History Main / MayorPain

* The mayor of [[QuirkyTown Teufort]] in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' is definitely a Mayor Evil, [[FauxAffablyEvil acting completely friendly]] while he charges [[PunchClockVillain the Spy and the Scout]] not for the crimes they've actually committed, [[TheChessmaster but as scapegoats for the awful things he's done as mayor]]. [[spoiler: He's actually a Mayor Incompetent, as he did all those things because [[ObliviouslyEvil he's too brain damaged to know they were wrong]] (and his constituents are no better).]]

Mayor Pain ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a trope about mayors who inflict grief upon the inhabitants of their cities]]) usually comes in two different flavors, depending on the question: Are they evil or simply inept?

* Played with in ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes''. Kurgh the Conqueror — warlord and scourge of the galaxy — conquers Shitropolis in his first appearance, however based on his later appearances he is a competent and dedicated mayor, doing his best to run the city efficiently.

* Justin Lawson, the mayor of Concordia from Season 4 of ''VideoGame/CriminalCase'', goes to extreme lengths to eliminate crime in the city, including forming a secret police, suspending civil liberties, and executing lawbreakers [[AllCrimesAreEqual regardless of their offense]].

* Read All About It: Duneedon, the evil tyrant of the galaxy Trialvaron, has a [[HumanDisguise human identity]]-Don Eden, the mayor of Herbertsville, Canada.

* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 2016}}'' directly references the below movie, as Erin calls out the New York mayor feeling the city hall obstructing their job makes him like the mayor from ''Jaws'. [[BerserkButton He gets mad at the comparison]]. (specially as he's an aversion of the trope: the mayor is just hiding his support from the populace because PlausibleDeniability [[TheWorldIsNotReady will help avoid panic]])

This Trope usually overlaps with CorruptPolitician or SleazyPolitician. Related to PresidentEvil (which applies on a way larger scale). Expect some {{Permanent Elected Official}}s to fulfill this trope. Near obligatory in a TownWithADarkSecret, especially one infected with SunnydaleSyndrome. If this is an UltimateAuthorityMayor, things aren't getting better for the town, and they may need to be voted out or worse. The incompetent version may be an AuthorityInNameOnly. The typical character, especially if he or she is an Evil Mayor Pain, who belongs to the LawfulEvil alignment.

* The Mayor in ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2013'' is mainly the Quimby type. He is more concerned about [[TheNapoleon puffing up his own ego]] and earning tourist dollars than he is with things like good sense and reason. With incontrovertible proof that both magic and witches are real, he decides to remove a rock that is specifically labelled as a [[SealedEvilInACan seal to a great evil]] to place a statue of himself. When the inevitable happens and a giant attacks his city, he blames the Witches and only backs down when he starts thinking of the tourist revenue. Even a Witch [[TooDumbToLive supporting him from a great height on her broom]] is not enough to dissuade him even when she gently tries to remind him exactly whose fault this whole fiasco is.

* The Mayor in Anime/LittleWitchAcademia is mainly the Quimby type. He is more concerned about [[TheNapoleon puffing up his own ego]] and earning tourist dollars than he is with things like good sense and reason. With incontrovertible proof that both magic and witches are real, he decides to remove a rock that is specifically labelled as a [[SealedEvilInACan seal to a great evil]] to place a statue of himself. When the inevitable happens and a giant attacks his city, he blames the Witches and only backs down when he starts thinking of the tourist revenue. Even a Witch [[TooDumbToLive supporting him from a great height on her broom]] is not enough to dissuade him even when she gently tries to remind him exactly whose fault this whole fiasco is.

* "His Dishonor, [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep The Mayor]]" from ''WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNow'' is basically the closest thing the titular Action League has to an arch-nemesis, and plain [[CardCarryingVillain card-carrying evil]] to boot, frequently plotting to harm or kill them, or harm other people. ([[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed His voice is a parody of then-Pittsburgh mayor Tom Murphy]], as the voice cast of the show worked on a morning radio show there.) We only ever see him doing evil things, rather than actually, you know, [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything mayoring]], which leads to the question... What is he the mayor of?

* "His Dishonor, [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep The Mayor]]" from ''WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNow'' is basically the closest thing the titular Action League has to an arch-nemesis, and plain [[CardCarryingVillain card-carrying evil]] to boot, frequently plotting to harm or kill them, or harm other people. ([[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed His voice is a parody of then-Pittsburgh mayor Tom Murphy]], as the voice cast of the show worked on a morning radio show there.) We only ever see him doing evil things, rather than actually, you know, [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything ''mayoring'']], which leads to the question... What is he the mayor of?

* "His Dishonor, [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep The Mayor]]" from ''WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNow'' is basically the closest thing the titular Action League has to an arch-nemesis, and plain [[CardCarryingVillain card-carrying evil]] to boot, frequently plotting to harm or kill them, or harm other people. ([[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed His voice is a parody of then-Pittsburgh mayor Tom Murphy]], as the voice cast of the show worked on a morning radio show there.)
We only ever see him doing evil things, rather than actually, you know, [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything ''mayoring'']], which leads to the question... What is he the mayor of?

* [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep The Mayor]] from ''WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNow'' is plain [[CardCarryingVillain card-carrying evil]]. In fact, we only ever see him doing evil things, rather than actually, you know, mayoring.

* "His Dishonor, the Mayor" from ''WesternAnimation/ActionLeagueNow''. [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything He's never actually seen mayoring]], but is instead the closest thing the League has to an arch-nemesis, and is frequently plotting to kill or harm them, or harm other people. ([[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed His voice is a parody of then-Pittsburgh mayor Tom Murphy]], as the voice cast of the show worked on a morning radio show there.)

* The mayor of ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' is nice, even giving you some free seeds to start farming with, but he strings [[spoiler:Marnie]] along and acts ashamed of their SecretRelationship, and there's a solid gold statue of himself hidden in his house that he likely built with tax funds. It's notable that he does nothing to intervene in the citizens' various cases of domestic abuse, homelessness, and alcoholism.

* Mayor André Bourgeois from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' is a heavily implied SleazyPolitician who frequently abuses his power to spoil his daughter [[AlphaBitch Chloe]].

* Mayor Bill Dewey from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' seems like an image-obsessed blowhard in his early appearances, but it ends up being subverted. It turns out he ''does'' actually care about the townsfolk; he views his job as putting their well-being first -- and he doesn't want a riot breaking out, especially considering what the [[DestructiveSavior Crystal Gems]] tend to do to the town.