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For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come here,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it.—Luke, The Bible
Tropes about the different effects and displays of authority and obedience.
Tropes about authority in general:
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- Authority Equals Asskicking
- Authority in Name Only
- Asskicking Equals Authority
- Badass in Charge
- Bavarian Fire Drill
- Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough
- The Chains of Commanding
- Challenging the Chief
- Color-Coded Patrician
- Cool People Rebel Against Authority
- Corporal Punishment
- Ermine Cape Effect
- Fisher King
- Forgot I Could Change the Rules
- Grade School CEO
- Humans Are Leaders
- In Its Hour of Need
- King on His Deathbed
- Large and In Charge
- The Leader
- Leader Forms the Head
- Physical Fitness Punishment
- Please Spare Him, My Liege
- Reclining Reigner
- Screw the Rules, I Make Them
- Sham Ceremony
- Staff of Authority
- Still the Leader
- Supporting Leader
- Sword of Damocles
- Teenage Wasteland
- Under New Management
- Young and In Charge
- You Rebel Scum
Leader Characters of
- Badass Bureaucrat
- Big Bad
- Big Good
- Cincinnatus
- The Commissioner Gordon
- Corrupt Bureaucrat
- Corrupt Politician
- Evil Overlord
- Emperor Scientist
- The Generalissimo
- Head-in-The-Sand Management
- The Hero
- Iron Lady
- The Man
- Mister Big
- Obstructive Bureaucrat
- Permanent Elected Official
- Reasonable Authority Figure
- Reluctant Ruler
- Shadow Dictator
- Tyrant Takes the Helm
- Unfit for Greatness
- Vast Bureaucracy
- Adipose Rex
- The Caligula
- A Child Shall Lead Them
- Court Mage
- The Emperor
- Evil Chancellor
- The Creon
- Founder of the Kingdom
- The Good Chancellor
- The Good King
- God Save Us From the Queen
- The High Queen
- Just the First Citizen
- Princesses Rule
- Puppet King
- Regent for Life
- Royal We
- Royals Who Actually Do Something
- Non-character tropes=
- Awesome Moment of Crowning
- Offered the Crown
- Royally Screwed-Up
- The Brigadier
- The Captain
- Colonel Badass
- Commanding Coolness
- Drill Sergeant Nasty
- A Father to His Men
- Four-Star Badass
- General Ripper
- Majorly Awesome
- The Neidermeyer
- Officer and a Gentleman
- Sergeant Rock
- Non character tropes
- Field Promotion
- The Mutiny
- You Are in Command Now
- Time to Step Up Commander
School=
- Breaking Out the Boss
- Bring Them Around
- Ditch the Bodyguards
- Doctor's Orders
- Government in Exile
- Heroic Team Revolt
- High Priest
- Loyal to the Position
- My Country, Right or Wrong
- My Master, Right or Wrong
- No Badass to His Valet
- No Hero to His Valet
- The Dragon
- Evil Minions
- Faceless Goons
- Feudal Overlord
- The Last DJ
- Might Makes Right
- Mooks
- Mistress and Servant Boy
- The Necrocracy
- Rebel Leader
- Rebellious Rebel
- Supernatural Elite
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