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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 The Helm.
 
This is a plot trope relating to a [[Story Arc]] where a character snags a major leadership position of the series, becomes [[Drunk Withwith Power]], and decides that from here on out, things will be run ''their'' way whether you like it or not. The person regularly filling this position, often a [[Reasonable Authority Figure]], will likely be absent during this time (and this new replacement may have had something to do with that.) As would be expected of a tyrannical ruler, expect them to immediately start making "changes" and becoming an instant despot. Common changes made include the elimination of [[Ultimate Job Security]] and the decree that [[All Crimes Are Equal]]. In most cases, the main heroes will have to confront this new ruler and attempt to change things back to normal.
 
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.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Angel Beats (Anime)|Angel Beats]]'' toys with the trope - Angel is originally viewed as a villainous [[Emotionless Girl]] created by "God" to sabotage the SSS in her capacity as "Student Council President", but {{spoiler|is actually not so different from them}}. Later, when Angel herself falls victim to the SSS' schemes, she {{spoiler|gets fired and is replaced by her deputy who}} becomes a God complex authoritarian, fitting the trope. Later when she is {{spoiler|"promoted" back to her regular position}}, she attempts to play the Tyran to the SSS once more {{spoiler|to buy time for her and Otonashi's [[Batman Gambit]] of making other students disappear}}.
* Erika Furudo in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'', to a completely murderously sadistic extent.
* Makoto Isshiki in ''[[Rah XephonRahXephon]]'', who later becomes an [[Unwitting Pawn]].
* One episode of [[Ranma One Half]] had Tatewaki Kuno taking over his father's role as school principal. Needless to say, many preferred his father.
* ''[[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.
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* One episode of ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' has Tamama being promoted to squad leader, and quickly going mad with power. He ends up [[Lonely At the Top|bitter and alone]] after he ends up throwing all his squad-mates, along with Fuyuki, Natsumi, and Angol Mois, in the brig.
* 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 Thethe Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'' is a pretty good example of this, coming in and working to undermine Section 9 and turn them into his lackeys.
 
