History Main / CorruptBureaucrat

* Chancellor Kilkil from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. Of course, this is mostly done on the order of General Tarquin

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* [[TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina Feltipern Trevagg]] created new tariffs to line his own pockets, including on the water -- on a kriffing desert planet. [[spoiler:The barve ends up dead with [[IncrediblyLamePun delicious]] irony]].

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in D.C. One from New Jersey , another from Tennessee and the third, Florida . They go with a White House official to examine the fence. The Florida contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well", he says, "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me." The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me." The New Jersey contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers, "$2,700"The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?" The New Jersey contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence." "Done!", replies the government official.

* Yoki from ''FullmetalAlchemist'' (all versions) was a corrupt State Military official in charge of a mining town who horrendously taxed and oppressed the inhabitants before being stopped by the Elric brothers.

* Cornelius Fudge from {{Harry Potter}} is not above taking bribes from [[SmugSnake Lucius Malfoy]].

This type of villain usually does not belong to the [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocracy]] or get his power from [[CorruptCorporateExecutive money or businesses]], instead his power comes from a position on the government (usually obtained through personal favors rather than merits and/or hard work).

* The town master of Laketown in ''TheHobbit''.

* In ''[[TheEchatonSeries Iron Sunruse]]'', Madam Chairman initially appears to be a SmugSnake ObstructiveBureaucrat with a pathological inability to believe Rachel isn't doing something wrong, ''somehow''. She turns out to be [[spoiler: part of the ANaziByAnyOtherName group Rachel's been fighting]].

This type of villain usually does not belong to the [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocracy]] or gets his power from [[CorruptCorporateExecutive money or businesses]], instead his power comes from a position on the government (usually obtained through personal favors rather than merits and/or hard work).

* Ragou from ''{{Tales of Vesperia}}'' is a corrupt governor who kidnaps kids to feed them to the monsters in his basement for amusement. When he is detained after his mansion is destroyed, he escapes all punishment because the witnesses are the party, an ex-knight, an as-of-yet-unrevealed princess, an imperial mage, a Guild member (who are unprotected by imperial law in the Vesperia universe), and a dog while Ragou is on the highest court in the world. [[spoiler:He is only stopped when the main character murders him in cold blood]].

* Ragou from ''{{Tales of Vesperia}}'' is a corrupt governor who kidnaps kids to feed them to the monsters in his basement for amusement. When he is detained after his mansion is destroyed, he escapes all punishment because the witnesses are the party, an ex-knight, an as-of-yet-unrevealed princess, an imperial mage, a Guild member (who are unprotected by imperial law in the Vesperia universe), and a dog while Ragou is on the highest court in the world. [[spoiler:He is only stopped when the main character murders him in cold blood]].

* Senator Wheiner of GalaxyRangers fits this trope like a glove. Despite the fact that the Series 5 Rangers are possibly the best weapon the League has against the Crown Empire, he is constantly trying to get it shut down. He's got a massive case of FantasticRacism against aliens, even their Andorian and Kiwi allies on top of it. But his MoralEventHorizon was crossed well before the series when he was shown to be the politician in charge of the Supertrooper Project. He wanted to bypass the safeguards that Walsh and Nagata put into a project that was highly dangerous and morally questionable at best, [[GeneralRipper declaring they needed soldiers with "no mercy" to fight any alien Earth encountered]]. He tops it off by releasing PsychoSerum into the barracks, causing the Supertroopers (save Shane) to become super-powerful and riot, killing Nagata in the process. It's also established that Wheiner and Walsh keep each other in check through massive amounts of mutual blackmail...and this was a AnimatedSeries from TheEighties!

* Judge Turpin from ''{{Sweeney Todd}}'' abuses his position as a powerful judge to send an innocent man to prison so that he could [[strike: court]] rape his beautiful wife, and then perform WifeHusbandry on the ''daughter.''

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* Judge Turpin from ''{{Sweeney Todd}}'' abuses his position as a powerful judge to send an innocent man to prison so that he could [[strike: court]] rape his beautiful wife, and then perform WifeHusbandry on the ''daughter.''

* Many of the ministers of ''{{Jade Empire}}'' would certainly qualify, as they are lazy, always accepting bribes, and offering protection to slavers and criminal gangs.
* [[TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina Feltipern Trevagg]] created new tariffs to line his own pockets, including on the water -- on a kriffing desert planet. [[spoiler:The barve ends up dead with [[IncrediblyLamePun delicious]] irony]].

* In Western Animation, Senator Wheiner of GalaxyRangers fits this trope like a glove. Despite the fact that the Series 5 Rangers are possibly the best weapon the League has against the Crown Empire, he is constantly trying to get it shut down. He's got a massive case of FantasticRacism against aliens, even their Andorian and Kiwi allies on top of it. But his MoralEventHorizon was crossed well before the series when he was shown to be the politician in charge of the Supertrooper Project. He wanted to bypass the safeguards that Walsh and Nagata put into a project that was highly dangerous and morally questionable at best, [[GeneralRipper declaring they needed soldiers with "no mercy" to fight any alien Earth encountered]]. He tops it off by releasing PsychoSerum into the barracks, causing the Supertroopers (save Shane) to become super-powerful and riot, killing Nagata in the process. It's also established that Wheiner and Walsh keep each other in check through massive amounts of mutual blackmail...and this was a AnimatedSeries from TheEighties!

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* Judge Turpin from ''{{Sweeney Todd}}'' abuses his position as a powerful judge to send an innocent man to prison so that he could court his beautiful wife.

* In Western Animation, Senator Wheiner of GalaxyRangers fits this trope like a glove. Despite the fact that the Series 5 Rangers are possibly the best weapon the League has against the Crown Empire, he is constantly trying to get it shut down. He's got a massive case of FantasticRacism against aliens, even their Andorian and Kiwi allies to boot. But his MoralEventHorizon was crossed well before the series when he was shown to be the politician in charge of the Supertrooper Project, attempting to bypass the safeguards that Walsh and Nagata already put into a project that was morally questionable at best, [[GeneralRipper declaring they needed soldiers with "no mercy" to fight any alien Earth encountered]]. He tops it off by releasing PsychoSerum into the barracks, causing the Supertroopers (save Shane) to become super-powerful and riot, killing Nagata in the process. It's also established that Wheiner and Walsh keep each other in check through massive amounts of mutual blackmail...and this was a AnimatedSeries from TheEighties!