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* Mrs. Hall the loyal housekeeper from ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall''

* In ''[[Pinball/WHODunnit WHO dunnit]]'', Butler is this to Victoria; he used to work for her mother, and she hires him as her manservant. [[spoiler:He's really her father, Walter, and stays loyal to her due to his HappinessInSlavery.]]

* In ''LightNovel/SaiunkokuMonogatari'', Shi Seiran to protagonist Kou Shuurei and her father Kou Shouka. He is more of a family than anything else.

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* [[Fanfic/UndocumentedFeatures For every Dessler, there is a Dragonaar.]]

* In ''Film/{{The War Lord|1965}}'', 11th century Norman warlord Chrysagon de la Cruex (Creator/CharltonHeston) is constantly accompanied by Bors, an [[OldSoldier old warrior]] who already served his father long ago and has sworn to protect Chrysagon.

* In ''Film/{{The War Lord|1965}}'', 11th century Norman warlord Chrysagon de la Cruex (Creator/CharltonHeston) is constantly accompanied by Bors, an OldWarrior who already served his father long ago.

** Kincade from ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', who looks after Bond's estate even if no member of his family lives there anymoe.

* Variation in ''Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude''. [[YamatoNadeshiko Santa Sofi­a de La Piedad]] is actually the mother of three of the Buendias (Remedios The Beauty and thwe twins Aureliano Segundo and Jose Arcadio Segundo), but she's always treated and seen as a maid. Even more, Santa Sofia not only doesn't mind it, but she ''likes'' such a treatment since it lets her help the family from the shadows, which is her speciality.

** Desmond Llewelyn's Q was a meta-example, as the sole element that made the transition from the UsefulNotes/ColdWar-era Film/JamesBond films to the Creator/PierceBrosnan films of the 90s.
** Lois Maxwell's Moneypenny is another meta-example. She played Moneypenny all the way from ''Film/DrNo'' to ''Film/AViewToAKill'', the last film in Creator/RogerMoore's run.

* ''Franchise/PrettyCure'':

* Hobson in ''Film/{{Arthur}}''. In fact, when [[spoiler:Hobson dies, Arthur says his father died]].

* John and Elisa Barrymore from [[SherlockHolmes Hound of the Baskervilles]]. John's family, on his account, have served the Baskervilles for generations. OTOH, they've got a secret of their own: [[spoiler: Elisa's younger brother is a SerialKiller that's on the loose, so they're morally obligated to cover up for him (he doesn't really want to, but she's very adamant into doing it, [[TearJerker and cries bitterly when Selden bites it]].)]]

* Toadsworth, of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series is a classic case, although he wasn't introduced until ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine''. Unsurprisingly, "Master Mario" is his preferred form of address for our hero.
** Although even before Toadsworth there were characters similar to him in appearance and function, such as the Chancellor from VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG. The Chancellor may even be a precursor to Toadsworth.

->''"I always thought you were like a... well, slave's the wrong word, but... really? Mother ''pays'' you?"''

* Hanaoka from ''Manga/SangatsuNoLion'' has been Nikaidou's butler since the latter was a child. He's loyal and always concerned and attentive to Nikaidou's well-being.

* ''The Duke of Death and His Black Maid'' has Rob, the Duke's butler, and former head butler of his family's main estate. After the Duke was cursed, Rob pretty much raised him in place of his parents, and when the Duke was exiled from the main estate[[labelnote:Translation note]]Duke isn't truly his title, it's just what most translators use. He doesn't actually have the title yet, as his father is still alive[[/labelnote]], Rob was also thrown out due to his old age. He has followed the Duke loyally ever since. Of course, he's missing an eye, is losing his sight in the other, and is becoming slightly senile, all of which is a bit of a problem when the man he serves is cursed to [[PoisonousPerson instantly kill anything that touches him]], and has [[PowerIncontinence no control over it]]. Interestingly, he refers to everyone with the honourific of "-dono"[[note]]Roughly equivalent to "lord" or "master[[/note]], even Alice, the titular Black Maid, despite her being the younger and lower-ranking of the Duke's two servants.

* NDR-113, better known as Andrew, serves several generations of the Martin family before gaining emancipation in Creator/IsaacAsimov's story, "The Bicentennial Man" (expanded to novel-length as ''The Positronic Man'' by Asimov and Creator/RobertSilverberg, and adapted to film as ''Film/BicentennialMan'', starring Creator/RobinWilliams).

* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':

* Kei Nanjou's butler Yamaoka in ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}''. Kei is, indeed, more attached to him than to his parents [[spoiler:and takes it very badly when he dies]]. In fact, his ultimate Persona is [[spoiler:best described as [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/6/6c/Yamaoka.jpg Cyber-Yamaoka wielding a naginata]], protecting him even in death]].

* One of the files found in the ''Lost in Nightmares'' DLC of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' is a diary left behind by Patrick, the loyal butler of [[BiggerBad Ozwell E. Spencer]]. Through it he explains how he has been devoted to the Spencer family all his life, following in the shoes of his father who was their butler beforehand, and even how the Spencer family treated him quite well and as a friend of the family. Notably, not only is he pretty much the only human being on the planet to actually ''like'' Ozwell and be [[UndyingLoyalty actually loyal to him]], but Patrick also appears to be [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes the only person ever who Ozwell seemed to like and trust]]: [[spoiler:Ozwell even dismisses Patrick once his duties are complete, a rare move for a man who typically has people murdered when they're of no use to him anymore, and one that effectively (and possibly knowingly) spared him from death at the hands of Albert Wesker]].

* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': Alumik Edrok for Repellista Zahard.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''

** [[TheIgor Igor]] in Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum''. He's served the Magpyr vampire family for generations (human ones), but his loyalty is sorely tested by its latest scions, who have a distinct [[YourVampiresSuck disrespect]] for the GoodOldWays of vampirism of which he, Igor, is a major part. In the end, after they [[MoralEventHorizon cross one line too many]], he [[TheDogBitesBack gets fed up]] and resurrects the previous Count Magpyr to put the young'uns in their place.
** Albert probably counts. He's two thousand years old (or at least, has been ''around'' for two thousand years, but has been sixty for most of them), but that's nothing compared to the age of [[TheGrimReaper his employer]]. And much as he may sometimes appear resentful or suspicious of his position, he is ultimately loyal.