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* The {{Doctor Who}} episode "Night Terrors" features a landlord as scary as anything else the Doctor sees that night.
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* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'': In "Loyalty", Mrs Mason is Hornblower's Cranky Landlady. She's nervous when he owns her rent as officers starve on half-pay and is displeased that he goes to to play cards -- where he actually usually ears some money because he's a mathematical genius. When he brings his friend Mr Bush, she grunts whether he has money to pay her. Her daughter of a ChristmasCake Maria is crazy about him, which she doesn't like either, because her husband was a sailor and died at service, and she might be angry at Hornblower because he's not interested in Maria romantically and considers her just a friend.
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->Where is the rent?
->I must have the rent!
->Dollars, dimes and nickels,
->I need them all right now!

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-> '''Ace Ventura:''' ''[whispering] Yes, Satan? [turns around] Oh, I'm sorry, sir. You sounded like someone else.''
-> '''Mr. Shickadance:''' ''Never mind the wisecracks, Ventura. [coughs in Ace's face]...You owe me rent.''

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-> '''Ace Ventura:''' ''[whispering] [''whispering''] Yes, Satan? [turns around] [''turns around''] Oh, I'm sorry, sir. You sounded like someone else.''
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-> '''Mr. Shickadance:''' ''Never Never mind the wisecracks, Ventura. [coughs [''coughs in Ace's face]...face'']...You owe me rent.''
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* In addition to being cranky, the landlord in ''{{Film/Repulsion}}'' also is a creep who tries to force himself on the heroin.
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* [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/renter-rules-landlord-letter_n_2440056.html?utm_hp_ref=comedy&ir=Comedy This guy.]]
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* In an episode of ''MyNameIsEarl'', Earl had one of these back in the day. He found a walkie-talkie that she was able to hear through her hearing aid, and convinced her that he was {{God}}, taking advantage of her devout religiosity. As "God", Earl convinced her to be nicer to him, his then-wife, his brother, and their friends. Eventually she became a nun, and Earl had to tell her what he did because it was on the list, thus giving her a CrisisOfFaith.
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* Bullock's landlord in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' ''hated'' him, for reasons that were arguably justified, mainly his abrasive nature and the fact that his slovenly habits caused a major vermin problem in the building. The man ended up sending Bullock death threats in an effort to get him to move, coincidentally at the same time that a mobster that Bullock had put away years before was released on parole and tried to get revenge.

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* Bullock's landlord in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' ''hated'' him, for reasons that were arguably justified, mainly his abrasive nature and the fact that his slovenly habits caused a major vermin problem in the building. The man ended up sending Bullock death threats in an effort to get him to move, coincidentally at the same time that a mobster that Bullock had put away years before was released on parole and tried to get revenge.
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* Clint Clobber was created by Gene Deitch for the Terrytoons studio in the late 50s. He was superintendent and janitor for the Flamboyant Arms apartments, where anything that could go wrong for him did.
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* Time-travelers [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard and company]] take up residence in a boarding house in 1890s San Francisco in the "Time's End" two-parter. When their landlady irately demands the long-overdue rent, Picard distracts her by offering her a role in his "acting troupe's" upcoming play.

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* Time-travelers [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard and company]] take up residence in a boarding house in 1890s San Francisco in the "Time's End" two-parter. When their landlady irately demands the long-overdue rent, Picard distracts her by offering her a role in his "acting troupe's" upcoming play.
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* Dr. Chaos's tenant in GhostSweeperMikami, due to him never really paying his rent. She does have some PetTheDog moments in the "magic sweeping brooms" episode.
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* Pete is the Cranky Landlord at the HouseofMouse. For some reason he want Mickey and the gang out of the club and he uses different plans to do it. Of course, he always fails.
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* Mr. Roper was somewhat like this toward Jack Tripper on ''[=~Three's Company~=]''.

