Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Simpsons Movie) – Inexplicably, the Jingle All the Way star and California Governor served as President in the movie version of The Simpsons. They’ve always used actual Presidents in the series, but perhaps this was done to not tie the movie to any particular time period.President Schwarzenegger was manipulated throughout the movie by evil EPA head Russ Cargill, first to cover Springfield in a giant dome lest their pollution problems spread, and then to bomb Springfield into oblivion. Sure, the President probably shouldn’t be manipulated like that, but as Schwarzenegger put it, “I was elected to lead, not to read.”
Pros: Well, he had the good sense to hire somebody voiced by Albert Brooks, which is a key ingredient for hilarity. Also, the first two Terminator movies hold up pretty well.
Cons: He picked a contingency plan at random to deal with environmental catastrophe and willingly remained out of the loop rather than make any decisions.
Overall: Oh, come on. We didn’t think he should be Governor, let alone President. And we still wonder why they didn’t use Arnold’s long-time stand-in on the show, Rainier Wolfcastle.
