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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31 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion. |
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33 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
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35 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
36 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
37 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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