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** At least until ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]: Burst'', where Percy tries to have him ''assassinated''.
** Percy has never been a ''good'' cop. He'll happily put innocent lives at risk, orders his men to near-suicidal manouvers and lets far more dangerous criminals get away if it brings him closer to catching Bean. Even before the whole assassination-thing in ''Burst'' he frames Bean for a murder so he can squeeze favours from the mobster who actually committed it.
* [[Sherlock Hound|Sherlock Hound's]] portrayal of [[Inspector Lestrade]] has elements of this, when chasing Moriarty. Ironically, [[Hayao Miyazaki]], one of the directors also directed ''[[The
* ''[[Kaitou Saint Tail]]'' has the [[Amateur Sleuth]] Asuka Jr constantly trying to foil Saint Tail. Of course, complications arise from Meimi's on-off crush on him outside her alter-ego, eventually leading into [[Dating Catwoman]].
* Tadashi from ''[[Astro Boy (Manga)|Astro Boy]]'' started out in this role.
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** Don't forget Inspector Nakamori, who is pretty much exactly [[Lupin III|Zenigata]]. He's an actual cop in charge of an entire division devoted exclusively to catching Kaitou Kid. He's also totally, unhealthily obsessed and does not even approach being smart enough to beat Kid, instead getting taunted and gently humiliated whenever he faces off against the thief. (Though he ''is'' more competent when not dealing with Kid.) And ironically, Nakamori's daughter [[Tsundere|Aoko]] is the closest to Kaitou's [[Dating Catwoman|love]] [[Victorious Childhood Friend|interest]].
** Eventually, he gets ''yet another'' Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist... Conan from ''[[Detective Conan]]''.
* Detective Leon Orcott of ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]''. He finds Count D to be a threat to humanity. Count D finds him to be endearingly/irritatingly thick-headed. Both are correct in their assessment. [[Go
** Leon also finds himself disturbingly attracted to D (disturbingly so because D is male - sort of), just as D finds himself disturbingly drawn to Leon (disturbingly so because Leon is human). Eventually, as Leon really begins to trust D, he lets his little brother live in the titular Petshop because he feels it would be ''the safest environment'' for the kid. ... And he still tries to arrest D occasionally after that.
* ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]'' has [[Shout
* Another female example: Atsuko "Jambo" Jackson, from ''[[Michiko to Hatchin]]''.
* Inspector Saehara from ''[[D.N.Angel]]'' falls into the comic side of this trope due to Dark already having a rather more competent nemesis. He does realise it would be out of character for Dark to kidnap someone though.
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* Doakes serves as the Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist in ''[[Dexter]]'' {{spoiler|until he dies in a fire.}}
* Seasoned detective Kwak in the [[Korean Series]] ''[[Bad Boy]]''.
* In the ''[[
* Detective Carter in ''[[Person of Interest]]'' is a serious version, pursuing the vigilante protagonist. She does occasionally team up with Finch and Reese, {{spoiler|the frequency of such team ups increasing up until the season finale, where for the second time, she (along with her partner, Lionel Fusco, who was initially blackmailed into assisting them unbeknownst to Carter until she tracked him down) helped Reese evade the CIA.}} Finch will occasionally contact Carter for information that the NYPD may have on a POI.
* Chief Inspector Teal in ''[[The Saint (TV)|The Saint]]''.
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