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*** The video game makes her surprisingly sympathetic: [[spoiler: she was seduced and murdered by a man who would later become Azetlor the Collector, the true "boss" of the Public Library.]]



* The Grey Lady from the first ''{{Ghostbusters}}'' film. Who later got a name in the recent game as Eleanor Twitty.




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* Pee-Wee Herman once got to role-play as one of these in a later episode of ''{{Pee-Wee's Playhouse}}''.
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* ''[[Series.DeadRingers Dead Ringers]]'' had a parody of ''HellsKitchen'' called "Hell's Library", with Simon Schama as a foul-mouthed, overbearing and violent librarian putting trainees through their paces.

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* ''[[Series.DeadRingers Dead Ringers]]'' ''Series/DeadRingers'' had a parody of ''HellsKitchen'' ''Series/HellsKitchen'' called "Hell's Library", with Simon Schama as a foul-mouthed, overbearing and violent librarian putting trainees through their paces.
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* One of the {{Goosebumps}} books [[http://www.bloggerbeware.com/2006/07/08-girl-who-cried-monster.html had a librarian who was a literal monster]]. Although, [[spoiler:since it is revealed in the twist ending that everyone is a monster, and the librarian gets eaten by the main character's parents,]] this might be an inversion.
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*In ''{{Wapsi Square}}'', Phix is the sphinx that guards the great interdimensional Library, and she [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/adventureorknowledge/ presents herself as pretty scary]], though the trope is often subverted [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/wherestherestroom/ once you get to know her]].
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* [[AlcatrazSeries Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians]] - ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

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* The [[NightmareFuel knowledge spirit]] from the ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode "The Library."

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* The [[NightmareFuel Wan Shi Tong, the [[OwlBeDamned knowledge spirit]] from the ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode "The Library."
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* ''DeadRingers'' had a parody of ''HellsKitchen'' called "Hell's Library", with Simon Schama as a foul-mouthed, overbearing and violent librarian putting trainees through their paces.

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* ''DeadRingers'' ''[[Series.DeadRingers Dead Ringers]]'' had a parody of ''HellsKitchen'' called "Hell's Library", with Simon Schama as a foul-mouthed, overbearing and violent librarian putting trainees through their paces.

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* Professor Peter (of ThePeterPrinciple fame) mentioned one librarian who loved her neatly ordered books so much that she spent most of her time preventing the students from reading them. So, TruthInTelevision.



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* ''DeadRingers'' had a parody of ''HellsKitchen'' called "Hell's Library", with Simon Schama as a foul-mouthed, overbearing and violent librarian putting trainees through their paces.
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* Series two of ''{{Psychoville}}'' introduces Jeremy, a librarian who becomes obsessed with recovering a book that a woman has failed to return on time. He resorts to stalking her, calling her at all hours, breaking into her house and threatening her young daughter - all with the aid of, or possibly under threat from, a hallucination of a horrifying creature called "Silent Singer"
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* Ameer in ''TheLibrary''. He randomly appears anywhere in the library at any given moment, and he can often be seen watching patrons while they browse. [[SarcasmMode Fun!]]
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*** So she manages to be a ScaryLibrarian and a HotLibrarian at the same time?
*** She's pretty much a GeniusLoci -- we only see the parts of her ''not'' hiding behind the walls, and while it hasn't ever been shown yet just what kinds of powers she may have, she spooks ''Cubi'' (dangerous shapeshifting monsters themselves by any other name)...
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* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians.]]

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* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin [[AlcatrazSeries Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians.]]
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* This trope is TruthInTelevision, and this troper can speak from experience.
* This '''troper''' is TruthInTelevision, and will send the library ninjas after you for any overdue book you got.

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* This trope is TruthInTelevision, and this troper can speak from experience.
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* KickButtowski once had to deal with a crazy librarian who insisted that every thing that went inside her library (book or not) is hers. He has to break into the library to get a book of his that was accidentally returned.
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-->'''Leslie Knope:''' Pawnee's library department is the most diabolical, ruthless bunch of bureaucrats I've ever seen. They're like a biker gang. Only instead of shotguns and crystal meth, they use political savvy and shushing.]]

