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* The Marcias in ''Literature/{{Temps}}'', a group of thirty clones who were an entire classroomful of SingleMindedTwins as children, were all sent to different secretarial schools as a NatureVsNurture experiment, and every single one of them was bottom of the class. So the DPR hired them all as receptionists, so the Temps would always see a familiar face. Every story in which they appear has them mess up paperwork or appointments, while giving off a vibe of bored indifference about the whole thing. In ''Eurotemps'', this gets {{Deconstructed}} by the story "Totally Trashed" by Roz Kaveney, which explores how ''they'' feel about being alternately laughed at and bitched about by pretty much everyone in the DPR, and strongly implies that the reason they're so bad at the job is because ''they never really wanted it in the first place'', but nobody actually ''asked'' them.
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* ''Film/{{Dick}}'' implies that the secretary in the Nixon administration (Rose Mary Woods, played by Ana Gasteyer) caused more of the stupidity than she's letting on
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* In the ''Series/SpacePrecinct'' novel ''The Deity Father'', part of the BigBad's deliberate invoking of traditional mafia tropes is hiring a robot receptionist who affects this, although [[ObfuscatingStupidity she actually has a relevant degree]].
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* In the ''Series/SpacePrecinct'' novel ''The Deity Father'', part of the BigBad's deliberate invoking of traditional mafia tropes is hiring a robot receptionist who affects this, although [[ObfuscatingStupidity she actually has a relevant degree]].
* Gender-inverted in ''Series/ThirdRockfromtheSun'' when Dick has to hire his brother Harry after Nina quits. Harry is so bad at the job, he doesn't think to answer the phone.
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* Gender-inverted in ''Series/ThirdRockfromtheSun'' when Dick has to hire his brother Harry after Nina quits. Harry is so bad at the job, he doesn't think to answer the phone.
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* ''Anime/InvincibleRoboTriderG7'': Ikue Sunahara is prone to clumsy and slapsticky behaviour but she offsets it with her diligence and dedication to her boss Watta.
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* ''Anime/InvincibleRoboTriderG7'': Ikue Sunahara is prone to clumsy and slapsticky behaviour but she offsets it with her diligence and dedication to her boss Watta.
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* ''Series/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': The object of the Mad Hatter's affection, Alice, fits the stereotype a little bit. She barely can detect Jarvis's madness.
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* ''Series/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': The object of the Mad Hatter's affection, Alice, fits the stereotype a little bit. She barely can detect Jarvis's madness.
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* ''Series/BatmantheAnimatedSeries'': The object of the Mad Hatter's affection, Alice, fits the stereotype a little bit. She barely can detect Jarvis's madness.
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* ''Series/BatmantheAnimatedSeries'': ''Series/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': The object of the Mad Hatter's affection, Alice, fits the stereotype a little bit. She barely can detect Jarvis's madness.
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