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The character hasn't just beaten the odds once. He's survived several [[Suicide Mission~~|Suicide Missions~~]]. The [[Uriah Gambit]] failed. He won the [[Last Stand]]. In short, the hero has repeatedly accomplished so-called [[Impossible Task~~|Impossible Tasks~~]]. And his superiors or the world at large have taken notice... and unfortunately for the poor hero, he or she is now the [[Who You Gonna Call?|go-to person]] for missions that are thought impossible for anyone else.

The character hasn't just beaten the odds once. He's survived several [[Suicide Mission]]s. The [[Uriah Gambit]] failed. He won the [[Last Stand]]. In short, the hero has repeatedly accomplished so-called [[Impossible Task]]s. And his superiors or the world at large have taken notice... and unfortunately for the poor hero, he or she is now the [[Who You Gonna Call?|go-to person]] for missions that are thought impossible for anyone else.

Characters like this can get this reputation a number of ways.

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* Some [[Discworld]] characters. Lu Tze is types 2 and 4 simultaneously. Granny Weatherwax is a type 2.

* Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Lan, Thom Merril, even Jain Farstrider from [[Wheel of Time]] have this quality and Lan, Mat and Perrin have all unwittingly received followers for it. Granted, Mat IS that lucky and Perrin can talk with wolves, but hey...

* Near the end of ''[[The Princess Bride (novel)|The Princess Bride]]'', Inigo Montoya and Fezzik face a seemingly impossible task and feel lost without Vizzini, who was the brain of the outfit. They decide that the one they need to help them is the Man in ~~Black -- because~~ he already climbed the Cliffs of Insanity without a rope, and beat the world's greatest fencer Inigo in a swordfight, the world's strongest giant Fezzik in wrestling and the, uh, [[Smug Snake|kind of smart]] Vizzini in a game of wits.

* Near the end of ''[[The Princess Bride (novel)|The Princess Bride]]'', Inigo Montoya and Fezzik face a seemingly impossible task and feel lost without Vizzini, who was the brain of the outfit. They decide that the one they need to help them is the Man in Black—because he already climbed the Cliffs of Insanity without a rope, and beat the world's greatest fencer Inigo in a swordfight, the world's strongest giant Fezzik in wrestling and the, uh, [[Smug Snake|kind of smart]] Vizzini in a game of wits.

* [[The Brave Little Tailor]], in [[The Brothers Grimm (creator)|The Brothers Grimm]] story, is a Type 4. Having killed seven flies, he embroiders a belt with the [[Badass Boast]] "Seven In One Blow" and then has to use [[Guile Hero|his wits]] to fulfill challenges from people who think it was seven ''men''.

* [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] would fall under the first category.