Middle Management Mook: Difference between revisions

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He's above the cut of the average [[Mook]], but not smart enough to be the [[Evil Overlord]], or even the [[Evil Chancellor]]. He's not a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]], because he never got above Corrupt Corporate Middle Management. He's definitely corrupt, though. He's venal, petty and foolish, but is often a [[Punch Clock Villain]] who might be a candidate for a [[Heel Face Turn]]. Usually, the [[Big Bad]] considers him a convenient patsy. The biggest obstacle he presents to the heroes is telling more competent people what to do.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Komptin in the comic book ''Negation'' is a Middle Management Mook, but he's also the series' primary villain. Charon, his boss and Negation ruler, appears intermittently throughout the series. Komptin is seen commanding Negation soldiers and administrators, but also answers to Negation generals and lawbringers, all of whom work for Charon.

* In ''Villains United'', we're introduced to Scandal, the member of the [[Secret Six]] who relays orders from Mockingbird. Deadshot even refers to her as "middle management". However, she doesn't fit all of the above descriptions, as she's very effective at fighting in close range, and is extremely hard to kill.

* In ''[[Sin City]]'', during Marv's [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], he starts off by killing lower-level crime bosses such as moneymen who were sending henchmen after him. He works his way up until he finds a corrupt priest, who is killed soon after. It's only then that he finds out who the [[Big Bad]] is and has to go after him. To put it in perspective, Marv was not all that impressed by the moneymen he was killing off but was very surprised at how high it went when he realized the big bad was an extremely powerful person in one of the wealthiest, most corrupt families in the nation.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* The ''main character'' of ''[[District 9]]'' starts out as this, quite literally.

* Eddie Valentine from ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'' {{spoiler|before his [[Mook Face Turn]]}}.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Chapman from ''[[Animorphs]]''.

 

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* Arguably, Noah Bennet in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', before his [[Heel Face Turn]]. Thompson might qualify too; he doesn't seem to be part of the ringleaders either.

** There's nothing arguable about Noah Bennet's case - Matt even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it, with much hilarity since it took a lot of the first-season mystique out of ol' HRG.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* They go by the name of 'Executives' in ''[[Pokémon]]'' games. The regular ones are just Team (blank) Grunt' while the higher ups are 'Team (blank) 'Executive'.

 

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

 

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