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15->'''The Master:''' I like it when you use my name.\
16'''The Doctor:''' You chose it... Psychiatrist's field day.
17-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums The Sound of Drums]]"
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19Beware of any character whose name is simply "The Master". They're often in charge of things (duh) but most often these things include a reclusive mansion in the middle of nowhere, or [[BigFancyCastle a castle]], or [[MadScientistLaboratory a laboratory]], or all three! If they don't rule on the periphery of civilization like an old-school noble, they may rule right under our noses in civilized society. Whatever they're up to, expect them to have a big mustache, a great dining hall, and any number of {{Evil Plan}}s.
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21Note that characters who have a name to go with "Master" are exempted from this — for example, Master So-and-So who teaches martial arts. Often a student will simply refer to their teacher as "Master", but that's also an exemption.
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23See also NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast, SpellMyNameWithAThe, JustTheFirstCitizen.
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25RankScalesWithAsskicking is usually in effect.
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27Not to be confused with the Creator/PaulThomasAnderson [[Film/TheMaster film]] (though the Master in that does fit the theme to a degree), or with the TV show ''Series/MasterNinja'' (also known simply as ''Series/TheMaster''), or the similarly named trope OldMaster.
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35* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Lelouch has a theme called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWn0nF-PFcE "THE MASTER"]] for his most ominous, overlordly, badass scenes.
36* Inachika Akitani from ''Manga/TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer'' tends to end his introductions with "Also known as, The Master."
37* ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'': The bartender at the [=ChaChaMaru=] is known as "Master". Suppose this may double as EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep, but he DOES fit with the big mustache and the great dining hall. As for evil plans, well, he has a crush on his boozy redhead slacker alcoholic waitress [[spoiler:and eventually marries her]], so he's got that going for him. "Master" is actually what Japanese people call bartenders in general; you can see it in a few other series, like ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad''.
38* Caesar Clown of ''Manga/OnePiece'' bears the nickname "Master" (also written in English in the original Japanese edition), often just shortened to "M". He's a BitchInSheepsClothing MadScientist that you just LoveToHate...
39* Averted in ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru'' - the Master of the citadel [[NonEntityGeneral doesn't actually appear]], as they're supposed to represent the player of [[VideoGame/ToukenRanbu the game on which the series is based]], but they love all of the Sword Warriors dearly. The master does things for them like buy them books and sew [[BeachEpisode swimsuits for them]], and when their master gets sick, the Sword Warriors all worry and do things like make soup, and go out to find a special herb to make medicine from. It's all very [[SugarWiki/{{WAFF}} hanamaru]].
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43* The ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' villain later known as the Master of the World.
44* In the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' {{Elseworld}}s story "ComicBoook/TheMasterOfTheFuture", a [[ComicBook/GothamByGaslight turn-of-the-century Batman]] battled the so-called "Master", Alexandre [=LeRoi=] (very likely inspired by the Jules Verne example in Literature below), who attempted to destroy the Gotham City World's Fair Exposition from his CoolAirship, via a [[{{Steampunk}} solar cannon composed of an array of lenses that concentrated sunlight into a cohesive beam]].
45* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'':
46** It's not the exact name, but The Leader has pretty much the same vibe. And in his appearance in the Dan Slott ''ComicBook/SheHulk'' series, he was [[ComicBookFantasyCasting drawn]] as Creator/RogerDelgado with hypercephaly.
47** Also, the [[FutureMeScaresMe evil future Hulk]] calls himself the ComicBook/{{Maestro}}.
48* In the late 1980s revival of ''ComicBook/TheShadow'', the Shadow's agents frequently referred to him by this title, though that comes close to the student mode of address exemption, and he's technically a good guy.
49* In one ''ComicBook/{{Valerian}}'' story, appropriately named "The Master's Birds", the titular Master is a [[spoiler:gigantic brain-like alien [[MindRape mind raping]] people into submission]].
50* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: The Masters of Neptune are plotting to enslave a large part of humanity and jettison the earth from orbit.
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54* Occasionally, [[{{Fanfiction}} fanfics]] will make the Masters from ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Buffy'' [[AmalgamatedIndividual the same guy]], with the explanation that the ''Doctor Who'' villain gave vampirism a shot in his pursuit of immortality. Sadly, there appears to be no team-ups or fights between the two because they would be too confusing (although theoretically, the confusion could be averted by referring to the ''Doctor Who'' Master by one of many aliases like "Harold Saxon").
