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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Literally the second line in the movie is a guy saying he "jerked off" to a postcard his girlfriend sent him while she was away.


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* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: Literally the second line in the movie is a guy saying he "jerked off" to a postcard his girlfriend sent him while she was away.

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-->''"When they ran for student council... they didn't know... they'd be running for their lives."''

'''''President's Day''''' is a 2010 American comedic SlasherMovie. It concerns a SerialKiller dressed as UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln slashing his way through a school during its student council elections.
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'''''President's Day''''' ''President's Day'' is a 2010 American comedic SlasherMovie. SlasherMovie.

It concerns a SerialKiller dressed as UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln slashing his way through a school during its student council elections.
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* TheBigDamnKiss: Barry and Joanna start passionately making out after [[spoiler:subduing Mr. Wright]]. Combined with SmoochOfVictory.



* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: President's Day.



* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: President's Day.
* ShoutOut: A poster for ''Rock 'n' Roll Frankenstein'' is seen in Barry's bedroom, along with a couple pornographic horror films.

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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: President's Day.
LoveAtFirstSight: The moment Barry sees Joanna, he decides he wants to marry her.
* ShoutOut: A poster for ''Rock 'n' Roll Frankenstein'' is seen in Barry's bedroom, along with a couple of pornographic horror films.films.
* SmoochOfVictory: Barry and Joanna share a passionate kiss after [[spoiler:they beat Mr. Wright]].
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* CreatorCameo: Director Chris [=LaMartina=] appears as a student smoking pot beneath the bleachers.
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** The principal of the school plays guitar for no apparent reason.

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** The principal of the school plays guitar bass for no apparent reason.
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Mr. Wright's false teeth are what end up revealing that he's the killer, since the body he used to fake his death was identified via dental records.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Mr. Wright's false teeth are what end up revealing that he's the killer, since the body he used to fake his death was [[IdentificationByDentalRecords identified via dental records.records]].]]
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-->''"When they ran for student council... they didn't know... they'd be running for their lives."''

'''''President's Day''''' is a 2010 American comedic SlasherMovie. It concerns a SerialKiller dressed as UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln slashing his way through a school during its student council elections.
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!!This film contains examples of:

* AlphaBitch: Chelsea is a walking stereotype of the trope. Blonde, skinny, white, always wears pastels, has two {{Beta Bitch}}es always helping her. She's even the perennial StudentCouncilPresident, to the point of threatening people who compete against her.
* AmateurSleuth: Barry, TheHero of the film, does his own investigation to assist his friend, the school police officer.
* AxCrazy: The killer [[spoiler: alias Leonard Wright.]] His main weapon is an axe and obviously is a murderous madman.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Leonard Wright]] is the killer.
* BuryYourDisabled: The wheelchair-bound girl doesn't even survive ten minutes.
* CharacterTics:
** The killer licks his lips when he kills, as an indication that he's a raging {{Sadist}}.
** The principal of the school plays guitar for no apparent reason.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Mr. Wright's false teeth are what end up revealing that he's the killer, since the body he used to fake his death was identified via dental records.]]
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: [[spoiler:Barry's love interest Joanna transferred to the school because she was arrested for assaulting a teacher who sexually harassed her.]]
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Literally the second line in the movie is a guy saying he "jerked off" to a postcard his girlfriend sent him while she was away.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Averted horrifically. Mr. Wright had a dog whom he pretended to love and talked about every day, until he needed to fake his death to deflect suspicions. Then he gutted the pup without hesitation.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even an hateful AlphaBitch like Chelsea finds disgusting [[spoiler: the fact that Mr Wright killed innocent people just for a sick obsession over her and even sets Joanna free when Mr Wright offers her to kill her.]]
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* {{Fanservice}}: There's a couple topless and underwear scenes over the course of the film, one of them not even a minute in.
* FrameUp: The killer tries to frame the school's cop for his crimes by leaving notes signed with his name in the lockers of his victims. [[spoiler:He later gives up on that and frames the science teacher, killing him and making it look like a suicide.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Nothing happens to the teacher who sexually harassed Joanna and had her arrested when she fought back. He's a backstory character and never even shows up in the film proper.]]
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: President's Day.
* ShoutOut: A poster for ''Rock 'n' Roll Frankenstein'' is seen in Barry's bedroom, along with a couple pornographic horror films.
* TeacherStudentRomance: A teacher and a student are having an affair. The killer offs them both.
* VillainOpeningScene: The killer breaking into a house and killing a couple inside.
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Mr. Wright did his killings because he was obsessed with Chelsea, and wanted to make absolutely sure that she won the election.]]
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