philosopher's Stone to make him a homunculus.}}
* In ''Steel Ball Run'' (Part 7 of ''[[
* [[Mai
* In [[Bloody Monday]] (Season Two) President Adams seems to do this, only he's just more of a [[Jerkass]] than someone that's genuinely evil.
* ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' has Patrick Zala, a [[General Ripper]] who is elected chairman of ZAFT and proceeds to lead his nation into a genocidal war. Chairman Gillbert Durandal, ZAFT's leader in ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'' is a different flavour of this, being a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]], [[Anti-Villain]], and [[Dark Messiah]].
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== Comic Books ==
* The trope name is taken from the [[Superman]] arc in which [[Lex Luthor]] became President of the United States, which is most likely a play on the title of the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series.
** It's actually more of a multi-arc
** [[Walkyverse|Shortpacked]] has a [http://www.shortpacked.com/toynewsi/sp-tni229.png great deal of fun] with this one from time to time.
* Dr. Doom, archenemy of the ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'', is probably the best-known, ruling Latveria, an archetypical [[Ruritania]]. He's been deposed a couple times, but always manages to get back in. A big reason for this is, not only was the monarch he replaced a far worse despot, but it seems to be the case with anyone who successfully overthrows him; every time it happens, the citizens of Latveria are glad to have him back.
** And, of course, in the 2099 series of comics, Doctor Doom literally became President Evil when he managed to become President of the United States. Though in that series, he was basically the HERO compared to the soulless evil corporations he was fighting.
*** And he was succeeded by a President who was ''worse'' than the corporations. For added irony, this drug-addicted psychopath claimed to be [[Captain America (comics)|Steve Rogers]].
** It should be noted that he's generally a very good ruler, bringing his country peace and technological advancements. It's only his hatred towards Reed Richards that pushes him towards the [[Mad Scientist]] side.
*** Except for the part where Latveria (and when he conquers it, the world) is a hyperefficient [[Police State]]. Which, granted, is still a step up from the corrupt, brutal, crapsack [[Police State]] it was ''before'' Doom cleaned it up.
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* Philip Nolan Voigt in Marvel's [[New Universe]], a paranormal who can duplicate any other paranormal's powers, only better, uses his abilities to become President. [[Heroes (TV series)|sound familiar]]? Also, Voigt tries to intimidate an [[Intrepid Reporter]] by threatening his elderly mother.
* Black Adam as the leader of Khandaq, though that all came crashing down in ''52''.
* During the '80s, when tensions with Iran were still high after the hostage crisis, the Joker from [[Batman]], who'd just killed Jason Todd in Africa, was chosen to serve as Iran's UN representative, thus giving him diplomatic immunity. I'll repeat that: ''Iran made The Joker a diplomat.'' This was later [[
** And then they did it again in the early 2000s, as part of a plot to nuke New York City.
* ''[[Transmetropolitan]]'': Spider's problems get a whole lot worse once The Smiler becomes president. The Secret Service stalks his filthy assistants, assassins start crawling up his butt, and his stories get killed for reasons of "national security." Mind you, he's able to give as good as he gets...
** The Beast, his predecessor, isn't much better. He is, by all accounts, a venal, selfish bastard, and the main reason he's called "the Beast" is because Spider nicknamed him that and it stuck (to the point that even the guy's ''kids'' call him that). But Spider insists that, for all his corruption, the Beast is something America's handled
* Around the time of the Watergate scandal, [[Captain America (comics)]] discovered that the head of the terrorist organization known as the Secret Empire was in fact "a high-ranking government official" (i.e. President Nixon). He was sufficiently horrified by this that he temporarily abandoned the Captain America identity, calling himself "Nomad". [[Mabus|This troper]] has no idea what Nixon was supposed to have meant to accomplish by running a conspiracy to take over the U.S.A.
** [[Zero Punctuation|Crown himself king?]]
*** For our non-American tropers, remember that the office of President is the one political position in our federal government that has term limits. You get an absolute max of two successful elections,<ref>You can rack up as many unsuccessful attempts as you can afford, but you can only win twice.</ref> then you retire. If Evil Nixon wants to be President For Life then forcible takeover is about the only option he has.
** During an arc on Geoff Johns' Avengers run, America got a Secretary of Defense called [[Meaningful Name|Dell]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Rusk]] {{spoiler|The Red Skull, yes that's an anagram}}. Who gassed large parts of the country with the Crimson Mist virus.
