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Behind every powerful man (or woman, occasionally), there is a secretary, assistant, or aide to keep his schedule and organize the paperwork. This character is usually calm and meticulous, is likely to wear a [[Sharp-Dressed Man|crisply pressed suit]], and may have [[Stoic Spectacles|hot little glasses]]. In other words, they're a ''perfect'' excuse to throw in a little [[Fan Service]]. Because [[Most Writers Are Male]], this tends to take the form of the [[Sexy Secretary]], but sometimes (especially in works that lean towards a female audience), it'll be [[Mr. Fanservice|an attractive guy]]: the
If the boss is also a hot guy, there's opportunity for [[Ho Yay]] via [[Subordinate Excuse]], for additional [[Mr. Fanservice]] value.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Descendants of Darkness]]'': Grouchy old man Chief Konoe has hot secretary Seiichiro Tatsumi (seen above).
* ''100% Perfect Girl'': [[Love Interest|Prince Jarte]] (himself no slouch in the looks department) has two: His secretary and head of intelligence Benjamin, who is very pretty, has [[Stoic Spectacles|little glasses]] and [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy|butt-length hair]], and Kairen, the head of the secret service, who is pretty and pouts a lot.
* Sai, secretary to the Millenium Prime Minister, complete with long pretty hair and a massive case of unrequited love.{{context}}<!-- Inverted: the context is here, but the *work* isn't. What is this from? -->
* More yaoi than you can shake a large, suggestively-shaped stick at, as it's a standard plot.
** ''Specially'' in [[Boku no Sexual Harassment]], where the [[Uke]] Mochizuki is told by the [[Seme]] Honma to sex-up his way through the company he works.
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** In the ''[[Hetalia Bloodbath 2010]]'' England has a [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] secretary, [[Fan Nickname|dubbed Workbitch Bartholomew by fans]]. He quickly gained status as an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] because of his [[Mr. Fanservice|good looks]].
*** And in the "Can't Escape from Italy" strips/episodes, England had another [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] aidé, a spy named Howard. Fans speculate that, since "Mr. Workbitch" looks like him, he may be Howard's relative (possibly his grandson)
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== [[Film]] ==
* [[Ryan Reynolds]] to [[Sandra Bullock]] in ''[[The Proposal]]''.
== [[Live
* ''[[Mad Men]]'': Lane Pryce's <s>secretary</s> ''[[Insistent Terminology|right hand]]'', John Hooker, is one of these even within the universe: as office manager at Sterling Cooper upon its takeover by Putnam, Powell, and Lowe, he replaces Joan...and is thus in charge of the secretarial pool. The secretaries (besides Joan, who hates him for personal reasons and disdains him for professional ones) all swoon over his good looks and sexy British accent.
* In ''[[Friends]]'', Rachel hires a totally unqualified guy for her assistant solely on the basis that he was cute.
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* Valvatorez from ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' has Fenrich, his [[Walking Shirtless Scene|perpetually shirtless]] [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] werewolf manservant.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
▲== Western Animation ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': in one episode, Homer gets an attractive male [[Hypercompetent Sidekick|Hypercompetent Assistant]] with [[Ho Yay]] overtones.
** Also Mr Smithers, assistant to Mr Burns, as far as some of the viewers are concerned.
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* [[Gargoyles|Owen Burnett]] is the right hand to David Xanatos (yes, [[Xanatos Planned This Index|that Xanatos]])
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Catherine the Great]] was fond of those. Platon Zubov was a particularly outstanding example of the trope.
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