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* In the ''movie'' ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', the guards were actually fairly useful, even managing to catch Aladdin once. In the ''[[RecycledTheSeries series]]'', they're another story. Aladdin solves all of Agrabah's problems, while the guards seldom do anything and sometimes even get in the way. The opening of the episode "Black Sand" is probably the best example of this. All four guards fail at catching a tiny flying eel. Subverted with Razoul when he's given ADayInTheLimelight.
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* In the ''movie'' ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', the guards were actually fairly useful, even managing to catch Aladdin once. In the ''[[RecycledTheSeries series]]'', ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'', they're another story. Aladdin solves all of Agrabah's problems, while the guards seldom do anything and sometimes even get in the way. The opening of the episode "Black Sand" is probably the best example of this. All four guards fail at catching a tiny flying eel. Subverted with Razoul when he's given ADayInTheLimelight.
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* In the Webcomic/CiemWebcomicSeries and its novel counterpart, the police are either [[HanlonsRazor pathetically incompetent or else actively working for the villains]].
** Aliens raid the town and start ravaging it? Quick! Let's look through the neighborhoods and arrest every sexually active teenager we find!
** There's an obviously distraught girl walking in the rain with her head down. Possible rape victim. Did we arrest her or her sister earlier? Let's just arrest her now and ask questions later!
** The girls' [[PromotionToParent sister-turned-caregiver]] is mutilated almost completely beyond recognition in a senseless murder? Let's wait until the house smells of death a full day later before we ''even bother'' to investigate!
** Hazing at school? Ignore it. Stupid kids will be stupid kids.
** Libelous sex tape being spread around of an impersonator, by students trying to defame another student? It's that same damn mixed-race chick from earlier? Ignore.
** Girl raped by vampire? Ignore. She had to kill him in self-defense? [[RunningGag Ignore]].
** Girls drive another girl to suicide? Ignore. That chick from earlier thwarts the latest victim's attempted suicide? [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Consider surveillance on her]].
** Mixed-race chick faces attempted murder by alien assailants in parking lot? Ignore. Seen with a boyfriend? [[CantHaveSexEver Keep an eye on them]].
** Chick marries the new boyfriend? How dare she! He gets killed by supervillain? Declare ''her'' an outlaw and put ''her'' in jail! And jail anyone ''remotely'' sympathetic to her cause! Give award to supervillain.
** Aliens raid the town and start ravaging it? Quick! Let's look through the neighborhoods and arrest every sexually active teenager we find!
** There's an obviously distraught girl walking in the rain with her head down. Possible rape victim. Did we arrest her or her sister earlier? Let's just arrest her now and ask questions later!
** The girls' [[PromotionToParent sister-turned-caregiver]] is mutilated almost completely beyond recognition in a senseless murder? Let's wait until the house smells of death a full day later before we ''even bother'' to investigate!
** Hazing at school? Ignore it. Stupid kids will be stupid kids.
** Libelous sex tape being spread around of an impersonator, by students trying to defame another student? It's that same damn mixed-race chick from earlier? Ignore.
** Girl raped by vampire? Ignore. She had to kill him in self-defense? [[RunningGag Ignore]].
** Girls drive another girl to suicide? Ignore. That chick from earlier thwarts the latest victim's attempted suicide? [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Consider surveillance on her]].
** Mixed-race chick faces attempted murder by alien assailants in parking lot? Ignore. Seen with a boyfriend? [[CantHaveSexEver Keep an eye on them]].
** Chick marries the new boyfriend? How dare she! He gets killed by supervillain? Declare ''her'' an outlaw and put ''her'' in jail! And jail anyone ''remotely'' sympathetic to her cause! Give award to supervillain.
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* In the Webcomic/CiemWebcomicSeries and its novel counterpart, , the police are either [[HanlonsRazor pathetically incompetent or else actively working for the villains]].
** Aliens raid the town and start ravaging it? Quick! Let's look through the neighborhoods and arrest every sexually active teenager we find!
** There's an obviously distraught girl walking in the rain with her head down. Possible rape victim. Did we arrest her or her sister earlier? Let's just arrest her now and ask questions later!
** The girls' [[PromotionToParent sister-turned-caregiver]] is mutilated almost completely beyond recognition in a senseless murder? Let's wait until the house smells of death a full day later before we ''even bother'' to investigate!
** Hazing at school? Ignore it. Stupid kids will be stupid kids.
** Libelous sex tape being spread around of an impersonator, by students trying to defame another student? It's that same damn mixed-race chick from earlier? Ignore.
