Character

Troy

Troy charges into White House Thanksgiving chaos as the photogenic underdog turkey, his relentless wing-flapping torpedoing a neck-and-neck audition against composed rival Eric under C.J.'s flashing camera scrutiny. Kept sidelined amid wrangling, he flaps defiantly behind her desk, touch-averse instincts sparking C.J.'s desperate protocol battle with farmhand Morton. Thrust before President Bartlet, Troy secures impulsive pardon only to face instant 'draft' into service, hindquarters supported in hasty retreat—his disruptive energy fractures press office frenzy and Oval decorum, embodying ceremonial absurdity that humanizes staff amid refugee crisis shadows.

6 appearances

Also known as: second turkey

Troy's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

6 moments

S2E8 · Shibboleth

CJ Snatches Donna as INS Alert Drops Amid Turkey Chaos

Agitated by lights and exclusion

Troy undergoes flash audition alongside Eric but disqualifies via frantic flapping noises, sidelined by CJ during Eric's handling as she blocks his advance, embodying the chaotic energy CJ rejects.

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S2E8 · Shibboleth

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

Agitated panic from flashes and competition.

Troy participates in the office camera-flash audition alongside Eric, flaps frantically in response to flashes disqualifying himself, and lunges forward as C.J. physically blocks him back while she handles the …

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S2E8 · Shibboleth

Bartlet Pardons Troy and Lectures Morton on Public Education

is pardoned by President Bartlet as the second turkey

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S2E8 · Shibboleth

C.J. Dispatches Press to Rose Garden Briefing

Flaps wings behind C.J. in office, grabbed from desk by Morton.

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S2E8 · Shibboleth

C.J. Desperately Negotiates to Save Troy the Turkey

Agitated panic from handling threats

Flaps wings defiantly behind C.J. on her office desk as focal point of dispute, ultimately snatched by Morton amid failed negotiations, symbolizing chaotic barnyard intrusion.

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S2E8 · Shibboleth

Bartlet's Turkey 'Pardon' Reversal and Education Sermon

Instinctively agitated amid human handling

Troy stands positioned before Donna and Morton near Charlie's desk, becomes direct object of Bartlet's pardon-then-draft decree and Constitution-invoked farce, handled by Morton with hindquarters supported during extraction to pen, …

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Affiliation

CNN International