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* WesternCharacters: '''Index'''
* ImageSource.{{Photography}}
* Laconic.{{Clerk}}
* MeekTownsman: By contrast to the standard {{Western}} protagonist, the Meek Townsman is usually a bit short, skinny and has a tendency to wear glasses. Typical occupations for the character include {{Clerk}} and the ShopKeeper, but can be any non-combat position up to and including the mayor. This character may be a HenpeckedHusband as well.
* Paperworkaholic: Their love of the job usually means that they will not be a BeleagueredBureaucrat unless they happen to be having a particularly bad day. Most {{Desk Jockey}}s would prefer to be back in the action, though a few may come to prefer their position behind a desk. Most likely the a Paperworkaholic is also a {{Clerk}}.
* WhiteCollarWorker: As office machinery such as the typewriter, adding machine, mimeograph etc. became available starting in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century, clerical workers began shifting their skill sets from the {{Clerk}} to the modern White Collar Worker. In particular, many women joined the workforce, though they tended to be stuck in the lower-ranked and lower-paying "pink collar" office jobs. Women's roles in the office both in real life and media have improved over the decades.
* WeAreNotAlone.TropesZeroToD: '''Index'''
* WesternCharacters: '''Index'''
* ImageSource.{{Photography}}
* Laconic.{{Clerk}}
* MeekTownsman: By contrast to the standard {{Western}} protagonist, the Meek Townsman is usually a bit short, skinny and has a tendency to wear glasses. Typical occupations for the character include {{Clerk}} and the ShopKeeper, but can be any non-combat position up to and including the mayor. This character may be a HenpeckedHusband as well.
* Paperworkaholic: Their love of the job usually means that they will not be a BeleagueredBureaucrat unless they happen to be having a particularly bad day. Most {{Desk Jockey}}s would prefer to be back in the action, though a few may come to prefer their position behind a desk. Most likely the a Paperworkaholic is also a {{Clerk}}.
* WhiteCollarWorker: As office machinery such as the typewriter, adding machine, mimeograph etc. became available starting in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century, clerical workers began shifting their skill sets from the {{Clerk}} to the modern White Collar Worker. In particular, many women joined the workforce, though they tended to be stuck in the lower-ranked and lower-paying "pink collar" office jobs. Women's roles in the office both in real life and media have improved over the decades.
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* WesternCharacters: '''Index'''
* ImageSource.{{Photography}}
* Laconic.{{Clerk}}
* MeekTownsman: By contrast to the standard {{Western}} protagonist, the Meek Townsman is usually a bit short, skinny and has a tendency to wear glasses. Typical occupations for the character include {{Clerk}} and the ShopKeeper, but can be any non-combat position up to and including the mayor. This character may be a HenpeckedHusband as well.
* Paperworkaholic: Their love of the job usually means that they will not be a BeleagueredBureaucrat unless they happen to be having a particularly bad day. Most {{Desk Jockey}}s would prefer to be back in the action, though a few may come to prefer their position behind a desk. Most likely the a Paperworkaholic is also a {{Clerk}}.
* WhiteCollarWorker: As office machinery such as the typewriter, adding machine, mimeograph etc. became available starting in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century, clerical workers began shifting their skill sets from the {{Clerk}} to the modern White Collar Worker. In particular, many women joined the workforce, though they tended to be stuck in the lower-ranked and lower-paying "pink collar" office jobs. Women's roles in the office both in real life and media have improved over the decades.
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* Literature.Dracula: {{Dracula}}: {{Clerk}}: Jonathan Harker is a clerk, though by the time the story starts, he has risen high enough in the company to be trusted with dangerous foreign missions, and he's made a partner in the firm on his return.
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* YMMV.LetMeExplainStudios: EnsembleDarkHorse: The titular [[{{Clerk}} crotchety storage lady]] and [[CuteButCacophonic Fifi]] are popular characters for not only providing [[AlmightyMom Rebecca's mom]] ADayInTheLimelight, but also for providing hilarious {{Seinfeldian Conversation}}s on the levels of [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Roz]].