55* The ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/40170021/chapters/100608348 Metro Master]]'' of Kalos is also known as "L'esprit malfaisant du train," a vengeful ghost who dragged the previous Metro Master to the underworld for neglecting the subway. Nobody knows his real name. In reality, he's [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Subway Boss Ingo]], who was mistaken for a ghost due to a pileup of circumstantial evidence, and is unable to tell anyone his name due to the language barrier. Ingo isn't evil, but he ''is'' completely terrifying.
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58[[folder:Films — Animation]]
59* ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'': The owner of the titular character. That's not his name, though; he doesn't even call himself "the master". It's just the appliances' name for him.
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63* In ''Film/KnockedUp'', Martin can only get out of the ''dirty man challenge'' by explicitly referring to Jason as ''The Master''.
64* ''Barry Gordy's Film/TheLastDragon'': Sho'Nuff, The Shogun of Harlem insisted everyone call him "The Master".
65* ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'': A character called Master was one half of [=MasterBlaster=] in the film. He was played by Angelo Rossitto, co-founder of the Little People Society of America and star of ''Film/{{Freaks}}''.
66* ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'': [=ThE=] mAsTeR wOuLd [=NoT=] aPpRoVe [=BeInG=] oVeRlOoKeD fRoM tHiS lIsT. nO, tHe [=MaStEr=] [=WoUlD=] nOt [=ApPrOve=].
67* ''Film/TheMaster'' is about the rise of a ChurchOfHappyology-style cult leader who's called "Master" by his followers.
68* ''Film/{{Tron}}'' gives us a digital example in the Master Control Program (MCP).
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72* One of the titles of [[TheDragon Gerridon]] from the ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath'' is "The Master of Knorth", usually shortened to just "the Master".
73* Subverted in Marc Twain's ''Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt'': the title Yankee was styled ''The Boss'' by the British.
74* A "stale beer with a martini olive" SpyFiction series by William Garner featured a British [[TheSpymaster intelligence chief]] who was referred to and occasionally addressed only as the Master. The main character had been one of his agents before the series began, and sometimes wound up reluctantly working for him again.
75* Note the Master of Laketown in ''Literature/TheHobbit'', though he's by no means an evil mastermind; more of a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] ObstructiveBureaucrat.
76* The villain from Creator/GarthNix's story "Hope Chest" is called the Master. He's a Hitler-like character in an alternate America.
77* ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita'': One of the eponymous characters from M. Bulgakov's novel is of course the Master – though this is not a villain, but one of the most good and kind-hearted characters in the book. He was a writer, but after his book was banned, he went out of his mind, and started to call himself "the Master" (an important note: in Russian "master" means not "lord", but something like "maestro"). He was actually given the name by his lover (that would be Margarita) who was devoted to him and his novel. His real name is never revealed, but it's implied that his skill is so great that Master is the more fitting name anyway.
78* In ''Literature/TheMasterOfTheWorld'' by Creator/JulesVerne, the titular character is the inventor/pilot of the speedboat/submarine/automobile/aircraft called "The Terror" (it was 1904, folks).
79* ''Radio/TheShadow'': ''The Black Master'', one of the earlier novellas in ''The Shadow Magazine'', sometimes referred to the eponymous criminal mastermind as "The Master" before settling on "The Black Master".
80* In ''Literature/TheSistersGrimm'', the leader of the Scarlet Hand and BigBad gets the title "The Master".
81* ''Literature/TheStrain'' has an ancient evil vampire simply called The Master. That's revealed to be a pseudonym, and his true name is [[spoiler: Sariel/Ozaryel, and implicitly he's the ''Angel of Death''.]]
82* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}: Literature/LastSonOfKrypton'' pits the Man of Steel, and Lex Luthor, against a tyrant named The Master, who is determined to wrest the rule of the entire galaxy away from the Guardians of Oa.
83* The race of aliens in ''Literature/TheTripods'' are called the Masters. [[AlienInvasion Guess what they're like.]]
84* ''Literature/WaywardChildren'': The Master is a CardCarryingVillain VampireMonarch in the DarkWorld of the Moors. His title is doubly ominous, referring both to the human towns he controls and to the girls he raises as a twisted father figure to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything be his willing victims]].
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88* In ''Series/{{Bones}}'' the SerialKiller Gormogon apparently preferred to be called "The Master", though admittedly the only people who did so were his apprentices.