*** Dell Rusk led to quite a bit of [[Fan Dumb]] and/or [[Unfortunate Implications]] because the story ran around 2003 or 2004 and he shared the same initials as the ''actual'' Secretary of Defense at the time, Donald Rumsfeld, but come on, it really is {{spoiler|an anagram for "red skull"}}, so there's not much else they could have used. "Led Lurks", perhaps.
**** Except for "John Smith", the Anglicization of 'Johann Schmidt', which happens to be his real name... and also a name that makes the heroes look infinitely less stupid for ''not'' guessing that he's the Red Skull, precisely because its perhaps the most common name in the English language.
* President Leland McCauley in ''[[The Legion of Super Heroes]]'' (postboot version) turned out to be immortal supervillain Ra's Al Ghul in disguise.
* The atomic war that originated the ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' mythos came around because President "Bad" Bob Booth stole an election, went around seizing the resources of foreign countries, and then ''openly'' announced he was going to start nuclear war with ''everyone'' if they didn't shut up. And then started it. (In "fairness", he thought America's nuclear screens would keep it safe from retaliation. ''They didn't.'')
** The Judges took over America and have since had one active supervillain for a Chief Judge (Cal), one who gained dementia and began some horrific policies (McGruder), and currently one who is a puppet for Shady Interests (Francisco); every other Chief Judge has carried out some morally questionable acts in the name of protecting Mega-City One, from foreign regime changes (Hershey) to ''deliberately starting a riot'' so they could have an excuse to beat up on a pro-democracy march (Silver).
** The office of Mayor of Mega-City One isn't exempt from evil either, with examples including a [[
* The leader(s) of Bialya, a fictional country in the DC Universe. Always some kind of homicidal whackjob who got the position by offing the previous leader. Oddly, this doesn't seem to have stopped even after Black Adam kills most Bialyans.
** The [[Arch Enemy]] of the [[Justice League]] Europe, and really of the whole [[Justice League]] International, the Queen Bee, was the ruler of Bialya.
* ''[[The Authority]]''. The President of the U.S. even ''confesses'' to being a shill for big business. The Authority, who has had a long history of taking down dictators, depose ''him.'' Things go okay for a while, until The Midnighter figures out it's all heading south and fast. Unfortunately, the only way to stop it is to {{spoiler|let D.C. explode. Boom.}}
* Mark Waid's ''[[Empire]]'' details what happens when a Doctor Doom-esque villain actually succeeds in taking over the planet.
* Though not exactly a President, [[Spider-Man|Norman Osborn]] was like this from the [[Secret Invasion]] to the [[Siege]] storylines.
** Norman Osborn managed to become (de facto) President of the U.S. in the ''[[Earth X]]'' series, after the Absorbing Man destroyed Washington, D.C. Although strictly speaking, his title was
** Now Osborn is considered a criminal by the general public once again following the Siege.
* In the ''[[Marvel 1602]]'' series, we see a brief shot of the modern world, where second-string supervillain the Purple Man has been elected President of the United States of America (presumably using his mind control powers).
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* In ''[[Daredevil|Elektra]]: Assassin'', the Beast manages to get Ken Wind elected president, but Elektra thwarts the plan with her psychic powers and ninja skills.
* ''[[Monster Plus]]'' has World President Mark Darke, who, if the name isn't helping you get it, authorized the creation of EVLI Eye squadrons to handle dissidents.
* In ''[[Zombo]]'', Donald Trump is president of Earth, and when he isn't an unholy spawn of George Bush and Ronald Reagan, he runs the planet like ''[[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]''. Also, he [[Kick the Dog|shredded a puppy]].
* In ''[[Captain Britain]]'', Mad Jim Jaspers is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom... and also a [[Reality Warper]] whose powers drive him completely insane. He becomes a supervillain in two different [[Alternate Universe
* In ''[[The Transformers (Comic Book)|Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye]]'' (Or ''Transformers: Cybertron'', [[Fan Nickname|as it is often called]]) Starscream becomes ruler of Cybertron through democratic election. Why was he even a candidate? [[Long Story| Suffice to say it was Megatron's fault.]] Starscream won mostly because he had murdered Metalhawk, and then claimed Metalhawk was a hero and martyr who had perished fighting Megatron. Of course, the fact that Metalhawk had been the favored candidate [[Sarcasm Mode| probably helped a little too.]] Downplayed, however, {{spoiler| because this is one of the few stories where Starscream makes a genuine [[Heel Face Turn]], even cementing it with a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] at the end.}}
* The President of the United States is the last foe Vash fights in ''[[Christian Humber Reloaded]]''.▼
▲== Fan Fiction ==
* One of the conspirators working for "[[Omniscient Council of Vagueness|the council]]" in ''[[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]]'' is the President of the United States.▼
▲* The President of the United States is the last foe Vash fights in [[Christian Humber Reloaded]].