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* YMMV.LetMeExplainStudios: EnsembleDarkHorse: The titular [[{{Clerk}} crotchety storage lady]] and [[CuteButCacophonic Fifi]] are popular characters for not only providing [[AlmightyMom Rebecca's mom]] ADayInTheLimelight, but also for providing hilarious {{Seinfeldian Conversation}}s on the levels of [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Roz]].Roz]].
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* WesternCharacters: '''Index'''
* ImageSource.{{Photography}}
* Laconic.{{Clerk}}
* MeekTownsman: By contrast to the standard {{Western}} protagonist, the Meek Townsman is usually a bit short, skinny and has a tendency to wear glasses. Typical occupations for the character include {{Clerk}} and the ShopKeeper, but can be any non-combat position up to and including the mayor. This character may be a HenpeckedHusband as well.
* Paperworkaholic: Their love of the job usually means that they will not be a BeleagueredBureaucrat unless they happen to be having a particularly bad day. Most {{Desk Jockey}}s would prefer to be back in the action, though a few may come to prefer their position behind a desk. Most likely the a Paperworkaholic is also a {{Clerk}}.
* WhiteCollarWorker: As office machinery such as the typewriter, adding machine, mimeograph etc. became available starting in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century, clerical workers began shifting their skill sets from the {{Clerk}} to the modern White Collar Worker. In particular, many women joined the workforce, though they tended to be stuck in the lower-ranked and lower-paying "pink collar" office jobs. Women's roles in the office both in real life and media have improved over the decades.
* WeAreNotAlone.TropesZeroToD: '''Index'''
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* WesternCharacters: '''Index'''
* ImageSource.{{Photography}}
* Laconic.{{Clerk}}
* MeekTownsman: By contrast to the standard {{Western}} protagonist, the Meek Townsman is usually a bit short, skinny and has a tendency to wear glasses. Typical occupations for the character include {{Clerk}} and the ShopKeeper, but can be any non-combat position up to and including the mayor. This character may be a HenpeckedHusband as well.
* Paperworkaholic: Their love of the job usually means that they will not be a BeleagueredBureaucrat unless they happen to be having a particularly bad day. Most {{Desk Jockey}}s would prefer to be back in the action, though a few may come to prefer their position behind a desk. Most likely the a Paperworkaholic is also a {{Clerk}}.
* WhiteCollarWorker: As office machinery such as the typewriter, adding machine, mimeograph etc. became available starting in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century, clerical workers began shifting their skill sets from the {{Clerk}} to the modern White Collar Worker. In particular, many women joined the workforce, though they tended to be stuck in the lower-ranked and lower-paying "pink collar" office jobs. Women's roles in the office both in real life and media have improved over the decades.
* WeAreNotAlone.TropesZeroToD: '''Index'''
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* MalevolentArchitecture: ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Robotropolis is a sprawling megapolis made entirely of gargantuan industrial complexes that stretch for miles in all directions, as far as the eye can see... and in all of it, [[GhostCity there are no people, anywhere]]. Buildings that ''could'' hold people - businesses, restaurants, apartments, and the like - can be seen scattered around the less developed areas, but all of them completely empty and [[RuinsOfTheModernAge decayed by time and lack of upkeep]]. To top it off, everything is [[OminousFog shrouded in dense, purplish fog]].
** Instead of people, the entire population is made of robots that are [[FantasticCasteSystem rigidly divided into three castes]]: [[SuperSoldier Soldiers]], [[{{Clerk}} Secretaries]], and [[SlaveRace Slaves]]. In particular, the slaves are ''[[UnwillingRoboticization former people]]'' who are [[AndIMustScream incapable of rebellion]], because they have been [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashed into eternal servitude]]...which is what they intend to do to you, and [[AssimilationPlot to everyone else on the planet]].
** Instead of people, the entire population is made of robots that are [[FantasticCasteSystem rigidly divided into three castes]]: [[SuperSoldier Soldiers]], [[{{Clerk}} Secretaries]], and [[SlaveRace Slaves]]. In particular, the slaves are ''[[UnwillingRoboticization former people]]'' who are [[AndIMustScream incapable of rebellion]], because they have been [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashed into eternal servitude]]...which is what they intend to do to you, and [[AssimilationPlot to everyone else on the planet]].