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-->'''Leslie Knope:''' Pawnee's library department is the most diabolical, ruthless bunch of bureaucrats I've ever seen. They're like a biker gang. Only instead of shotguns and crystal meth, they use political savvy and shushing.]]
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-->''Leslie Knope:'' Pawnee's library department is the most diabolical, ruthless bunch of bureaucrats I've ever seen. They're like a biker gang. Only instead of shotguns and crystal meth, they use political savvy and shushing.]]

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-->''Leslie Knope:'' -->'''Leslie Knope:''' Pawnee's library department is the most diabolical, ruthless bunch of bureaucrats I've ever seen. They're like a biker gang. Only instead of shotguns and crystal meth, they use political savvy and shushing.]]
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** [[AC:'''Leslie Knope:''' Pawnee's library department is the most diabolical, ruthless bunch of bureaucrats I've ever seen. They're like a biker gang. Only instead of shotguns and crystal meth, they use political savvy and shushing.]]

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** [[AC:'''Leslie Knope:''' -->''Leslie Knope:'' Pawnee's library department is the most diabolical, ruthless bunch of bureaucrats I've ever seen. They're like a biker gang. Only instead of shotguns and crystal meth, they use political savvy and shushing.]]
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* Ameer in ''TheLibrary''. He randomly appears anywhere in the library at any given moment, and he can often be seen watching patrons while they browse. [[SarcasmMode Fun!]]
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* Madame Pince, from the ''HarryPotter'' books.

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* Madame Pince, from the ''HarryPotter'' books. Being a witch, she doesn't even need to be in the same room as you - start drawing in the margins and the book will come alive and attack you.
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** JKRowling once said in an interview that the Hogwarts library had to have one of these since a nice, helpful librarian would resolve plots too quickly.

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** JKRowling once said in an interview that the Hogwarts library had to have one of these since a nice, helpful librarian would resolve plots too quickly. She also apologized to all librarians for this portrayal.
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* This '''troper''' is TruthInTelevision, and will send the library ninjas after you for any overdue book you got.
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** Actually a bit of a RunningGag: Blinky's Anxiety Closet occasionally reveals he ''still'' hadn't returned that overdue copy of GreenEggsAndHam... with the AxCrazy librarian showing up to note how many days overdue it is. Every revisit (into the ''Outland'' and ''Opus'' sequels) has the day count go up.
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->"'''''[[NoIndoorVoice QUIET!!!!]]''' This is a LIBRARY!!''"
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* In CalvinAndHobbes, Calvin was once horrified at the thought of having not returned a library book on time, expecting the librarians to break his knees or something. After learning that he would simply receive a small fine, he noted to himself that he naturally expected the consequences to be more severe simply from the looks the librarians give him.
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* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians.]]

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* Librarians in the Warhammer40000 universe not only keep the Libraries of the SpaceMarine chapters in order, but each one is also a Space Marine himself, with full access to PowerArmor, [[{{BFG}} bolter weapons]], [[{{BFS}} power swords]], and [[WeaponofChoice psychic-energy channeling staves]]. Also, each one is [[TelepathicSpacemen psychic]] (it wouldn't make as much sense if they had a psychic-energy staff if they weren't). Somewhat inverted, as Space Marines are exclusively male.

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* Librarians in the Warhammer40000 universe not only keep the Libraries of the SpaceMarine chapters in order, but each one is also a [[PsychicPowers psyker]] AND a Space Marine himself, with Marine, and has full access to PowerArmor, [[{{BFG}} bolter weapons]], [[{{BFS}} power swords]], and [[WeaponofChoice psychic-energy channeling staves]]. Also, each one is [[TelepathicSpacemen psychic]] (it wouldn't make as much sense if they had a psychic-energy staff if they weren't). Somewhat inverted, as However, Space Marines are exclusively male.

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