History Main / TheLeader

** Sokka starts out as a LeaderWannabe but learns how to take on leadership more naturally throuought the series enough that when his teammates ask what do they do next, they all lean to him for an answer. This culminates in him being appointed to lead the [[spoiler: Invasion Force during the eclipse, after his father gets wounded and is no longer able to take command and eventually to spearhead the final battle.]]

** Sokka starts out as a LeaderWannabe but learns how to take on leadership more naturally throuought the series. This culminates in him being appointed to lead the [[spoiler: Invasion Force during the eclipse, after his father gets wounded and is no longer able to take command.]]

* The Warden is this in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', although exactly which type depends entirely on how the player chooses to have the character behave.
** Inquisition divide the roles: Josephine Montilyet is the levelheaded leader, being the Inquisition chief diplomat, the military commander Cullen Rutherford is the headstrong one, and Leliana acts as the mastermind, being the Spymaster. When the three fail to agree on how to proceed [[spoiler: after the battle of Haven]], they bring in the Player Character and make him the charismatic face (and final arbitrator) of the Inquisition.

* ''ComicBook/AForce'': [[Characters/SheHulkTitleCharacter She-Hulk]] is the headstrong leader of the team.

** ComicBook/WonderGirl'': [[Characters/WonderGirlCassieSandsmark Cassie Sandsmark]] became the level headed leader of ComicBook/YoungJustice after [[Characters/RobinTimDrake Tim Drake]] stepped down due to the [[TheChainsOfCommanding stress of the position]] and the distrust his teammates cast on him due to Batman's actions. Cassie was much better at gaining trust and suited to deal with the stress, and Tim was much more useful and comfortable as a tactician instead.

** [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Jason Todd]], the second ComicBook/{{Robin}} and Red Hood, eventually grew into being a headstrong leader.

** Sokka starts out as a LeaderWannabe but learns how to take on leadership more naturally throuought the series. This culminates in him being appointed to lead the [[spoiler: Invasion Force during the eclipse, after his father gets wounded and is no longer able to lead.]]

** [[TheSmartGuy Sokka]] tries to be a mastermind/levelheaded leader hybrid to varying degrees of success and becomes more competent at it as the series goes on. Somewhat lampshaded in one episode when Katara says [[TheHero Aang]] should be leader because he's [[TheChosenOne the Avatar]], which would make him a charismatic leader if he cared to be. Solidified in Season 3 when Hakoda appoints Sokka to lead the Invasion after getting wounded, The Boiling Rock when Chit-Sang refers to him as The Mastermind, and the Finale when Toph gives him a trusting aye-aye Captain when things hit their worst point.

* "Fanfic/VoltesVIIandCombattler V": Prince Heinel is the Levelheaded and Charismatic leader of the Voltes Team and unlike Kenichi Go from Anime/VoltesV, who at least had his mother, Professor Mitsuyo Go, around, he has to lead the Voltes Team and look after his three younger brothers, TheLancer Kenichi, TheBigGuy Daijiro, and TheSmartGuy Hiyoshi, by himself as he had no parents to rely on due to both Prince Gohl and Princess Rosalia making a HeroicSacrifice in order to save their four sons from the evil usurping emperor, Zambasil's forces while they were out in space after escaping from their homeworld, Boazan, ten years before the fanfiction starts and they had both asked him to TakeCareOfTheKids before making said HeroicSacrifice. This places him into PromotionToParent, TeamDad, and TeamMom territories at the same time and he's had these roles since he was eleven years old and his younger brothers still greatly look up to him and ask him for advice and they also get enraged whenever he gets badly hurt.

* "Fanfic/Voltes VII and Combattler V": Prince Heinel is the levelheaded and charismatic leader of the Voltes Team and unlike Kenichi Go from Anime/VoltesV, who at least had his mother, Professor Mitsuyo Go, around, he has to lead the Voltes Team and look after his three younger brothers, Kenichi, Daijiro, and Hiyoshi, by himself as he had no parents to rely on due to both Prince Gohl and Princess Rosalia making a HeroicSacrifice in order to save their four sons from the evil usurping emperor, Zambasil's forces while they were out in space after escaping from their homeworld, Boazan, ten years before the fanfiction starts. This places him into PromotionToParent, TeamDad, and TeamMom territories at the same time and he's had these roles since he was eleven years old.

** Kento is this to the RagtagBunchOfMisfits, alongside Sanae, and loves putting them up to all sorts of mischief and teaching them how to steal. While Sanae takes on a motherly role for the kids, Kento steals food for them, teaches them how to play rough and goes out to save them when they're in danger.

** [[Characters/DragonBallSonGoku Goku]] is the charismatic leader of the Z-Fighters, having recruited most of the gang via DefeatMeansFriendship and just generally being an AllLovingHero. Everyone else feels more confident knowing he's in the fight.