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*MalevolentArchitecture: ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Robotropolis is a sprawling megapolis made entirely of gargantuan industrial complexes that stretch for miles in all directions, as far as the eye can see... and in all of it, [[GhostCity there are no people, anywhere]]. Buildings that ''could'' hold people - businesses, restaurants, apartments, and the like - can be seen scattered around the less developed areas, but all of them completely empty and [[RuinsOfTheModernAge decayed by time and lack of upkeep]]. To top it off, everything is [[OminousFog shrouded in dense, purplish fog]].
** Instead of people, the entire population is made of robots that are [[FantasticCasteSystem rigidly divided into three castes]]: [[SuperSoldier Soldiers]], [[{{Clerk}} Secretaries]], and [[SlaveRace Slaves]]. In particular, the slaves are ''[[UnwillingRoboticization former people]]'' who are [[AndIMustScream incapable of rebellion]], because they have been [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashed into eternal servitude]]...which is what they intend to do to you, and [[AssimilationPlot to everyone else on the planet]].WesternCharacters: '''Index'''
* ImageSource.{{Photography}}
* Laconic.{{Clerk}}
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** Instead of people, the entire population is made of robots that are [[FantasticCasteSystem rigidly divided into three castes]]: [[SuperSoldier Soldiers]], [[{{Clerk}} Secretaries]], and [[SlaveRace Slaves]]. In particular, the slaves are ''[[UnwillingRoboticization former people]]'' who are [[AndIMustScream incapable of rebellion]], because they have been [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashed into eternal servitude]]...which is what they intend to do to you, and [[AssimilationPlot to everyone else on the planet]].
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* RagsToRiches: Virtually every Creator/HoratioAlgerJr story ever written follows this same plot. Poor boy works hard, is virtuous, and is helped by a kindly older man, and he eventually makes his fortune, relatively speaking.
** In Alger's first book, ''Ragged Dick'', Dick is able to elevate himself from homeless bootblack to... entry-level {{Clerk}}. While the "riches" part may seem a bit underwhelming, there's no doubt he's better off at the end than the beginning.
* WesternCharacters: '''Index'''
** In Alger's first book, ''Ragged Dick'', Dick is able to elevate himself from homeless bootblack to... entry-level {{Clerk}}. While the "riches" part may seem a bit underwhelming, there's no doubt he's better off at the end than the beginning.
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* MalevolentArchitecture: ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Instead of people, the entire population is made of robots that are [[FantasticCasteSystem rigidly divided into three castes]]: [[SuperSoldier Soldiers]], [[{{Clerk}} Secretaries]], and [[SlaveRace Slaves]]. In particular, the slaves are ''[[UnwillingRoboticization former people]]'' who are [[AndIMustScream incapable of rebellion]], because they have been [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashed into eternal servitude]]...which is what they intend to do to you, and [[AssimilationPlot to everyone else on the planet]].
* RagsToRiches: Virtually every Creator/HoratioAlgerJr story ever written follows this same plot. Poor boy works hard, is virtuous, and is helped by a kindly older man, and he eventually makes his fortune, relatively speaking.
** In Alger's first book, ''Ragged Dick'', Dick is able to elevate himself from homeless bootblack to... entry-level {{Clerk}}. While the "riches" part may seem a bit underwhelming, there's no doubt he's better off at the end than the beginning.
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* MalevolentArchitecture: ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Instead of people, the entire population is made of robots that are [[FantasticCasteSystem rigidly divided into three castes]]: [[SuperSoldier Soldiers]], [[{{Clerk}} Secretaries]], and [[SlaveRace Slaves]]. In particular, the slaves are ''[[UnwillingRoboticization former people]]'' who are [[AndIMustScream incapable of rebellion]], because they have been [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashed into eternal servitude]]...which is what they intend to do to you, and [[AssimilationPlot to everyone else on the planet]].
