Eric

networked photogenic unflappable select resistant composed

Eric seizes the spotlight in C.J. Cregg's chaotic office audition, holding steady on the chair as camera flashes barrage, outlasting Troy's frantic flapping to clinch the presidential pardon. C.J. selects his unflappable poise over rival panic, whispering unease at his uncanny stillness. Handlers C.J. and Donna grapple his stubborn resistance off the perch toward Rose Garden glory, sparing him execution amid White House Thanksgiving frenzy. This barnyard victor injects absurd levity into refugee crisis shadows, his composed defiance forging avian celebrity from ceremonial farce.

6 appearances

Presidential Turkey Pardon Ritual

Eric's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

6 moments

S2E8 · Shibboleth

CJ Snatches Donna as INS Alert Drops Amid Turkey Chaos

Stoically indifferent to flashing chaos

Eric endures the final camera flash test inside CJ's office without flapping, securing victory as CJ announces him the pardon pick, then resists dismounting from chair as CJ and Donna …

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S2E8 · Shibboleth

C.J.'s Turkey Audition Fiasco and Song Confession

Stoic resistance, avian instincts overriding human handling.

Eric perches defiantly on C.J.'s office chair during the final camera-flash audition, remains unflappably composed to win pardon selection over Troy, then resists C.J. and Donna's wrangling attempts to get …

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S2E8 · Shibboleth

Bartlet Pardons Troy and Lectures Morton on Public Education

previously selected as the first turkey prior to Troy's pardon

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S2E8 · Shibboleth

C.J. Dispatches Press to Rose Garden Briefing

Referenced as the turkey chosen for pardon, not to be sent back.

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S2E8 · Shibboleth

C.J. Desperately Negotiates to Save Troy the Turkey

Implied serene reprieve