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Over the next four years, however, Roosevelt grew to dislike Taft and his governing (Taft drifted towards the conservative wing of the Republicans, while Teddy was of the liberal, Progressive wing), and decided to challenge him for the Republican nomination. When that didn't work, Roosevelt actually [[Start My Own|formed his own political party]] (the Progressive Party, also known by the more badass name of the Bull Moose Party) so that he could run against Taft in the 1912 election. This wound up splitting the vote and allowing Woodrow Wilson to win the election (thus showing why third parties don't last long on the national stage), but Teddy did end up getting more votes than Taft -- the second and last time (not counting the spectacularly messed-up [[Abraham Lincoln|election of 1860]]) that a third-party candidate placed second or higher in a US Presidential election. (Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1864 on the Union Party ticket, although that is also kinda messed up.<ref>The Union Party was a temporary alliance of the Republican Party and pro-war Democrats, while the "official" Democratic Party was composed of the "Copperheads" in favor of a negotiated peace. Those familiar with Commonwealth history should recall Britain and Canada during [[World War I]]. This change was forgotten almost as soon as the war ended.</ref>)

Ironically enough, [[Franklin D Roosevelt|the other president to have that last name was a Democrat]], whereas Teddy was a Republican (they were fifth-cousins; Franklin's wife Eleanor was actually TR's niece). Franklin, in fact, went with the Democratic Party in order to avoid being drowned out by his distant cousin's reputation in the Republicans.

Ironically enough, [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|the other president to have that last name was a Democrat]], whereas Teddy was a Republican (they were fifth-cousins; Franklin's wife Eleanor was actually TR's niece). Franklin, in fact, went with the Democratic Party in order to avoid being drowned out by his distant cousin's reputation in the Republicans.

Teddy was also a real-life example of a [[Gentleman Adventurer]] and [[Egomaniac Hunter]]. He was a big conservationist, eager to make sure he'd always have something to hunt. The "teddy bear" is named after him, because he refused to shoot a black bear cub just for the sake of it. The bear was put down -- the rest of his family had been already shot. Foreign ambassadors dreaded meeting him, as it usually meant that they would have to accompany him on his strenuous daily jog, with him making fun of them when they inevitably ran short of breath and started lagging behind. Edith Roosevelt, Teddy's second wife, was a real-life example of a [[Victorious Childhood Friend]] -- she had been a childhood playmate of his.

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[[More Information Than You Require|After he was through with it, it had to be renamed the River of UNQUESTIONABLE CERTAINTY!]]

Notable for being the youngest US President at 42 years old and the only President born in New York City. (He is ''not'', however, the youngest US President to be ''elected''. That's [[John F Kennedy]], who was 43. Teddy was elected at 46.)

Notable for being the youngest US President at 42 years old and the only President born in New York City. (He is ''not'', however, the youngest US President to be ''elected''. That's [[John F. Kennedy]], who was 43. Teddy was elected at 46.)

In case it wasn't clear by now, he was made of pure, condensed [[Badass]], and is often portrayed as ''[[Memetic Badass|even more so than he already was]]''. ''Within his own lifetime'', historian Henry Adams ''[[Blasphemous Boast|explicitly compared him to God]]''. In fiction, he is frequently portrayed as a [[Large Ham]], in keeping with his [[Boisterous Bruiser|boisterous]] nature and public persona. At her wedding, his daughter, Alice, stated that "My father wants to be the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral, and the baby at every christening." But she was giving as good as she got: Alice was a notorious handful, rambunctious, and known to the press as "Princess Alice." Her father had earlier snarked, "I can either run the country, or attend to Alice. I cannot possibly do both." Teddy also had a son whom he named Kermit ([[More Information Than You Require|THAT SHOWED HIM]]) who joined him on some of his expeditions.<ref>Kermit's son, also named Kermit, would also have adventures, but as he was a CIA agent these tended to be rather more [[Cloak and Dagger]] affairs that involved, among other things, [[wikipedia:Operation Ajax|overthrowing the democratic government of Iran and installing the Shah as an absolute monarch. Hey, it ''was'' the Cold War!]]</ref>

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* [[Martin Scorsese]] has had a biopic of Roosevelt in [[Development Hell]] for years now, with the intention of TR being played by [[Leonardo DiCaprio]].

* ''[[Subnormality]]'' features a strip where two time-traveling neo-Nazis try to kill him. They fail, ''not'' because of [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act]], but because Teddy [[Memetic Badass|is about to chuck their car at them]].

** They also failed because they were trying to kill the [[Franklin D Roosevelt|other Roosevelt]].

** They also failed because they were trying to kill the [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|other Roosevelt]].

* At the end of ''Newsies,'' then New York Governor T. R. shows up at the end to aid the newsboys.

* Teddy went up against [[Lawrence of Arabia]] in the third season of ''[[Deadliest Warrior]]''. {{spoiler|He won.}}