* RagsToRiches: Virtually every Creator/HoratioAlgerJr story ever written follows this same plot. Poor boy works hard, is virtuous, and is helped by a kindly older man, and he eventually makes his fortune, relatively speaking.
** In Alger's first book, ''Ragged Dick'', Dick is able to elevate himself from homeless bootblack to... entry-level {{Clerk}}. While the "riches" part may seem a bit underwhelming, there's no doubt he's better off at the end than the beginning.
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* Characters.AJCO: {{Clerk}}: As stated above, C_C is the leader of an entire group of these and enjoys a great deal of power because of it.
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* Characters.Dracula: {{Clerk}}: A former clerk, having just passed his bar exam before heading to Transylvania. He's made a partner in the firm on his return.
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* MalevolentArchitecture: ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Robotropolis is a sprawling megapolis made entirely of gargantuan industrial complexes that stretch for miles in all directions, as far as the eye can see... and in all of it, [[GhostCity there are no people, anywhere]]. Buildings that ''could'' hold people - businesses, restaurants, apartments, and the like - can be seen scattered around the less developed areas, but all of them completely empty and [[RuinsOfTheModernAge decayed by time and lack of upkeep]]. To top it off, everything is [[OminousFog shrouded in dense, purplish fog]].
** Instead of people, the entire population is made of robots that are [[FantasticCasteSystem rigidly divided into three castes]]: [[SuperSoldier Soldiers]], [[{{Clerk}} Secretaries]], and [[SlaveRace Slaves]]. In particular, the slaves are ''[[UnwillingRoboticization former people]]'' who are [[AndIMustScream incapable of rebellion]], because they have been [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashed into eternal servitude]]...which is what they intend to do to you, and [[AssimilationPlot to everyone else on the planet]].
* MeekTownsman: By contrast to the standard {{Western}} protagonist, the Meek Townsman is usually a bit short, skinny and has a tendency to wear glasses. Typical occupations for the character include {{Clerk}} and the ShopKeeper, but can be any non-combat position up to and including the mayor. This character may be a HenpeckedHusband as well.
* Paperworkaholic: Their love of the job usually means that they will not be a BeleagueredBureaucrat unless they happen to be having a particularly bad day. Most {{Desk Jockey}}s would prefer to be back in the action, though a few may come to prefer their position behind a desk. Most likely the a Paperworkaholic is also a {{Clerk}}.
* RagsToRiches: Virtually every Creator/HoratioAlgerJr story ever written follows this same plot. Poor boy works hard, is virtuous, and is helped by a kindly older man, and he eventually makes his fortune, relatively speaking.
** In Alger's first book, ''Ragged Dick'', Dick is able to elevate himself from homeless bootblack to... entry-level {{Clerk}}. While the "riches" part may seem a bit underwhelming, there's no doubt he's better off at the end than the beginning.
* WesternCharacters: '''Index'''
* WhiteCollarWorker: As office machinery such as the typewriter, adding machine, mimeograph etc. became available starting in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century, clerical workers began shifting their skill sets from the {{Clerk}} to the modern White Collar Worker. In particular, many women joined the workforce, though they tended to be stuck in the lower-ranked and lower-paying "pink collar" office jobs. Women's roles in the office both in real life and media have improved over the decades.
* Characters.AJCO: {{Clerk}}: As stated above, C_C is the leader of an entire group of these and enjoys a great deal of power because of it.
* Characters.ArchipelagoExodusTerminer: MeaningfulName: A {{Clerk}}, or "clark" as it would be pronounced in the classical British manner, is someone employed in keeping records.
* Characters.DiscworldOthers: {{Clerk}}: Front to back, very clerk-y. It tends to shock people when he expresses interests in things other than filing. Vetinari once speculated that a woman would have to dress up as a manila envelope to catch his attentions.
* Characters.Dracula: {{Clerk}}: A former clerk, having just passed his bar exam before heading to Transylvania. He's made a partner in the firm on his return.
* Characters.DrowtalesValJaalDarya: {{Clerk}}: Albeit a high-ranking one.
