Line #30 PlayingWith/Ambadassador


1	'''Basic Trope''': An ambassador who also kicks ass.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob is the ambassador of Tropestan. Even though his job is to maintain peace, he can still fight should negotiations fail.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Ambassador Bob is a OneManArmy.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Ambassador Bob can stand toe-to-toe with anyone who insults him, [[VolleyingInsults even dishing out as much as he takes]].
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Ambassador Bob is a [[RetiredBadass retired general]] and has experience in self-defense.
7	** The nation Bob is the ambassador to has a tendency to ShootTheMessenger, so Tropestan sends someone capable of defending themselves.
8	** Bob is the Tropestan ambassador to a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Nation]], being a warrior certainly helps with one's credentials there.
9	* '''Inverted''': BloodKnight Bob is suddenly forced into peace talks, and turns out to be quite skilled.
10	* '''Subverted''': Ambassador Bob claims that he can fight if peace talks fail, [[MilesGloriosus but it turns out to be just empty boasting]].
11	* '''Double Subverted''':
12	** But when trouble does occur, [[BecomingTheBoast he decides to actually fight]] and [[TookALevelInBadass turns out to be pretty good at it]].
13	** Bob's physical capabilities may be lacking, but he's a GuileHero who does much better outwitting his adversaries. His empty boasting had been a ploy to make them think he's just blowing smoke and underestimate him.
14	* '''Parodied''': Ambassador Bob is TheAhnold, ridiculous heavy accent included.
15	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
16	* '''Averted''': Ambassador Bob’s negotiations go smoothly, so there’s no need for fighting.
17	* '''Enforced''': Part of the story is that ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption, and the author needs a character who can handle that.
18	* '''Lampshaded''': “For a man of peace, Bob can sure kick ass!”
19	* '''Invoked''': Tropestanian law requires its ambassadors to have military experience.
20	* '''Exploited''': President Alice needs someone to negotiate with [[BigBad General Evulz]], and she chooses Bob because he can kick ass if negotiations fail, which is the likeliest outcome.
21	* '''Defied''': Ambassador Bob is an ActualPacifist and refuses to let things get violent.
22	* '''Discussed''': “Ambassador Bob used to be a [[SemperFi marine]]? Let’s not piss him off, then.”
23	* '''Conversed''': “Let’s see how long it takes for Bob to drop his ambassador hat and pick up his ass-kicking sword.”
24	* '''Implied''': When Bob negotiates, everyone immediately stops fighting and listens to him. They seem scared of him, but it's not clear why.
25	* '''Deconstructed''': Being a badass and [[AssInAmbassador being an asshole]] are not incongruent. Maybe the reason why Bob is an asshole ambassador is ''because'' he is a combat monster, and thus he (and [[ThePeterPrinciple the idiots who placed him in his position]]) believes that AsskickingLeadsToLeadership, when that is most definitely not true.
26	* '''Reconstructed''': Bob's superiors know how he behaves and thus send him to a nation/planet where his behavior is respected, which both minimizes the damage his behavior causes and increase their esteem in/on said nation/planet.
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33	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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35	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
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37	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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