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{{trope}}
Did your new leader start off their reign by making a speech that included phrases such as [[New Era Speech|"there will be many changes around here"]] or "things will be very different under my command"? If so, then you're in a situation where a [[Tyrant Takes
This is a plot trope relating to a [[Story Arc]] where a character snags a major leadership position of the series, becomes [[Drunk
The kind that insists on newly implemented or previously uninforced rules being followed will often be undone by being caught in their own regulations and learning [[Nobody Is Above the Law]]. A common subversion of this trope is the [[Bait and Switch Tyrant]], which occurs when a character who originally appeared to be a new tyrant later turns out to not be that bad after all, and the story reflects that the characters have come to accept the new rules.
Remember, this isn't a trope for describing characters who become tyrants, but for describing a plot point of when (and possibly how) a character takes over for someone else and institutes new rules that are generally disliked by the majority of those affected.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Angel Beats
* Erika Furudo in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* Makoto Isshiki in ''[[
* One episode of [[Ranma
* ''[[Love Hina]]'' (either the OAV or vol 11 of the Manga): Kanako Urashima, Keitaro's [[Emotionless Girl|creepy]], [[Brother-Sister Incest|somewhat overaffectionate]] adoptive sister manages to [[Yandere|provoke the tenants at Hinata to the point of open warfare]] when she takes over in her "Oniisan's" absence.
** In a way its more or less Karma catching up to the girls for mistreating Keitaro (despite the fact that they all eventually got along.)
* ''[[.hack|.hack//Legend Of the Twilight]]'' had the Cerulean Knights taking over after Balmug is fired from System Administration. They ruthlessly hunt down gamers even remotely accused of hacking or of minor offenses (changing the color of the avatar's clothes etc)
* One episode of ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' has Tamama being promoted to squad leader, and quickly going mad with power. He ends up [[Lonely
* Averted on [[Naruto]]. When Danzo {{spoiler|is appointed acting Hokage after the Pain's Invasion Arc, he consciously avoids making decisions that would make him unpopular with the populace.}}
* Gouda, the [[Big Bad]] of the second season of ''[[Ghost in
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* Heidi Jackson when she takes over Hard 8 Enterprises in ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''.
** In the same vein, whenever Weird Pete finds himself GMing. Despite being one of the most laid back players in the series, whenever he picks up the dice behind the screen, he falls back on his old-school taskmaster persona. His tools are the [[Bolt of Divine Retribution]] and the [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|Murderous Falling Rocks]]. Along with the demerit system, which he assigns for pretty much everything that can be conceived as insinuating that the GM is wrong. Gain 50 demerits, lose a level. At least he's kind enough to offer the option of letting players work off their debt at his game shop: An hour of 'volunteer' work knocks off one demerit.
* [[Averted]] by captain Ben Daimio from ''[[BPRD]]'': when he arrives to take up the position of field team commander, he specifically states: "Don't want anybody to worry about my changing things around here. You guys have a system, it works. Stick to that". And indeed he doesn't try to make any radical changes. Except for making [[Our Homunculi Are Different|Roger]] [[Monster Modesty|put some friggin' pants on]]. And later he changes his mind about that, too.
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* This happens in ''[[Out Cold]]'' when a rich skiing tycoon takes over Bull Mountain and attempts to transform it into another Vail.
* Scar in ''[[The Lion King]]'', "reluctantly" assuming the throne and issuing his Nazi-esque hyena regime.
* In the ''[[Harry Potter (
** The [[Big Bad]] himself takes control of the Ministry of Magic in the penultimate film, and considering her [[Fantastic Racism]] and total lack of a moral compass, Umbridge welcomes her new evil overlords with open arms.
* In ''[[Heavyweights]]'', Camp Hope is taken over by Tony Perkus, a fitness fanatic who systematically removes everything fun about the camp and runs the campers ragged with unreasonably harsh exercise programs.
* The plot of the ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' movie is initially driven by the disappearance of Rube in a mysterious fire and the arrival of his shady [[Smug Snake]] replacement who encourages the Reapers to feel free to abuse their powers and cut corners on the job. A bit of a subversion in this case as the hard-nosed by-the-book leader is replaced with a much more laid back one, but it ends up playing out much the same as the Reapers begin to realize the consequences of their irresponsibility (both for themselves and the people around them).
