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* ''[[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|Dads Army]]'' yearns to do this, angling for increased power and responsibility at every opportunity. Ironically, the one time he was temporarily put in charge he proved himself a much more effective leader than Captain Mainwaring. However, in following with the trope, the [[Drunk with Power|power goes to his head]] enough and he becomes enough of a bullying tyrant so that when the positions are returned to normal, no one really minds.
* 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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* Two examples from ''[[Foyle's War]]'':
** 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.
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* 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'', Barnaby is taken off a case when he becomes one of the suspects and is replaced by the pencil-pushing bureaucrat Martin Spellman, much to Jones' disgust.
* 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 5]]'', to the point that {{spoiler|Sheridan actually plots his murder.}}
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== Web Original ==
* Played with in the ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' Cheat Commandos toon ''[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 with Bowser|playing video games with Blue Laser]].
* ''[[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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