History Main / ConsummateProfessional

* Kyril Sutherland from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' is a [[TheStoic serious]], [[CombatPragmatist pragmatic]], and [[NoNonsenseNemesis no-nonsense]] HunterOfMonsters. [[WorldsStrongestMan Uncannily]] [[LightningBruiser effective]], and [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror unfazed]] to the bloodshed he causes in his wake. To him, this trope is what keeps himself from [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming]] as chaotic and bloodthirsty as the beasts he slew.

* Russel in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12606073/12/Service-with-a-Smile Service with a Smile]]'' rigidly follows the belief that when you go to work, you leave your problems and prejudice at the door. Despite his racism against Faunus like Velvet, he treats her like any other coworker while they're working for Jaune. He later admits to hating children, but as Jaune points out, Russel still smiles and tells them jokes when they come in.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4573620/1/A-Drop-of-Poison A Drop of Poison]]'', Ebisu doesn't like Naruto any more than most of the population but when he's assigned to be the boy's team leader, he teaches him the same as any other student. The fact he has to get at least two members of the team to Chuunin in the next two years to teach Konohamaru's team certainly helps though.

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* Locus in Seasons 11 and 12 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''. He's a cold-blooded killer, [[spoiler:willing to wipe out a planet]], but follows orders and doesn't care for evil gloating. As far as he's concerned, kill them and get it done with. [[spoiler:His partner, Felix, on the other hand... [[EvilGloating not]] [[VillainBall so]] [[BondVillainStupidity much]].]] Season 13 reveals, however, [[spoiler:that deep down Locus is also a [[BrokenBird heavily traumatized soldier]] from his experiences fighting the Covenant in the Great War and acting the role of the professional is just as much a [[BecomingTheMask way to cope]] as it is a lifestyle, something that [[ManipulativeBastard Felix]] exploits to keep him around]].
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* Duke Togo, AKA Manga/Golgo13. You contact him, you meet him, you pay him, he takes his target out. No questions, no strings attached, no target is off-bounds. If you choose to attach strings, he'll deny you his services or kill you for the trouble. Once a hit is on, he will go ahead with it, even if the client dies or attempts to call off the hit. Once he has accepted a contract, the only conclusion is with the target's death. Any attempt at betrayal is met with death.
** In one instance his target [[spoiler:was falling from a skyscraper, certain to die on impact. Duke shot him in the head just before impact and completed the contract]].

* ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'': Many of the characters are like this, but Paul von Oberstein is the most notable: he can calculate and order mass slaughter executed and suggest ''his own death'' without batting an eyelid.

* Mickey Simon in the ''Manga/Area88'' manga. For a soldier of fortune, Mickey has a strong professional code. He is loyal to his fellow pilots and politely turns down Rishar's offer to join the anti-government forces.
* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Applies to [[TheBeautifulElite the Venus Unit]] as a whole. As far as anyone knows, they've allied themselves [[NebulousEvilOrganization with Kamigari]], but it's only their cover. The fact is, they've been investigating Kamigari for years in order to uncover the truth about [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c054/22.html the source of]] Ouken Yamato's longevity. They're so discrete and efficient, that [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c032/4.html Ouken never suspected]] they were working against him.
* Itachi Uchiha in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' tries so very much to be this. He talks to nobody in his job, tries so very much to be the ultimate ninja and to not let his personal feelings get in the way of the mission. He's married to his job and doesn't question his orders. He's then ordered by Danzou to kill his entire clan in which he finally breaks down. He however keeps the facade for almost all the manga.

* ''Anime/AkudamaDrive'': Despite being a criminal, Courier has a very professional and serious air about him. So long as you're paying him the right price, he'll deliver your (most likely illegal) packages or even get involved in insane, history making heists.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Dracule Mihawk, who was the only member of the original Warlords to never betray the World Government [[spoiler:prior to the system's abolition]]. Other than not attending the (optional) meetings, Mihawk obeyed every mandatory order the WG gave him, including participating in the War of the Best, without a single complaint or even an attempt at subversion. The closest he ever came to defying them was taking Zoro on as a student, and even then it can be argued that in doing so, he temporarily made Zoro his subordinate for the duration of Zoro's training[[note]]Subordinates of Warlords have their bounties cancelled, just like their bosses'[[/note]]. Even his connection to Shanks didn't ruffle any feathers, considering his fellow Warlord Jimbei had a similar connection to Whitebeard, [[spoiler:not to mention Shanks having enough influence to be on speaking terms with the Five Elder Stars in his own right]].

