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* ''Manga/LetterBee'': Letter Bees are basically mailmen who live in a world in which large insects known as Gaichuu roam in the wild areas outside towns. Gaichuu feed on a type of LifeEnergy that tends to be present in small quantities in letters, resulting in travelling Letter Bees being prime targets for them. This means Letter Bees need to have special weapons and skills to survive each trip between towns. In other words, the job takes UnstoppableMailman to a whole new level.
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* ''Manga/TegamiBachiLetterBee'': Letter Bees are basically mailmen who live in a world in which large insects known as Gaichuu roam in the wild areas outside towns. Gaichuu feed on a type of LifeEnergy that tends to be present in small quantities in letters, resulting in travelling Letter Bees being prime targets for them. This means Letter Bees need to have special weapons and skills to survive each trip between towns. In other words, the job takes UnstoppableMailman to a whole new level.
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* ''Anime/DominionTankPolice'': The show is a parody of this concept. The police are shown using tanks to fight crime, and it's spelled out that this is due the setting being a CrapsackWorld that needs police to be militarized to that degree to maintain order. It doesn't help that the cops are often [[CowboyCop mavericks that even Dirty Harry would think are too extreme.]]
* ''Manga/FireForce'': the story takes place in a [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]]/UrbanFantasy world where special firefighter teams literally fight fire ''with'' fire. They are in charge of combating and putting to rest the threat of "Infernals", former humans turned into blazing, rampaging beasts in fiery agony.
* ''Manga/FireForce'': the story takes place in a [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]]/UrbanFantasy world where special firefighter teams literally fight fire ''with'' fire. They are in charge of combating and putting to rest the threat of "Infernals", former humans turned into blazing, rampaging beasts in fiery agony.
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* ''Anime/DominionTankPolice'': The show ''Anime/DominionTankPolice'' is a parody of this concept. The police are shown using tanks to fight crime, and it's spelled out that this is due the setting being a CrapsackWorld that needs police to be militarized to that degree to maintain order. It doesn't help that the cops are often [[CowboyCop mavericks that who even Dirty Harry would think are too extreme.]]
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*''Manga/FireForce'': the story ''Manga/FireForce'' takes place in a [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]]/UrbanFantasy {{Heroic|Fantasy}}/UrbanFantasy world where special firefighter teams literally fight fire ''with'' fire. They are in charge of combating and putting to rest the threat of "Infernals", former humans turned into blazing, rampaging beasts in fiery agony.
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** The police are explicitly a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] of this. While EveryoneIsASuper, and cops are as essential as licensed heroes in the legal system due to handling much of the investigative and logistical work, police officers are discouraged from using their Quirks or getting hero-grade gadgets in order to avoid blurring the laws [[SuperRegistrationAct requiring people to get a license to use their Quirks in the line of fire.]] A few police officers have gotten away with using their Quirks to protect others, but they still had to write up a public apology letter afterwards. There are few superheroes who play this straight:
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** The police are explicitly a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] of this. While EveryoneIsASuper, and cops are as essential as licensed heroes in the legal system due to handling much of the investigative and logistical work, police officers are discouraged from using their Quirks or getting hero-grade gadgets in order to avoid blurring the laws [[SuperRegistrationAct requiring people to get a license to use their Quirks in the line of fire.]] fire]]. A few police officers have gotten away with using their Quirks to protect others, but they still had to write up a public apology letter afterwards. There are few superheroes who play this straight:
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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] more often than not in ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}''. While the titular HumongousMecha are police mecha, the pilots... well... let's just say that [[GunNut Ohta]] could be a bit more tightly wrapped...
* ''Anime/{{Promare}}'': The Burning Rescue team are both a fire-fighting and a crime-fighting force, who not only rescue civilians from fires but also combat [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic arsonists]] with [[MiniMecha Mini-Mechas]] and wind/ice-based weaponry.
* ''Anime/{{Promare}}'': The Burning Rescue team are both a fire-fighting and a crime-fighting force, who not only rescue civilians from fires but also combat [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic arsonists]] with [[MiniMecha Mini-Mechas]] and wind/ice-based weaponry.
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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] {{Subverted|Trope}} more often than not in ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}''. While the titular HumongousMecha are police mecha, the pilots... well... let's just say that [[GunNut Ohta]] could be a bit more tightly wrapped...
* ''Anime/{{Promare}}'': The Burning Rescue team are both a fire-fighting and a crime-fighting force, who not only rescue civilians from fires but also combat [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic arsonists]] with [[MiniMecha Mini-Mechas]] and wind/ice-based weaponry.wrapped...
* ''Anime/{{Promare}}'': The Burning Rescue team are both a fire-fighting and a crime-fighting force, who not only rescue civilians from fires but also combat [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic arsonists]] with [[MiniMecha Mini-Mechas]] and wind/ice-based weaponry.
* ''Anime/{{Promare}}'': The Burning Rescue team are both a fire-fighting and a crime-fighting force, who not only rescue civilians from fires but also combat [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic arsonists]] with [[MiniMecha Mini-Mechas]] and wind/ice-based weaponry.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'': Isamu Fuwa and Yua Yaiba are members of the Artificial Intelligence Military Service, a tactical police force dedicated to taking down rogue [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot HumaGears]]. Both Isamu and Yua have access to Progrise Keys they use to transform into Kamen Rider Vulcan and Kamen Rider Valkyrie respectively.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''[=/=]''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''[=/=]''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' probably had the first in series example with the Blue Centurion/Signalman. In ''Turbo'', Blue Senturion is a robot cop from the future sent back to stop the villains from all teaming up to conquer the universe, while in ''Carranger'', Signalman is a space cop tasked with hunting down the main villains. Both versions of the character even have a giant police car that turned into a robot.
** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''[=/=]''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' gave the Rangers a first responders theme, complete with mecha suited for rescue work.
** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD''[=/=]''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' is probably the most notable, where in the title heroes are actually cops and the attacking monsters being criminals disturbing the peace.
* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' is about a privately-owned search-and-rescue service headquartered on a tropical island in the South Pacific Ocean, which employed a bevy of exceptionally toyetic vehicles.
* ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce'', as a show known for making the Rescue genre ten times more awesome ''and beyond'', naturally features this trope. Special mention goes to its spin-off ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire'', featuring some extremely over-the-top firefighters tackling demons with WaveMotionGun-toting HumongousMecha.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''[=/=]''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''[=/=]''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' probably had the first in series example with the Blue Centurion/Signalman. In ''Turbo'', Blue Senturion is a robot cop from the future sent back to stop the villains from all teaming up to conquer the universe, while in ''Carranger'', Signalman is a space cop tasked with hunting down the main villains. Both versions of the character even have a giant police car that turned into a robot.
** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''[=/=]''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' gave the Rangers a first responders theme, complete with mecha suited for rescue work.
** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD''[=/=]''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' is probably the most notable, where in the title heroes are actually cops and the attacking monsters being criminals disturbing the peace.
* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' is about a privately-owned search-and-rescue service headquartered on a tropical island in the South Pacific Ocean, which employed a bevy of exceptionally toyetic vehicles.
* ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce'', as a show known for making the Rescue genre ten times more awesome ''and beyond'', naturally features this trope. Special mention goes to its spin-off ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire'', featuring some extremely over-the-top firefighters tackling demons with WaveMotionGun-toting HumongousMecha.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'': Isamu Fuwa and Yua Yaiba are members of the Artificial Intelligence Military Service, a tactical police force dedicated to taking down rogue [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots HumaGears]]. Both Isamu and Yua have access to Progrise Keys they use to transform into Kamen Rider Vulcan and Kamen Rider Valkyrie respectively.
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**''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''[=/=]''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''/''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' has probably had the first in series in-series example with the Blue Centurion/Signalman. In ''Turbo'', Blue Senturion is a robot cop from the future sent back to stop the villains from all teaming up to conquer the universe, while in ''Carranger'', Signalman is a space cop tasked with hunting down the main villains. Both versions of the character even have a giant police car that turned turns into a robot.
