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* Averted on ''Series/FBIInternational'' has Jaeger is a Europol agent whose main job is to be a liaison between the U.S. Fly Team and local European police forces. This has her mostly in offices and almost never in the field as an agent herself.
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* ''Film/TheCassandraCrossing'': O.J. Simpson plays an Interpol officer. Talk about a FunnyAneurysmMoment...

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* ''Film/TheCassandraCrossing'': O.J. Simpson plays an Interpol officer. Talk about a FunnyAneurysmMoment...
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She describes herself as “attached to Interpol” and the background material calls her an MI-7 agent.


* Lorna Campbell from ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'' is an Interpol officer.
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* ''Series/{{Millennium}}'': A few of the Millennium Group's agents were recruited from Interpol.

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* ''Series/{{Millennium}}'': ''Series/Millennium1996'': A few of the Millennium Group's agents were recruited from Interpol.
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* In ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', Tomo is a big fan of ''Franchise/LupinIII'', and her dream is to be an Interpol agent. Given that Tomo is a moron, it's more like she believes this trope than that show itself does.

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* In ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', Tomo is a big fan of ''Franchise/LupinIII'', and her dream is to be an Interpol agent. Given that Tomo is a moron, it's more like she believes this trope than that show itself does.does - especially since her role model from the show isn't Zenigata, but ''Fujiko''.

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* Discussed in ''The Spoilers'' by Desmond Bagley. A London doctor who has come across evidence of an international drug smuggling conspiracy is asked why he doesn't pass on the information to Interpol for further investigation. He replies that other reasons aside, Interpol is only a liaison agency.

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* Discussed in ''The Spoilers'' by Desmond Bagley. A London doctor who has come across evidence of an international drug smuggling conspiracy is asked why he doesn't pass on the information to Interpol for further investigation. He replies that other reasons aside, Interpol is only a liaison agency.


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* Discussed in ''The Spoilers'' by Desmond Bagley. A London doctor who has come across evidence of an international drug smuggling conspiracy is asked why he doesn't pass on the information to Interpol for further investigation. He replies that other reasons aside, Interpol is only a liaison agency.
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* Discussed in ''The Spoilers'' by Desmond Bagley. A London doctor who has come across evidence of an international drug smuggling conspiracy is asked why he doesn't pass on the information to Interpol for further investigation. He replies that other reasons aside, Interpol is only a liaison agency.
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* Possibly justified in ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. Hillshire [[spoiler:Hartman]] met Triela during his job as an investigator for Europol, the localized version of Interpol. He was acting outside his jurisdiction though and got fired, ending up as Triela's [[TheHandler handler]] in the SWA.

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* Possibly justified in ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. Hillshire [[spoiler:Hartman]] (aka Hartman) met Triela during his job as an investigator for Europol, the localized version of Interpol. He was acting outside his jurisdiction though and got fired, ending up as Triela's [[TheHandler handler]] in the SWA.
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* ''Film/ArmyOfThieves'' has "Interpol" agents acting like field police agents.
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* [[CowboyCop Ying Xiong]] in ''Series/BlackAndWhiteTW'' is approached early in the series by an old friend claiming to be this trope who wants to work with him on an investigation as well as do some more [[HoneyTrap personal]] matters together off the clock. RealityEnsues, and the fact that this trope ''doesn't'' work leads his colleagues to out her as a mole sent by [[BigBad Sarkozy]].

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* [[CowboyCop Ying Xiong]] in ''Series/BlackAndWhiteTW'' is approached early in the series by an old friend claiming to be this trope who wants to work with him on an investigation as well as do some more [[HoneyTrap personal]] matters together off the clock. RealityEnsues, SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs, and the fact that this trope ''doesn't'' work leads his colleagues to out her as a mole sent by [[BigBad Sarkozy]].

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->''"Police work's not all glamour and guns! There's an awful lot of filing to do."''
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* In the ''Series/{{Psych}}'' episode "Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire", Shawn and Gus are called to go undercover for Interpol to bust one of England's most wanted criminals. When they arrive, they learn their old friend/foe Despereaux, real name Royston Staley, is really the boss in charge of the mission and the art thief persona was an Interpol cover identity the whole time. [[ConMan Or was it?]]
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* In ''Creator/TomClancy's Balance of Power'', the Interpol office in Madrid is said to be the "[[WretchedHive toughest]]" in the world and the only branch of Spanish law enforcement that the Americans trust. Two of their agents join the Americans in [[AmericaSavesTheDay saving the day]]. It is obvious that the author thinks of Interpol as a typical law enforcement agency.