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* Mr. Roper was somewhat like this toward Jack Tripper on ''[=~Three's Company~=]''.''ThreesCompany''.
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* Mrs. Peeman from ''Film/TheMask'' (pictured above). Stanley lives in fear of her, while he also takes revenge whenever he changes into his alter ego, the Mask.

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* Mrs. Peeman Peenman from ''Film/TheMask'' (pictured above). Stanley lives in fear of her, while he also takes revenge whenever he changes into his alter ego, the Mask.
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* Mr. Ditkovich in the Spider-Man movies is usually seen hounding Peter for rent money, but he does show a softer side in the third film.

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* Mr. Ditkovich in the Spider-Man Film/SpiderMan movies is usually seen hounding Peter for rent money, but he does show a softer side in the third film.



* Eulice [[ShoutOut Deville]] of ''[=~Menage à 3~=]''. When Gary introduces his new roommates, she ignores their pleasantries and shouts, "JOBS!?" She can detect a deadbeat tenant a mile away. She once tracked Gary across the city and found him hiding in a restaurant broom closet. She reacts to [[{{Blondie}} Mr. Dithers firing Dagwood yet again]] with an EvilLaugh.

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* Eulice [[ShoutOut Deville]] of ''[=~Menage à 3~=]''.''{{Menage A 3}} ''. When Gary introduces his new roommates, she ignores their pleasantries and shouts, "JOBS!?" She can detect a deadbeat tenant a mile away. She once tracked Gary across the city and found him hiding in a restaurant broom closet. She reacts to [[{{Blondie}} Mr. Dithers firing Dagwood yet again]] with an EvilLaugh.
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* Time-travelers [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard and company]] take up residence in a boarding house in 1890s San Francisco in the "Time's End" two-parter. When their landlady irately demands the long-overdue rent, Picard distracts her by offering her a role in his "acting troupe's" upcoming play.
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* Mr. Ditkovich in the Spider-Man movies is usually seen hounding Peter for rent money, but he does show a softer side in the third film.
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* Surprisingly for this trope, the protagonist's landlord in {{Sekirei}} actually kicks him out after catching him with a girl in his apartment. Surprising in that it sticks- he's kicked out for real and has to find a new home while taking care of his new MagicalGirlfriend.
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* Bullock's landlord in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' ''hated'' him, for reasons that were arguably justified, mainly his abrasive nature and the fact that his slovenly habits caused a major vermin problem in the building. The man ended up sending Bullock death threats in an effort to get him to move, coincidentally at the same time that a mobster that Bullock had put away years before was released on parole and tried to get revenge.
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* Mrs. Peeman from ''TheMask'' (pictured above). Stanley lives in fear of her, while he also takes revenge whenever he changes into his alter ego, the Mask.

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* Mrs. Peeman from ''TheMask'' ''Film/TheMask'' (pictured above). Stanley lives in fear of her, while he also takes revenge whenever he changes into his alter ego, the Mask.
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* The lnadlady in {{Crayon Shin Chan}}. To be fair, Shin really IS a terror.

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* The lnadlady landlady in {{Crayon Shin Chan}}. To be fair, Shin really IS a terror.
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* The lnadlady in {{Crayon Shin Chan}}. To be fair, Shin really IS a terror.
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* Mrs. Inger in the third book of the ''KnightAndRogueSeries'', though she's only present for the first chapter before the cast sneaks out their window in the middle of the night and leave town.
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*In the webcomic DustpitFollies, the landlord will hound the main characters till they pay the rent, even if that means breaking a hole in the roof to drop in.

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* Peter Parker's second apartment, the one for much of the 70s and 80s had a nasty land lady. Though sometimes she had a softer side.

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* [[SpiderMan Peter Parker's Parker's]] second apartment, the one for much of the 70s and 80s had a nasty land lady. Though sometimes she had a softer side.side.
* Averted in, of all places, ''SinCity''. Dwight and Wallace's landlady was actually pretty sweet and wanted both men to get a nice girlfriend.


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* Peter Parker's second apartment, the one for much of the 70s and 80s had a nasty land lady. Though sometimes she had a softer side.

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