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The Handler
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A character type in Spy Fiction and Action Thrillers, particularly in those which lean in the Government Conspiracy direction and/or those with assassins as their protagonists. The heroes don't have access to their bosses, but instead have orders relayed to them through the "Handler" whose jobs include looking out for the hero's physical and emotional well-being, supplying weapons, and/or killing the hero should they become insubordinate. In cases with the hero and Handler being of opposite genders, it is somewhat common for the Handler to have Unresolved Sexual Tension with the hero as they are the "human face" of the secret organization to which the hero belongs. If the Handler is officially part of a government agency, the more accurate term would be "case officer", whereas the people s/he is handling are known as "agents". See also Mission Control, Mysterious Employer. The handler's handler is The Spymaster. |
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Now and Again: Dr. Morris is Michael Wiseman's handler and keeper, tasked with both setting up Michael's missions and preventing him from interacting with the outside world (especially his widow). | |
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The Pretender: Sydney was Jarod's handler at the Centre from the time Jarod was a child, giving Jarod the simulations to do and recording the results. | |
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Agent Smith contracts and helps 47 infiltrate the White House in Hitman: Blood Money. | |
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In Maiden Rose, Klaus has one in Taki's country, who supplies him with drugs among other things. When he tells Klaus he's getting out soon and Klaus should too before he dies there Klaus mocks him for getting too attached to him. | |
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A Certain Magical Index: Most of the Dark Side groups of Academy City have one of these who keeps them linked up on missions from the Board of Directors or the various scientists in the city. Most of them also do their business anonymously with their groups, since many Dark Side groups are not afraid to go hunting them down if they feel like they're being cheated or used as dupes. | |
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Angel: Doyle (who gets visions from the mystical Powers That Be) attempts to be this in the first episode, giving Angel the relevant information from his visions and just stepping back to let him do the grunt work (arguing that he's just the messenger), but Angel isn't; having it, and drags him along to fight evil, which Doyle comes to like. | |
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In Chuck, Sarah and Casey serve as Handlers (and at times fellow field agents) for the title character. The reason why Chuck has two handlers is because they represent two different agencies collaborating on the Intersect project: CIA (Sarah) and NSA (Casey). | |
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Star Trek: Picard: Narissa is Narek's handler; she's the one who approved (and has the authority to disapprove) his plan to seduce Soji for information. He must report his observations about their target directly to her. Unfortunately, she's also Narek's sister, and their sibling squabbles tend to get in the way of a professional relationship. | |
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Frank's only real connection to the world in Red (2003) is his handler, Sally. The equivalent character in the movie isn't an example, as for various reasons her role was both changed and expanded. | |
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Stand Still, Stay Silent: A Language Barrier keeps Sigrun from directly giving orders to Lalli and understanding his reports. Because of this, Lalli's non-combatant cousin and Cloudcuckoolander's Minder Tuuri, who can speak with both Sigrun and Lalli, ends up being the one conveying Sigrun's orders to Lalli and translating his reports back, with a mix of Tactful Translation and Translation with an Agenda. | |
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Fullmetal Alchemist has a rank-reversed version. Colonel Roy Mustang appoints his second-in-command, Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye, to be his handler. He has even ordered her, should he ever undergo a Face–Heel Turn, to kill him on the spot. | |
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Wonder Woman: While continuity was rather fluid during The Golden Age of Comic Books when Wonder Woman was essentially an extremely unique asset/agent of the USAAF her "boss" was General Darnell, but her handler was Steve Trevor. This was an odd case as she worked with the military and was someone Darnell would direct Steve to deliver missions to but, as Wonder Woman, wasn't technically on their payroll. Instead, she was on their payroll as Diana Prince, Darnell's secretary, but it was implied Darnell and Trevor didn't know or pretended not to know about her identity. This may have had to do with her unorthodox methods, which included refusing to kill enemy agents. | |
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Dragon Age: Inquisition: As the Inquisition's spymaster, Leliana operates in this role for her various agents, including you, should you take up doing spy missions for her. Otherwise, she acts as The Creon with Cassandra, technically perfectly capable of leading but helping you do so instead. | |
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Alpha Protocol: There are eight handlers used throughout the various missions. Mike can have Unresolved Sexual Tension with all four of the potential female handlers, if you play your cards right with the dialogue options. | |
