History Main / MaidCorps

* ''Manga/GirlsBravo'': Fukuyama's estate is regularly patrolled by an army of gun wielding maids, who're all ex-military. But they're mainly there to cater to [[HandsomeLech his perversion]], since he has floor vents installed throughout the mansion to create updrafts whenever he wants to [[PantyShot see under their skirts]].

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* ''Anime/{{Gravion}}'': The staff of Klein Sandman's castle, excluding his BattleButler, are the co-TropeCodifier. To quote the {{Meido}} entry: "''Servant maids, Guard maids, [[NinjaMaid commando maids]], hacker maids, mechanic maids, and even one member of the central [[SuperRobot robotics]] team. [[spoiler:Who of course turns out to be a '''[[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Robot]]''' Maid]]''". [[https://abload.de/img/yande.re30952anyaarmog2s1l.jpg See for yourselves]].
* The title group of ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam'', and the TropeNamer (''tai'' means "team, corps") ''and'' co-TropeCodifier. It also depicts the gender-flipped version (Ryuuka's menservants). The Hanaukyo maid teams loyally serve Taro, their master.

* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': Played straight AND GenderFlipped with the Lion Steel Corp who are the employers of the NinjaMaid sisters Shiori and Kanae, mainly seeming trained for battle, as first displayed when Chloe shows up with 15 of each gender as her escorts. As an ancient tradition (from the {{Precursors}} ArtificialIntelligence Alice that rebuilt the company), all of the servants they train wear PoweredArmor tailored over to make them look like a maid or BattleButler, with the more advanced sets looking less stylized and more functional by necessity. Both genders get RecruitedFromTheGutter as children and given extensive brainwashing to be so fanatically loyal to the company some are NotAfraidToDie. The abovementioned sisters were rated in their lowest category for not fitting that standard; Shiori for her UndyingLoyalty to Reina above the company, and Kanae for being a BloodKnight.

* Due to an accident with sending generics into ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}'', there are thousands of copies of [[Literature/{{Rebecca}} Mrs. Danvers]] in the ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' series. They're used as an actual army.
* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/IShallWearMidnight'', Tiffany discovers a different side to the haughty and snobbish Lady Keepsake. Visiting Keepsake Manor with Letitia Keepsake (daughter of Her Ladyship) Tiffany discovers there are ''many'' more domestic servants on the staff than the size of the place suggests. Letitia tells her that four out of every five are officially retired, and half the rest are paid to look after the elderly retired staff who are no longer capable. Lady Keepsake, for all her impatience, bluster and general horribleness, believes it is only right to look after those in old age who spent their working lives looking after her family. Keeping them in expenses-paid grace and favor accommodation is a pension for them.

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': Remilia Scarlet has several hundred maids and is always hiring for new ones. This seems to be mostly for the sake of [[ConspicuousConsumption showing off her wealth]] or having someone to boss around, as with the exception of [[TheJeeves Sakuya]] they're all [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]], who are next to useless for actual work. In [[Manga/WildAndHornedHermit one of the official manga]] she adds [[HouseFey a gaggle of hobgoblins]] to the household roster, who are more competent but mostly kept out of sight.
* ''VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork'': Yaito has a veritable army of maids, who in the AnimatedAdaptation can be seen in montages throughout several episodes doing random chores ''across the city''.
** Likewise, Ritch Dotcom from [[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce the sequel series]] has ''Secretary'' Corps who are InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals. Justified in the games where non important [=NPCs=] have generic sprites, but they all look the same in the anime.
* Judging by the number of mooks in maid outfits throwing kitchen knives that show up when everyone in Valestine Castle that wasn't a named character got turned into a monster, Count [=MacGuire=] of ''VideoGame/YsTheOathInFelghana'' had one of these.
* In several of the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games, Dracula has one of these - the Persephone monsters, who are cute girls in maid outfits, often with vacuum cleaners. [[NinjaMaid They also know kung-fu.]]
* [[NobleDemon Kesselring]], the transgender vampire gentleman from the ''Rance'' series, has a whole army of maids, both [[NinjaMaid ninja]] and otherwise, under his command. It is comprised entirely of battered women that he took under his care.
* The [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] of ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' has the Royal Maids, who are led by [[TheAce Belfast]], and made up of the ''Town''-class cruisers (minus Southampton), the C-class cruisers[[note]]Not to be confused with the C-class destroyers, also part of the Royal Navy[[/note]], the ''Kent''-subclass of the ''County''-class cruisers, and the ''Dido''-class cruisers (minus Black Prince). As they are all AnthropomorphicPersonifications of British warships from UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, all of them also count as [[NinjaMaid ninja maids]], with the Royal Maids being just as much a PraetorianGuard as they are maids. Sirius is even stated to have been brought on specifically to perform bodyguard duties, and is ''extremely'' bad when it comes to doing anything a normal maid would do, while [[{{Kuudere}} Sheffield]] is an expert in cleaning up [[UnusualEuphemism "garbage" and "messes"]] with her pistols (though thanks to her [[AbnormalAmmo detergent bullets]], she's also good at [[LiteralMetaphor cleaning up literal garbage and messes with her pistols]]).

