Toon Council Presidential Elections

The Toon Council Presidential Elections was a major event where Flippy and Slappy competed to win the votes of Toons for president of the Toon Council. An announcement was made by Alec Tinn on February 17, 2014, and election day occurred on April 19, 2014. Although the Toon Council president was elected, trouble brewed in Toontown for the first time where an unexpected interruption from the Cogs took place. The Toon Council Presidential Elections marked the conclusion of Toontown Rewritten's Alpha stage.

Campaigns

Both candidates, Flippy and Slappy, conducted several campaigns to properly introduce themselves and potentially receive the votes.

Flippy's campaigns:

Allow cat Toons to become Black Cats on October 31st during Halloween.
Offer Whole Cream Pies from his pie stand to Toons.
Launch fireworks during New Year's Day of 2014 and the election campaign period.

Slappy's campaigns:

Allow bear Toons to become Polar Bears on December 24th during the Winter Holiday.
Introduce snowballs during the Winter Holiday.
Offer unites for jellybeans and gags from his jellybean stand to Toons.
Give Toons a ride on his hot air balloon.
Allow Toons to become green on March 19th during St. Patrick's Day.

Blog posts

The following are a series of blog posts that were published throughout the history of the Toon Council Presidential Elections.

February 15 - The Toon Council Presidential Elections
February 17 - Flip For Flippy: Cobber the Competition!
February 19 - Don't be Wacky: Jumping for Jellybeans
February 21 - Flip for Flippy: Toontastic Trajectory
February 22 - Electoral Update: Pre-Election Jitters
February 23 - Don't be Wacky; High in the Sky
February 25 - Don't be Wacky: A Slappy Surprise
February 27 - Flip for Flippy: Painting Pies
February 28 - Electoral Update: Voting goes Virtual!
March 1 - Electoral Update: The Delightful Delays
March 2 - Don't be Wacky: The First of the Last
March 4 - Flip for Flippy: Keys with Kindness
March 6 - Don't be Wacky: Three Cheers for Two Keys
March 8 - Electoral Update: An Absolutely Animated Update
March 10 - Flip for Flippy: Who's Counting?
March 12 - Don't be Wacky: Another Picture Problem
March 14 - Electoral Update: Breaking Cannons
March 15 - Electoral Update: Putting a Foot Down
March 17 - Flip for Flippy: Out with a Bang
March 19 - Don't be Wacky: A Very Merry Unbirthday
March 21 - Electoral Update: Making History!
March 22 - Electoral Update: Tomorrow's Just a Day Away
March 23 - Electoral Update: A Not-so-Quick Q&A
April 12 - Electoral Update: The Ultimate Cliffhanger
April 17 - Electoral Update: The Science of Democracy
April 18 - Electoral Update: Time is Ticking
April 19 - The Toon Council Presidential Election Day
April 20 - The Electoral Encore!
April 20 - RED ALERT: "Cogs" have Invaded Toontown!

Election day

Before the Toon Council Presidential Elections began, Doctor Surlee stood in front of the election stage to welcome Toons far and wide. Once the election began, Alec Tinn, Flippy, and Slappy exited out of Toon Hall and approached to the stage were Flippy and Slappy would then then begin their speeches. Alec Tinn started the Grand Electoral Counters to announce Slappy as Toon Council president. Just as the celebration began, a level 3 Yesman unexpectedly arrived. While Slappy tried speaking to the Yesman, he used "Positive Reinforcement" to drain all of Slappy's laff and cause him to go sad. Flippy defeated the Yesman with one of his Whole Cream Pies after demanding where Slappy was taken, shortly before the Cogs arrived to initiate Doomsday. After Doomsday ended, Flippy reluctantly accepted to fulfill the role of Toon Council president since he was the only leader Toontown had left.

Streams

The original event was streamed live by Toontown Rewritten from their official YouTube channel on April 19, 2014, as well as many other members of the Toontown community.^[1]

In celebration of Toontown Rewritten's fifth anniversary, an updated and remastered version of the Toon Council Presidential Elections (along with Doomsday) was streamed live through Twitch and YouTube, with commentary from the Toontown Rewritten Team, on September 29, 2018.^[2]

Trivia

"Doomsday" was the internal name for the Toon Council Presidential Elections during development.
On February 28, 2014, Alec Tinn announced the start of the voting period and that such a period would be extended to two weeks, thus delaying the election until March 15th. On March 14th, Sir Max announced that the election was delayed again by a week and March 22nd was chosen as the new date. Due to server issues on March 22nd, the election was delayed once again and postponed for April 19th, which is when the election finally occurred after several delays.
At the time of when ToonFest 2014 started, new clothes were released as codes that are available for players to redeem, depending on their Toontown Rewritten account eligibility. Some of the clothes are Flippy's Election Shirt and Slappy's Election Shirt.
In a backstage blog post regarding the development of Doomsday and during ToonFest at OMG!Con 2015, it was stated that Slappy was intentionally made the better candidate so that he could gain votes and also move forward with Toontown Rewritten's storyline. Slappy was meant to be elected regardless of whether Flippy gained the most votes or not.

Gallery

Alec Tinn at his podium.
Flippy and his pie stand.
Slappy and his jellybean stand.
Slappy taking a ride on his hot air balloon.
Slappy's hot air balloon with Flippy's airplane on top.
Flippy holding a couple Alpha keys.
Alec Tinn checking his palm with the Toon TV in the background.
McQuack being launched to the air on a rocket.
Slappy's jellybean stand with a slip of green goo and an "unbirthday cake" flying towards McQuack.
Flippy juggling and Slappy dancing with Alec Tinn and Slappy's hot air balloon in the background.

Credits

After the Toon Council Presidential Elections ended, the camera zoomed into a portal and showed a credits scene that introduced members of the Toontown Rewritten Team, followed by a popup message that appeared thanking Alpha testers for testing and announcing closure until Beta. Along with their actual positions, some of the Team Members had humorous roles referencing certain blog posts. For example, Hawkheart was listed as the Fish Bingo Controller, which was a direct reference to the blog post titled "Daily Alpha Update: The Tale of the Fish Bingo Controller".