**''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''[=/=]''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' gave ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''/''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' gives the Rangers a first responders theme, complete with mecha suited for rescue work.
**''Series/PowerRangersSPD''[=/=]''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' ''Series/PowerRangersSPD''/''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' is probably the most notable, where in notable -- the title heroes are actually cops and the attacking monsters being are criminals disturbing the peace.
* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' is about a privately-owned search-and-rescue service headquartered on a tropical island in the South PacificOcean, Ocean which employed employs a bevy of exceptionally toyetic vehicles.
* ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce'', as a show known for making theRescue {{Rescue}} genre ten times more awesome ''and beyond'', naturally features this trope. Special mention goes to its spin-off ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire'', featuring some extremely over-the-top firefighters tackling demons with WaveMotionGun-toting HumongousMecha.
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* ''Wrestling/{{ECW}}'': PlayedForLaughs with Wrestling/AlPoling, known there as "911." As with the emergency phone call, when a wrestler needs help to handle his rival or to finish him (or even Wrestling/PaulHeyman himself to save a fight), they call 911 and he appears from nowhere and ''chokeslams'' them. This made him being loved by ECW fans.
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* ''Wrestling/{{ECW}}'': PlayedForLaughs with Wrestling/AlPoling, known there as "911." "911". As with the emergency phone call, when a wrestler needs help to handle his rival or to finish him (or even Wrestling/PaulHeyman himself to save a fight), they call 911 and he appears from nowhere and ''chokeslams'' them. This made him being loved by ECW fans.
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* ''TabletopGame/SilverAgeSentinels'': Officer Prometheus, one of the top heroes of the setting, is a policeman with the powers of the Human Torch and the AllLovingHero mindset of Captain America. He explicitly thinks of himself as a cop first and a super second, and when he's not acting as a liaison between the Empire City Police and the local super teams, he helps on police raids as firepower to deal with the inevitable superpowered crook.
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* ''TabletopGame/SilverAgeSentinels'': Officer Prometheus, one of the top heroes of the setting, is a policeman with the powers of [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Human Torch Torch]] and the AllLovingHero mindset of Captain America.ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. He explicitly thinks of himself as a cop first and a super second, and when he's not acting as a liaison between the Empire City Police and the local super teams, he helps on police raids as firepower to deal with the inevitable superpowered crook.
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* ''VideoGame/AstralChain'': The game has you play as a member of NEURON, a special police task force charged with fighting interdimensional monsters in a {{Cyberpunk}} city harboring the last remaining members of mankind. You employ the use of acrobatic fighting techniques, weapons such as {{BFS}}es, and the assistance of [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Stand-esque]] biomechanical lifeforms serving as NEURON's equivalent of K-9 police dogs. Of course, you also have to do actual footwork to solve regular mundane tasks such as finding an elusive graffiti artist and helping a lost child return to her mother.
* ''VideoGame/BurningRangers'': The game is a futuristic third-person shooter about a team of firefighters who have their own spaceship with the ability to teleport the burning rangers down to the location of the fires, and bring survivors onto the spaceship. They also have {{Jet Pack}}s and fight fires by shooting lasers at them that turn the fires into crystals. The game also involves fighting robots [[spoiler: and has a SaveTheWorldClimax.]]
* ''VideoGame/BurningRangers'': The game is a futuristic third-person shooter about a team of firefighters who have their own spaceship with the ability to teleport the burning rangers down to the location of the fires, and bring survivors onto the spaceship. They also have {{Jet Pack}}s and fight fires by shooting lasers at them that turn the fires into crystals. The game also involves fighting robots [[spoiler: and has a SaveTheWorldClimax.]]
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* ''VideoGame/AstralChain'': The game ''VideoGame/AstralChain'' has you play as a member of NEURON, a special police task force charged with fighting interdimensional monsters in a {{Cyberpunk}} city harboring the last remaining members of mankind. You employ the use of acrobatic fighting techniques, weapons such as {{BFS}}es, and the assistance of [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Stand-esque]] [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Stand]]-esque biomechanical lifeforms serving as NEURON's equivalent of K-9 police dogs. Of course, you also have to do actual footwork to solve regular mundane tasks such as finding an elusive graffiti artist and helping a lost child return to her mother.
*''VideoGame/BurningRangers'': The game ''VideoGame/BurningRangers'' is a futuristic third-person shooter about a team of firefighters who have their own spaceship with the ability to teleport the burning rangers down to the location of the fires, and bring survivors onto the spaceship. They also have {{Jet Pack}}s and fight fires by shooting lasers at them that turn the fires into crystals. The game also involves fighting robots [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and has a SaveTheWorldClimax.]]SaveTheWorldClimax]].
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* ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'': The story is about a group of male cheerleaders whose antics become increasingly absurd as the game progresses. These guys root for people in all sorts of tasks, from helping a restaurant owner attract more customers, to helping Cleopatra lose weight with the power of her pyramids, and finally saving the Earth from an incoming asteroid by ''cheering on every person in the world to blast it with a concentrated laser beam of pure hype.''
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* ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'': The story ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' is about a group of male cheerleaders whose antics become increasingly absurd as the game progresses. These guys root for people in all sorts of tasks, from helping a restaurant owner attract more customers, to helping Cleopatra lose weight with the power of her pyramids, and finally saving the Earth from an incoming asteroid by ''cheering on every person in the world to blast it with a concentrated laser beam of pure hype.''
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** The Ice Cream Men are the employees of the evil Tasty Taste Ice Cream Corporation, who also double as the heavily-armed soldiers under [[BigBad Father]] and the [[CreepyChild Delightful Children's]] command. When not emptying their inedible ice cream-shooting guns on the KND during shootouts, they go around in ice cream trucks serving frozen treats, except their jobs as {{Child Hater}}s require them to never stop for children and only serve "responsible adults".
** [[DepravedDentist Knightbrace]] is a failed dentist turned villainous costumed vigilante obsessed with forcing good dental hygiene on kids. His motive wouldn't sound so bad if it weren't for the fact that his modus operandi involves forcibly attaching BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill on his victims, and that the reason he was kicked out of dentist school was that he wanted to put such braces on '''babies.'''
* ''WesternAnimation/COPS1988'': Set in the year 2020, The Central Organization of Police Specialists (C.O.P.S.) is a special group of police officers with cyborg enhancements that strengthen each member's particular talents. They fight crime in Empire City.
** [[DepravedDentist Knightbrace]] is a failed dentist turned villainous costumed vigilante obsessed with forcing good dental hygiene on kids. His motive wouldn't sound so bad if it weren't for the fact that his modus operandi involves forcibly attaching BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill on his victims, and that the reason he was kicked out of dentist school was that he wanted to put such braces on '''babies.'''
* ''WesternAnimation/COPS1988'': Set in the year 2020, The Central Organization of Police Specialists (C.O.P.S.) is a special group of police officers with cyborg enhancements that strengthen each member's particular talents. They fight crime in Empire City.
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** The Ice Cream Men are the employees of the evil Tasty Taste Ice Cream Corporation, who also double as the heavily-armed soldiers under [[BigBad Father]] and the [[CreepyChild Delightful Children's]] Children]]'s command. When not emptying their inedible ice cream-shooting guns on the KND during shootouts, they go around in ice cream trucks serving frozen treats, except their jobs as {{Child Hater}}s require them to never stop for children and only serve "responsible adults".
** [[DepravedDentist Knightbrace]] is a failed dentist turned villainous costumed vigilante obsessed with forcing good dental hygiene on kids. His motive wouldn't sound so bad if it weren't for the fact that his modus operandi involves forcibly attaching BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill on his victims, and that the reason why he was kicked out of dentist school was that he wanted to put such braces on '''babies.'''
* ''WesternAnimation/COPS1988'':Set in the year 2020, The Central Organization of Police Specialists (C.O.P.S.) is a special group of police officers with cyborg enhancements that strengthen each member's particular talents. They fight crime in Empire City.City in the year 2020.
