All very interesting, but it is in the example trope list: has to start with the trope at hand.

• Characters that are the best at what they do:
  • fighting (Gladiator), mathematics (A Beautiful Mind), gunslinging (The Quick And The Dead and 3:10 to Yuma), stocktrading (A Good Year).
  • And fighting (LA Confidential)
  • And fighting (Cinderella Man)
  • And being a neo-nazi (Romper Stomper)
  • And sailing (Master And Commander)
  • And fighting (Robin Hood)
  • And being the perfect engineered psychopath (Virtuosity)
  • And being a cop (American Gangster)