History Main / ThePerfectionist

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': Mr. Herriman is this trope, full stop. The CampingEpisode had him repeatedly demanding the tent to be torn down and set back up again when it doesn't reach his standards. When they finally have it perfect, he tells them to tear it down again and make it, ''more'', perfect.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': Mr. Harriman is this trope, full stop. The CampingEpisode had him repeatedly demanding the tent to be torn down and set back up again when it doesn't reach his standards. When they finally have it perfect, he tells them to tear it down again and make it ''more'' perfect.

* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'': Although briefly seen, the father of one of Virgil's classmates has shades of this, evidenced that he is disappointed in his son for getting a ''99%'' on his essay. He even gets annoyed that Virgil and Richie stop by to say hello to his son because it distracts him from studying for history test. Unsurprisingly, this pressure combined with social isolation results in severe emotional problems, causing him to lose his patience over minor slights ([[spoiler: and that's not even including the fact that the boy is a Hulk Expy]]).

* ''Art/{{David}}'' has long been praised as absolute perfection of human anatomy. Creator/{{MichelangeloBuonarrotti worked for two years straight on ''David'', sleeping rarely and eating sparsely. There are hundreds of tiny details that you can see, from the raised veins on his hand from the grip on the stone to the small genitals, not only standard for the time and area but also an example of pre-battle shrinkage. The only notable anatomical flaw[[note]]The bigger-than-usual head and hands don't count as those were done purposefully to improve visibility from below[[/note]] is that of a missing muscle in the back. But it was necessary. A flaw in the block of marble prevented Michelangelo from carving it, as mentioned in a letter he released at the time of finishing. It's the same flaw (among others) that had the block of marble sitting in a plaza for 40 years before Michelangelo took a chance.

* In the PilotEpisode for the Creator/AmazonStudios series ''The Interestings'', the members of the title group are having a hypothetical discussion about living people who could be {{God}} in disguise. When Ash Wolf (another member of the group) is brought up as a candidate, the suggestion is immediately shot down because Ash fits this trope. "She would never have let a mistake like [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Dick Nixon]] slide."

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Going hand-in-hand with her ControlFreak nature, [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraKuvira Kuvira]] strives to do her best at everything and constantly attempts to ensure that nothing can go wrong. When something goes wrong or she is confronted the prospect of failure, Kuvira starts to lose it.