The new mayor of Ponko hugged Rick, his campaign secretary, passionately. "I owe you everything!" the new mayor cried jubilantly. "I still can't believe I won! All those other candidates were so much better than me. I mean, I really suck!" He sighed. "But still, I'm so happy about all of this. This is the high point of my whole year."
Rick nodded. What a year it had been. First all the children had become Knights of Satan and soon after had begun attacking the adults with their fire breath. Next everyone had been forced to start drinking turpentine and eat live snakes. Then the Earth had exploded and the survivers had been relocated in a cold puddle of puss, where they had been forbidden to urinate, sleep or feel any sensation other than agony. Then metallic ants had started to dissect and humiliate them all. And things had only gone downhill from there.
And now, Rick's boss was the new mayor of Ponko.
He had been elected on the slogan "It is Time For a Change!"