* Characters.MonstersInc: {{Clerk}}
-->'''From DVD bonus material''': "The pink copy [of your carbonless copy paper scare receipt] goes to accounts receivable. The fuchsia copy goes to purchasing. Ivory goes to your immediate supervisor. ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis And I! Get! The goldenrod!]] Goldenrod!''"
* Characters.SonicTheHedgehogIDWTheRestoration: ArcHeroine: Cream, of the Year 3 storyline. From Issues 25-36, she appears at least OncePerEpisode (except in Issue 28, [[spoiler:due to her Metal Virus infection]]), guarantees that Gemerl gets Zeena's Chaos Emerald (thus ensuring [[spoiler:Sonic and Silver go Super]]), acts as a {{Clerk}} with her family to cut the Chaotix some slack, helps defend Tangle's hometown from Eggman, and is key to Rouge's plan in ''Chao Races and Badnik Bases''. The latter arc also gives Cheese and other Chao some spotlight.
* Characters.TheRithmatist: {{Clerk}}: Her job in Armedius.
* Characters.YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitchesTheWitches: {{Clerk}}: This is her official title in [[spoiler:Miyamura's student council]], though she's often seen helping with other odd jobs, and the other non-clerk members do just as much paperwork as her.
* Characters.YuGiOhCardGameGToI: {{Clerk}}: Keeping the trope description in mind, Gagaga Clerk supports the Gagaga Archetype.
* Creator.HoratioAlgerJr: An older man who'd successfully lifted himself from poverty gives Dick advice, and shortly thereafter Dick's initiative and pluck earns him a small nest egg and some decent clothes. By pluck, determination, and some [[ContrivedCoincidence amazing luck]] (as well as some helpful adults at key points), Dick is able to advance himself into a steady job as a entry-level {{Clerk}}.
* Film.GrimPrairieTales: {{Clerk}}: Farley Deeds is a clerk travelling from Seattle to Jacksonville to meet up with his wife, who gets caught up in a storytelling competition with BoisterousBruiser BountyHunter Morrison. The fact that the central character in Morrison's second story--a clerk in a hardware store named Tom who falls victim to a VaginaDentata--bears a strong resemblance to him is not lost on Deeds.
* ImageSource.{{Photography}}
* Laconic.{{Clerk}}
* Literature.Dracula: {{Clerk}}: Jonathan Harker is a clerk, though by the time the story starts, he has risen high enough in the company to be trusted with dangerous foreign missions, and he's made a partner in the firm on his return.
* NightmareFuel.SonicTheHedgehogSatAM: Instead of people, the entire population is made of robots that are [[FantasticCasteSystem rigidly divided into three castes]]: [[SuperSoldier Soldiers]], [[{{Clerk}} Secretaries]], and [[SlaveRace Slaves]]. In particular, the slaves are ''[[UnwillingRoboticization former people]]'' who are [[AndIMustScream incapable of rebellion]], because they have been [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashed into eternal servitude]]...which is what they intend to do to you, and [[AssimilationPlot to everyone else on the planet]].
* PlayingWith.BadassBureaucrat: '''Basic Trope''': A [[WhiteCollarWorker paper-pushing]] [[{{Clerk}} character]] is revealed to be surprisingly badass - either through "normal" things like surprising fighting skills and awesome stunts, or through impressive uses of bureaucracy.
* Recap.SonicTheHedgehogIDWOutOfTheBlueArc: {{Clerk}}: Cream's family begins working at the Team Chaotix Office while the team sets out to find people displaced by the Metal Virus plague.
* Roleplay.AJCO: {{Clerk}}: One of the major cliques within the FAIR-CO faction. Their leader, C_C, is Fairfax's right-hand man.
* SelfDemonstrating.Roz: {{Clerk}}
-->'''From DVD bonus material''': "The pink copy [of your carbonless copy paper scare receipt] goes to accounts receivable. The fuchsia copy goes to purchasing. Ivory goes to your immediate supervisor. ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis And I! Get! The goldenrod!]] Goldenrod!''"
