Servant Tropes

Tropes about servants, serving, and sidekicks.

See also A Slave to The Index.

Servants:
Sister Indexes:
 * Money Tropes
 * Luxury Tropes
 * Poverty Tropes
 * Rich People
 * Battle Butler
 * Battle Thralls
 * Bodyguard Babes
 * Bodyguarding a Badass
 * Bond Creatures
 * Boxed Crook
 * Cadre of Foreign Bodyguards
 * Cincinnatus
 * Creepy Housekeeper
 * Crusty Caretaker
 * Ethnic Menial Labor
 * Evil Minions
 * Familiar
 * Girl Friday
 * Guardian Angel
 * Guardian Entity
 * Henchmen Race
 * Hero Secret Service
 * The Igor
 * The Jeeves
 * Kindly Housekeeper
 * Legacy of Service
 * Maid
 * French Maid
 * Maid Corps
 * Meido
 * Ninja Maid
 * Robot Maid
 * Scullery Maid
 * Old Retainer
 * Personal Mook
 * Praetorian Guard
 * Servant Race
 * Weapon As Familiar

Often used characterization tropes:

 * Bumbling Sidekick
 * Hypercompetent Sidekick
 * Loyal to The Position
 * Professional Butt-Kisser
 * The Renfield
 * Servile Snarker
 * Wager Slave
 * Yes-Man

Servant-related tropes:

 * The Bait
 * Bargain With Heaven
 * Bodyguard Betrayal
 * Bodyguard Crush
 * The Butler Did It
 * Deal With the Devil
 * Ditch the Bodyguards
 * Human Pack Mule
 * I Owe You My Life
 * Lady and Knight
 * Leonine Contract
 * Let The Boss Win
 * Lost Him in A Card Game
 * Magically-Binding Contract
 * Magic Contract Romance
 * Mistaken for Servant
 * Nice to The Waiter
 * No Badass to His Valet
 * No Hero to His Valet
 * Submissive Badass
 * Swapped Roles
 * Taking the Bullet
 * Too Important to Walk
 * We Will Use Manual Labor in The Future
 * With Due Respect
 * Work Off the Debt