History Main / SecretaryOfEvil

* ''"Satan's Secretary''" (''Maō no Hisho'') is about exaggerating this trope. The demon king kidnaps a human as a secretary... and she proves so efficient (and inhuman) that it scares him.
* Princess Sya in ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle'' is such an example, even if the Demon King would prefer her to stay in her cell instead. Despite being a captive, if there's any paperwork in her proximity, she'll complete it faster and more efficiently than if all Ten Elders worked together.

* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'': Nastasia is Count Bleck's most-trusted member of his inner squad, and the only one in his entourage not to be fought. She speaks rather sardonically, usually ending in her signature, [[VerbalTic "'K?"]]. Along with keeping his organization in line, she's also in charge of [[BrainwashedAndCrazy recruiting]] new talent. She's deeply loyal to Count Bleck, implied to be because he saved her life, resulting in her falling in love with him; [[spoiler:she even [[TakingTheBullet takes Dimentio's spell meant to kill him]], nearly dying herself]].

* In ''Videogame/{{Helltaker}}'', Pandemonica serves as this for all of Hell. Appropriately enough, she's the first demon that the player meets and recruits into their harem.

* Parodied in the ''Star Wars'' sketches of ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', where [[PunchclockVillain Palpatine and Vader]] often consult with [[TheGhost Sheila]], who seems to be their shared secretary. She's also apparently married to the bounty hunter Dengar.

* Juliet Douglas in the 2003 version ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'', is [[spoiler:the Homunculus Sloth who disguises herself as the secretary of Fuhrer King Bradley's, who is also secretly a Homunculus.]]

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* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' where [[PunchclockVillain Palpatine and Vader]] often consult with [[TheGhost Sheila]], who seems to be their shared secretary. She is also apparently married to the bounty hunter Dengar.

* Joseph Stalin was this as General Secretary of the Communist Party under Vladimir Lenin. In its earliest incarnation, the title of "General Secretary" was quite literally that of a secretary; Stalin was mostly responsible for determining party composition and organizing meetings. Only when he realized the role's potential in helping him build a power base did he begin transforming it into the office of the party leader.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Nathalie is a subversion. Normally, she is Gabriel's secretary for his self-titled fashion company and the manager of his son Adrien's schedule. When he becomes Hawk Moth, she covers for him and later transforms into Mayura to be his sidekick, but Hawk Moth himself does not have an organization and Mayura does not do administrative work for him.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Lothar Frey works as the steward for his father, the Lord of House Frey (known for being a vindictive, untrustworthy [[TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether Family That Slays]]), and manages the family castles. [[spoiler:When Lord Frey decided to betray the northerners, Lothar infamously handled the planning of the massacre.]]

* Matori in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' takes care of Team Rocket's background works and monitors if the bumbling Trio is doing anything productive. She's even simply called "Sakaki's secretary" [[NamedByTheAdaptation in the original dub]]. Though from ''Sun and Moon'' forward she also doubles as MookLieutenant.

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* ''"Satan's Secretary''" (''Maō no Hisho'') is about exaggerating this trope. The demon king kidnaps a human as a secretary ... and she proves so efficient (and inhuman) that it scares him.

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** Princess Sya in ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle'' is such an example, even if the Demon King would prefer her to stay in her cell instead. Despite being a captive, if there's any paperwork in her proximity, she'll complete it faster and more efficiently than if all Ten Elders worked together.

[[BigBad Big Bads]] are great at concocting elaborate, evil schemes, but their grand ideas don't often address the finer details, like how the {{Mooks}} are actually going to get to the MacGuffin and do so without starving. Enter the Secretary of Evil. She ([[AlwaysFemale and very likely a she]] due to [[BehindEveryGreatMan expectations of women as supporters and not leaders]]) is the one that ensures there are NoDelaysForTheWicked, [[EasyLogistics solves any logistics problems]], and maybe even sorts the SortingAlgorithmOfEvil.

** Princess Sya in ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle'' is such an example, even if the Demon King would prefer her to stay in her cell instead. Despite being a captive, if there's any paperwork in her proximity, she'll complete it faster and more efficiently than if all of Ten Elders worked together.

* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'': Nastasia is Count Bleck's most-trusted member of his inner squad, and the only one in his entourage not to be fought. She speaks rather sardonically, usually ending in her signature, [[VerbalTic "'K?"]]. Along with keeping his organization in line, she's also in charge of [[BrainwashedAndCrazy recruiting]] new talent. She's deeply loyal to Count Bleck, implied to be because he saved her live, resulting in her falling in love with him; [[spoiler:she even [[TakingTheBullet takes Dimentio's spell meant to kill him]], nearly dying herself]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Nathalie is a subversion. Normally, she is Gabriel's secretary for his self-titled fashion company and the manager of his son Adrien's schedule. When he becomes Hawk Moth, she covers for him, and later transforms into Mayura to be his sidekick, but Hawk Moth himself does not have an organization and Mayura does not do administrative work for him.