* WeAreNotAlone.TropesZeroToD: '''Index'''
* Webcomic.FateGamersOnly: {{Clerk}}: As Rikku embarrassingly reveals, she used to work in retail, which is how she manages to order around people so well. El-Melloi II finds that it explains a lot.
* YMMV.LetMeExplainStudios: EnsembleDarkHorse: The titular [[{{Clerk}} crotchety storage lady]] and [[CuteButCacophonic Fifi]] are popular characters for not only providing [[AlmightyMom Rebecca's mom]] ADayInTheLimelight, but also for providing hilarious {{Seinfeldian Conversation}}s on the levels of [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Roz]].
** Instead of people, the entire population is made of robots that are [[FantasticCasteSystem rigidly divided into three castes]]: [[SuperSoldier Soldiers]], [[{{Clerk}} Secretaries]], and [[SlaveRace Slaves]]. In particular, the slaves are ''[[UnwillingRoboticization former people]]'' who are [[AndIMustScream incapable of rebellion]], because they have been [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashed into eternal servitude]]...which is what they intend to do to you, and [[AssimilationPlot to everyone else on the planet]].
* MeekTownsman: By contrast to the standard {{Western}} protagonist, the Meek Townsman is usually a bit short, skinny and has a tendency to wear glasses. Typical occupations for the character include {{Clerk}} and the ShopKeeper, but can be any non-combat position up to and including the mayor. This character may be a HenpeckedHusband as well.
* Paperworkaholic: Their love of the job usually means that they will not be a BeleagueredBureaucrat unless they happen to be having a particularly bad day. Most {{Desk Jockey}}s would prefer to be back in the action, though a few may come to prefer their position behind a desk. Most likely the a Paperworkaholic is also a {{Clerk}}.
* RagsToRiches: Virtually every Creator/HoratioAlgerJr story ever written follows this same plot. Poor boy works hard, is virtuous, and is helped by a kindly older man, and he eventually makes his fortune, relatively speaking.
** In Alger's first book, ''Ragged Dick'', Dick is able to elevate himself from homeless bootblack to... entry-level {{Clerk}}. While the "riches" part may seem a bit underwhelming, there's no doubt he's better off at the end than the beginning.
* WesternCharacters: '''Index'''
* WhiteCollarWorker: As office machinery such as the typewriter, adding machine, mimeograph etc. became available starting in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century, clerical workers began shifting their skill sets from the {{Clerk}} to the modern White Collar Worker. In particular, many women joined the workforce, though they tended to be stuck in the lower-ranked and lower-paying "pink collar" office jobs. Women's roles in the office both in real life and media have improved over the decades.
* Characters.AJCO: {{Clerk}}: As stated above, C_C is the leader of an entire group of these and enjoys a great deal of power because of it.
* Characters.ArchipelagoExodusTerminer: MeaningfulName: A {{Clerk}}, or "clark" as it would be pronounced in the classical British manner, is someone employed in keeping records.
* Characters.DiscworldOthers: {{Clerk}}: Front to back, very clerk-y. It tends to shock people when he expresses interests in things other than filing. Vetinari once speculated that a woman would have to dress up as a manila envelope to catch his attentions.
* Characters.Dracula: {{Clerk}}: A former clerk, having just passed his bar exam before heading to Transylvania. He's made a partner in the firm on his return.
* Characters.DrowtalesValJaalDarya: {{Clerk}}: Albeit a high-ranking one.
* Characters.MonstersInc: {{Clerk}}
-->'''From DVD bonus material''': "The pink copy [of your carbonless copy paper scare receipt] goes to accounts receivable. The fuchsia copy goes to purchasing. Ivory goes to your immediate supervisor. ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis And I! Get! The goldenrod!]] Goldenrod!''"
