Obstructive Bureaucrat: Difference between revisions

** In a deleted scene, as Gozer the Gozerian was wreaking havoc, the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man was smashing up the city and the End Of The World was quite seriously nigh, Peck's response was to grab a fleeing police officer and order him to go up to arrest the Ghostbusters for "going too far". Said officer's response, not unreasonably, was "''You'' go and arrest them!"

** Atherton played the part to such perfection that he had a serious problem with being typecast for a while afterward; not that no one thought he could play anything other than an Obstructive Bureaucrat, but that ''no one liked him, period.'' He does, fittingly, reprise the role in ''Ghostbusters: The Videogame,'' which suggests that {{spoiler|Peck is actually a subversion, a Gozer cultist who knows full-well how absurd his behavior is, and is doing it intentionally to stop the Ghostbusters from opposing Gozer. Though by the end, this is revealed to be a [[Red Herring]], as he's just an [[Unwitting Pawn]].}}

* Secretary of Defense Albert Nimziki in ''[[Independence Day]]''. He knowingly concealed the fact that the aliens had visited Earth before, even after they became hostile and any information would have been immensely helpful. He only admits it after the first failed attack and David's father draws attention to the supposed "myth" of the Roswell crash. He wants to continue nuking the aliens even after the first attempt proves that their shields can resist the bombs. Then he has the call to insist that David's plan, which he had demonstrated could actually work, is a bad idea and tries to talk the president out of it. At this point, the president gets tired of his crap and fires him.

* Gilbert Huph, Insuricare Middle Manager from ''[[The Incredibles]]''. His job is explicitly to see that '''Every. Single. Claim.''', no matter how valid or dire that is made against Insuricare is denied. He sees his clients as his stockholders, openly chafes at laws that protect policyholders, and mocks a man Bob sees getting mugged and beaten. He's such a loathsome character that it's a minor [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] when Bob hurls him through several walls.