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* DraggedToTheBoardOfDirectors: A character has to explain themselves to a business's higher-ups.

* Showrunner

* TheQueenpin

[[folder:Tropes about authority in general:]]

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Nobody likes the evil overlord.

* AloofLeaderAffableSubordinate
* AnarchoTyranny: A corrupt government or tyrannical regime creates a state of AnarchyIsChaos so everyone is too busy fighting each other to worry about them, criminal neglect on a nationwide scale.

* EasilyElected
* EmergencyAuthority

* FisherKing: A ruler whose very presence causes the land to become the same way they are.

* GradeSchoolCEO

* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling

* MoreSeniorSubordinate

* PowerfulPeopleAreSubs: An authority figure with an iron fist is ironically very submissive in the bedroom.

* RecliningReigner

* SaneBossPsychoHenchmen

* {{Tyrannicide}}

* WeakBossStrongUnderlings
* WhipOfDominance: Using a whip as a symbol of dominance, control, authority, or sadism.

'''Leader Characters of:'''

[[folder:Any kind of Institution:]]

* BadBoss: An employer who is cruel, abusive and unfair towards their subordinates.
* BadassBureaucrat
* BaitAndSwitchTyrant
* BenevolentBoss: An employer who is cordial, kind and fair to the employees.

* BigBad: The main antagonist of the work, who is often in charge of all the lesser evils the heroes confront.
* BigGood: The highest in authority who is on the good guys' side.
* BlamingTheMan

* CluelessBoss
* TheCommissionerGordon
* CorruptBureaucrat

* ADoormatToHisMen
* EvilOverlord

* GoGetterGirl
* HeadInTheSandManagement
* TheHero
* IronLady
* KlingonPromotion
* MeanBoss: An employer who is impolite and petty towards their subordinates, but still fair.
* MisterBig
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: A bureaucrat who makes people file assloads of paperwork before they can be allowed to do anything.

* PointyHairedBoss: An incompetent employer.
* PowerDynamicsKink: Power and subordination serving as an erotic "turn-on".

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: An authority figure who is fair and unbiased, choosing not to take sides and allow all parties to defend themselves.
* ReasonableRequestRejected

* SilkHidingSteel

* ToughLeaderFacade
* TyrantTakesTheHelm
* UnfitForGreatness
* VastBureaucracy

[[folder:An Apartment:]]
* CrankyLandlord

[[folder:A Company:]]
* ArmyOfLawyers
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The head of a corporation is evil or at least very unscrupulous.
* DraggedToTheBoardOfDirectors: A character has to explain themselves to a business's higher-ups.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: The head of a corporation is honest and refuses to use their company to do anything illegal or unethical.
* MajorityShareDictator

[[folder:A Monarchy:]]
* AdiposeRex: A ruler who is overweight.
* AChildShallLeadThem
* BenevolentDictator
* TheCaligula: A ruler who is insane.
* CourtMage
* CourtPhysician
* TheCreon
* TheEmperor
* EvilChancellor
* FounderOfTheKingdom
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
* TheGoodChancellor
* TheGoodKing: A benevolent ruler.
* TheHighQueen
* JustTheFirstCitizen: A monarch with a modest title.
* KingOfTheHomeless: A leader who rules over homeless people.
* KingOfThieves
* TheKingslayer: Killing a ruler.
* PlanetBaron: The ruler or owner of an entire planet.
* PoliticallyActivePrincess
* PrincessesRule
* PuppetKing
* RegentForLife
* RoyalFavorite: Their authority is often second only to the monarch, due to the high regard the monarch has for them, regardless of actual position in society.
* RoyalWe: Royalty addressing themselves with plural pronouns.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: A ruler who doesn't just sit around on the throne giving orders and actually does things to help their people.
* SheIsTheKing: A female ruler is addressed with a title that typically goes to men.
* WarriorPrince

[[folder:Royalty Non-character tropes:]]
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning
* OfferedTheCrown
* RoyallyScrewedUp

[[folder:And Love...]]
* BodyguardCrush
* LadyAndKnight
* PsychoSupporter
* RulingCouple
* SubordinateExcuse
* UnequalPairing
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Military:]]
* TheBrigadier
* TheCaptain
* ColonelBadass
* CommandingCoolness
* DrillSergeantNasty: A military officer who tends to yell at and berate his charges.
* AFatherToHisMen: A leader who is like a father figure to the soldiers he leads.
* FourStarBadass
* FrontlineGeneral
* GeneralFailure: A general who is very incompetent.
* GeneralRipper: A military leader who insanely pursues a vendetta against the enemy.
* MajorlyAwesome
* MookCommander
* TheNeidermeyer
* OfficerAndAGentleman
* SergeantRock
* TheWarlord: A military leader with power and authority beyond legal or official status.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Military Non-character tropes:]]
* AntiMutiny
* FieldPromotion
* TheMutiny
* TimeToStepUpCommander
* YouAreInCommandNow
[[/folder]]

