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[[File:rsz 1chief2 838.jpg|link=Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?|frame|[[Da Chief]] has a new case for you, gumshoe.]]

 

 

There appears to be a growing trend for making the [[Da Chief]] the polar opposite of the old, white man he always was in the past. There's a new boss in town, okay? And the [[Cowboy Cop]], or whatever smart-alec subordinate she has better watch out, because she ain't putting up with any of his crap.

 

One could reasonably consider the '''Black Boss Lady''' to be the [[Distaff Counterpart]] to the [[Bald Black Leader Guy]], though the main things they have in common are being black and being leaders (though there's technically nothing in the trope that excludes her from being [[Bald Woman|bald]] too). Is also a subtrope of [[Da Chief]], most of the time, though this trope isn't restricted to situations were she actually is [[Da Chief]], she just needs to be the boss of whatever organization she's running.

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== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Amanda Waller, in [[DC Comics]]' Cadmus, Suicide Squad, and related organizations, is widely recognized as one of the few people who can make Batman think twice about messing with her. Heck, she's taken on Granny Goodness (right-hand woman to ''Darkseid'') and walked away.

* Psiren, the leader of Psi-Cops from [[Marvel]]'s [[Warlock (comics)|Warlock]].

 

* Appears in the Paul Verhoeven ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' film. Sky Marshal Dienes, a middle aged white male, is replaced by Sky Marshal Tahat Meru, a Hawaiian. Her attitude and general demeanour speaks to this trope.

* [[Knight and Day]]: Isabel George, the CIA's Director of Counter-Intelligence fits this trope as she is [[Da Chief]], is impeccably dressed, and is a bit of a hardass. {{spoiler|At the end of the movie, she explains to Miller (Tom Cruise), who is restrained in a hospital bed, that the agency will [[Oh Crap|"transfer you to a secure facility tomorrow... for your safety".]] He stated earlier in the film that when [[The Men in Black|agents]] say this to you it means that they plan to kill you.}}

* In 1986, audiences applauded when the captain of the USS ''Saratoga'' was revealed to be [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_%28NCC-1887%29_personnel#Saratoga_Captain_.28.CE.B2.29 a black woman] (played by Madge Sinclair) in ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]''.

 

* Madeleine Hightower, the second boss the fictional CBI (California Bureau of Investigation) receives in ''[[The Mentalist]]''.

* Colleen Manus, Regional Director for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida's state police, in ''[[The Glades]]''.