Area 88: In one episode of the TV anime, a sniper terrorizes the entire base.To tell them apart, check out if the character is portrayed as evil or eerie/sinister - or at least it is shown that those aspects of the job have an adverse and/or dehumanizing impact on their psyche. A common subversion is the Friendly Sniper, who is not only much more personable but also usually saner (and is more likely to be depicted as a good guy). Likely to find work as a Professional Killer. Archer Archetype is the mood simile in medieval and fantasy settings, and may or may not overlap with Master Archer. Subtrope of Weapon-Based Characterization. Something even the most skilled snipers, have to deal with eventually. Choleric and Sanguine generally lose their cool quickly, which can easily happen whenever they miss their targets. Both temperaments are renowned for their patience, and keeping focus on the task at hand. While overlaps with Psycho for Hire and Sociopathic Soldier are possible, they are very rare due to the stereotype that sociopaths are less on the emotionless and more on the totally bonkers side.Īmong the Four-Temperament Ensemble expect these characters to be Melancholic or especially Phlegmatic. May also overlap with a Hunter of Monsters. Prevalent due to the allure and popularity of the idea of a lone, stealthy, emotionless, and mysterious 'lone wolf' prowling invisible in the nights of the jungle, in search of prey. If you find The Stoic deployed by the military in the field and killing your dudes while remaining undetected, he or she may be this: the cold, silent, camouflaged hunter with a scope, a rifle, a very good eye and near-zero emotions, who can shoot you in the face from a mile away and not lose a wink of sleep over it.Ī trope commonly applied to a lot of snipers, mostly the loners, what with loners being eerie. U.S Army Field Manual 23-10: Sniper Training

Assassin? by Joe Craig