** Girl raped by vampire? Ignore. She had to kill him in self-defense? [[RunningGag Ignore]].
** Girls drive another girl to suicide? Ignore. That chick from earlier thwarts the latest victim's attempted suicide? [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Consider surveillance on her]].
** Mixed-race chick faces attempted murder by alien assailants in parking lot? Ignore. Seen with a boyfriend? [[CantHaveSexEver Keep an eye on them]].
** Chick marries the new boyfriend? How dare she! He gets killed by supervillain? Declare ''her'' an outlaw and put ''her'' in jail! And jail anyone ''remotely'' sympathetic to her cause! Give award to supervillain.villains]].
** Aliens raid the town and start ravaging it? Quick! Let's look through the neighborhoods and arrest every sexually active teenager we find!
** There's an obviously distraught girl walking in the rain with her head down. Possible rape victim. Did we arrest her or her sister earlier? Let's just arrest her now and ask questions later!
** The girls' [[PromotionToParent sister-turned-caregiver]] is mutilated almost completely beyond recognition in a senseless murder? Let's wait until the house smells of death a full day later before we ''even bother'' to investigate!
** Hazing at school? Ignore it. Stupid kids will be stupid kids.
** Libelous sex tape being spread around of an impersonator, by students trying to defame another student? It's that same damn mixed-race chick from earlier? Ignore.
** Girl raped by vampire? Ignore. She had to kill him in self-defense? [[RunningGag Ignore]].
** Girls drive another girl to suicide? Ignore. That chick from earlier thwarts the latest victim's attempted suicide? [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Consider surveillance on her]].
** Mixed-race chick faces attempted murder by alien assailants in parking lot? Ignore. Seen with a boyfriend? [[CantHaveSexEver Keep an eye on them]].
** Chick marries the new boyfriend? How dare she! He gets killed by supervillain? Declare ''her'' an outlaw and put ''her'' in jail! And jail anyone ''remotely'' sympathetic to her cause! Give award to supervillain.
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* DoubleSubversion in ''VideoGame/LEGOIsland''. When the Brickster escapes jail, the police officers Nick and Laura Brick take part in the chase to catch him, removing blockades and investigating the helicopter pieces along the way, and are ultimately the ones who arrest him once again. That does not change the fact that the Brickster was escape from jail so easily and steal the police helicopter, or the fact that most of the work to catch the Brickster once again is done by Pepper Roni, ''a pizza delivery boy'', instead.
** Discussed in brutalmoose's review of ''LEGO Island'':
-->'''brutalmoose''': But don't worry, though. Even though I just released the only criminal on LEGO Island, the police are basically like, "Oh, s'all good."
-->'''Infomaniac''': So we need someone to race over there! Someone who can use a vehicle that can travel on roads and paths, over ramps, and in a jiffy!
-->'''brutalmoose''': Oh, you mean a motorcycle.
-->'''Infomaniac''': A skateboard, perhaps!
-->'''brutalmoose''': [[FlatWhat What?]] There are two people on motorcycles right there! [''arrows point at Nick and Laura, both riding motorcycles''] But no, the general consensus is that a skateboard would be a much, much better idea. [[SurroundedByIdiots Everyone here? Idiots.]]
** It's even worse in the sequels. In ''LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge'', Nick's only role is granting Pepper permission to use the police helicopter. In ''Island Xtreme Stunts'', Nick does some investigation into the Brickster's activities. In both games, Laura does nothing, and Pepper is ultimately the one who has to do ''all'' the work catching the Brickster.
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* DoubleSubversion in ''VideoGame/LEGOIsland''. When the Brickster escapes jail, the police officers Nick and Laura Brick take part in the chase to catch him, removing blockades and investigating the helicopter pieces along the way, and are ultimately the ones who arrest him once again. That does not change the fact that the Brickster was escape from jail so easily and steal the police helicopter, or the fact that most of the work to catch the Brickster once again is done by Pepper Roni, ''a pizza delivery boy'', instead.
** Discussed in brutalmoose's review of ''LEGO Island'':
-->'''brutalmoose''': But don't worry, though. Even though I just released the only criminal on LEGO Island, the police are basically like, "Oh, s'all good."
-->'''Infomaniac''': So we need someone to race over there! Someone who can use a vehicle that can travel on roads and paths, over ramps, and in a jiffy!
-->'''brutalmoose''': Oh, you mean a motorcycle.
