Another doubles screenshot I took from Hero Forge; I have way too many screenshots from that site. Still, it allows me to cope with the writer's block I'm having.

Although many credit Leo the Patriotic Lion for being a huge influence on the United States (and subsequently all his parallels were huge influences on their countries), let us not forget about his faithful loyal friend and true, Tom the Patriotic Tiger, who has also been a big influence on the public, but in a different way. The two are notable in their contrasting personalities; whereas Leo is not afraid to speak his mind (even though that was ultimately what got him into trouble), Tom is the total opposite. He is a tiger of few words, and normally says nothing more than a stern "Yes, sir!" or "No, sir!" (or "ma'am") when addressed. He speaks only when spoken to. He therefore has been hailed and praised by critics (and also by Super C) as "the ideal G-52." Tom has admitted, though, that he doesn't trust his own mouth, and he has a fear of hurting people with his words.

In my universe, when Leo unexpectedly won the 2020 election and became President of the United States (without even trying), Tom volunteered to serve as his Vice-President. Now the tiger, while still restraining himself. overall says more than he usually does, even admitting in a press conference, "I'm sorry; I don't usually talk this much." Nevertheless, Tom has used the experience to conquer his fears and gain the courage to speak up when necessary.

The duo's friendship has gone on to be one of the most powerful defining and influential friendships one can find in the world today, and the success they've had as the ones in charge have led to the possibility that when Leo hits the maximum limit of years as President, Tom will run for President to continue the legacy. (If he does, Super Slash, currently Leo's Secretary of Defense, will run for Vice-President.)

NOTE: It is commonly mistakenly believed that Leo's election set off a chain reaction around the world, leading more and more of his parallels to take office. That is only partially true; while it did reinforce the propaganda that "humans are out, furries are in," capitalizing on a fad CNG was found to have started while it was still alive, some parallels had already been in office before that.

For example, Kyu the Hwarang Lion had served his full limit as the President of a reunited Korea, while Leonce the Romantic Lion was President of the whole European Union (until an embarrassing meltdown he had involving him losing his temper with Emmanuel Macron led him to resign from the post; however, the world argues he was right to bellow at Macron). In my universe today, Leonce is now the President of France, but prior to that, he and Macron reconciled with one another.

Not all of Leo's parallels will be in office, however; his martial arts parallels (i.e. Leng the Bokator Lion) have no interest whatsoever, as their scary martial arts are enough to keep everybody in line. Likewise, Lisoko the Warrior Lion has no interest whatsoever. As for the ones who are in office, some of them voluntarily ran for office or are planning to run for office (i.e. Letsego the Adventurous Lion), while others ended up in office against their wills (i.e. Leonce now being the President of France).

Lennart the Viking Lion had no plans to be in politics given his tarnished history (and the word Viking is all you need to know about him), and he agreed to be isolated forever in a huge castle on a lonely island in Sweden if he goes berserk one more time for the wrong reasons. However, he still ended up in the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament) anyway. He has used the castle experience to shock him into controlling his temper, and he has promised to keep it under control if fate (and the people) decide he shall be Sweden's Prime Minister. At the moment, however, he isn't.

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Parallels of Leo (mentioned in story) (C)  Chuong and me joint-owned
Leo himself, Tom, etc. (C) me and me alone
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