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Andrew Osnard of The Tailor of Panama is a classic example, recruiting title character Harold Pendel as a spy and applying so much pressure to him that he makes up information that when acted on majorly destabilizes the region. | |
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In Oblivion, the retired Grandmaster of the Blades, Jauffre, takes up the mantle once again as the titular Oblivion Crisis unfolds. He gives the player character the initial missions of the main quest and is the one to offer him/her official induction into the Blades if he/she desires it. | |
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In Claymore, the Organization employs a number of black-clad liaisons who deliver yoma extermination contracts to the eponymous warriors, then collect and deliver payments to the HQ. The handlers' job is quite delicate, since unlike the Claymores they chaperone, they are not superhumanly enhanced themselves and must therefore be very vigilant for any sign of the girls going rogue or Awakening. In the former case, it is the handler's job to send them on a Suicide Mission; in the latter, they typically assign a group of loyal Claymores to execute their Awakened sister-in-arms. | |
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Weiss in Knight Hunters go through several of these: Manx, Birman, Botan, and Rex. Their mortality rate isn't much better than that of anyone else who comes into contact with Weiss. | |
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In Spy X Family, Twilight's handler, Sylvia Sherwood, is routinely simply referred to as Handler. She fulfills the classic outlines of the trope, as well as some others. | |
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Any shadowy government types who serve as quest-givers in a Grand Theft Auto game, notably Mike Toreno in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and "United Liberty Paper" in Grand Theft Auto IV. | |
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Come Skyrim, the Blades have been ravaged and officially disbanded as a term of the White-Gold Concordat with the Thalmor-led Aldmeri Dominion. Only two are known to still be alive early in the game, one of whom (Delphine) contacts the Dragonborn and has him/her seek out the other (Esbern). Delphine then assumes the title of Grandmaster while Esbern serves as Chronicler. Depending on the player's actions, the Blades can be rebuilt in Skyrim with fresh recruits to resume their ancient duty of dragon slaying. | |
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The Americans features a number of KGB handlers working (for) Soviet illegals in 1980s USA, most notably "Claudia", who is ruthless and curt, and "Gabriel", who has more of a fatherly approach. | |
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Vorkosigan Saga: From A Civil Campaign on, it is strongly hinted that Lady Alys Vorpatril is the handler for the ImpSec domestic spy Byerly Vorrutyer. | |
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In The Dresden Files, Ebenezer McCoy was assigned as a troubled teenage Harry's handler (unbeknownst to Harry) in case he ever went nuts and needed to be eliminated. | |
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Sloan acts as Dr. Bashir's handler for Section 31, very much against Bashir's will as he never consented to join the agency. Bashir is using his unwilling membership to try and expose Section 31 so it can be dismantled. Sloan knows this, and knows that Bashir knows, but is confident he can control Bashir anyway. | |
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Though never outright stated as such, Haruhi Suzumiya has the future Mikuru Asahina play this role, especially in the appropriately-named Intrigues light novel, where both Kyon and present-day Mikuru act essentially as cutouts, servicing dead drops and the like.note Although it's less for the purpose of contacting other agents, and more for Stable Time Loop shenanigans. The strict system of classification that her agency uses, not to mention her unconventional but effective way of securing Kyon's loyalty, both point to the role for her. | |
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In Mass Effect 2, Miranda arguably takes on this role, though Shepard spends rather more time tending to her emotional well-being than she does to Shepard's. In the case of a male Shepard, there is also way more sexual tension than in the first case. | |
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This trope is so common in Delta Green that its version of "You All Meet in an Inn" is "You are all called into the briefing by the Handler". As well that Intelligence Case Officer (the official name for a handler) is one of the possible professions for the PCs, in other words, you are the Handler of someone else, a resource you can exploit in your investigations for Delta Green. In the standalone edition, the "Handler" is the name for the Game Master. | |
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Mass Effect: Admiral Steven Hackett serves as the face and voice of the Alliance Navy for the audience and is Shepard's primary contact in the Alliance command. Admiral Hackett picks up additional shades of this when he contacts Shepard to retrieve an Alliance researcher who claimed to have found evidence of an impending Reaper invasion while operating covertly in Batarian Space - at the time, Shepard was on the outs with the Alliance due to his/her involvement with Cerberus, and Hackett needed someone both skilled enough to succeed and in a position to be disavowed easily if s/he failed. In Mass Effect 2, Miranda arguably takes on this role, though Shepard spends rather more time tending to her emotional well-being than she does to Shepard's. In the case of a male Shepard, there is also way more sexual tension than in the first case. |
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Miss San Antonio in Machete Kills gives the trope by name when Machete takes on a job for the American government. She takes her beauty pageant cover a little too seriously. | |