* Crops up ''very'' often in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fanfiction. Evil presidents and other 'bosses' in the near future are frequently used as either the villains themselves, or as the man behind the man, forcing the otherwise decent [[Moe Anthropomorphism|nations]] to do evil things.▼
▲* One of the conspirators working for "[[Omniscient Council of Vagueness|the council]]" in [[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]] is the President of the United States.
▲* Crops up ''very'' often in [[Axis Powers Hetalia]] fanfiction. Evil presidents and other 'bosses' in the near future are frequently used as either the villains themselves, or as the man behind the man, forcing the otherwise decent [[Moe Anthropomorphism|nations]] to do evil things.
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== Literature ==
* In ''[[Harry Potter
** There were several attempts at justification in-story, mostly of the "Direct Parallels To Nazi Germany" variety. Voldemort and his most infamous Death Eaters {{spoiler|stayed in the shadows, so mostly semi-legit followers/not-necessarily-enemies like Umbridge were the public face of the DE government; the general wizarding public were lied to as to what was really being done to half-bloods and muggle-borns, and those that did suspect the truth were either too scared to act (remembering Voldemort at his height, 20 years earlier) or were otherwise neutralized (like they attempted to do with the Weasleys).}}
* In the ''[[Left Behind]]'' series, Nicolae Carpathia starts out as the president of Romania, and moves on to become Secretary-General of the UN (later called the Supreme Potentate of the Global Community). He's [[the Antichrist]].
* President Lindbergh in Philip Roth's ''The Plot Against America''.
* GamePro Magazine used "
* In one of the ''[[Wild Cards]]'' books, Puppetman runs for president. (This is a man who controls people's minds to make them commit mayhem, just so that he can get off on their emotions, for crying out loud.)
* Senor Steel, the president-dictator of Blanca Grande in the [[Doc Savage]] novel ''The Freckled Shark''.
* President Snow of [[The Hunger Games]] definitely qualifies.
* The [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] does this a lot. The current{{when}} story arc features a retired Imperial Admiral as president. [[Punch Clock Villain|Not so bad]], until you remember that she oversaw the construction of the Death Star, the enslavement of genius children to build it, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|the bombardment of several pacifist planets]].
** {{spoiler|And the most recent{{when}} book in the current{{when}} story arc ends with [[Eldritch Abomination|Abeloth]] becoming president and the Sith in partial control of the Senate.}}
* Despite appearing only briefly the President in ''[[Friday the 13th|Jason X: Death Moon]]'' is quite obviously a lunatic.
▲== Live Action TV ==
▲* U.S. President Charles Logan and Russian President Yuri Suvarov from ''[[24]]''.
* In ''[[Read All About It]]'', Dunedon, the evil ruler of Trialveron, is also secretly Don Eden, mayor of our heroes' home town on Earth.
* Nathan Petrelli {{spoiler|/Sylar}} of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' becomes the U.S. Prez in the alternate future presented in "Five Years Gone", and tries to enact a program to kill off all the superpowered people in the world (except himself, of course. Because "I can fly. I'm hardly dangerous.").
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** In Series 1, a Slitheen wearing the skin of a mid-level politician manages to become Acting Prime Minister by offing the real one and being the highest ranking elected official around during a time of crisis. Presumably he would have been replaced as soon as the panic subsided, but it gives the Slitheen all the time in power they need to spark a nuclear war and destroy the earth.
** In "The Five Doctors", Borusa, Lord President of Gallifrey, seeks to manipulate the Doctor's first five incarnations into recovering Time Lord founder Rassilon's fabled secret of immortality for himself so that he might rule Gallifrey forever.
* In ''[[Torchwood
* ''[[Babylon 5
** His final act as president before offing himself is to set all [[Kill Sat
* Various alternate realities in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' where Senator Kinsey managed to become President.
