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== Comic Books ==
* [[Wolverine]] ever since Marvel started hyping him up as their "Superman". He draws in the casual crowd, but more dedicated fans [[Wolverine Publicity|are sick of seeing him everywhere]], especially when the books focus on him at the cost of other characters' development.
* Duke from ''[[G.I. Joe (Franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' is fairly bland and doesn't have very much characterization aside from being "the leader" and for refusing a promotion so he could stay in the field. His teammates include a silent ninja master with a wolf, a Vietnam veteran who was once a street thug, a heavy machine gunner who surfs and plays bass guitar, and a gourmet chef who wields a massive chaingun.
** Being played by [[Dull Surprise|Channing Tatum]] in ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra|G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra]]'' didn't help.
* [[Tintin]] was deliberately designed so that [[The Everyman|every reader could identify with him]], so he has no family, no back story, no personal connections, nothing apart from what is shown in the adventures. So it probably is no coincidence that he was not just overshadowed by the colourful Captain Haddock - who for instance has Captain Chester as a friend from the days before his first appearance as well as a famous ancestor from the days of Louis XIV - but even the Thom(p)sons, Bianca Castafiore and Jolyon Wagg seem to be more popular subjects of critical treatises.
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* How many people remember that Richie Cunningham, and not the Fonz, was the main character of ''[[Happy Days]]''?
** This fact deeply bothered Henry Winkler, who disliked how the executives wanted to push [[Ron Howard]] out of the spotlight. He refused to do a Fonz-centric spinoff, and insisted on the rest of the cast getting as much or more screentime.
* ''[[Outsourced (TV series)]]'' received criticism because the main character was considered boring compared to the rest of the cast.
* Arguably Sam Winchester from ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''.
** The same could be said about Dean too. For years now, the fanbase has divided itself into a never-ending civil war of Sam Girls and Dean Girls. The addition of Cas only added a new angle of Dean/Cas shippers versus Wincest shippers. At least ''Bobby'' might be a universally loved character... or at least ''probably''.
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