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An acting ruler intends, plots, or schemes to retain power rather than surrender authority to the rightful ruler. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })King Bob is dead, but Princess Alice is still a child. Regent Charlie is appointed to rule the land in her stead. This is a plum position with all the perks of royalty, but it comes with a built-in retirement date. When Princess Alice comes of age, Charlie must turn the country over to her, going in a day from the most powerful man in the kingdom to a mere nobody. But how is that fair? Charlie's been running everything, and he sees no reason to stop now. If King Bob had the foresight (or the time) to choose a regent before his death, he might have appointed a close relative or a senior churchman, hoping their family ties or religious obligations would stop them from intriguing against the true heir. But this seldom works. Nor does appointing a regency council instead of a single person: that just adds vicious internal politics to the mix. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })When Princess Alice is of age, the story can go several different ways. Perhaps Charlie becomes her Evil Chancellor and runs the kingdom through deception, manipulation, or some sort of evil control over Alice. If he's in line for the throne himself, he may become the Evil Prince. Other times he'll arrange for Alice to be kidnapped, killed, imprisoned, or discredited. In darker stories, he may attempt to marry Alice. While such intergenerational political marriages were once common, the Regent's anticipation of the consummation often pushes him over the Moral Event Horizon. If Charlie is already married, or forbidden to marry, he may arrange a marriage between Alice and one of his family. Alternatively, Charlie may try to keep Alice ignorant of ruling and caught up in the pleasures and perks of being a princess — an infantile queen who still needs the regent's wise hand to steer her around. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_1'); })Sometimes Regent Charlie is evil from the start, perhaps even having had a part in killing the old ruler, but other times he becomes corrupted over time by power and the fear of giving it up. Once in a blue moon, the regent is only called Regent because the actual King has been gone for a very long time, and the people are (at least theoretically) awaiting his return. Since nobody wishes to disrespect the title of King, the actual ruler of the country is officially a mere steward, but in practice he is the reigning monarch in all but name. There is also, of course, the possibility that Princess Alice is an absolute nightmare, and it is better to keep Charlie the regent and avoid Queen Alice the tyrant. Expect Black and Gray Morality and other tropes of this nature to kick in as people question Charlie's legitimacy (which, admittedly, he lacks) and motives (which may well extend beyond altruistic intentions, especially if his struggles have made him cynical). This can ultimately lead to a horrible situation where both Alice and Charlie are monsters, forcing a third party to step in. A Queen Mother acting as regent is more likely to act as My Beloved Smother. A subtrope of In It for Life. Contrast Cincinnatus. Examples: |
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Prozen in Zoids: Chaotic Century is a classic example, complete with trying to kill off the kid heir and prolonging a senseless war. | |
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This is Makina Seval's plan in The Assassins of Tamurin — to put her adopted daughter on the throne and then rule the Empire "from behind the dais." | |
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Prince Thanel tries to set this up in Exile's Valor when he discovers that marrying the Queen isn't enough to make him King. It doesn't work, mainly because the Queen's Weaponsmaster figures out what he's up to and stops him. | |
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Miraz in Prince Caspian started out as "Lord Protector" or some other title and slowly took on the title of king by disposing of anyone at Court opposed to him. He raised the true heir, his brother's son Caspian, as his own heir... until he had a son of his own, prompting Caspian to flee the proceeding murder plot. | |
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Played straight in The Belgariad with the Warders of Riva, who have been waiting for their king for several hundred years. Like the Stewards of Gondor, they are hereditary regents, though unlike Denethor, the last one welcomes back his king. One of his sons, on the other hand, was so enraged at seeing his father's power be usurped he tried to kill Garion. | |
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Played with in The Warlord Chronicles. Arthur is appointed regent while his nephew, Mordred, is a child, to return the throne when Mordred comes of age. Arthur completely intends to do exactly that, even though everyone around him insists that Mordred will be a terrible ruler. Arther steps down anyway, and it turns out his friends were right. | |
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Batman Begins has a minor example, as the CEO takes over Wayne Enterprises soon after Bruce loses his parents. A minor sub-plot involves him preparing to make their stock publicly traded which would leave Bruce with even more money, but no control over the company. Near the end of the film, Bruce simply decides to discreetly buy stock until he is the majority shareholder. | |
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Thanks to Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao is the iconic example of this in Chinese lore; although he was "only" Chancellor/Prime Minister to Emperor Xian of Han, in practice he was the hegemon of northern China during the Three Kingdoms period until his death (after which his son Cao Pi engineered the emperor's abdication in favor of him). | |
