Changing of the Guard/Playing With

Basic Trope: The new character becomes the protagonist.
 * Straight: James takes his father, Bob's role of being the protagonist in "The Fight 2".
 * Exaggerated: "The Fight 3" has James' son, Leon. Then, "The Fight 4" has Leon's best friend Alex, then...
 * Downplayed: "The Fight 5" has Alex's sister as the protagonist, but Alex is still a major role.
 * Justified: Bob is retired and has a new life.
 * Inverted: Bob remains the protagonist, but his entire Sidekick entourage and Rogues Gallery are replaced with new characters.
 * Subverted: Bob comes back from his Ten Minute Retirement.
 * Double Subverted: Then he is retired again.
 * Parodied: A show switches protagonists every five minutes.
 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted: The protagonist never changes.
 * Enforced: "We can't get the same actor to play the protagonist for the sequel, but we can get the sidekick..."
 * Lampshaded: "So...What happened to the other guy?"
 * Invoked: ???
 * Exploited: ???
 * Defied: Bob refuses to be left out of the next adventure just because he's getting old.
 * Discussed: ???
 * Conversed: ???

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