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* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': In [[Recap/CriminalMindsS3E1Doubt "Doubt"]], Nathan Tubbs, the campus killer, is a security guard with a failed attempt to join the police, a history of domestic violence, and multiple victims.
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* We usually see a variation of this. Security guards in wrestling aren't portrayed as being sleazy and power-hungry. And in fact, they're given very little to almost no personality, because they're typically just disposable background characters. However, their PoliceAreUseless qualities are heavily played up. In heated feuds, between two wrestlers, whether the two are signing a contract or getting really personal in a promo, most security guards getting sent out to break up the two wrestlers from fighting will typically get knocked down like bowling pins and fail ''badly'' at being able to break up a heated confrontation despite their numbers and trying to hold the wrestlers back.
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* We usually see a variation of this. Security guards in wrestling aren't portrayed as being sleazy and power-hungry. And in fact, they're given very little to almost no personality, because they're typically just disposable background characters. However, their PoliceAreUseless qualities are heavily played up. In heated feuds, between two wrestlers, whether the two are signing a contract or getting really personal in a promo, most security guards getting sent out to break up the two wrestlers from fighting will typically get knocked down like bowling pins and fail ''badly'' at being able to break up a heated confrontation despite their numbers and trying to hold the wrestlers back.
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* Invoked in the ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' episode "The Return of Martin Crane", when former police officer Martin Crane takes a new job as a security guard.
-->'''Martin''': [B]ack when I was a cop, we always used to make fun of security guards. I guess now I'll have to start making fun of the crossing guards.\\
'''Roz''' : Who do crossing guards make fun of?\\
'''Martin''': I don't know. Kids, I guess.
-->'''Martin''': [B]ack when I was a cop, we always used to make fun of security guards. I guess now I'll have to start making fun of the crossing guards.\\
'''Roz''' : Who do crossing guards make fun of?\\
'''Martin''': I don't know. Kids, I guess.
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* ''Sick Puppy'' by Creator/CarlHiaasen: Tracking down an old friend, Florida Highway Patrol trooper Jim Tile stops at Key Largo's exclusive Ocean Reef club, and is forced to interview a ''"slug-like security guard... who had apparently failed the knuckle-dragging literacy quiz required to join regular police departments."''
* Janet Evanovich's ''Twelve Sharp'', the twelfth volume of her Literature/StephaniePlum series: Bounty hunter and security company owner "Ranger"'s StalkerWithACrush, Edward Scrod, previously worked as a security guard at a shopping mall in Philadelphia, claiming it was just temporary work until his applications to various police academies came through. He was fired for patting down one too many female customers (the last of whom was an off-duty FBI agent), but the creepy thing is that he seemed less interested in patting down women than he got off on pretending to be a cop.
* Janet Evanovich's ''Twelve Sharp'', the twelfth volume of her Literature/StephaniePlum series: Bounty hunter and security company owner "Ranger"'s StalkerWithACrush, Edward Scrod, previously worked as a security guard at a shopping mall in Philadelphia, claiming it was just temporary work until his applications to various police academies came through. He was fired for patting down one too many female customers (the last of whom was an off-duty FBI agent), but the creepy thing is that he seemed less interested in patting down women than he got off on pretending to be a cop.
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* ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'': [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Ellis DeWald]] is a more upmarket version, being the head of security for Wonder World Theme Park. Whilst posing as a respectable honest man, in truth Ellis is a ruthless and greedy crook who's using the position as a front for his counterfeit money operation. His security guards are likewise little more than his paid thugs, with him using them to carry out his criminal activities and murdering anyone who learns the truth, including his own boss.
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* ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'': [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Ellis DeWald]] is a more upmarket version, being the head of security for Wonder World Theme Park. Whilst posing as a respectable honest man, in truth Ellis is a ruthless and greedy crook who's using the position as a front for his counterfeit money operation. His security guards are likewise little more than his paid thugs, with him using them to carry out his criminal activities and murdering anyone who learns the truth, including his own boss.boss, [[MrAltDisney "Uncle" Dave Thornton]].
