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Formerly [[Trope Namer|named after Renfield]] from ''[[Dracula (novel)|Dracula]]'', the [[Sycophantic Servant]] is a worshipful, perfectly willing slave of the [[Big Bad]]. Generally he's of only marginal usefulness, due to his incompetence and/or obsessions.<ref>The former [[Trope Namer]] is, intriguingly, not actually a full example in the original book; he's Dracula's slave, yes, but unwillingly so, and actually tries to betray his master. Later adaptations ignored this, however, so we have the trope as it currently exists.</ref>
An example of [[Happiness in Slavery]]; [[The Igor]] is a variation of this. If the [[Big Bad]] ''is'' a vampire and he's "[[Blessed with Suck|promised]]" the same fate to his loyal servant, may overlap with [[Vampire Vannabe]]. More generally, liable to [[Wannabe Diss]] both from those they (hope to) serve and their enemies. See also [[Dirty Coward]] (for reasons why someone would become this trope)
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