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* Though they may or may not qualify under the trope, [[CanadaEh the Royal Canadian Mounted Police]], one of those "constabulary BadassArmy" type organizations that have a lot of these kind both in fiction and presumably in RealLife, are the TropeNamers here, thanks to the famous motto: "[[BadassCreed The Mountie always gets his man!]]". (It's not ''really'' their motto--that's "Maintain The Right"--but it's [[BeamMeUpScotty gotten established in pop culture that way.]])

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* Though they may or may not qualify under the trope, [[CanadaEh the Royal Canadian Mounted Police]], Police, one of those "constabulary BadassArmy" type organizations that have a lot of these kind both in fiction and presumably in RealLife, are the TropeNamers here, thanks to the famous motto: "[[BadassCreed The Mountie always gets his man!]]". (It's not ''really'' their motto--that's "Maintain The Right"--but it's [[BeamMeUpScotty gotten established in pop culture that way.]])
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* Inspector Clouseau from ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' believes he is this, and will pursue his quarry across continents to bring them in: even if it is almost ivariably the wrong person..

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* The “Encounter Specialists” of the UsefulNotes/{{Mumbai}} Metropolitan Police acquired such a reputation as they went after the city’s organized crime rings during the [=90s=] and the aughts. If they couldn’t build a prosecutable case against a crime lord, they would extrajudicially execute him, writing it off as “killed during an encounter with police”. Hence the name. Many of them became so famous for taking down gangsters that the terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26 2008, specifically targeted these policemen first, before hitting their primary targets.
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* Columbo in ''Series/{{Columbo}}''. Every time the killer thinks they have got away with it, Columbo suddenly appears to ask them "[[CatchPhrase just one more thing]]".

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* Columbo in ''Series/{{Columbo}}''. Every time the killer thinks they have got away with it, Columbo suddenly appears to ask them "[[CatchPhrase just "just one more thing]]".thing".
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The TropeNamer is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, one of those "constabulary BadassArmy" type organizations, thanks to the famous motto: "[[BadassCreed The Mountie always gets his man!]]" (It's not ''really'' their motto--that's "Maintain The Right"--but it's [[BeamMeUpScotty gotten established in pop culture that way.]])

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The TropeNamer {{Trope Namer|s}} is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, one of those "constabulary BadassArmy" type organizations, thanks to the famous motto: "[[BadassCreed The Mountie always gets his man!]]" (It's not ''really'' their motto--that's "Maintain The Right"--but it's [[BeamMeUpScotty gotten established in pop culture that way.]])
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* Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) in ''Film/TheFugitive'' and ''Film/USMarshals''. A modern day version of InspectorJavert from ''Literature/LesMiserables'', he will not allow a criminal to escape if it is in his power to stop them, and will not rest in his pursuit of a fugitice until he has captured them.

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* Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) in ''Film/TheFugitive'' and ''Film/USMarshals''. A modern day version of InspectorJavert from ''Literature/LesMiserables'', he will not allow a criminal to escape if it is in his power to stop them, and will not rest in his pursuit of a fugitice fugitive until he has captured them.
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* Columbo in ''Series/{{Columbo}}''. Every time the killer thinks they have got away with it, Columbo suddenly appears to ask them "[[catchPhrase just one more thing]]".

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* Columbo in ''Series/{{Columbo}}''. Every time the killer thinks they have got away with it, Columbo suddenly appears to ask them "[[catchPhrase "[[CatchPhrase just one more thing]]".
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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Captain Emil Toma has a reputation for always capturing the brigands he's after. While he's not nearly as perfect as his propaganda spread reputation he is tenacious and keeps after criminals long after anyone else would have given up, even after being betrayed by his superiors and running afoul of much larger plots than he was expecting he still strives to do the best he can in the situation he's in.
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* Colonel Samuel Benfield Steele, in Creator/DonRosa's ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck: Hearts of Yukon''. The trope title is even played with:
-->"We always get our ''duck''"! [[note]] Steele is later forced to change it to "We always get our ''man''" since, as Scrooge himself pointed out, he ''didn't'' get his duck.[[/note]]

