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The
An important aspect is that we see quite a bit of the story from this character's point of view, and that they get a good amount of screen time/pages.
Subtropes include [[Supporting Leader]]. The [[Sidekick]] or [[The Lancer]] can become a
[[Dramatica]] calls this character the Impact Character, while [[The Hollywood Formula]] refers to this as the Relationship character.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* [[Iron Woobie|Alphonse Elric]] from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''.
* Suzaku Kururugi from ''[[Code Geass]]''
** There is at least [[Word of God|one interview from the creators]] stating that ''[[Code Geass]]'' was intended as a double narrative of Lelouch and Suzaku's stories. He even gets a spin-off "Suzaku of the Counterattack"
* In ''[[
* Takamura Mamoru from ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'' could also be considered one.
** With Itagaki Manabu and Miyata Ichiro as tritagonists.
* Batou of ''[[Ghost in
** In the first season, Togusa might be this or the tritagonist, given that he does a lot of the actual legwork in investigating The Laughing Man and tends to have more [[A Day in
* Yang Wen-Li in ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]''.
* Jounouchi/Joey in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', according to [[Word of God]]. In the anime adaptation, [[The Rival|Kaiba]] is made deuteragonist and Joey is the definite tritagonist.
* Madlax and Margaret Burton in ''[[Madlax]]'', though it's difficult to say who is the main girl and who, the second, since {{spoiler|technically, [[Enemy Without|they are the same person in two separate bodies]]}}.
* Fate Testarossa in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (
** Depending on whom you think is [[The Protagonist]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
* From [[Full Metal Panic!]], Kaname Chidori is this to the series' protagonist Sosuske Sagara. One might even say she's even the main protagonist of the second series ''Fumoffu''.
* Krillin held this position in the first half of ''[[
** Gohan in ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', with Vegeta as the tritagonist. But by the end, these positions were swapped.
** The very first [[
* Athrun Zala in the [[Gundam Seed|Cosmic]] [[Gundam Seed Destiny|Era]] timeline.
** Disputed in ''Destiny''. Before POV shift, ''Destiny'' had Shinn as protagonist, Athrun as deuteragonist, and Kira as triteragonist. At the end, Kira is the protagonist, Athrun still deuteragonist, and Shinn is the triteragonist. On average, and in the Special edition anyway, Athrun is the main character (which is odd because he always pilots a red Gundam, while the hero's Gundam has to be white/blue/red).
* Saji Crossroad during [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'s second season.
* Sasuke Uchiha develops into this near the end of the first half of ''[[Naruto]].'' ''Shippuden'' has had some full length arcs with Sasuke as the lead character and he plays a very important role in Naruto's motives.
* In [[Busou Renkin]], Tokiko, and to a lesser extent, Papillion.
* ''[[
* Homura Akemi of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' is one of these for the main character of the show.
* The deuteragonist shifts in ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]''. Omi holds the title for ''Kapitel'', Sena does for ''Gluhen,'' and Ken takes over for ''Side B.'' Youji, meanwhile, only ever gets as high as the tritagonist in ''Gluhen''.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' has a different one depending on what part of the story you're in. The first part it's Kamina (who is also the [[Decoy Protagonist]]), the second it's {{spoiler|Nia}}, the third it's Rossiu and then {{spoiler|Viral}}.
* Ryohou in the first half of ''[[
* ''[[Detective Conan]]''
* Zenkichi Hitoyoshi serves as deuteragonist to Medaka Kurokami's protagonist in ''[[Medaka Box]]''. Zenkichi gets quite a bit of screen time, primarily because he often the POV and narrator.
** Lately, [[Sociopathic Hero|Misogi]] [[Token Evil Teammate|Kumagawa]] seems to have snatched the role tritagonist.
* [[Zatch Bell|Zatch Bell's]] book owner [[Badass Bookworm|Kiyo]] [[Jerk
* ''[[Blood
* In ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', [[The Lancer|Barnaby]] is the Deuteragonist to his partner Kotetsu's [[Hero Protagonist]]. Their screen-time division is about 40% and 60% respectively; Barnaby's past and involvement with the show's Big Bad is what leads to Kotetsu being drawn into the main plot. Kotetsu is effectively the catalyst for the emotions, ideals and philosophies that the story tries to put across while Barnaby provides the drive for the plot.
