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* Karen Billings, Pam Dawber's character in the ''New TwilightZone'' episode "But Can She Type".

* Tess [=McGill=], Melanie Griffith's character in ''WorkingGirl.''
* [[{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] in BatmanReturns is a Deconstruction of this trope. She's HollywoodHomely, has got a lot of ideas, and never gets noticed by her boss, due to her ShrinkingViolet tendencies. When she finally does get noticed snooping around the office, he tries to kill her, and her sanity takes a sharp jump off a cliff.

* ''TeamFortress2'': Despite being the boss's secretary and ground control for the Mercs, Miss Pauling receives little respect from the Administrator and the Team; her efforts to avoid bad situations have either been ignored or backfired spectacularly.

* Liz Lemon from ''[[Series/{{ThirtyRock}} 30 Rock]]'' definitely qualifies.
** Except for the part about the low-ranking position. Liz is, after all, the head writer of a TV show and [[OnlySaneEmployee her job is basically managing crazy people]]. But other than that, she fits this to a tee.

* ''Hataraki Man'' focuses on the slice-of-life adventures of a PluckyOfficeGirl who works as a magazine editor.

Overlaps with TheWoobie if the PluckyOfficeGirl is the lead character. In [[BlackComedy black comedies]], this often overlaps with the ChewToy. AlwaysFemale, because the same behavior and treatment in a man [[DoubleStandard comes across differently]]. In Anime, the OfficeLady tends to be a PluckyOfficeGirl.

** When the bank had a store setup and Meredith was effectively a ShopKeeper, she had a line indicating that carrying large amounts of gold around had given her SuperStrength. This recieved a CallBack when...
** A Chance Item ([[MoneyDearBoy pay-for-play]] [[RandomlyDrops random item]] generator) gives Meredith a DayInTheLimelight in which she's revealed to moonlight as superheroine Alpha Girl.

* Kitty from ''ArrestedDevelopment'' is sort of an insane one of these who has enough knowledge to manipulate everyone, but is crazy and all she really wants is George Sr. (and to have a baby with him).

* Liz Lemon from ''[[{{ThirtyRock}} 30 Rock]]'' definitely qualifies.

* ''{{Torchwood}}'''s Toshiko, to a certain extent, who often seems to be having a lot less fun than the rest of the team. Rather than going out into the field and doing thrilling things, she's the VoiceWithAnInternetConnection. Rather than [[EverybodyHasLotsofSex having lots of sex]], she has a CartwrightCurse. And when she gets some AppliedPhlebotinum that allows her to [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead read minds, she's shocked and hurt to discover that she's everybody's]] ButtMonkey. Still, she's extremely clever. [[spoiler:Sadly, she dies.]] Ianto is a bit of a GenderFlipped variant. He's secretly a dangerous volcano of angst, at least at first, but nobody cares enough to notice as long as he keeps [[YouGetMeCoffee bringing them coffee]], and before he gets to know him, Jack appreciates him more for his [[SharpDressedMan dress sense]] than his talents and personality. [[spoiler:Sadly, he dies too.]]

Every successful person at the office wears crisp expensive suits and projects an air of unwavering confidence. The plucky office girl doesn't. She is very talented and clever, has great ideas, and wonderful potential but nobody notices. She is often the [[ButtMonkey butt of jokes]], and the rest of the time is just invisible. So, she occupies a low ranking level at the company and seems to have no hope of a promotion despite her great potential. She is very sad and depressed, and often pretty complex but nobody is close enough to her to realize. Usually tasked with gopher (Go-For) jobs such as fetching coffee and notes, and so forth.

* Kristy in the ''{{Cupid}}'' episode, "Botched Makeover".

Every successful person at the office wears crisp expensive suits and projects an air of unwavering confidence. The plucky office girl doesn't. She is very talented and clever, has great ideas, and wonderful potential but nobody notices. She is often the butt of jokes, and the rest of the time is just invisible. So, she occupies a low ranking level at the company and seems to have no hope of a promotion despite her great potential. She is very sad and depressed, and often pretty complex but nobody is close enough to her to realize. Usually tasked with gopher (Go-For) jobs such as fetching coffee and notes, and so forth.

* ''{{Torchwood}}'''s Toshiko, to a certain extent, who often seems to be having a lot less fun than the rest of the team. Rather than going out into the field and doing thrilling things, she's the VoiceWithAnInternetConnection. Rather than [[EverybodyHasLotsofSex having lots of sex]], she has a CartwrightCurse. And when she gets some AppliedPhlebotinum that allows her to [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead read minds, she's shocked and hurt to discover that she's everybody's]] ButtMonkey. Still, she's extremely clever. [[spoiler:Sadly, she dies.]] Ianto is a bit of a GenderFlipped variant. He's secretly a dangerous volcano of angst, at least at first, but nobody cares enough to notice as long as he keeps bringing them coffee, and before he gets to know him, Jack appreciates him more for his [[SharpDressedMan dress sense]] than his talents and personality. [[spoiler:Sadly, he dies too.]]

Every successful person at the office wears crisp expensive suits and projects an air of unwavering confidence. The plucky office girl doesn't. She is very talented and clever, has great ideas, and wonderful potential but nobody notices. She is often the butt of jokes, and the rest of the time is just invisible. So, she occupies a low ranking level at the company and seems to have no hope of a promotion despite her great potential. She is very sad and depressed, and often pretty complex but nobody is close enough to her to realize. Usually tasked with gopher (Go-For) jobs such as fetching coffee and notes,and so forth.

* GaiaOnline's Meredith is one. She mentions during Ian's trial that she graduated from college at the age of fifteen, proving that she has the intelligence and motivation to do greater things, but after all these years she's still just a half-forgotten bank teller.

* GaiaOnline's Meredith is one. She mentions during Ian's trial that she graduated from college at the age of fifteen, proving that she has the intelligence and motivation to do greater things, but after all these years she's still just a half-forgotten bank teller.

* Pam, formerly the receptionist and now salesperson in ''{{The Office}}''. Erin, from the same show, inherits this trope as the current receptionist (though calling the naive and somewhat ditzy Erin 'very talented and clever' might be pushing it.)
** Hardly pushing it. She can sing ''and'' she dances like it's no one's business
*** Yeah, but ''[[{{TheDitz}} clever?]]''

** While Mary is given the seemingly-prestigious title of executive producer of the ''Six O'Clock News'' in the very first episode, it's initially established that the job itself is no great shakes, and actually pays less than the secretarial position she'd planned to apply for. She does come to take on more responsibility as the show progresses.

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* Linna Yamazaki in ''[[BubblegumCrisis Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040]]''.
* The superheroine in ''ReCuteyHoney'' is this in her SecretIdentity.
* ''Hataraki Man'' focuses on the slice-of-life adventures of a PluckyOfficeGirl who works as a magazine editor.
* GaiaOnline's Meredith is one. She mentions during Ian's trial that she graduated from college at the age of fifteen, proving that she has the intelligence and motivation to do greater things, but after all these years she's still just a half-forgotten bank teller.
* Riho from NightWalker.

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* ''{{Greek}}'': In stark contrast to her appearance in the previous chapter (where she was a [[BaitAndSwitchUmbridge borderline Umbridge]] to the CRU ZBZ house), Lizzi fulfills this trope to the rest of ZBZ Nationals at the convention.