History Main / ControlFreak

** [[TyrantTakestheHelm Councilman]] [[TheChessmaster Tarrlok]] from ''{{The Legend of Korra}}''

Not all Control Freaks are self serving {{Glory Hound}}s per se, some may have perfectly kind intentions, just their egos drive them to think said kind intentions can only be set out through ''their'' way of doing things and if they are forceful enough in their ideals people will naturally see [[HolierThanThou they are for the best of everyone]]. Several realistic mental disorders such [[SuperOCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder]] can also drive otherwise pleasant people to have things just so almost subconsciously. Most RightlySelfRighteous characters become insufferable to others due to acting like this.

Not all Control Freaks are self serving {{Glory Hound}}s per se, some may have perfectly kind intentions, just their egos drive them to think said kind intentions can only be set out through ''their'' way of doing things and if they are forceful enough in their ideals people will naturally see [[HolierThanThou they are for the best of everyone]]. Several realistic mental disorders such [[SuperOCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder]] can also drive someone to have things just so almost subconsciously. Most RightlySelfRighteous characters become insufferable to others due to acting like this.

* Gareth Keenan, ''TheOffice'' (and his counterpart on the American version of same, Dwight Schrute).

** certain co workers tend to freak out if cleaning is done wrong not exactly how they want it

* Rabbit of ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' whose overattention to detail and zero tolerance for his friends' nonsense often leads to him acting as this. A {{Nightmare Fuel}}ish dream sequence in ''Springtime For Roo'' portrays his overbearing demeanor as becoming so intolerable that everyone in the Hundred Acre Wood leaves home just to get away from it all.

** Sophia Lamb also when she took over rapture she turned most of the splicers into obedient cogs of her so called perfect society, anyone who doesn't fit in or listen to her gets eliminated.

* Dennis [=DeYoung=], former lead singer of the American rock band Styx.

* In [[Literature 1984]] The party is this as a whole, thoughtcrime in general is the crime of not being controlled by the party.

* Sheldon Cooper from TheBigBangTheory is really bad with this. He made his roommate sign an agreement dictating at what time he could go to the bathroom and that's on the more REASONABLE side of things he's done.

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* Elder Elijah in the ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', par excellence. He is a brutally pragmatic man, who thinks people are basically machines and tools to archive his ends; he tells them what to do and they go do it, and he gets increbily angry if they disobey or question him, or merely do things he did not expect them to do. He was once a bit more stable, but a disastrous tenure as Elder of a Brotherhood of Steel chapter cracked the shell off the nut. Now he aims to plunder the treasures of the lost Sierra Madre Casino: Noxious lingering gas cloud, immaterial death ray-shooting hologram soldiers, and bomb collars to ensure compliance of whoever survives.

* Elder Elijah in the ''VideoGames/FalloutNewVegas'', par excellence. He thinks people are basically machines; he tells them what to do and they go do it, no chatting, no ''disobeying''. He was once a bit more stable, but a disastrous tenure as Elder of a Brotherhood of Steel chapter cracked the shell off the nut. Now he aims to plunder the treasures of the lost Sierra Madre Casino: Noxious lingering gas cloud, immaterial death ray-shooting hologram soldiers, and bomb collars to ensure compliance of whoever survives.

On TV, a ControlFreak is usually not the big boss; they act the way they do because they're stuck in a professional rut and they want out. Most end up as big fish in small ponds, abusing what little authority they have and hopelessly trying to impress the boss by forcing underlings to fill out all forms in triplicate with identical number-two pencils.

Every ControlFreak specializes in endless stories about their past achievements, usually involving the military and usually bogus. (See TheNeidermeyer.)

!!Examples

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* Mechanicles in ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', the animated series; though he was more of an obsessive-compulsive flavour, with dashes of scheduling mania.

* Mr. Huph, Bob's boss in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' is certainly a cut from this mold. Granted, Bob isn't a great employee for an insurance firm (given his conscience won't let him deny any claims), but Huff's pure bullying nature and reactions of offended dignity point to Bob not quite being the problem here. He even gives Bob a pre-planned disciplinary speech much like the "monolouges" given by the super-villains Bob used to fight as Mr. Incredible. While cartoonish, his comeuppance is way too satisfying to watch. The commentary on the DVD reveals that director Brad Bird, who had been fired from his first two jobs, had middle-management bosses like Huff.

* Twilight Sparkle from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' though a low key one at best. Princess Celstia had sent her to Ponyville in the hopes of easing her off of this as well as learning the meaning of friendship.

* [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]] once asked his father what the term meant. The very ''favorable'' definition he received (along the lines of "It's what lazy people call someone who cares enough to do the job right") led Calvin to wonder aloud, "Am I in the presence of their king? Should I kneel?"

** Not to mention Sherry herself is pretty particular over her friend Koko's state of mind and lifestyle. She eagerly expects Koko to go to a college, and it was stated by Koko that Sherry had persuaded her several times to self-enforce that route so the two can 'find happiness together'. (Despite the fact that she's rich, has connections, and can help her out regardless?) It eventually gets to the point where she forces her sworn enemy to manipulate Koko's personality and memory in ways that Sherry would feel more comfortable with, well later lying to her face about it. Did [[LikeFatherLikeSon she learn a little too much from her mother?]]