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** So basically Alfred is [[James Bond]] in his retirement years.

** From the ''[[Elseworlds]]'' story "Dark Allegiances" by Howard Chaykin comes this magnificent exchange:

'''Alfred:''' You insult me, sir. Her husband was out of town. }}

** In one issue of Batman: Gothic, Gotham City is overrun by homeless cultists. Batman and Robin are picked up from their hiding place by Alfred in the Bentley. When Batman asks whether Alfred had any trouble getting to them, Alfred replies "None sir." and holds up a pistol. To put it another way, Alfred is Battle Butler incarnate.

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

** In the mini-series ''Doctor Strange: The Oath'', Strange reveals that Wong has been his tutor in the martial arts over the years

* Peabody from ''[[Zot]]''

* Bryan Hand from ''[[Ms. Tree]]''. Mr Hand was officially employed Mike, Jr.'s tutor. However, Mr Hand is also a former SAS trooper and ex-mercenary. Michael hired him because he could double as Mike, Jr.'s bodyguard; a function he performed frequently throughout the series.

** It should be noted that the series begins by exploring the possibility that the word "butler" is derived from the Fowl family's line of manservants, going as far back as the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

** It gets better in Book 2.

** It is also mentioned that a prerequisite for being a bodyguard to the Fowl family, among combat experience, is "Cordon Bleu cooking skills". And in ''The Lost Colony'', he uses them.

** To prevent Artemis and Butler from getting too close, Butler never reveals his first name to Artemis, but that didn't help. In ''The Eternity Code'', {{spoiler|as he's dying, he finally tells Artemis his name: Domovoi. It's very fitting, as a domovoi is a Slavic guardian spirit.}}

** More scary in that it wasn't an ice ''pick'', but an ice ''knife'' - imagine, if you will, a breadknife, only a foot-and-a-half long, with half-inch, razor sharp serrations. That poor Dwarf.

** And the slashing hat mentioned on [[Battle Butler/Quotes|the quotes page]] is of course a [[Shout-Out|nod]] to Oddjob from ''[[James Bond (film)|Goldfinger]]''.

'''Willikins:''' "With care, sir, yes." }}

** Not to mention the time when Willikins left Vimes' service to fight in Klatch -- biting a D'Reg's nose off at one point, and generally being Sergeant Badass.

** ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' has Shockwave and Soundwave, both logical, level-headed, and more than willing to kick aft in Megatron's name. Soundwave even saved Megatron's life once in [[The Movie]], though his loyalty apparently wasn't great enough to stop [[The Starscream]] and the other Decepticons from tossing him out Astrotrain's airlock five minutes later. And Shockwave even has a British accent!

** ''[[Beast Wars]]'' has Inferno, combined with a dash of [[Sociopathic Soldier]], who has a glitch in his programming causing him to think he really ''is'' a fire ant, with Megatron as his "Queen." [[Insect Gender Bender|The fact that Megatron is male doesn't seem to bother him.]]

[''Megatron starts to strangle Inferno''] }}

** From ''[[Transformers Armada]]'', Demolisher ''could'' qualify, but the real winner was {{spoiler|'''Starscream''' of all mechs,}} who lost his memory in the sequel ''[[Transformers Energon]]''.]] For one glorious season Megatron had '''the''' most loyal Decepticon he could ever ask for, and one who eventually {{spoiler|followed Megatron into the Energon sun, to their mutual deaths.}}