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* Barney Fife, of ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', is perhaps the paradigmatic example of this trope.
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* Barney Fife, of ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', is perhaps the paradigmatic example of this trope. To pick one example from the list, Barney was so TriggerHappy and [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace bad at handling his gun]] that Sheriff Andy only let him carry ''one'' bullet.
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* Euclid Baker, in ''Film/{{Tank}}'', a bullying weasel who also gets slapped around by his boss, Cyrus Buelton.
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* Euclid Baker, in ''Film/{{Tank}}'', ''Film/{{Tank|1984}}'', a bullying weasel who also gets slapped around by his boss, Cyrus Buelton.
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* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Detective Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter is a borderline case: he's very much a competent policeman who's earned his place as the agency's head detective. The biggest problem is that he's the no-nonsense StraightMan while the protagonist is a BunnyEarsLawyer who only succeeds ''because'' he's so unorthodox. Lassie is hence the easiest mark for Shawn's antics, which puts him in the unfortunate position of being the dumbest of the core cast.
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* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Detective Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter is a borderline case: he's very much a competent policeman who's earned his place as the agency's head detective. The biggest problem is that he's the no-nonsense StraightMan while the protagonist is a BunnyEarsLawyer who only succeeds ''because'' because he's so unorthodox. Lassie is hence the easiest mark for Shawn's antics, which puts him in the unfortunate position of being the dumbest of the core cast.
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* Adachi is this to Dojima in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', mostly by saying too much and not really making the connections between the victims. [[spoiler:As with some of the other spoilered examples above, this is because he's really the bad guy, using ObfuscatingStupidity to deliberately throw suspicion and hinder the investigation.]]
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* Adachi is this to Dojima in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', mostly by saying too much SayingTooMuch and not really making the connections between the victims. [[spoiler:As with some of the other spoilered examples above, this is because he's really the bad guy, using ObfuscatingStupidity to deliberately throw suspicion and hinder the investigation.]]
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* ''Fanfic/AlwaysVisible'': Galbraith, by his admission, was in vain to become a police inspector, and the story only testifies to his incompetence.
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* ''Fanfic/AlwaysVisible'': Galbraith, by his admission, was in vain to become a police inspector, and the story only testifies to his incompetence.
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In actuality, Sheriff’s Deputies are required to attend the same Police Academies that the State Police or Highway Patrol do, so the average deputy will be no more clueless or clued in than the average state trooper. In fact, since the Sheriff is most likely a former cop who became a politician to get elected Sheriff, he may actually be somewhat more “clueless” than a deputy who has been taught more modern police techniques and procedures.
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* Droop-a-Long Coyote was the deputy to Sheriff ([[CatchPhrase ping-ping-ping]]) Richochet Rabbit in ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroopALongCoyote''.
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* Droop-a-Long Coyote was the deputy to Sheriff ([[CatchPhrase ping-ping-ping]]) (ping-ping-ping) Richochet Rabbit in ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroopALongCoyote''.
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* The Keystone Cops were policemen that showed up in films made by [[Creator/MackSennet Mack Sennet's]] Keystone Studios (thus the name). As Keystone specialized in slapstick comedy, it was only natural that they were incompetent fools to a man.
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* The Keystone Cops were policemen that showed up in films made by [[Creator/MackSennet Mack Sennet's]] Keystone Studios (thus the name). As Keystone specialized in slapstick comedy, it was only natural that they were incompetent fools to a man. To this day, the phrase "Keystone Cops" is used to describe any ridiculously incompetent government or law agency (at least in the US or Canada).
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* The Keystone Cops were policemen that showed up in films made by [[Creator/MackSennet Mack Sennet's]] Keystone Studios (thus the name). As Keystone specialized in slapstick comedy, it was only natural that they were incompetent fools to a man.
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* Deputy Tevetino in Season 2 of ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectriveAgency'' is a stoner who only took the job because the sheriff is her best friend and she wanted to hang out with him.
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* At some point between ''Series/TheMandalorian'' and ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', [[TheSheriff Cobb Vanth]] got himself a deputy by the name of [[AerithAndBob Scott]]. Scott is something of an OverzealousUnderling who is TooDumbToLive; his refusal to leave Vanth's side despite a direct order to gets him killed by Cad Bane in a MexicanStandoff, and his distracting presence in the standoff gets Vanth shot too.
* Deputy Tevetino in Season 2 of''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectriveAgency'' ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' is a stoner who only took the job because the sheriff is her best friend and she wanted to hang out with him.
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* Sheriff Fuller's head deputy Ernie in ''Film/SomeGuyWhoKillsPeople''. Arriving at the first crime scene, where the victim has [[AnAxeToGrind a hatchet buried in his skull]], the sheriff makes a comment about having 'a splitting headache'. Thinking the sheriff as making a pun, Ernie proceeds to make a HurricaneOfPuns about axes, to the sheriff's growing bewilderment. And, according to the sheriff, his other two deputies are even worse.