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In Death Note, Watari is considered L's handler — the name "Watari" was chosen because it means handler. | |
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Hitman: Diana fills this role for Agent 47 in all but a few missions over the 20 years that the game franchise has been out. In Hitman (2016), it's revealed that Diana specifically chose 47 when they became partners, and the Agent 47: Birth of the Hitman comic reveals the reason why (47 systematically shot five ICA agents to kill a target he was also chasing, and Diana finds him in a bar afterwards to ask him to join the ICA). Agent Smith contracts and helps 47 infiltrate the White House in Hitman: Blood Money. Benjamin Travis, an ex-army Neidermeyer, replaces Diana in Hitman: Absolution when she goes rogue protecting Victoria. After the events of that game, she returns to the ICA and resumes her duties. From Hitman 2 onward, Lucas Grey oftentimes helps you, particularly in Whittleton Creek and on the Isle of Sgail. Olivia is your handler for a single mission in Hitman 3. Said mission has you wiping the ICA's database of you and Diana's contracts and publishing the rest to dissolve the ICA. |
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Darker than Black has the abrasive Jerk with a Heart of Gold Huang relaying orders to Hei, the Anti-Hero of the series, who in turn has another higher ranked Handler... who just so happens to be a Contractor. The Syndicate's cell structure is somewhat odd at times. | |
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In the Quiller novels, each Bureau "shadow executive" has a director-in-the-field who organizes safehouses, communication, transport, identity papers, liaison with government officials — in short, anything the agent needs for the mission; especially since Bureau agents are never told what the mission is about, the idea being that the agent should not get distracted by any larger political implications. Agents have a right to refuse to work with a particular director, given that trust between the two is so important. Quiller's preferred director is Ferris, even though he's slightly creepy (he's rumored to strangle mice). A brief passage in one novel sizes up two other directors, Loman ("brilliant but desperate for personal kudos, talk you into a suicide bid if it'll get him a medal, it wasn't his fault I'd come out of Tunis alive") and Thornton ("totally dependable, pull you out of the gates of hell if he can get there in time, but short on Rusk-think patterns and mission sense..."). | |
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The Elder Scrolls: In Morrowind, the Player Character is a prisoner released to the eponymous land on the orders of the Emperor himself on the condition that he/she report to the local Blades Spymaster, Caius Cosades. Caius welcomes the newcomer into the organization and acts as his/her handler throughout the first half of the game's main quest. It is clear that Caius genuinely cares about the PC as well as the other Blades agents under his command. Later, he is recalled to the Imperial City, leaving the PC as the new Blades Spymaster in the region. In Oblivion, the retired Grandmaster of the Blades, Jauffre, takes up the mantle once again as the titular Oblivion Crisis unfolds. He gives the player character the initial missions of the main quest and is the one to offer him/her official induction into the Blades if he/she desires it. Come Skyrim, the Blades have been ravaged and officially disbanded as a term of the White-Gold Concordat with the Thalmor-led Aldmeri Dominion. Only two are known to still be alive early in the game, one of whom (Delphine) contacts the Dragonborn and has him/her seek out the other (Esbern). Delphine then assumes the title of Grandmaster while Esbern serves as Chronicler. Depending on the player's actions, the Blades can be rebuilt in Skyrim with fresh recruits to resume their ancient duty of dragon slaying. |
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Sidney is the title character's handler in The Killer (1989), acting as a blood brother to him. | |
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It's never stated, but it is apparent that Leone J.B. is Yuuya's handler in Hatoful Boyfriend. They're the only two Dove agents at the school, and Leone is the senior one who gives younger, actually-goes-out-and-does-stuff Yuuya advice, orders, and sometimes gadgets. | |
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Passione from Golden Wind has handlers for their extremely paranoid boss. Polpo is one such example of a handler, passing down information from the boss to the leaders of individual squads. Furthermore, many handlers are also in charge of recruitment and test the strength of new recruits. | |
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In Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Scarecrow is in some ways more like a handler then a partner. At the least if a veteran agent ever worked with a housewife turned spy (actually not impossible in Real Life though it would probably be less Hallmark-like) he would probably be a handler even if he told her he was a partner. In this case both the handler and the handled are heroic characters. | |
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Kate: A flashback shows Varrick adopting Kate after the murder of her parents and training her as an assassin. Although she regards him as a Parental Substitute and he claims to love her, she realizes too late that he only cares about himself and was willing to kill her when she wanted to retire from being an assassin. It's even implied that Varrick killed Kate's parents in the first place. | |
