History Main / ProfessionalButtKisser

* In ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'', Inspector Gregson becomes a giggling mess around Iris Wilson, the author of "The Adventures of Herlock Sholmes" where he was indirectly able to gain popularity and a raise at Scotland Yard for being a character in it, so he does his best to stay on her good side...because he realized that she can make his life a living hell if she were ever to make his character in the hit series unlikable.

* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Izuku's peers bullied him for years to avoid drawing the ire of Bakugou, who was the undisputed strongest, smartest, and bravest kid around. Once Izuku develops spider powers and becomes a local celebrity as the "Prowler Kid", [[FairWeatheredFoe they quickly drift over to him in hopes of riding off his fame]], particularly after Izuku humiliated Bakugou twice by accident. Izuku is aware of this and doesn't intend to become friends with any of these butt-kissers.

Like the name says, the Professional Butt-Kisser is a career sycophant and YesMan. They don't care who is in charge so long as they're the right-hand man. If their current boss were to meet an untimely end (or just get fired/demoted) they will [[LesCollaborateurs happily offer their services]] to their replacement, even if they just saw how the new boss killed the old one! Despite their desire to be close to the reins of power, they never harbor any [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitions]] of [[TheStarscream their own boss-hood]], much less [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betraying their current boss]], at least until the new one pushes them out of the job, anyway.

* ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh Kapral (Corporal) will go out of his way to suckup to his boss Hegemon and shower him with complements, while personaly will take every chance to overthrone his supirior.
** This trait is such big part of the character that in the stage musical adaptation he even gets entire musical number about the art of sucking up to ones boss.

* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Izuku's peers bullied him for years to avoid drawing the ire of Bakugou, who was the undisputed strongest, smartest, and bravest kid around. Once Izuku develops spider powers and becomes a local celebrity as the "Prowler Kid", they quickly drift over to him in hopes of riding off his fame, particularly after Izuku humiliated Bakugou twice by accident. Izuku is aware of this and doesn't intend on becoming friends with any of these butt-kissers.

* The Igors in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' work like this -- perfectly loyal until the torch-and-pitchfork brigade come calling, then it's out the back door to find a new master. Genre-savvy characters have taken advantage of this to ask them how to get in and out unobtrusively.

* Mr. Collins of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' is the Regency equivalent of this; while Lady Catherine de Bourgh is not exactly his boss, he does depend on her goodwill for future advancement, and ensures this goodwill (or, given Lady Catherine's overall disagreeable character, something close to it) through shameless grovelling to the point where he's sucking up to her when she's not even in the local vicinity. [[spoiler:He even fulfills the 'switching allegiances when necessary' part of the trope; when Elizabeth and Darcy are rumored to be engaged to marry, he writes Elizabeth's father a letter expressing Lady Catherine's condemnation of the engagement. Mr. Bennet writes back once the engagement becomes a reality and points out that, if he was to get into Darcy's good books, things would be even better for him. Mr. Collins' objections suddenly cease.]]

* In Literature/TheTomeOfBill, most vampires tend to be this. ''Sunset Strip'' actually explains this: true leaders are extremely rare, and they tend to want to lead, not follow. An entire society based around the best and the brightest would quickly devolve into civil war as they all vie for dominance, so it's the weak-minded but physically capable people that get turned more often than not.

* ''Series/HogansHeroes'': Colonel Wilhelm Klink tries to be this, but his efforts to butter up General Burkhalter and other superior officers tend to have the opposite effect.

* In ''Manhua/GoddessCreationSystem'' Xiaxi leaps ahead in the hierarchy of the Wang Pu household servants by flattering and indirectly flirting with the Wang Pu brothers. They never really catch on to what she's doing, but the other servants and their sister Yixin certainly do: A servant Xiaxi snubbed and Yixin publicly reveal what she's been doing at one point, forcing her to have to start getting along with the other servants and be less obvious about her ass-kissing.

--> '''Cyrano:''' What would you have me do?
--> Seek for the patronage of some great man,
--> And like a creeping vine on a tall tree
--> Crawl upward, where I cannot stand alone?
--> [[DefiedTrope No thank you!]] Dedicate, as others do,
--> Poems to pawnbrokers? Be a buffoon
--> In the vile hope of teasing out a smile
--> On some cold face ? No thank you ! Eat a toad
--> For breakfast every morning? Make my knees
--> Callous, and cultivate a supple spine,
--> Wear out my belly grovelling In the dust?
--> [[DefiedTrope No thank you !]] Scratch the back of any swine
--> That roots up gold for me? Tickle the horns
--> Of Mammon with my left hand, while my right
--> Too proud to know his partner's business,
--> Takes in the fee? [[DefiedTrope No thank you!]] Use the fire
--> God gave me to burn incense all day long
--> Under the nose of wood and stone? [[DefiedTrope No thank you! ]]
--> Shall I go leaping into ladies' laps
--> And licking fingers? or to change the form
--> Navigating with madrigals for oars,
--> My sails full of the sighs of dowagers?
--> [[DefiedTrope No thank you !]]

-->'''Qarr:''' See, the first lesson of being 18-inches tall is: Find someone more powerful than you are, and glue your lips to their ass.

-->''( Ashland points to a head mounted on a wall)''

* In ''Manhua/GoddessCreationSystem'' Xiaxi leaps ahead in the hierarchy of the Wang Pu household servants by flattering and indirectly flirting with the Wang Pu brothers. They never really catch on to what she's doing, but the other servants and their sister Yixin certainly do: A servant Xiaxi snubbed and Yixin publicly reveal what she's been doing at one point, forcing her to have to start getting along with the other servants and be less obvious about her ass-kissing.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Twilight is this when it comes to pleasing Princess Celestia. PlayedForLaughs, of course.

* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': One of the new rookies in Emily's class at her evil WizardSchool, Brynne, spends a lot of time sucking up and pointlessly complimenting another student named Lily, who appears to be rich and claims to have extremely powerful magic on account of being descended from Myth/{{Merlin}}.