'''Basic Trope''': An Israeli character who is a badass.
* '''Straight''': Sgt. Avi Steinman is an [[ImprobableAimingSkills excellent marksman]], [[LightningBruiser Krav Maga user]], and helicopter pilot.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Avi is a OneManArmy who wipes out terrorist groups, topples hostile governments, and goes toe-to-toe with entire armies on a daily basis.
** Avi is the Archangel Michael.
** Every Israeli baby's first word is "Uzi" instead of "Abba (Daddy)" or "Imma (Mommy)."
** Israel rules an interstellar empire without anyone else on the earth knowing about it.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Israeli soldiers are well-trained and efficient at warfare but they are no better then any other nation that spends an equal amount of effort training their soldiers. They are respected, but not held in worshipful awe.
** While not Israeli, Avi Steinman is a religious Jew who has been to Israel several times. He is also a badass action hero.
* '''Justified''': Because of Israel facing a large amount of hostility from both regional and international terrorist organizations and enemy states, its soldiers need to be very well trained.
* '''Inverted''': Avi is a total weakling who runs at the sight of his own shadow.
* '''Gender Inverted''': Rachel Lebowitz is an ActionGirl.
* '''Subverted''': Avi is a {{Jerkass}} who constantly [[KickTheDog harasses civilians at checkpoints, bulldozes people's houses, and helps settlers evict people]]. He has [[RedShirt little fighting skills to speak of]].
* '''Double Subverted''': ...But then he [[TookALevelInBadass Takes a Level in Badass]], gets better and single-handedly saves an Israeli embassy from hostage-takers.
* '''Parodied''':
** Avi is a stereotypically harmless, bookish Jew, who just happens to be [[BadassBookworm able to break every bone in your body without breaking a sweat]].
** Israelis hang up the dead skeletons of {{Eldritch abomination}}s in their garage. Moose heads are for wimps!
* '''Zig Zagged''': Avi Steinman is an [[InvincibleHero indestructible badass]], but the rest of UsefulNotes/IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles are portrayed as a mediocre RedShirtArmy. Except for [[TheSquadette Lt. Yarden]], who is portrayed either as a DamselInDistress, FauxActionGirl, or ActionGirl. Then, [[ColonelBadass Col. Alex Rosen]] comes to shake things up and the Israeli army becomes a BadassArmy. But he's [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks not even from Israel]]. Lt. Yarden is [[DroppedABridgeOnHim killed by a prematurely detonated mortar round]] when the [[Creator/NataliePortman actress playing her]] [[RealLifeWritesThePlot drops off the project]]. Then Steinman suffers from BadassDecay but manages to keep functioning as an ActionSurvivor.
* '''Averted''': Avi is a NonActionGuy.
* '''Enforced''': "...and we need an Israeli to round off our {{Multinational|Team}} BadassCrew."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Are Israelis always this tough?"
* '''Invoked''': Avi's father made him move to Israel and join the IDF to toughen him up.
* '''Exploited''': "Lets ride El Al next time we fly. We should be safe from hijacking there."
* '''Defied''': "Not every Israeli devotes all their time to learning how to kill people, you know!"
* '''Discussed''': "These soldiers are Israeli, so they'll know Krav Maga."
* '''Conversed''': "Have you ever noticed how people from Israel always seem to be badass?"
* '''Deconstructed''':
** We take a hard look at why Avi seems to feel he needs to be a badass, and the ramifications of his aggressive attitude in his personal life.
** Avi needed to go through a hellish [[DrillSergeantNasty training course]] in the UsefulNotes/{{I|sraelisWithInfraredMissiles}}DF, also serving three years [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror combatting Hamas and other Intifada groups]], leaving him a somewhat ShellShockedVeteran.
* '''Reconstructed''': Avi is an ex-IDF/reservist MartialPacifist who works daily to de-escalate hostilities within Israel, [[MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting isn't afraid to call out his own country's wrongs]], and never misses an opportunity [[CharacterFilibuster to make a speech]] on how being pro-Palestinian and being pro-terrorism are two very different things - before charging in, with or without weapons, [[AssholeVictim to kick around a dozen or two of terrorist]] {{Jerkass}}es [[BewareTheNiceOnes if that becomes necessary]].
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