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** Mike, a [[Punch Clock Villain]] who just wants to do his job. He'll roll his eyes and sigh, but he's about a reliable as it gets.
* [[The River]] has Captain Kurt Brynildson. Don't touch his guns.
*In the miniseries ''[[The Winds of War and War and Remembrance|War and Remembrance]]'' the camp commandant of Auschwitz is an [[Torture Technician|evil version of this.]] He takes great delight in his craftsmanship as if he was a smith discussing the products of his forge. In fact his smooth voice and elegant manner can give you sort of a weird split personality where one part of you takes an aesthetic delight for a second. [[Fridge Horror| And then you think,]] "Wait a minute, what the heck is he talking about!" You have to watch it [[Nightmare Fuel|to understand.]] Herman Wouk did not make his Nazis cartoon villains. He made them worse.
**Victor Henry is a heroic [[Consummate Professional]] who is a professional naval officer and travels the world doing whatever it will take to win the war. Including sacrificing his own desire for a [[Glory Seeker|glorious sea career]] and eventually [[Married to the Job|his jobmarriage.]]
 
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