History Main / CadreOfForeignBodyguards

* In ''Warhammer40000'' a Dark Eldar Archon can have a cadre of alien bodyguards for their protection, because they're not motivated by ChronicBackstabbingDisorder which is prevalent in most of the Dark Eldar.

* African mercenaries seem to be the personal choice of many dictators, notably Gaddafi of Libya, when the loyalty of their own army becomes suspect. Due to the frequent wars and disintegrating states in parts of African many of these are quite experienced and well equipped.

* ArtemisFowl: the Irish hero is guarded by the [[BattleButler Butler]] family, of Caucasian (as in, from the Caucasus) descent.

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* ''{{Traveller}}'' Classic, Book 4 ''Mercenary''. One of the mercenary tickets (scenarios) was to act as bodyguards to the leaders of the planet Jokotre while they made a pilgrimage to the shrines in the holy lands.

* ''{{Babylon 5}}'': Michael Garibaldi goes on a mission to the Drazi homeworld. He meets a human friend working as a bodyguard. He tells Garibaldi that rich aliens hire human bodyguards as a status symbol.

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* In ''WebOriginal/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' Kaiba hires German Nazis to work as security guards.

* In ''YugiohTheAbridgedSeries'' Kaiba hires German Nazis to work as security guards.

* Possibly the Western TropeCodifier: The Swiss Guards which protect the Pope. The silly pants may make them seem a little like {{Bunny Ears Lawyer}}s, but they were a terror on the battlefield in the late 1400s to early 1500s, and retain their tradition faithfully. And while they ''look'' silly, anyone trying to do harm to His Holiness will come to realize, to their detriment, that they are ''highly'' trained military professionals.

* [[ {{Deryni}} The Marluk]] and his daughter Charissa of Tolan seem to favor black robed Moors as their personal bodyguards and chief lieutenants.

* Possibly the Western TropeCodifier: The Swiss Guards which protect the Pope. The silly pants may make them seem a little like {{Bunny Ears Lawyer}}s, but they were a terror on the battlefield in the late 1400s to early 1500s, and retain their tradition faithfully.

* In the later part of the {{Animorphs}} series, Visser Three has an elite squadron of enhanced Hork-Bajir guards called the Blue Bands due to their blue arm bands.

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* In ''YugiohTheAbridgedSeries'' Kaiba hires German Nazis to work as security guards.

* During the [[RedOctober Russian Civil War]], the Red top brass was guarded by the Latvian Riflemen.

Whether their charge is [[MyMasterRightOrWrong good or evil]], they'll stick to their [[IGaveMyWord oath of service]]. They are probably from a ProudWarriorRace, and might be TheRemnant. Could overlap with BodyguardBabes, if the babes are foreign. Usually does ''not'' accompany a BodyguardCrush.

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[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SwissGuard-VatEnt_2701.jpg [[NapoleonDynamite Would you mess with a guy wearing these pants?]]]]

* In "Yugioh the Abridged Series" Kaiba hires German Nazis to work as security guards.

* [[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]: Michael Garibaldi goes on a mission to the Drazi homeworld. He meets a human friend working as a bodyguard. He tells Garibaldi that rich aliens hire human bodyguards as a status symbol.

* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Azula, the Fire Nation princess, brings back Dai Li agents from the Earth Kingdom and they serve as her own personal elite squad of guards.