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* Sheriff Fuller's head deputy Ernie in ''Film/SomeGuyWhoKillsPeople''. Arriving at the first crime scene, where the victim has [[AnAxeToGrind a hatchet buried in his skull]], skull, the sheriff makes a comment about having 'a splitting headache'. Thinking the sheriff as making a pun, Ernie proceeds to make a HurricaneOfPuns about axes, to the sheriff's growing bewilderment. And, according to the sheriff, his other two deputies are even worse.
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** After Barney's departure from the show, the character of Warren Ferguson was introduced in an unsuccessful attempt to [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute fill the same role]].
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** After Barney's departure from the show, the character of Warren Ferguson was introduced in an unsuccessful [[ReplacementScrappy unsuccessful]] attempt to [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute fill the same role]].
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* Randy Disher from ''Series/{{Monk}}''. A few episodes show that while he's a good cop he simply isn't prepared to deal with the sort of cases that Monk gets. Other episodes... [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} not so much]].
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* Randy Disher from ''Series/{{Monk}}''. A few episodes [[DependingOnTheWriter Some episodes]] show that while he's a good cop he who simply isn't prepared to deal with [[ThePerfectCrime the sort caliber of cases cases]] that Monk gets.gets called in for. Other episodes... [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} not so much]].
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* Patrolman A.C. "Sparkplug" Bensonn who fills the role of ComicRelief in ''Film/TheTownThatDreadedSundown'', and whose antics create some extreme MoodWhiplash in an otherwise serious film.
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* Patrolman A.C. "Sparkplug" Bensonn who fills the role of ComicRelief PluckyComicRelief in ''Film/TheTownThatDreadedSundown'', and whose antics create some extreme MoodWhiplash in an otherwise serious film.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'': In the episode where Fillmore visits his old partner in Tennessee, the CorruptHick Safety Patrol sheriff has a Clueless Deputy who's among the few non-corrupt members of the Safety Patrol.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'': In the episode where Fillmore visits his old partner in Tennessee, the CorruptHick SmallTownTyrant Safety Patrol sheriff has a Clueless Deputy who's among the few non-corrupt members of the Safety Patrol.
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In its benign form, this just makes the Clueless Deputy TheWatson for their boss, or the protagonist detective. But it can rapidly [[{{Flanderization}} slide downhill]] until the deputy acts like an idiot. Generally, the deputy has some redeeming qualities, such as [[DumbIsGood incorruptibility]], shooting skills or at least the willingness to serve in a dangerous job for low pay, but if the sheriff is a CorruptHick, the clueless deputy may simply be a [[{{Nepotism}} relative who needed a job.]]
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In its benign form, this just makes the Clueless Deputy TheWatson for their boss, or the protagonist detective. But it can rapidly [[{{Flanderization}} slide downhill]] until the deputy acts like an idiot. Generally, the deputy has some redeeming qualities, such as [[DumbIsGood incorruptibility]], shooting skills or at least the willingness to serve in a dangerous job for low pay, but if the sheriff is a CorruptHick, SmallTownTyrant, the clueless deputy may simply be a [[{{Nepotism}} relative who needed a job.]]
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On rare occasions, the clueless deputy of a CorruptHick sheriff is unaware of their superior's criminal activities, and when incontrovertible evidence is presented, will arrest the crook to preserve law and order in the county.
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On rare occasions, the clueless deputy of a CorruptHick sheriff [[DirtyCop corrupt sheriff]] is unaware of their superior's criminal activities, and when incontrovertible evidence is presented, will arrest the crook to preserve law and order in the county.
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* Lassie (Det. Lassiter) from ''Series/{{Psych}}'' is a borderline case: not nearly as outrageously stupid as most of the characters listed here, he's still distinctly, and by a fair margin, the dumbest of the major characters, mostly used to provide a very easy mark for Shawn's antics. He also faces the problem of incompetent bosses.
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* Lassie (Det. Lassiter) from ''Series/{{Psych}}'' ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Detective Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter is a borderline case: not nearly as outrageously stupid as most of the characters listed here, he's still distinctly, and by a fair margin, the dumbest of the major characters, mostly used to provide a very easy much a competent policeman who's earned his place as the agency's head detective. The biggest problem is that he's the no-nonsense StraightMan while the protagonist is a BunnyEarsLawyer who only succeeds ''because'' he's so unorthodox. Lassie is hence the easiest mark for Shawn's antics. He also faces antics, which puts him in the problem unfortunate position of incompetent bosses. being the dumbest of the core cast.
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* In Disney's version of ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', the vultures [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Nutsy]] and [[TriggerHappy Trigger]] play this straight and subvert it, respectively. The sheriff himself isn’t exactly incompetent, but he’s complacent, whereas Trigger is ProperlyParanoid.
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* In Disney's version of ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', the vultures [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Nutsy]] and [[TriggerHappy Trigger]] play this straight and subvert it, respectively. The sheriff himself isn’t exactly incompetent, but he’s complacent, whereas Trigger is ProperlyParanoid.
