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See also [[Mission Control]], [[Mysterious Employer]]. The [[Man Behind the Man|handler's handler]] is [[The Spymaster]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Darker than Black]]'' has the abrasive [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] Huang relaying orders to Hei, the [[Anti-Hero]] of the series
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* Weiss in ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' go through several of these: Manx, Birman, Botan, and Rex. Their [[High Turnover Rate|mortality rate]] isn't much better than that of anyone else who comes into contact with [[Doom Magnet|Weiss]].
* In ''[[Claymore]]'', the handlers of the titular characters (particularly Louvre) are a major feature of the plot.
* Mr. Kim in the anime ''[[
* Watari is considered L's handler from [[Death Note]] - the name "Watari" was chosen because it ''means'' handler.
* In ''[[Maiden Rose]]'', Klaus has one in Taki's country, who supplies him with [[Bottled Heroic Resolve|drugs]] among other things. When he tells Klaus he's getting out soon and Klaus should too before he dies there [[Double Agent|Klaus]] mocks him for getting too attached to him.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[Quiller]]'' novels by Adam Hall each [[Government Agency of Fiction|Bureau]] "shadow executive" has a director-in-the-field who organises safehouses, communication, transport, identity papers, liaison with government
* Due to its small size, a common methodology of Special Circumstances from ''[[The Culture]]'' novels is to employ or manipulate non-SC or even non-Culture agents to do the dirty work, with SC operatives acting as handlers. Examples include Diziet Sma in ''Use Of Weapons'' and Flere-Imsaho in ''The Player Of Games''.
* Andrew Osnard (played by Pierce Brosnan in the [[Film of the Book|film]]) of John Le Carré's ''The Tailor of Panama'' is a classic example, recruiting title character Harold Pendel (Geoffrey Rush) as a spy and {{spoiler|applying so much pressure to him that he makes up information that when acted on majorly destabilises the region}}
** Ned, from Le Carré's ''The Russia House'' and ''The Secret Pilgrim.''
** Actually practically all of Le Carre's spy novels include some sort of handler.
* CIA department head Bill Carstairs is this for Emily Pollifax in Dorothy Gilman's ''[[Mrs. Pollifax (franchise)|Mrs. Pollifax]]'' novels.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* Peter to Neal in ''[[White Collar]]''
* Mr. Morden in ''[[Babylon 5]]''
* ''Now and Again'': Dr. Morris was Michael Wiseman's handler and keeper, tasked with both setting up Michael's missions and preventing him from interacting with the outside world (especially his [[Back
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. In theory, the Watcher plays this role for the Slayer. Whether Buffy or Faith chose to follow the Watchers Council's orders is another matter.
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