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Following the Oblivion Crisis, Ocato of Firsthold became Potentate (only after, according to records, exhausting efforts to find a sufficiently acceptable imperial heir), and by all accounts was well on his way to stabilizing the Empire... only to be assassinated by the Thalmor in a (successful) attempt to destabilize the Empire to make way for the rebirth of the Aldmeri Dominion under their rule. | |
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Discworld: The Patrician of Ankh-Morpork is in theory running the city until the Rightful King Returns (the last king having been executed for his crimes by an Oliver Cromwell stand-in) and in a The Lord of the Rings Shout-Out, the Patrician's chair is just next to the actual throne. Until Vetinari, the Patricians were all incompetent, self-indulgent, sleazy and power-grubbing types for whom assassination was considered a natural cause of death. When the true king does return, it turns out he's perfectly happy leaving the city to Vetinari while he stays in the Watch. Also, the throne is just gold foil over wood, which is itself so rotten it would probably collapse if anyone tried sitting on it. | |
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Yzma in The Emperor's New Groove, although her official title is Advisor. (And in this case, "for life" really carries some weight..) | |
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World of Warcraft: Lor'themar Theron is one of the blue moon variety; he was left as Regent-Lord of Silvermoon while Prince Kael'thas journeyed to Outland to find magic to feed his people. Following Kael'thas' fall and defeat(s), there is no one left in the Sunstrider line, leaving Lor'themar as the new ruler of the Blood Elves. Curiously, he still holds the title "Regent", and has yet to establish his own dynasty. His closest friend Halduron seems to be pushing for him to do so, though Lor'themar insists he is a ranger, not a politician. | |
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On Xena: Warrior Princess, such villains were a dime a dozen. However, a rare benevolent example was Xena's mentor Lao Ma, a Chinese mystic who was a concubine to the tyrant Emperor Lao Tzu. When he fell ill, she used pressure points to put him in a coma while ruling the dynasty in his place, making alliances and performing good deeds in his name so that he would be known as a force for good. Sadly she was executed by her estranged son Ming T'ien when he came of age, but Xena avenged her death. | |
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All the leaders of the CAS in S.S.D.D are called Acting First Advisor to honor Norman Gates. And also because Gates isn't actually dead. | |
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In Dragon Age: Origins, after the death of King Cailan, Loghain names himself regent for his daughter, the adult and perfectly competent Queen Anora. Some of his men are already calling him King Loghain, and he's having a crown made for himself. When Anora contacts the player character, she claims that her father and his ally Arl Howe are conspiring to bump her off as well. Subverted in her case — he's shocked that she thought she was in danger from him. | |
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Alia in Children of Dune. Installed as regent for her brother Paul's twin children, she becomes possessed by the Genetic Memory of Baron Harkonnen and plots to have them killed and consolidate the power of the Empire for herself. Unfortunately for her, she is viciously Out-Gambitted by Leto II. | |
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In Fiona Patton's The Painter Knight, an Evil Uncle assassinates the ruler, planning to be regent for his heir until things have calmed down and he can kill her off too. She escapes and heads for the protection of a cousin, who becomes her loyal, legitimate regent. The resulting altercation is named the Regents' War. | |
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: It's All There in the Manual that Long Feng came into power when the current Earth King was coronated at the age of four. Though an adult by the time of the series, the Earth King seems happy letting Long Feng rule over most practical matters, and Long Feng, for his part, is such a Magnificent Bastard that he's managed to keep the King from even knowing that the Earth Kingdom has been at war for the last century. The Sequel Series The Legend of Korra shows in Book 4 how Kuvira takes back control of the Earth Kingdom (It was plunged into chaos due to the actions of Zaheer and co.) by basically defeating the gangs of every state and making their citizens pledge loyalty to her and her army for full protection. The "for life" part comes when she refuses to give up her temporary power to the rightful heir and declares sovereignty over the new Earth Empire. |
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The Stewards of Gondor in The Lord of the Rings are a family of hereditary regents, generally good ones. They rule Gondor after the last king disappears. Unfortunately, the only one we actually meet in the books and films alike is Denethor, mentally unhinged by the loss of his favorite son, the hordes of Mordor at his doorstep, and finally by the Evil Overlord himself through the seeing-stone which Denethor foolishly thought he could control. In the movies, possibly due to Flanderization, he and Boromir both make it very clear that "Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king." In the book, Denethor says, his rule "is mine and no other man's, unless the king should come again" (LoTR V 1). Denethor might be perfectly willing, even overjoyed, to yield to a king, but we never learn whether Denethor would accept Aragorn as the king. Gandalf tries to conceal from Denethor the coming of Aragorn. Denethor would have a solid precedent for refusing to give Aragorn the throne: Aragorn's ancestor Arvedui tried to claim the throne of Gondor, and they turned him down. Aragorn isn't a direct male-line descendant of Anárion. He's descended from Anárion's older brother Isildur, who was King of Gondor even though his children weren't, and he also descends from Anárion through his ancestress Fíriel, a daughter of the last king of the senior line of Gondor and wife of Arvedui, so there are arguments to be made both ways. |