** [[DepravedDentist Knightbrace]] is a failed dentist turned villainous costumed vigilante obsessed with forcing good dental hygiene on kids. His motive wouldn't sound so bad if it weren't for the fact that his modus operandi involves forcibly attaching BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill on his victims, and that the reason why he was kicked out of dentist school was that he wanted to put such braces on '''babies.'''
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* ''WesternAnimation/RescueHeroes'': This is a MerchandiseDriven show based on the toy line of the same name and may as well be the TropeCodifier. A cartoony take on the rescue genre featuring a team of various emergency and public service personnel, who tackle major emergencies around the world with the help of high-tech vehicles and many improbable animal sidekicks, including a dolphin, a mountain lion, and a bat.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'': Mandora the Evil Chaser is a by-the-book space cop and staunch ally of the heroes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'': the show centers around a group of four Transformers, styled after first responders, who team up with a family of rescuers and work mostly on rescue operations.
* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'': Creator/StanLee is [[CreatorCameo the janitor at the school the heroes attend]]. Stan the Jan [[AlmightyJanitor also happens]] to be exceptionally skilled in martial arts and has access to highly advanced tools like grappling hooks to make a quick getaway and reach the hard-to-clean places after an intense food fight, as well as lasers capable of cutting through both steel and dried wads of gum the students stick under their desks. Though, what else would you expect from a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D?
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'': Mandora the Evil Chaser is a by-the-book space cop and staunch ally of the heroes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'': the show centers around a group of four Transformers, styled after first responders, who team up with a family of rescuers and work mostly on rescue operations.
* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'': Creator/StanLee is [[CreatorCameo the janitor at the school the heroes attend]]. Stan the Jan [[AlmightyJanitor also happens]] to be exceptionally skilled in martial arts and has access to highly advanced tools like grappling hooks to make a quick getaway and reach the hard-to-clean places after an intense food fight, as well as lasers capable of cutting through both steel and dried wads of gum the students stick under their desks. Though, what else would you expect from a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D?
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* ''WesternAnimation/RescueHeroes'': This ''WesternAnimation/RescueHeroes'' is a MerchandiseDriven show take on the {{Rescue}} genre [[MerchandiseDriven based on the toy line of the same name name]] and may as well be the TropeCodifier. A cartoony take on the rescue genre featuring a team of various emergency and public service personnel, who personnel tackle major emergencies around the world with the help of high-tech vehicles and many improbable animal sidekicks, including a dolphin, a mountain lion, and a bat.
*''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'': ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'': Mandora the Evil Chaser is a by-the-book space cop and staunch ally of the heroes.
*''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'': the show ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'' centers around a group of four Transformers, styled after first responders, who team up with a family of rescuers and work mostly on rescue operations.
* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'': Creator/StanLee is [[CreatorCameo the janitor at the school the heroes attend]]. Stan the Jan [[AlmightyJanitor also happens]] to be exceptionally skilled in martial arts and has access to highly advanced tools like grappling hooks to make a quick getaway and reach the hard-to-clean places after an intense food fight, as well as lasers capable of cutting through both steel and dried wads of gum the students stick under their desks.Though, what What else would you expect from a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D?D.?
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* ''ComicBook/EarthX'': The New York City Police Department is composed of superhumans (mostly former superheroes) that maintain law and order in this universe. Older versions of [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], ComicBook/LukeCage, [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl May Parker]] (as ComicBook/{{Venom}}) and [[ComicBook/{{Iceman}} Bobby Drake]] are part of the NYCPD, all of them using their superpowers in the service of the public law.
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* ''ComicBook/EarthX'': The New York City Police Department is composed of superhumans (mostly former superheroes) that maintain law and order in this universe. Older versions of [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], ComicBook/LukeCage, [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl May Parker]] (as ComicBook/{{Venom}}) and [[ComicBook/{{Iceman}} [[ComicBook/IcemanMarvelComics Bobby Drake]] are part of the NYCPD, all of them using their superpowers in the service of the public law.
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** The Ice Cream Men are the employees of the evil Tasty Taste Ice Cream Corporation, who also double as the heavily-armed soldiers under [[BigBad Father]] and the [[CreepyChild Delightful Children's]] command. When not emptying their inedible ice cream-shooting guns on the KND during shootouts, they go around in ice cream trucks serving frozen treats, except their jobs as ChildHater{{s}} require them to never stop for children and only serve "responsible adults".
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** The Ice Cream Men are the employees of the evil Tasty Taste Ice Cream Corporation, who also double as the heavily-armed soldiers under [[BigBad Father]] and the [[CreepyChild Delightful Children's]] command. When not emptying their inedible ice cream-shooting guns on the KND during shootouts, they go around in ice cream trucks serving frozen treats, except their jobs as ChildHater{{s}} {{Child Hater}}s require them to never stop for children and only serve "responsible adults".
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{COPS}}'': ''WesternAnimation/COPS1988'': Set in the year 2020, The Central Organization of Police Specialists (C.O.P.S.) is a special group of police officers with cyborg enhancements that strengthen each member's particular talents. They fight crime in Empire City.
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* ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'': Hose Nose is an Eternian fireman equipped with a large, mechanical helmet in the shape of an elephant's head. It has its own water supply, but the trunk can also suck up even larger bodies of water to spray out and extinguish fires.
* ''WesternAnimation/RescueHeroes'': This is a MerchandiseDriven show based on the toy line of the same name and may as well be the TropeCodifier. A cartoony take on the rescue genre featuring a team of various emergency and public service personnel, who tackle major emergencies around the world with the help of high-tech vehicles and many improbable animal sidekicks, including a dolphin, a mountain lion, and a bat.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'': Mandora the Evil Chaser is a by-the-book space cop and staunch ally of the heroes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'': the show centers around a group of four Transformers, styled after first responders, who team up with a family of rescuers and work mostly on rescue operations.
* ''WesternAnimation/RescueHeroes'': This is a MerchandiseDriven show based on the toy line of the same name and may as well be the TropeCodifier. A cartoony take on the rescue genre featuring a team of various emergency and public service personnel, who tackle major emergencies around the world with the help of high-tech vehicles and many improbable animal sidekicks, including a dolphin, a mountain lion, and a bat.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'': Mandora the Evil Chaser is a by-the-book space cop and staunch ally of the heroes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'': the show centers around a group of four Transformers, styled after first responders, who team up with a family of rescuers and work mostly on rescue operations.
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* ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'': Hose Nose is an Eternian fireman equipped with a large, mechanical helmet in the shape of an elephant's head. It has its own water supply, but the trunk can also suck up even larger bodies of water to spray out and extinguish fires.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RescueHeroes'': This is a MerchandiseDriven show based on the toy line of the same name and may as well be the TropeCodifier. A cartoony take on the rescue genre featuring a team of various emergency and public service personnel, who tackle major emergencies around the world with the help of high-tech vehicles and many improbable animal sidekicks, including a dolphin, a mountain lion, and a bat.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'': Mandora the Evil Chaser is a by-the-book space cop and staunch ally of the heroes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'': the show centers around a group of four Transformers, styled after first responders, who team up with a family of rescuers and work mostly on rescue operations.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'': Mandora the Evil Chaser is a by-the-book space cop and staunch ally of the heroes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'': the show centers around a group of four Transformers, styled after first responders, who team up with a family of rescuers and work mostly on rescue operations.
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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] more often than not in ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''. While the titular HumongousMecha are police mecha, the pilots... well... let's just say that [[GunNut Ohta]] could be a bit more tightly wrapped...
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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] more often than not in ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''.''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}''. While the titular HumongousMecha are police mecha, the pilots... well... let's just say that [[GunNut Ohta]] could be a bit more tightly wrapped...
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* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' is about a privately-owned search-and-rescue service headquartered in England, which employed a bevy of exceptionally toyetic vehicles.
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* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' is about a privately-owned search-and-rescue service headquartered on a tropical island in England, the South Pacific Ocean, which employed a bevy of exceptionally toyetic vehicles.
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* ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce'', as a show known for making the Rescue genre ten times more awesome ''[[UpToEleven and beyond]]'', naturally features this trope. Special mention goes to its spin-off ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire'', featuring some extremely over-the-top firefighters tackling demons with WaveMotionGun-toting HumongousMecha.
