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* Detective Kate Beckett receives a little bit of this in ''Series/{{Castle}}'' after the eponymous mystery novelist begins basing his novels around a character based on her.

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* Detective Kate Beckett receives a little bit of this in ''Series/{{Castle}}'' ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' after the eponymous mystery novelist begins basing his novels around a character based on her.
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* In Creator/TomStoppard's ''After Magritte'', Police Inspector Foot is always referred to as [[IncrediblyLamePun Foot of the Yard]]. This appears to irritate him considerably, although [[HairTriggerTemper so do many other things]].

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* In Creator/TomStoppard's ''After Magritte'', Police Inspector Foot is always referred to as [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} Foot of the Yard]]. This appears to irritate him considerably, although [[HairTriggerTemper so do many other things]].
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* India has Inspector General K P S Gill who was in charge of the Punjab Police during the early nineties. Punjab had become an ungovernable security nightmare due to the Khalistan separatist insurgency having gone on in full swing throughout the late eighties and early nineties. Besides the usual terrorist attacks, the Khalistanis had also engaged in the drug trade to fuel their campaign. Gill was given a free hand to do whatever it took to crush the insurgency - which he did in the years 1992 to 1996. By the late nineties, Punjab was completely pacified with no trace left of the insurgency.
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* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' is ''the'' epitome of the Judge system ([[CatchPhrase he is the law]] after all). His reputation precedes him around the world. He actually talked Sino city judges out of interfering in a regime change he was leading by telling them that they know him and his reputation. Then again, if you personally nuked the city that invaded yours, everybody would know you too.

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* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' is ''the'' epitome of the Judge system ([[CatchPhrase he (he is the law]] law after all). His reputation precedes him around the world. He actually talked Sino city judges out of interfering in a regime change he was leading by telling them that they know him and his reputation. Then again, if you personally nuked the city that invaded yours, everybody would know you too.
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* Benoit Blanc of ''Film/KnivesOut'' serves as an example of this applying to a private detective. In the first film several characters immediately recognize him from an article in the New Yorker or a [[NoodleIncident famous case involving a tennis pro]]. Likewise in ''Film/GlassOnionAKnivesOutMystery'' nobody thinks it strange that Miles Bron might hire him specifically to make an appearance at an elaborate murder mystery-themed party, several recognize him from [[NoodleIncident a high-profile case involving a ballerina]]. Even [[spoiler: Helen, who actually hired Blanc]] did so because he was the most famous detective she could think of.
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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': Mac Taylor, decorated Marine turned NYPD Detective. Sometimes people seek him out personally because they've seen newspaper articles about him:
** "[[Recap/CSINYS06E02 Blacklist (featuring Grave Digger)]]." A perp calling himself Grave Digger contacts Mac after killing his first victim because he read a feature piece in which Mac mentioned that his father had died of cancer. The perp is dying from the disease and expects Mac to sympathize with him because of it. ByTheBookCop Mac isn't having any of it.
** "[[Recap/CSINYS07E16 The Untouchable]]." A homeless schizophrenic young woman who witnessed the cover up of a murder seeks out Mac to tell her story to because she saw an article entitled "Hero Cop" from the time when [[Recap/CSINYS03E24 an Irish gang stormed the Lab]] to reclaim their seized drug horde, and knew she could trust him to believe her and go after the bad guys.
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* Similarly, Detective Sergeant [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Slipper Jack Slipper]] became known as "Slipper of the Yard" for his role investigating the Great Train Robbery. Wiki/TheOtherWiki notes that the fickle press later nicknamed him "Slip-Up of the Yard" after his attempts to bring Ronnie Biggs to justice continued to fail. Nonetheless, he eventually retired as a Chief Superintendent, so it wasn't a massive hindrance to his career.

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* Similarly, Detective Sergeant [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Slipper Jack Slipper]] became known as "Slipper of the Yard" for his role investigating the Great Train Robbery. Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki notes that the fickle press later nicknamed him "Slip-Up of the Yard" after his attempts to bring Ronnie Biggs to justice continued to fail. Nonetheless, he eventually retired as a Chief Superintendent, so it wasn't a massive hindrance to his career.
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* A post 1930s example: Detective Sergeant [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Pilcher Norman Pilcher]] of the Drug Squad, who gained a certain level of fame and notoriety in the 1960s by being the police officer at the centre of a number of high-profile celebrity drug busts, including [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]], Donovan, [[Music/TheBeatles John Lennon and George Harrison]]. Given that it was nearly always the same man present, this led to accusations that he was either only going after them to increase his profile in the tabloids and / or actively planting drugs on them to secure a conviction (not that they weren't already actively using drugs for the most part, but still). The fact that he was later convicted of perjury and obstructing the course of justice didn't help his credibility when it came to these accusations.

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* A post 1930s example: Detective Sergeant [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Pilcher Norman Pilcher]] of the Drug Squad, who gained a certain level of fame and notoriety in the 1960s by being the police officer at the centre of a number of high-profile celebrity drug busts, including [[Music/TheRollingStones [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Mick Jagger]], Donovan, [[Music/TheBeatles John Lennon and George Harrison]]. Given that it was nearly always the same man present, this led to accusations that he was either only going after them to increase his profile in the tabloids and / or actively planting drugs on them to secure a conviction (not that they weren't already actively using drugs for the most part, but still). The fact that he was later convicted of perjury and obstructing the course of justice didn't help his credibility when it came to these accusations.
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-> ''"Well, what will we see if we [[WhosOnFirst look out of the yard?]]"''

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-> ''"Well, what will we see if we [[WhosOnFirst look out of the yard?]]"''yard?"''
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* ''Series/{{Poirot}} gives this to Chief Inspector Japp when he talks in his sleep:

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* ''Series/{{Poirot}} ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' gives this to Chief Inspector Japp when he talks in his sleep:
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* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' takes this UpToEleven - not only are celebrity detectives a thing, but many of them, including the protagonist, are ''[[KidDetective teenagers]]''. Indeed, the very first chapter of the manga begins with Shinichi making the papers ''and'' the TV news, the latter outright calling him the police department's savior.

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* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' takes this UpToEleven - not ''Manga/CaseClosed'': Not only are celebrity detectives a thing, but many of them, including the protagonist, are ''[[KidDetective teenagers]]''. Indeed, the very first chapter of the manga begins with Shinichi making the papers ''and'' the TV news, the latter outright calling him the police department's savior.
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* DCI Colin Sutton gained a lot of fame - although mostly after his retirement - for his work in the Metropolitan Police and elsewhere leading thirty murder investigations (including into the murder of Amélie Delagrange) and also the investigation into the "Night Stalker" serial rapist. ITV made two TV mini-series on him, with Creator/MartinClunes playing Sutton, while Sky did a documentary series looking at his various cases.
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-->'''Hastings:''' He talks in his sleep. JNow I’ve got you, young fellow, me lad. Japp of the Yard strikes again!" I thought I’d go mad. Every time I managed to drop off, he’d start shouting. "Stand back, lads, he’s got a blancmange!"

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-->'''Hastings:''' He talks in his sleep. JNow "Now I’ve got you, young fellow, me lad. Japp of the Yard strikes again!" I thought I’d go mad. Every time I managed to drop off, he’d start shouting. "Stand back, lads, he’s got a blancmange!"

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