Toon Council Presidential Elections

The Toon Council Presidential Elections was a major event where Flippy and Slappy competed to win the votes of Toontown citizens 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 whew the citizens of Toontown and potentially win their votes.

Flippy's campaigns:

Allow cats to become Black Cats on October 31st in celebration of 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 bears to become Polar Bears on December 24th in celebration of the Winter Holiday.
Introduce snowballs in celebration of 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 in celebration of 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 (posted by Alec Tinn)
February 17 - Flip For Flippy: Cobber the Competition! (posted by Flippy)
February 19 - Don't be Wacky: Jumping for Jellybeans (posted by Slappy)
February 21 - Flip for Flippy: Toontastic Trajectory (posted by Flippy)
February 22 - Electoral Update: Pre-Election Jitters (posted by Alec Tinn)
February 23 - Don't be Wacky; High in the Sky (posted by Slappy)
February 25 - Don't be Wacky: A Slappy Surprise (posted by Slappy)
February 27 - Flip for Flippy: Painting Pies (posted by Flippy)
February 28 - Electoral Update: Voting goes Virtual! (posted by Alec Tinn)
March 1 - Electoral Update: The Delightful Delays (posted by Alec Tinn)
March 2 - Don't be Wacky: The First of the Last (posted by Slappy)
March 4 - Flip for Flippy: Keys with Kindness (posted by Flippy)
March 6 - Don't be Wacky: Three Cheers for Two Keys (posted by Slappy)
March 8 - Electoral Update: An Absolutely Animated Update (posted by Alec Tinn)
March 10 - Flip for Flippy: Who's Counting? (posted by Flippy)
March 12 - Don't be Wacky: Another Picture Problem (posted by Slappy)
March 14 - Electoral Update: Breaking Cannons (posted by Sir Max)
March 15 - Electoral Update: Putting a Foot Down] (posted by Alec Tinn)
March 17 - Flip for Flippy: Out with a Bang (posted by Flippy)
March 19 - Don't be Wacky: A Very Merry Unbirthday (posted by Slappy)
March 21 - Electoral Update: Making History! (posted by Alec Tinn)
March 22 - Electoral Update: Tomorrow's Just a Day Away (posted by The Toontown Team)
March 23 - Electoral Update: A Not-so-Quick Q&A (posted by Sir Max)
April 12 - Electoral Update: The Ultimate Cliffhanger (posted by Alec Tinn)
April 17 - Electoral Update: The Science of Democracy (posted by Professor Flake)
April 18 - Electoral Update: Time is Ticking (posted by Alec Tinn)
April 19 - The Toon Council Presidential Election Day (posted by Alec Tinn)
April 20 - The Electoral Encore! (posted by The Toontown Team)
April 20 - RED ALERT: "Cogs" have Invaded Toontown! (posted by Toon HQ)

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, brand 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 OMG!Con 2015, Joey stated that the Toontown Rewritten Team intentionally tried to make Slappy 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 concluded, 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 would appear thanking Alpha testers for testing and announcing closure until Beta. Several of the staff members had silly captions mostly related to blog posts published by them. 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".