* "Fanfic/Voltes VII and Combattler V": Prince Heinel is the levelheaded and charismatic leader of the Voltes Team and unlike Kenichi Go from Anime/VoltesV, who at least had his mother, Professor Mitsuyo Go, around, he has to lead the Voltes Team and look after his three younger brothers, Kenichi, Daijiro, and Hiyoshi, by himself as he had no parents to rely on due to both Prince Gohl and Princess Rosalia making a HeroicSacrifice in order to save their four sons from the evil usurping emperor, Zambasil's forces while they were out in space after escaping from their homeworld, Boazan, ten years before the fanfiction starts.

* "Fanfic/Voltes VII and Combattler V": Prince Heinel is the levelheaded and charismatic leader of the Voltes Team and unlike Kenichi Go from Anime/VoltesV, who at least had his mother, Professor Mitsuyo Go, around, he has to lead the Voltes Team and look after his three younger brothers, Kenichi, Daijiro, and Hiyoshi, by himself as he had no parents to rely on due to both Prince Gohl and Princess Rosalia making a HeroicSacrifice in order to save their four sons from the evil usurping emperor, Zambasil's forces while they were out in space after escaping from their homeworld, Boazan, ten years before the fanfiction starts.

** ''Anime/CombattlerV'': Hyoma Aoi is the BrattyHalfPint leader of the Combattler team. He can be a runt at times, but his teammates respect him.
** ''Anime/VoltesV'': Kenichi Go is this to the Voltes team. He's also this to his little brothers Daijiro and Hiyoshi (he would often get into micshief with them when they were young) but has since become a stronger, more serious boy.

* Lelouch of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' is a hybrid of mastermind and charismatic leader for the Black Knights. Physically, he is the weakest member of the group, but it's both his intelligence and his charismatic leadership that holds the team together.

** Goku is the charismatic leader of the Z-Fighters, having recruited most of the gang via DefeatMeansFriendship and just generally being an AllLovingHero. Everyone else feels more confident knowing he's in the fight.
** During DBZ when Goku is [[DeathIsCheap dead]] or off training, Piccolo tends to step up as a levelheaded leader. He's stronger than the other earthlings, and among the saiyans that outclass him he's more collaborative than the arrogant Vegeta, more cool headed than Future Trunks who is prone to overreacting, and more confident than Gohan who isn't a fighter at his core. After merging with Kami he also becomes the TeamDad as the wisest member, and he holds the honor of mentoring/babysitting everyone's kids.
** In Dragon Ball Super, Gohan is appointed leader of Team Universe 7. He acts as a levelheaded mastermind for the earthlings on the team, trying to get them into formations to to cover each others backs and use their techniques strategically. However the stronger loose canons like Vegeta, Frieza, and even his own father Goku immediately ignore his orders and go off to do whatever they want as there's no use even trying to rein them in.

* Jet Black is a levelheaded leader among the crew of the [[Anime/CowboyBebop Bebop]], although his authority is frequently ignored.

*** Headstrong Leader Type: Gira, Yanma, and Hymeno.

* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Steve Rogers]] is a mixture of levelheaded leader and charismatic leader. Much as with Superman over at DC, ''any'' group of Marvel superheroes that includes Cap will see most of them instinctively deferring to him.

* In ''ComicBook/AForce'', ''ComicBook/SheHulk'' is the headstrong leader of the team.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' is a mastermind when he works with Robin or the extended Bat Family, but most of his proteges also lead groups of their own:
** [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] acted as a mastermind during his early days on the Comicbook/TeenTitans. As he matured, he became more of a charismatic leader. Occasionally, when he enters a DarkerAndEdgier phase, he's a levelheaded leader but eventually comes around back to a charismatic leader again. DC officially considers him to be the most capable leader in the whole Franchise/DCUniverse.
** The second ComicBook/{{Robin}} and Red Hood (Jason Todd) eventually grew into being a headstrong leader.
** The third ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} and ComicBook/RedRobin (Tim Drake), is a mastermind and levelheaded leader; of note, as one of the three founding members of ComicBook/YoungJustice, he was considered the [[UsefulNotes/IdSuperegoAndEgo level-headed "superego"]] to ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'s "ego" and ComicBook/{{Impulse}}'s "id" in a FreudianTrio. Tim actually hates being the leader, and prefers to act as the right hand man or co-leader for Cassie.
** [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]] is also a mastermind when leading the ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey,'' and as Lian points out Oracle has led the ComicBook/{{JLA|1997}} from the shadows as well.
* ''ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars'' has Bucky O'Hare, who is of the mastermind kind of ship captain.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Catstronauts}}'', the leader of the titular team is Captain Meowser, who seems to be the levelheaded.

* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' is a mixture of levelheaded leader and charismatic leader. Much as with Superman over at DC, ''any'' group of Marvel superheroes that includes Cap will see most of them instinctively deferring to him.
* Paulie from ''ComicBook/{{Circles}}'' is a levelheaded leader and, much like Papa Smurf, is the oldest and most mature of the group, as well as being the wisest due to his age and experience.

* Grim Jack describes the lead of ''ComicBook/{{Starslayer}}'' as a charismatic leader.

* ComicBook/MartianManhunter is a levelheaded leader
* Papa Smurf of ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' in all forms of media is a levelheaded leader.
* During the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' storyline, the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan quickly asserted his authority over the other Spider-people as a Mastermind with a distinctly InsufferableGenius flavor. There was a very good reason for this, as the Superior Spider-Man was actually ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, a character with a long history of leading archetypal Spidey villain group the Sinister Six as the equally archetypal villainous Mastermind type.
* Albeit usually a solo fighter, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} has led teams like the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' in several continuities -including the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' comics- from time to time, proving she can be level-headed and make good decisions when it's required. In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Good-Looking Corpse]]'' story arc she quickly puts together a team to take down a villain who is targetting young heroes, and although she doubts her leadership skills, her team thinks she did just fine. She also led the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague3000'' after her cousin's death.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** Superman is also a mixture of levelheaded leader and charismatic leader when he's the leader of the ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica''. Because he's a ''very'' strong charismatic leader, he tends to become the Leader of any team-up or group he's with. Frequently played with in that he shares the role as part of the trinity that includes Franchise/{{Batman}}, who is typically ''the'' mastermind superhero, and Franchise/WonderWoman, who usually fills the headstrong leader role. When the three of them show up to a fight, the other good guys immediately defer to their leadership and the bad guys collectively wet themselves.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark became the level headed leader of Young Justice after Tim Drake stepped down due to the [[TheChainsOfCommanding stress of the position]] and the distrust his teammates cast on him due to Batman's actions. Cassie was much better at gaining trust and suited to deal with the stress, and Tim was much more useful and comfortable as a tactician instead.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': ComicBook/EttaCandy is the leader of the Holliday Girls, a group of young women usually numbering at least 30 who hunt down and fight Nazi spies and aliens and look for missing persons when they're not busy with school or work.
** In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' ComicBook/{{Artemis}} and Philippus became the trusted and charismatic co-leaders of Themyscira, with Artemis' quick temper offset by Philippus' level head.
** In ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders'' Wonder Woman is the leader and her decisions are differed to without question by the Star Riders outside of group meetings, and Dolphine jumping into action on her own when directed to stay with the group.

* ''Franchise/XMen'':
** Professor X is a benevolent Mastermind.
** ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, the field leader, starts as a Levelheaded leader, but transitions into Mastermind as the series progresses (particularly a cold Mastermind in the vein of Magneto, which is noted and commented upon near-endlessly both in and out of story). The other main X-leader, Storm, is a consistently Levelheaded type.
** Among the leaders of the villainous [[Characters/XMenBrotherhoodOfMutants Brotherhood]], Magneto is a cold Mastermind to contrast with his rival Professor X, with a Charismatic subtype (something he and Chuck have in common). His successor Mystique is a straight Mastermind who leads primarily by appealing to the [[OnlyInItForTheMoney greed]] of her followers, while his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Exodus is a Headstrong type who shares his Charismatic subtype.

* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'': Stefan Salvatore. Apart from being the hero, he also often takes the lead in most of the plans and missions, despite Elena being the heroine. He's a mixture of Mastermind, levelheaded leader and charismatic leader.

* ''Anime/KingArthur'': Under the tutelage of Merlin, King Arthur becomes this to the knights of the round table. They look forward to the day he siezes the throne from Rothwick.

** Among the leaders of the villainous [[Characters/XMenBrotherhoodOfMutants Brotherhood]], Magneto is a cold Mastermind to contrast with his rival Professor X, with a Charismatic subtype (something he and Chuck have in common). His successor Mystique is a straight Mastermind who leads primarily by appealing to the [[OnlyInItForTheMoney greed]] of her followers, while his {{Dragon}} Exodus is a Headstrong type who shares his Charismatic subtype.

--> "You do your best thinking when you're not thinking at all".

* By the time of ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Ishirō Serizawa]] is the spearhead and leader of Monarch, as it's him to whom Mark Russell gives advice about how to deal with an imminent Titan, and it's him who issues orders to the other scientific top brass and Colonel Foster, and to other branches of the organization when he puts the outposts on high alert.

* John Geary of Creator/JohnHemry's ''Literature/TheLostFleet''.