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* ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce'', as a show known for making the Rescue genre ten times more awesome ''[[UpToEleven and beyond]]'', ''and beyond'', naturally features this trope. Special mention goes to its spin-off ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire'', featuring some extremely over-the-top firefighters tackling demons with WaveMotionGun-toting HumongousMecha.
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* ''Videogame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'': The story is about a group of male cheerleaders whose antics become increasingly absurd as the game progresses. These guys root for people in all sorts of tasks, from helping a restaurant owner attract more customers, to helping Cleopatra lose weight with the power of her pyramids, and finally saving the Earth from an incoming asteroid by ''cheering on every person in the world to blast it with a concentrated laser beam of pure hype.''
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* ''Videogame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'': ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'': The story is about a group of male cheerleaders whose antics become increasingly absurd as the game progresses. These guys root for people in all sorts of tasks, from helping a restaurant owner attract more customers, to helping Cleopatra lose weight with the power of her pyramids, and finally saving the Earth from an incoming asteroid by ''cheering on every person in the world to blast it with a concentrated laser beam of pure hype.''
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* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'': Creator/StanLee is [[CreatorCameo the janitor at the school the heroes attend]]. Stan the Jan [[AlmightyJanitor also happens]] to be exceptionally skilled in martial arts and has access to highly advanced tools like grappling hooks to make a quick getaway and reach the hard-to-clean places after an intense food fight, as well as lasers capable of cutting through both steel and dried wads of gum the students stick under their desks. Though, what else would you expect from a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D?
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* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'': ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'': Creator/StanLee is [[CreatorCameo the janitor at the school the heroes attend]]. Stan the Jan [[AlmightyJanitor also happens]] to be exceptionally skilled in martial arts and has access to highly advanced tools like grappling hooks to make a quick getaway and reach the hard-to-clean places after an intense food fight, as well as lasers capable of cutting through both steel and dried wads of gum the students stick under their desks. Though, what else would you expect from a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D?
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* ''ComicBook/EarthX'': The New York City Police Department is composed of superhumans (mostly former superheroes) that maintain law and order in this universe. Older versions of [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}, [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl May Parker]] (as ComicBook/{{Venom}}) and [[ComicBook/{{Iceman}} Bobby Drake]] are part of the NYCPD, all of them using their superpowers in the service of the public law.
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* ''ComicBook/EarthX'': The New York City Police Department is composed of superhumans (mostly former superheroes) that maintain law and order in this universe. Older versions of [[Franchise/SpiderMan [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}, ComicBook/LukeCage, [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl May Parker]] (as ComicBook/{{Venom}}) and [[ComicBook/{{Iceman}} Bobby Drake]] are part of the NYCPD, all of them using their superpowers in the service of the public law.
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* ''Manga/LetterBee'': Letter Bees are basically mailmen who live in a world in which large insects known as Gaichuu roam in the wild areas outside towns. Gaichuu feed on a type of LifeForce that tends to be present in small quantities in letters, resulting in travelling Letter Bees being prime targets for them. This means Letter Bees need to have special weapons and skills to survive each trip between towns. In other words, the job takes UnstoppableMailman to a whole new level.
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* ''Manga/LetterBee'': Letter Bees are basically mailmen who live in a world in which large insects known as Gaichuu roam in the wild areas outside towns. Gaichuu feed on a type of LifeForce LifeEnergy that tends to be present in small quantities in letters, resulting in travelling Letter Bees being prime targets for them. This means Letter Bees need to have special weapons and skills to survive each trip between towns. In other words, the job takes UnstoppableMailman to a whole new level.
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* ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'' plays this to the hilt. The titular CombiningMecha slash HumongousMecha, Mightgaine, is part of the Brave Express Corps, a private emergency rescue service force that helps people in disasters through a variety of ways, all of which are handled by more mecha with Super AI that can also use their abilities for combat against the show's various criminals.
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* ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'' plays this to the hilt. ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'': The titular CombiningMecha slash HumongousMecha, Mightgaine, mech is part of the Brave Express Corps, a private emergency rescue service force that helps people in disasters through a variety of ways, all of which are handled by more mecha with Super AI that can also use their abilities for combat against the show's various criminals.
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* Outright parodied in ''Anime/DominionTankPolice''. The police are shown to be using tanks to fight crime, and it's spelled out that's because their world is a CrapsackWorld that needs police to be militarized to that degree to keep order. It doesn't help that said cops are also often [[CowboyCop mavericks that even Dirty Harry would think are too extreme...]]
* ''Manga/FireForce'' takes place in a [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]]/UrbanFantasy world where special firefighter teams literally fight fire ''with'' fire. They are in charge of combating and putting to rest the threat of "Infernals", former humans turned into blazing, rampaging beasts in fiery agony.
* ''Manga/FireForce'' takes place in a [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]]/UrbanFantasy world where special firefighter teams literally fight fire ''with'' fire. They are in charge of combating and putting to rest the threat of "Infernals", former humans turned into blazing, rampaging beasts in fiery agony.
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* Outright parodied in ''Anime/DominionTankPolice''. ''Anime/DominionTankPolice'': The show is a parody of this concept. The police are shown to be using tanks to fight crime, and it's spelled out that's because their world that this is due the setting being a CrapsackWorld that needs police to be militarized to that degree to keep maintain order. It doesn't help that said the cops are also often [[CowboyCop mavericks that even Dirty Harry would think are too extreme...extreme.]]
*''Manga/FireForce'' ''Manga/FireForce'': the story takes place in a [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]]/UrbanFantasy world where special firefighter teams literally fight fire ''with'' fire. They are in charge of combating and putting to rest the threat of "Infernals", former humans turned into blazing, rampaging beasts in fiery agony.
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* ''ComicBook/TopTen'': EveryoneIsASuper. As such, the jobs of police officers have gotten a lot more complicated. Between investigating teleportation accidents, intergalactic murderers, and the deaths of gods, there's plenty for its DysfunctionJunction of superpowered officers to handle.
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* ''ComicBook/TopTen'': EveryoneIsASuper. As such, Since EveryoneIsASuper, the jobs of police officers have gotten a lot more complicated. Between investigating teleportation accidents, intergalactic murderers, and the deaths of gods, there's plenty for its DysfunctionJunction of superpowered officers to handle.
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In some cases, characters don't necessarily have to perform their actual jobs, and can be simply heroes, villains, or combatants with a public service motif.
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* ''Manga/FireForce'' takes place in a [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]]/UrbanFantasy world where special firefighter teams literally fight fire, ''with'' fire. They are in charge of combating and putting to rest the threat of "Infernals", former humans turned into blazing, rampaging beasts in fiery agony.
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* ''Manga/FireForce'' takes place in a [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]]/UrbanFantasy world where special firefighter teams literally fight fire, fire ''with'' fire. They are in charge of combating and putting to rest the threat of "Infernals", former humans turned into blazing, rampaging beasts in fiery agony.
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* ''Anime/{{Promare}}'': The Burning Rescue team are both a fire-fighting and a crime-fighting force, who not only rescue civilians from fires, but also combat [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic arsonists]] with [[MiniMecha Mini-Mechas]] and wind/ice-based weaponry.
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* ''Anime/{{Promare}}'': The Burning Rescue team are both a fire-fighting and a crime-fighting force, who not only rescue civilians from fires, fires but also combat [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic arsonists]] with [[MiniMecha Mini-Mechas]] and wind/ice-based weaponry.
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** The ''Heavy Rains'' path deals with mitigating the flooding caused by the emponymous torrential rain storm.
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** [[DepravedDentist Knightbrace]] is a failed dentist turned villainous costumed vigilante obsessed with forcing good dental hygiene on kids. His motive wouldn't sound so bad if it weren't for the fact that his modus operandi involves forcibly attaching BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill on his victims, and that the reason he was kicked out of dentist school was because he wanted to put such braces on '''babies.'''
