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No, generally only the ones that are unique in the context in which they are used should have a "The". "The Big Guy" on a team implies that there can only be one of them; we wouldn't say "The [[Red Shirt]]" or "The [[Straw Vulcan]]" because there is nothing about those that implies uniqueness.
No, generally only the ones that are unique in the context in which they are used should have a "The". "The Big Guy" on a team implies that there can only be one of them; we wouldn't say "The [[Red Shirt]]" or "The [[Straw Vulcan]]" because there is nothing about those that implies uniqueness.


The use of "the" will get a little fuzzy since often something is unique in some contexts and not others, making it a judgment call about whether enough uses are unique to require a "the" on the trope name, so I wouldn't recommend changing one just because it doesn't have "the".
The use of "the" will get a little fuzzy since often something is unique in some contexts and not others, making it a judgment call about whether enough uses are unique to require a "the" on the trope name, so I wouldn't recommend globally changing everything that doesn't have "the". If you want to argue that a <i>specific</i> example needs it, sure, go ahead.


<blockquote> I don't any of the definitions you quoted is relevant here except the last one. </blockquote>
<blockquote> I don't any of the definitions you quoted is relevant here except the last one. </blockquote>
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<blockquote>An example that I hope shows my point </blockquote>
<blockquote>An example that I hope shows my point </blockquote>


"The big guy" is unique within a certain context. So if you're talking about a context where there is one of them (about a single team), you use "the", while if you're talking about a context which refers to a second team, you use "a". You could also say "character A is the Big Guy of the other team" and you could not put "a" in that.
"The big guy" is unique within a certain context. So if you're talking about a context where there can't be more than one of them (about a single team), you use "the", while if you're talking about a context which refers to a second team, you use "a". You could also say "character A is the Big Guy of the other team" and you could not put "a" in that.
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