# fictional presidents of the USA in real life **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810 "2017-07-09T05:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/41 "2017-12-05T20:10:14Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > ``` > **Fictional presidents of the USA** > > ``` > > Trump. No, that is stranger than fiction. Henry Fonda as The President in \*\*\*Failsafe \*\*\*did a very good job in a very bad situation. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/42 "2017-12-05T21:31:55Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > No, that is stranger than fiction. > Henry Fonda as The President in \*\*\*Failsafe \*\*\*did a very good job in a very bad situation. Now why have we not seen a sequel?? Yes the world is safe from the US and USSR blowing each other up like…for ever…but what the hell happens to the President?? Could you live with what you did? General Black obviously couldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/43 "2017-12-05T22:26:36Z")
There is also the (good) option of President Dalton from Madam Secretary. Splits with his party, runs as an Independent and wins re-election. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/44 "2017-12-05T23:52:42Z")
You see a lot of fiction where the bad guy President is either outright evil or is simply a naive/dumb puppet of the Vice-president/Powers that be, but is there any fiction where the President is shown to be the “Bad guy” despite actually having good intentions? And nothing that involves him being tricked or mislead, he is still the bad guy through and through. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/45 "2017-12-06T00:07:41Z")
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Julie Louis-Dreyfus in _Veep_. But I’m not sure if she’d be the best president, or the worst. I bet the writers on _Veep_ have been in a quandary come up with implausible situations, considering on real-life events. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/46 "2017-12-06T00:39:54Z")
My vote would definitely go to James Norcross, Super President. > **[Super President](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_President)** > > Super President is an American animated cartoon that aired Saturday mornings on NBC from September 16, 1967 to December 28, 1968. The series was produced by the DePatie–Freleng animation company. > In the show, the President of the United States has extraordinary superpowers, including increased strength and the ability to change his molecular composition, and uses them to protect the Free World, as well as his hapless Vice President. The show was relentlessly criticized for its bad taste and low ... > **[’Super President’: This forgotten 1967 cartoon was gloriously stupid (and...](https://dangerousminds.net/comments/super_president_this_forgotten_1967_cartoon_was_gloriously_stupid_and_racis)** > >   > As much as I relish the inherent entertainment value of a potential Trump vs Sanders showdown/battle-for-the-soul-of-a-nation next year, I feel like America™ really needs a president like James Norcross. Silver-haired, square-jawed, dapper,... ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/47 "2017-12-06T00:48:32Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Estévez :smack: Ha! It’s taken me 5ish months to notice my typo! ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/48 "2017-12-06T00:51:02Z")
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Because those vampires aren’t going to hunt themselves. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/49 "2017-12-06T13:10:15Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > You see a lot of fiction where the bad guy President is either outright evil or is simply a naive/dumb puppet of the Vice-president/Powers that be, but is there any fiction where the President is shown to be the “Bad guy” despite actually having good intentions? And nothing that involves him being tricked or mislead, he is still the bad guy through and through. Judd Hammond (Walter Huston) in [_Gabriel Over the White House_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Over_the_White_House) sincerely wanted to Make America Great Again, but did it by imposing fascism. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/50 "2017-12-06T14:05:58Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > is there any fiction where the President is shown to be the “Bad guy” despite actually having good intentions? I’d say the abovementioned _Gabriel Over the White House_ fits that description – he means well, but the bottom line is that he turns the country into a fascist dictatorship. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/51 "2017-12-07T04:55:49Z")
There’s only one person who’ll be able to rescue America, after Trump is done with it; President Lisa Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![Princess\_Perfume](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/princess_perfume/32/16518_2.png) [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/52 "2017-12-07T18:04:30Z")
There was that short-lived show with a Hillary Clinton-esque president called Mackenzie, which makes zero demographic sense as a female Mackenzie is probably ten not fifty. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_M.Washington](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_m.washington/32/152_2.png) [@Gary\_M.Washington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_M.Washington)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/53 "2017-12-08T12:56:18Z")
> [@Princess\_Perfume](#): > > Which fictional presidents would you like/least like to have been a real life president? > > Dave (Kevin Kline) from 1993’s Dave I wouldn’t mind in real life. > > Wouldn’t like the president from The Dead Zone as a real life president as I’d be a radioactive cinder. I think we already have a fictional and comic President 🙂 you can see through him press conferences and attitude towards the press.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/54 "2017-12-08T15:07:51Z")
The Dubya from _[That’s My Bush!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_My_Bush!)_ would be an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Princess\_Perfume](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/princess_perfume/32/16518_2.png) [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/55 "2017-12-08T18:41:07Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The Dubya from _[That’s My Bush!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_My_Bush!)_ would be an improvement. Although i can almost see real-world Dubya killing a condemned man with drain cleaner like TMB Dubya did… ---
**Author:** ![Princess\_Perfume](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/princess_perfume/32/16518_2.png) [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/56 "2020-02-22T15:32:50Z")
Dave from “Dave” did subvert the Constitution but he had to do something to stop Bob Alexander’s attempt to become President. And it’s because of Dave’s actions that the nation mourns when the real President Bill Mitchell is laid to rest in Arlington National. Because of Dave’s Jobs bill, Bill Mitchell is remember as a second FDR and not as another Richard Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/57 "2020-02-22T16:09:28Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The Dubya from _[That’s My Bush!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_My_Bush!)_ would be an improvement. Can I add the [Desmond Pfeiffer](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168373/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3) version of Abe Lincoln? ---
**Author:** ![Princess\_Perfume](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/princess_perfume/32/16518_2.png) [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810/58 "2020-02-24T05:27:50Z")
When it comes to fictional Prime Ministers, Andy from “Bart Vs. Australia” would be a good PM for Australia - doesn’t worry about running the country but just lies naked on an old rubber tyre in the middle of a billabong 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810.md?page=2)