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Occasionally, you get a hero with such personal magnetism that he is capable of persuading others, usually the [[Badass Normal]], to [[How to Gather Characters|join him in his quest]]. Of course, the companion has no qualms about killing or even [[Hero Secret Service|dying]] for the hero, despite knowing him briefly and there being many people who want him dead.
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Contrast [[Socially Awkward Hero]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Naruto]]'' - The eponymous hero has used most of the tactics above.
** Beat Them Up: Gaara, {{spoiler|Nagato}}, Neji.
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{{quote|'''Teana''': (to Erio and Caro) You don't have to become friends with everyone like the Stars' front attacker.}}
* Sagara Sousuke from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''. He ''actively'' tries to discourage people from becoming his friend, and is generally ''very'' [[Married to the Job|business-like]] and unfriendly, disliking chit chat. Yet somehow, he always manages to attract a bunch of people to him. And all of them ''really'' like him (many times, to the point of being willing to die for him). Even his ''enemies'' are [[Foe Yay|attracted to him]]. In the novels, as Lemon puts it, "even though he is so expressionless, he's oddly charming."
* Tsuna from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', anyone? He's quickly building up a gigantic [[Unwanted Harem|harem]] of [[Ho Yay|incredibly loyal underlings]] (99% of which are [[Mr. Fanservice|male]]) whose main purpose in life is apparently to protect him. And most of his enemies / rivals, after [[Defeat Means Friendship|being defeated by him]], become... ''very'' friendly and affectionate towards him. In a creepy way though, since they're normally rather [[Ax Crazy]]
:One of the more... interesting examples is Spanner's sudden decision to switch sides and become a part of Tsuna's family. This decision was reached after the two spent a long, undisclosed amount of time alone together. With Tsuna naked, unconscious, and handcuffed to [[Memetic Molester|Spanner's]] bed. You figure out the reason and method of how Tsuna unwittingly managed to convince him to join.
* Negi Springfield of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. He starts out working pretty much on his own, but by this point he has a troop of around 15 or so primary allies (mostly various students) in addition to an absurd number of secondary characters. He has tried on many occasions to ditch his [[True Companions]] but that just starts fights and he sees himself as the [[Papa Wolf]] now since they keep hanging around.
** Of course, it doesn't hurt that most of his group (which tend to be female) find him attractive [[Chick Magnet|the usual way]].
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* Rob from ''[[Dimension Heroes]]'' brings a group together, not because he has any particularly appealing qualities, but because he unintentionally put them under fire from the enemy, thereby forcing them to become involved as part of the group.
* Sasha Hunter in [[Greek Ninja]], although shown and claiming to not like people and even being rude to them a lot of the time, somehow manages to gather a group of capable fighters around her. The twist is, most of them join her on her quest even though she was unwilling to accept them. The only character she actually asked to join her on her own accord was Electra.
* [[Mary Sue|Chaka]] of the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' seems to have this. She pulled Fey and Lancer along in her wake when they first met, and then helped pull Team Kimba together. Since then, she's also pulled in more boyfriends and girlfriends than any fourteen-year-old could possibly handle
:Recently, her team-mates have begun pointing out that this is ''not'' a good thing, as far as her relationships go. Ayla does not expect it to end well, if/when Chaka's significant others all find out about each other, and has had to explicitly forbid Chaka from bringing both of them to his birthday party.
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* Any great leader fits this trope. No leader can be great without it.
* 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
:Several people who met Hitler said he was magnetic. Of course, really, you should wonder about the testimony of someone who was granted an audience with Hitler. One of the chief appeals of Nazism was to give people a way to try to live fantasy in [[Real Life]] . That was one of the main points of the torchlight parades and the hocus-pocus. Thus if one is to convince factory workers that they were [[Proud Warrior Race]] guys, they need to have a [[Magnetic Hero]] just like the ones in poems did. If Hitler didn't foot the bill, the Ministry of Propaganda could easily enough pretend he did.
** True, but some of the Nazis' attempts to create [[Les Collaborateurs]] led to a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] moment.
* Horatio Nelson. The man was heavily into self promotion, but he earned ever accolade, and his ability to inspire men was even termed 'the Nelson effect'.
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