[[folder:School:]]
* ApatheticTeacher: A teacher who doesn't give a damn how well their students do.
* BadassTeacher
* BigManOnCampus
* CoolTeacher: A teacher who is considered awesome by the students.
* CreepyGymCoach
* DeanBitterman: A school principal who hates everyone.
* EvilPrincipal: A principal who is evil.
* EvilTeacher: A teacher who is evil.
* FiredTeacher
* HippieTeacher
* HotLibrarian
* LoonyLibrarian
* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher
* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: A person who won't rest until children playing hooky are forced to go class.
* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher
* PsychologistTeacher
* PuttingThePalInPrincipal: A school principal who wants the students to see him as their friend.
* TheQuarterback
* RedArmbandOfLeadership: Red armband signifying prefects or student council members in Japanese schools.
* SadistTeacher: A teacher who enjoys tormenting their students and making things unreasonably hard for them.
* SaveOurStudents
* ScaryLibrarian
* {{Schoolmarm}}
* SternTeacher: A teacher who may be a bit harsh at times, but actually does care about the students and is only being hard on them because they want them to do well.
* YellowSashOfPower: Hall monitors having unreasonable amounts of power.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:A Town:]]
* IOwnThisTown
* UltimateAuthorityMayor: The mayor has more power than they would in real life.
* MayorPain: A mayor who is either sketchy or incompetent.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Underlings:]]
* IControlMyMinionsThrough
* ThePawnsGoFirst
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Others:]]
* BadassPreacher
* BreakingOutTheBoss: A gang of criminals break their incarcerated boss from prison.
* BringThemAround
* DeadlyDoctor
* DimensionLord
* DitchTheBodyguards
* DoctorsOrders
* TheDon
* EliteMooks
* TheGhostKing
* GovernmentInExile
* HeroicTeamRevolt
* HighPriest
* InsectQueen
* LargeAndInCharge
* LoyalToThePosition
* MyCountryRightOrWrong
* MyMasterRightOrWrong
* NoBadassToHisValet
* NoHeroToHisValet
* TheDragon: The villain who is second-in-command to the main villain.
* EvilMinions
* FacelessGoons
* FeudalOverlord
* JustGivingOrders
* JustFollowingOrders
* KingOfBeasts
* TheLastDJ
* MechaMooks: Robotic minions.
* MightMakesRight
* MookLieutenant: The villain's henchmen are led by one who has slightly more depth and difference from the rank and file goons.
* {{Mooks}}: The generic underlings of the main villain.
* MistressAndServantBoy
* TheNecrocracy
* TheQuisling: Someone betrays the rest of his kind to side with the invading forces.
* RebelLeader
* RebelliousRebel
* SupernaturalElite
* ThatsAnOrder
* VampireMonarch
* VolatileSecondTierPosition: The second-highest job in a hierarchy, but with some very demanding drawbacks.
* WardensAreEvil
[[/folder]]

** SorcerousOverlord

** BaitAndSwitchTyrant

** SheIsTheKing: A female ruler is addressed with a title that typically goes to men.

** ThePuppetCutsHisStrings

** AntiMutiny

** TheQuarterback

* SchoolTeachers
** ApatheticTeacher: A teacher who doesn't give a damn how well their students do.
** CoolTeacher: A teacher who is considered awesome by the students.
*** BadassTeacher
*** PsychologistTeacher
** CreepyGymCoach
** EvilTeacher: A teacher who is evil.
** FiredTeacher
** HippieTeacher
** HotLibrarian
** LoonyLibrarian
** MisplacedKindergartenTeacher
** NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: A person who won't rest until children playing hooky are forced to go class.
** PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher
** SadistTeacher: A teacher who enjoys tormenting their students and making things unreasonably hard for them.
** ScaryLibrarian
** {{Schoolmarm}}
** SternTeacher: A teacher who may be a bit harsh at times, but actually does care about the students and is only being hard on them because they want them to do well.

** EliteMooks
** MookLieutenant: The henchmen are led by one who has slightly more depth and difference from the rank and file goons.
** MechaMooks: Robotic minions.