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** Reasonable Anti-Authority Figure: [[RebelliousSpirit Charlie]] loves to cause chaos, but is willing to help the heroes out.
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* '''Conversed''': "Wow, an authority figure without their head in the sand. Maybe those MeddlingKids stand a chance."

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* '''Conversed''': "Wow, an authority figure without their head in the sand. Maybe [[YouMeddlingKids those MeddlingKids meddling kids]] stand a chance."
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** Gov. Rafael is willing to listen to the heroes' theories, but won't act unless [[WeNeedToGetProof they bring him credible evidence]].
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* '''Downplayed''': Gov. Rafael gives the heroes the time of day, but won't go out of his way to help them unless it's clearly in his legal purview.

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Gov. Rafael gives the heroes the time of day, but won't go out of his way to help them unless it's clearly in his legal purview.purview.
** Gov. Rafael believes the heroes when they tell him that there's trouble, but he can't legally help them. He does, however, know some people who can help out discretely.
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'''Basic Trope''': An authority figure who helps the heroes.
* '''Straight''': When the heroes ask Governor Rafael for aid he is willing to hear them out and help.
* '''Exaggerated''': Despite the heroes having nothing but hearsay and baseless accusations, Gov. Rafael deploys the state police and national guard to help the heroes.

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'''Basic Trope''': An authority figure who helps is mostly helpful for the heroes.
* '''Straight''': When the heroes ask Governor Rafael for aid he is willing to hear them out and help.
help if he can.
* '''Exaggerated''': Despite the heroes having nothing but hearsay and baseless accusations, speculation, Gov. Rafael deploys the state police and national guard to help the heroes.

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** Gov. Rafael is a reasonable guy, but he simply doesn't have the means or power to actually deal with the problem. The ones with the ''real'' power are not reasonable in the least.



* '''Played For Drama''': TheChainsOfCommanding come down hard on Gov. Rafael as he makes choices in support of the heroes which save lives but doom his political career.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
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TheChainsOfCommanding come down hard on Gov. Rafael as he makes choices in support of the heroes which save lives but doom his political career.
** Gov. Rafael is a reasonable guy, but he simply doesn't have the means or power to actually deal with the problem. The ones with the ''real'' power are not reasonable in the least.



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** Gov. Rafael is a reasonable guy, but he simply doesn't have the means or power to actually deal with the problem. The ones with the ''real'' power are not reasonable in the least.

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* '''Implied''': Gov. Rafael has a gruff exterior and doesn't seem to get on with anyone... at face value. The fact that TheCavalry keeps appearing at the nick of time implies he's keeping the hero's best interests in mind.
* '''Deconstructed''': Gov. Rafael's willingness to help the heroes may save lives, but it gets him booted from office when a rival points out how he used state resources without adequate information and for vague purposes. His replacement is far less cooperative.
* '''Reconstructed''': Non-reasonable authority figures are quickly weeded from office when the heroes' allies begin a grass roots campaign correctly pointing out how unresponsive and arrogant leaders cause harm, paving the way for Rafael to be (re) elected governor.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': Gov. Rafael is curious and supportive of the heroes efforts... too bad the protagonists are actually villains!
* '''Played For Laughs''': Gov. Rafael is reasonable authority to a clique of {{Cloud Cuckoo Lander}}s.
* '''Played For Drama''': TheChainsOfCommanding come down hard on Gov. Rafael as he makes choices in support of the heroes which save lives but doom his political career.




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* '''Justified''': Gov. Rafael got elected into office ''because'' he's reasonable; {{Sleazy Politian}}s are weeded out fairly quickly in local politics.

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* '''Justified''': Gov. Rafael got elected into office ''because'' he's reasonable; {{Sleazy Politian}}s Politician}}s are weeded out fairly quickly in local politics.



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Gov. Rafael helps the heroes, only he was really a villain, except that was the actual bad guy impersonating him.
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Gov. Rafael is the sponsor/mentor of a super team (a genre where he would usually be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure) and is instead a demanding SinkOrSwimMentor who only helps or listens to the team when it furthers his goals.
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It's a children's show trying to both teach children to be self reliant but also trust (the right) authorities, so Gov. Rafael is a Reasonable Authority Figure contrasted with Lt. Gov. Sleazman.
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"Wait, you're willing to help us out even though all our evidence is circumstantial ''and'' we've broken a bunch of laws? Gov. Rafael, you could not be more of a Godsend."
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Gov. Rafael wants young heroes to trust him and seek his help, so he cultivates a persona of reasonableness... all so he can cash in on that gratitude and ask said young heroes for favors later on.
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AntiHero Steve gets Gov. Rafael to release him from jail by arguing that since he's the only one capable of stopping the BigBad. Gov. Rafael is disgusted at letting a felon out but has to think of the greater good.
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Gov. Rafael is normally a decent and helpful authority figure... except towards Steve, who he hates with near IrrationalHatred after being manipulated.
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"We can trust the governor, he helped us out before even when it was risky for him."
* '''Conversed''': ???"Wow, an authority figure without their head in the sand. Maybe those MeddlingKids stand a chance."



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'''Basic Trope''': An authority figure who helps the heroes.
* '''Straight''': When the heroes ask Governor Rafael for aid he is willing to hear them out and help.
* '''Exaggerated''': Despite the heroes having nothing but hearsay and baseless accusations, Gov. Rafael deploys the state police and national guard to help the heroes.
* '''Downplayed''': Gov. Rafael gives the heroes the time of day, but won't go out of his way to help them unless it's clearly in his legal purview.
* '''Justified''': Gov. Rafael got elected into office ''because'' he's reasonable; {{Sleazy Politian}}s are weeded out fairly quickly in local politics.
* '''Inverted''':
** Gov. Rafael fights the heroes tooth and nail even when it's in his own best interests to leave them be.
** When Gov. Rafael asks for help with only some weak evidence to back him up, the heroes hear him out and decide to help.
* '''Subverted''': Gov. Rafael seems to be a Reasonable Authority Figure, except he's actually TheDragon and is just stringing the heroes along to later ambush them.
* '''Double Subverted''': Only to reveal he was the BigGood, but needed the heroes' help since he couldn't topple the BigBad alone.
* '''Parodied''': Gov. Rafael acts as a pestering TagalongKid constantly asking the heroes how he can help.
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