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** Not 'never,' on the above—it turns into an actual ''fight'' in "Day of the Dove," with McCoy smearing Spock, Spock getting angry and coldly announcing his dislike of the whole human race, tensions rise, Kirk gets in the middle pointing out loudly that [[Half-Human Hybrid|Spock's half human]]...which, despite being the only thing that wasn't technically an insult, is the line-crossing that makes him realize something is very wrong here, and then they start tracking down the latest [[Emotion Bomb|emotion-manipulating]] [[Monster of the Week]]. |
** Not 'never,' on the above—it turns into an actual ''fight'' in "Day of the Dove," with McCoy smearing Spock, Spock getting angry and coldly announcing his dislike of the whole human race, tensions rise, Kirk gets in the middle pointing out loudly that [[Half-Human Hybrid|Spock's half human]]...which, despite being the only thing that wasn't technically an insult, is the line-crossing that makes him realize something is very wrong here, and then they start tracking down the latest [[Emotion Bomb|emotion-manipulating]] [[Monster of the Week]]. |
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** McCoy appears to be slightly outside normal chain-of-command concerns as Chief Medical Officer, too, and [[Star Fleet]] is pretty relaxed and ''technically'' nonmilitary at this point in history. It comes up once that they have no fraternization regs, and trust that to the discretion of the officers involved. (Kirk having mega-discretion here, interestingly, is how it gets brought up.) |
** McCoy appears to be slightly outside normal chain-of-command concerns as Chief Medical Officer, too, and [[Star Fleet]] is pretty relaxed and ''technically'' nonmilitary at this point in history. It comes up once that they have no fraternization regs, and trust that to the discretion of the officers involved. (Kirk having mega-discretion here, interestingly, is how it gets brought up.) |
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*** Later entries do confirm the CMO does have a rare but real ability to read the riot act to anyone regardless of rank if circumstances do justify it. This is actually [[Shown Their Work|much like in real world militaries]] where if there is a legit [[Insane Admiral]], then the CMO can order anyone regardless of rank to help them be medically quarantined. |
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** Averted in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. Counselor Troi's job is basically an HR manager, although in true ''Star Trek'' tradition she [[The Main Characters Do Everything|seems to be the only person in her department]]. |
** Averted in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. Counselor Troi's job is basically an HR manager, although in true ''Star Trek'' tradition she [[The Main Characters Do Everything|seems to be the only person in her department]]. |
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*** There are a few references in the series to staffing issues that reach the level of disciplinary action being the job of the first officer, and Riker sometimes |
*** There are a few references in the series to staffing issues that reach the level of disciplinary action being the job of the first officer, and Riker sometimes teams up to deal with them. You can see this in ''Hollow Pursuits'', where [[La Forge]] reports Barclay's holodeck addiction to Riker. Other times, inexplicably, it's just Troi, despite the fact she's not technically in the chain of command for anyone on the ship, at least not until season seven when she takes the bridge officer exam. |
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** ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' is probably the first entry to semi-justify this. While the ship does ultimately answer to the chain of command of Earth itself and the Vulcans have a high degree of overlapping oversight, a lot of the book they are writing as they go along and figure out what works and what doesn't for formal exploration crews later on. |
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* FBI agent Paul Ballard's rather famous for his lack of police decorum in ''[[Dollhouse]]'', but when he gets into a grappling, head-slamming fight with another agent in his office over a personal insult, it's hard to imagine how he's able to continue going about his investigation afterward. |
* FBI agent Paul Ballard's rather famous for his lack of police decorum in ''[[Dollhouse]]'', but when he gets into a grappling, head-slamming fight with another agent in his office over a personal insult, it's hard to imagine how he's able to continue going about his investigation afterward. |
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* The American version of ''[[The Office]]'' plays this trope for comedy; it's somewhat justified in that incompetent office manager Michael serves as a buffer between the employees and the rest of the company, and the two HR managers seen might as well not be there in terms of effectiveness and ability. When the home office eventually discovers just how chaotic things have become under Michael's watch, they react with appropriate panic, and even more [[Hilarity Ensues]]. |
* The American version of ''[[The Office]]'' plays this trope for comedy; it's somewhat justified in that incompetent office manager Michael serves as a buffer between the employees and the rest of the company, and the two HR managers seen might as well not be there in terms of effectiveness and ability. When the home office eventually discovers just how chaotic things have become under Michael's watch, they react with appropriate panic, and even more [[Hilarity Ensues]]. |
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* The staff in the hospital in ''[[Scrubs]]'' spends a lot of time abusing eachother verbally and physically, usually but not always sparing their boss. Dr. Cox even punched Dr. Kelso, Chief of Medicine, in the face once. |
* The staff in the hospital in ''[[Scrubs]]'' spends a lot of time abusing eachother verbally and physically, usually but not always sparing their boss. Dr. Cox even punched Dr. Kelso, Chief of Medicine, in the face once. |
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** Justified in-universe: Kelso is so much of a jerk that everyone took Cox's side and testified that they hadn't seen anything, making it Kelso's word against theirs. |
** Justified in-universe: Kelso is so much of a jerk that everyone took Cox's side and testified that they hadn't seen anything, making it Kelso's word against theirs. |
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== Newspaper Comics == |
== Newspaper Comics == |
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