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== Literature ==
* Dolores Umbridge of ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Order of Thethe Phoenix (novel)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', who is the former [[Trope Namer]]. She came to the school as a teacher imposed by the Ministry of Magic, becomes High Inquisitor, fires perfectly lovable teachers, dictates stupid rules aimed at abolishing the students' civil liberties, ''literally'' [[Cold-Blooded Torture|tortures]] students during detention, and finally {{spoiler|deposes Dumbledore and becomes Headmistress.}} Her "things will be different around here" speech was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Hermione. She's so bad that she actually {{spoiler|''sides with Voldemort'' after she's run out of Hogwarts<ref>Possibly unknowingly, but she so heartily embraced his evil policies that it hardly even matters whether she knew who was behind them.</ref>}}, and even has an entry on the [[Complete Monster]] page. Most readers reserve more hate for Umbridge than for Voldemort, the actual [[Big Bad]] of the series. [[Stephen King]] has noted that Umbridge is the strongest of ''[[Harry Potter]]''{{'}}s villains because she's the kind of character who you just ''love'' to hate, whereas you hate Voldemort simply because the book wants you to and because he's [[Obviously Evil]].
** She doesn't even try to ''fire'' Hagrid. She tries to ''subdue him as if he were a wild beast'', using a team of Stunners. [[Politically-Incorrect Villain|She treats any "filthy half-breed" like a stupider, lesser being]]. {{spoiler|This proves to be her ''big'' mistake}}.
* When Saruman and Lotho take charge in the "Scouring of the Shire" chapter of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
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