* Meeting, and subsequently providing shelter to, Tokito Minoru from ''[[Wild Adapter]]'' is the reason [[Anti-Hero]] protagonist Kubota Makoto becomes involved in the plot proper. Page-time division is something like 45% and 55%, especially later on in the story where Tokito becomes more and more involved with Kubota's life and vice-versa.
* The ''Steel Ball Run'' arc of ''[[
* Another anomalous example can be seen in ''[[
* Makise Kurisu in ''[[Steins
* Chrono in the manga version of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', while Rosette Christopher is the protagonist.
* Reki from ''[[Haibane Renmei]]''. Initially she serves as a mentor to protagonist [[Naive Newcomer|Rakka]], but it soon becomes clear she has a whole story of her own.
* Starting from the Advance Generation series onward, ''[[Pokémon (
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
* Destro from ''[[G.I. Joe|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]''. Although to be honest, the old [[Larry Hama]] comics are chock full of
▲== Comic Books ==
▲* Destro from ''[[G.I. Joe|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]''. Although to be honest, the old [[Larry Hama]] comics are chock full of [[Deuteragonist|Deuteragonists]] and Tritagonists. Destro was the villain who wasn't so villainous, who had a code of honor, and who we very often see stories told through his Point-Of-View, so much to the point where we have two views of the evil Cobra organization - first through the eyes of the G.I. Joes, and second through the eyes of Destro, the arms dealer.
* In ''[[Batman: Year One]]'' Jim Gordon is the deuteragonist of the story along with [[Batman]].
* Death from ''[[The Sandman]]'' quickly evolved into this. Quite a few fans often forget that her brother Morpheus is the actual protagonist of the title, due to her [[Popularity Power]] surpassing his.
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Star Wars]]''
** [[The Dragon|Darth Vader]] is this in the series as whole, serving as the tragic hero of the first trilogy, while the second trilogy charts his time as [[The Dragon]] up until his final redemption. Ultimately Luke Skywalker is the protagonist of the whole series, with the first trilogy ending at his birth and the second trilogy ending with his heroic triumph.
** [[The Obi-Wan|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] in the [[Prequel]] trilogy, with [[Badass Grandpa|Yoda]] as the tritagonist.
* [[The Lancer|Buzz Lightyear]] in the ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' films, with Woody as the main protagonist and [[Affirmative Action Girl|Jessie]] is the tritagonist.
* Jack Sparrow was originally suppose to be the Deuteragonist in the original ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' Trilogy, with Will as the Protagonist, but Jack's popularity just [[Breakout Character|took off]]. In the end, Jack became the Protagonist, Will the Deuteragonist, and Elizabeth the Tritagonist.
* [[Tragic Hero|Harvey Dent]] in ''The Dark Knight'', with Batman/Bruce Wayne as the main protagonist and James Gordon as the tritagonist.
* Thao in ''[[Gran Torino]]''
* Annie Hall in ''[[
* Roger himself in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]''. True, he tends to steal the show in every scene where he's in, but Eddie Valiant is the actual protagonist, the one trying to figure out [[Title Drop|who framed Roger]] and why.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
* Holly Short from the [[
▲== Literature ==
▲* Holly Short from the [[Artemis Fowl (Literature)|Artemis Fowl]] series, especially in the first two book before she teams up with Artemis, she acts as a [[Hero Antagonist]] in contrast to Artemis's intial role as [[Villain Protagonist]], during this period the story revolves around her almost as much as with Artemis and the readers are made to sympathise with her. It is more evident in the Graphic Novels where she serves as the second narrator in the stories.
* Will Parry in the ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' trilogy. He isn't even introduced till the second book.
* Melanie Stryder in ''[[The Host (
* Mikael Blomkvist in ''[[The Millennium Trilogy]]''. He and Lisbeth Salander are developed quite a bit as separate characters, but once they team up the plot centers around them both.
