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Often found in combination with an [[Almighty Janitor]] and/or [[Silk Hiding Steel]].
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== Anime/Manga ==
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== Webcomics ==
* Chancellor Jarjuna of the human nation of Vasgol in ''[[The Water Phoenix King]]'' has yet to appear in person, other than one brief glimpse in a flashback to the war as a "kid in goofy armor", but he gained his position by leading the rebellion despite being only a commoner and ''killing a [[God
* Lars Sturtz from [[Dominic Deegan]]. Most of the events in the Battle for Barthis were to either [[Delaying Action|delay]] or [[We Need a Distraction|distract]] Brakkis, the [[Lawful Evil]] [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]], so that Lars could navigate the legal system to rescind the unsubstantiated declaration of [[You Don't Want to Catch This|corruption]] on the town, grant the citizens disaster relief, circumvent Gregory's [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished|"debts"]], organize a benefit concert, and expedite the rebuilding protocols.
** Not to mention Lars' [[The Determinator|painstakingly arduous]] auditing of the executive's doctored [[Mega Corp|consolidated]] financial statements that uncovered a complex money laundering scheme and connections to a few murders that ultimately [[Villainous Breakdown|took Brakkis down]]. And Lars [[Thicker Than Water|only did that]] just to [[Papa Wolf|bring]] his son [[My God, What Have I Done?|closure]].
* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'', Vanamonde von Mekkahn looks like a young loafer who does nothing but laze around and drink coffee all day. In reality, Vanamonde secretly runs the town of Mechanicsburg from his seat in the coffee shop, can rally the people of the town into highly effective guerrilla fighters against the Wulfenbach army in a matter of hours, and will utterly mess you up if you ''dare'' threaten a member of the Heterodyne family.
** By necessity, Baron Wulfenbach had to become this. With the world falling apart, and everyone and their army ready to tear it ''further'' apart, Klaus did the only thing he could do; take over the world and force people to stop fighting by basically saying "Do '''NOT''' make me come over there." [[And It Worked]]. And he's miserable for it, because now he lives out his days playing the much-hated game of bureaucracy.
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* Hermes Conrad from [[Futurama]] once organized a forced labor camp he was imprisoned at so efficiently that all the work could be done by one Australian man.
** He also used his organization skills to lead a fleet in a battle to retake Earth in ''Bender's Big Score''.
* Twilight Sparkle of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' showed shades of this in "Winter Wrap-Up" when she organized all the work so that spring came on time for the first time in Ponyville in years.
* Councilman Tarrlok in ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' may seem like a [[The Dandy|dandy]] and a [[Manipulative Bastard]] [[Sleazy Politician]], but he is also a very powerful waterbender, and quite adept at leading the task force raid on the Equalist dojo. {{spoiler|He is also capable of [[People Puppets|bloodbending]] without the need of a full moon.}}
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