** Which is odd because Kinsey doesn't seem to even have a political platform.
*** Nothing beyond "Stop the SGC from using the Stargate so that the National Institute of Defense can use it to make Earth safe by killing anything that isn't from Earth", anyway.
* Evil Governor Colonel Montoya from ''[[Queen of Swords]]''.
* In a couple of ''[[Smallville]]''{{'}}s [[Bad Future
** In the [[Distant Finale]], set in 2018, {{spoiler|Lex has just been elected. Uh-oh.}}
* A
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* The fourth ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police|Sam & Max]]'' adventure game episode of the first season, aptly titled ''"Abe Lincoln Must Die"'', sees the titular freelance police up in arms against an evil Abraham Lincoln. Or, in this case, a massive statue of Abraham Lincoln brought to life, who then tries to run for president. The only way to defeat him is for Max to become a President Evil himself, a position he still keeps afterwards. In the third season, it is strongly implied that Max has used literally dirty means to ensure that he keeps his office.
** Max manages to remain the President even after he {{spoiler|sells the United States to}} Canada.
** For a while, there was a promotional website called [
*** And then Mr. Spatula becomes Vice-President Evil and tries to off Max, accidentally getting himself killed.
* The [[Big Bad
* Andrew Ryan of ''[[
* From ''[[Final Fantasy]]'':
* Subverted with [[Final Fantasy VIII]], Vinzer Deling, president of the (mostly portrayed as) antagonistic Galbadian nation is made out to be the Big bad when the plot kicks off, only to be killed very early on by his [[The Dragon|Dragon, Edea]].▼
** President Shinra in all versions of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''. A cruel, egotistical, narcissistic, and greedy man who gained his power and retains it through bribery, he is willing to drain the very planet of life energy simply for profit. The destruction of Sector 7 and the mass-murder of its inhabitants in order to eliminate Avalanche was his idea. {{spoiler|He eventually [[Asshole Victim|gets what he deserves]] courtesy of [[Big Bad|Sepiroth]].}}
▲** Subverted with [[Final Fantasy VIII]], Vinzer Deling, president of the (mostly portrayed as) antagonistic Galbadian nation is made out to be the Big bad when the plot kicks off, only to be killed very early on by his [[The Dragon|Dragon, Edea]].
* Karasov in [[Republic the Revolution]]. He rules [[Ruritania|Novastrana]] with an iron fist, siphons money from the national stock exchange, uses his political and military power to imprison and/or murder his enemies, is above the law and he damn well knows it. {{spoiler|Until the [[Rebel Leader|man whose parents he arrested]] ten years ago comes back to [[La Résistance|lead a revolt]].}}
== Web Comics ==
* Subverted in [https://web.archive.org/web/20090104034939/http://beta.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=070620 this] ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' strip, where the president who's secretly a centuries old wizard who enslaved people's souls isn't actually that bad.▼
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▲* Subverted in [http://beta.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=070620 this] ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' strip, where the president who's secretly a centuries old wizard who enslaved people's souls isn't actually that bad.
▲{{quote| '''President Kesandru:''' Living hundreds of years changes you. I used to toy with people, destroy people, all with the selfish goal of untold wealth and power. Now I want to help people, to make up for past deeds. Take steps to make this a better place for everyone ... while ''still'' attaining untold wealth and power.<br />
'''Torg:''' Politics. It's like having evil cake and eating it too! }}
* In ''[[Narbonic]]'', it is revealed that {{spoiler|Mell's future self}} becomes President in the comic's [[Bad Future]]. She did this so that she could {{spoiler|send a message to the past explaining how to avert the future. The process of sending the message to the past [[Omnicidal Maniac|physically destroys her world]] in the process.}}
* ''[[The Japanese Beetle]]'' featured an [[
* Zexion was elected governor of Pennsylvania in ''[[Ansem Retort]]''. So far, he's stolen tax dollars to finance his best friend's wedding (just to prove he can) and invaded [[New Jersey]]. (Granted, he's only a lesser office, not President. ''Yet.'')
** In a
== Web Original ==
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** And supervillain Gizmatic (now King Wilkins) has his own country, the Caribbean island now known as Karedonia.
* Both of the presidents featured in the e-novel [[EHUD Prelude to Apocalypse|E.H.U.D.: Prelude to Apocalypse]] are evil, although one is more of the corrupt old polititian kept aloft by corrupt advisers type, while the other is definetly a terrible, terrible human being, even before getting elected.