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In the Books of Kings, Athaliah rules over the kingdom of Judah, first as regent, then as Queen Mother ("guiding" her son Ahaziah, and making sure he allowed her and others to worship Baal.) She offed all but one of her descendents, her grandson Joash, in order to keep anyone else from gaining power. | |
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Iznogoud: In "The Malefic Hopscotch Grid", Iznogoud plans to use the titular grid to turn the Caliph into a kid so he can rule Baghdad as a regent. | |
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The Iron Man movie reveals the Big Bad early on by showing Obadiah Stane to be an example of this. | |
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Jack's rivalry with Kaylie in 30 Rock has overtones of this. Kabletown is a family-run company, her grandfather is the currrent CEO and Jack wants to steer her towards following her parents into "Trust Fund Kid Syndrome" so he can take over the company. | |
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Middle-earth: Shadow of War: Gondor has a line of stewards that has been in charge for over twenty-five generations. While in the books the current steward would have been willing to give up the throne despite his mounting insanity (though he might have denied Aragorn as the rightful king, he dies before the question can come up), in the films Denethor and his son Baromir both declare "Gondor has no king—Gondor needs no king." The game follows this, with Talion and the other Gondorians proud to be a country without a king, and consider themselves more free than any other because of it. When Celebrimbor points out that the steward is exactly the same as a king, Talion ignores him. | |
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The Elder Scrolls Following the assassination of Emperor Reman Cyrodiil III, last in the Reman line, his Akaviri advisor, Versidue-Shaie, (who quite possibly played a part in the assassination, as well as the previous death of the Crown Prince) took up Imperial authority (but not the title of Emperor, instead maintaining his Potentate title that had previously been used for the chief advisor to the Emperor) and declared it to be the 2nd Era of Tamriellic history. Following his assassination, his son, Savirien-Chorak, then became Potentate. The two ruled for over 400 years (the Akavari are apparently Long-Lived) at the start of the 2nd Era until Savirien-Chorak was also assassinated. Some time after this, (by no later than the 3rd Era) Potentate had become a reserve title allowed by the Elder Council Charter if no imperial heir could be agreed upon in the event of the line of succession being disrupted, allowing the High Chancellor of the Council to take up most imperial authority as Potentate. Empress Katariah (A Dunmeri Duchess, the sole non-human to hold the Imperial throne during the Septim dynasty) officially became Empress-Regent not long after becoming Empress — her marriage to Pelagius the Mad was arranged by Pelagius' father specifically because she was a shrewd and capable politician that could help cover for Pelagius' eccentricities, and right from the coronation most actual power was held by Katariah and the Elder Council. However, by the two year mark of Pelagius' reign, his madness had become too publicly apparent, and Katariah was officially granted regency, holding it until Pelagius' death (at which point she assumed the throne and ruled in her own right in what is widely recorded as one of the most prosperous, peaceful periods of the Septim Empire). Following the Oblivion Crisis, Ocato of Firsthold became Potentate (only after, according to records, exhausting efforts to find a sufficiently acceptable imperial heir), and by all accounts was well on his way to stabilizing the Empire... only to be assassinated by the Thalmor in a (successful) attempt to destabilize the Empire to make way for the rebirth of the Aldmeri Dominion under their rule. |
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Cersei Lannister in A Song of Ice and Fire becomes regent for her adolescent son, and heads this way. (Smug Snake that she is, ambition is not her only motivation.) Although bad as Cersei is, she is still a massive improvement over Joffrey ruling the kingdom on his own behalf. | |
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Cardinal Richelieu has elements of this in The Three Musketeers (1993). | |
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In the Robin Hood legend, King Richard's brother Prince John acts as his regent during the crusades. While gone, Prince John plots and manoeuvres to retain his despotic rule. (As part of the Robin Hood legends, this is Newer Than They Think; Prince John had no part of the legends until Elizabethan times, when he was introduced into the legend by Anthony Munday's play, The Downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon (1599).) | |
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King's Quest VI plays this one straight. Alhazred connived his way into the king's trust and became The Vizier, then arranged for one of his pals to kidnap and enslave the princess, getting the only heir to the throne out of the way. followed by murdering the king and queen, then claiming they "died of grief." Since the kingdom is more or less a confederacy of lesser island kingdoms he arraged for his genie to swipe treasures from each island, then spread lies that other islands were responsible, deftly playing on the prejudice of each island, followed by grounding the only means of mundane transport between the islands so they couldn't communicate with each other, much less scheme against him. Even the Princess's return wasn't an issue. He just imprisoned her, covered it by invoking a dated tradition, and declared And Now You Must Marry Me. Only the blind luck and determination of the Prince of Daventry exposed any of it. | |
