History Main / LedByTheOutsider

* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'': While Etheria does have an active rebellion looking to oust the invasive Horde that has conquered their planet, at the start of the series it's "a fairly small rebellion." It's only the intervention of He-Man, an Eternian, and the defection of his sister Adora, as She-Ra, that allows the Rebellion to gain traction

** Arthur Curry, in spite of being half-Atlantean, was born on the surface to [[MuggleMageRomance Tom Curry and Atlanna]], and lived his childhood there. (During the Peter David run, he was a full-blooded Atlantean.)

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch is not actually Japanese, and is in fact an exiled Britannian prince, but he becomes the Japanese rebels' most efficient and intelligent leader against Britannia.

In other cases, the outsider is a true outsider and has no prior knowledge, connection or interest in the conflict. In stories like these, it's possible that the character slowly developed an interest in the community, stumbled upon the community, was forced to go there, or had visited them for a completely unrelated purpose. In cases of the former, the FishOutOfWater and FromNewYorkToNowhere tropes can heavily overlap. After having been introduced to this people, the character will inevitably fall in love with the place and/or its people and seek to lead and defend them. In cases like these, the TrainingThePeacefulVillagers trope can sometimes be seen.

This trope is similar to AProtagonistShallLeadThem in many ways, but the key difference is that the latter usually involves a ChosenOne or individual from the people themselves becoming leader, making that trope an inverse of this one.

* In the Rebirth era of ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'', the Xebel-born Mera becomes the leader of Atlantis following the overthrow of Corum Rath. This doesn't last, nor does the monarchy for that matter, as Mera decides to abolish it in favor of a democratic nation.

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** Imperial NobleFugitive Paul Atreides takes refuge among the Fremen natives of [[DeathWorld Arrakis]] and comes to be seen as their prophesized messiah, leading them to revolution against the Emperor and elevating himself to the throne. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick And unleashing a devastating jihad on the universe.]]

** ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'': In his first book John Carter married the princess of the Martian city-state of Helium, in later books he rises to the position of Warlord of Mars via alliances and conquests.