# Who are the least plausible fictional Presidents? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858 "2013-12-08T23:48:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/1 "2013-12-08T23:48:16Z")
[Charlie Brooker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVHacAl3E6M) nominates 24’s President and R. Kelly lookalike Wayne Palmer as the least fictional POTUS. But there have been a myriad of fictional [presidents](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_fictional_Presidents_of_the_United_States), some more plausible than others. Who are your nominations for Presidents who would never in a million years have a hope in hell in being elected? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/2 "2013-12-08T23:49:40Z")
[Prez.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prez_(comics)) ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/3 "2013-12-09T00:24:14Z")
President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho > **[Idiocracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy)** > > Idiocracy is a 2006 American sci-fi comedy film directed by Mike Judge and co-written by Judge and Etan Cohen. The plot follows U.S. Army librarian Joe Bauers, who wakes up five hundred years in the future after a botched government hibernation experiment to find himself in a dystopian society run by corporations, where evolution has made humanity stupid because people no longer had to be intelligent and physically fit to survive due to the benefits of technology. The cast includes Luke Wilson ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/4 "2013-12-09T01:35:21Z")
Abraham Lincoln As a vampire hunter has to be up there. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/5 "2013-12-09T01:40:43Z")
Richard Nixon’s head - either attached to a robots body, or being toted around by an Agnew clone. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/6 "2013-12-09T02:03:22Z")
I think in one of Vonnegut’s novels there’s a reference to a Kilgore Trout story about a chimpanzee who becomes POTUS. “The band would play ‘Hail to the Chief’ and the chimp loved it. He would bounce up and down.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/7 "2013-12-09T02:05:52Z")
Didn’t Lex Luthor end up elected President in some DC continuity or another? It seems to me it’d be pretty hard to get elected with Superman campaigning for your opponent. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/8 "2013-12-09T02:16:47Z")
In _Sleeper_, the President had been blown up, leaving just his nose, yet he was still alive (though not fit for duty). In _Being There_, it’s implied that Chance the Gardener is being groomed for the top job. We don’t find out if he ends up winning an election, but we’re meant to assume it’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/9 "2013-12-09T02:24:53Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Didn’t Lex Luthor end up elected President in some DC continuity or another? He did. Main continuity, approximately even with W Bush’s first term and a half. At the time he wasn’t publicly known as a criminal (he blamed a clone\*), and the previous administration had significantly bungled a major crisis (the Batman crossover No Man’s Land), so with the impression that Lex was innocent, and the incumbent was terrible, he did well. Then a few years later he went on a drug-fueled rampage (a mix of Venom and Kryptonite) which got him impeached. - Which is kind of funny, since the only time he had a particularly positive influence on the world was when he was in a clone body and claiming to be his own son. This is why I love superhero comics. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/10 "2013-12-09T03:02:21Z")
in Back to the Future Ronald Reagan was President I know American politics has become pretty crazy lately but I hope we never get to the point that a Hollywood actor literally becomes President ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/11 "2013-12-09T03:33:03Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > In _Sleeper_, the President had been blown up, leaving just his nose, yet he was still alive (though not fit for duty). Sorry…the comatose nasal remnant was of the Leader, not the President. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/12 "2013-12-09T03:34:12Z")
Duck President from South Park ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/13 "2013-12-09T03:42:57Z")
Jack Nicholson in _Mars Attacks!_ ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/14 "2013-12-09T03:46:29Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho > [Idiocracy - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy) This, or this. > **[Kisses for My President](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisses_for_My_President)** > > Kisses for My President is a 1964 comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Fred MacMurray and Polly Bergen. Leslie McCloud (Bergen) makes history when she is elected the first female president of the United States. However, her husband Thad McCloud (MacMurray) is less enthusiastic. The picture's supporting cast features Eli Wallach, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews, and Donald May. > Kisses for My President was the last theatrical film directed by Bernhardt, whose career stretched back to ... Turner Classic Movies airs this a couple times a year. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/15 "2013-12-09T03:48:13Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > in Back to the Future Ronald Reagan was President > I know American politics has become pretty crazy lately but I hope we never get to the point that a Hollywood actor literally becomes President A former NBA player ran a while back - Bill Bradley, in 2000. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/16 "2013-12-09T03:49:18Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I think in one of Vonnegut’s novels there’s a reference to a Kilgore Trout story about a chimpanzee who becomes POTUS. “The band would play ‘Hail to the Chief’ and the chimp loved it. He would bounce up and down.” Anyone remember “The Awful Truth”, a series hosted by Michael Moore? He did an episode where he nominated a potted plant for public office, and got it on the ballot. It got a few votes, too. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/17 "2013-12-09T03:51:14Z")
[President](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Wolf_Chaos) [Michael Wilson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Genl242_ZU8). America. [Fuck Yeah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOEIruwzf54). And of course, VP Richard Hawk, who manages to do stuff like make puppy kicking legal. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/18 "2013-12-09T06:14:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I think in one of Vonnegut’s novels there’s a reference to a Kilgore Trout story about a chimpanzee who becomes POTUS. “The band would play ‘Hail to the Chief’ and the chimp loved it. He would bounce up and down.” That reminds me of the talking gorilla who was President in _The Probability Broach_. ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/19 "2013-12-09T06:47:06Z")
Well Yingluck Shinawatra is the PM of Thailand and she’s fairly unconvincing. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858/20 "2013-12-09T14:10:26Z")
[Hail to the Chimp](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGeVL3Lgkwg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-plausible-fictional-presidents/675858.md?page=2)