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The Mistmantle Chronicles has King Silverbirch of an island neighboring Mistmantle become regent until his daughter Larch could take the throne. Eventually he goes crazy over a mad lust for silver and tries to have her killed, so Larch is in hiding, waiting for her chance to take the throne back. | |
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Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones, as detailed above under Literature. Later subverted in that, while she deliberately put her son Joffrey on the throne with the intention of being this trope (which probably would have been an improvement over him ruling in his own right) she quickly found him less controllable than she expected, which was one of the reasons why she progressively turned against Joffrey with each passing episode. It was her own damn fault for being a moron, but still. Then when he dies and Tommen takes the throne, she tries again only to be pushed out by his wife and later the Faith Militant. Cersei eventually foregoes the 'regent' part altogether and claims the throne herself after she blows up the wife and the Faith Militant, leading to Tommen's suicide. | |
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Twisted around a bit in Thor. After Thor is banished and Odin falls into his enchanted sleep, Loki becomes king of Asgard. While the junior novelization and some deleted scenes show this was not his original intent — he just wanted to destroy Thor's chances of advancing beyond him, not overtake Thor, at first — he swiftly jumps off the slippery slope by doing everything he can to maintain his power, even telling Thor that Odin is dead and his banishment irrevocable, and arranging for Odin's own murder. Except it turns out he didn't want Odin dead — Loki wanted to be in a position where he could save Odin and thus be judged a better son and prince than Thor when Odin awoke, so he tricked his hated biological father Laufey into invading just so Loki could kill him before he could kill Odin. Still bad, but the trope is subverted in the end — a kind of evil version of Cincinnatus. It took a fall through a black hole and the subsequent destruction of his sanity before his next appearance to give Loki any real desire to rule anything... | |
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In one of the Deryni series, the regents tamper with the King's will to increase their power, keep his first son permanently drugged until he dies, kill the second son when they discover he's plotting against them, and plan to kill the third son as soon as he provides a heir, threatening to have his wife raped if he doesn't cooperate. | |
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The Galactic government of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is running on a basis that's pretty close to this trope in spirit. When the last Galactic Emperor was on his deathbed, he was placed in some sort of Stasis Field that left him in what amounts to a permanent state of Only Mostly Dead. (Much to his irritation, by all accounts.) This caused the line of succession to grind to a halt and left the elected parliament and the President they choose by electoral college as the undisputed rulers of a now de facto republican government. Whether this was an overall improvement is hard to say. | |
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The Richie Rich movie features this when Richie's parents go missing (presumed dead). Cadbury is named the benevolent regent of the Rich estate...until the scheming van Dough frames Cadbury for their murder and takes the regent role by force. | |
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In Dishonored, Hiram Burrows (Former Royal Spymaster) takes control of the city of Dunwall after the former empress died at the hands of an unnamed assassin and kidnapped her daughter. He was the one who engineered the assassination in the first place and later framed Corvo to escape suspicion. Completing a Pacifist Run reveals that, he also was the one who infected Dunwall with the rat plague to eliminate the poor but couldn´t keep it in check. | |
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This was the plan of both Duke Larg and Lord Goltanna in Final Fantasy Tactics: kill their enemy's preferred candidate as heir (Orinas in Larg's case, Ovelia in Goltanna's case), rush their respective heir in the position of Queen/King, then rule Ivalice as regent. | |
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In The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the regent has the boy king locked away and puts it about the boy has lost his wits out of grief over his father's death. He rules this way for years before deciding it's time the king had an accident so he can become king himself in his own right, which kicks off the main plot. | |
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In Dragon Age II, Knight-Commander Meredith takes control of Kirkwall after Viscount Dumar's death. She soon begins using her power to crack down harder on mages, causing further tension between mages and templars. She refuses to consider appointing a proper successor. | |
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The Riftwar Cycle: Mara of the Acoma ends up as this, not entirely intentionally. At seventeen she gave up control of her family to her new husband. At nineteen she manipulated said husband into committing ritual suicide, leaving her as regent for their infant son until he became of age (At twenty five - she only became Ruling Lady at seventeen because all other heirs were dead). A few years later her son is murdered and she becomes regent for her second son (by a lover). Then her second son ends up inheriting a different throne and she becomes regent for her daughter (by her second husband). While all evidence suggests she did intend to give up her title when her daughter became of age (Her story ended before Kasuma reached adulthood), she was acting as regent of House Acoma from the age of nineteen until she was in her mid to late fifties. | |
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The Ella Enchanted movie, where Sir Edgar orders Ella to kill his nephew so that he can be king. | |
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