History Main / InsurrectionistInheritor

** Three seasons later, Micheal Garibaldi, as the new CEO of a major pharmaceuticals company, tracks down a bunch of middle managers who had been giving intelligent complaints about the way the company was run and promotes them to the board of directors.

See also HireTheCritic, TheConsigliere, and HonestAdvisor.

See also HireTheCritic, TheConsigliere and HonestAdvisor.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Hannyabal, Vice Warden of [[HellholePrison Impel Down]], is so ambitious about being the Chief Warden that he sometimes calls Impel Down as "his", and generally be boastful about it. The Chief Warden, Magellan, is sometimes annoyed at Hannyabal for this, but he also believes that Hannyabal's a worthy successor for the position - no less because the latter's actually sincere in his efforts in keeping the criminals from harming the public. After thr TimeSkip, Hannyabal eventually gets promoted.

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** Three seasons later, Micheal Garibaldi, as the new CEO of a major pharmaceuticals company, tracks down a bunch of middle managers who had been giving intelligent complaints about the way the company was run, and promotes them to the board of directors.

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* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': In one of the later arcs, Keiichi realizes that if he truly wants to unite the town to rescue Satoko, he's going to need the head of the Sonozaki family, Oryou, on his side.When he tells her that he's willing to do anything to save Satoko, Oryou asks what he'd do then if she refuses. Keiichi replies, without hesitation, that he'd smash Oryou's head wide open and install his best friend Mion (Oryou's granddaughter and designated heir) as the new head of the family. Oryou reacts how you might expect someone to react to that statement and throws him out, but later Mion tells him that Oryou will support him, and that proclamation of his was what convinced her that he had the spine needed to do this (though she also says it might be unwise for Keiichi to approach her again for a long time, even to apologize or thank her). Oryou is later shown telling her daughter (Mion's mother) to look after Keiichi should she die, as she thinks having him around would be good for the village.

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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': When Londo Mollari gets permission to divorce two of his three wives, two of them compete to be the most sickeningly sweetly loyal and subservient wives you could ever see. He divorces them both and keeps the one who found that beneath her dignity, saying "with you, I always know where I stand". Three seasons later, Micheal Garibaldi, as the new CEO of a major pharmaceuticals company, tracks down a bunch of middle managers who had been giving intelligent complaints about the way the company was run, and promotes them to the board of directors.

* Merchant Prince Etienne Avare in [[Literature/JoesWorld The Philosophical Strangler]] leaves his entire fortune to the first great-grandchild to assassinate him.
* Uncle Enzo in Literature/SnowCrash regrets that none of his lieutenants "would ever volunteer to go get his legs shot off in the jungle, just to piss off his old man. They lack a certain fiber. They are lifeless and beaten down."
* Cornelius Stuyvesant, the richest man in the world, in Literature/TheGrimnoirChronicles makes Francis his sole heir, saying "You're the only one worth . . . a bucket of warm piss . . . in . . . in the whole lot". Their previous conversation was when Cornelius disowned him for taking a moral stand against the Imperium.
* Literature/TheDiamondAge centers around an "attempt to add an element of subversion to our institutions" so that the next generation will contain people like this.

* [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] wins the respect of his queens this way.

->'''Harry Dresden''': Servant, I don't like that word. I suggest that you consider where you stand and choose a different term. My Queen. And you will be gentle with that girl, or so help me I will make you regret it.\\
'''Mab''': Finally, a Knight worth the trouble.

* A more mild example in the HerculePoirot novel ''Cat Among the Pigeons'': Honoria Bulstrode, headmistress of Meadowbrook school, asks her chosen successor what she would change about the school. The would-be successor answers, "Nothing," disappointing Miss Bulstrode, who doesn't think the school should be run just out of tradition. Miss Bulstrode then asks another teacher the same question, and the other teacher says that their are lots of things she thinks should be done differently. It is this that persuades Miss Bulstrode to change her mind and name the second teacher as the new headmistress.