* Of the MarvelUniverse mercs, ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}} is the one that most fits. Pretty much all the other mercs are nowhere near as professional or emotionally detached.
* ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} the Terminator. However, DependingOnTheWriter, Slade can be shown being very petty, sadistic and vindictive. Indeed, his first story arc has him going after the Titans for very unprofessional reasons.
* ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'''s ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}, when he's not in one of his DeathSeeker moods. His handler, Amanda Waller, is one too.

* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} has served countless times in the military and has picked up a great many habits and skills with the years. Interestingly enough, he's always shown to be VERY serious and professional in that role, contrary to his usual authority-sticking personality. In fact, unless explicitly screwed by the hierarchy, he shows the utmost respect for the chain of command. ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is one soldier in particular he respects immensely. There's a strong case to be made that Wolverine's anti-authoritarian behavior with other superheroes stems from the fact that they don't measure up to his military standards of professionalism.

* The main character from the ''Film/TheTransporter'' movies usually tries to be this, but he always faces circumstances that force him to act against his code. He always regrets it, though, since he knows not adhering to his code always comes back to bite him.
* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Agent Smith in the ''Film/TheMatrix'' films: he acts that way because he's ''programmed'' to be that way. When he goes rogue, he becomes egomaniacal and emotional.
* Agent Kay in ''Film/MenInBlack'', being a traditional [[TheMenInBlack Man in Black]] in contrast with impulsive, wisecracking new recruit Agent Jay.
* ''Film/WildTarget'': Victor Maynard (Bill Nighy), to a T. At least, until the ManicPixieDreamGirl gets to him. Still, by the end he regained Consummate Professional status.

* In ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', the hitman [[spoiler:who killed Tony Montana]] seemed to be of this type.
* Ace Rothstein in ''Film/{{Casino}}''. This is at once his greatest strength and his undoing: it makes him a moneymaking machine, but it also makes him totally unable to tolerate unprofessionalism in his subordinates (even those whose continued employment is [[{{Nepotism}} necessary to keep the local power structure happy]]).
* ''Film/UpInTheAir'': Ryan Bingham is a [[UnusualEuphemism "Career Transition Counselour"]]. He makes you transit from your job into unemployment. Maybe that qualifies him like "evil". He is really good at his job because that let him be oblivious to his horrible, sad life.
* Léon, the titular character in ''[[Film/TheProfessional Léon: The Professional]]''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Duh]].
* ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' gives us [[TheSpock Mr. Pink]], who not only personifies this trope, but is ''obsessed'' with it. His primary argument throughout the film is that no one (except himself) is acting like a professional criminal. Some fans suspect that his obsessive attempts to act "professional" might actually be a cover for him being the least experienced out of the criminals and that he's going by the book (or the criminals' variation of it) because he's totally out of his depth.
* Another Tarantino example is Mr. Wolf in ''Film/PulpFiction''. Never will you see a man as calm and collected in the business of disposing dead bodies.

* ''Film/TheHitmansBodyguard'': Michael Bryce works hard to embody this trope, but a failed escort job puts him into a [[BreakTheHaughty massive tailspin]] which leaves him a shell of his former self. Even so, he still makes the most of his limited resources while trying to safely transport Darius Kincaide to testify at a trial, employing extensive planning, attention to detail, and rather impressive driving and hand-to-hand fighting skills. [[RedOniBlueOni In contrast]], Kincaide, the titular hitman, is impulsive and HotBlooded, and chafes at the idea that he ''needs'' a bodyguard.

