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* In both versions of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', Maes Hughes is certifiably badass as he uncovers a lot of [[The Conspiracy]] through sheer investigation and intelligence not to mention that he takes out both both Envy and Lust single handed; too bad they are both immortal.
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== Comic ==
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== Live Action TV ==
* Hetty from ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]''. She is both a bureaucrat and a former agent who once wrecked a Ferrari in Monte Carlo and is proficient in numerous exotic weapons. She is nicknamed [[The Chessmaster|"The Duchess of Deception"]]
* Radar from ''[[MASH]]''.
** Klinger later manages to grow into the role after Radar gets sent back to the States.
* Bunpei Shiratori, a local government bureaucrat from Inba, Japan, is an All-Star competitor on [[Ninja Warrior]]. A particularly memorable competition had him recovering from heat exhaustion to advance all the way to the third stage.
* Esther Drummond in ''[[Torchwood
* Joan from ''[[Mad Men]].'' Pretty much everyone in the office acknowledges that she really runs the place and is one of the only people who knows how the office bureaucracy and logistics truly works.
* [[Sherlock|Mycroft Holmes]] claims to have a minor position within the British government. It is heavily implied that Mycroft Holmes ''is'' the British government. He does, after all, control all the CCTV cameras in London. And is possibly the head of [[MI 6]].
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* Jorj X. Mc Kie and probably everyone at the Bureau of Sabotage in [[Con Sentiency]].
* Several of Lord Vetinari's "dark clerks" in the [[Discworld]] are Assassin's Guild-trained. How much actual clerical work they do seems to depend on the assignment...
** Inigo Skimmer in ''[[Discworld
** A.E. Pessimal from [[Discworld
** Even the regular clerks get a touch of this at the end of ''[[Discworld
** On the other hand (or at least the hand that pays him more) is Mr. Slant, zombie attorney and president of the Guild of Lawyers, whose death only made him work through lunch breaks. He can quiet a [[Army of Lawyers|roomful of attorneys]] with a glance, and he has an encyclopedic knowledge of case and precedent because ''he was there and helped write it.''
** And don't forget Mr. Bent, from ''[[Discworld
== Music ==
* [[Savatage]]'s song "Chance" is about Chiune Sugihara and the turmoil he must have felt as he destroyed his career to do the right thing, see the [[Real Life]] section below.
* "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" by [[CAKE (
== Tabletop Games ==
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* Bob "Mr. Incredible" Parr (From [[Pixar]]'s [[The Incredibles]]) was this during his brief stint as an insurance claims agent, much to the chagrin of his [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] boss Mr. Huph.
* Roz from [[Monsters, Inc.]], {{spoiler|also the CDA Administrator incognito}}
* Hermes Conrad from [[Futurama]] once organized a forced labor camp he was imprisoned at so efficiently that all the work could be done by one Australian man.
** He also used his organization skills to lead a fleet in a battle to retake Earth in ''Bender's Big Score''.
* Twilight Sparkle of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* Councilman Tarrlok in ''[[
== Real Life ==
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