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* Bookman and Lavi in ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' are supposed to be unbiased recorders of "the secret history. [[Becoming the Mask|Supposed to be]]...

* {{spoiler|Mikuru Asahina}} from ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' is a [[Time Travel]]er who's assigned to watch over Haruhi to unlock the mystery about why it's now impossible to time-travel beyonds a certain day.

* Meta Knight acts as the Mentor for ''[[Kirby]]'' in the [[Kirby of ~~the~~ ~~Stars~~|anime]] adaptation, and tends to act this way rather a lot of the time, often serving as [[Mr. Exposition]]. Although he and his henchmen do take the odd opportunity to display how [[Badass]] they are on a regular basis, Meta Knight seems happy to leave the problem solving to Fumu and the ass kicking to Kirby.

* Meta Knight acts as the Mentor for ''[[Kirby]]'' in the [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|anime]] adaptation, and tends to act this way rather a lot of the time, often serving as [[Mr. Exposition]]. Although he and his henchmen do take the odd opportunity to display how [[Badass]] they are on a regular basis, Meta Knight seems happy to leave the problem solving to Fumu and the ass kicking to Kirby.

* In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'', Bernkastel takes this role for the first two games, but once Beatrice indicates that she knows where Bern's loyalties lie, she takes a much more active role. It may or may not be the same Bernkastel as in ''Umineko'', but {{spoiler|Frederica Bernkastel is The Watcher of the ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' continuity, as she is the collective amalgamation of all past Rikas, and is responsible for plugging Rika into another kakera after Hanyuu invokes her power}}.

* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', Kyubey is the living embodiment of this trope. Despite being a [[Manipulative Bastard]], his actions only indirectly influence the storyline, and he really cannot break the rules which are assigned to him (grant a wish to an up-and-coming [[Magical Girl]], ''no matter how weird it is''). Of course, this does not stop him from giving out [[Wham! Line]] after [[Wham! Line]] in almost every episode.

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* The Watchers from ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' are prototypical, being members of an organization who observed the conflict between immortals but were sworn to remain apart from it. And just like Uatu they're really really bad at that second part.

* Parodied heavily with the "Observers" of [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]].

* The Ancients in ''[[Stargate]]''. And if we say they don't interfere, ''[[Neglectful Precursors|we mean it]]''. The number of times Ancients interfered in the plot can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and every time, the individual who did so was genuinely punished by the rest.

* ''[[The X-Files]]'' also has several people in Watcher-like roles (often emissaries of the [[Powers That Be]], or those within the [[Powers That Be]] but secretly working against them, e.g., Deep Throat, Mr. X).

* The Watchers of ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'', who annoy Melinda with their inability to give straight answers.

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* ''[[Fringe]]'': The Observer and his organization are a group of bald men with advanced technology and almost no emotions (or taste buds) who observe major events in history, but seem to be showing up more and more frequently in the present day ([[Once an Episode]], to be exact). Their purpose is unknown; they may be time travelers, immortals, or interdimensional police. They do sometimes interfere by communicating with the main characters in order to {{spoiler|prevent the two universes from destroying each other}}, but they justify it as righting previous errors.

* The Time Lords in ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Again, while they were officially supposed to never interfere, a lot of them were ''really'' bad at it. Notably, their doctrine of noninterference was largely self-imposed; they made that decision in the first place because they're almost all ''horribly corrupt'', and the doctrine is basically there to keep them from screwing up and/or conquering everything else.

* On ''[[Buffy]]'', Angel shows up in the early episodes only to offer Buffy cryptic messages about upcoming threats. Despite his title Giles acts more like a true [[Mentors|mentor]] than an actual Watcher.

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== Real Life ==

* Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein portrayed Deep Throat this way in their book ''All the President's Men'', and the movie follows suit. Understandable, as Nixon was known to [[You Have Failed Me|fire anyone who he even thought was against him]]; indeed, Woodward and Bernstein were so certain their contact would be killed they made it clear they would not reveal his identity until after he died. (Although Deep Throat, AKA W. Mark Felt, beat them to it.)

* Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein portrayed Deep Throat this way in their book ''All the President's Men'', and the movie follows suit. Understandable, as Nixon was known to [[You Have Failed Me...|fire anyone who he even thought was against him]]; indeed, Woodward and Bernstein were so certain their contact would be killed they made it clear they would not reveal his identity until after he died. (Although Deep Throat, AKA W. Mark Felt, beat them to it.)

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