* ''The Parker Series'', by Richard Stark (Donald Westlake). Parker is a highly professional thief who plans out every detail of a heist. He also will not attempt to steal the take from his partners. Not because of ethical reasons but because he knows that they have to trust each other to pull off the heist. If you betray him then you're pretty much dead.
* ''Matt Helm'': Matt, in the series by Donald Hamilton is a government assassin who takes great pride in his professionalism. He is probably the closest thing to Golgo 13 there is in American pop culture.
* Jared Kincaid of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is a thoroughly professional mercenary and has been one for centuries. Goodman Grey has a similar attitude, as once he's hired he will see a job through to the end. [[spoiler: Fortunately, Harry got to him before the Denarians did.]]
* Literature/TheContinentalOp created by Creator/DashiellHammett. One of the toughest and most professional private detectives in literature. Pretty much to the extent that Hammett never gave him a name and he was known only by his job.
* Boba Fett is depicted this way in a number of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse novels.]]

* In ''[[Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo 1634: The Bavarian Crisis]]'', Captain Raudegen, a soldier serving in the Bavarian military, is tasked with chasing down those who fled the duke, following two of them he spotted, even after he changes his allegiance from Bavaria to Duke Bernard, a foe of Bavaria. Toward the end of the novel, the two escapees meet the captain (now a Colonel) again shortly after finally losing him, when he's assigned to escort the group the two are with instead of hunt them down. One looks suspiciously at the colonel after realizing he's the one that's been chasing them, but the colonel replies "I'm a professional, boy. [...] When [Duke Bernard] says capture her, I try to capture her. When he says protect her, I use everything I know to protect her. Not just until your relative from Lyons joins her. All the way to Brussels," later adding that he's against cruelty for its own sake (though cruelty to gain information is perfectly reasonable to him, as demonstrated with his treatment of a blacksmith he thought had lied to him earlier).
* In the ''Literature/JamesBond'' novel ''Literature/{{Thunderball}}'' Bond notes to Felix Leiter after touring Emilio Largo's yacht the ''Disco Volante'', that its crew members [[StraightEdgeEvil don't drink or smoke]], which indicates they are disciplined professionals.
** Bond himself was very professional in the novels in that he frequently chose to complete his mission ''first'' over having casual sex with the GirlOfTheWeek.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' gives us many examples of the trope. There are HiredGuns, PrivateMilitaryContractors and straightforward assassins of various stripes and ideologies who live by a code. From the [[KnightErrant Hedge Knight]] who tries to stick to his vows while selling his lance/ sword/ horse/ whatever he's got to use for a meal, to the pit fighters in Essos (who, although slaves, definitely have honor-codes as well as their professional status to defend), to the Faceless Men who won't kill anybody not targeted as a "client" as part of the "prayer" or "petition" or "appeal" to their version of Death, to the sellsword who won't sell anything without a contract agreement upfront with stipulated termination clauses. But, for a single character? Take [[spoiler: Ser]] Bronn [[spoiler: of the Blackwater]] as an exemplar. He'll do practically anything to the best of his ability... as long as his price and operational conditions for it are met with remuneration enough to offset the difficulty/ social stigma/ other fallout/ any gaps in his skill-set. If it doesn't meet his criteria, he just won't agree to do it -- at all. End of. Parachute clause engaged.

* The Letters in the ''Literature/AgentG'' series by Creator/CTPhipps have a reputation as the greatest [[ProfessionalKiller professional killers]] in the world. They can be depended to do their job with a minimum of collateral damage, no chance of being found out, and always within the boundaries of their contract. Agent G is the only one who feels any kind of hint of remorse and even he continues to his job (albeit reluctantly). [[spoiler: The Letters, it turned out, were specifically made for this purpose)]].

* From ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'', we have Doug Stamper, Frank Underwood's Chief of Staff. Ruthlessly cold, calculating and efficient at his job, and has no problem getting his hands dirty to get things done. It's no wonder he's Frank's right-hand man. And true to the trope, [[spoiler:when he lets [[BeingPersonalIsntProfessional his obsession with Rachel Posner]], a call-girl mixed up in some of Frank's schemes, get the better of him is when things start to go ''fatally'' wrong for him]].