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* ''Film/PulpFiction'': Zed is a [[LeanAndMean tall, slender]] and [[SoftSpokenSadist soft spoken]] security guard. He's likewise, along with [[SiblingsInCrime his brother, shopkeeper Maynard]], a depraved, racist sadist who's implied to regularly kidnap men to torture and rape, as they do to Butch and Marsellus Wallace. Along with Maynard, he stands out as the only antagonist in the film to possess no sympathetic traits.
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* ''Film/PulpFiction'': Zed is a [[LeanAndMean tall, slender]] and [[SoftSpokenSadist soft spoken]] soft-spoken]] security guard. He's likewise, along with [[SiblingsInCrime his brother, shopkeeper Maynard]], a depraved, racist [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racist]] sadist who's implied to regularly kidnap men to torture and rape, as they do to Butch and Marsellus Wallace. Along with Maynard, he stands out as the only antagonist in the film to possess no redeeming qualities or sympathetic traits.
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* ''Series/TheAmandaShow'': PlayedForLaughs with Barney, the FatIdiot security guard for the set. He's usually shown trying to keep [[LoonyFan Penelope Taynt]] away from Amanda, only to be easily tricked or lured away [[FoodAsBribe with pizza or meatloaf.]] Barney does enjoy the power the job gives him, but given his general incompetence, no one takes him seriously.
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* ''Series/TheAmandaShow'': PlayedForLaughs with Barney, the FatIdiot security guard for the set. He's usually shown trying to keep [[LoonyFan Penelope Taynt]] away from Amanda, only to be easily tricked or lured away [[FoodAsBribe with pizza or meatloaf.]] meatloaf]]. Barney does enjoy the power the job gives him, but given his general incompetence, no one takes him seriously.
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* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'': Frank Boles is a security guard employed at Arkham Asylum. His character biography mentions that he's twice been suspended without pay for drinking on the job and that his temper has resulted in him injuring some of the inmates. When the events of the game take place, Frank assists the Joker in taking over the Island by providing him with the Asylum's security codes.
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'': RareFemaleExample [[FatBitch Jo Slade]] is a former Mall cop, who has taken advantage of the zombie apocalypse to abduct multiple women that she imprisons in the clothing store, using them to lure in others for her to [[AxCrazy kill]]. A smug, lecherous sadist she then proceeds to [[SerialRapist molest]], degrade, torture and finally [[SerialKiller murder]] her poor victims, with it being made clear she's had multiple victims before Frank finds her. She likewise stands out as the only psychopath to lack any sympathetic traits or justifications, being an example of how low people can sink if given the opportunity.
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'': RareFemaleExample [[FatBitch Jo Slade]] is a former Mall cop, who has taken advantage of the zombie apocalypse to abduct multiple women that she imprisons in the clothing store, using them to lure in others for her to [[AxCrazy kill]]. A smug, lecherous sadist she then proceeds to [[SerialRapist molest]], degrade, torture and finally [[SerialKiller murder]] her poor victims, with it being made clear she's had multiple victims before Frank finds her. She likewise stands out as the only psychopath to lack any sympathetic traits or justifications, being an example of how low people can sink if given the opportunity.
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* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'': Frank Boles is a security guard employed at Arkham Asylum. His character biography mentions that he's twice been suspended without pay for [[DrinkingOnDuty drinking on the job job]] and that his temper has resulted in him injuring some of the inmates. When the events of the game take place, Frank assists the Joker in taking over the Island by providing him with the Asylum's security codes.
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'': RareFemaleExample [[FatBitch Jo Slade]] is a former Mall cop, who has taken advantage of the zombie apocalypse to abduct multiple women that she imprisons in the clothing store, using them to lure in others for her to [[AxCrazy kill]]. A smug, lecheroussadist {{sadist}} she then proceeds to [[SerialRapist molest]], degrade, torture and finally [[SerialKiller murder]] her poor victims, with it being made clear she's had multiple victims before Frank finds her. She likewise stands out as the only psychopath to lack any sympathetic traits or justifications, being an example of how low people can sink if given the opportunity.
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'': RareFemaleExample [[FatBitch Jo Slade]] is a former Mall cop, who has taken advantage of the zombie apocalypse to abduct multiple women that she imprisons in the clothing store, using them to lure in others for her to [[AxCrazy kill]]. A smug, lecherous