* Juliet Douglas in the 2003 version ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'', is [[spoiler:the Homunculi Sloth who disguises herself as Fuhrer King Bradley's secretary, who is also secretly a Homunculi.]]

* Series/OrphanBlack: Astrid works as a secretary within the Dyad Institute, responsible for the unethical cloning experiments, helping [[MookLieutenant Olivier]] keep track of the various clones he's assigned to monitor.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousTalesOfLadybugAndCatNoir'': Nathalie is a subversion. Normally, she is Gabriel's secretary for his self-titled fashion company and the manager of his son Adrien's schedule. When he becomes Hawk Moth, she covers for him, and later transforms into Mayura to be his sidekick, but Hawk Moth himself does not have an organization and Mayura does not do administrative work for him.

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* ''"Satan's Secretary''" (''Maō no Hisho'') is about this trope. The demon king kidnaps a human as a secretary ... and she proves so efficient (and inhuman) that it scares him.

* ''Film/LicenceToKill'': One of the major evil characters is Truman-Lodge, the Sanchez Cartel accountant, who provides exposition in how the cartel does its schemes but also constantly badgers [[BigBad his boss]] [[TheDon Franz Sanchez]] about any waste of money. His personal VillainousBreakdown at the film?s climax is set off by Bond?s RoaringRampageOfRevenge causing the cartel?s hundred-million-dollar facilities (and lots more in drugs) literally going up in smoke and, after snarking off one time too many to Sanchez about the waste, [[OffingTheMouth gets blown away with an Uzi in response]].

* Leslie from ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' is this and much more to her boss Mr. Big. Besides being the secretary of the company he's the CorruptCorporateExecutive of, she's also his personal assistant and HypercompetentSidekick, doing everything up to and including menial labour and fighting for him. She's generally a PunchClockVillain who doesn't actually care whether or not her boss succeeds with his evil schemes, but in the episode "Leslie Makes It Big" she has a stint taking up active villainy on her own and has a good time doing so, and in "Yes Monkey" she's shown to be bored and despondent without him after temporarily resigning.

The good version is the GirlFriday. However, despite intelligence superiority being a crucial part of real-world warfare, it's rare for both the heroes and villains in a setting to have this type of character.

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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Xykon's entire modus operandi is ForTheEvulz, leaving his right-hand-goblin Redcloak to deal with the logistics of their army and the places they've conquered. The consequences of this are explored when [[spoiler:it's revealed that Redcloak has his own agenda for [[EldritchAbomination the Snarl]] they're attempting to unleash, using Xykon's resources for those ends right under [[DemBones his non-existent nose]] and setting him up for failure.]]

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* Leslie from ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' is this and much more to her boss Mr. Big. Besides being the secretary of the company he's the CorruptCorporateExecutive of, she's also his personal assistant and HypercompetentSidekick, doing everything up to and including menial labour and fighting for him. She's generally a PunchClockVillain who doesn't actually care whether or not her boss succeeds with his evil schemes, but in the episode "Leslie Makes It Big" she has a stint taking up active villainy on her own and has a good time doing so, and in "Yes Monkey" she's shown to be bored and despondent without him after temporarily resigning.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousTalesOfLadybugAndCatNoir'': Nathalie is a subversion. Normally, she is Gabriel's secretary for his self-titled fashion company and the manager of his son Adrien's schedule. When he becomes Hawk Moth, she covers for him, and later transforms into Mayura to be his sidekick, but Hawk Moth himself does not have an organization and Mayura does not do administrative work for him.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Lothar Frey works as the steward for his grandfather of House Frey (known for being a vindictive, untrustworthy [[TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether Family That Slays]]), and manages the family castles. [[spoiler:When Lord Frey decided to betray the northerners, Lothar infamously handled the planning of the massacre.]]

* *''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Xykon's entire modus operandi is ForTheEvulz, leaving his right-hand-goblin Redcloak to deal with the logistics of their army and the places they've conquered. The consequences of this are explored when [[spoiler:it's revealed that Redcloak has his own agenda for [[EldritchAbomination the Snarl]] they're attempting to unleash, using Xykon's resources for those ends right under [[DemBones his non-existent nose]] and setting him up for failure.]]