Popular Culture References
The stereotype of the class president has been typecast in books, movies and television. Typical storylines sometimes contain a nerd or underdog claiming the title from a more popular student. The stereotype has also been used as a political allegory since the 1800s, describing everyone from the president of the United States to roles for African-American women in the U.S. Congress.
Fictional characters in the role of class president have included:
- Pedro Sanchez, played by Efren Ramirez, runs successfully for Class President in the 2004 movie Napoleon Dynamite.
- Zach Siler, played by Freddie Prinze Jr. is the popular jock and Class President in the 1999 film She's All That.
- Wilford "Wil C" Cardon is the Class President in the independent film produced by DJ Iggy, titled, The Rise of Number 45.
- Jessie Spano, played by Elizabeth Berkley, is the Class President at Bayside High School in the television series Saved by the Bell.
- Ryoko Asakura in the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
- Tracy Flick, Reese Witherspoon, runs for Class President in the 1999 film Election.
- Steve Holt, played by Justin Grant Wade, is Class President of the high school that George Michael Bluth and Maeby Funke attend in the television series Arrested Development.
- Mizuki Kirimiya from the Visual Novel Yume Miru Kusuri
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