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One solution is to invoke artistic license and compress two or more such figures into a single character with traits drawn from all of them.

This is frequently done in works [[Based on a True Story]], since no medium can compete with the [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] featured in [[Real Life]]. While most of humanity's most interesting achievements have involved lots of people with different motivations, it suits the [[Rule of Drama]] to simplify things to a handful of characters with well-defined objectives.

This is frequently done in works [[Based on a True Story]] and some more embellished [[Biography]] since no medium can compete with the [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] featured in [[Real Life]]. While most of humanity's most interesting achievements have involved lots of people with different motivations, it suits the [[Rule of Drama]] to simplify things to a handful of characters with well-defined objectives.

Commonly involved in [[Adaptation Distillation]] and [[Adaptation Decay]]. See also [[Economy Cast]]. Sometimes a many-for-one [[Captain Ersatz]] / [[Expy]] is formed this way. Sometimes a cause of [[Adaptational Villainy]].