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* In the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' film ''In The Beginning'', the president of Earth gives a sobering [[Do Not Go Gentle]] speech in which she pleads for combat-worthy ships to sacrifice themselves by holding the line in face of an imminent Minbari invasion, while the evacuation of civilians is underway.
* ''[[Deep Impact]]'': The President makes the announcement about Wolf-Biederman, and then makes another announcement that the Messiah has failed, and that disaster is coming -- and if anyone has any way at all to get out of the path of destruction they better get going.
* A presidential address is predicted by Dr. Kurtzweil in ''[[The X Files]]'' movie as part of him [[Story
* ''[[Harry Potter (Film)|Harry Potter]] and the [[Deathly Hallows]]: Part 1'' opens with Scrimgeour, the Minister for Magic, making this kind of speech to a group of reporters. He says that the Ministry remains strong and will get rid of Voldemort, which is particularly ironic in light of the coup d'etat which occurs later in the same film.
* ''[[First Family]]'', with Bob Newhart as the President, had a scene where some of his advisors reviewed pre-recorded addresses to be used in the event of [[World War III|nuclear attack]], varying depending on the amount of warning time. The one for if the missiles would hit in twenty or thirty seconds was literally the President with a voice-over of [[Porky Pig]]'s stuttering "[[That's All Folks]]!" sign-off.
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== Literature ==
* Played with in ''[[Ciaphas Cain|Duty Calls]]'', in which the governor's speech [[Epic Fail|is a complete failure]] ([[Is This Thing On?|and not even rehearsed]]), demonstrating just how out-of-it the governor is (and with a name like Merkin [[George W. Bush|W. Pismire the Younger]], take a wild guess [[Take That|who he's supposed to be...]]).
* Done in Stephen King's [[The Stand]], where the president can't even get through his speech without starting to cough like crazy, even as he's telling everyone there's nothing to fear and a vaccine is coming.
* The ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'' book "The Absolute" has the governor giving a speech at the end, telling the country about the Yeerks. (Few believe it, though, because she's soon taken away and said to be insane.)
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' routinely parodies [[Real Life]] Emergency Presidential Addresses of this type. Often the skit will be at the beginning of the episode, and end with the leader in question declaring "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!"
* In ''[[
* [[Dave Chappelle]] on ''[[Chappelles Show]]'' mocked ''[[Deep Impact]]'' by having his black president give a "So Long Suckers" speech to the nation (''after'' and in response to the press running a headline of "World-killing Asteroid is Black President's Fault") as he beamed off the doomed Earth.
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