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* In a strange moment from the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure ''Queen of the Demonweb Pits'', while exploring the home plane of Lolth, the titular [[GodOfEvil demon spider goddess]], the party will in fact encounter her secretary who (despite being a marilith, a six-armed snake demoness) is content to take their information and show them in to her boss for a boss fight.
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* In the Creator/DCComics universe, the Calculator usually serves as the logistics guy for the Society of Villains.

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* In the Creator/DCComics universe, Franchise/TheDCU, the Calculator usually serves as the logistics guy for the Society of Villains.



* ''{{Film/Downfall}}'': The story is largely told from the perspective of Traudl Junge, secretary to Hitler.

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* ''{{Film/Downfall}}'': ''Film/Downfall2004'': The story is largely told from the perspective of Traudl Junge, secretary to Hitler.
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* ''Manga/PrecariousWomanExecutiveMissBlackGeneral'': Secretary is pretty much the ''only'' competent member of Group RX, as their nominal leader has a severe case of {{Chuunibiyou}} (even though he actually does have PsychicPowers). She also has a crush on her boss and can cause explosions, and getting her to slip up and reveal her crush leads to said explosions.

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* ''Manga/PrecariousWomanExecutiveMissBlackGeneral'': Secretary is pretty much the ''only'' competent member of Group RX, as their nominal leader has a severe case of {{Chuunibiyou}} {{Chuunibyou}} (even though he actually does have PsychicPowers). She also has a crush on her boss and can cause explosions, and getting her to slip up and reveal her crush leads to said explosions.
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* ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' has Susie, the executive assistant to the Haltmann Works Company and the [[TheHeavy chief threat]] Kirby has to face on his path to stopping the evil corporation. [[spoiler:Her true identity is the long-lost daughter of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive President Haltmann]], who was thought dead after she was warped into Another Dimension. When it becomes clear that he's lost his mind, she attempts to "teach the old man a lesson" by stealing the device that allows him to control Star Dream, the [[DeusEstMachina reality-bending supercomputer]] that separated her from her father in the first place.]]
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->''"I'll just go ahead and pencil you in for a 10 o'clock brainwashing."''
-->-- '''Nastasia''', ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''
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* Juliet Douglas in the 2003 version of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' is [[spoiler:the Homunculus Sloth, who disguises herself as the secretary of Fuhrer King Bradley's, who is also secretly a Homunculus]].

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* Juliet Douglas in the 2003 version of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' is [[spoiler:the Homunculus Sloth, who disguises herself as the secretary of Fuhrer King Bradley's, who is also secretly a Homunculus]].

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* UsefulNotes/JosefStalin was this as General Secretary of the Communist Party under Vladimir Lenin. In its earliest incarnation, the title of "General Secretary" was quite literally that of a secretary; Stalin was mostly responsible for determining party composition and organizing meetings. Only when he realized the role's potential in helping him build a power base did he begin transforming it into the office of the party leader.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', Anna Worthington is the secretary to Gallagher Elementary's [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil fourth grade]] [[PresidentEvil president]] James Nixon [=McGarfield=]. Though she worked for him even before he turned evil, after his FaceHeelTurn she continues to enthusiastically assist him with his schemes to make school miserable for their classmates. The reason for this devotion is because she is in love with him, but [[ObliviousToLove he has no idea]].
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* Sasha in ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' is this to Justin Hammer, snarkily reminding her PsycopathicManchild boss that, while seeking revenge on Tony Stark is all well and good, the goal ''is'' meant to be making sure Hammer Industries outcompetes Stark International, and blowing things up with the Titanium Man is only tangentally related to that. At least, until [[NotSoAboveItAll she gets to use it]].

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* Sasha in ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' is this to Justin Hammer, snarkily reminding her PsycopathicManchild PsychopathicManchild boss that, while seeking revenge on Tony Stark is all well and good, the goal ''is'' meant to be making sure Hammer Industries outcompetes Stark International, and blowing things up with the Titanium Man is only tangentally related to that. At least, until [[NotSoAboveItAll she gets to use it]].
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* Sasha in ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' is this to Justin Hammer, snarkily reminding her PsycopathicManchild boss that, while seeking revenge on Tony Stark is all well and good, the goal ''is'' meant to be making sure Hammer Industries outcompetes Stark International, and blowing things up with the Titanium Man is only tangentally related to that. At least, until [[NotSoAboveItAll she gets to use it]].
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* Rosie in ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'' works as the main secretary for the Magnus Institute and reports directly to the head of the institute Elias Bouchard. She's aware that something sinister is going on with the place she works, but is so desperate to keep her job that she keeps her mouth shut when she sees her boss do something suspicious. In season 5, she's still working for Elias/Jonah even during an apocalypse that's left most of the world stuck in personalized hell dimensions.
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Expect to see one of these in a proper EvilInc, unless it is headed by a DiabolicalMastermind, who does their own planning. Often TheDragon or equivalent to one within the organization; however, they tend to remain in the background and not be confronted directly, sometimes falling into TheUnfought. On the other hand, an inattentive boss that leaves all the real work to the Secretary puts them in a prime position to [[DragonInChief pull all the strings]] and become the real villain.

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Expect to see one of these in a proper EvilInc, unless it is headed by a DiabolicalMastermind, who does their own planning. Often TheDragon or equivalent to one within the organization; however, they tend to remain in the background and not be confronted directly, sometimes falling into TheUnfought. On the other hand, an inattentive boss that leaves all the real work to the Secretary puts them in a prime position to [[DragonInChief pull all the strings]] and become the real villain.
villain. She may also be an IgnoredEnamoredUnderling.


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* ''Manga/PrecariousWomanExecutiveMissBlackGeneral'': Secretary is pretty much the ''only'' competent member of Group RX, as their nominal leader has a severe case of {{Chuunibiyou}} (even though he actually does have PsychicPowers). She also has a crush on her boss and can cause explosions, and getting her to slip up and reveal her crush leads to said explosions.
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[[caption-width-right:210:On the other hand, [[SignedUpForTheDental the dental benefits are great]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:210:On the other hand, [[SignedUpForTheDental the dental benefits are great]]]]great]].]]
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[[caption-width-right:210:On the other hand, [[SignedUpForTheDental the dental benefits are great]]]]

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