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** [[DepravedDentist Knightbrace]] is a failed dentist turned villainous costumed vigilante obsessed with forcing good dental hygiene on kids. His motive wouldn't sound so bad if it weren't for the fact that his modus operandi involves forcibly attaching BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill on his victims, and that the reason he was kicked out of dentist school was because that he wanted to put such braces on '''babies.'''
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* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'': Creator/StanLee is [[CreatorCameo the janitor at the school the heroes attend]]. Stan the Jan [[AlmightyJanitor also happens]] to be exceptionally skilled in martial arts and has access to highly advanced tools like grappling hooks to make a quick get away and reach the hard-to-clean places after an intense food fight, as well as lasers capable of cutting through both steel and dried wads of gum the students stick under their desks. Though, what else would you expect from a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D?
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* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'': Creator/StanLee is [[CreatorCameo the janitor at the school the heroes attend]]. Stan the Jan [[AlmightyJanitor also happens]] to be exceptionally skilled in martial arts and has access to highly advanced tools like grappling hooks to make a quick get away getaway and reach the hard-to-clean places after an intense food fight, as well as lasers capable of cutting through both steel and dried wads of gum the students stick under their desks. Though, what else would you expect from a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D?
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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] more often than not in ''Anime/Patlabor''. While the titular HumongusMecha are police mecha, the pilots... well... let's just say that [[GunNut Ohta]] could be a bit more tightly wrapped...
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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] more often than not in ''Anime/Patlabor''. ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''. While the titular HumongusMecha HumongousMecha are police mecha, the pilots... well... let's just say that [[GunNut Ohta]] could be a bit more tightly wrapped...
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* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': In most versions, most ordinary crimes and disasters are under the jurisdiction of the Science Police, who have access to all the advanced technology one would expect in the 30th/31st century. Only one hundred officers are present at any time on Earth; this is because no more than that are needed since most routine disturbances are handled by drones.
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* ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'' plays this to the hilt. The titular CombiningMecha/HumongousMecha, Mightgaine, is part of the Brave Express Corps, a private emergency rescue service force that helps people in disasters through a variety of ways, all of which are handled by more mecha with Super AI that can also use their abilities for combat against the show's various criminals.
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* ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'' plays this to the hilt. The titular CombiningMecha/HumongousMecha, CombiningMecha slash HumongousMecha, Mightgaine, is part of the Brave Express Corps, a private emergency rescue service force that helps people in disasters through a variety of ways, all of which are handled by more mecha with Super AI that can also use their abilities for combat against the show's various criminals.
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A common staple of {{Rescue}} works aimed at younger audiences. SuperTrope to DeadlyDoctor, SpacePolice, and SuperCop. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do]] with SuperPoweredRobotMetermaids. See also UnstoppableMailman (courier with implied juggernaut superpowers) and PolicePsychic (supernatural detective partnering with mundane police to solve mundane crimes).
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A common staple of {{Rescue}} works aimed at younger audiences. SuperTrope to DeadlyDoctor, SpacePolice, and SuperCop. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do]] with SuperPoweredRobotMetermaids.SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids. See also UnstoppableMailman (courier with implied juggernaut superpowers) and PolicePsychic (supernatural detective partnering with mundane police to solve mundane crimes).
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** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''[=/=]''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' probably had the first in series example with the Blue Centurion/Signalman. In ''Turbo'', Blue Senturion is a robot cop from the future sent back to stop the villains from all teaming up to conquer the universe, while in ''Carranger'', Signalman is a space cop tasked with hunting down the main villains. Both versions of the character even have a giant police car that turned into a robot.
** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''[=/=]''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' gave the Rangers a first responders theme, complete with mecha suited for rescue work.
** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''[=/=]''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' gave the Rangers a first responders theme, complete with mecha suited for rescue work.
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** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''[=/=]''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' gave the Rangers a first responders theme, complete with mecha suited for rescue work.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''[=/=]''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' probably had the first in series example with the Blue Centurion/Signalman. In ''Turbo'', Blue Senturion is a robot cop from the future sent back to stop the villains from all teaming up to conquer the universe, while in ''Carranger'', Signalman is a space cop tasked with hunting down the main villains. Both versions of the character even have a giant police car that turned into a robot.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''[=/=]''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' probably had the first in series example with the Blue Centurion/Signalman. In ''Turbo'', Blue Senturion is a robot cop from the future sent back to stop the villains from all teaming up to conquer the universe, while in ''Carranger'', Signalman is a space cop tasked with hunting down the main villains. Both versions of the character even have a giant police car that turned into a robot.
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** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''[=/=]''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' probably had the first in series example with the Blue Centurion/Signalman. In ''Turbo'', Blue Senturion is a robot cop from the future sent back to stop the villains from all teaming up to conquer the universe, while in ''Carranger'', Signalman is a space cop tasked with hunting down the main villains. Both versions of the character even have a giant police car that turned into a robot.
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* AuthorityTropes
* BadassTropes
* EmergencyServices
* OrganizationIndex
* RuleOfCool
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* BadassTropes
* EmergencyServices
* OrganizationIndex
* RuleOfCool
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In fiction, public service careers may be subjected to RuleOfCool by [[MundaneMadeAwesome exaggerating them to be much more awesome and over-the-top than they actually are]], often up to "Saturday morning cartoon" levels of outlandishness.
Police officers, firefighters, doctors, construction workers, astronauts... basically any job that every kid wanted to have when they grow up are commonly given this treatment. Other personnel such as garbage collectors, teachers, mailmen, milkmen, ''literal'' {{Almighty Janitor}}s, etc. can also appear, and villainous examples aren't uncommon either.
Odds are high the police force that upholds public order will have a facility filled with [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys an assortment of impossibly cool vehicles and gadgets]] that would make ComicBook/{{Batman}} blush. The firefighters tasked with saving lives and containing blazes don't just have firetrucks; said firetrucks transform into HumongousMecha equipped with water cannons designed to fight [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever 50-foot fire monsters]] that pop up every now and then. The local hospital even has its own elite team of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot undercover medic ninja SWAT squads with jetpacks]] who immediately mobilize at the slightest hint of a potential flu epidemic.
And don't even try to light up a smoke in a forest, or else Smokey Bear and his army of cyborg bears and forest rangers [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill in fighter jets]] will magically appear to snuff out your cigarette quick, before smacking you upside the head with their magical Shovels of Wisdom and Hindsight... and having the KillSat of "I Wasn't Asking" pointed at your sorry ass just in case you have any objections. Bonus points if all of the aforementioned personnel join together to form their league of righteousness.
In some cases, characters don't necessarily have to perform their actual jobs, and can be simply heroes, villains, or combatants with a public service motif.
Can overlap with TheRealHeroes, which is often used for delivering AnAesop about how these men and women should be respected and appreciated, though said heroes are portrayed in a more grounded manner instead.
A common staple of {{Rescue}} works aimed at younger audiences. SuperTrope to DeadlyDoctor, SpacePolice, and SuperCop. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do]] with SuperPoweredRobotMetermaids. See also UnstoppableMailman (courier with implied juggernaut superpowers) and PolicePsychic (supernatural detective partnering with mundane police to solve mundane crimes).
See also RealLifeSuperpowers.
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* AuthorityTropes
* BadassTropes
* EmergencyServices
* OrganizationIndex
* RuleOfCool
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/FireForce'' takes place in a [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]]/UrbanFantasy world where special firefighter teams literally fight fire, ''with'' fire. They are in charge of combating and putting to rest the threat of "Infernals", former humans turned into blazing, rampaging beasts in fiery agony.
* ''Manga/LetterBee'': Letter Bees are basically mailmen who live in a world in which large insects known as Gaichuu roam in the wild areas outside towns. Gaichuu feed on a type of LifeForce that tends to be present in small quantities in letters, resulting in travelling Letter Bees being prime targets for them. This means Letter Bees need to have special weapons and skills to survive each trip between towns. In other words, the job takes UnstoppableMailman to a whole new level.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': The parallel dimension of Midchilda is a {{Magitek}}-powered society, even though only a small percentage of the population are trained mages. Most of said mages are aggressively scouted by the Time-Space Administration Bureau -- a bureaucratic governing body overseeing the relations between [[TheFederation Midchilda and its adjacent magitek-powered dimensions]] -- and put to work either in its SpacePolice force or in its various disaster relief branches (the Bureau has no formal military). The most prestigious of the latter is the Gulf Special Rescue Unit on Midchilda, and the protagonist of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', Subaru Nakajima, dreams of joining it (and actually does in later installments).