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* Donald Duck in the story "The Mountless Mountie" joins the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and proudly recites the motto; his colonel is unimpressed and rejoins, "I doubt it."
* Colonel Samuel Benfield Steele, Steele of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in Creator/DonRosa's ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck: Hearts of Yukon''. The trope title is even played with:
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with, as Steele is trying to perfect the Mounties' motto, with the help of Creator/JackLondon:
-->'''Steele''': '''I invariably apprehend my criminal!''' ''(sotto)'' How was that, London?\\
'''London''': Still needs work, sir.
**Eventually he settles on "We
always get our ''duck''"! [[note]] Steele is later forced to change it to "We always get our ''man''" since, as Scrooge himself pointed out, he ''didn't'' get his duck.[[/note]]
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* Mortelli from ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'' finds the protagonist's stolen toaster (though he declines to say who was responsible), and he figures out that the protagonist was the one who broke into his office.
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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' and, by extension, ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'', Nanu is the sheriff on [[AlohaHawaii Alola]]'s Ula'Ula Island and is by far the most skilled cop in the entire region. Team Skull hasn't run amok over Alola like the other regions' villanous teams, and that's because Nanu placed his police station right by Team Skull's hideout and has been holding them off, all by himself, the whole time Team Skull has existed. That being said, the "getting" part he doesn't care much about. He's BrilliantButLazy, not showing much interest in arresting them and more on simply corraling them if they get loose.[[note]]That being said, it can also be interpreted that Nanu has turned Team Skull's own hideout into their prison.[[/note]]

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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' and, by extension, ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'', Nanu is the sheriff on [[AlohaHawaii Alola]]'s Alola's Ula'Ula Island and is by far the most skilled cop in the entire region. Team Skull hasn't run amok over Alola like the other regions' villanous teams, and that's because Nanu placed his police station right by Team Skull's hideout and has been holding them off, all by himself, the whole time Team Skull has existed. That being said, the "getting" part he doesn't care much about. He's BrilliantButLazy, not showing much interest in arresting them and more on simply corraling them if they get loose.[[note]]That being said, it can also be interpreted that Nanu has turned Team Skull's own hideout into their prison.[[/note]]

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%%* WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight. He is a Mountie, after all (see below).
%%* Klondike Kat always gets his mouse!
* Joe Swanson in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' ''has always gotten his man.'' Always. One episode actually centered around him losing his first criminal ever, but of course [[StatusQuoIsGod he catches him by the end of the episode]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight Of The Mounties''. Sometimes he gets his mouse!
* Joe Swanson in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' ''has always gotten his man.'' Always. One episode actually centered around him losing his first criminal ever, but of course [[StatusQuoIsGod he catches him by the end of the episode]].
man [[DastardlyWhiplash (Snidley Whiplash)]], sometimes not.



* Joe Swanson in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' ''has always gotten his man.'' Always. One episode actually centered around him losing his first criminal ever, but of course [[StatusQuoIsGod he catches him by the end of the episode]].



* ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight Of The Mounties''. Sometimes he gets his man [[DastardlyWhiplash (Snidley Whiplash)]], sometimes not.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight Of The Mounties''. Sometimes he gets his man [[DastardlyWhiplash (Snidley Whiplash)]], sometimes not.
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%%* Gordon & O'Hara from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''.
* Colonel Samuel Benfield Steele, in Creator/DonRosa's ''Hearts of Yukon''. The trope title is even played with:

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%%* Gordon & O'Hara from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''.
* Colonel Samuel Benfield Steele, in Creator/DonRosa's ''Hearts ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck: Hearts of Yukon''. The trope title is even played with:



%%* Inspector Ishida in ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo''.
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%%* * Inspector Ishida in ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo''.
%%* ''ComicStrip/DickTracy.''
''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' is a police detective in a large city whose government was corrupted by at least two villains. Ishida, however, is a steadfastly honest officer with a deep commitment to the cause of justice, regardless of who the criminals and their victims are, and sometimes even seeing justice done if there is no legal way of achieving it.



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%%* Inspector Clouseau from ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' believes he is this.
%%* Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) in ''Film/TheFugitive'' and ''Film/USMarshals''.
* Jack Valentine in ''Film/LordOfWar'' spends more than a decade chasing ArmsDealer Yuri Orlov, doing it all [[ByTheBookCop by the book]] despite Yuri using all sorts of tricks and schemes to stay one step ahead of the law. After all that time and effort, Valentine finally catches Yuri... [[spoiler:and Yuri has a GetOutOfJailFreeCard due to his [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections]] with the US government.]]

