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For some lucky workers, this is [[Truth in Television]]. For a lot of other people, this is [[Blatant Lies|some sort of malicious fantasy]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* Greed from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' who ([[Noble Demon|while he denies it fervently]]) is rather pleasant to and pretty protective of his underlings, making him all the more sympathetic a character.
** He justifies it by saying that if word gets out that he is good to his subordinates then more people will want to work for him.
** Likewise, Ling [[Let's Get Dangerous|gets dangerous]] whenever his underlings are in danger. {{spoiler|It should really be no surprise when these two join forces... [[Split Personality Takeover|so]] [[Super
* En from ''[[Dorohedoro]]'' is one scary guy, but otherwise quite nice to his subordinates.
* Chief Aramaki, [[Ghost in The Shell|Section 9]]
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** And Balalaika, both to her own gang and her outsourced labor, the crew of the Lagoon.
* Nanoha Takamachi of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]''. She cares about her trainees. She works hard to make sure they don't overextend themselves while learning everything she can teach them. She never screams at them. She is, however, capable of blasting you into unconsciousness [[Training From Hell|as a learning experience]].
* In a bit of a contrast to [[Real Life]] pirates, the most successful crews in ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' are the ones with benevolent captains. (At least to their crews.) [[The Hero|Monkey D. Luffy]] is the most obvious example of this, given that his [[True Companions]] are his very reason for living at this point, but at least one villain, [[
* Although he does make a rather [[Comedic Sociopathy|worrying]] decision regarding the main characters' privacy in the [[Omake]], the producer of Chou-Hayaoki from ''[[The Weatherman Is My Lover]]'' comes off as this sort of boss.
* Tsuna Sawada of ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''.
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* The captain in the [[Phules Company]] novels. He not only throws [[Fiction 500|large quantities of money]] into shaping up the Omega Mob, but devotes much time and thought to figuring out their needs and meeting them, even to the point of ignoring his own.
* From the ''[[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]]'' series is Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, firm believer in second chances. He will defend his staff members to anyone, even the Ministry of Magic if need be, and don't you dare try to eject anybody from the school building while he's in charge.
** Also, when Dobby (A [[Non
* [[Discworld (Literature)|Commander Vimes]] is repeatedly proven to be a much better boss than his attitude suggests. Although he doesn't like anyone much, his men are willing to put up with his roughness because they know that when the chips are down, he's got their back; in fact, after most of them leave during Fred Colon's time as Acting Captain, the only way Carrot can convince them to come back is by telling them he and Commander Vimes are back.
** One of the reasons many of the Guard left during Fred Colon's tenure was because he made racist comments while members of said races where standing feet away from him. When it's pointed out to them that Vimes makes similar comments all the time, they say that they don't mind when Vimes does it, for the reason mentioned above.
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* Rear Admiral A.J. Chegwidden and his successor Major General Gordon Cresswell in ''[[JAG (TV)|JAG]]''.
** Also Secretary of the Navy Edward Sheffield.
* Jack Donaghy, from ''[[
** He may be more of a [[Trickster Mentor]] to Liz and the TGS crew. [[If
* Jean-Luc Picard, ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]''.
** Although Picard exemplified this trope, all the ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' Commanders fit.
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* Rube in ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' is a [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]] who keeps his [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] running about as tight a ship as can be reasonably expected. He often shows his softer side with George, and once carried Mason to his place to let him sleep off a drug overdose<ref>Since reapers have a [[Healing Factor]], overdosing isn't such a big deal</ref>. Basically, his subordinates love and fear him at the same time.
* Roz from ''[[Raising the Bar]]'' from the public defenders' office, as a nice counterpart to [[Handsome Lech|prosecutors']] [[Amoral Attorney|boss Nick]].
* Mr.Bellamy from [[Upstairs, Downstairs]].
* Mayor Richard Wilkins from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' is a swell guy to work for. He's always got a kind word, he asks after your family, he encourages good dental hygiene and good nutrition, and he discourages swearing and encourages teamwork and esprit de corps. He'll even pay for a new wardrobe and an apartment if you happen to be a homeless psychotic slayer in need of an outlet for your violent tendencies! Oh, and he wants to transform into a giant snake demon and eat everyone in the city. But what boss is perfect, right?
* Cam Saroyan on ''[[Bones]]'', pretty much. She's professional at work, but is still pretty enganged with the lab team at the same time. Goodman wasn't *too* bad, but he was more stern than Cam.
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* J. Gander Hooter from ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'': Absent-minded, a bit on the eccentric side, but an effective and fair mission control to Darkwing and the agents of S.H.U.S.H., generous with praise and sternly serious about getting results on protecting the world from F.O.W.L.
* Commander Joseph Walsh from ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (Animation)|Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]''.
* Rebecca Cunningham from ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'' usually leans towards this, generally treating her employees more as friends and has yet to fire one despite their numerous acts of stupidity. That said, due to having slight [[Control Freak]] tendencies and a bit of an [[Depending On the Writer|erratic personality]], she can have shades of a [[Mean Boss]] or [[Pointy
* Iroh from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' is a good candidate for this trope. He withdrew his troops from a two year long seige of Ba Sing Se when he realized that it was pretty much hopeless (granted, it took the death of his only son to see this....), and he acts more or less like the [[Only Sane Man|voice of reason]] to the troops under Zuko's command during his exile. It is probably safe to say that Iroh is the ''only'' reason that the crew did ''not'' mutiny the entire time they were under [[Hair
* In ''[[Duck Tales]]'', Scrooge McDuck is tough and stern, but extremely fair to his employees.
** He is less benevolent in the comics, varying from a [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]] in comics by [[Carl Barks]] or [[Don Rosa]] to borderline [[Complete Monster]] in some of the Italian stories.
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