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* The mayor and his assistant in ''Jaws of Satan'' want to downplay the increasing snake attacks, even resorting to intimidation, so the opening of a new dog track will go down without a hitch.
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* ''Film/PumpkinheadIIBloodWings'': Mayor Bubba opposes the plan to kill Pumpkinhead because he thinks it could be the next [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]] or [[StockNessMonster Loch Ness monster]] and put their town on the map.
-->'''Sheriff Braddock:''' People have DIED here! You do realize that, don't you?
-->'''Mayor Bubba:''' Tragedy, ain't it? Well, so is the budget of this here town.
-->'''Sheriff Braddock:''' People have DIED here! You do realize that, don't you?
-->'''Mayor Bubba:''' Tragedy, ain't it? Well, so is the budget of this here town.
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* ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' plays with this in the Mayor of New York, who tries to downplay the ghost infestation and calls the Ghostbusters frauds [[spoiler:but turns out to be secretly funding them]]. In a pretty meta joke, when he is directly compared to Mayor Larry Vaughn (the one from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''), it is revealed that such a comparison is his BerserkButton.
* ''Film/KnightMoves'': After the first murder, the Mayor visits the Sherrif's office to suggest that he pin the murder on some random criminal to avoid any more bad publicity for their town during the international chess tournament that is taking place at that moment. The sheriff curtly rejects her idea.
* ''Film/KingCobra1999'': When the main characters go to the mayor with claims of a giant cobra hunting people throughout the town, he refuses to cancel an upcoming town carnival because of the bad publicity. It takes the death of one of his closest friends for him to call in back-up.
* ''Film/KingCobra1999'': When the main characters go to the mayor with claims of a giant cobra hunting people throughout the town, he refuses to cancel an upcoming town carnival because of the bad publicity. It takes the death of one of his closest friends for him to call in back-up.
* In ''Film/TheNightStalker'', the Las Vegas authorities do their best to downplay the vampire serial killer’s killing spree so as not to jeopardize the tourist industry, and so that they can look good[[note]]and in the original novel, [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade they assassinate all of the witnesses]] and threaten to do the same to Kolchak if he doesn’t keeps mum - a threat that following stories make clear was not hollow[[/note]]. The sequel, ''Film/TheNightStrangler'', has the incompetent chief of police do the same thing.
* ''Film/ToCatchAKiller2023'': Baltimore mayor Jesse Capleton appears to be more concerned with the negative blowback on his administration that would result from imposing curfews or shutting down public places of gathering than in public safety. Lammark directly [[ShoutOut compares him]] to Mayor Vaughn from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.
-->'''Lammark:''' Jesse, have you ever seen ''Jaws''? Right now you're the asshole trying to keep the beaches open!
* In ''Film/TheToweringInferno'', the developer James Duncan tries to thwart both the architect and the city's fire chief when they urge the top floor be evacuated during the opening gala due to the fire some stories below. (An evacuation would clearly and embarrassingly undercut his previous public assertions that this record-breaking building was safe.) Duncan even tries to pull rank on the fire chief by mentioning the presence of a U.S. senator; the chief retorts that in an emergency, he outranks everyone there.
-->'''Lammark:''' Jesse, have you ever seen ''Jaws''? Right now you're the asshole trying to keep the beaches open!
* In ''Film/TheToweringInferno'', the developer James Duncan tries to thwart both the architect and the city's fire chief when they urge the top floor be evacuated during the opening gala due to the fire some stories below. (An evacuation would clearly and embarrassingly undercut his previous public assertions that this record-breaking building was safe.) Duncan even tries to pull rank on the fire chief by mentioning the presence of a U.S. senator; the chief retorts that in an emergency, he outranks everyone there.
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* Speaking of ''Film/TheToweringInferno'', the developer James Duncan tries to thwart both the architect and the city's fire chief when they urge the top floor be evacuated during the opening gala due to the fire some stories below. (An evacuation would clearly and embarrassingly undercut his previous public assertions that this record-breaking building was safe.) Duncan even tries to pull rank on the fire chief by mentioning the presence of a U.S. senator; the chief retorts that in an emergency, he outranks everyone there.
* ''Film/KnightMoves'': After the first murder, the Mayor visits the Sherrif's office to suggest that he pin the murder on some random criminal to avoid any more bad publicity for their town during the international chess tournament that is taking place at that moment. The sheriff curtly rejects her idea.
* ''Film/KingCobra1999'': When the main characters go to the mayor with claims of a giant cobra hunting people throughout the town, he refuses to cancel an upcoming town carnival because of the bad publicity. It takes the death of one of his closest friends for him to call in back-up.
* In ''Film/TheNightStalker'', the Las Vegas authorities do their best to downplay the vampire serial killer’s killing spree so as not to jeopardize the tourist industry, and so that they can look good[[note]]and in the original novel, [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade they assassinate all of the witnesses]] and threaten to do the same to Kolchak if he doesn’t keeps mum - a threat that following stories make clear was not hollow[[/note]]. The sequel, ''Film/TheNightStrangler'', has the incompetent chief of police do the same thing.
* ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' plays with this in the Mayor of New York, who tries to downplay the ghost infestation and calls the Ghostbusters frauds [[spoiler:but turns out to be secretly funding them]]. In a pretty meta joke, when he is directly compared to Mayor Larry Vaughn (the one from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''), it is revealed that such a comparison is his BerserkButton.
* ''Film/ToCatchAKiller2023'': Baltimore mayor Jesse Capleton appears to be more concerned with the negative blowback on his administration that would result from imposing curfews or shutting down public places of gathering than in public safety. Lammark directly [[ShoutOut compares him]] to Mayor Vaughn from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.
-->'''Lammark:''' Jesse, have you ever seen ''Jaws''? Right now you're the asshole trying to keep the beaches open!
* ''Film/KnightMoves'': After the first murder, the Mayor visits the Sherrif's office to suggest that he pin the murder on some random criminal to avoid any more bad publicity for their town during the international chess tournament that is taking place at that moment. The sheriff curtly rejects her idea.
* ''Film/KingCobra1999'': When the main characters go to the mayor with claims of a giant cobra hunting people throughout the town, he refuses to cancel an upcoming town carnival because of the bad publicity. It takes the death of one of his closest friends for him to call in back-up.
* In ''Film/TheNightStalker'', the Las Vegas authorities do their best to downplay the vampire serial killer’s killing spree so as not to jeopardize the tourist industry, and so that they can look good[[note]]and in the original novel, [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade they assassinate all of the witnesses]] and threaten to do the same to Kolchak if he doesn’t keeps mum - a threat that following stories make clear was not hollow[[/note]]. The sequel, ''Film/TheNightStrangler'', has the incompetent chief of police do the same thing.
* ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' plays with this in the Mayor of New York, who tries to downplay the ghost infestation and calls the Ghostbusters frauds [[spoiler:but turns out to be secretly funding them]]. In a pretty meta joke, when he is directly compared to Mayor Larry Vaughn (the one from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''), it is revealed that such a comparison is his BerserkButton.
* ''Film/ToCatchAKiller2023'': Baltimore mayor Jesse Capleton appears to be more concerned with the negative blowback on his administration that would result from imposing curfews or shutting down public places of gathering than in public safety. Lammark directly [[ShoutOut compares him]] to Mayor Vaughn from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.
-->'''Lammark:''' Jesse, have you ever seen ''Jaws''? Right now you're the asshole trying to keep the beaches open!
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* ''Film/DantesPeak'' actually has this trope ''invoked'' — the initial reaction of the town council was to take the threat quite seriously.
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* ''Film/DantesPeak'' actually has this trope ''invoked'' — the initial reaction of the town council was to take the threat quite seriously.seriously, but Harry's boss Paul just had to play the DevilsAdvocate and tell them that the volcano's readings ''could'' be wrong (in Paul's defense, he does mention one prior instance of his agency encountering a volcano that looked like it was going to erupt but didn't and ''he'' was the one who [[CryingWolf cried wolf]] and ruined the town and he does other ReasonableAuthorityFigure steps once it's clear it's not Harry being alarmist).
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* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': Deputy Inspector Karn thinks he's doing the right thing in the face of adversity from the MegaCorp that employs him when he's ordered to stand down and stop investigating the murder of two fellow employees lest he attract Imperial attention to the situation. While he's not wrong that his superiors rightfully fear Imperial attention he's definitely in the wrong for considering the deaths "murders", his superior was right when he figured the two violent and corrupt guards were killed when one of their victims fought back. His going against orders gets the company disbanded and its interests nationalized.
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* ''Film/ToCatchAKiller2023'': Baltimore mayor Jesse Capleton appears to be more concerned with the negative blowback on his administration that would result from imposing curfews or shutting down public places of gathering than in public safety. Lammark directly [[ShoutOut compares him]] to Mayor Hooper Vaughn from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.
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-->'''Lammark:''' Jesse, have you ever seen ''Jaws''? Right now you're the asshole trying to keep the beaches open!
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* In ''Film/TheNightStalker'', the Las Vegas authorities do their best to downplay the vampire serial killer’s killing spree so as not to jeopardize the tourist industry, and so that they can look good. The sequel, ''Film/TheNightStrangler'', has the incompetent chief of police do the same thing.
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* In ''Film/TheNightStalker'', the Las Vegas authorities do their best to downplay the vampire serial killer’s killing spree so as not to jeopardize the tourist industry, and so that they can look good.good[[note]]and in the original novel, [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade they assassinate all of the witnesses]] and threaten to do the same to Kolchak if he doesn’t keeps mum - a threat that following stories make clear was not hollow[[/note]]. The sequel, ''Film/TheNightStrangler'', has the incompetent chief of police do the same thing.
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* ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' plays with this in the Mayor of New York, who tries to downplay the ghost infestation and calls the Ghostbusters frauds [[spoiler:but turns out to be secretly funding them]]. In a pretty meta joke, when he is directly compared to Mayor Larry Vaughn (the one from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''), it is revealed that such a comparison is his BerserkButton.
