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What do you imagine a "sophisticated man" as?
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I imagine them to be well-cultured, have a great knowledge of many things, and have a certain elegance in manners. They also don't have to really be sophisticated, only relatively more so than their peers. They could be somewhat normal and be part of a group that would make them the only sophisticated one. They could also be sophisticated and be part of a group of more normal people. I think Frasier from Cheers is a perfect example of that one.
I think the main things you're looking for are Gentleman and a Scholar, which covers the part about Frasier being the classy one in the crowd without being a complete jerk (usually), and Straight Man, which was Fraiser's typical role in the humor on Cheers: playing the serious straight man to a bar full of wise guys and loonies.
Surrounded by Idiots can apply to these situations, too. A number of jokes revolved around Fraiser being the one to point out flaws in some Zany Scheme, giving advice that the recipient totally mangled, learning that once again the answer to Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? is "No.", or just facepalming over Cliff's latest Little Known Fact.
He also had quite the Gentleman Snarker and Sophisticated as Hell streak, too.
Edited by Scorpion451
I would like to know the name, or even if there is one, of a trope where a character in the group is the only sophisticated one. It's almost like the only sane man, but the other people aren't really insane, they are just a little more juvenile. Sometimes this character might even be the only insane man. Seeing as they are the only sophisticated one - to point where they get frustrated. While that seems like 'not so above it all'; I still think there's a point to be made about the only sane man and an only sophisticated one. One example of the only sophisticated one would be Frasier from cheers. He hangs out in the bar with a bunch of juvenile people, but he's not really the only sane one, really just the only sophisticated one. There's more but you probably understand what I'm asking.