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== Comic Books ==
* Happens at at some point to every judge in ''[[Judge Dredd]]''. Dredd himself notably lost faith and resigned from his post just before the events of "Necropolis."▼
== Film ==
* [[Schindler's List
* Preston from ''[[Equilibrium]]''. Unlike many of these, he succeeds in taking down the local tyranny.
* Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz from ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''. As an enlisted man, he killed 13 Gestapo officers, plus he has the honor of dying while doing what he loved best - stabbing an already dead Nazi in the back of the head with a large knife.
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== Literature ==
* Winston Smith in ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four
* D-503 in Yevgeny Zamyatin's ''[[We]]'' - but at first he cannot grasp the fact that he feels the urge to rebel...and considers it a sickness.
* Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson from ''[[Brave New World (novel)|Brave New World]]''. Unlike his fellow citizens, Bernard wishes for more solitude and dislikes taking soma. Helmholtz wants to create [[True Art]].
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* Paul Proteus from [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s ''Player Piano''.
* Equality 7-2521 from ''Anthem'' by [[Ayn Rand]].
* The City Watch in general and Vimes in particular in the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[
* Inspector (later Watch Commander) Carmichael of [[Jo Walton]]'s [[Alternate History]] ''[[Small Change]]'' trilogy has been [[An Offer You Can't Refuse|blackmailed]] into becoming [[Da Chief]] of what is effectively a [[Day of the Jackboot|British]] [[State Sec|gestapo]]. Although [[Zero-Approval Gambit|publicly feared and hated]], he uses the resources and privileges he now has to his advantage to secretly move as many innocents as he can safely out of the country.
== [[Live
* Juliet from ''[[Lost]]'' is an example of this...particularly in the episode ''I Do''.
* Deep Throat of ''[[The X-Files]]'' fed Mulder information from his position in authority.
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* ''[[Deus Ex]]''. {{spoiler|JC Denton starts out as a UNATCO (United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition) Agent, but he rebels after a few missions when his brother shows him proof that his bosses are corrupt and serving a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]].}}
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* [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060203 Alluded
* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', Kat Donlan was raised in the Court and is a very strong supporter of its scientific worldview... until she discovers a conspiracy that the Court's founders pulled off. She loses all respect for the Court's organization and current leadership, even though she remains a firm believer in the power of science.
== Western Animation ==
* General Crozier and Cardinal Ravenwood from ''[[Metalocalypse]]''.
▲* Happens at at some point to every judge in ''[[Judge Dredd]]''. Dredd himself notably lost faith and resigned from his post just before the events of "Necropolis."
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