-->'''Infomaniac''': A skateboard, perhaps!
-->'''brutalmoose''': [[FlatWhat What?]] There are two people on motorcycles right there! [''arrows point at Nick and Laura, both riding motorcycles''] But no, the general consensus is that a skateboard would be a much, much better idea. [[SurroundedByIdiots Everyone here? Idiots.]]
** It's even worse in the sequels. In ''LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge'', Nick's only role is granting Pepper permission to use the police helicopter. In ''Island Xtreme Stunts'', Nick does some investigation into the Brickster's activities. In both games, Laura does nothing, and Pepper is ultimately the one who has to do ''all'' the work catching the Brickster.
** Discussed in brutalmoose's review of ''LEGO Island'':
-->'''brutalmoose''': But don't worry, though. Even though I just released the only criminal on LEGO Island, the police are basically like, "Oh, s'all good."
-->'''Infomaniac''': So we need someone to race over there! Someone who can use a vehicle that can travel on roads and paths, over ramps, and in a jiffy!
-->'''brutalmoose''': Oh, you mean a motorcycle.
-->'''Infomaniac''': A skateboard, perhaps!
-->'''brutalmoose''': [[FlatWhat What?]] There are two people on motorcycles right there! [''arrows point at Nick and Laura, both riding motorcycles''] But no, the general consensus is that a skateboard would be a much, much better idea. [[SurroundedByIdiots Everyone here? Idiots.]]
** It's even worse in the sequels. In ''LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge'', Nick's only role is granting Pepper permission to use the police helicopter. In ''Island Xtreme Stunts'', Nick does some investigation into the Brickster's activities. In both games, Laura does nothing, and Pepper is ultimately the one who has to do ''all'' the work catching the Brickster.
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Read some of the other examples. These are works in which there ARE police, but they\'re useless. DARPG has NO police to be useless due to its apocalyptic setting.
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* Although the overall premise does provide some justification in Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG (mutant dinosaur apocalypses are usually out of the league of most police departments), there are a few specific examples:
** The murders of the Second Headquarters Squad led to investigation from a PrivateDetective. No talk was ever made of calling a police officer on the scene. Ironically, said Private Detective was busy investigating the identity of a RedHerringMole when the actual culprit was exposed.
** Internal Affairs (basically the closest thing to a police department the team has) is run by a psychotic man who believes he has a [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity divinely-inspired right to impart justice on others]], leading to the beating of several people who didn't deserve it.
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* Although the overall premise does provide some justification in Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG (mutant dinosaur apocalypses are usually out of the league of most police departments), there are a few specific examples:
** The murders of the Second Headquarters Squad led to investigation from a PrivateDetective. No talk was ever made of calling a police officer on the scene. Ironically, said Private Detective was busy investigating the identity of a RedHerringMole when the actual culprit was exposed.
** Internal Affairs (basically the closest thing to a police department the team has) is run by a psychotic man who believes he has a [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity divinely-inspired right to impart justice on others]], leading to the beating of several people who didn't deserve it.
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* DoubleSubversion in ''VideoGame/LEGOIsland''. When the Brickster escapes jail, the police officers Nick and Laura Brick take part in the chase to catch him, removing blockades and investigating the helicopter pieces along the way, and are ultimately the ones who arrest him once again. That does not change the fact that the Brickster was escape from jail so easily and steal the police helicopter, or the fact that most of the work to catch the Brickster once again is done by Pepper Roni, ''a pizza delivery boy'', instead.
** Discussed in brutalmoose's review of ''LEGO Island'':
-->'''brutalmoose''': But don't worry, though. Even though I just released the only criminal on LEGO Island, the police are basically like, "Oh, s'all good."
-->'''Infomaniac''': So we need someone to race over there! Someone who can use a vehicle that can travel on roads and paths, over ramps, and in a jiffy!
-->'''brutalmoose''': Oh, you mean a motorcycle.
-->'''Infomaniac''': A skateboard, perhaps!
-->'''brutalmoose''': [[FlatWhat What?]] There are two people on motorcycles right there! [''arrows point at Nick and Laura, both riding motorcycles''] But no, the general consensus is that a skateboard would be a much, much better idea. [[SurroundedByIdiots Everyone here? Idiots.]]
** It's even worse in the sequels. In ''LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge'', Nick's only role is granting Pepper permission to use the police helicopter. In ''Island Xtreme Stunts'', Nick does some investigation into the Brickster's activities. In both games, Laura does nothing, and Pepper is ultimately the one who has to do ''all'' the work catching the Brickster.
