The Face/Playing With

Basic Trope: One person in the Ensembles has a specialty in social skills.

Straight: Bob is the meditator/spokesman/mission control guy for his group.
Exagerated: Bob knows, and is on good terms with, every Muggle, villain and god in the world.
Justified: Bob is a friendly and empathetic guy.
- The Hero is too heroic, The Lancer is too snarky The Smart Guy uses unnessesarily fancy words and The Big Guy is Dumb Muscle. Bob is the Face because he is the only one in the group that's reasonable and fluent.
- Because the Superpower Lottery gave Bob Telepathy, Omniglot and other communication based powers the rest of the group elect him for this role.
Inverted: Bob is the most socially inept person in the group.
- Alternatively, he's a Jerkass
Subverted: Bob seems nice but he's actually a Jerkass
Double Subverted Bob's teammates are Complete Monsters, making him more social in comparison.
Parodied: The Five-Man Band prepares to Storm the Castle but Bob, having the Big Bad on speed dial, calls him up and talks him out his Evil Plan.
- Bob is eating with the Big Bad and unintentionally Talking the Monster to Death
Deconstructed: Being in a story where Violence Is the Only Option makes Bob feel like The Load.
Reconstructed: After a Rousing Speech from The Hero he redefines himself from 'negiotator' to Mission Control and cordinates the group's very violent missions.
Zig Zagged: Bob has mood swings where he can slide from a Shrinking Violet to The Messiah.
Averted: All the members of Bob's group are equally socially capable.
Invoked: Da Chief assigned Bob to his gang of Cowboy Cops to deal with the inevitable PR problems.
Lampshaded: "Let me do the talking. I have a way with people."
Exploited: Bob uses his social savvy to pick up chicks. maybe even the one in his own group.
Defied : The Five-Man Band refuses to recruit a socially capable guy because Violence Is the Only Option.
Discussed: "When we met The Emperor, I don't want to see a Lance, laptop or hammer come out. Bob's The Social Expert here; let him do his thing.
Conversed : "Bob needs to start Defusing the Tykebomb before it kills his teammates. It'll likely happen at the end of the episode."

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