History Main / UltimateAuthorityMayor

* Mayor Quimby of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is a classic sleazeball politician type.

** Of course, immediately after he dies, [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating people start to smarten up and realize the absurdity of the whole thing.

** Of course, immediately after he dies, [[0%ApprovalRating people start to smarten up and realize the absurdity of the whole thing.

** Of course, immediately after he dies, people start to smarten up and realize the absurdity of the whole thing.

* Two Legs Joe from ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}''. {{Justified}}, as he's a RealityWarper bordering on PhysicalGod, so nobody is particularly eager to try and place restrictions on him.

* ''Film/Jaws'' has Vaughan, who makes it very clear to Chief Brody that he, Brody, cannot close off the beaches indefinitely on his own authority as police chief. However, several fatal shark attacks later, Brody makes use of the trope to pressgang Vaughan into signing off on hiring Quint without running it past the other councilmembers first.

* The Mayors of Terminus in the Literature/{{Foundation}} were never meant to be like this, but by the time of the Indburs it's become a hereditary job, with all the negatives that this implies (to the point that, if [[spoiler:the Mule]] had not appeared, there would have been a rebellion). All the way from Hardin's coup to ''Foundation's Edge'', the Mayors were a partial example: they were for the most part responsible to a council (first a town council, then a planetary council, and eventually an interstellar council), but after the Empire withdrew from the Rim and the Encyclopedia Foundation was removed from actual power the Mayors became the highest authority in the Foundation -- even after the Foundation had grown into a [[TheFederation Federation]] covering roughly half the Galaxy.

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* Sinclair, Sheridan, and Lochley in ''Series/BabylonFive''. In this case, because they are the commanding officers of the space station, which is an Earth military base despite also functioning as a commerce hub and meeting place for the various major powers[[spoiler: and because during the Shadow War they declare independence from Earth]].

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** Ultimately though, he works for a much more powerful force: [[spoiler: the mods. He also ensures the muns are somewhat satisfied.]]

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* The Mayor role in ''VideoGame/TownOfSalem'' starts off hidden as any other member of the town, with the day ability of choosing to reveal themselves. If done, the town will get a message that the player is the Mayor, and their votes will count as three votes as opposed to one for lynching. Doing so not only makes them inevitable a target for any evil role, [[NecessaryDrawback but also will prevent the revealed Mayor from being healed by a doctor or receiving whispers]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' has the AuthorAvatar. The mayor rules a total {{Egopolis}} where everything from the radio station to the currency to the most popular ''soda'' to the city itself is named after him, and the laws (based purely on his own values and {{Squick}}s) are enforced via ''psychic monitoring.'' A city council is mentioned, but only seems to serve an advisory function. His authority is primarily exercised by slaughtering the avatars of those who've pissed off the author in real life in the [[NightmareFuel most horrific ways]]. As he is above the law, no one ever blinks an eye. Oh, [[DesignatedHero and we the audience are intended to root for him]].

* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' with [[AuthorAvatar Christian Weston Chandler]], mayor of [[{{Egopolis}} CWCville]]; despite apparently being part of the United States, his laws and actions often run contrary to the American laws and constitution (especially apparent in the KangarooCourt in the ''Sonichu'' #10) and according to WordOfGod, he inherited the position from his father.

* ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' has the AuthorAvatar. The mayor rules a total {{Egopolis}} where everything from the radio station to the currency to the most popular ''soda'' to the city itself is named after him, and the laws (based purely on his own values and {{Squick}}s) are enforced via ''psychic monitoring.'' His authority is primarily exercised by slaughtering the avatars of those who've pissed off the author in real life in the [[NightmareFuel most horrific ways]]. As he is above the law, no one ever blinks an eye. Oh, [[DesignatedHero and we the audience are intended to root for him]].

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* Veronica, as Guildmistress, is a benign version of this for Oak Tree Town in ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons''. She's the one to handle all the details about land assignment, competitions, vendors, and other day-to-day operations in the town. She's even the one who performs the ceremony should the player character get married.

* The Mayor in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', who only manages to keep things running thanks to the Powerpuff Girls and his hypercompetent assistant. He generally doesn't do much to exercise his authority, but in one episode he literally ''sells'' his position to [[RichBitch Princess]], who is able to make all crimes legal.

* Two Legs Joe from ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}''.

* Justified in the ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'' multi-part episode "Chillogy", whose MonsterOfTheWeek, known only as Karl, is the mayor of a miniature town that sucks kids into it so he can torment and kill them. Since Karlsville itself is a supernatural environment controlled by Karl, he's a RealityWarper while inside of it.

* {{Subverted|Trope}} by the various Number Two's in ''Series/ThePrisoner'', at first glance they are dictators with total authority over the Village, however, they are in fact frequently rotated middle management types that answer to some higher authority. And of course there is the question of "Who is Number One?"[[note]]"''You'' are, Number Six" -- punctuation and emphasis not (necessarily) in the original.[[/note]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', the (so far [[NoNameGiven nameless]]) mayor is the only government authority figure that has been seen and hasn't been shown to have to answer to a city council or higher authority for her actions, although there is mention of a governor of the planet Jean on which the comic is set.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', the (so far [[NoNameGiven nameless]]) mayor is the only government authority figure that has been seen and hasn't been shown to have to answer to a city council or higher authority for her actions, although there was once mention of a governor of the planet Jean on which the comic is set.

* The various Kage in Naruto fill a number of roles in their society but unless they're actually being called upon to command an army in their capacity as the nation's supreme military commander they're principally the mayor of their village.

* The various Kage in Naruto fill a number of roles in their society but unless they're actually being called upon to command an army they're principally the mayor of their village.