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* Deputy Tevetino in Season 2 of ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectriveAgency'' is a stoner who only took the job because the sheriff is her best friend and she wanted to hang out with him.
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** Tommy in ''A Crack in the Lens'' is earnest, and brave, but a bit gullible and impressionable.
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* Every now and then in the ''Film/LakePlacid'' movies. The Dale from the second film stands out, being tougher than usual, but not appearing to know about Freedom of Speech (or maybe he just doesn't care) and condescendingly boasting about having tied a secure knot around the crocodiles mouth [[InstantlyProvenWrong right before it breaks loose and eats him]].
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** Dale from the second film stands out, being tougher than usual, but not appearing to know about Freedom of Speech (or maybe he just doesn't care) and condescendingly boasting about having tied a secure knot around the crocodiles mouth [[InstantlyProvenWrong right before it breaks loose and eatshim]].him]].
** In ''Film/LakePlacidVsAnaconda,'' Deputy Ferguson is a clumsy, nervous guy who does a poor job issuing evacuation orders and has difficulty drawing his gun successfully. He's also a VomitingCop.
** Dale from the second film stands out, being tougher than usual, but not appearing to know about Freedom of Speech (or maybe he just doesn't care) and condescendingly boasting about having tied a secure knot around the crocodiles mouth [[InstantlyProvenWrong right before it breaks loose and eats
** In ''Film/LakePlacidVsAnaconda,'' Deputy Ferguson is a clumsy, nervous guy who does a poor job issuing evacuation orders and has difficulty drawing his gun successfully. He's also a VomitingCop.
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* In Disney's version of ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', the vultures [[CloudCuckoolander Nutsy]] and [[TriggerHappy Trigger]] play this straight and subvert it, respectively. The sheriff himself isn’t exactly incompetent, but he’s complacent, whereas Trigger is ProperlyParanoid.
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-->'''Kellaway''': [[PigLatin Ixnay!]] Ehay's otgay an ungay! ''(Stanley jabs the gun into his side)'' OW!
-->'''Doyle''': Oh, I get it! Pig Latin, right? ''[thinks]'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Eesay... ouyay... aterlay!]]
-->'''Kellaway''': [[PigLatin Ixnay!]] Ehay's otgay an ungay! ''(Stanley jabs the gun into his side)'' OW!
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'''Kellaway''': [[PigLatinIxnay!]] Ixnay]]! Ehay's otgay an ungay! ''(Stanley ''[Stanley jabs the gun into his side)'' OW!
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* On ''Series/BabylonFive'', Garibaldi was occasionally assisted by a security guard named Jack, who came off this way, particularly when going through their investigation in the first season finale. [[spoiler: [[ObfuscatingStupidity This was because Jack was The Mole]] and was willfully hindering Garibaldi's investigation.]]
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* Brett Mobley from ''Series/{{Eagleheart}}'' can't read and is more often used as a club than a police officer by Marshal Chris Monsanto. [[spoiler: It's all ObfuscatingStupidity designed to torment Chris, of course: Brett is actually ''{{Satan}}''.]]
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* The Ferg in ''Series/{{Longmire}}'' is something of a joke in the sheriff's office, as Walt employed him as a favour to his father. However, while he is not much of a street cop, the later seasons do show him to be a canny investigator.
* ''Series/TheMisadventuresOfSheriffLobo''. The eponymous Sheriff is assisted by Deputy Perkins, who is so incompetent he only keeps his job due to {{nepotism}}, and "Birdie" Hawkins, who is quite capable but a NaiveNewcomer who doesn't realise how corrupt Lobo is.
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* ''Series/TheMisadventuresOfSheriffLobo''. The eponymous Sheriff is assisted by Deputy Perkins, who is so incompetent he only keeps his job due to {{nepotism}}, and "Birdie" Hawkins, who is quite capable but a NaiveNewcomer who doesn'trealise realize how corrupt Lobo is.
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* Randy Disher from ''Series/{{Monk}}''. A few episodes show that while he's a good cop he simply isn't prepared to deal with the sort of cases that Monk gets. Other episodes...[[CloudCuckoolander not so much]].
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* ''Film/HoodedAngels'': Given Roy's complete inability to handle the confrontation between Wes's men and the bushwhackers, the impression given is that the sheriff of Twin Forks left him to guard the town while the {{Posse}} chased the bank robbers because he is useless. This uselessness saves his life as the posse gets massacred.
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* Sheriff Fuller's head deputy Ernie in ''Film/SomeGuyWhoKillsPeople''. Arriving at the first crime scene, where the victim has [[AnAxeToGrind a hatchet buried in his skull]], the sheriff makes a comment about having 'a splitting headache'. Thinking the sheriff as making a pun, Ernie proceeds to make a HurricaneOfPuns about axes, to the sheriff's growing bewilderment. And, according to the sheriff, his other two deputies are even worse.