 
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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 (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter]]'' film series, Dolores Umbridge is a perfect example of this when she takes charge of Hogwarts. Imelda Staunton portrays the little creep ''perfectly'', right from the ''[[Stepford Smiler|completely fake]]'', [[Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher|nauseatingly condescending]] tone of voice to the [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|air of inner sadism and nastiness.]]
** 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.
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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 ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Fifth Elephant|The Fifth Elephant]]'', Sergeant Colon is, much to his own horror, put in charge of the city watch by means of being the most senior watchman available and promptly begins burning paperwork and accusing his subordinates of stealing sugar cubes and "earlobing" him. This has the effect of creating the Watchmen's Guild. This is ultimately corrected when Captain Carrot returns from his "sabbatical".
* In Douglas Coupland's ''[[J PodJPod]]'', this happens twice, although neither of the tyrants is particularly evil. The first one is Steve, who takes over as head of marketing, and promptly attempts to get a cute turtle inserted into the skateboarding game they're designing. He's later {{spoiler|vanished by the Chinese mafia}}, and replaced by Alastair, who turns the game into an edutainment title about a prince and a flying carpet. He frustrates the characters so much that they {{spoiler|find and rescue Steve.}}
* In the third book of the ''[[Septimus Heap (Literature)|Septimus Heap]]'' series, Queen Etheldredda the Awful attempts to pull this. She's a ghost, so her ability to do things is somewhat... limited, but she attempts to influence the Princess and her family to various effect. {{spoiler|Those she doesn't like get infected with a dangerous disease via her ugly pet.}}
* 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 Withwith the Devil]] to try and secure the job permanently, and eventually winds up [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]].
* 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.
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** 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 Fromfrom the Sun]]'' is a humorous version. His first "drastic change" was to move a gnome from a coffee table to a dresser.
* Queeg in the self titled episode of ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]''. Subverted because {{spoiler|he is actually an alter ego of Holly, created to show the crew how good they have it with him.}} Guess he knew this trope.
* When Doctor Maddox takes charge in ''[[Scrubs (TV)|Scrubs]]''. She doesn't so much change the rules as do away with the small amount of leeway Doctor Kelso gave the staff.
* 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? (TV)|Are You Being Served]]'', 1976 season, episode "Forward Mr. Grainger": The lovable head of the Men's Department Mr Grainger gets a temporary promotion and instantly becomes a complete tyrant, even going as far as to fire one of the regulars. Then the real manager returns ahead of schedule and takes back his job, sends Grainger back to his, and Grainger realizes that he's dug his own grave.
* ''[[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 (TV)|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 Withwith 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 is -- compared to his fellow 1973 officers, at any rate -- a progressive, thoughtful and thoroughly competent administrator who only becomes a tyrant in that he's unwilling to put up with the sloppiness and ethically questionable conduct that Hunt encouraged. Sam Tyler, himself a progressive officer (with the excuse that he [to his knowledge] comes from 2007) finds himself actually admiring Morgan's methods even whilst he's trying to clear Hunt's name of murder. {{spoiler|Later in the season, Morgan does reveal a bastard side, however, in that he's [[Knight Templar|willing to go to any lengths]] -- including letting the rest of the team die in a botched undercover job -- so as to discredit Hunt and allow himself to take over and reform the department.}}
* Matt Webber in the ''[[MacGyver]]'' episode "Early Retirement".
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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 ''[[FoylesFoyle'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 job -- it's later revealed he's like this because he doesn't care about anything since the deaths of his two sons in the war. {{spoiler|He ends up accidentally getting shot by someone gunning for Milner, thus prompting Foyle's return.}}
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** 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 ''[[Twenty Four|24]]''. Usually at some point the competent head of CTU is either punished for not "playing by the book" or somehow incapacitated, and "Division" sends over a replacement, who is ''always'' an arrogant jerk who annoys everybody by being more concerned with strict guidelines and power trips than with doing whatever it takes to stop the terrorist threat at hand. Usually, this person is either re-replaced or finally comes to see the error of his or her ways, usually when they make things worse.
** Special mention must go to Lynn [[Mc Gill]], who is such a tyrant that they eventually just declare him unfit for command and arrest him.
* Captain Edward Jellico in the ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]'' episode "Chain of Command (Part 1)". He made sweeping changes which, while normal for a regular armed force, were rather unorthodox for the [[Mildly Military]] Starfleet. Notably, he finally put Troi in a standard uniform (which was much more flattering on her anyway).
** 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.
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* 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.
{{quote| "That won't last."}}
* ''[[ER (TV)|ER]]'' had chief nurse Eve Peyton, who [[Moral Event Horizon|forced Sam to fire]] long-time nurse [[Fake Guest Star|Haleh]].
** 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 Asas We Know It|collapse of civilization]] we see in [[After the End|"Epitaph One" (1x13)]]}}. She is only able to regain her position of power by {{spoiler|delivering said technology right into Harding's hands,}} a move made out of desperation and [[Your Mileage May Vary|perhaps]] qualitatively [[Moral Event Horizon|worse than anything she has done on the show before]]. Of course, she's spurred on by this bit of inspirational wisdom from Boyd after they learn that [[Darkest Hour|Harding plans to send a number of the actives to a new house in Dubai]]:
{{quote| '''Boyd:''' You need to take this house back.<br />
'''Adele:''' And how am I supposed to do that?<br />
'''Boyd:''' ...The Adele I knew would never ask me that question. }}
** Of course, given [[The Reveals]] later on that {{spoiler|Boyd is the ultimate [[Big Bad]] running the corporation}}, this entire chain of events may have been orchestrated.
* The secretary Miss Harbottle from ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (TV)|All Creatures Great and Small]]''. She rules the accounts with an iron fist and equates taking money from the cashbox to pay for petty expenses with [[All Crimes Are Equal|embezzlement]]. No wonder she didn't last long.
* Roger Gaffney in ''<nowiki>~Homicide: Life on the Street~</nowiki>''. He is an incompetent detective who is promoted over Giardello for purely political reasons. He gives his "things are going to change around here" speech while Giardello trashes a room in a fit of rage.
* 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 -Minute Retirement]].
* 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 ''[[I CarlyICarly]]'' turn the school into something out of [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]] in ''iHaveMyPrincipals''.
* 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 again--everyone (especially Andy) is expecting another tyrant, but the new guy turns out to be OK.
* 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 Five5]]'', to the point that {{spoiler|Sheridan actually plots his murder.}}
** 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 modeling career and is replaced by incompetent pushover Vice Principal Landau. After the school descends into anarchy, [[TeachersTeacher's Pet|Ren]] gives him a pep talk and tells him to [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|be more assertive]]. He takes it to heart, and a few days later the school has turned into ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'' ([[Reset Button|things get better in the end, of course]]).
* 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.
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== Radio ==
* Remley pulls this ''[[The Phil Harris -Alice Faye Show]]'' after he signs his name to Phil's employment contract, but it's played humorously. It doesn't last long:
{{quote| '''Remley:''' From this moment on, I am your leader. You will respect my authority without question and obedience, [[Large Ham|I AM AN ABSOLUTE POWER]]!<br />
'''Band members:''' Heil, Remley! Heil, Remley! Heil, Remley! }}
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== Theatre ==
* In ''[[Measure for Measure (Theatre)|Measure for Measure]]'', the Duke of Vienna disappears and leaves Angelo in his place. The Duke later explains that he did this specifically because he wanted this to happen, for the purpose of pulling a [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]] on Vienna.
 
