'''Basic Trope''': TheLeader is a FlatCharacter.
* '''Straight''': Of all the members of the FiveManBand, [[TheLeader Hiro]] has the least personality quirks and has the least CharacterDevelopment despite being the main character.
* '''Exaggerated''': [[TheLeader Hiro]] is a 30 year-old WhiteMaleLead tasked with leading [[CastOfSnowflakes an exceptionally physically, mentally, and emotionally diverse cast]]. Nothing about his personality changes by the end of the series.
* '''Downplayed''': [[TheLeader Hiro]] is the OnlySaneMan, but between his actor's skillful portrayal and the relative insanity of the rest of the FiveManBand, it serves to make him relatable rather than boring.
* '''Justified''':
** While undergoing TrainingFromHell, Hiro's mentor tells him that he'll need to leave his [[ItsPersonal personal vendettas]] and [[TheStoic strong displays of emotion]] behind him if he wants to be the best leader he can be.
** TheLeader has that position specifically because he's better-adjusted than his teammates... he doesn't need to be a DynamicCharacter in the slightest, since he's already gone through the largest portions of his CharacterDevelopment.
* '''Inverted''': [[TheLeader Hiro]] begins the series an IdiotHero with a DarkAndTroubledPast which he routinely uses to justify grabbing ahold of the ConflictBall. Through his adventures interacting with a cast of {{Flat Character}}s, he experiences enough CharacterDevelopment to become an MessianicArchetype, albeit a flawed and very human one.
* '''Subverted''':
** [[TheLeader Hiro]] is supposedly a rather uninteresting person, but makes his first appearance as a badass in a black leather jacket wearing some wicked PermaStubble.
** It's revealed that under the surface Hiro is isolated because he has to hide his own internal conflicts in order to ''appear'' strong and emotionally balanced for those who follow him. In other words, he's struggling just trying to be the StandardizedLeader.
** Hiro [[DecoyProtagonist dies in the second episode]], and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Faye]] becomes the new leader.
* '''Double Subverted''': It's then revealed he was dressed up for a costume party, after which he ditches all of these features and spends the rest of the series a rather boring FlatCharacter.
* '''Parodied''': In a gag episode, we are told [[TheLeader Hiro]]'s actor was not available and that his role with be played by a cardboard cutout of a white silhouette of a man with the words TheGenericGuy written on his chest.
* '''Zig Zagged''': [[TheLeader Hiro]] has a DarkAndTroubledPast... yet it [[AngstWhatAngst never seems to bother him]]. Hiro's [[SupportingLeader commanding officer]] chews him out for being such a ChaoticGood JerkWithAHeartOfGold... except it's an InformedAttribute since he's a NiceGuy who doesn't make waves.
* '''Averted''': [[TheLeader Hiro]] is equally as flawed, quirky, and dynamic as the other members of his FiveManBand.
* '''Enforced''': The story is a video game told from first person perspective, and the player is expected to consider him or herself in the lead role. In order for the player to do this, the player character is forced to be a FeaturelessProtagonist.
* '''Lampshaded''': [[TheLancer Lance]]: "[[SarcasmMode Of course]] [[RookieRedRanger the new guy]] gets promoted to leader on his first day. [[DeadpanSnarker None of that silly business like]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast experience]] or personality to bog him down."
* '''Invoked''': The government watches Hiro from birth, ensuring that he is raised in an ordinary middle-class home and surrounded by ordinary folks in order to prevent a dead little sister incident and shape him into a StandardizedLeader.
* '''Exploited''': The BigGood deliberately sends Hiro on a solo mission, [[CharacterFocus thus granting the the main character more screen time in a solo subplot]], not because he's the main character but because his lack of disfunction and hangups make him the ideal candidate for the job.
* '''Defied''': Hiro is offered a leadership position, but the prospect of becoming this causes him to [[RefusalOfTheCall reject it]].
* '''Discussed''': "That leader of ours is an utter bore. Why not let me lead?" "Okay, so Hiro isn't the life of the party. At least he won't get us killed pursuing some irrelevant vengeance while being emotionally manipulated because of all his hangups, unlike you mister TallDarkAndSnarky."
* '''Conversed''': "I made this chart with personality traits per character, and, uh... well, lets just say Hiro is the lightweight."
* '''Deconstructed''': Hiro not having much of a personality makes it hard for his teammates to attach themselves to him, which leads to increasing frustration when they start having to take orders from somebody they ''still'' haven't found many good reasons to trust. Eventually, the team disbands, or at least abandons him.
* '''Reconstructed''': There might not be much to Hiro, but he knows what he's doing. The team might not trust him on a personal level, but he can still give tactically sound orders.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The BigBad separates [[TheLeader Hiro]] from the FiveManBand, and an arc is spent developing Hiro on solo adventures that showcase and develop his character. He then has to reassemble the band since they weren't able to function well without him and split up.
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You can go back to StandardizedLeader, I guess, but there are so many cooler tropes out there.
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