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* Arya from ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]'' is ambassador to the elves, in addition to being a [[Canon Sue|warrior princess]].
* ''[[X Wing Series|Starfighters of Adumar]]'' has [[Ace Pilot|Wedge Antilles]] made into an ambassador and sent to Adumar to try and convince their government to throw in with the New Republic. The Adumari [[Planet of Hats|hat]] is a near-worshipful attitude towards very good pilots, and that's why Wedge was sent - he had no training in diplomacy, but he ''was'' the best pilot of his age. In the end, even his {{spoiler|traitorous}} diplomatic liaison underestimated just how good he was.
* Gandalf in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is the Ambassador of the Valar, essentially. Not to mention that Legolas, Gimli, and Boromir are all basically ambassadors to the Council of Elrond.
* The [[Codex Alera]] skips the "[[Hidden Badass]]" part by having Ambassador Varg be a 300-year-old, coal-black, heavily scarred, 8-foot-tall [[Wolf Man]]. There is absolutely no doubt that this is one big [[Badass]]. Even by [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Canim]] standards.
** And [[Action Girl|Kitai]] is technically the Marat Ambassador.
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** Manticore likes to use former officers as diplomats. All the way back in ''The Honor of the Queen'', their ambassador to Grayson is a retired Marine, and the head of their treaty delegation, while technically wearing a business suit, is referred to by everyone -- on both sides -- as "Admiral".
* In the ''[[Hell's Gate]]'' series, also by [[David Weber]], we have a pair of Sharonan diplomats. One is a psychic cop who can tell when you are lying. The other is a only an ambassador part-time; his day-job is ''Imperial Marine!''
* The UN Envoys in the Takeshi Kovacs series by [[Altered Carbon|Richard Morgan]] are a subversion, of some kind. While Takeshi Kovacs is undoubtably a badass, his function as envoy seems to be mostly name only.
* [[Horatio Hornblower]] was this on occasion, notably when he visited the Czar's court.
* As of the last two books of the [[Time Scout]] series, Skeeter Jackson is the ambassador from the downtimers trapped on TT-86 to the uptime world. He also kicks ass during riots, fights off downtime bandits, and captures trained uptime assassins. And takes a girl on a date.
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* Ambassador Duvat in the [[Buck Rogers]] episode "Journey to Oasis". (Played by Mark Lenard, aka Sarek.)
* Puck on [[Glee]] uses this phrase when he's asked to recruit a new member of the glee club, but... well, he's not as badass that day compared to his usual.
* Van, one of ''[[Hell's Kitchen|Hells Kitchen]]'' muscular contestants took this to the next level
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* Often [[Truth in Television]], ambassadors are often retired military, making them [[Retired Badass|Retired Badasses]].
** And, sometimes, they're even chief diplomats. Right, former U.S. Secretary of State Collin Powell?
* Back in the days of monarchy, rulers were expected to oversee both military and diplomatic policy, which makes sense as the two have to work together (and one can be considered an extension of the other). In other words, they were supposed to be both an [[Ambadassador]] and a [[Warrior Prince]].
** It isn't much different today, except no U.S. President has commanded in battle personally since the Whiskey Rebellion, and it isn't much different in other republics.
*** True except for the date. The last POTUS to command in actual battle during his presidency is James Madison in the War of 1812. When the British reached the capital, he took command of a artillery battalion for a couple of hours.
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