89* The season 1 villain for ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', a vampire ancient enough to have outgrown human features, who wanted to open the Hellmouth and bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. He shows up again in various flashbacks and rules Sunnydale with an iron fist in the [[AlternateTimeline Wishverse]], before coming BackFromTheDead in [[ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Season 8]].
90* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
91** [[Characters/DoctorWhoMasters The series's longest recurring solo villain]] and the Doctor's EvilCounterpart — who actively chose the title just as the Doctor did theirs, which tells you rather a lot about them as a person. Going by this name so amuses the Master that even while incognito, they often choose a PaperThinDisguise alias based on its sound or [[ThisIsMyNameOnForeign meaning]] (Mister Magister, Professor Thascales, Col. Masters, Prof. [[SignificantAnagram Stream]], Missy, etc.). On the rare occasions anyone's asked what they're the master ''of'', the answer tends to be "the master of all matter" or simply "The Master of All". By the same token, the Doctor is "a doctor of many things" or "The Doctor of Everything" plus a couple of less-used versions referring to time-travel. It's been suggested that the Master's name comes from their degree at the Time Lord Academy. Bear in mind that a master's degree is just one step below a doctorate — this might explain the enmity between the Doctor and the Master! In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]", it's hinted that the word "doctor" (which means "person of knowledge" or "healer") comes from the Doctor himself. So it would be fitting for the word "Master" (which means "controller" and "man of knowledge") to come from him as well.\
92On at least three occasions in the Second Doctor's run, the Doctor is told that "The Master" wants to see him (on one occasion it's the Great Intelligence, on another it's the Master of the Land of Fiction, and on the other it's Professor Maxtible). In each case he reacts with alarm. Since the Master proper hadn't been invented then, his misgivings can only be down to [[GenreSavvy his knowledge of this trope]]. (In-universe, in the Master's debut story, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E1TerrorOfTheAutons Terror of the Autons]]", a Time Lord informs the Doctor that the Master has taken to referring to himself by that title; though the Doctor knew the character before this, he is apparently unaware of the change in his moniker.) After the Master proper had already been established, the Fifth Doctor, while playing cricket, was informed that he played as well as "the Master", and got progressively more nervous until the other man clarified that he was talking about "the other Doctor" — [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._G._Grace W. G. Grace.]]
93** The Great Intelligence also uses "The Master" as a pseudonym in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E2TheAbominableSnowmen The Abominable Snowmen]]".
94** "The Master of the Land of Fiction" from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber The Mind Robber]]", who was usually called the Master for short. He wasn't a villain, though. [[DoubleSubversion However]], he was controlled by a computer called the MASTER Brain.
95* In real life, heads of Oxford colleges have a number of different titles (Warden, President, Rector...). But ''Series/InspectorMorse'' villains seem to gravitate to colleges where the traditional title is Master.
96** Matthew Copley-Barnes, Master of Beaufort College has a decades-long history of [[spoiler:abusing children]].
97** Clixby Bream, the Master of Lonsdale College in "Death Is Now My Neighbour", is a very nasty piece of work and even [[spoiler:harasses, manipulates and takes advantage of a woman throughout the episode which ultimately causes her death]].
98* The title of the leader of the [[TheOrder Sword of Logos]] in ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' is "Master Logos".
99* In ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'', the male confessor son of Darken Rahl in the final episode of season 1 was referred to as The Master. This seems to be a side effect of confessor powers, as female confessors are usually referred to as "Mistress" by those they've confessed.
100* In ''Series/MidsomerMurders'', "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersWroteS1E4 Death in Disguise]]" the Master is actually a very nice guy who wants to look after people and help them.
101* Aversion: Even though Lee Van Cleef was "[[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly The Bad]]", his titular character in the TV series ''Series/TheMaster'' (a.k.a. ''Master Ninja'' to ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'' fans) was a good guy.
102* The Master is the name of the SealedEvilInACan of ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce''.
103* On ''Series/RedDwarf'', the Master is the title given to the monster from ''Terrorform''. [[spoiler:It's revealed to be a representation of Rimmer's self-loathing, and attempts to torture him with a hot poker]].
104* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Gul Dukat spends some time leading a cult of Pah-wraith-worshipping Bajorans who call him "the Master".
105* The main antagonist in ''Series/TheStrain'' is known as The Master.
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109* In the world of the metal band Music/{{GWAR}}, "The Master" is a giant pair of buttocks.
110* The Music/{{Rammstein}} song "Der Meister" (The Master) is about the apocalypse.