** Discussed in brutalmoose's review of ''LEGO Island'':
-->'''brutalmoose''': But don't worry, though. Even though I just released the only criminal on LEGO Island, the police are basically like, "Oh, s'all good."
-->'''Infomaniac''': So we need someone to race over there! Someone who can use a vehicle that can travel on roads and paths, over ramps, and in a jiffy!
-->'''brutalmoose''': Oh, you mean a motorcycle.
-->'''Infomaniac''': A skateboard, perhaps!
-->'''brutalmoose''': [[FlatWhat What?]] There are two people on motorcycles right there! [''arrows point at Nick and Laura, both riding motorcycles''] But no, the general consensus is that a skateboard would be a much, much better idea. [[SurroundedByIdiots Everyone here? Idiots.]]
** It's even worse in the sequels. In ''LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge'', Nick's only role is granting Pepper permission to use the police helicopter. In ''Island Xtreme Stunts'', Nick does some investigation into the Brickster's activities. In both games, Laura does nothing, and Pepper is ultimately the one who has to do ''all'' the work catching the Brickster.
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* Polices in ''NeedForSpeed'' are good in their own right, but the game machanic enforces the player to make them useless because the cops can never take down street racing even in broad daylight. ''Most Wanted'' has the most humiliating example where [[spoiler: the ''entire'' police force from Rockport can't even stop a single guy (You) from escaping the city.]]
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* Polices AI in ''NeedForSpeed'' series are good in their own right, but the game machanic enforces the player to make them useless because the these cops can never take down street racing even in broad daylight. ''Most Wanted'' has the most humiliating example where [[spoiler: the ''entire'' police force from Rockport can't even stop a single guy (You) from escaping the city.]]
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* ''NeedForSpeed'' series's cops are good in their own right, but it's actually ''your'' job to make them useless as they can never take down street racing even in broad daylight. ''Most Wanted'' has the most humilated example where the entire police force from Rockport can't stop a single guy from escaping.
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* Polices in ''NeedForSpeed'' series's cops are good in their own right, but it's actually ''your'' job the game machanic enforces the player to make them useless as they because the cops can never take down street racing even in broad daylight. ''Most Wanted'' has the most humilated humiliating example where [[spoiler: the entire ''entire'' police force from Rockport can't even stop a single guy (You) from escaping.escaping the city.]]
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* Although the overall premise does provide some justification in Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG (mutant dinosaur apocalypses are usually out of the league of most police departments), there are a few specific examples:
** The murders of the Second Headquarters Squad led to investigation from a PrivateDetective. No talk was ever made of calling a police officer on the scene. Ironically, said Private Detective was busy investigating the identity of a RedHerringMole when the actual culprit was exposed.
** Internal Affairs (basically the closest thing to a police department the team has) is run by a psychotic man who believes he has a [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity divinely-inspired right to impart justice on others]], leading to the beating of several people who didn't deserve it.
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* Although the overall premise does provide some justification in Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG (mutant dinosaur apocalypses are usually out of the league of most police departments), there are a few specific examples:
** The murders of the Second Headquarters Squad led to investigation from a PrivateDetective. No talk was ever made of calling a police officer on the scene. Ironically, said Private Detective was busy investigating the identity of a RedHerringMole when the actual culprit was exposed.
** Internal Affairs (basically the closest thing to a police department the team has) is run by a psychotic man who believes he has a [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity divinely-inspired right to impart justice on others]], leading to the beating of several people who didn't deserve it.
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* ''NeedForSpeed'' series's cops are good in their own right especially toward the endgames, but it's actually ''your'' job to make them useless as they can never take down street racing even in broad daylight. ''Most Wanted'''s ending has [[spoiler: the ''entire'' police force from Rockport chasing after a single guy and yet he is still able to escape.]]
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* ''NeedForSpeed'' series's cops are good in their own right especially toward the endgames, right, but it's actually ''your'' job to make them useless as they can never take down street racing even in broad daylight. ''Most Wanted'''s ending Wanted'' has [[spoiler: the ''entire'' most humilated example where the entire police force from Rockport chasing after can't stop a single guy and yet he is still able to escape.]]from escaping.
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* ''NeedForSpeed'' series's cops are good in their own right, especially toward endgame, but it's actually ''your'' job to make them useless as they can never take down street racing even in broad daylight. ''Most Wanted'''s ending has [[spoiler: the ''entire'' police force from Rockport chasing a single guy and yet he is still able to escape.]]