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
** The police are explicitly a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] of this. While EveryoneIsASuper, and cops are as essential as licensed heroes in the legal system due to handling much of the investigative and logistical work, police officers are discouraged from using their Quirks or getting hero-grade gadgets in order to avoid blurring the laws [[SuperRegistrationAct requiring people to get a license to use their Quirks in the line of fire.]] A few police officers have gotten away with using their Quirks to protect others, but they still had to write up a public apology letter afterwards. There are few superheroes who play this straight:
** Recovery Girl is both a doctor and a pro hero who has been in the business for years. As a result, she is able to use her HealingHands (read: [[MagicKiss lips]]) Quirk to quickly patch up people's wounds, but is also trained to perform everything from general checkups to surgery when necessary.
** Backdraft from the [[Recap/MyHeroAcademiaEntranceExamArc first chapter]]/[[Recap/MyHeroAcademiaS1E1IzukuMidoriyaOrigin episode]] is a firefighter-themed pro-hero who possesses [[MakingASplash an unnamed water quirk]] that allows him to control the water that he expels from hand-mounted faucets. He seems to act as more of a support hero than a combat-based one, creating water-based fences to fence the civilians away from a hero/villain fight and he tries putting out the fires [[HavingABlast Bakugo]] makes trying to escape the Sludge Villain.
* ''Anime/{{Promare}}'': The Burning Rescue team are both a fire-fighting and a crime-fighting force, who not only rescue civilians from fires, but also combat [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic arsonists]] with [[MiniMecha Mini-Mechas]] and wind/ice-based weaponry.
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'': The Galaxy Police ("GP" for short) are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin--a galactic police force whose primary duty is to oppose and arrest space pirates causing havoc, but also explicitly state that they do not limit their services to just that. In addition to performing small civic duties for citizens (demonstrated by helping a little girl get a balloon out of a tree), they also oversee a galactic postal service that is stated to be where they receive most of their funding. Some special officers even command their own ships filled with advanced (and seemingly mystical) technology and weaponry.
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* ''ComicBook/EarthX'': The New York City Police Department is composed of superhumans (mostly former superheroes) that maintain law and order in this universe. Older versions of [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}, [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl May Parker]] (as ComicBook/{{Venom}}) and [[ComicBook/{{Iceman}} Bobby Drake]] are part of the NYCPD, all of them using their superpowers in the service of the public law.
* ''ComicBook/TopTen'': EveryoneIsASuper. As such, the jobs of police officers have gotten a lot more complicated. Between investigating teleportation accidents, intergalactic murderers, and the deaths of gods, there's plenty for its DysfunctionJunction of superpowered officers to handle.
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* ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops'': In one ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' snip, the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations places a restraining order on Beryl for Mash; if he comes within five miles from her, he will be struck down by [[Myth/NorseMythology Odin]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'': As the page image shows, the minifigs across the worlds were inspired to build awesome machines and mechs to combat [[PresidentEvil Lord Business]]. Emmet himself was just a construction worker before he was a Master Builder.
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* ''Film/{{RIPD}}'': The eponymous Rest In Peace Department is -- as its name implies -- a department of undead police officers who serve to protect the living from malevolent souls who refuse to move on to the afterlife.
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* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'': The Metropolitan Police's Special Investigations Division is in charge of investigating the strange happenings regarding the Roidmude and "Heaviness" within the city.
** ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'': Isamu Fuwa and Yua Yaiba are members of the Artificial Intelligence Military Service, a tactical police force dedicated to taking down rogue [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot HumaGears]]. Both Isamu and Yua have access to Progrise Keys they use to transform into Kamen Rider Vulcan and Kamen Rider Valkyrie respectively.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''[=/=]''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD''[=/=]''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' is probably the most notable, where in the title heroes are actually cops and the attacking monsters being criminals disturbing the peace.
** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''[=/=]''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' gave the Rangers a first responders theme, complete with mecha suited for rescue work.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''[=/=]''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' probably had the first in series example with the Blue Centurion/Signalman. In ''Turbo'', Blue Senturion is a robot cop from the future sent back to stop the villains from all teaming up to conquer the universe, while in ''Carranger'', Signalman is a space cop tasked with hunting down the main villains. Both versions of the character even have a giant police car that turned into a robot.
* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' is about a privately-owned search-and-rescue service headquartered in England, which employed a bevy of exceptionally toyetic vehicles.
* ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce'', as a show known for making the Rescue genre ten times more awesome ''[[UpToEleven and beyond]]'', naturally features this trope. Special mention goes to its spin-off ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire'', featuring some extremely over-the-top firefighters tackling demons with WaveMotionGun-toting HumongousMecha.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* ''Wrestling/{{ECW}}'': PlayedForLaughs with Wrestling/AlPoling, known there as "911." As with the emergency phone call, when a wrestler needs help to handle his rival or to finish him (or even Wrestling/PaulHeyman himself to save a fight), they call 911 and he appears from nowhere and ''chokeslams'' them. This made him being loved by ECW fans.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/SilverAgeSentinels'': Officer Prometheus, one of the top heroes of the setting, is a policeman with the powers of the Human Torch and the AllLovingHero mindset of Captain America. He explicitly thinks of himself as a cop first and a super second, and when he's not acting as a liaison between the Empire City Police and the local super teams, he helps on police raids as firepower to deal with the inevitable superpowered crook.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/AstralChain'': The game has you play as a member of NEURON, a special police task force charged with fighting interdimensional monsters in a {{Cyberpunk}} city harboring the last remaining members of mankind. You employ the use of acrobatic fighting techniques, weapons such as {{BFS}}es, and the assistance of [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Stand-esque]] biomechanical lifeforms serving as NEURON's equivalent of K-9 police dogs. Of course, you also have to do actual footwork to solve regular mundane tasks such as finding an elusive graffiti artist and helping a lost child return to her mother.
* ''VideoGame/BurningRangers'': The game is a futuristic third-person shooter about a team of firefighters who have their own spaceship with the ability to teleport the burning rangers down to the location of the fires, and bring survivors onto the spaceship. They also have {{Jet Pack}}s and fight fires by shooting lasers at them that turn the fires into crystals. The game also involves fighting robots [[spoiler: and has a SaveTheWorldClimax.]]
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'':
** The ''Heavy Rains'' path deals with mitigating the flooding caused by the emponymous torrential rain storm.
** ''Wildfire,'' of course, involves firefighting, complete with firefighting equipment and a secondary resource stat that represents how much water your character is carrying.
* ''Videogame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'': The story is about a group of male cheerleaders whose antics become increasingly absurd as the game progresses. These guys root for people in all sorts of tasks, from helping a restaurant owner attract more customers, to helping Cleopatra lose weight with the power of her pyramids, and finally saving the Earth from an incoming asteroid by ''cheering on every person in the world to blast it with a concentrated laser beam of pure hype.''
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': Orisa, one of the playable "Tank" heroes of the roster, is a decommissioned, centaur-like Omnic reprogrammed to be a guardian of Numbani, with the personality of a caring, but assertive policewoman. On the battlefield, she is a valuable ally capable of providing long, sustained fire from her ArmCannon; outside of combat, however, she is shown helping pedestrians safely cross the street in her intro short, though she needs help on not accidentally wrecking approaching cars in the process.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'': The title characters are basically a combination of forest rangers and police officers. They use capture stylers to acquire Pokemon to aid them in stopping villains from taking over the world, put out raging forest fires, redeem people who have caused problems, and help prevent littering.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Medic appears to fit the criteria of this trope. Not only is he a DeadlyDoctor (who lost his medical license in the past due to a bizarre NoodleIncident) armed with bonesaws and firearms that shoot syringes, but he also developed the technology to instantly heal his teammates' wounds, turn them into glowing [[ImplacableMan Implacable Men]] capable of laughing off bullets and explosives, and even bring them back from the dead no matter [[LudicrousGibs what's left of them]].
