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Myra
Since: Oct, 2011
2011-12-18 06:17:56
Might be a Heroic Sociopath, or one of the other examples of Comedic Sociopathy?
oztrickster
Since: Jun, 2010
CrypticMirror
Since: Jan, 2001

Is there a trope for a character who is humorously looking out for himself? The ensemble character who very obviously doesn't care about the company/cause/etc but only about his own needs. Often the goal is simply to keep his job.
Examples of this would be Creed in The Office and Nina in Just Shoot Me, who often give funny comments to this effect. When Creed doesn't check the quality of the paper that is shipped away and gets the company in trouble, he goes to great lengths to finger a woman at the printing company instead. "It is something I picked up while living on the street."
Nina immediately tells Maya to fire her new assistant, a young and pretty go-getter, thinking that she will be dangerous competition.
Creed tells the boss Michael Scott to deal with Ryan from the head office, who is introducing a new company website and also palm pilots for the sales team, as he believes all the new stuff means those who are old (like Creed) will be on their way out - there is not an ounce of thought to whether the company benefits from the new stuff or not.