History PlayingWith / LargeAndInCharge

** Alex is able to buy more food or afford fattier food than his subordinates, making fatter than them.

** Alex, being bigger and stronger, rose to the top through AsskickingEqualsAuthority.

** Alex is the leader, and YourSizeMayVary applies hard, to the point where he only has one size: Bigger than most characters.

** Alex is TheBigGuy or TheBrute depending on the Organisation's morality, and has no control over it.

* '''Exploited''': ???

** Alex's size makes him stand out from his troops, and he gets anticlimactically gunned down by a sniper team, who may not even have known how important Alex actually was at the time, he just stood out and was therefore the best target at the time.
--> '''[[ColdSniper Gustav]]''': "[[BondOneLiner the nail that stands out]] [[BoomHeadshot gets hammered down]]."

** Alex is the leader, and YourSizeMayVary applies hard, to the point where he only has one size: Bigger than you.

** Alex is the leader, and YourSizeMayVary applies hard, to the point where he only has one size, bigger than you.

** Alex is very large, but some of his men [[GiantMook are even larger]].

** Alex is still exercising authority over the RedShirts / {{Mook}}s, so he still counts as this.

** Alex is actually TheBigGuy / TheBrute of his organisation.

** Alex also has his own team where he exercises control over the RedShirts / {{Mook}}s

** "I know that my being seven feet tall has nothing to do with my leadership skills, but..."

* '''Deconstructed''': Alex's size is the only trait that his subordinates see in him, and he subsequently grows depressed that he is looked up to only for his physical prowess.

* '''Reconstructed''': However, his size, coupled with a cunning strategic plan of his, saves the day, and so his other skills are also acknowledged.

'''Basic Trope''': The leader in an organization, team or squad is depicted as physically larger than his subordinates.

* '''Subverted''': Alex was actually under mind-control by a very small person...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...who, in turn, is revealed to be controlled by a giant.

* '''Averted''': The leader is no more physically imposing than any other members of the organisation.

* '''Defied''': "No, no, no. Don't think that just because you're the tallest you'll get to be in charge of this team."

* '''Exaggerated''': Alex is the leader, and YourSizeMayVary applies hard, to the point where he only has one size, bigger than you.

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* '''Lampshaded''': "I know that my being seven feet tall has nothing to do with my leadership skills, but..."

* '''Exaggerated''': Alex is the leader, and YourSizeMayVary applies hard, to the point where he only has one size - bigger than you.

** Alex, being bigger and stronger, rose to the top through AsskickingEqualsAuthority
** Alex is of a different species that is larger than the species of the subordinates

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* '''Straight''': Bob is the leader, and he is considerably more physically imposing than anyone else.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is the leader, and YourSizeMayVary applies hard, to the point where he only has one size - bigger than you.

** Bob is the leader, but he is merely "above average" in size and strength.
** Bob is very large, but some of his men [[GiantMook are even larger]].

** Bob, being bigger and stronger, rose to the top through AsskickingEqualsAuthority
** Bob is of a different species that is larger than the species of the subordinates
** The subordinates are scared of Bob because he's so big. So they do whatever he says.
** Bob is able to buy more food or afford fattier food than his subordinates, making fatter than them.
* '''Inverted''': [[MisterBig Bob is shorter than his subordinates.]]
* '''Subverted''': Bob was actually under mind-control by a very small person...

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is huge, but, when he is killed, it is revealed that a 2' man was operating him from inside his torso; he was an android. However, the "dwarf" reveals that he had shrunk himself in order to control the android, and quickly reverts to his actual great size. However, it is later revealed than he, too, was under the influence of a very short person, but it is later revealed that the masterminds behind the plan are actually shapeshifters who can change their height at will.

* '''Enforced''': "We need an easy way to make Bob stand out from the crowd and also make it clear that he is the boss."

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's size is the only trait that his subordinates see in him, and he subsequently grows depressed that he is looked up to only for his physical prowess.

* '''Inverted''': [[MisterBig Bob is shorter than his lowers-in-command.]]

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Inverted''': Bob is shorter than his lowers-in-command.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is the leader, and he is from many times everyone else's height, to giant, to outright absurd proportions.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob is the leader, but he is merely "above average" in size and strength.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is the leader, and he is triple everyone else's height, or even a giant.

'''Basic Trope''': The leader in an organisation, team or squad is depicted as physically larger than his subordinates.

* '''Parodied''': All the organisation members' heights are measured before their joining. As soon as someone is found to be taller than the leader, the latter is stripped of his rank and the new member takes their place.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's size is the only trait that his subordinates see in him, and he subsequently grows depressed that he is looked up to only for his physical prowess.
* '''Reconstructed''': However, his size, coupled with a cunning strategic plan of his, saves the day, and so his other skills are also acknowledged.

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* '''Justified''': Bob, being bigger and stronger, rose to the top through AsskickingEqualsAuthority

* '''Justified''': Bob, being bigger and stronger, rose to the top through AsskickingEqualsAuthority.

* '''Justified''': Bob was selected for the position precisely because of his size, which intimidates possible foes.

* '''Inverted''': Bob is very shorter than his lowers-in-command.