Mook Lieutenant: Difference between revisions

 

"Lieutenant" here refers to the position of right hand man in general, rather than a specific rank.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Naruto]]'': Arguably, Black Zetsu to Tobi.

* ''[[Sin City]]'' gives us a nameless leader in charge of the squad of cops who try to kill Marv and his parole officer. He is the only one with lines and is identified by the large eagle tattoo over his face.

* Sergeant Simon in [[The Movie]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros]].'' First appears as just a booking officer at the police station, but later serves more proper Mook Lieutenant functions like being Koopa's flamethrower-toting bodyguard and reminding him that humans evolved from apes, not mice.

 

== Literature ==

* In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', the Myrddraal are part Mook Lieutenant, part [[Elite Mooks]]. Though much more physically powerful and intelligent than their [[Our Orcs Are Different|Trolloc]] cousins, you'll generally find them commanding Trollocs (in general, you get one Myrddraal and a hundred Trollocs, a grouping which is called a "Fist") rather than fighting by themselves. Myrddraal in turn take ''their'' orders from [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|the Forsaken]], who work directly for [[God of Evil|the Dark One]]. Somewhat unusually for this trope, the two look nothing alike- Trollocs are hulking beast men, while Myrddraal look like palllid humans with [[Eyeless Face|smooth skin where eyes should be]] who generally wear [[Black Cloak]]s

 

* ''[[Farscape]]'': Scorpius when on his peacekeeping command vessel discusses and gives orders to Captain Miklo Braca to give to the rest of his armada.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': In the episode "The Sontaran Stratagem", General Staal has his army on the ground led by Commander Skorr. Who promptly removes his helmet when he arrives.

* In ''[[Power Rangers SPD]],'' there are special, speaking blue [[Mecha-Mooks]] who command the standard silver ones. In ''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]],'' there are a few isolated incidences of lone Styxoids (talking, staff-wielding [[Zombie Mooks]]) leading Hidiacs (babbling, hatchet-wielding standard [[Zombie Mooks]], though their acid-spitting power was a force to be reckoned with for about one episode.) but mostly those were a separate squad of [[Elite Mooks]].

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' sourcebook ''Cult of the Dragon'' introduced a necromantic spell "Undead Lieutenancy" which makes one intelligent undead command any lesser (by Hit Dice) undead that would heed the caster, and make them (within 60' radius) immune to [[Turn Undead]] unless the big guy is successfully turned.

 

== Video Games ==

** [[Mass Effect 2]] has a rather odd version of this in the form of {{spoiler|The Collector General, who was at first thought to be the [[Big Bad]]. Like Saren before him, it was shown that the General was actually being controlled by the Reaper Harbinger the whole time. However, the General didn't command the mooks personally; rather, he acted as a conduit and mouthpiece for Harbinger to do the commanding, including possessing Collector infantry and turning them into [[People Puppets]]. True to the spirit of this trope, Harbinger ends up leaving the General to die in the exploding Collector Base after the General failed him.}}

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[The Dreamstone]]'': Sergeant Blob is the commanding officer of the Urpneys. Promoted in the very first episode after the previous one failed Zordrak.

* ''[[Shrek]]'': The Captain of the Guards.

* General Traag, commander of Krang's Rock Soldiers from the 1987 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987]]''

 

 

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