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* The Lamplighter-Marshal in D.M. Cornish's [[Monster Blood Tattoo]] series is this; it is telling that his first on-screen appearance has him running all about his domain having been sent to the wrong place by a (probably malicious) clerk. Otherwise, however, he's a perfectly [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] {{spoiler|until he's called away as part of a power-play by his [[Evil Chancellor]], who just happens to be a genuine [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] in charge of a legion of [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]s. Not quite the man you want in charge of what is effectively a military frontier.}} |
* The Lamplighter-Marshal in D.M. Cornish's [[Monster Blood Tattoo]] series is this; it is telling that his first on-screen appearance has him running all about his domain having been sent to the wrong place by a (probably malicious) clerk. Otherwise, however, he's a perfectly [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] {{spoiler|until he's called away as part of a power-play by his [[Evil Chancellor]], who just happens to be a genuine [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] in charge of a legion of [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]s. Not quite the man you want in charge of what is effectively a military frontier.}} |
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* [[Darkness Visible|Sir John Busby]] tries his best, but once the proverbial hits the fan, he can't really keep up with the volume of Wardens' reports, and his usual efficiency takes a nose dive. |
* [[Darkness Visible|Sir John Busby]] tries his best, but once the proverbial hits the fan, he can't really keep up with the volume of Wardens' reports, and his usual efficiency takes a nose dive. |
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* In ''[[Transformers |
* In ''[[Transformers: TransTech]]'', the red-tape-happy [[City of Adventure|Axiom Nexus]] is full of bureaucrats, including this sort. In "Withered Hope" in particular, the inability of an overworked and underpaid bureaucrat to help the [[Challenge of the Go Bots|GoBots]] (yes, you read that right) find among the thousands of others waiting to be processed through Customs the rogue scientist that escaped from their group, is what sets all their problems in motion. |
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* The IRS recruiter in Chicago in [[The Pale King]]. |
* The IRS recruiter in Chicago in [[The Pale King]]. |
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* A Beleaguered Bureaucrat (in charge of "Xeno-Cultural Gestalt Clearance", i.e., relations with extraterrestrials) is the protagonist of the short story "Birth of A Salesman" by James Tiptree, Jr. |
* A Beleaguered Bureaucrat (in charge of "Xeno-Cultural Gestalt Clearance", i.e., relations with extraterrestrials) is the protagonist of the short story "Birth of A Salesman" by James Tiptree, Jr. |
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