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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* ''[[Baccano]]'': Luck does most of the talking and business for the Gandor family. His friendship with Firo is also the reason the Gandors have a good relationship with the Martillo Family. His brothers are either too quiet or too aggressive for such a responsibility.

* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'': Tomoyo interacts with everyone and contrasts them with her [[Muggle|Muggleness]]. She's also emotional support for Sakura, and Syaoran too after he calms down.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'': Eliowny, as a princess, contrasts the guys of the group and talks reason into the big headed [[The Hero]].

* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'': Parodied like [[Affectionate Parody|everything else in the movie.]] The fact that Gwen has no technical specialty is lampshaded: Her 'social skills' amount to "repeating everything the computer says."

** The Bowler is [[The Chick]] as the sole female of the group and joins to be part of a team.

** The Sphinx is [[The Mentor]] who guides everyone

 

* ''[[Animorphs]]'': Neither fighting nor scouting etc are Cassie's specialty. She's the moral center and arguably the most traditionally feminine since Rachel is a [[Blood Knight]].

* Sir Dinadin from [[Camelot]]'s Round Table. He doesn't like fighting and thinks [[Courtly Love]] is a waste of time. The other things he's noted for is [[Plucky Comic Relief|good humor]] and being more sociable than his fellows: he's the only one that can recognize all of them by their face in addition to their shield crest. This ability is naturally helpful for knights who otherwise might not recognize their own king.

** Asakura herself is a very nice and helpful [[Class Representative]] when she's not, you know, {{spoiler|being a [[Knife Nut]]}}.

* Xuanzang of [[Journey to the West]] does all the talking with [[Muggles]] etc because he is a courteous monk and his companions are scary-looking (and in Wukong's case, very rude) demons.

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

** Jack references this trope by calling Daniel SG-1's 'Voice' and cueing him when he should do his thing: "Daniel, you're up."

 

* In ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' (and by extension, all other [[RPG]]s), this character role is known as The Face. Also called "the party face". This is the character that handles the public relations for the party. They have skills in Diplomacy and/or Bluff, and only rarely in Sense Motive/Insight. Traditionally, bards, rogues, or paladins fit well in this role.

* In the ''[[BattleTech]]'' RPG one of the pre-made character archetypes is called the Faceman, basically a mix between a public relations manager and a lawyer, who works for a mercenary company. While he is next to useless in any fight it is mentioned that merc commands that don't have one of these guys usually go under within a year, often before seeing a single battle, thanks to legal, bureaucratic and monetary issues.

* In ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'', a group of Tau will often have [[Fantastic Caste System|a member of their diplomat caste]] around that can do all the talking when they have to meet with members of another species.

 

* Emil from ''[[Nie R]]'', who is also [[The Heart]] and a [[Tagalong Kid]], does what he can to keep an upbeat attitude and help his friends get along.

* Stocke, the protagonist of ''[[Radiant Historia]]'' starts off as [[The Stoic]], but also starts off with a growing circle of friends who he cares about dearly. He helps his party members through a variety of internal and external conflicts, and is always sensitive to their issues. And at one point, he helps his best friend Rosch and an NPC with [[Match Maker Quest|relationship advice.]]

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' has Elan the Bard whose highest stat is his charisma.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

** Applejack appears to be this for the Apple Family in Ponyville. Mostly due to Big Macintosh's quiet demeanor.

* [[Phineas and Ferb|Phineas]] is the one talking with whoever the group needs for their latest "Best day ever", from city officials to delivery guys to [[Scout Out|the Fireside Girls]]. The best example would be persuading Love Handel to reunite for a concert while directing the girls to make a stage. Extra points for contrasting his brother Ferb, who rarely ever talks.

* ''[[Transformers]]'':

** ''[[Beast Wars|Transformers Beast Wars]]'': Optimus contrasts Dinobot and Rhinox contrasts Ratrap. Cheetor is neither strong nor smart nor a leader but something like a [[Tagalong Kid]] variety.

** [[The Transformers (animation)|The original Transformers]] had Bumblebee who is the youngest of the Autobots and gets along with humans the best.

*** The same goes for Bumblebee's incarnation in [[Transformers Prime]].

 

== [[Real Life]] ==