History Main / SuperCop

Overlaps with the [[VampireDetectiveSeries Vampire Detective]].

* The ''Videogame/TrailsSeries'' has Lloyd Bannings and the Special Support Section, protagonist of the [[Videogame/TrailsFromZero Crossbell]] [[Videogame/TrailsToAzure games]]. Officially they're just a branch of the local police department meant to deal with street crimes. However, throughout the series he's dealt with everything from criminal organizations to doomsday cults and have risen from being seen as plucky underdogs to the heroes of the city to eventually [[spoiler:helping save the continent from a dark god in the climax of ''[[Videogame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Trails of Cold Steel IV]]'']]

* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' features Blue Steel, MemeticBadass and the only major superhero who works directly for the police force. There are also cops in PoweredArmor, cops with PsychicPowers, and the Awakened division of alien symbiote-infused cops. There's also nothing stopping player character concepts from being cops.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': In stark contrast to most contemporary depictions of the character as a {{vigilante|Man}}, during most of the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], Batman was a deputized officer of the Gotham City Police Department. While his precise official status is seldom explicitly brought up, he and Robin essentially functioned as special cops reporting to Commissioner Gordon, albeit cops who wore costumes and masks and used their own resources.

* ''Series/TheBoys'' had two villainous examples. Blue Hawk was a police-themed "[[BewareTheSuperman superhero]]" and PoliticallyIncorrectVillain who performed like a RabidCop, [[PoliceBrutality curb-stomping a black man he thought looked suspicious]]. ArcVillain Soldier Boy was a CorruptedCharacterCopy of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica who was used as an attack dog by the government to do things like put down protests.

* ''Film/ManiacCop''. Matt Cordell was once considered to be a "supercop" by the media and his fellow officers in the NYPD, considering his merits. This carries over in later movies, both [[OurZombiesAreDifferent literally]] and figuratively.
* One word: ''Franchise/RoboCop.'' An officer dies and is rebuilt by the [[MegaCorp corporation that owns Detroit's PD]] as a cybernetic anti-crime ImmuneToBullets OneManArmy.

* And Creator/JackieChan's ''Police Story'' series, where he (mostly) became this by necessity. The third movie is even called this in Western markets.

* The title character of ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty''. She [[LightningBruiser has superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability]]. [[spoiler:She's also a [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke bioengineered]] SuperSoldier]].

* ''Series/TheBoys'' had two villainous examples. Blue Hawk was a police-themed "[[BewareTheSuperman superhero]]" and PoliticallyIncorrectVillain who performed like a RabidCop, [[PoliceBrutality curb-stomping a black man he thought looked suspicious]]. ArcVillain Soldier Boy was used as an attack dog by the government to do things like put down protests.

** Averted with ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''. They ''could'' be Supercops, but regulations have them stuck in the station until a crook brings out his own HumongousMecha. For regular criminals, they have to go on foot just like all other cops and face the same obstacles.

* ''Film/ScannerCop'' and ''Film/ScannerCopII'' are a set of {{B Movie}}s about a cop with PsychicPowers. This doesn't just help him in dangerous situations with armed suspects or interrogastions, but the paperwork as well. He reviews a hundred case files in a few minutes, and can actually scan the office computer to speed up a facial composition.

* ''Film/ScannerCop'' and ''Film/ScannerCopII'' are a set of {{B Movie}}s about a cop with PsychicPowers.

** ''Anime/DominionTankPolice'' probably counts, since the heroes are cops... with TANKS. [[TankGoodness Really BIG tanks]], at that. And unlike the ''Patlabor'' dudes, these fellows DO move against any and all crime, with superior firepower through and through. Unfortunately for the city, they're also all {{Cowboy Cop}}}s... can you say 'Collateral Damage'?

** ''Anime/DominionTankPolice'' probably counts, since the heroes are cops... with TANKS. [[TankGoodness Really BIG tanks]], at that. And unlike the ''Patlabor'' dudes, these fellows DO move against any and all crime, with superior firepower through and through. Unfortunately for the city, they're also all {{Cowboy Cop}]s... can you say 'Collateral Damage'?