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%%* Inspector Clouseau from ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' believes he is this.
%%* Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) in ''Film/TheFugitive'' and ''Film/USMarshals''.
* Jack Valentine in ''Film/LordOfWar'' spends more than a decade chasing ArmsDealer Yuri Orlov, doing it all [[ByTheBookCop by the book]] despite Yuri using all sorts of tricks and schemes to stay one step ahead of the law. After all that time and effort, Valentine finally catches Yuri... [[spoiler:and Yuri has a GetOutOfJailFreeCard due to his [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections]] with the US government.]]
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* The ''Film/DickTracy'' movie. [[FemmeFatale Breathless Mahoney]] also has a song called "I Always Get My Man" but it's about... [[IntercourseWithYou something else.]]
* Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) in ''Film/TheFugitive'' and ''Film/USMarshals''. A modern day version of InspectorJavert from ''Literature/LesMiserables'', he will not allow a criminal to escape if it is in his power to stop them, and will not rest in his pursuit of a fugitice until he has captured them.



* The ''Film/DickTracy'' movie. [[FemmeFatale Breathless Mahoney]] also has a song called "I Always Get My Man" but it's about... [[IntercourseWithYou something else.]]

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* The ''Film/DickTracy'' movie. [[FemmeFatale Breathless Mahoney]] also Jack Valentine in ''Film/LordOfWar'' spends more than a decade chasing ArmsDealer Yuri Orlov, doing it all [[ByTheBookCop by the book]] despite Yuri using all sorts of tricks and schemes to stay one step ahead of the law. After all that time and effort, Valentine finally catches Yuri... [[spoiler:and Yuri has a song called "I Always Get My Man" but it's about... [[IntercourseWithYou something else.]]GetOutOfJailFreeCard due to his [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections]] with the US government.]]
* Inspector Clouseau from ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' believes he is this, and will pursue his quarry across continents to bring them in: even if it is almost ivariably the wrong person..



* Zinc Chandler, a Mountie from Michael Slade's ''RCMP'' novels, recited the Mounties' "Get Your Man" slogan repeatedly in his head when he shook off the effects of being rendered nearly unconscious. Nearly all of Slade's Mountie heroes fit this trope, singly or collectively.

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* Zinc Chandler, a Mountie from Michael Slade's Creator/MichaelSlade's ''RCMP'' novels, recited the Mounties' "Get Your Man" slogan repeatedly in his head when he shook off the effects of being rendered nearly unconscious. Nearly all of Slade's Mountie heroes fit this trope, singly or collectively.



* ''Literature/SolomonKane'', who once pursued a bandit from France into the middle of Darkest Africa.

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* ''Literature/SolomonKane'', who once pursued a bandit from France into the middle of Darkest Africa.DarkestAfrica.



* Kojak of... ''Series/{{Kojak}}'' is an idealized cop: feared in the underworld, and zealous in weeding out corruption. The only reason he hasn't been promoted to Chief is because of insubordination (and a desk jockey isn't as exciting to watch). In the TV movies, he is rewarded with his own Major Case squad.
-->"What's the point? Where would you go? If the subway ran to Outer Mongolia I'd still come after you."
* Leroy Jethro Gibbs in ''Series/{{NCIS}}''. Ditto Fornell.
* Don Eppes in ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}''.
* Cordell Walker (Creator/ChuckNorris) in ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger''.
* Odo of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', a mix of ByTheBookCop (when it's his own rules) and CowboyCop (when it's other people's rules). He was modeled after the sheriff archetype in Westerns.
* Tuvok in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', as the ship's security officer, occasionally conducts or assists in investigations those times that someone commits a crime aboard ship, or one of his crewmates gets [[ClearMyName falsely accused of a crime]] by aliens. In one episode he even works out that the perpetrator of a series of crimes is himself being mind controlled and having the memories wiped afterwards and promptly relieves ''himself'' of duty and informs the rest of the command staff so they can place him under arrest while they figure out who's actually responsible.



* Josh Randall from ''Series/WantedDeadOrAlive''.

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* Josh Randall from ''Series/WantedDeadOrAlive''.In ''Series/{{Bones}}'', Booth mentions this trope when Brennan comments that he could never catch her if she were to commit a murder:
-->'''Booth:''' That's right. See? Because I always get my man.\\
'''Bones''': [[NoManOfWomanBorn I am a woman.]]
* Columbo in ''Series/{{Columbo}}''. Every time the killer thinks they have got away with it, Columbo suddenly appears to ask them "[[catchPhrase just one more thing]]".
%%* Horatio of ''Series/CSIMiami'' is a suspected AffectionateParody of this trope.
%%* Joe Friday in ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}''.



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%%* Horatio * Such characters are a staple of ''Series/CSIMiami'' the ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' universe; Hank and Lou in season 2 and Lou's daughter Molly in season 1, in addition to Marge Gunderson from [[Film/{{Fargo}} the movie]]. All of them serve against a backdrop of PoliceAreUseless.
* Kojak of... ''Series/{{Kojak}}''
is a suspected AffectionateParody an idealized cop: feared in the underworld, and zealous in weeding out corruption. The only reason he hasn't been promoted to Chief is because of this trope.insubordination (and a desk jockey isn't as exciting to watch). In the TV movies, he is rewarded with his own Major Case squad.
-->"What's the point? Where would you go? If the subway ran to Outer Mongolia I'd still come after you."