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113[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
114* In his role as the EvilMentor of the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom in Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1995, Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea's character was ''named'' the Master.
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118* Averted entirely by the Magistra of ''Roleplay/SuburbanSenshi''. (The Magistra being the feminine Latin word for Master) This was brought up exactly once in RP where someone compared her name to that of [[Series/DoctorWho the Master]] and the fact that she is a Time Lady. It was quickly pointed out that [[HilariousInHindsight the Master was male and dead]] and that her name came from [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Magistra Magi]] (despite not being one) because she was the first spell-casting Time Lord and wanted to reference that. (Which match previous and later statements made by her player.)
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122* ''Radio/TheNavyLark'' had its own recurring villain, The Master, played with gusto and a surprisingly-for-the-[[WorldOfHam usually-over-the-top-show]]-restrained Chinese accent by Jon Pertwee – who at the same time was also portraying on television [[Series/DoctorWho the mortal foe of a completely different Master]].
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126* ''TabletopGame/{{Battletech}}'': Thomas Marik - that is to say the original Marik and not his body double - is known as the Master to his organization, [[ChurchMilitant The Word of Blake.]]
127* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The BigBad from the X4/X5 adventure series is known as the Master, and is the ruler of the dangerous nation of Hule. [[spoiler: The "Master" is really a mental projection of Hosadus, an evil prophet whose true body lies inert in a sarcophagus.]]
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131* ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' subverts convention. You ''are'' the Master and you're not at all evil.
132** That is, in the Western version. In the Japanese version, the Master is known as '''{{God}}'''. Considering that you play as a powerful benevolent being watching human settlements from the skies to help them grow and protect them from evil, assisted by a little cherub angel, the name change isn't fooling anyone. Makes one wonder if the translators chose the term because it's a Nintendo-censorship-friendly synonym for "The Lord".
133* ''VideoGame/SoulBlazer'' makes a lesser example of an alternate version of {{God}}, for whom the SilentProtagonist acts as an agent during the events of the game.
134* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'', the leader of the [[ProfessionalKiller assassins]] is named Al Mualim, literally 'The Master'. [[spoiler:Turns out at the end of the game that he was just using you to give him undisputed control of the Piece of Eden, an ancient artifact capable of brainwashing the world.]]
135* From ''VideoGame/BattleArenaToshinden 2'' there's the Master who doesn't spell her name with a "the".
136* The NES game ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' featured Master-D, leader of the now defunct BADDS, a villain born as a result of ExecutiveMeddling. Before Nintendo censored it, he was Adolf Hitler, [[CameBackWrong brought back from the dead]] by TheEmpire to help them finish a superweapon. Master-D probably felt at home, as The Empire was clearly PuttingOnTheReich. Fortunately, the player will have a chance to make Hit...Master-D's [[YourHeadAsplode head explode in a very graphic scene for the SNES]].
137* The Master in ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans: Path of the Furon'' is a a {{Jerkass}} OldMaster [[spoiler:and also the game's BigBad]].
138* The BigBad in ''VideoGame/DigimonSurvive'' is an EldritchAbomination worshipped by some Digimon as a god and referred to only as The Master.
139* The Element Dolls refer to the PlayerCharacter as this in ''[[VideoGame/DonPachi DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou]]''.
140* The villain from ''VideoGame/EvilTwinCypriensChronicles'' is known as simply "The Master".
141* The main antagonist of the first ''VideoGame/Fallout1'' is a [[BodyHorror mutated abomination]] called The Master ([[WasOnceAMan formerly a vault dweller]] named Richard Grey) who is the leader of the Super Mutants on the West Coast.
142%%* Ditto for ''VideoGame/HeartOfDarkness''.
143* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX'' introduces to the Kingdom Hearts franchise a character called "The Master of Masters," with no other name. Amongst his powers is the ability to see the future, which he uses to [[AmbiguouslyEvil unknown ends]]. To clarify, he saw the Keyblade War coming, and not only did nothing to stop it, but he practically encouraged it to happen through his apprentices. It's eventually implied that he's the GreaterScopeVillain of the series [[spoiler:as he was TheManBehindTheMan who [[ManipulativeBastard manipulated Xehanort]] into starting the Second Keyblade War]].
144* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
145** In ''VideoGame/MegaManZX Advent'' "Master" is given as the title to the members of the Sage Trinity. [[spoiler:Two out of the three are evil.]]