* In the ''[[Richie Rich (comics)|Richie Rich]]'' film, Laurence Van Dough arranges for Richie's parents to be killed so he can take over their estate. He's temporarily foiled by Richie taking over with Cadbury as his proxy, but then frames Cadbury for the Rich's murder. Don't worry, the Riches got better.
* This is pretty much what the Emperor does in ''[[Star Wars]]''. He claims that the current chancellor is unable to handle the crisis at hand and becomes his replacement. He then starts to restructure the Republic into an Empire, for the good of the people and peace in the galaxy. The important difference is that he was the one who created the crisis in the first place.
== Literature ==
* Dolores Umbridge of ''[[Harry Potter and
** 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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* One of these is basically the major plot motivator in ''[[The Caine Mutiny]]''
* This happens when Prince John usurps [[Richard the Lion Heart|King Richard]]'s throne in many versions of the ''[[Robin Hood]]'' story.
* During the events of Terry Pratchett's ''[[
* In Douglas Coupland's ''[[
* In the third book of the ''[[
* When beloved centaur mentor Chiron is temporarily relieved of his duties in [[Percy Jackson and The Olympians|the second Percy Jackson book]], ''The Sea of Monsters'', somebody unaccountably decided that the best person to replace him as activities coordinator at Camp Half-Blood would be notorious child-murderer Tantalus.
* Miss Viola Swamp from the ''[[Miss Nelson]]'' series of books. Miss Swamp was a ''very'' harsh disciplinarian who kept the mischievous children in line when they took advantage of Miss Nelson's kind nature. It was revealed in the end of the first book that Miss Swamp was {{spoiler|Miss Nelson in disguise}}.
* Brother Leon, in ''[[The Chocolate War]]''. He becomes acting headmaster of Trinity High School when the regular headmaster falls ill, makes a [[Deal
* This was part of Baron Harkonnen's plan for ''[[Dune]]'': first have his evil mentat Piter de Vries take control of Arrakis and squeeze every ounce of worth and water out of the people, then have his nephew Feyd swoop in as a big damn hero and win everyone's love and affection. Alas, Piter came down with a bad case of death before he could be put in charge, so the Baron sent his other nephew, the Beast Rabban.
* The plot of ''Gay from China at the [[Chalet School]]'' revolves around this trope. When Miss Bubb, the tyrant in question, takes over as temporary headmistress after Miss Wilson, Miss Annersley and others are injured in a car crash, her fixation on exam results and crackdowns on the girls' free time and privileges makes her very unpopular, to the point where Joey writes a letter begging Miss Wilson to come back. Things comes to a head when she forbids Gay Lambert - who has broken rules on more than one occasion - to see her older brother before he is stationed in Asia, which leads to Gay running away and culminates in Miss Bubb having to resign, to everyone's relief.
* Principal Bottoms from ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No-Brainer]]'' makes changes such as firing the janitors and even ''canceling the school’s contract with the exterminator''. It gets so bad that {{spoiler|''the state has to close down the school''}}.
== Live-Action TV ==
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* The ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Chain Reaction" is a typical Tyrant Takes The Helm episode. The beloved leader of the SGC, General Hammond, is blackmailed into retiring and is replaced by a General Bauer. Bauer proceeds to break up SG-1, dedicate all the SGC's resources to building a big bomb and privately delivers the "things will be different around here" speech to O'Neill. O'Neill then sets out to get Hammond back and he is, of course, successful by the end of the episode.
** Bauer also screwed up so badly in the episode ({{spoiler|blowing up an uninhabited planet which very nearly meant irradiating the ''entire state''}}) that he probably would have resigned even if Hammond hadn't returned.
* In ''[[
** Likewise with Charles and Hawkeye, although to be fair Hawkeye was faced with a nearly-impossible situation (most of the surgeons gone or incapacitated and a huge influx of casualties). Still, he managed to alienate everyone in camp almost as badly as Burns ever had until Potter returned and smoothed things over.
** Colonel Potter, by contrast, was something of a [[Bait and Switch Tyrant]].
* "[[Evil Twin|Evil Dick]]" of ''[[3rd Rock
* Queeg in the self titled episode of ''[[
* When Doctor Maddox takes charge in ''[[
* Edward Vogler from ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. Of course, there wasn't really a "regular" leader he was replacing, but Vogler did manage to pretty much take over the hospital and force them to run it his way. House, of course, opposed him at every turn and the rest of the main cast eventually came around as well.