%%* Joe Friday in ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}''.
%%* Columbo in ''Series/{{Columbo}}''.
%%* Peter Burke in ''Series/WhiteCollar''
* In ''Series/{{Bones}}'', Booth mentions this trope when Brennan comments that he could never catch her if she were to commit a murder:
-->'''Booth:''' That's right. See? Because I always get my man.\\
'''Bones''': [[NoManOfWomanBorn I am a woman.]]



* Such characters are a staple of the ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' universe; Hank and Lou in season 2 and Lou's daughter Molly in season 1, in addition to Marge Gunderson from [[Film/{{Fargo}} the movie]]. All of them serve against a backdrop of PoliceAreUseless.
* In ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' the excessively perfect [[TheAce Sargeant Jasper Linney]] from the episode "Anything You Can Do" has this as his personal motto as befitting a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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* Such characters are a staple of the ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' universe; Hank and Lou in season 2 and Lou's daughter Molly in season 1, in addition to Marge Gunderson from [[Film/{{Fargo}} the movie]]. All of them serve against a backdrop of PoliceAreUseless.
* In ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' the excessively perfect [[TheAce Sargeant Jasper Linney]] from the episode "Anything You Can Do" has this as his personal motto as befitting a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Of course, most his trait apply equally to [[spoiler:his half-brother]] William Murdoch.
* Leroy Jethro Gibbs in ''Series/{{NCIS}}''. Ditto Fornell.
* Don Eppes in ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}''.
* Odo of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', a mix of ByTheBookCop (when it's his own rules) and CowboyCop (when it's other people's rules). He was modeled after the sheriff archetype in Westerns.
* Tuvok in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', as the ship's security officer, occasionally conducts or assists in investigations those times that someone commits a crime aboard ship, or one of his crewmates gets [[ClearMyName falsely accused of a crime]] by aliens. In one episode he even works out that the perpetrator of a series of crimes is himself being mind controlled and having the memories wiped afterwards and promptly relieves ''himself'' of duty and informs the rest of the command staff so they can place him under arrest while they figure out who's actually responsible.
* Cordell Walker (Creator/ChuckNorris) in ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger''.
* Josh Randall from ''Series/WantedDeadOrAlive'' is the BountyHunter version.
%%* Peter Burke in ''Series/WhiteCollar''



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** As Sir Robert Carey,[[note]]a wrong-side-of-the-blankets relative of Queen Elizabeth 1st, who is exiled to the Borders both as unacknowledged royal patronage and to remove him from the seat of power in London lest he get ambitions ,[/note]] he is fictionalised in the novels of P.F. Chisholm, who dramatises the man, the place, and the period.

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** As Sir Robert Carey,[[note]]a wrong-side-of-the-blankets relative of Queen Elizabeth 1st, who is exiled to the Borders both as unacknowledged royal patronage and to remove him from the seat of power in London lest he get ambitions ,[/note]] ,[[/note]] he is fictionalised in the novels of P.F. Chisholm, who dramatises the man, the place, and the period.
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->''[slams jail cell door on fugitive] "That's the last time ''he'll'' fish over the limit.[[note]] The guy was using dynamite in a protected wilderness area, and there was implied to be a case of ThereShouldBeALaw [[/note]]"''

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->''[slams jail cell door on fugitive] "That's the last time ''he'll'' fish over the limit.[[note]] The "[[note]]The guy was using dynamite in a protected wilderness area, and there was implied to be a case of ThereShouldBeALaw [[/note]]"'' ThereShouldBeALaw.[[/note]]''
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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' and, by extension, ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'', Nanu is the sheriff on [[AlohaHawaii Alola]]'s Ula'Ula Island and is by far the most skilled cop in the entire region. Team Skull hasn't run amok over Alola like the other regions' villanous teams, and that's because Nanu placed his police station right by Team Skull's hideout and has been holding them off, all by himself, the whole time Team Skull has existed. That being said, the "getting" part he doesn't care much about. He's BrilliantButLazy, not showing much interest in arresting them and more on simply corraling them if they get loose.[[note]]That being said, it can also be interpreted that Nanu has turned Team Skull's own hideout into their prison[[/note]].