* ''Series/TwentyFour'': While situations try their damnedest to make him act otherwise, Jack Bauer always tries to be this, and shows surprising restraint in trying to keep his personal life and feelings out of his professional life.
* ''Everybody'' in ''Series/CriminalMinds''. Unprofessional cops who let their emotions cloud their judgement are usually the biggest obstacle the heroes face. In some ways it's part of the popularity of the show - when a character carries the IdiotBall, the others notice.
* Bunk Moreland and Kima Greggs from ''Series/TheWire'', especially in comparison to Jimmy [=McNulty=], a CowboyCop who's initially Bunk's partner in Homicide and later works alongside Kima in the Major Crimes Unit.

* ''Series/TheRiver'' has Captain Kurt Brynildson. Don't touch his guns.
* Both Deputy US Marshals Rachel and Tim from ''Series/{{Justified}}''. The former is incredibly {{stoic}} with NervesOfSteel, while the latter is an ex-military ColdSniper who takes pride in his work. At the beginning of the series their cool professionalism comes into stark contrast to Raylan's CowboyCop approach and the personal connections he has towards the people they question.
* In ''Series/{{Healer}}'', the titular [[HiredGun Healer]] is this: he does jobs for people, asks no questions, requires no information beyond an objective or paycheck, and forgets whatever he does find out.

* ''TabletopGame/FengShui'': Not a few Killers, Spies and other characters in the game.

* Gen, of ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. Held the title of world's greatest assassin. He earned it.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has the Sniper, who takes his [[ProfessionalKiller mercenary work]] the most seriously out of all the other members of his team. As displayed very well in the "Meet the Sniper" short, while most of his colleagues are varying degrees of AxCrazy, [[TheTeamNormal he just sees it as a profession he needs to get done]] and takes pride in his strict adherence to his code of ethics:
-->'''Sniper''': Professionals have standards. Be [[AffablyEvil polite]]. Be [[BoomHeadshot efficient]]. Have a plan [[CrazyPrepared to kill everyone you meet]].
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'':
** Kaidan has to be ''repeatedly'' encouraged to speak freely in order to get any actual insight out of him. He's a lot less uneasy around people of lower rank, but someone of higher rank, like - say - Shepard...
** You can play Shepard this way in the all the games, often by ignoring the Paragon/Renegade dialogue options and going for the neutral options. You do suffer from a mild version of NoPointsForNeutrality for the first two games, but the third allows this approach unequivocally.
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is filled with them:
** Kasumi Goto, the best thief in the business, not the most famous.
** Miranda Lawson, who basically lives by the book. Granted, it's [[WellIntentionedExtremist Cerberus']] book.
** Mordin Solus, whose loyalty mission is based around his professional and personal disgust with a former pupil.
** Samara, who basically gave up her life and rebuilt herself around her job as a KnightTemplar.
** Thane Krios, who's been working as an assassin since he was twelve. He once expresses disgust with mercenaries who 'think painted armor makes them professionals'.
** And on the other hand, subverted with Zaeed. He acts like a calm, cool professional, but a Paragon Shepard can call him out on caring more about his grudge than he does about the mission. To his credit, being rebuked thusly causes Zaeed to postpone his revenge. Zaeed is a professional, but he isn't infallible.
* ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda:'' Cora Harper, who once served with an Asari huntress unit, meaning she's the only one outside of Ryder with a confirmed military background (except ''maybe'' Drack). It also means she's also the only one in the squad who acts professional, something Ryder might even bring up. She was supposed to be the second in-line in the Pathfinder line of succession, but due to Circumstances, that goes to Ryder. Cora brings this up once, and shows no sign of resenting Ryder for it afterwards, much less letting it effect her work. However, interactions with the squad show she's NotSoAboveItAll ''all'' the time.

* The Courier from ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' can be played this way. This can lead you to getting lead around by the nose, since a few of the important quest givers are ''not'' being straight with you.
* [[VideoGame/MetalGear Solid Snake]] started as this, but eventually softened up with time. In contrast, his daddy, Big Boss, who started out as a goofy gullible naive soldier and hardens into becoming this trope by the end of his tenure.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has Yojimbo, the boss of the ''Stormblood'' endgame dungeon Kugane Castle. He is a sword-for-hire who cares little for the motives of his clients; all that matters to him is that he is paid well. The effort he puts into his jobs correlates with the money he is given: lots of money means dead enemies, but little money means he may just up and leave.