* The [[Britcom]] ''[[Are You Being Served?
* ''[[Crossing Jordan]]'' had multiple instances, one with Dr. Jack Slocum and another with Special Prosecutor William Ivers. The latter somewhat redeems himself in a later episode.
* Private Frazer in ''[[Dad's Army
* A curious example appears in ''[[Life On Mars]]'' in the form of DCI Frank Morgan, who temporarily replaces Gene Hunt when the latter is accused of murder. Contrary to the usual Tyrant, Morgan
* Matt Webber in the ''[[MacGyver]]'' episode "Early Retirement".
* Erin Strauss on ''[[Criminal Minds]]''. Though, to be fair, multiple times in the show she seems to come off as ''right'', or even actively trying to help the team. She tries to remove Hotch from his position as Unit Chief (and Hotch later says to Prentiss that, if Prentiss had told Strauss some of the things the team has done, he ''would'' have gotten fired), but later on tells former agent newly joining the team David Rossi that the team is ''Hotch's''. And, instead of finding a way to get rid of Hotch after {{spoiler|he beats George Foyet to death}}, she feeds the team and Hotch lines to ensure that all testimony makes it obvious that Hotch had no choice.
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** This is also the crux of the Charles Miner story arc when Michael quits.
** Happened yet again with Dwight when [[Steve Carell]] left the show. This time, Dwight went on an utterly insane power trip, which is probably more a tribute to how much he had [[Flanderized]] than anything. After one episode, he was fired for ''firing a gun in the office'', though he [[Ultimate Job Security|of course]] retained his old job.
* Two examples from ''[[
** The first takes over when Foyle is suspended under suspicion of having committed sedition; he initially seems like a [[Bait and Switch Tyrant]], if a bit of a strict one {{spoiler|until it's revealed that he framed Foyle for sedition on order to get his job, so that he could murder a junior civil servant hiding out in a 'funk hole' hotel nearby whose incompetence he blames for the deaths of his mother and sister in an air-raid}}.
** The second takes over when Foyle resigns, and is disliked by everyone because he seems disinterested and incompetent at the
* "Fixer" Eva Thorne on ''[[Eureka]]'' seems to be a Tyrant so far. Especially with all the [[Enforced Plug]] [[Product Placement]] she's brought in.
** Her role is changed to a more likable one when her past ({{spoiler|and age}}) is revealed.
* ''[[Greek]]'': Lizzie, the national representative watching over Zeta Beta Zeta, is a passive-aggressive Tyrant, promising any "slip-ups" being reported to Nationals. She's somewhat ineffective, though, and eventually shows signs of a [[Bait and Switch Tyrant]].
* This happens at least once a season in ''[[
** Special mention must go to Lynn
* Captain Edward Jellico in the ''[[Star Trek:
** Something of a subversion, too, since he rescued [[The Captain|Picard]] and [[Out-Gambitted]] the Cardassians (a race that has [[Magnificent Bastard]] as [[Planet of Hats|their hat]]). Picard even said he'd be keeping a lot of Jellico's changes.
* An episode of ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]'' had Mr. Mosbey fired and replaced by a Tyrant. It was all back to normal by the end of the episode.
* Admiral Cain from [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the remade ''
* In ''[[The Wire]]'' Lt. Marimo does this in the fourth season. In a bit of genre-savviness, the bosses who sent him to the unit did so specifically to disrupt the unit, not because they believed he would be a good boss.
* In ''[[Porridge]]'' (episode ''Disturbing the Peace''), Mackay is sent away, only to be replaced by the sadistic Napper Wainwright.
* Subverted briefly in ''[[SVU]]'' with Kim Greylek who informs Cragen that she'll be present at crime scenes. The captain, [[Continuity Nod|finding this a very familiar scene]], cuts her down immediately.
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* ''[[
** Also [[Dr. Jerk|Dr. Romano]] upon becoming chief of the ER, although it was somewhat [[Love to Hate|different]].
* In the ''[[Dollhouse]]'' episode "Meet Jane Doe" (2x07), {{spoiler|after losing Echo,}} Adele is replaced by Harding, who humiliates her by installing her as his puppet/maid and creates a Research and Development department presumably to begin building the technology {{spoiler|responsible for the [[The End of the World
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'''Adele:''' And how am I supposed to do that?
