Basic Trope: The second most-capable member of Five-Man Band under The Leader, and the Foil to The Hero in The Team.
- Straight: Whereas Hiro is a Large Ham, Lance is a Deadpan Snarker or vice versa.
- Exaggerated:
- Hiro is a crazy individual who blows almost everything out of proportion while Lance is so emotionless and logical to the point of it being sadistic.
- Lance is the most determined, petty Commander Contrarian in history. He only is the second in command because sometimes his ideas work and he is only other member of the team capable of kicking as much ass as Hiro.
- Downplayed: Hiro and Lance have only superficial differences. At their core, they're Mirror Characters
- Justified: What Hiro lacks, Lance excels in, and vice versa. Together, they are unstoppable!
- Inverted: The Dragon
- Subverted:
- Lance, a knife wielding rogue, joins The Team of Knight in Shining Armor Hiro, but she's more like a Blood Knight, and therefore, a Big Girl.
- In episode 1, Hiro and Lance argue all the time, but then Hattie straightens them out. In episode 2, they act like the same person, and are both the main characters.
- Double Subverted:
- Her Blood Knight persona is a Superpowered Evil Side that she desperately tries to suppress. This forms much conflict between her and Hiro.
- Lance becomes the Hero of Another Story that runs parallel to Hiro's and meets in the middle. Character Development causes them to bicker again.
- Parodied: Lance is a literal lance wielded by Hiro and they spend more time arguing with each other over petty things than fighting evil.
- Zig Zagged: Hiro starts off as The Leader while Lance is the second-in-command. Hiro is cool and calm while Lance is snarky and angry. Due to personal issues, Hiro steps down due to the pressure of leadership and allows Lance the position of the leader. The new sense of responsibility makes Lance mature while Hiro grows angry and snarky now that he doesn't have The Chains of Command weighing him down. Lance's bloodknight persona forms a Split Personality Take Over which forces Hiro to resume leadership; this immediately calms him down and he reigns in the new Lance who becomes his Devil's Advocate.
- Averted: The members of The Team all act as a foil towards The Hero and all fill in as the Number Two for The Leader.
- Enforced: "We need someone to contrast our hero to provide for regular conflict. The second in command will be perfect."
- Lampshaded: "Lance, you are the Yin to my Yang, the water to my fire, the-" "Hiro, we're not a damn couple."
- Invoked:
- Percius felt that Hiro needed a Yin to his Yang, and thus recruited Lance.
- Immediately after Hiro, Tony, Will, and Chica form a team, they go out looking for Hiro's perfect foil.
- Exploited: At the tryouts, Lance acts the opposite way Hiro would because she believes this will secure her the position.
- Defied: Lance finds out she was chosen simply to compliment Hiro's skill set, flips out, and quits.
- Discussed: "Hiro and Lance are 100% opposite, right down to their favorite colors." "Yeah, it's like they planned it."
- Conversed: " The second-in-command and the leader bicker every episode. They're just that different as characters."
- Deconstructed:
- Lance grows tired of always having to play second-fiddle to Hiro, so she goes solo.
- Lance is clearly out-gunned on every front: not as powerful as Biggs, not as smart as Brian, not so morally or emotionally grounded as Hattie, and she doesn't quite have Hiro's natural leadership ability. She develops psychological issues over her inability to stand out in The Team, which eventually leads to her trying to take on one of the other roles when she's not quite cut out for it.
- Hiro and Lance's differences leads to a nasty fight.
- Reconstructed:
- Lance is feeling underappreciated so the Big Good puts her through a Peggy Sue to show her that The Team is more helpless than she thought.
- Lance is comfortable in her role because she is a better fighter than Will, both faster and smarter than Tony, doesn't have the whole team relying on her emotionally like Chica, and if a plot fails, it's on Hiro's head, not Lance's. Her responsibilities are more suited to her nature, and even if her personality sometimes clashes with Hiro's, they're the best of friends and Hiro relies on Lance both in the heat of battle and in their lives outside of it.
- Hiro and Lance fight when their differences boil over, and this is cathartic for them. What they are unable to express in words is successfully conveyed through blows. It upsets Chica, who has to bandage them every time this happens, but it works for them.
- Played For Laughs: Lance is also the Plucky Comic Relief.
- Played For Drama: Lance is completely non-functional as a member of the team, and the only reason Hiro keeps him around is because he really does not wishes to know what disasters will happen if Lance decides to switch sides.
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