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Line 15: If the resultant group actually sticks around for a while, you may get [[True Companions]] or [[Badass Crew]]. Contrast [[Socially Awkward Hero]]. Not to be confused with a Hero who has [[Selective Magnetism\|magnetic powers]]. {{examples}} Line 47: * Ash of ''[[Pokémon (anime)\|Pokémon]]'' always has unbelievable luck in finding traveling companions. ** Not just humans. Most of the Pokemon he captures he does so by getting them to like him and follow him. * Touma from ''[[ToA ~~Aru~~Certain ~~Majutsu no~~Magical Index]]'' even if they don't fight alongside him all the time, many people would rally to his cause, something that a magic cabal took note of and {{spoiler\|tried to have someone use magic to pose as someone in the group to ~~assasinate~~assassinate him and split it up}} even though there is no real group. Others he's beaten take new paths in life. * ''[[Monster Rancher (anime)\|Monster Rancher]]'' has Genki who is able to see the good in the most evil-seeming enemies, and then get them to see it. Notable examples include {{spoiler\|Pixie and Big Blue}} as well as a large number of mooks and lesser villains as well as {{spoiler\|Tiger and Hare (Maybe even Golem if you think about it)}}. * Sengoku from ''[[Cage of Eden]]'' starts off as another goofy schoolboy, but begins to come into his own as he pulls more of the survivors into his group. Line 94: Carrot is the driving force behind the expansion of the City Watch, and its large presence of non-humans. * Carrot is something of an aversion, as it is mentioned by many others that he could get people do to just about anything but possibly does not because of the negative consequences of this trope. * Speaking of, Corporal ~~Nobbes~~Nobbs is probably an inversion. He's so horrible, he's fascinating, and people are drawn to him just to see what he might do next. Moist Von Lipwig has traces of this as well, as evident by how he gradually rebuilds the postal service in ''[[~~Discworld/~~Going Postal (Discworld)\|Going Postal]]''. * Lord Asriel and Marisa Coulter of ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' are both imbued with an uncanny ability to persuade people over to their side, to command and convince them to obey. Their daughter, Lyra, is nothing if not more so, as almost everyone who meets her takes an immediate liking to her and wants to help her. * It's a plot-point that ''[[Wheel of Time]]'''s Rand Al'Thor and his friends have this quality. Of course, [[Justified Trope\|this magnetism is but one manifestation of reality itself warping around them.]] Line 193: == Real Life == * Any great leader fits this trope. No leader can be great without it. *This is especially the case among military leaders; in times past anecdotes about it made it sound religious or homoerotic. This was the case in the days when a [[Warrior Prince]] ~~not only~~ had to be an effective stage manager,. And more ~~but~~importantly it was logistically practical (because of the small armies) and sometimes even necessary (because of the poor communications) for a [[Four-Star Badass\|commander]] to come within actual danger. This is toned down a bit in modern times, when the [[Vast Bureaucracy]] makes it necessary for most generals to be [[Soldiers Atat the Rear~~\|soldiers at the rear.~~]]. Nonetheless good propaganda can spice up a general, and of course junior officers are still up forward with the men. Innumerable ordinary heroes. You probably know a couple personally. * Both Churchill and Hitler were [[Magnetic Heroes]], in the eyes of their followers. Hitler was not heroic in any other sense. They had tens of millions of followers. Both managed to array great world powers behind them on the issue of the largest war in human history, based largely on the force of their personality and oratory. Hitler was a decorated soldier in [[WW 1]], Churchill fought as a soldier/reporter in the Sudan and Boer Wars. Line 203: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Action Adventure Tropes]] [[Category:Older Than Feudalism]] ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]