'''Boyd:''' ...The Adele I knew would never ask me that question. }}
** Of course, given [[The
* The secretary Miss Harbottle from ''[[
* Roger Gaffney in ''
* Steve Fleming in ''[[The Thick of It]]''. At first his colleagues are happy to see the back of [[Magnificent Bastard|Malcolm Tucker]] but when they realize how creepy, charmless and bad-tempered his replacement is they decide [[We Want Our Jerk Back|they want their jerk to come back]] from his [[Ten
* Arguably, Keith Mars when he {{spoiler|regains the position of sheriff}} in ''[[Veronica Mars]]''. While generally a good guy, his {{spoiler|response to underage drinking was way out of proportion to the actual problem}}.
* Mr Howard and Ms. Briggs from ''[[
* This trope could almost be called The Snyder, after Armin Shimerman's role on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Snyder replaced Principal Flutie after Flutie was eaten by students possessed by hyenas. While he openly despised pretty much all teenagers, he targeted Buffy and the Scoobie Gang; it was theorized in Season Two that he was working for Mayor Wilkins, but by Season Three [[Aborted Arc|he turned out to be as much in the dark]] [[Weirdness Censor|as the rest of the adult population of Sunnydale]].
* In the ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' episode "Picture of Innocence
* On ''[[NYPD Blue]]'', the first time Lt. Fancy leaves, his replacement definitely fits the trope. Fancy sees what's going on, and arranges to get her removed and comes back. Subverted when he leaves
* While DCI Jim Keats doesn't outright take leadership of CID, and while he's a lot subtler than your typical Tyrant, his role in ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' is that of an authority figure who tries to implement some serious changes, going against the grain and established protocol in an effort to - hopefully - usurp the current leader. {{spoiler|Not only does he fail, he reveals his [[Satan|true nature]]. There have been theories that he's tried to take over before, in the guise of Frank Morgan in ''Life on Mars''.}}
* The replacement Kosh on ''[[Babylon
** Also Emperor Cartagia, who turns out to be batshit insane and kills most of his advisers for trivial reasons (and keeps their heads to talk to them). His final plan? To become a god by {{spoiler|letting the Vorlons destroy Centauri Prime}}. The worst part is that Londo helped put him in power, as he and Lord Refa believed they could control him. Boy, did that plan backfire.
* [[I, Claudius|Claudius]] plans to use this gambit by naming Nero his successor; the intent being to let Rome see how dreadful an Emperor can be. Strangely, they all seem to have forgotten how bad things were under Tiberius and Caligula, who preceded Claudius. Once Nero has ruined everything, Claudius's ''true'' chosen successor is to return to reinstate the Republic. [[Foregone Conclusion|Needless to say,]] this does not work out.
* In one episode of [[Even Stevens]], Principal Wexler leaves to pursue a
* An episode of ''[[Primeval]]'' had the imperious Christine Johnson take control of the ARC and force the team into hiding. She was removed from her post by the end of the episode though.
** After the return of Abby and Connor after their 1-year hiatus in the past, they find out that things have changed in the ARC. While James Lester (who is much more caring that he pretends to be) is still formally in charge of day-to-day activities, it's now partly a privately-funded operation with a tycoon named Philip Burton having a lot of say. While he's not exactly a tyrant, he's much more concerned with the anomalies themselves than protecting the people from all the creatures that come through. After he nearly dies thanks to Rex escaping his cage, he orders that all creatures in the ARC be put down, no exceptions. Lester has to blackmail him to reverse the order.
* In ''[[Jack of All Trades (TV series)|Jack of All Trades]]'', Governor Croque once goes to prison and his wife takes over for the duration. She decides to start executing villagers to force the Dragoon to reveal himself. In another episode Jack and Emily have to aid Croque in looking good in front of his superiors, since otherwise he might be replaced by someone who is actually a threat.
** Any episode where Croque's brother Napoleon shows up, he immediately takes over (being [[The Emperor]] and all), forcing Dragoon to try to get him off the island as fast as possible.
* On ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'', Chris after he becomes acting City Manager. He institutes a number of changes, including the UST-inducing ban on workplace dating, in addition to shaking up the Parks Department by giving everyone new assignments that they're unsuited for. However, Chris is quite a nice guy; he's simply oblivious to the fact that not everyone is as efficient, cheerful, and professional as he is.