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* ''NeedForSpeed'' series's cops are good in their own right, right especially toward endgame, the endgames, but it's actually ''your'' job to make them useless as they can never take down street racing even in broad daylight. ''Most Wanted'''s ending has [[spoiler: the ''entire'' police force from Rockport chasing after a single guy and yet he is still able to escape.]]
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* ''NeedForSpeed'' series's cops are good in their own right, especially toward endgame, but it's actually ''your'' job to make them useless as they can never take down street racing even in broad daylight. ''Most Wanted'''s ending has [[spoiler: the ''entire'' police force from Rockport chasing a single guy and yet he is still able to escape.]]
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If we start listing apocalypses as justified examples, then that would probably make this page much longer than it needs to be. Besides, there\'s no major crime, murder, mystery, etc. that police would normally solve but don\'t in DARPG, which is what this trope is about.
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* Subverted in Film/BlueVelvet, where Jeffrey actually does consult a police detective and ''knows'' that he should just leave things to the police but keeps investigating on his own anyway. Admittedly, Dorothy Vallens repeatedly tells Jeffrey "no police" when he tries to help her, but it turns out she has good reason to be afraid- [[spoiler: Det. Williams' partner is in league with Frank Booth]].
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* In ''Series/iCarly'' A pair of pet photographers trash the iCarly studio due to not wanting to lose their customers after the group starts their own pet photography business. The police refuse to do anything about it since the photographers took photos of his daughter's bunny for no charge and was still bitter about Spencer's "Pee on Carl" sign from the second episode. He instead gives Carly a ticket because the car in their studio had no license plate even though its a prop.
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* Averted hard in OrphanBlack. Despite the fact that Art and Angie are GenreBlind, they're good enough at their jobs that they're on the verge of discovering the clones by the end of the first season, complicating matters for both Clone Club and the various people chasing them.
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* Subverted heavily in ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}''. The C.P.D. even outdo the actual superhero most of the time, [[FakeUltimateHero not that that's very hard]]. In the later arcs, they're practically a BadassArmy.
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* Rancid Rabbit from ''WesternAnimation/CatDog''. Mainly because he has [[SitcomArchNemesis hatedom torwards Cat]].
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* Rancid Rabbit from ''WesternAnimation/CatDog''. Mainly because he has [[SitcomArchNemesis hatedom torwards towards Cat]].
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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the cops of Sunnydale are "deeply stupid", and according to Buffy if you get them involved you'll get them killed. Much of law enforcement is -in- on 'it'. It being the town is designed to feed monsters. In Season 9, Buffy is wanted by the police for killing [[VillainWithGoodPublicity vampires.]]
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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the cops of Sunnydale are "deeply stupid", and according to Buffy if you get them involved you'll get them killed. Much of law enforcement is -in- ''in'' on 'it'. It being the town is designed to feed monsters. In Season 9, Buffy is wanted by the police for killing [[VillainWithGoodPublicity vampires.]]
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* The mall cop from the Christmasepisode of ''WesternAnimation/StrokerAndHoop''.
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As real life examples would be too numerous & controversial for the page, [[noreallife]] '''[[NoRealLifeExamplesPlease NO REAL LIFE EXAMPLES]]!!!'''
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* Played straight with the Chicago Police Department in ''Film/TheFugitive''. They suspect and arrest Richard Kimble for his wife's murder within hours and don't appear to do ''any'' investigating into his (truthful) account of what happened, whereas Kimble, once he escapes, is able to track down his wife's killer within weeks. To make matters worse, the guy is a former Chicago cop, resulting in the UnfortunateImplications of the department deliberately letting an innocent man take the rap in order to let one of their own walk.
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** Played straight with the Chicago PoliceDepartment in ''Film/TheFugitive''.Department. They suspect and arrest Richard Kimble for his wife's murder within hours and don't appear to do ''any'' investigating into his (truthful) account of what happened, whereas Kimble, once he escapes, is able to track down his wife's killer within weeks. To make matters worse, the guy is a former Chicago cop, resulting in the UnfortunateImplications of the department deliberately letting an innocent man take the rap in order to let one of their own walk.
** Played straight with the Chicago Police
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** To be honest, his wife's 911 call did a good job of saying her husband was the one who attacked her. I can believe that that call was all the proof the cops needed in their minds, and all his tales of a mysterious killer who left no traces was just him making stuff up to cover for himself. The real question is just how the real killer knew that's what her dying words were going to be and didn't hang up until she got them out.