* In the ''Series/GetSmart'' movie ''The Nude Bomb'', the villain's plan was to first destroy all fabric in the world and then rule it by becoming the only supplier of clothing. The obvious problem (how to provide such clothing) would be solved with his one expert seamstress and a cloning machine, which he planned to use to build an ''army'' of seamstresses. (In fact, the revelation that he ''had'' a clothing machine was the key to an important plot point that had puzzled the protagonist through the whole movie.)

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* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Played straight AND GenderFlipped with the Lion Steel Corp who are the employers of the NinjaMaid sisters Shiori and Kanae, mainly seeming trained for battle, as first displayed when Chloe shows up with 15 of each gender as her escorts. As an ancient tradition (from the {{Precursors}} ArtificialIntelligence Alice that rebuilt the company), all of the servants they train wear PoweredArmor tailored over to make them look like a maid or BattleButler, with the more advanced sets looking less stylized and more functional by necessity. Both genders get RecruitedFromTheGutter as children and given extensive brainwashing to be so fanatically loyal to the company some are NotAfraidToDie. The abovementioned sisters were rated in their lowest category for not fitting that standard; Shiori for her UndyingLoyalty to Reina above the company, and Kanae for being a BloodKnight.

* In ''LightNovel/HeavyObject'', the maids of the Winchel family play the dual roles of family servants and bodyguards. The maids who support Havia accompany the 37th on one mission and are even able to overrun an enemy base, though having the element of surprise played a big part in their success.

* ''Manga/GirlsBravo'': Fukuyama's estate is regularly patrolled by an army of gun wielding maids, who're all ex-military. But they're mainly there to cater to [[HandsomeLech his perversion]], since he has floor vents installed throughout the mansion to create updrafts whenever he wants to see under their skirts.

* ''Manga/GirlsBravo'': Fukuyama's estate is regularly patrolled by an army of gun wielding maids, who're all ex-military. But they're mainly there to cater to [[HandsomeLech his perversion]], since he has floor vents installed throughout the mansion to create updrafts whenever he wants to see [[PantyShot under their skirts.]]

* ''Anime/{{Gravion}}'': The staff of Klein Sandman's castle, excluding his BattleButler, are the co-TropeCodifier. To quote the {{Meido}} entry: "''Servant maids, Guard maids, [[NinjaMaid commando maids]], hacker maids, mechanic maids, and even one member of the central [[SuperRobot robotics]] team. [[spoiler:Who of course turns out to be a '''[[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Robot]]''' Maid]]''". [[https://abload.de/img/yande.re30952anyaarmog2s1l.jpg See for yourselves]].

* ''Manga/GirlsBravo'': Fukuyama's estate is regularly patrolled by an army of gun wielding maids, who're all ex-military. But they're mainly there to cater to [[HandsomeLech his perversion]], since he has floor vents installed throughout the mansion to create updrafts whenever he wants to see [[PantyShot under their skirts.]]
* ''Anime/{{Fireball}}'': Drossel has thousands of robotic servants made by her PosthumousCharacter father. However, they're all invisible and programmed to stay out of her way, so for God knows how long she wasn't aware they existed. [[HilarityEnsues And then Gedächtnis told her about them.]]

* The [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] is ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' has the Royal Maids, led by [[TheAce Belfast]], and made up of the Town-class cruisers (minus Southhampton), the C-class cruisers[[note]]Not to be confused with the C-class destroyers, also part of the Royal Navy[[/note]], the Kent-subclass of the County-class cruisers, and Sirius of the Dido-class cruisers. As they are all AnthropomorphicPersonifications of British warships from UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, all of them also count as [[NinjaMaid ninja maids]], with the Royal Maids being just as much a PraetorianGuard as they are maids. Sirius is even stated to have been brought on specifically to perform bodyguard duties, and is ''extremely'' bad when it comes to doing anything a normal maid would do, while [[{{Kuudere}} Sheffield]] is in expert in cleaning up [[UnusualEuphemism "garbage" and "messes"]] with her pistols (Thanks to her [[AbnormalAmmo detergent bullets]], she's also good at [[LiteralMetaphor cleaning up garbage and messes with her pistols]])