** Ron [[Lampshade Hanging|discusses]] the tendency for new city managers to shake things up and insist on doing things their own way. He loves this period ''because'' all of the changes are inevitably terrible and nothing gets done, giving him a chance to relax and eat doughnuts.
* In ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]'', Supreme Commander Birdie fires Cruger in one episode due to Cruger's unwillingness to follow Birdie's ideas on strategy. Birdie gets the Rangers, and later ''himself'', into trouble very quickly due to his pride and his "split up the team regardless of circumstances" strategies.
* In one epsiode of ''[[The Slammer]]'', the Governor is arrested and replaced by a new governor, Mr Beltsem. Beltsem is a tyrant who mistreats both the prisoners and the guards, and suffers from 'show biz phobia'.
== Professional Wrestling ==
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== Radio ==
* Remley pulls this ''[[The Phil Harris
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'''Band members:''' Heil, Remley! Heil, Remley! Heil, Remley! }}
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* An early arc of ''[[FoxTrot]]'' saw parents Roger and Andy leaving their eldest son Peter in charge while they went on vacation. Peter immediately started abusing the power they'd given him, making Paige and Jason follow all his demands. When they get sick of it and confront him, he responds by ''locking them in the basement''. Fortunately, Jason and Paige had tapes of Peter's reign and Peter himself told them he locked Jason and Paige in the basement, so he was punished accordingly.
== Theatre ==
* In ''[[
== Video Games ==
* Valtome from ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[
** The point in ''Starcraft'' is not that Mengsk is worse than the government he overthrew, but that he is just as bad: that the only thing changed between the Confederacy and the Dominion was the label. Well, and he has a [[It's Personal|personal grudge against Raynor]].
* His dad was certainly not a charmer, but Rufus Shinra of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' made it quite clear from his [[New Era Speech]] ('The old man ruled through money, I'll rule through fear') that he was going to be worse. Although {{spoiler|President Shinra destroyed an entire sector of his city, killing untold numbers, just to wipe out a terrorist hideout. Rufus 'died' defending the same city from WEAPON and then resurfaced alive and repentant, if still manipulative, in Advent Children}} ...YourMileageMayVary on whether he was actually worse or not.
** Indeed, Rufus's cruelty, which is mentioned several times throughout the game, seems to come off as [[Informed Ability]] when the most "evil" thing we see him do is order the execution of Tifa and Barret, though [[Smug Snake|Heidegger and Scarlett]] seemed to push the whole "create a scapegoat" aspect of it. Compare this to the ordered deaths of quite possibly several thousands of civilians and watching said Holocaust from the window of your office while opera is playing in the background.
* {{spoiler|Atlas, revealed to be Fontaine}} from ''[[
** Which, considering that Ryan's own restraints basically amounted to "don't screw with me or Rapture as a whole" that resulted in him trying to use sedative gas on the entire populace to maintain order, really goes to show just how [[Beyond the Impossible|ridiculously far]] he's prepared to go.
* Hideyoshi in ''Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams''. While Nobunaga was an all powerful man who sold his soul to the genma for his ambitions, you at least had the feeling that he had no ill will towards his enemies and was lost into his ambition, not trying to be a genma puppet or cause suffering to the people he wanted to rule. Hideyoshi, on the other hand, pretty much tries to turn the entire country and possibly the world into mind controlled monsters and has people used to make {{spoiler|Genma trees}} that will allow his plans to work. He's ultimately a pawn, but he went to lengths willingly that Nobunaga might actually be disgusted with.
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* Simon
== Web Original ==
* Played with in the ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' Cheat Commandos toon ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131030192402/http://www.homestarrunner.com/ccdo7.html 2 Part Episode]''. Admiral Flashfight is unambiguously one of these, but he's actually gotten the [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|Cheat Commandos]] to actually ''do'' something for a change instead of goofing around and [[Go-Karting
* ''[[A Very Potter Musical|A Very Potter Sequel]]'' has [[Alternate Character Interpretation|a rather different take]] on Dolores Umbridge, involving a couple [[Freudian Excuse
* Maggie from ''[[Chad Vader]]''.
* Simmons from ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' tries to implement discipline exercises to reinforce his new position of power in Red army when he replaces Sarge. The Red army doesn't respect Simmons enough for this to work, however, and the group as a whole soon works towards getting Sarge back (including Simmons).
