History Main / TheDon

* In ''Film/TheCrow'', Top Dollar apparently has authority over all major crime in the city of Detroit.

* ''Series/LoisAndClark'' had the Intergang head Bill Church Sr., after he and his son Bill Church Jr. end up in prison the family business is taken over by Mindy Church... Bill Sr.'s till that point thought to be airheaded TrophyWife who set him up and who had been ObfuscatingStupidity.

** ''Very upset'' [emphasis in the original, usually] is typically how Mister Chrysoprase is described as about to be, generally because someone shows signs of balking at the "eminently reasonable suggestions" being put forth at the present moment by his underlings. However, just about every time Mister Chrysoprase is actually present, he exhibits the tolerance and affability of someone who ''knows'' he's going to get his way in the end. However, he does take ''very'' decisive action when his underlings act without authorisation, for example making barely-veiled threats to Vimes' family when Chrysoprase is trying to be diplomatic. Vimes is later offered a nice rock garden...

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has The Don Bot. That's his function, although it's obviously carried to the point of parody.
--->'''Donbot''': Their desire to keep living shows me no respect.

** Using 'Kingpin' as his code name, Wilson Fisk is the mastermind of an immensely powerful criminal network that straddles the line between legality and illegality. His influence is so extensive that he has both the police and the media in his pocket, and he will do whatever it takes to maintain his sway.

** Wilson Fisk is one of the most realistic examples of what a powerful criminal leader would be in places [[CrapsackWorld where corruption is rampant]]. He runs [[TheSyndicate an immensely powerful criminal organization]] that oscillates between the legal and the illegal, keeps a number of seemingly legitimate businesses to employ as fronts, conspires with other equally powerful criminal organizations such as the Hand, with him getting a major benefit from the illegal activities of these organizations, and has both the mob and half the law on his side, blackmailing the latter in his favor.

* David Wai-Lin "Uncle" Po, the Chairman of the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Sun On Yee Triad]] in ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs''. [[spoiler:After his death, he's succeeded at the end of the game by Broken Nose Jiang.]]