History Main / UltimateAuthorityMayor

* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', nearly every world has its own king or mayor who acts as this.
** {{Subverted|Trope}} [[PlayedForLaughs for Laughs]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' with [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Halloween Town]] (see above), when the Mayor is freaking out and begging Jack to help with TheHeartless because he's "only an elected official."

* Ohare in ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' seems to have so much power, he is able to ban people from leaving town.

* The Mayor of Townsville from ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' generally doesn't do much to exercise his authority, but in the [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 1998 series]] episode "Bought and Scold" he literally ''sells'' his position to [[RichBitch Princess Morbucks]], who is then able to make all crimes legal in the city.

* The Mayor in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' generally doesn't do much to exercise his authority, but in one episode he literally ''sells'' his position to [[RichBitch Princess]], who is able to make all crimes legal.

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* In the current storyline in ''ComicBook/TheFlash''', [[WardensAreEvil Gregory Wolfe]], the warden of [[ExtranormalPrison Iron Heights]] has been elected mayor of Central City. His first official act is to commute the sentences of the Rogues, who have likely committed state and possibly even federal level crimes that a mayor should have no power over; and then deputise them into the CCPD, despite the fact that their extensive criminal records should disqualify them from any law enforcement work.

* {{Subverted|Trope}} by the various Number Two's in ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'', at first glance they are dictators with total authority over the Village, however, they are in fact frequently rotated middle management types that answer to some higher authority. And of course there is the question of "Who is Number One?"[[note]]"''You'' are, Number Six" -- punctuation and emphasis not (necessarily) in the original.[[/note]]

* Sinclair, Sheridan, and Lochley in ''Series/BabylonFive''. In this case, because they are the commanding officers of the space station, which is an Earth military base despite also functioning as a commerce hub and meeting place for the various major powers[[spoiler:and because during the Shadow War they declare independence from Earth]].

* Regina in ''Series/OnceUponATime''. Justified in that the spell she cast did actually freeze Storybrooke and cut it off from the world.

* ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'': The pilot episode from its parent show, ''Make Room For Daddy'', has the earlier show's main character, Danny Williams (played by comedian and nightclub singer Danny Thomas) arrested by the town's sheriff, Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith). In the pilot only, he serves not only as sheriff, but mayor, justice of the peace and even newspaper editor, which (to Danny's dismay) he learns as he tries to get out of paying a large fine for failure to stop at a stop sign. Andy explains that this is scaled justice ... that is, a Mayberry citizen or someone he knows to have a meager income might only have to pay $1 (which is a sizable fine for them but not enough to break them), as he knows Danny is very wealthy, he bumped the fine to $100, which Danny can easily afford and can serve as an effective punishment for breaking a traffic law.

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has Mister House, who keeps an iron grip on his control of New Vegas. He tends to be pretty laid back about things as long as his authority isn't directly challenged, though.

->''Can I interrupt? I'm kidding. Of course I can, I'm the Mayor! Mayors can do anything!''

Fiction often focuses on a local setting; the action may rarely, if ever, move beyond the borders of the town where the main characters live. In these cases, the highest authority appearing in the work -- often the local mayor -- is treated as if he has absolute authority over his domain. They never have to worry overstepping their authority, or having their decisions overruled by the county, state, or -- God forbid -- federal government. If such lofty figures show up at all, it will probably be in the form of an ObstructiveBureaucrat who buzzes around for a while before being subdued, allowing things to [[StatusQuoIsGod return to normal]].

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* Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel: Huxter T. Meredith, who is the Mayor of Concordia, biggest city on Elpis. And also the Sheriff. Although he can shut the city down on a whim and steals from charities with impunity, he's ultimately a pretty pathetic example- from the sound of it, he's a pawn of the Hyperion corporation, and gets humiliated when the player exposes his affair with a {{Sexbot}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'': Burgermeister Meisterburger lives and breathes this trope. Not only does he have the power to ban toys "throughout the land, from sea to sea", but he can and does initiate a worldwide manhunt for ''Santa Claus''... to no avail in the end, but still.
** Of course, immediately after he dies, [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating people start to smarten up and realize the absurdity of the whole thing.]]

* The various Kage in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fill a number of roles in their society but unless they're actually being called upon to command an army in their capacity as the nation's supreme military commander they're principally the mayor of their village. Because of their great political power at a national level (not to mention their usually era defining skill at ninjustsu) their power is pretty much absolute.

* Sherrif Lucas Buck from ''Series/AmericanGothic1995''. Pretty much the raison d'etre of the show.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E22Malediktator Malediktator]] shows that Chloé and her mother certainly seem to ''believe'' that Mayor Bourgeois has unlimited authority, as they demand he shut down the school and banish Marinette. [[SubvertedTrope Unfortunately for them, he can't do that]], and he knows full well that even trying would most likely result in him losing his position as mayor.

* Mayor Prentiss in the ''Literature/ChaosWalking'' trilogy.

* Mayor Mellow in ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'', who has no problems with actions like buying a diamond-encrusted unicorn cage for the zoo, or ordering a house sealed inside a dome because a teenager has chicken pox. Though he appears to be bossed around by a teenage girl.

* The various Kage in Naruto fill a number of roles in their society but unless they're actually being called upon to command an army in their capacity as the nation's supreme military commander they're principally the mayor of their village. Because of their great political power at a national level (not to mention their usually era defining skill at ninjustsu) their power is pretty much absolute.

* ''WesternAnimation/Zootopia'' Appears to have this. There seems to be no higher authority than the Mayor, and no mention of any higher court system.