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* The ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryDirectToVideoFilmSeries'' entry ''Tom and Jerry meet Sherlock Holmes'' has Tom in this role, as the dedicated, and somewhat aloof manservant to Holmes's client. He proves to be a reliable presence throughout the investigation (notably, the film features him and Jerry at perhaps their least antagonistic).

->''Ever notice a lot of butlers are named Jeeves? You know, I think when you name a baby "Jeeves"... you've pretty much mapped out his future, wouldn't you say? Not much chance he's gonna be a hitman, I think, after that. "Terribly sorry, sir, but I'm going to have to whack you."''

Note that The Jeeves, even if a valet, is not prone to the NoHeroToHisValet plot, generally having a clear view of his master's faults and virtues, though he may, on occasion, allow his view of the former to jaundice his view of the latter. Usually a HypercompetentSidekick. Complete opposite of the BumblingSidekick.

* Fred's family butler Heathcliff in ''Disney/BigHero6''. He remains completely stoic and unruffled even as the team practices and tests their weapons with him as the target.
* ''Disney/WreckItRalph'': When Ralph initially agrees to work with Vanellope to help her build a racecar for ''Sugar Rush'' in exchange for her help retrieving his ''Hero's Duty'' medal, Vanellope looks at Ralph in this regard, with it being very apparent when her response to Ralph punching out a door at the Bake a Kart Minigame with a "NO GLITCHES ALLOWED" notice is a snarky, "[[LampshadeHanging Thank you, Jeeves.]]"

* Martin from the 1998 version of ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1998}}''.

* Alumik Edrok, father of Evan Edrok, from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', the butler of [[{{Hikkikomori}} Princess Jaina Repellista Zahard]]. He's got the dress code right and generally is more mature than all the [[AmazonBrigade Princesses we meet]]. Also, he knows many of these Princesses so well that he knows exactly what they want.

** Indeed, in ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' he switches from one to the other in mid-sentence. "''Let 'em 'ave it right up the...'' oh, is that you, Sir Samuel?"
** In ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', he keeps acting like the perfect Jeeves even after personally eliminating half of a commando squad attacking the Vimes home, and then hosing down their invasion tunnel with a flame-thrower.

** In ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'', [[spoiler:Vimes insists that Willikins come with the family to the country manor. Willikins acts as personal manservant, preparing drinks and getting the manor's staff to respect their new master, and bodyguard, heavy on the latter. While the examples above could fall into service or self-defence, some of Willikins' actions are very shady, things Vimes may want to but won't order, such as shooting at an old lady while making a gang think one of their own did it, making them definitely in the wrong and giving the police an opening; and killing the PsychoForHire when he escapes for a second time, rather than delivering him to the police.]]

** ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' introduces Indeedee, a species of Psychic/Normal-type Pokémon patterned off of domestic help. The male variant specifically invokes the classic Jeeves with its design, and its ''Sword'' Pokédex entry claims it makes an excellent valet.

** Sebastian Beach, the butler supreme of Blandings Castle.

*** Also in the same book, Willikins admits to having been a street gang member (in a gang even Vimes, a gang kid and possibly the Disc's dirtiest fighter, describes as a tough, mean lot) in his youth, favoring a cap-brim lined with sharpened penny coins. We also see him assisting the watch as a volunteer reservist later. Vimes marvels at the difference in Willikins' working-class background and his current highbrow butler status.

The canonical example is Jeeves himself, from the Literature/JeevesAndWooster short stories and novels of Creator/PGWodehouse and the ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'' TV series based on them. The original Jeeves, just for the record, is a valet, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord not a butler]] -- that is, he's a personal manservant, not a chief of domestic staff; as a bachelor living in a flat, Wooster doesn't have the kind of staff to warrant a butler. The same is true of many examples of this trope, as the two roles are commonly confused.

* After he won the lottery, Robbie of ''PvP'' hired a butler ''named'' Butler who plays this to the hilt and can solve any problem the other characters have if they ask him to.

* In ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' has Shivers, one of the portrait ghosts. He wanders the mansion looking for his master's will, hoping he's included in it.

* Martin from the 1998 version of ''Film/TheParentTrap''.

* There is Frik from the mini-series ''Series/{{Merlin}}''. He is the polite and well-mannered servant to Queen Mab who horribly mistreats him. He often tries to serve as the voice of reason only to be ignored and is often the one to actually carry out her plots. [[spoiler: He leaves her employ/is fired when Mab kills the woman he loves. He then helps Merlin destroy her.]]

* At the start of the ''Series/TommyAndTuppence'' short story collection ''Partners in Crime'', Albert is attempting to be the sort of butler he sees at the pictures, much to Tommy's embarassment (he's had to stop him taking cards in on a silver platter). He grows into the role in later books.

* Duckworth from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales''.

A somewhat common subversion, which began while Wodehouse was still writing, is to have the butler as a brutish thug (and possibly a BattleButler). Both the original and the subversion are examples of an actually useful kind of valet taken to the logical extreme. After all, if an aristocrat is in fact [[UpperClassTwit foolish and incompetent]], then [[ConservationOfCompetence a competent valet is an urgent necessity]] if they are to survive everyday life. Conversely, an aristocrat may find it useful to have a brutish thug on retainer to deal with certain... inconvenient problems.

* The [[MeaningfulName meaningfully-named]] Jock Strapp of the ''CharlieMortdecai'' series is written as the subversion type, and is actually described as the anti-Jeeves. He's crude DumbMuscle and completely loyal to his cunning employer, the titular VillainProtagonist (or anti-hero on a good day).

* One of Gromit's many household roles in ''WallaceAndGromit''. Usually the cause of his misfortune.

* Saturnin in the [[Literatue/{{Saturnin}} eponymous Czech book]] is very resourceful and skillful and relishes helping his employer in unconventional ways while maintaining perfect polite demeanour.

* From ''Literature/TheKingdomsofEvil'', Mr. Skree