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'': Hose Nose is an Eternian fireman equipped with a large, mechanical helmet in the shape of an elephant's head. It has its own water supply, but the trunk can also suck up even larger bodies of water to spray out and extinguish fires.
* ''WesternAnimation/RescueHeroes'': This is a MerchandiseDriven show based on the toy line of the same name and may as well be the TropeCodifier. A cartoony take on the rescue genre featuring a team of various emergency and public service personnel, who tackle major emergencies around the world with the help of high-tech vehicles and many improbable animal sidekicks, including a dolphin, a mountain lion, and a bat.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'': Mandora the Evil Chaser is a by-the-book space cop and staunch ally of the heroes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'': the show centers around a group of four Transformers, styled after first responders, who team up with a family of rescuers and work mostly on rescue operations.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** The Ice Cream Men are the employees of the evil Tasty Taste Ice Cream Corporation, who also double as the heavily-armed soldiers under [[BigBad Father]] and the [[CreepyChild Delightful Children's]] command. When not emptying their inedible ice cream-shooting guns on the KND during shootouts, they go around in ice cream trucks serving frozen treats, except their jobs as ChildHater{{s}} require them to never stop for children and only serve "responsible adults".
** [[DepravedDentist Knightbrace]] is a failed dentist turned villainous costumed vigilante obsessed with forcing good dental hygiene on kids. His motive wouldn't sound so bad if it weren't for the fact that his modus operandi involves forcibly attaching BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill on his victims, and that the reason he was kicked out of dentist school was because he wanted to put such braces on '''babies.'''
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Timmy wishes he could stay up all night, and one of the first things he sees is a street cleaner becoming a giant robot.
* ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' has the same concept as ''Rescue Heroes'', only the team is made up of PreciousPuppies whose respective doghouses transform into special vehicles suited for each member's respective skills.
* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'': Creator/StanLee is [[CreatorCameo the janitor at the school the heroes attend]]. Stan the Jan [[AlmightyJanitor also happens]] to be exceptionally skilled in martial arts and has access to highly advanced tools like grappling hooks to make a quick get away and reach the hard-to-clean places after an intense food fight, as well as lasers capable of cutting through both steel and dried wads of gum the students stick under their desks. Though, what else would you expect from a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D?
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[[caption-width-right:350:Just another day on the job.]]
In fiction, public service careers may be subjected to RuleOfCool by [[MundaneMadeAwesome exaggerating them to be much more awesome and over-the-top than they actually are]], often up to "Saturday morning cartoon" levels of outlandishness.
Police officers, firefighters, doctors, construction workers, astronauts... basically any job that every kid wanted to have when they grow up are commonly given this treatment. Other personnel such as garbage collectors, teachers, mailmen, milkmen, ''literal'' {{Almighty Janitor}}s, etc. can also appear, and villainous examples aren't uncommon either.
Odds are high the police force that upholds public order will have a facility filled with [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys an assortment of impossibly cool vehicles and gadgets]] that would make ComicBook/{{Batman}} blush. The firefighters tasked with saving lives and containing blazes don't just have firetrucks; said firetrucks transform into HumongousMecha equipped with water cannons designed to fight [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever 50-foot fire monsters]] that pop up every now and then. The local hospital even has its own elite team of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot undercover medic ninja SWAT squads with jetpacks]] who immediately mobilize at the slightest hint of a potential flu epidemic.
And don't even try to light up a smoke in a forest, or else Smokey Bear and his army of cyborg bears and forest rangers [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill in fighter jets]] will magically appear to snuff out your cigarette quick, before smacking you upside the head with their magical Shovels of Wisdom and Hindsight... and having the KillSat of "I Wasn't Asking" pointed at your sorry ass just in case you have any objections. Bonus points if all of the aforementioned personnel join together to form their league of righteousness.
In some cases, characters don't necessarily have to perform their actual jobs, and can be simply heroes, villains, or combatants with a public service motif.
Can overlap with TheRealHeroes, which is often used for delivering AnAesop about how these men and women should be respected and appreciated, though said heroes are portrayed in a more grounded manner instead.
A common staple of {{Rescue}} works aimed at younger audiences. SuperTrope to DeadlyDoctor, SpacePolice, and SuperCop. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do]] with SuperPoweredRobotMetermaids. See also UnstoppableMailman (courier with implied juggernaut superpowers) and PolicePsychic (supernatural detective partnering with mundane police to solve mundane crimes).
See also RealLifeSuperpowers.
Indexes:
* AuthorityTropes
* BadassTropes
* EmergencyServices
* OrganizationIndex
* RuleOfCool
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/FireForce'' takes place in a [[HeroicFantasy Heroic]]/UrbanFantasy world where special firefighter teams literally fight fire, ''with'' fire. They are in charge of combating and putting to rest the threat of "Infernals", former humans turned into blazing, rampaging beasts in fiery agony.
* ''Manga/LetterBee'': Letter Bees are basically mailmen who live in a world in which large insects known as Gaichuu roam in the wild areas outside towns. Gaichuu feed on a type of LifeForce that tends to be present in small quantities in letters, resulting in travelling Letter Bees being prime targets for them. This means Letter Bees need to have special weapons and skills to survive each trip between towns. In other words, the job takes UnstoppableMailman to a whole new level.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': The parallel dimension of Midchilda is a {{Magitek}}-powered society, even though only a small percentage of the population are trained mages. Most of said mages are aggressively scouted by the Time-Space Administration Bureau -- a bureaucratic governing body overseeing the relations between [[TheFederation Midchilda and its adjacent magitek-powered dimensions]] -- and put to work either in its SpacePolice force or in its various disaster relief branches (the Bureau has no formal military). The most prestigious of the latter is the Gulf Special Rescue Unit on Midchilda, and the protagonist of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', Subaru Nakajima, dreams of joining it (and actually does in later installments).
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
** The police are explicitly a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] of this. While EveryoneIsASuper, and cops are as essential as licensed heroes in the legal system due to handling much of the investigative and logistical work, police officers are discouraged from using their Quirks or getting hero-grade gadgets in order to avoid blurring the laws [[SuperRegistrationAct requiring people to get a license to use their Quirks in the line of fire.]] A few police officers have gotten away with using their Quirks to protect others, but they still had to write up a public apology letter afterwards. There are few superheroes who play this straight:
** Recovery Girl is both a doctor and a pro hero who has been in the business for years. As a result, she is able to use her HealingHands (read: [[MagicKiss lips]]) Quirk to quickly patch up people's wounds, but is also trained to perform everything from general checkups to surgery when necessary.
** Backdraft from the [[Recap/MyHeroAcademiaEntranceExamArc first chapter]]/[[Recap/MyHeroAcademiaS1E1IzukuMidoriyaOrigin episode]] is a firefighter-themed pro-hero who possesses [[MakingASplash an unnamed water quirk]] that allows him to control the water that he expels from hand-mounted faucets. He seems to act as more of a support hero than a combat-based one, creating water-based fences to fence the civilians away from a hero/villain fight and he tries putting out the fires [[HavingABlast Bakugo]] makes trying to escape the Sludge Villain.
* ''Anime/{{Promare}}'': The Burning Rescue team are both a fire-fighting and a crime-fighting force, who not only rescue civilians from fires, but also combat [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic arsonists]] with [[MiniMecha Mini-Mechas]] and wind/ice-based weaponry.
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'': The Galaxy Police ("GP" for short) are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin--a galactic police force whose primary duty is to oppose and arrest space pirates causing havoc, but also explicitly state that they do not limit their services to just that. In addition to performing small civic duties for citizens (demonstrated by helping a little girl get a balloon out of a tree), they also oversee a galactic postal service that is stated to be where they receive most of their funding. Some special officers even command their own ships filled with advanced (and seemingly mystical) technology and weaponry.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/EarthX'': The New York City Police Department is composed of superhumans (mostly former superheroes) that maintain law and order in this universe. Older versions of [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}, [[ComicBook/SpiderGirl May Parker]] (as ComicBook/{{Venom}}) and [[ComicBook/{{Iceman}} Bobby Drake]] are part of the NYCPD, all of them using their superpowers in the service of the public law.