*** Her 911 call clearly started with "There's someone in my house", as in an intruder, not her husband. At the very least, it should have provided reasonable doubt for Kimble.
** To be honest, his wife's 911 call did a good job of saying her husband was the one who attacked her. I can believe that that call was all the proof the cops needed in their minds, and all his tales of a mysterious killer who left no traces was just him making stuff up to cover for himself. The real question is just how the real killer knew that's what her dying words were going to be and didn't hang up until she got them out.
*** Her 911 call clearly started with "There's someone in my house", as in an intruder, not her husband. At the very least, it should have provided reasonable doubt for Kimble.
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** Subverted in the "Science Fiction Sketch", where an officer interrupts to inform the viewer that a man could have saved his wife's life if he had just gone to the police to inform them that a ''blancmange'' had come to him and ordered 38,000,000 kilts to be delivered to Andromeda, and proceeds to give the helpful advice that if you ever see anything weird involving other galaxies, you should immediately go down to the police station, and they'll send a squad car over to investigate. Of course, the officer investigating the wife's murder is eaten by giant sentient blancmange in the very next scene.
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** Subverted ''big time'' at the beginning of ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday''. The FBI spring a trap on Jason and actually take him seriously, attacking him with a small army's worth of firepower and an ''airstrike'', managing to actually blow him to bits. It doesn't ''keep'' him down, but it was a ''very'' impressive effort.
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** The trope itself is invoked in a flashback when Shawn's dad forbade him from reading comic books precisely because most comics tend to follow this trope. He tells Shawn that if he wants to be a hero, go to the Academy and wear a badge.
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Only trust your fists; police will never help you
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* One of ''Website/{{Cracked}}'''s [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that police cars in a BeatEmUp are just for decoration. "Only trust your fists; police will never help you."
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* in ''Goose Girl''Ani[=/=]Isi is snatched off the streets during the festival and the King's Soldiers, who are there, don't do squat. Later she points this out:
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* in ''Goose Girl''Ani[=/=]Isi In ''[[BooksOfBayern Goose Girl]]'', Ani[=/=]Isi is snatched off the streets during the festival and the King's Soldiers, who are there, don't do squat. Later she points this out:
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* The cop that hold [[OnlySaneMan Harvey]] to "get down" from the ''HarveyBirdman'' episode ''Booty Noir''.
* The GrumpyBear cop from ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodeFamily'' episode ''Gerold's Way or The Highway''.
* Rancid Rabbit from ''WesternAnimation/CatDog''. Mainly because he has [[SitcomArchNemesis hatedom torwards Cat]].
* The mall cop from the Christmasepisode of ''WesternAnimation/StrokerAndHoop''.
* The GrumpyBear cop from ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodeFamily'' episode ''Gerold's Way or The Highway''.
* Rancid Rabbit from ''WesternAnimation/CatDog''. Mainly because he has [[SitcomArchNemesis hatedom torwards Cat]].
* The mall cop from the Christmasepisode of ''WesternAnimation/StrokerAndHoop''.
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* FanFic/LegolasByLaura: Technically they're not police, but the guards - sorry, [[RougeAnglesOfSatin''gards'']] - assigned to protect Laura are thoroughly useless. The orcs sent to kidnap Laura get in, get out and get all the way back to Mordor before they tell Legolas that Laura was taken. Even then, Legolas had to ''ask'' first.
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* FanFic/LegolasByLaura: Technically they're not police, but the guards - sorry, [[RougeAnglesOfSatin''gards'']] [[RougeAnglesOfSatin ''gards'']] - assigned to protect Laura are thoroughly useless. The orcs sent to kidnap Laura get in, get out and get all the way back to Mordor before they tell Legolas that Laura was taken. Even then, Legolas had to ''ask'' first.
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* FanFic/LegolasByLaura: Technically they're not police, but the guards - sorry, ''gards'' - assigned to protect Laura are thoroughly useless. The orcs sent to kidnap Laura get in, get out and get all the way back to Mordor before they tell Legolas that Laura was taken. Even then, Legolas had to ''ask'' first.
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* FanFic/LegolasByLaura: Technically they're not police, but the guards - sorry, ''gards'' [[RougeAnglesOfSatin''gards'']] - assigned to protect Laura are thoroughly useless. The orcs sent to kidnap Laura get in, get out and get all the way back to Mordor before they tell Legolas that Laura was taken. Even then, Legolas had to ''ask'' first.