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== Western Animation ==
* In Season 2, Episode 24 of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* Francine in the [[Arthur (
* "That Guy", the unfrozen '80s CEO of Planet Express and Morgan Proctor, Hermes' replacement bureaucrat from the "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" episode of ''[[Futurama]]''.
* The time auditor from an episode of ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney
* Essentially the whole plot of the ''[[
* One episode of ''[[Recess]]'' has Gus appointed as Acting King of the Playground while King Bob is away. His insane edicts culminate with enslaving the entire playground and forcing everyone to dig in the "cookie mines" (nobody's brave enough to ask why he expects to find cookies underground).
** In another episode Randall became one of these after blackmailing King Bob with {{spoiler|a photo of a dress he was forced to wear by his sister}}.
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** One episode sees King Bob preoccupied with a biographer, leaving his usually reliable assistants to handle affairs of the playground. When there's issue they're not sure how to resolve, they come upon rules created by one King Mortie. This seems to work out, but the rules become increasingly bizarre. (Turns out Mortie was of the Depression-era and his rules were to ensure poor kids would always have something to play with.) T.J. and company want things to go back to normal, but King Bob's assistants get a little too comfortable dictating rules and effectively establish a secret police to enforce things. But don't worry, King Bob sets everything straight.
* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', a series of pranks in "Eye for an Eye" escalates to Vlad {{spoiler|becoming Mayor of Amity Park and him doing this.}} Eventually things went back to being (relatively) normal.
* [[Did Not Do the Research|Lieutenant Major]] Goose in the ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' episode "New Teacher". After they get a new teacher by the name of Mr. Simmons, the kids refuse to take him seriously and perform a series of pranks, eventually causing him to get frustrated and quit. However, he is then in turn replaced by a strict military martinet (Major Goose), and the kids waste no time in unhatching a plan to get Mr. Simmons back.
* Subverted twice on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', when surly assistant superintendent Leopold stomps up to the podium in Springfield Elementary's assembly hall, snarls something to the effect of "things are going to be ''very, very'' different around here", then cheerily introduces a much more endearing individual as the replacement faculty member. The first time is in "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" when announcing Ned Flanders as replacement principal, and the second time is in "The PTA Disbands" with Marge Simpson becoming a substitute teacher.
** Inverted in "My Sister, My Sitter." After Lisa proves herself a reliable babysitter for the neighborhood, Homer and Marge leave her in charge when they go out. Lisa tries to be fair, but Bart (hating the idea of being babysat by his ''little'' sister) is as difficult as possible. After a series of pranks, he winds up breaking his arm in a fall. Naturally, [[It Got Worse]] from there.
* Mr. Grump in "Madeline's Holiday With Mr. Grump" on ''[[Madeline]]''.
* In ''[[Potsworth and Company]]'', there was one episode where the [[Bigger Bad]], tired of [[Big Bad|her son's]] failures, fired him and hired a replacement who was so terrible the heroes tricked her into firing him and rehiring the original [[Big Bad]].
* ''[[The Legend of Korra]]''
** In
** Season 3's [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Earth Queen]] certainly was a tyrant in her own right, but after she stepped down due to {{spoiler|a case of death at the hands of Zaheer}}, Season 4 saw her regime replaced with a far more aggressive one, led by [[From Nobody to Nightmare|{{spoiler|that one female soldier who called herself Kuvira}}]]. She proceeded to re-enact [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|the transition from Imperialism to Communism as seen in China]], starting a world war in the process.
== Real Life ==
* The earliest real-life tyrant (of Greco-Roman usage) was far different from the usual meaning. It did not specifically imply anything other than the tyrant's rise to power was unconventional. Their morality and application of said power could be bad, good, and in between. The negative connontation came from how the bad examples overshadowed the good and led to it's current status as a negative term.
* One of Niccolò Machiavelli's most famous pieces of advice from ''[[The Prince]]'' was to have a Tyrant Take The Helm in a rebellious territory. The tyrant will crush resistance at the cost of arousing public hatred. Then, when you come in and order the tyrant's beheading, you're left with a pacified province of people who consider themselves indebted to you for eliminating the tyrant.
* Many revolutions and coups throughout history have caused tyrants to come to power.
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