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[[File:battle buttler3 6872.jpg|link=Black Butler|frame|Don't worry, he'll shine the silverware spotless after he kills you with it.]]

 

 

A household or personal servant who acts as a "combat effective" despite their official position having nothing to do with combat.

 

[[Not to Be Confused With]] [[Hayate the Combat Butler]], although the eponymous character [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|is definitely an example]].

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== Anime and Manga ==

* Watari, L's butler of ''[[Death Note]]'' fame. Can prepare delicious sweets for L, while capable of maintaining the facade that he is the aloof detective, and {{spoiler|can take you down with a single, steady shot from a sniper rifle while ''dangling from the legs of a flying helicopter''.}}

* ''[[Butlers x Battlers]]'' was [https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/butlers-x-battlers a whole series] about warriors who were butlers in their spare time. Thus far, it is regarded as a flop.

 

* Alfred Pennyworth, essentially [[Batman]]'s Batman. Not exactly a ''battle'' butler, but his skill at espionage and disguise rivals Batman's, and as a retired secret agent he knows his way around a shotgun. A former combat medic, he's also a skilled surgeon, and has served as Batman's private physician over the years (just think how tough ''that'' job must be...)

** Speaking of [[Batman]], how about the Joker's sidekick Bob from the 1989 movie? Bob's unquestioning loyalty causes the Joker to reach [[Moral Event Horizon|phenomenal levels of uncool]] after he asks for Bob's gun, then shoots him with it for no good reason. And don't even get started on Harley Quinn.

* Creote, the ex-Spetsnaz hulk in ''[[Birds of Prey]]'', is utterly loyal to the villain Savant. He's also in love with Savant, being gay, but Savant doesn't know about it. {{spoiler|Until the rebooted series, in which Oracle gives Creote a little help in bringing the subject up. Time will tell how their relationship will change.}}

** Speaking of the Birds, you can make a good case for Zinda as Barbara's.

* Jarvis, the butler of ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]''. He's not anywhere near Alfred-level [[Badass]] but he's got some military background of his own.

* Wong, mystical martial artist and servant to ''[[Doctor Strange]]''.

* Alfred from ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' mentions that he used to be a soldier and once burned a whole forest down to catch a bandit. However, he's never seen in a combat situation in the films.

* John Woo movies ''A Better Tomorrow II'' and ''Hard Boiled'' both feature a version of the battle butler. In ''A Better Tomorrow II,'' the servant - hitman Chong is given a pile of cash by his terrified employer, but completely ignores it, indicating that his only concern is finding a [[Worthy Opponent]].

* Alfred in ''[[Hudson Hawk]]'', who serves the villainous Mayflowers.

* [[The Renfield|Igor]] in ''[[Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl]]'', who serves the former one of the eponymous girls.

* In ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'', Simmons gets one with Dutch, who while usually somewhat neurotic and effeminate proves to be quite dangerous if pushed.

* Both the Great Leslie and Professor Fate have one in ''[[The Great Race]]'': Hezekiah Sturdy for Leslie and Max Meen for Fate.

* Inverted in the ''Pink Panter'' films by Cato, Clousseau's manservant. An expert in martial arts, Cato spends nearly all his time launching sneak attacks on his master, in order to keep him prepared for a real attack.