* ''ComicBook/TopTen'': EveryoneIsASuper. As such, the jobs of police officers have gotten a lot more complicated. Between investigating teleportation accidents, intergalactic murderers, and the deaths of gods, there's plenty for its DysfunctionJunction of superpowered officers to handle.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops'': In one ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' snip, the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations places a restraining order on Beryl for Mash; if he comes within five miles from her, he will be struck down by [[Myth/NorseMythology Odin]].
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[[folder:Film -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'': As the page image shows, the minifigs across the worlds were inspired to build awesome machines and mechs to combat [[PresidentEvil Lord Business]]. Emmet himself was just a construction worker before he was a Master Builder.
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[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/{{RIPD}}'': The eponymous Rest In Peace Department is -- as its name implies -- a department of undead police officers who serve to protect the living from malevolent souls who refuse to move on to the afterlife.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'': The Metropolitan Police's Special Investigations Division is in charge of investigating the strange happenings regarding the Roidmude and "Heaviness" within the city.
** ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'': Isamu Fuwa and Yua Yaiba are members of the Artificial Intelligence Military Service, a tactical police force dedicated to taking down rogue [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot HumaGears]]. Both Isamu and Yua have access to Progrise Keys they use to transform into Kamen Rider Vulcan and Kamen Rider Valkyrie respectively.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''[=/=]''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD''[=/=]''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' is probably the most notable, where in the title heroes are actually cops and the attacking monsters being criminals disturbing the peace.
** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''[=/=]''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' gave the Rangers a first responders theme, complete with mecha suited for rescue work.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''[=/=]''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' probably had the first in series example with the Blue Centurion/Signalman. In ''Turbo'', Blue Senturion is a robot cop from the future sent back to stop the villains from all teaming up to conquer the universe, while in ''Carranger'', Signalman is a space cop tasked with hunting down the main villains. Both versions of the character even have a giant police car that turned into a robot.
* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' is about a privately-owned search-and-rescue service headquartered in England, which employed a bevy of exceptionally toyetic vehicles.
* ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce'', as a show known for making the Rescue genre ten times more awesome ''[[UpToEleven and beyond]]'', naturally features this trope. Special mention goes to its spin-off ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire'', featuring some extremely over-the-top firefighters tackling demons with WaveMotionGun-toting HumongousMecha.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* ''Wrestling/{{ECW}}'': PlayedForLaughs with Wrestling/AlPoling, known there as "911." As with the emergency phone call, when a wrestler needs help to handle his rival or to finish him (or even Wrestling/PaulHeyman himself to save a fight), they call 911 and he appears from nowhere and ''chokeslams'' them. This made him being loved by ECW fans.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/SilverAgeSentinels'': Officer Prometheus, one of the top heroes of the setting, is a policeman with the powers of the Human Torch and the AllLovingHero mindset of Captain America. He explicitly thinks of himself as a cop first and a super second, and when he's not acting as a liaison between the Empire City Police and the local super teams, he helps on police raids as firepower to deal with the inevitable superpowered crook.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/AstralChain'': The game has you play as a member of NEURON, a special police task force charged with fighting interdimensional monsters in a {{Cyberpunk}} city harboring the last remaining members of mankind. You employ the use of acrobatic fighting techniques, weapons such as {{BFS}}es, and the assistance of [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Stand-esque]] biomechanical lifeforms serving as NEURON's equivalent of K-9 police dogs. Of course, you also have to do actual footwork to solve regular mundane tasks such as finding an elusive graffiti artist and helping a lost child return to her mother.
* ''VideoGame/BurningRangers'': The game is a futuristic third-person shooter about a team of firefighters who have their own spaceship with the ability to teleport the burning rangers down to the location of the fires, and bring survivors onto the spaceship. They also have {{Jet Pack}}s and fight fires by shooting lasers at them that turn the fires into crystals. The game also involves fighting robots [[spoiler: and has a SaveTheWorldClimax.]]
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'':
** The ''Heavy Rains'' path deals with mitigating the flooding caused by the emponymous torrential rain storm.
** ''Wildfire,'' of course, involves firefighting, complete with firefighting equipment and a secondary resource stat that represents how much water your character is carrying.
* ''Videogame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'': The story is about a group of male cheerleaders whose antics become increasingly absurd as the game progresses. These guys root for people in all sorts of tasks, from helping a restaurant owner attract more customers, to helping Cleopatra lose weight with the power of her pyramids, and finally saving the Earth from an incoming asteroid by ''cheering on every person in the world to blast it with a concentrated laser beam of pure hype.''
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': Orisa, one of the playable "Tank" heroes of the roster, is a decommissioned, centaur-like Omnic reprogrammed to be a guardian of Numbani, with the personality of a caring, but assertive policewoman. On the battlefield, she is a valuable ally capable of providing long, sustained fire from her ArmCannon; outside of combat, however, she is shown helping pedestrians safely cross the street in her intro short, though she needs help on not accidentally wrecking approaching cars in the process.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'': The title characters are basically a combination of forest rangers and police officers. They use capture stylers to acquire Pokemon to aid them in stopping villains from taking over the world, put out raging forest fires, redeem people who have caused problems, and help prevent littering.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Medic appears to fit the criteria of this trope. Not only is he a DeadlyDoctor (who lost his medical license in the past due to a bizarre NoodleIncident) armed with bonesaws and firearms that shoot syringes, but he also developed the technology to instantly heal his teammates' wounds, turn them into glowing [[ImplacableMan Implacable Men]] capable of laughing off bullets and explosives, and even bring them back from the dead no matter [[LudicrousGibs what's left of them]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'': Hose Nose is an Eternian fireman equipped with a large, mechanical helmet in the shape of an elephant's head. It has its own water supply, but the trunk can also suck up even larger bodies of water to spray out and extinguish fires.
* ''WesternAnimation/RescueHeroes'': This is a MerchandiseDriven show based on the toy line of the same name and may as well be the TropeCodifier. A cartoony take on the rescue genre featuring a team of various emergency and public service personnel, who tackle major emergencies around the world with the help of high-tech vehicles and many improbable animal sidekicks, including a dolphin, a mountain lion, and a bat.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'': Mandora the Evil Chaser is a by-the-book space cop and staunch ally of the heroes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'': the show centers around a group of four Transformers, styled after first responders, who team up with a family of rescuers and work mostly on rescue operations.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** The Ice Cream Men are the employees of the evil Tasty Taste Ice Cream Corporation, who also double as the heavily-armed soldiers under [[BigBad Father]] and the [[CreepyChild Delightful Children's]] command. When not emptying their inedible ice cream-shooting guns on the KND during shootouts, they go around in ice cream trucks serving frozen treats, except their jobs as ChildHater{{s}} require them to never stop for children and only serve "responsible adults".
** [[DepravedDentist Knightbrace]] is a failed dentist turned villainous costumed vigilante obsessed with forcing good dental hygiene on kids. His motive wouldn't sound so bad if it weren't for the fact that his modus operandi involves forcibly attaching BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill on his victims, and that the reason he was kicked out of dentist school was because he wanted to put such braces on '''babies.'''
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Timmy wishes he could stay up all night, and one of the first things he sees is a street cleaner becoming a giant robot.
* ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' has the same concept as ''Rescue Heroes'', only the team is made up of PreciousPuppies whose respective doghouses transform into special vehicles suited for each member's respective skills.
* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'': Creator/StanLee is [[CreatorCameo the janitor at the school the heroes attend]]. Stan the Jan [[AlmightyJanitor also happens]] to be exceptionally skilled in martial arts and has access to highly advanced tools like grappling hooks to make a quick get away and reach the hard-to-clean places after an intense food fight, as well as lasers capable of cutting through both steel and dried wads of gum the students stick under their desks. Though, what else would you expect from a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D?
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