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This is the beat cop who wears a uniform, patrols the neighborhood, controls traffic at cross-sections, and watches for infractions to the road code. Heroes who break the law whether unwittingly or out of childish mischief will likely end up on his wrong side, and be given a fine or taken to the local police precinct. Neither a [[Rabid Cop]], a [[Cowboy Cop]], nor an [[Old
A frequent recurring minor character in classic [[Franco
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== Anime & Manga ==▼
* Hotori, the main character of ''[[Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru (Manga)|Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru]]'', has a long running feud with the stressed neighbourhood cop Matsuda, although besides being cheeky, playing hooky and sneaking out at night she isn't exactly a delinquent.▼
== Comedy ==▼
* Coluche, a famous French stand-up comedian, had a routine called "''Le Flic''" ("The Cop") in which he played a Meddlesome Patrolman.▼
▲* Hotori, the main character of ''[[
== Comic Books ==
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* ''Agent 212'' is an interesting case of a Meddlesome Patrolman who is also the protagonist of a series rather than a supporting character.
* Agent Bodard in ''Corinne et Jeannot''. His main purpose seems to add insult to injury caused by Corinne on Jeannot.
* Agent 22 was a recurring nemesis of [[Boule
* Agent Dussiflet or his peers get to slap a fine on [[Achille Talon]], or drag him in handcuffs to the local police precinct, on more than one occasion.
* The motorcycle cop played by Tim Robbins in [[Robert Altman]]'s ''Short Cuts'' takes advantage of his uniform to pull over good-looking women and ask them for dates.
* In ''[[
* The French movie ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058135/ Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez]'' and its five sequels are a film series were not only the main character (played by Louis de Funès) but most of the supporting cast is this kind of cop, of the [
* Another (older) Louis de Funès movie is ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051989/ Ni vu, ni connu]''. This time, the protagonist is a poacher, and he's outwitting a Meddlesome Forest Guard.
* [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s character of The Tramp has often to deal with a Meddlesome Patrolman (or ten) in many of his movies.
== Literature ==
* Mandatory ''[[
* If border guards count, then ''[[The Tamuli]]'' has a great example in the form of some Cynesgan guards who were deliberately trying to stall Sparhawk. This being a work starring Sparhawk, [[Murder Is the Best Solution|constructive Elenishism]] ends up taking care of the problem.
* A rural-village version often appears in the writings of [[
== Live-Action TV ==
* Karen and Davis from ''[[
* ''Marie Pervenche'', a French live-action TV series from the 1980s. Although the eponymous character doesn't spend much time doing that job before adventure calls. OTOH, Danièle Evenou, the actress who played her, is wacky enough in real life to be compared to [[Gaston Lagaffe]].
* Bruce "The Goose" Hopkins, the council bylaws officer from the Australian kids show ''Streetsmartz''.
== Music ==
* "Lovely Rita" by [[The Beatles (
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When I caught a glimpse of Rita
Filling in a ticket in her little white book'' }}
** Funny story, actually; Paul McCartney wrote this one as a sarcastic love song to a woman who had given him a ticket not too long prior. When asked about the woman's name, his reply was something along the lines of "She looked like a Rita to me." It is no doubt merely coincidence that choosing that name made it easier to find rhymes for "parking meter"...
== Recorded and Stand Up Comedy ==
▲* Coluche, a famous French stand-up comedian, had a routine called "''Le Flic''" ("The Cop") in which he played a Meddlesome Patrolman.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[
* A ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* This has been invoked in multiple cartoon shorts in which a patrolman sees some children out and about instead of at school and goes through considerable effort to corral the truant children and get them to go to school. At the end of the short, the cop gets to the schoolhouse with the children and notices a sign pointing out that the reason the children are out and about is because it is a school
* Pretty much every episode of ''[[Top Cat]]'' revolves around the cats running some shady scheme while trying to keep Officer Dibble out of the loop.
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