* Wolfram and Hart are in the habit of promoting people who try to overthrow the firm, culminating in handing [=CEOship=] to archrival {{Series/Angel}} ("You've earned it").

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* When [[Series/BabylonFive Londo Mollari]] gets permission to divorce two of his three wives, two of them compete to be the most sickeningly sweetly loyal and subservient wives you could ever see. He divorces them both and keeps the one who found that beneath her dignity, saying "with you, I always know where I stand". Three seasons later, Micheal Garibaldi, as the new CEO of a major pharmaceuticals company, tracks down a bunch of middle managers who had been giving intelligent complaints about the way the company was run, and promotes them to the board of directors.

->'''Harry Dresden''': Servant, I don’t like that word. I suggest that you consider where you stand and choose a different term. My Queen. And you will be gentle with that girl, or so help me I will make you regret it.\\

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* Cornelius Stuyvesant, the richest man in the world, in Literature/TheGrimnoirChronicles makes Francis his sole heir, saying "You’re the only one worth . . . a bucket of warm piss . . . in . . . in the whole lot". Their previous conversation was when Cornelius disowned him for taking a moral stand against the Imperium.

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The BadAss has achieved high rank: king, CEO, crimelord, whatever. He's done so by sticking up for himself and what he believes in, and never taking abuse from anyone. He's pretty settled in when he notices a problem: he's surrounded by gutless [[YesMan yes men]]. They're weak. They crawl before him. They [[InadequateInheritor can't possibly]] take over his role if he were to step down.

-->''[[Literature/ColdDays Cold Days]]''

--> ''"Servant", I don’t like that word. I suggest that you consider where you stand and choose a different term. My Queen. And you will be gentle with that girl, or so help me I will make you regret it.''

--> ''Finally, a Knight worth the trouble.''

--->--[[spoiler: [[Literature/ColdDays Cold Days]]]]

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': [[JustTheFirstCitizen Baron]] [[EmperorScientist Klaus Wulfenbach]] (pictured in the trope image) ''deliberately'' makes mistakes in unimportant things to make sure his son and heir, Gilgamesh (also pictured), is willing to call him on them. It's said that if Gil fails, Klaus will "break him down for parts and try again". Gil finds the testing "tiresome". But he picks up similar habits himself, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120113 later promising to promote]] the one guard who tries to maintain proper security procedures against him.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': [[JustTheFirstCitizen Baron]] [[EmperorScientist Klaus Wulfenbach]] (pictured in the trope image) ''deliberately'' makes mistakes in unimportant things to make sure his son and heir, Gilgamesh, is willing to call him on them. It's said that if Gil fails, Klaus will "break him down for parts and try again". Gil finds the testing "tiresome". But he picks up similar habits himself, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120113 later promising to promote]] the one guard who tries to maintain proper security procedures against him.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Klaus Wulfenbach ''deliberately'' makes mistakes in unimportant things to make sure his son, Gilgamesh, is willing to call him on them. It's said that if Gil fails, Klaus will "break him down for parts and try again". Gil finds the testing "tiresome". But he picks up similar habits himself, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120113 later promising to promote]] the one guard who tries to maintain proper security procedures against him.

* When [[Series/BabylonFive Londo Mollari]] gets permission to divorce two of his three wives, two of them compete to be the most sickeningly sweetly loyal and subservient wives you could ever see. He divorces them both and keeps the one who found that beneath her dignity, saying "with you, I always know where I stand".

* [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Klaus Wulfenbach]] ''deliberately'' makes mistakes in unimportant things to make sure his son, Gilgamesh, is willing to call him on them. It's said that if Gil fails, Klaus will "break him down for parts and try again". Gil finds the testing "tiresome".
** But he picks up similar habits himself, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120113 later promising to promote]] the one guard who tries to maintain proper security procedures against him.

* In ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', (the animated series) Malevola [=DeVil=] (Cruella's mother) named Cruella her sole heir when Cruella finally had the guts to tell how much she despises Malevola.

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