Hypercompetent Sidekick: Difference between revisions

Frequently the [[Only Sane Man]]. See also [[The Reliable One]] and [[The Jeeves]]. Contrast [[Bumbling Sidekick]].

== Anime and Manga ==

* In ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'', one gets the impression that the Club wouldn't survive without Kyouya keeping an eye on Tamaki. He decided early on after they met that he would do everything in his vast intellect to make Tamaki seem as awesome as possible for Tamaki's sake, ''even at the cost of his own reputation.'' Every club member knows this and calls Kyouya the Shadow King. Tamaki even spends an entire event trying to get Kyouya to compete ''against'' him.

* In a rather vile example of this; Heinrich Himmler, the man who supposedly carried out the Holocaust, had Reinhard Heydrich who carried out and created many of the ideas of the Holocaust. He was so vicious, it is said some of the Nazi officials who were his subordinates were more afraid of him than Hitler. This makes sense, as he created the concentration camps and the rest of the Final Solution.

* Vice President Walter Mondale was this to Jimmy Carter, serving as Carter's troubleshooter (particularly in foreign affairs).<ref>Mondale's foreign affairs experience later earned him an appointment as ambassador to Japan under the Clinton administration.</ref> Richard Nixon filled the same role for Eisenhower. Prior to Mondale and Nixon the vice-presidency was little more than a ceremonial posting, and usually a dead end for a political career. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] as to how effective either was in the job.

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