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* In ''Creator/TomClancy's Balance of Power'', the Interpol office in Madrid is said to be the "[[WretchedHive toughest]]" in the world and the only branch of Spanish law enforcement in Spain that the Americans trust. Two of their agents join the Americans in [[AmericaSavesTheDay saving the day]]. It is obvious that the author thinks of Interpol as a typical law enforcement agency.






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* Europol in ''Literature/{{Incompetence}}'', as part of a UnitedEurope is basically the European equivalent of the FBI.
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* In ''{{Literature/Inferno}}'', the ''[[UnitedNationsIsASuperpower World Health Organization]]'' has the power to summon a specs-op group aboard a C-130 to rescue their head from bioterrorists. When a real WHO chief staff was asked, he said "We are not like Interpol".

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* In ''{{Literature/Inferno}}'', the ''[[UnitedNationsIsASuperpower World Health Organization]]'' has the power to summon a specs-op group aboard a C-130 to rescue their head from bioterrorists. When a real WHO chief staff was asked, he said "We are not like Interpol".
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* In ''{{Literature/Inferno}}'', the ''[[UnitedNationsIsASuperpower World Health Organization]]'' has the power to summon a specs-op group aboard a C-130 to rescue their head from bioterrorists. When a real WHO chief staff was asked, he said "We are not like Interpol".



* In the complex international investigations, like those involving drugs and human trafficking, for example, there are international officers aplenty, but they aren's specifically ''Interpol'' agents — they are normal officers from their respective national police agencies. Interpol simply provides necessary paperwork and acts as a liaison in cases there are no direct intergovernmental agreements between respective nations.

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* In the complex international investigations, like those involving drugs and human trafficking, for example, there are international officers aplenty, but they aren's aren't specifically ''Interpol'' agents — they are normal officers from their respective national police agencies. Interpol simply provides necessary paperwork and acts as a liaison in cases there are no direct intergovernmental agreements between respective nations.
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* Gwen Karlssen from ''Series/BloodAndTreasure'' is from Sweden, but apparently as an Interpol agent she is able to deputize Danny so he could arrest someone in Seychelles.

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* In the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', Interpol's purview has been expanded to include international supercrime, and they have been given an investigation and enforcement arm.

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-->-'''Inspector Thompson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTinTin''

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* In ''Film/LordOfWar'', Interpol agent Jack Valentine pursues the illegal ArmsDealer main character. They're so powerful that his team is shown bossing ex-Soviet soldiers around, which in reality would just get them all shot. Oddly, late in the film the VillainProtagonist refers to US President as being the Valentine's boss, and uses contacts in the US military to get himself released when Valentine has arrested him, so one wonders if Agent Valentine switched jobs at some point.

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* In ''Film/LordOfWar'', Interpol agent Jack Valentine pursues the illegal ArmsDealer main character. They're so powerful that his team is shown bossing ex-Soviet soldiers around, which in reality would just get them all shot. Oddly, late in the film the VillainProtagonist refers to US the U.S. President as being the Valentine's boss, and uses contacts in the US military to get himself released when Valentine has arrested him, so one wonders if Agent Valentine switched jobs at some point.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'': A neat little bit of CanonWelding sees the two detectives after Carmen start out working for Interpol and then get recruited by the A.C.M.E. Detective Agency.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'': A neat little bit of CanonWelding sees the two detectives after Carmen start out working for Interpol and then get recruited by the A.C.M.E. Detective Agency.
Agency. Gets something of a subversion later on when an agent is demoted to desk work, which includes '''''a lot''''' of stamping and filing of seemingly endless piles of international police documents.
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* ''Film/TheInternational'' features a somewhat realistic version of the agency but [[CowboyCop the protagonist]] still largely fulfills the trope anyway.

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* ''Film/TheInternational'' features a somewhat realistic version of the agency but and goes out of its way to explain that Interpol is an advisory body not a law enforcement agency. But [[CowboyCop the protagonist]] still largely fulfills the trope anyway.anyway by going rogue.
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* Speaking of ''Series/DoctorWho'': That Oscar ''thinks'' the Doctor--that's the garishly clad ''Sixth'' Doctor, accompanied by Jamie in fill piper's kit and Peri exposing most of her cleavage--is this trope in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors The Two Doctors]]" (thanks to him emerging from a Police Box, despite the scene taking place in Spain) is intended to be a sign of his romantic but gullible temperament.

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* Speaking of ''Series/DoctorWho'': That Oscar ''thinks'' the Doctor--that's the garishly clad ''Sixth'' Doctor, accompanied by Jamie in fill full piper's kit and Peri exposing most of her cleavage--is this trope in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors The Two Doctors]]" (thanks to him emerging from a Police Box, despite the scene taking place in Spain) is intended to be a sign of his romantic but gullible temperament.

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