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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': During the Cabbie Killer arc ("[[Recap/CSINYS04E19 PersonalFoul]]"), Mac is asked by a reporter at a press conference if he'd get into a NYC taxi. He replies that he wouldn't and as soon as the conference is over, the Mayor's assistant chews him out for causing a panic in the city and keeping thousands of cab drivers out of work. He replies that he'd rather be unemployed than dead and she says, "That can be arranged." He finally shuts her up by asking if she's going to take responsibility for the killer's next victim.
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* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': Deputy Inspector Karn thinks he's doing the right thing in the face of adversity from the MegaCorp that employs him when he's ordered to stand down and stop investigating the murder of two fellow employees lest he attract Imperial attention to the situation. While he's not wrong that his superiors rightfully fear Imperial attention he's definitely in the wrong for considering the deaths "murders", his superior was right when he figured the two violent and corrupt guards were killed when one of their victims fought back. His going against orders gets the company disbanded and its interests nationalized.
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* From the film adaptation of ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho'', part of the reason that the council rejects the mayor's warnings of Whoville's imminent danger is the upcoming Whocentennial celebration.
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* From the film adaptation of ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho'', ''[[WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008 Horton Hears a Who!]]'', part of the reason that the council rejects the mayor's warnings of Whoville's imminent danger is the upcoming Whocentennial celebration.
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->''"In ''[Film/{{Jaws}}]'', you will recall, the danger of shark attacks was concealed by venal real estate speculators who didn't want to scare the buyers away. That's the case this time, too; The Realtor throws a party for prospective home buyers and denies that there are piranhas in the lake until most of his would-be buyers have been digested. Implausible, you say? Try telling that to the piranhas. Next, I am anticipating a movie called ''Realtor''."''
-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''' on ''Film/{{Piranha}}''
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* Burke in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' - in the first act, he's set up as a 'good guy' - the only one who believes Ripley's account of [[Film/{{Alien}} what happened to the Nostromo]], only to have a hidden agenda of [[spoiler:wanting to come back with a sample of a Xenomorph]] when going on the mission back to LV-426. Then again, the company he works for, Weyland-Yutani, is pretty much depicted as filled with [[Main\CorruptCorporateExecutive Corrupt Corporate Executives]] and Suits like Burke. He even lampshades this when he says, "I work for the Company - but I'm really a good guy."
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* Burke in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' - in the first act, he's set up as a 'good guy' - the only one who believes Ripley's account of [[Film/{{Alien}} what happened to the Nostromo]], only to have a hidden agenda of [[spoiler:wanting to come back with a sample of a Xenomorph]] when going on the mission back to LV-426. Then again, the company he works for, Weyland-Yutani, is pretty much depicted throughout the series as filled with [[Main\CorruptCorporateExecutive Corrupt Corporate Executives]] and Suits like Burke. the epitome of [[Main/CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate corruption.]] He even lampshades this when he says, "I work for the Company - but I'm really a good guy."
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* Burke in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' - in the first act, he's set up as a 'good guy' - the only one who believes Ripley's account of [[Film/{{Alien}} what happened to the Nostromo]], only to have a hidden agenda of [[spoiler:wanting to come back with a sample of a Xenomorph]] when going on the mission back to LV-426. Then again, the company he works for, Weyland-Yutani, is pretty much depicted as filled with [[Main\CorruptCorporateExecutive]]s and Suits like Burke. He even lampshades this when he says, "I work for the Company - but I'm really a good guy."
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* Burke in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' - in the first act, he's set up as a 'good guy' - the only one who believes Ripley's account of [[Film/{{Alien}} what happened to the Nostromo]], only to have a hidden agenda of [[spoiler:wanting to come back with a sample of a Xenomorph]] when going on the mission back to LV-426. Then again, the company he works for, Weyland-Yutani, is pretty much depicted as filled with [[Main\CorruptCorporateExecutive]]s [[Main\CorruptCorporateExecutive Corrupt Corporate Executives]] and Suits like Burke. He even lampshades this when he says, "I work for the Company - but I'm really a good guy."
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* Burke in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' - in the first act, he's set up as a 'good guy' - the only one who believes Ripley's account of [[Film/{{Alien}} what happened to the Nostromo]], only to have a hidden agenda of [[spoiler:wanting to come back with a sample of a Xenomorph]] when going on the mission back to LV422. Then again, the company he works for, Weyland-Yutani, is pretty much depicted as filled with CorruptCorporateExecutives and Suits like Burke. He even lampshades this when he says, "I work for the Company - but I'm really a good guy."
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* Burke in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' - in the first act, he's set up as a 'good guy' - the only one who believes Ripley's account of [[Film/{{Alien}} what happened to the Nostromo]], only to have a hidden agenda of [[spoiler:wanting to come back with a sample of a Xenomorph]] when going on the mission back to LV422. LV-426. Then again, the company he works for, Weyland-Yutani, is pretty much depicted as filled with CorruptCorporateExecutives [[Main\CorruptCorporateExecutive]]s and Suits like Burke. He even lampshades this when he says, "I work for the Company - but I'm really a good guy."
