minor muppetz
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Is there a trope for when somebody runs for something, and only gets a single-digit number of votes? Especially when it looks like we know who those votes are from, only for the one who ran to mention that he voted for himself, showing that one of the others didn't even vote for him.
I know of two examples, so there might not be enough examples (and I mean the part about the runner voting for himself and discovering one of his closest friends didn't vote). In an episode of Rocko's Modern Life, Rocko runs for dog catcher (or was it an actual political title?), but only gets two votes. We expect those two to be from Philbert and Heifer, and Philbert says that he voted for Rocko, and Rocko says that he voted for himself, meaning that Heifer didn't vote for Rocko. And in the Newhart episode "Candidate Larry", Larry runs for mayor, and at election time, there's only one person besides Larry, Darryl, and Darryl who is there. When Larry learns that only three people voted for him, he says "[the other guy there] voted for me, and I voted for me...." before realizing that one of the Darryl's didn't.
I know of two examples, so there might not be enough examples (and I mean the part about the runner voting for himself and discovering one of his closest friends didn't vote). In an episode of Rocko's Modern Life, Rocko runs for dog catcher (or was it an actual political title?), but only gets two votes. We expect those two to be from Philbert and Heifer, and Philbert says that he voted for Rocko, and Rocko says that he voted for himself, meaning that Heifer didn't vote for Rocko. And in the Newhart episode "Candidate Larry", Larry runs for mayor, and at election time, there's only one person besides Larry, Darryl, and Darryl who is there. When Larry learns that only three people voted for him, he says "[the other guy there] voted for me, and I voted for me...." before realizing that one of the Darryl's didn't.