The White House: Difference between revisions

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On [[British Telly Tropes|British Telly]], [[Whitehall]] (or sometimes 10 Downing Street) is the [[Establishing Shot]] equivalent of [[The White House]], and the P.M. speaks to the [[Invisible President]] by trunk call.

== Anime ==

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* It is the eponymous house in ''House of [[Re-Animator]]'' and it was supposed to have Herbert West resurrecting the suddenly died President with [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity ensuing]]. Unfortunately, it's stuck in [[Development Hell]].

* Female staffer is found dead there in ''Murder at 1600'' and [[Wesley Snipes]] investigates it.

* Aliens attack it in ''[[Mars Attacks]]!'' when two protagonists are visiting it.

* Aliens attack it in ''[[Mars Attacks (Film)]]!'' when two protagonists are visiting it.

* ''[[Wild Wild West]]'' sees our two heroes head on up to meet with the president. You can easily walk right up to the front door without being bothered and their are goats on the lawn.

* ''[[National Treasure]]'' requires Ben and co to break into the oval office to open the president's desk, to get an ancient Indian clue to the lost city of gold.

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== Video Game ==

* In the late '90s, there was a trend of [[First Person Shooter|First Person Shooters]] set in detailed recreations of the White House and surrounding environs, a gimmick which [[Too Soon|probably wouldn't go over very well nowadays]]:

* In the late '90s, there was a trend of [[First-Person Shooter|First Person Shooters]] set in detailed recreations of the White House and surrounding environs, a gimmick which [[Too Soon|probably wouldn't go over very well nowadays]]:

** ''[[Duke Nukem|Duke it out in D.C.]]'', an [[Expansion Pack]] in which [[Excuse Plot|the president has been kidnapped by aliens, are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?]]

** ''Prime Target'', a game based on the ''[[Marathon (Video Game)|Marathon]]''-engine in which a senator has been murdered by [[Western Terrorists]] on the orders of [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Corrupt Corporate Executives]] as part of a coverup by the pharmaceutical industry, and as her friend, you avenge her and expose them by [[One Man Army|singlehandedly killing everyone]]. [[Instant Awesome Just Add Ninja|There are ninjas involved]].

** ''Prime Target'', a game based on the ''[[Marathon (Video Game)|Marathon]]''-engine in which a senator has been murdered by [[Western Terrorists]] on the orders of [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Corrupt Corporate Executives]] as part of a coverup by the pharmaceutical industry, and as her friend, you avenge her and expose them by [[One-Man Army|singlehandedly killing everyone]]. [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|There are ninjas involved]].

*** Oddly, this game averts the [[Moral Dissonance]] trope - when you find the senator halfway through the first level, you [[Exact ~~Eaves Dropping~~|overhear a conversation]] where the CCE's plan to frame you for the crime instead of their previous plan - "After all, who are they going to believe? A senator, or a guy off the street who just killed half a dozen men?"

*** Oddly, this game averts the [[Moral Dissonance]] trope - when you find the senator halfway through the first level, you [[Exact Eavesdropping|overhear a conversation]] where the CCE's plan to frame you for the crime instead of their previous plan - "After all, who are they going to believe? A senator, or a guy off the street who just killed half a dozen men?"

** ''[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]'', a tactical stealth game, was originally going to have a level requiring you to infiltrate the White House. Sadly, it ended up on the cutting room floor.

** Subverted in ''[[Fallout]] 3'': While the Capitol building, National Mall, an many other places are all intact and explorable, the Whitehouse proper is bombed beyond recognition, and bathed in radiation.