TV & Media Avatar Contest: Fictional US Presidents

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  1. Sci

    Sci Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Gary Shandling in Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a United States Senator, not the President. The President in the MCU is Matthew Ellis,

    who appeared as the target of an assassination/corporate coup d'etat attempt in Iron Man 3, and is targeted for assassination by Hydra during their coup attempt while he's visiting the U.S. Capitol in The Winter Soldier. My guess is that Senator Stern, a Hydra agent, would have been installed as President after the deaths of President Ellis and most of the rest of Congress.
     
  2. auntiehill

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    Ah. My bad.

    eta: William Devane played a fictional President in both SG:1 and 24. No one's done him yet, or either of the Presidents from the two "White House Takeover" films.
     
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  3. Kai "the spy"

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    You could try his successor.
     
  4. intrinsical

    intrinsical Commodore Commodore

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    Or president Garrett Walker from House of Cards
     
  5. Nerys Myk

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    Prez, our first teen President.
     
  6. JiNX-01

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    James Cromwell/President Fowler
    The Sum of All Fears
     
  7. Showdown

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    President Arnold Schwarzenegger
    (The Simpsons Movie, also in Demolition Man)
     
  8. Avro Arrow

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    Great entries so far, all! :techman:

    Cool, there's one! :)

    Actually, IIRC, Wallace Shawn also played a fictional PM in Canadian Bacon, and I'm sure there are others, too. But it's still a fairly obscure category! ;)
     
  9. Owain Taggart

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    One of my all-time favourite fictional presidents as played by Alan Alda on Canadian Bacon.

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    Edit: Heh, nice coincidental mention of Canadian Bacon, Avro! I hadn't noticed that reply of yours until I posted this, I swear ... :lol:
     
  10. Aragorn

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    If someone is still looking for a president, Billy Bob Thornton in Love Actually. Lloyd Bridges in Hot Shots Part Deux. Jimmy Smits, John Goodman or James Cromwell in The West Wing.
     
  11. intrinsical

    intrinsical Commodore Commodore

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    I just thought of a good one, but I'm not sure if its within the rules. Jon Culshaw impersonating as George Bush Jr in Dead Ringers?
     
  12. auntiehill

    auntiehill The Blooness Premium Member

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    ^Don't think that fits the OP's rules.
     
  13. Ar-Pharazon

    Ar-Pharazon Admiral Premium Member

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    Yeah, as much as I wish GW Bush was fictional, he was, unfortunately, real.
     
  14. bbjeg

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    It depends on who you ask. My mother still says Gore beat him, until...
     
  15. Ar-Pharazon

    Ar-Pharazon Admiral Premium Member

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    Gore should have won, the Supreme Court had no business deciding anything.

    But it's a fundamentally flawed system we have, so it is what it is.

    I wonder, would Nixon's head from Futurama be fictional?
     
  16. auntiehill

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    If Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter is unacceptable, then I would assume that Nixon's talking head in a jar is also unacceptable.
     
  17. Timelord Victorious

    Timelord Victorious Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Well, then Schwarzenegger is borderline, too. While he was never really president, the guy is real.
     
  18. auntiehill

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    Read the Original Post:
     
  19. Avro Arrow

    Avro Arrow Vice Admiral Moderator

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    auntiehill is correct on all counts! :)

    Sorry, intrinsical, but since he is playing a real-life president, he is ineligible.

    Yes, since Nixon had been a president IRL, he doesn't really qualify either. (And besides, in the show, Nixon's head wasn't the president of the US, he was president of Earth.)

    I'll be honest here... when I wrote that last bolded sentence in the quote, I specifically had Schwarzenegger from The Simpsons Movie in mind, and wanted to clarify his eligibility in advance! :)
     
  20. Avro Arrow

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    Recap time! I think I'll use reverse alphabetical order just to shake things up a little. :)

    urbandefault
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    - William Mitchell / Dave Kovic, Dave

    Timewalker
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    - Andrew Shepherd, The American President

    Timelord Victorious
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    - (Name Unknown), Heroes

    Showdown
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    - Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Simpsons Movie

    scotpens
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    - Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove

    Roddenberry
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    - Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, Idiocracy

    Owain Taggert
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    - (Name Unknown), Canadian Bacon

    od0_ital
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    - Rathcock, Machete Kills

    Nerys Myk
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    - Prez Rickard, Prez: First Teen President

    Kai "the spy"
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    - Josiah Bartlet, The West Wing

    JiNX-01
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    - J. Robert Fowler, The Sum of All Fears

    intrinsical
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    - Thomas J. Whitmore, Independence Day

    Gov Kodos
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    - Baxter Harris, Scary Movie 3

    bbjeg
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    - Matthew Ellis, Iron Man 3

    Avro Arrow

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    - David Palmer, 24

    auntiehill
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    - Tom Beck, Deep Impact

    Aragorn
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    - James Marshall, Air Force One

    Ar-Pharazon
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    - James Dale, Mars Attacks!

    If I have missed anyone, please let me know.

    I'm planning to put the voting thread up Tuesday night, so you've still got a couple of days to enter if you're interested. Still a lot of unused fictional presidents out there!