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== 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 butimportant 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 At 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.