 
== Video Games ==
* Valtome from ''[[Fire Emblem (Video Game)|Fire Emblem]]: Radiant Dawn'' was a tyrant of the [[Smug Snake]] variety, and a bit of an odd example given the fact that the old leader was still there; he just was forced to [[Ambiguously Gay|follow Valtome's orders]]. Which included, among other things, sending a significant number of his men into a deathtrap to hunt for corpses. Oh, and [[Moral Event Horizon|sending his personal army to attack Queen Elincia, who had just achieved a ceasefire by willingly disarming herself]].
* In ''[[Fable III (Video Game)|Fable III]]'', if you're an evil player this is what happens when you usurp your older brother Logan as King. You can be just as bad or even worse of a tyrant than him.
* ''[[Starcraft]]'' provides Arcturus Mengsk, who fills this role as the Emperor of the Dominion. Has not yet been dethroned, even in the sequel.
** 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 ''[[Bio ShockBioshock]]'' takes over, reveals his true identity, and proceeds to make the protagonist's adventure a living hell while ruling as a complete dictator with full intentions of taking over the world economy by brute force and the use of ADAM. Considering the fact that he has no ideology compared to Ryan, this gives him no restraints as the ruler of the city.
** 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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== Webcomics ==
* Simon [[De Vere]], the new store director in [[Tru TRU-Life Adventures]]. He talks big about preserving what works at the store and just making a few tweaks here and there, his actions prove him to be this trope.
 
 
== 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 Withwith 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|Freudian Excuses]], but she still acts as a tyrant during the second act. She doesn't really elicit the want-to-strangle reaction of the book and film versions, however, mostly because her behavior [[Crosses the Line Twice]].
* Maggie from ''[[Chad Vader]]''.
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== Western Animation ==
* In Season 2, Episode 24 of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]], Diamond Tiara is chosen as the new editor-in-chief for Ponyville's school's newspaper. She goes so far as to call her role a "new regime" while describing it.
* Francine in the [[Arthur (Animationanimation)|Arthur]] episode ''Francine Frensky, Superstar!''.
* "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 Atat Law]]'', DVD (he removed the vowels from his name in order to be more efficient).
* Essentially the whole plot of the ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]'' episode "Too Young." Although the earl of Lemongrab isn't evil or malicious in his intentions (he's more of an angry, inexperienced, spoiled child,) his style of ruling is summed up by his quote from the storyboards: "Anyone who disagrees or disobeys will be thrown into the dungeon." He isn't an intentional tyrant, but he does end up sending literally everyone in the Candy Kingdom to the dungeon for "one million years."
* 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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* 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]].
* In ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' {{spoiler|Tarrlok}} becomes this after ascending to de facto ruler of Republic City. His first action is to impose [[Fascists' Bed Time|harsh curfew measures]] on {{spoiler|non-benders, then cuts off their power to force them outside so he can arrest them.}}
 
 
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