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The Inquisitor General
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Ask anybody in the military, what's the most nerve-wracking experience they will ever face? Enemy tanks? Air strikes? Being shot to death? No, you may find they most lament having to deal with The Inquisitor General. This is a character whose job it is to go over everything you do with a fine-toothed comb and an electron microscope, making sure to catalog each of your transgressions, big and small. He could be a Drill Sergeant Nasty, The Neidermeyer, or even Colonel Badass. Assuming that he is a benevolent form of this trope, his goal is to help you become as flawless at what you do as possible, so you'll be less likely to make any mistakes when it counts for real. Of course, it's also possible that he's a Jerkass whose only goal is to make you look like an incompetent fool or get you angry enough to do something you'll regret. Given his role, the Inquisitor General will tend to be Lawful Good, Lawful Neutral, or Lawful Evil. This is, of course, very much Truth in Television for many organizations, who use these guys as checks against complacency and corruption. Sub-Trope to The Inspector Is Coming and a Sister Trope to Internal Affairs, which is more commonly found in works about the police. Compare and contrast with The Political Officer. |
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One strip had the squadron commander assuring his daughter that there was no monster in the closet. When he opened the door to show her, the Inspector General was standing in the closet, asking the father "How's it feel to lie to your kid?" | |
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In fact, the very first time the Inspector General is mentioned in the comic, one of the characters is trying to equate the Inspector General to a Mad Scientist. The logic behind his conclusion is a bit weak, to say the least. | |
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Internal Affairs | |
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In Memory, the reader is introduced to the position of Imperial Auditor, a troubleshooter answerable only to the Emperor with vast powers to investigate situations beyond what's addressed by normal channels, in a combination of this trope and its sister trope Internal Affairs. Miles is assigned the position to investigate an unusual attack on ImpSec's security chief, and thinks he's killing time waiting for field agents to report on off-planet leads. As it happens, after a few days of snooping, he finds what he needs to crack the case in the basement of ImpSec HQ. | |
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Star Wars (Franchise) | |
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In Star Wars, Colonel Wullf Yularen is a colonel in the Imperial Security Bureau (the Empire's state and military police) and is frequently shown to be the point of call for military internal problems. A specific example is in Star Wars Rebels Season Four episode "Through Imperial Eyes", in which he is called in by Grand Admiral Thrawn to root out a spy. Thanks to his investigation, Thrawn deduces the spy to be his protege and ISB Agent Kallus. | |
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Secret Police | |
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Alfred Bester, being a PsiCop, is in a way this trope for the rest of the PsiCorps. He also uses his talents and authority to generally fuck with the mundanes when it serves his purposes. | |
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Indy Ploy | |
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Miles Vorkosigan pulls off faking this in The Warrior's Apprentice as part of an Indy Ploy — or rather, the latest in a long string of Indy Ploys. | |
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Running Gag | |
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A Running Gag in Crew Dogs was that the Inspector General was a malicious Jerkass who seemed to have almost supernatural powers to catch the officers making mistakes. One strip had the squadron commander assuring his daughter that there was no monster in the closet. When he opened the door to show her, the Inspector General was standing in the closet, asking the father "How's it feel to lie to your kid?" In fact, the very first time the Inspector General is mentioned in the comic, one of the characters is trying to equate the Inspector General to a Mad Scientist. The logic behind his conclusion is a bit weak, to say the least. |
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