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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' and, by extension, ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'', Nanu is the sheriff on [[AlohaHawaii Alola]]'s Ula'Ula Island and is by far the most skilled cop in the entire region. Team Skull hasn't run amok over Alola like the other regions' villanous teams, and that's because Nanu placed his police station right by Team Skull's hideout and has been holding them off, all by himself, the whole time Team Skull has existed. That being said, the "getting" part he doesn't care much about. He's BrilliantButLazy, not showing much interest in arresting them and more on simply corraling them if they get loose.[[note]]That being said, it can also be interpreted that Nanu has turned Team Skull's own hideout into their prison[[/note]].prison.[[/note]]



%%* ''Webcomic/AModestDestiny'' parodies the [[http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/view.php?series=amd&ep=1&id=8 fugitive speech]].

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** As Sir Robert Carey [[note]] a wrong-side-of-the-blankets relative of Queen Elizabeth 1st, who is exiled to the Borders both as unacknowledged royal patronage and to remove him from the seat of power in London lest he get ambitions [[/note]], he is fictionalised in the novels of P.F. Chisholm, who dramatises the man, the place, and the period.

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** As Sir Robert Carey [[note]] a Carey,[[note]]a wrong-side-of-the-blankets relative of Queen Elizabeth 1st, who is exiled to the Borders both as unacknowledged royal patronage and to remove him from the seat of power in London lest he get ambitions [[/note]], ,[/note]] he is fictionalised in the novels of P.F. Chisholm, who dramatises the man, the place, and the period.
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The TropeNamer is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, one of those "constabulary BadassArmy" type organizations, thanks to the famous motto: "[[BadassCreed The Mountie always gets his man!]]". (It's not ''really'' their motto--that's "Maintain The Right"--but it's [[BeamMeUpScotty gotten established in pop culture that way.]])

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The TropeNamer is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, one of those "constabulary BadassArmy" type organizations, thanks to the famous motto: "[[BadassCreed The Mountie always gets his man!]]". man!]]" (It's not ''really'' their motto--that's "Maintain The Right"--but it's [[BeamMeUpScotty gotten established in pop culture that way.]])



* Tuvok in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', as the ship's security officer, occasionally conducts or assists in investigations those times that someone commits a crime aboard ship or one of his crewmates gets [[ClearMyName falsely accused of a crime]] by aliens. In one episode he even works out that the perpetrator of a series of crimes is himself being mind controlled and having the memories wiped afterwards and promptly relieves ''himself'' of duty and informs the rest of the command staff so they can place him under arrest while they figure out who's actually responsible.

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* Tuvok in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', as the ship's security officer, occasionally conducts or assists in investigations those times that someone commits a crime aboard ship ship, or one of his crewmates gets [[ClearMyName falsely accused of a crime]] by aliens. In one episode he even works out that the perpetrator of a series of crimes is himself being mind controlled and having the memories wiped afterwards and promptly relieves ''himself'' of duty and informs the rest of the command staff so they can place him under arrest while they figure out who's actually responsible.
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->''[slams jail cell door on fugitive] "That's the last time ''he'll'' fish over the limit.[[note]] The guy was using dynamite in a protected wilderness area, and there was implied to be a case of ThereOughtaBeALaw [[/note]]"''

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->''[slams jail cell door on fugitive] "That's the last time ''he'll'' fish over the limit.[[note]] The guy was using dynamite in a protected wilderness area, and there was implied to be a case of ThereOughtaBeALaw ThereShouldBeALaw [[/note]]"''
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->''[slams jail cell door on fugitive] "That's the last time ''he'll'' fish over the limit."''

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->''[slams jail cell door on fugitive] "That's the last time ''he'll'' fish over the limit."'' [[note]] The guy was using dynamite in a protected wilderness area, and there was implied to be a case of ThereOughtaBeALaw [[/note]]"''

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* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Sam Vimes, Carrot as his right-hand man.

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* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Sam Vimes, Carrot serving as the anchor through which Pratchett explores law and order in his right-hand man.typical fashion, wanders between a straight-laced version of this trope and a deconstruction depending on the book. After [[spoiler: his ascension to Commander of the Watch,]] he acquires a reputation for being this trope across the Disc. Combined with his reputation for honesty, this means that when a politically-sensitive crime is committed, tensions between leaders can be held at bay if they know Vimes is on the case, as they accept that not only will he catch someone, he'll catch the ''right'' people responsible.



* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Commander Vimes has this reputation across the Disc. Combined with his reputation for honesty, this means that when a politically-sensitive crime is committed, tensions between leaders can be held at bay if they know Vimes is on the case, as they accept that not only will he catch someone, he'll catch the ''right'' people responsible.

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