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* Wheeler plays this role on ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''. One [[http://www.jabootu.com/capplanet.htm website]] mockingly referred to him as the "Dumb White Guy Who Always Says and Does the Wrong Thing," which pretty much sums up the UnfortunateImplications of using a character like this when your main characters are a FiveTokenBand.

** Downplayed and sometimes {{inverted}} by [[Characters/MonsterVerseMarkRussell Mark Russell]] in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''. Mark vehemently disagrees with Monarch's approach to handling the [[{{Kaiju}} Titans]] (specifically the "not killing them all ASAP" part) due to his [[TragicBigot personal grudge]] and [[TheCynic cynicism]], in contrast to Monarch's sound minds and [[TheXenophile xenophilia]]; and Mark takes more than one opportunity to make his opinion clear to the Monarch top brass's faces. But when he's thinking somewhat more clearly, it's ''Mark'' who often takes the lead in working out why the Titans are behaving the ways they are and what the most productive course of action would be.

* Jack Horner, the palaeontologist who consulted for the ''Jurassic Park'' film series, argued for a long time that ''T. rex'' was an obligate scavenger. This started out as a simple thought experiment (the point Horner was originally making is that you shouldn't make assumptions about an animal based on the kind of teeth it has), but as Horner started receiving counter-arguments, he made this position an absolute. He even made claims that were blatantly untrue to back up his points, like that T. rex had beady eyes (its eyes were actually huge by dinosaur standards), that it's teeth were built for chewing up bones (''T. rex'' couldn't chew), and that it had poor eyesight in general (the fact it had binocular vision makes this extremely unlikely). It got to the point that some palaeontologists doubted whether he actually believed this, or just kept going with it because of how many public appearances it gave him. Eventually, Horner gave up and conceded that ''T. rex'' probably hunted and scavenged.

* ComicBook/SalvationRun: Doctor Sivanna acts like this to Lex Luthor throughout it. Every time Lex comes up with a plan, Sivanna's quick to say it will fail and that they're all going to die. Nevertheless, he does pitch in with his scientific expertise when Lex asks him to.

* Comicbook/SalvationRun: Doctor Sivanna acts like this to Lex Luthor throughout it. Every time Lex comes up with a plan, Sivanna's quick to say it will fail and that they're all going to die. Nevertheless, he does pitch in with his scientific expertise when Lex asks him to.

* ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} (Clint Barton) was ''king'' of this as related to [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] team leader ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. This was elegantly lampshaded by ComicBook/WonderMan in 2005's "Avengers Finale", the epilogue to the "Avengers Disassembled" saga. The remaining Avengers are having a get-together, reminiscing about old times and departed friends, including the recently killed Hawkeye. As told by Wonder Man:

* In ''any Franchise/XMen'' adaptation where [[TheCaptain Cyclops]] is in charge, [[TheLancer Wolverine]] will always be there to snark at, insult, or generally disagree with him.

* Alfred Jodl in ''WebVideo/HitlerRants''. Every single time Hitler plans to do something, Jodl always disagrees with his plan, predictably causing Hitler to rant again.

*** The British government does this too, because of their tradition of a new government taking over ''immediately'' after an election (as opposed to America's two-month "lame duck" period). This means that Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition can hit the ground running as soon as it gets into power.