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** After {{spoiler|his experience in Advanced Tax class, Chris tries to make up for his mistakes by going to the dean and begging for a chance to salvage his college career. The dean laughs in his face.}}
* In the ''[[Star Trek]]'' novel ''Death Count'', the ''Enterprise'' is plagued with efficiency experts who don't quite get the distinction between rules and practice, and particularly have it in for Chekov. This is summarily resolved when two of them are murdered by an on-board saboteur, and the third is so grateful to Chekov for saving his life that he gives him a glowing report.
* Played with some in the ''Monster Hunter'' series of novels. While normally Monster Hunter International and their government counterparts the MCB hate each other and compete with each other, the government agents usually aren't ''obstructive'' to MHI saving the day. When MCB suddenly ''does'' start turning into an obstructive bureaucracy, it's a signal to characters in both organizations that [[OOC Is Serious Business|something is very wrong]].
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