* ''VideoGame/LANoire'': A quite benign example to be sure, but Mal Carruthers, TheCoroner is very much this trope. He takes his job dead serious.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'', Agent 47 is this canonically, and the player is encouraged to play the game as such (only killing the assigned target via the most covert manner possible, leaving no witnesses or evidence) in order to get the best rating on missions. However, the player can just say "screw it" and massacre the entire level with a machine-gun while dressed as a clown if they want.

* In ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', Wilhelm and Athena are professional mercenaries, though with different approaches. Wilhelm takes the emotionally-detached route, caring for nothing other than getting paid. Athena, while much more moral believes in seeing a job to the end despite any personal objections, which is the only reason she sticks around with Jack after he starts becoming more villainous (though by the end, vengeance is a partial motivator for both of them).

* Gail from ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'' is cold, professional, damned good at his job, and prioritizes the mission above all else even at the expense of the well-being of his comrades, which often puts him at odds with Rick who [[TheHeart believes looking out for each other should take precedence]] and leaves Regina in the middle to decide who to side with. [[spoiler:It also serves as something of a MetaTwist as fans hot off the heels of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' expected him to secretly be the villain like Albert Wesker, when in reality he even prioritizes the mission over and above his own well-being and can even die trying to accomplish it if you don't save him]].

* Mordecai Heller of ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' is a sociopathic professional killer.
-->"It was nothing so indulgent as a ''grand time''. It was merely work ethic."

* Locus in seasons 11 & 12 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''. He's a cold-blooded killer, [[spoiler:willing to wipe out a planet]], but follows orders and doesn't care for evil gloating. As far as he's concerned, kill them and get it done with. [[spoiler:His partner, Felix, on the other hand... [[EvilGloating not]] [[VillainBall so]] [[BondVillainStupidity much]].]] Season 13 reveals, however, [[spoiler:that deep down Locus is also a [[BrokenBird heavily traumatized soldier]] from his experiences fighting the Covenant in the Great War and acting the role of the professional is just as much a [[BecomingTheMask way to cope]] as it is a lifestyle, something that [[ManipulativeBastard Felix]] exploits to keep him around]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': The stand-in for the League Of Assassins.
* Deathstroke from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', oh so very much. Most notably when he's poised to kill the defeated Lagoon Boy and instead chooses to knock him out for no reason other than the young hero isn't ''currently'' on his employer's kill list.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': News reporter Shandra Jimenez, not only does she work for a local news channel that seems much more professional than "The Gravity Falls Gossiper", but when the apocalypse hits Gravity Falls in the ''Weirdmaggedon'' three-parter series finale, Shandra keeps right on going, surviving a few days into the end of the world, still reporting the news, and very bravely breaks into Bill's lair to show the citizens of Gravity Falls what's going on. And when she gets turned to stone, she takes it with dignity. A real reporter indeed.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' Sniper boasts to be this, providing a previous page quote. How much it is true is up for debate.

* Locus in seasons 11 & 12 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''. He's a cold-blooded killer, [[spoiler:willing to wipe out a planet]], but follows orders and doesn't care for evil gloating. As far as he's concerned, kill them and get it done with. [[spoiler:His partner, Felix, on the other hand...[[EvilGloating not]] [[VillainBall so]] [[BondVillainStupidity much]].]] Season 13 reveals, however, [[spoiler:that deep down Locus is also a [[BrokenBird heavily traumatized soldier]] from his experiences fighting the Covenant in the Great War and acting the role of the professional is just as much a [[BecomingTheMask way to cope]] as it is a lifestyle, something that [[ManipulativeBastard Felix]] exploits to keep him around]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Owen Burnett, Xanatos's right hand man. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that it's not his real face, he's actually a disguise for [[TheTrickster Puck the Trickster]], who's the furthest thing from a Consummate Professional.]]