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/IShallWearMidnight'', Tiffany discovers a different side to the haughty and snobbish Lady Keepsake. Visiting Keepsake Manor with Letitia Keepsake (daughter of Her Ladyship) Tiffany discovers there are ''many'' more domestic servants on the staff than the size of the place suggests. Letitia tells her that four out of every five are officially retired, and half the rest are paid to look after the elderly retired staff who are no longer capable. Lady Keepsake, for all her impatience, bluster and general horribleness, believes it is only right to look after those in old age who spent their working lives looking after her family. Keeping them in expenses-paid grace and favour accommodation is a pension for them.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The Adepta Sororitas have the Ordo Famulus, who work as servants in the households of imperial nobility. While, when seen per household, they are not a corps it is one giant army of maids of the Ecclesiarchy spread thorughout the Imperium and is working as such. They do perform regular maid-duties like educating the children and organising the household with the regular staff, but do so with a greater agenda in mind: They influence both the nobles and their heirs towards the Ordos goals. In a more discret manner they are also spies: They look for any heresy in the nobles household. They also manipulate noble weddings and family ties to both discourage any mutation or taint in the noble bloodline while trying to breed the perfect qualities in the nobles offspring. Finally, they are a literal army, as they all have basic military training and some are veterans of the Ordo Militant of the Adepta Sororitas.

* Evangeline from ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has an army-sized collection of [[RobotMaid Robot Maids]] living in her [[BiggerOnTheInside bottle-sized villa]]. Ayaka Yukihiro has the more "[[{{Meido}} traditional]]" sort.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': The Adepta Sororitas have the Ordo Famulus, who work as servants in the households of imperial nobility. While, when seen per household, they are not a corps it is one giant army of maids of the Ecclesiarchy spread thorughout the Imperium and is working as such. They do perform regular maid-duties like educating the children and organising the household with the regular staff, but do so with a greater agenda in mind: They influence both the nobles and their heirs towards the Ordos goals. In a more discret manner they are also spies: They look for any heresy in the nobles household. They also manipulate noble weddings and family ties to both discourage any mutation or taint in the noble bloodline while trying to breed the perfect qualities in the nobles offspring. Finally, they are a literal army, as they all have basic military training and some are veterans of the Ordo Militant of the Adepta Sororitas.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Remilia Scarlet has several hundred maids and is always hiring for new ones. This seems to be mostly for the sake of [[ConspicuousConsumption showing off her wealth]] or having someone to boss around, as with the exception of [[TheJeeves Sakuya]] they're all [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]], who are next to useless for actual work. In [[Manga/WildAndHornedHermit one of the official manga]] she adds [[HouseFey a gaggle of hobgoblins]] to the household roster, who are more competent but mostly kept out of sight.

* Judging by the number of mooks in maid outfits throwing kitchen knives that show up when everyone in Valestine Castle that wasn't a named character got turned into a monster, Count [=MacGuire=] of ''Videogame/YsTheOathInFelghana'' had one of these.

* [[NobleDemon Kesselring]], the transgender vampire gentleman from the Rance series, has a whole army of maids, both [[NinjaMaid ninja]] and otherwise, under his command. It is comprised entirely of battered women that he took under his care.

* The title group of ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam'', and the TropeNamer (''tai'' means "team, corps") ''and'' co-TropeCodifier. It also depicts the gender-flipped version (Ryuuka's menservants).

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* The title group of ''Anime/HanaukyoMaidTai'', and the TropeNamer (''tai'' means "team, corps") ''and'' co-TropeCodifier. It also depicts the gender-flipped version (Ryuuka's menservants).

A well-off person may have a maid or two in his house. Likewise, a truly wealthy person may have half a dozen or so, taking care of his [[BigFancyHouse understandably spacious home]]. And of course, it wouldn't be extraordinary for filthy rich people to have a dozen or two of domestic workers to handle the housework of a ''really'' BigFancyHouse. It also would be expected for aristocratic/monarchic families with large estates, major hotels, cruise ships and the like to have a ~100-strong domestic worker staff.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/IShallWearMidnight'', Tiffany discovers a different side to the haughty and snobbish Lady Keepsake. Visiting Keepsake Manor with Letitia Keepsake (daughter of Her Ladyship) Tiffany discovers there are ''many'' more domestic servants on the staff than the size of the place suggests. Letitia tells her that four out of every five are officially retired, and half the rest are paid to look after the elderly retired staff who are no longer capable. Lady Keepsake, for all her impatience, bluster and general horribleness, believes it is only right to look after those in old age who spent their working lives looking after her family. Keeping them in expenses-paid grace and favour accommodation is a pension for them.

* Due to an accident with sending generics into ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}'', there are thousands of copies of Mrs. Danvers in the ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' series. They're used as an actual army.

Note that while the implementation of the first two traits (numbers and "responsibilities") can be somewhat variable (though at least one of them '''must''' be used in some form), unless the plot demands it at a certain point (after which it is often conveniently never brought up again), the third (finances) is a practically universal aspect of the trope; a typical MaidCorps should be a financial and bureaucratic nightmare to manage in RealLife.