* Characters.SonicTheHedgehogIDWTheRestoration: ArcHeroine: Cream, of the Year 3 storyline. From Issues 25-36, she appears at least OncePerEpisode (except in Issue 28, [[spoiler:due to her Metal Virus infection]]), guarantees that Gemerl gets Zeena's Chaos Emerald (thus ensuring [[spoiler:Sonic and Silver go Super]]), acts as a {{Clerk}} with her family to cut the Chaotix some slack, helps defend Tangle's hometown from Eggman, and is key to Rouge's plan in ''Chao Races and Badnik Bases''. The latter arc also gives Cheese and other Chao some spotlight.
* Characters.TheRithmatist: {{Clerk}}: Her job in Armedius.
* Characters.YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitchesTheWitches: {{Clerk}}: This is her official title in [[spoiler:Miyamura's student council]], though she's often seen helping with other odd jobs, and the other non-clerk members do just as much paperwork as her.
* Characters.YuGiOhCardGameGToI: {{Clerk}}: Keeping the trope description in mind, Gagaga Clerk supports the Gagaga Archetype.
* Creator.HoratioAlgerJr: An older man who'd successfully lifted himself from poverty gives Dick advice, and shortly thereafter Dick's initiative and pluck earns him a small nest egg and some decent clothes. By pluck, determination, and some [[ContrivedCoincidence amazing luck]] (as well as some helpful adults at key points), Dick is able to advance himself into a steady job as a entry-level {{Clerk}}.
* Film.GrimPrairieTales: {{Clerk}}: Farley Deeds is a clerk travelling from Seattle to Jacksonville to meet up with his wife, who gets caught up in a storytelling competition with BoisterousBruiser BountyHunter Morrison. The fact that the central character in Morrison's second story--a clerk in a hardware store named Tom who falls victim to a VaginaDentata--bears a strong resemblance to him is not lost on Deeds.
* ImageSource.{{Photography}}
* Laconic.{{Clerk}}
* Literature.Dracula: {{Clerk}}: Jonathan Harker is a clerk, though by the time the story starts, he has risen high enough in the company to be trusted with dangerous foreign missions, and he's made a partner in the firm on his return.
* NightmareFuel.SonicTheHedgehogSatAM: Instead of people, the entire population is made of robots that are [[FantasticCasteSystem rigidly divided into three castes]]: [[SuperSoldier Soldiers]], [[{{Clerk}} Secretaries]], and [[SlaveRace Slaves]]. In particular, the slaves are ''[[UnwillingRoboticization former people]]'' who are [[AndIMustScream incapable of rebellion]], because they have been [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashed into eternal servitude]]...which is what they intend to do to you, and [[AssimilationPlot to everyone else on the planet]].
* PlayingWith.BadassBureaucrat: '''Basic Trope''': A [[WhiteCollarWorker paper-pushing]] [[{{Clerk}} character]] is revealed to be surprisingly badass - either through "normal" things like surprising fighting skills and awesome stunts, or through impressive uses of bureaucracy.
* Recap.SonicTheHedgehogIDWOutOfTheBlueArc: {{Clerk}}: Cream's family begins working at the Team Chaotix Office while the team sets out to find people displaced by the Metal Virus plague.
* Roleplay.AJCO: {{Clerk}}: One of the major cliques within the FAIR-CO faction. Their leader, C_C, is Fairfax's right-hand man.
* SelfDemonstrating.Roz: {{Clerk}}
-->'''From DVD bonus material''': "The pink copy [of your carbonless copy paper scare receipt] goes to accounts receivable. The fuchsia copy goes to purchasing. Ivory goes to your immediate supervisor. ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis And I! Get! The goldenrod!]] Goldenrod!''"
* WeAreNotAlone.TropesZeroToD: '''Index'''
* Webcomic.FateGamersOnly: {{Clerk}}: As Rikku embarrassingly reveals, she used to work in retail, which is how she manages to order around people so well. El-Melloi II finds that it explains a lot.
* YMMV.LetMeExplainStudios: EnsembleDarkHorse: The titular [[{{Clerk}} crotchety storage lady]] and [[CuteButCacophonic Fifi]] are popular characters for not only providing [[AlmightyMom Rebecca's mom]] ADayInTheLimelight, but also for providing hilarious {{Seinfeldian Conversation}}s on the levels of [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Roz]].
