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* ''Anime/{{Daltanious}}'': Kloppen is this to Emperor Dolmen. Valuing his brutality in warfare, Kloppen was assigned to lead the AlienInvasion of many planets and [[spoiler:subjugate the political dissidents of the Zaal Empire]]. However, Dolmen isn't impressed with Kloppen's failures and constantly threatens to have him executed if he doesn't put down the robot. [[spoiler:Kloppen is eventually demoted for good and abandoned by Dolmen after the truth of his creation comes out.]]

** The BigBad of the mainline series, [[TheEmperor Emperor]] [[EvilOverlord Charles zi Britannia]], has Sir Bismarck Waldstein, the Knight of One and leader of the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Knights of the Round]]. Bismarck is the single most skilled [[HumongousMecha Knightmare]] [[AcePilot pilot]] in the Britannian Army at that point, bar none (except maybe [[TheRival Suzaku Kururugi]], who is a part of his ranks in ''R2''), and his position is one of great authority even within Britannia, as whoever holds the title of Knight of One can become governor of whatever country they see fit. Suzaku makes it his goal in ''R2'' to eventually push for the title [[spoiler:(until things change and he joins forces with his old friend turned enemy, [[TheChessmaster Lelouch vi Britannia]])]].

** The BigBad of the mainline series, [[TheEmperor Emperor]] [[EvilOverlord Charles zi Britannia]], has Sir Bismarck Waldstein, the Knight of One and leader of the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Knights of the Round]]. Bismarck is the single most skilled [[HumongousMecha Knightmare]] [[AcePilot pilot]] in the Britannian Army at that point, bar none (except maybe [[ActionGirl Kallen Kozuki]] and [[TheRival Suzaku Kururugi]]), and his position is one of great authority even within Britannia, as whoever holds the title of Knight of One can become governor of whatever country they see fit. Suzaku makes it his goal in R2 to eventually push for the title [[spoiler:(until things change and he joins forces with his old friend turned enemy, [[TheChessmaster Lelouch vi Britannia]])]].
** [[spoiler:In Episode 21 of R2, after the death of Emperor Charles, Lelouch ascends to the throne and appoints Suzaku as his Knight of Zero, a.k.a. ''his'' Dragon, and thus likely to be remembered for ending up as this, since he also faked his death whilst acting as Emperor Lelouch's second-in-command. Interestingly enough, Suzaku is responsible for defeating and killing Bismarck after Lelouch takes power, but by then Suzaku no longer wants the title; instead he asserts his authority over the Knight of One eith his own new title before besting Bismarck in their Knightmare duel.]]

** Kimblee serves as Pride's Dragon for a time, [[spoiler:gets [[DevourTheDragon devoured]], and then pays Pride back in a DyingMomentOfAwesome]].

** In the 2003 anime, [[SmugSnake Frank]] [[{{Cyborg}} Archer]] is arguably [[PresidentEvil Pride]]'s Dragon, with [[PsychoForHire Zolf]] [[NietzscheWannabe J. Kimblee]] as his own.

*** Sidematerials reveal that Gihren's secretary, [[BattleButler Cecilia Irene]], was this to him in a political sense, acting as his confidante, NumberTwo, and liason to the general staff, while simultaneously arranging assassinations and other dirty jobs.

** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', [[CriminalAmnesiac Neo]] [[ManipulativeBastard Roanoke]] is TheDragon to [[DiabolicalMastermind Lord Djibril]], while [[WellIntentionedExtremist Rey]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Za]] [[TheMole Burrel]] is TheDragon to [[DarkMessiah Chairman Durandal]]. [[spoiler:By the time the final battle rolls around, [[DecoyProtagonist Shinn]] [[AntiVillain Asuka]] is firmly Durandal's pawn, making him CoDragons with Rey (or if you prefer, Shinn simply being TheBrute).]]

** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': Rustal Elion has [[EnigmaticMinion Vidar]] and to a lesser extent [[UndyingLoyalty Julieta]], both of whom are the top mobile suit pilots in his fleet, though Vidar is much more of a key player in his plans. Iok Kujan could be seen as Rustal's Dragon in the political sense, though his hot-headed personality and [[GeneralFailure lack of tactical expertise]] make him more fitted to be TheBrute. And if one chooses to view [=McGillis=] as an AntiVillain rather than an AntiHero, then in an odd way our protagonists (Mikazuki and Orga) could be seen as this to him after they sign onto his plan to launch a coup against [[ArmiesAreEvil Gjallarhorn]] in exchange for being granted sovereignty over Mars.

** The BigBad of ''Anime/CodeGeass'', [[TheEmperor Emperor]] [[EvilOverlord Charles zi Brittania]], has Sir Bismark Waldstein, the Knight of One. [[spoiler:And in episode 21 of R2, Suzaku has become [[TheEmperor Emperor Lelouch's]] Knight of Zero aka ''his'' Dragon and thus likely to be remembered for ending up as this, since he also faked his death whilst acting as Emperor Lelouch's second-in-command.]]
** In ''Manga/NightmareOfNunnally'', Rolo [[spoiler:vi Britannia]] is Charles' Dragon, [[spoiler:but he [[DragonWithAnAgenda has an agenda of his own]]; [[TheStarscream planning to become Demon King]] with C.C.'s power]].

** In the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', [[EnigmaticMinion Char Aznable]] pretended to be the Zabi family's Dragon, while plotting (rather successfully) to stab them all in the back. [[TheEvilPrince Gihren Zabi]] initially appears to be DragonInChief to his father, [[NonActionBigBad Degwin Zabi]], [[spoiler:but ultimately [[TheStarscream betrayed]] him and took the BigBad position for himself]]. [[LadyAndKnight Princess Kycilia Zabi]] has her own personal Dragon in her [[LadyAndKnight Knight]], M'Quve.

** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'': Titans field commander, [[ColonelKilgore Bask Om]] plays this role to Jamitov Hymem, being responsible for the day to day running of the organisation and all of the tactics that they use in the field. [[MyMasterRightOrWrong Sarah Zabiarov]], [[TheRival Jerid Messa]], and [[TheBrute Yazan Gable]] are all in the running for the position of [[DarkMessiah Paptimus Scirocco]]'s Dragon, but due to the latter's refusal to trust anyone, none of them really hit the archetype.

** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'', [[TheRival Zechs]], almost without knowing it, is TheDragon to [[MagnificentBastard Treize]], who also has [[TheBaroness Lady]] [[PsychoSupporter Une]] as his NumberTwo, top assassin, and most trusted confidante.
** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', [[TheRival Athrun]] and then [[HotBlooded Yzak]] play Dragon to [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Rau Le Creuset]] (who is himself [[spoiler:pretending to be]] The Dragon to [[spoiler:BigBadWannabe]] [[GeneralRipper Patrick Zala]]). Neither one of them is in on his [[OmnicidalManiac plans]]. [[spoiler:Le Creuset's UnwittingPawn]] Muruta Azrael has his own Dragon in [[ObstructiveBureaucrat General Staff]] [[TheCaptain Captain]] [[InsaneAdmiral William Sutherland]], who doubles as TheEvilGenius and TheStrategist.
** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', [[CriminalAmnesiac Neo]] [[ManipulativeBastard Roanoke]] is TheDragon to Lord Djibril, while [[WellIntentionedExtremist Rey]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Za]] [[TheMole Burrel]] is TheDragon to [[DarkMessiah Chairman Durandal]].
** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' [[PsychoForHire Ali Al-Saachez]] is both the Dragon and SixthRanger to BigBad [[SmugSnake Ribbons]] [[EvilOverlord Almark]]. Regene Regeatta is set up to be another one, [[spoiler:but is revealed to be a DragonWithAnAgenda, and eventually TheStarscream]].