* General MacArthur becomes this in the ''[[Reds!]]'' [[Alternate History]], with a healthy side of [[General Ripper]].
* In the [[Alternate Universe]] [[The Nostalgia Critic]] is shown in the 2010 Christmas special ''[[It's a Wonderful Plot|You're A Rotten Dirty Bastard]]'', [[The Angry Joe Show|Angry Joe]] is shown to have become the evil president of the United States, blowing up Canada and publicly executing Tom Green. To be fair, [[Humans Are
** Debateable, as its possible Canada really had become an evil nation even worse than Nazi Germany in this alternate future.
* In the novel ''[[A Girl Who Brought Down the World]]'', Christopher Winnifred Vega <ref>a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[Sonichu|Christian Weston Chandler]]</ref> is made President of the US thanks to a massive conspiracy. In due time, he ravages the entire world in an attempt to bring in a girl he had fallen in love with years ago who had no interest in him.
* In ''[[SCP Foundation]]'' lore, Dr. Bright acted as President of the United States by posing as [[George W. Bush]] after the latter was killed in a hunting accident; this was primarily done to foil the schemes of [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4444 SCP-4444], an interdimensional being who had taken possession of Al Gore. While this was obviously done out of necessity (much like anything the Foundation does), it resulted in [[Noodle Incident| (for unspecified reasons)]] Bright being forbidden from ''ever'' running for public office (or installing himself as ''any'' sort of Head of State) again, as that is now on the [[Long List]] of things he is not allowed to do.
== Western Animation ==
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** A Lincoln-style monument depicts a president (in the sixties I think) who was apparently a brutal alien warlord. His chair is surrounded by a pile of human skulls. The people of Earth apparently do not care who they elect.
*** What does this have to do with "people"?
* In ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', the student council president
* The text above warned you not to confuse this trope with the moment in ''The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy'' where Mandy plays a videogame titled ''President Evil'', but in fact, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|it DOES features evil presidents.]] ''[[Everything's Deader with Zombies|Zombified evil presidents.]]''
* Technically only Governor Evil, but when Nathan Explosion was elected governor of Florida in ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', Florida ended up decimated and abandoned due to his rampant disregard for life. Crime was up, the economy was in the tank, etc. He ''did'' try to help Florida by putting on a concert, but that ended up summoning a hurricane. The funniest part? He's ''still'' regarded as the greatest governor Florida ever had.
* Not technically president, but "his dishonor" the Mayor from ''[[Action League NOW]]'' can qualify for this. He does everything from kidnapping children, stealing priceless artwork, melting his chief nuclear safety adviser, causing massive train wrecks (he wanted the insurance money), unleashing ancient mummy curses, taking out NFL quarterbacks, and even trying to blow up Washington D.C., all complete with a huge grin on his face, and evil pointed eyebrows. But despite all his acts of villainy, he's never removed from office.
* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', the aliens Kang and Kodos impersonate [[Bill Clinton]] and Bob Dole during the 1996 election, figuring one of them would be elected. When Homer reveals the truth, the aliens claim that American citizens have to vote for one of them anyway and voting for a third party would be pointless. The ending of the episode shows that Kang has been elected President, and he proceeds to enslave humanity and forcing them to build monuments. Homer claims it's not his fault, as he voted for Kodos.
* Evil Morty from ''[[Rick and Morty]]''; not that previous rulers of the Citadel were much better, of course, but the newly elected Evil Morty has no intention of being the puppet the Council wanted him to be, brutally murdering them and anyone else who opposes him. Possibly he believes [[Dystopia Justifies the Means]], but his true goals are, for now, unknown.
** Also, President Curtis (the actual President of the United States in the series) is pretty corrupt, as he tends to take advantage of Rick's skills whenever a crisis comes up and ''then'' take credit for it. In the second episode where he appears, Rick gets sick of it, leading to an actual fight between them, which shows the guy fitting the [[President Action]] Trope too. In later episodes, Curtis hesitates to send aid to part of the country, first asking if he won that state in the election, and in an even later one, his Vice President is revealed to be a [[The Dukes of Hazzard| Boss Hogg expy]] (maybe ''slightly'' more competent than Hogg), whom Curtis admits he keeps around simply to gain white votes.
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