146** ''VideoGame/MegamanLegends 2'' has "The Master", [[spoiler:the last true human being there is, with everyone else in the world being [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots robots]] or [[ArtificialHuman clones]] or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs robot clones]]. He's actually [[SubvertedTrope very benevolent]]. Unfortunately, he's also [[PosthumousCharacter already dead]], and most of his direct creations are [[AIIsACrapshoot much]] [[OmnicidalManiac less benevolent]] than he was.]]
147* According to bandits' tales in ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'', the Master (or Tunnel Master) is the name of a [[PsychicPowers psychic]] EldritchAbomination within the system's haunted metro tunnels. Periodically, it will compel people in far-off stations to suddenly wander off into uncharted tunnels, never to return. If you ask them where they're going, all they say is [[MadnessMantra "I've been summoned by the Master,"]] and if you tie them down, they'll bite through their restraints to escape. The Master might just be an urban legend, since you never encounter it or anyone it summons in-game, but considering all the other paranormal phenomena in the metro...
148* Porky/Pokey from the ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' franchise likes to identify himself with the prefix of "Master".
149* ''VideoGame/PaperMario'': The {{Superboss}} and most powerful enemy in [[VideoGame/PaperMario64 the original game]], the [[OldMaster head of a martial arts dojo]], is known simply as The Master.
150* ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'' has a character whom almost everybody knows only as "The Master," who rules Mordavia from an old castle on the north side of the valley. [[spoiler:She has a name, Katrina, which she has shared with her apprentice Ad Avis and her adopted daughter Tanya, and then with the Hero when they meet; nobody else knows her name.]]
151* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' has a half example. In Japan the villain is named Vega (and the one named Vega is called Balrog). However, in America, he got a more famous name: Master Bison.
152* ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'' has Grandmaster Meioh, commonly simply referred to as The Grandmaster. Of note is that "Meioh" isn't his name but is simply another title meaning "Dark King" or "Lord of Darkness".
153* The Master Hand from the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series. [[spoiler:And, as of the Wii U and 3DS versions, [[SNKBoss Master Core]].]]
154* The Master is a major boss in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMajEyal''.
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158* ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'': The cruel and sadistic necromancer that brought back Mye and Hex as his zombie slaves was only known to them and referred to by them as The Master. His true name remains unknown but he is also known as the "Bear Witch".
159* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The Master of Paris is a powerful Spark over 200 years old who instills dread in most of the other players in the political sphere of Europa and can control everything, including the very bricks in his city, to use as weapons against his opponents or those who would defy him.
160* ''Webcomic/TheInvitation'': The Master is an [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abomination]] that [[spoiler:has an endless appetite for lesser sentients, transforming them to fit Her sexual tastes, warping their minds to love it, and then finally, assimilating them into Her. She does seem to do that last part out of a genuine love and caring for the little humans, though.]]
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164* In ''ARG/DarkDreamChronicle'', [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slendy]] is referred to as "the Master" except by a few Rebels.
165* ''Fansadox'' #37 has the titular psycho tattooed on his back the word "Master" in Japanese (or so he says), and he likes (read: forces girls he rapes) to be called this. This becomes a plot point [[spoiler:when the girls escape, they find the sheriff and demand the supposed rapist-slash-sadist show his back. Turns out he wasn't the psycho, but the sheriff himself.]] Prime example of BondageIsBad.
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169* In ''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers'', The Rovers' boss is called The Master, [[spoiler:but he was originally known as Professor William F. Shepherd.]]
170* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': Dr. Orpheus' mysterious master, that he gets to though his daughter's closet is a rare good example of this trope. He is the master of all these who seek mystical powers, and always takes a new form. And for someone as obviously powerful as him, he is surprisingly humble and easy to talk to.
171* ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'' has the Night Master, the EvilSorcerer BigBad. After his defeat it's revealed that he's a LegacyCharacter and that [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil anyone with the ambition to be evil enough]] can become the next Master.
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174[[folder:Real Life]]
175* Subverted by the not-at-all evil and thoroughly ''fabulous'' Creator/NoelCoward, nicknamed "The Master".
176* The [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1609168.stm Enigma machine theft]] involved "an unnamed buyer in India, referred to as 'The Master'."
177* UsefulNotes/JosefStalin was referred to by his underlings (but not to his face) as ''Vozhd''. This translates roughly to boss, chief, or master.
178* Anyone who claims to be a member of the "MasterRace" is clearly worth keeping an eye on.
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181-> ''[[Series/DoctorWho "I am the Master, and you will obey me…"]]''

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