* All of the {{Big Bad}}s of the multiple Parts of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' have one of these:
** ''Manga/PhantomBlood'': [[TheRenfield Wang Chan]] serves as this to [[AmbitionIsEvil Dio Brando]], being his first and last minion.
** ''Manga/BattleTendency'': [[NobleDemon Wammu]] and [[HotBlooded Esidisi]] serve as CoDragons to [[AGodAmI Kars]] [[spoiler:until Esidisi's death, at which point Wammu becomes the sole Dragon]].
** ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'': [[EvilOldFolks Enya Geil]] serves as this to [[TheBusCameBack DIO]]. [[spoiler:That is, until DIO has her killed [[HeKnowsTooMuch to make sure she doesn't give away his secrets]]]]. Afterwards, [[PsychoSupporter Vanilla Ice]] becomes the closest person to this role.
** ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'': [[PapaWolf Yoshihiro Kira]] serves as this to his son, [[SerialKiller Yoshikage Kira]].
** ''Manga/GoldenWind'': [[TheConsigliere Vinegar Doppio]] serves as this to [[TheDon the boss of Passione]]. However, he's a bit of an interesting case, as while he is the boss' most trusted underling, [[AntiVillain Doppio himself is relatively harmless]], and the rest of Passione isn't even aware of his existence, and to top it all off, [[spoiler:he [[SplitPersonality technically]] ''is'' Diavolo]].
** ''Manga/StoneOcean'': [[KingIncognito Miumiu]] is this to [[SinisterMinister Enrico Pucci]], as while she's only fought around the Part's midway point, it's her [[LaserGuidedAmnesia ability]] that grants Pucci the power he has over the prison.
** ''Manga/SteelBallRun'': While he only appears around the Part's midway point, as the White House's head of security, [[MonsterClown Mike O.]] serves as this to [[PresidentEvil Funny Valentine]].
** ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'': [[spoiler:[[TheJinx Satoru Akefu]]]] serves as this to [[spoiler:[[TheDogWasTheMastermind Tooru]]]]. Similar to [[spoiler:Doppio being Diavolo's SplitPersonality]], this is an interesting case, as [[spoiler:Satoru is actually Tooru's Stand, [[{{Humanshifting}} Wonder of U]]. Unlike most Stands, however, [[ItCanThink Wonder of U is fully sentient and capable of acting on its own without Tooru's input]], meaning they're still able to serve the role in spite of technically being just a part of Tooru]].

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' we have Kinzo as The Dragon in multiple games, and in the showdown in EP 4, [[spoiler:Kinzo actually becomes a dragon]].

* Tatsumi from the horror manga ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'' is the one to convert the citizens of Sotoba to vampirism when his superiors, [[UndeadChild Sunako]] and the Kirishiki family, just hang around in their mansion.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has one for almost every ArcVillain. [[DarkIsEvil Kageyama]] is [[BlowYouAway Eligor's]]. [[DragonWithAnAgenda Zalty]] is [[RivalTurnedEvil Reitei Lyon's]]. [[EvilCounterpart Gajeel]] is [[DarkIsEvil Master Jose's]]. [[ManipulativeBitch Ultear]] is [[TheChessmaster Jellal's]], [[spoiler: or so it seems, she's really the one making him BrainwashedAndCrazy]]. [[RedBaron "Darkness"]] [[MyMasterRightOrWrong Fried]] is the dragon for Laxus Dreyar. Cobra or [[BrilliantButLazy Midnight]] is [[MadScientist Brain's]], depending on who you ask. [[TimeMaster Ultear]] returns and shares the role with [[GravityMaster Bluenote Stinger]] to [[FallenHero Master Hades]] before the first TimeSkip. [[TortureTechnician Kyouka]] is [[HumansAreInsects Mard Geer Tartaros's]], who in turn is set up as [[SealedEvilInACan E.N.D.'s]] (aka [[spoiler:[[TomatoSurprise Natsu Dragneel]]]]), at least before it turns out the latter is really a DecoyLeader. And finally, we have [[BornWinner August]], [[BoobsOfSteel Irene]] and [[NumberTwo Invel]], all of whom share the position to [[BigBad Zeref Dragneel]].

** Captain Kuro Arc: [[HypnoFool Jango]] to [[FourEyesZeroSoul Kuro]], and [[DarkChick Siam]] and [[TheBrute Butchie]] to Jango.