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In Morrowind, the Player Character is a prisoner released to the eponymous land on the orders of the Emperor himself on the condition that he/she report to the local Blades Spymaster, Caius Cosades. Caius welcomes the newcomer into the organization and acts as his/her handler throughout the first half of the game's main quest. It is clear that Caius genuinely cares about the PC as well as the other Blades agents under his command. Later, he is recalled to the Imperial City, leaving the PC as the new Blades Spymaster in the region. | |
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Diana fills this role for Agent 47 in all but a few missions over the 20 years that the game franchise has been out. In Hitman (2016), it's revealed that Diana specifically chose 47 when they became partners, and the Agent 47: Birth of the Hitman comic reveals the reason why (47 systematically shot five ICA agents to kill a target he was also chasing, and Diana finds him in a bar afterwards to ask him to join the ICA). | |
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Gunslinger Girl is centered around the dynamics of the fratellos, a pairing of a pre-teen (first generation) or teenage (second generation) female cyborg with an older male handler who is a police, military or intelligence ops veteran. As each handler has total discretion over how they treat their cyborg and how much mental conditioning they receive, these dynamics vary greatly. Jose Croce makes Henrietta a Replacement Goldfish for his dead little sister, doting on her constantly to the bemusement of this colleagues. This initially presents him as the most decent of the handlers, but he starts to tire of her constant need for affection and doesn't object to Henrietta being reprogrammed into an Emotionless Girl whom he treats mostly with indifference. Jean Croce regards Rico as just a tool for his vengeance, treating her coldly and occasionally hitting her, though he does mellow somewhat in later years. Rico is remarkably unaffected by this as she was bedridden for most of her life before becoming a cyborg, so anything is an improvement. Hilshire was forced into becoming Triela's handler and has little idea of how to treat a young girl. He gives her minimal conditioning, causing her to become mature and remarkably independent, and the two of them evolve a more natural partnership as a result. Lauro has his girl Elsa heavily brainwashed and as a result she develops an obsession with him. On realising just how indifferent he is to her, she shoots Lauro and then herself. Marco Toni started off as the friendly older brother-type handler to Angelica, but her increasing memory loss from the conditioning caused him to become bitter and indifferent to her. Claudio Raballo is a gruff father figure to Claes, teaching her fishing and gardening as well as the required combat arts. He becomes guilty over what's being done to the girls, tries to blow the whistle on the Agency and dies in a suspiciously convenient traffic accident. As it's too difficult to reprogram a cyborg girl once they've bonded to a handler, Claes' memory is wiped and she's used as a human test subject. Sandro ends up romancing his cyborg Petrushka, an older second generation model. |
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Voidskipper: Shen is this for Madeline and Grom during the events of In Pursuit of Bark's Finest; he's their direct superior, the one sending them out on assignments, and the one who takes them off duty if he determines that they're no longer in condition to serve. He's also a cybernetic spider who's had himself duplicated thousands of times to keep up with an insane workload. | |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In theory, the Watcher plays this role for the Slayer. Whether Buffy or Faith chose to follow the Watchers Council's orders is another matter. | |
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Mr. Kim in R.O.D the TV, to the Paper Sisters when they do contract work for Dokusensha. He's described exactly as a handler several times. | |
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Tony in The Professional not only serves as Leon's handler but his mentor and only friend. | |
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The Culture: Due to its small size, a common methodology of Special Circumstances is to employ or manipulate non-SC or even non-Culture agents to do the dirty work, with SC operatives acting as handlers. Examples include Diziet Sma in Use of Weapons and Flere-Imsaho in The Player of Games. | |
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Buffyverse: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In theory, the Watcher plays this role for the Slayer. Whether Buffy or Faith chose to follow the Watchers Council's orders is another matter. Angel: Doyle (who gets visions from the mystical Powers That Be) attempts to be this in the first episode, giving Angel the relevant information from his visions and just stepping back to let him do the grunt work (arguing that he's just the messenger), but Angel isn't; having it, and drags him along to fight evil, which Doyle comes to like. |
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From Hitman 2 onward, Lucas Grey oftentimes helps you, particularly in Whittleton Creek and on the Isle of Sgail. | |
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Olivia is your handler for a single mission in Hitman 3. Said mission has you wiping the ICA's database of you and Diana's contracts and publishing the rest to dissolve the ICA. | |
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Babylon 5: Mr. Morden to Centauri Ambassador Londo Molario and Lord Refa. Sheridan is shown to have one or two of these in the show's second and third seasons, due to his association with various Earth Force officers who have... doubts... about the circumstances between President Santiago's tragic death and the subsequent rise to power of President Clark. |
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