* In ''Manga/LetterBee'', Gauche Suede, a Letter Bee who'd recently been promoted, comes off as this in his first appearance. When tasked with delivering Lag Seeing as a letter to Cambel Litmus, he accepts the job without question and initially refuses to get to know Lag, since he doesn't need to know a letter's contents. Despite that, he gets to know Lag as a result of them seeing each other's memories, and they end up as FireForgedFriends in the end.

* ''Comicbook/SuicideSquad'''s ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}, when he's not in one of his DeathSeeker moods. His handler, Amanda Waller, is one too.

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* Zan Owlson in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' is a serious and collected businesswoman, who as the new CEO of Glomgold Industries contrasts sharply with Flintheart Glomgold himself. She dislikes being reduced to his BeleagueredAssistant when he returns, but continues to try and run a successful business in the wake of his insane schemes. And when she finally has enough of how ridiculous Duckburg billionaires are and [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt announces her resignation]], she adds that she'll work her notice and train a replacement "because ''that'' is what professionals ''do''".

* Balalaika from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' is a [[TheMafiya Mayfiya]] [[TheDon Don]] who runs her criminal organization like a hardened military unit... [[FormerRegimePersonnel because they used to be one]]. Dutch as well, though his operation tends to focus on smuggling and other extra-legal errands. This is probably why the Lagoon Company and Hotel Moscow have such a good business relationship. Dutch openly states in the third episode that he'll work for anyone who pays his fees, and at one point knowingly does a job for a Nazi general, though he is anything but happy with the man's racist shit, flat out telling him to go to hell once the job is over.

* Balalaika from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' is a [[TheMafiya Mayfiya]] [[TheDon Don]] who runs her criminal organization like a hardened military unit... [[FormerRegimePersonnel because they used to be one]]. Dutch as well, though his operation tends to focus on smuggling and other extra-legal errands. This is probably why the Lagoon Company and Hotel Moscow have such a good business relationship. Dutch openly states in the third episode that he'll work for anyone who pays his fees, and at one point knowingly does a job for a Nazi general.

The Consummate Professional is also recognized for their [[TheGift uncanny talent]] at the chosen profession. Their no-nonsense attitude has allowed them to hone their skill to an almost supernatural degree, to the point their name (if actually known) becomes synonymous with excellence in their line of work. Be it playing the stock market, performing a military mission or killing a mark, they baffle others with their complete control and superlative skills. If they're on the shadier side of the law, [[BerserkButton don't ever call 'em a criminal or compare 'em to common thugs]]; that's a wonderful way to end up in traction. They're first and foremost a professional, and by definition above such scum because of their code. And for pete's sake, [[TemptingFate don't invoke a]] ContractOnTheHitman. As for a professional in a legitimate profession, they might be ruthless, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards they're never corrupt]]. They do not need to cheat or commit fraudulent actions; their skill places them beyond such petty strategies.

* Léon, the titular character in ''[[Film/TheProfessional LÉON: The Professional]]''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Duh]].

* Both Deputy US Marshals Rachel and Tim from {{Justified}}. The former is incredibly {{stoic}} with NervesOfSteel, while the latter is an ex-military ColdSniper who takes pride in his work. At the beginning of the series their cool professionalism comes into stark contrast to Raylan's CowboyCop approach and the personal connections he has towards the people they question.

* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} has served countless times in the military and has picked up a great many habits and skills with the years. Interestingly enough, he's always shown to be VERY serious and professional in that role, contrary to his usual authority-sticking personality. In fact, unless explicitly screwed by the hierarchy, he shows the utmost respect for the chain of command. ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is one soldier in particular he respects immensely.

* Judy, the Doctor's gorilla secretary in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', is usually this. One particular moment has her immediately get back to work after being in a prolonged chokehold, with the Doctor commenting "So ''professional''." Said work is bulldozing the bombed remains of their office. She does have her brief moments of unprofessional behavior, such as when Yoshi steals her clearly marked hot dogs, or when she encounters kittens in a box, or when Yoshi eats the kitten she adopts...