* Ellis Boyd Redding in ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'', also serving as [[Supporting Protagonist]].
* Edward Cullen in ''[[Twilight (
** Jacob Black is the tritagonist.
* In the first ''[[Mistborn]]'' book, Kelsier is the
** In the same author's ''[[Elantris]]'', Prince Raoden is [[The Protagonist]], Sarene is the
** All of Brandon Sanderson's fantasy books utilize this trope, such as ''[[Warbreaker]]'', where Vivenna is the protagonist, Siri is the deuteragonist, and Lightsong is the tritagonist, and ''[[The Stormlight Archive
* ''[[Discworld]]'' has a number of perennial deuteragonists, including Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson (in the stories featuring Sam Vimes as the protagonist), Nanny Ogg (in stories focusing on Granny Weatherwax), and even [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] himself (in the stories primarily centered around his granddaughter, Susan).
* In ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'', Jim plays this role to Huck, with Tom Sawyer as the tritagonist.
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** The [[Fan Nickname|Golden Girls]], particularly Elayne and Egwene could also be Deuteragonists. Nynaeve is definitely more a tritagonist.
* Fisk, in the ''[[Knight and Rogue Series]]'', since he's 'just' the squire while Michael is the knight.
* In ''[[
** In Tolkien's ''[[The Children of
* The eponymous unicorn in ''[[
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Angel from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' for it's first three seasons, before he spun off to his own show.
* Dr. Cox in [[Scrubs]].
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** Which would make Juliet the tritagonist, and Lasseter the... qua...tragonist?
* Angela's parents in ''[[My So-Called Life]]''.
* Spock emerges as the
* Though ''[[Star Trek:
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' both introduced their
* Jack Donaghy on ''[[30 Rock
* [[Anti-Villain|Jesse Pinkman]] is the deuteragonist to [[Villain Protagonist|Walter White's]] protagonist in [[Breaking Bad]].
* This really is a staple of the more recent ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series as to date, all of them have a secondary protagonist who provide as much if not more importance to the storyline as the titular character from their respective series. These second protagonists aren't necessarily the [[Sixth Ranger|Second Riders]] that are another staple of the franchise and many aren't even Riders in the first place.
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** '''[[Kamen Rider Hibiki]]'': Asumu Adachi
** ''[[Kamen Rider Kabuto]]'': Arata Kagami/Kamen Rider Gatack
** ''[[Kamen Rider Den
** ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'': Otoya Kurenai/Kamen Rider Ixa/Kamen Rider Dark Kiva
** ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'': Yuusuke Onodera/Kamen Rider Kuuga
** ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'': Philip
** ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'': Ankh
** ''[[
* Ultraman has this example before even Kamen Rider. Ultraman Agul/Hiroya Fujimiya from Ultraman Gaia is the first and most notable. Later [[Ultraman Nexus]] would have Himeya Jun, later replaced by Senjyu Ren.
* In ''[[Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger]]'' the villains Rio and Mele are just as important to the story as the main heroes.
* Joseph Bede from ''[[
* D'Angelo Barksdale in the first season of ''[[The Wire]]''.
** If you can apply this to a group of people, then the focus of each season ''apart'' from the Major Case Squad: the dock workers (season 2), Bunny Colvin and his people (season 3), the middle-school kids (season 4), and the newspaper people (season 5).
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* Depending on who you view as the protagonist, either Lorelai or Rory on ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''.
* Debra Morgan in ''[[Dexter]]''
* Spencer in ''[[
* At this point in the series, Sam from ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' is the deuteragonist to Dean, with Bobby as the tritagonist.
** Contrasting with early in the first season of the show where Sam was clearly the protagonist and Dean the deuteragonist (and their father, John, maybe the tritagonist).
* River in ''[[Firefly]]'', as a substantial number of episodes in the series' short run centered around her. It became much more clear that River was the second protagonist during ''[[
* John in the BBC's ''[[Sherlock]]'' is just as important as the eponymous detective.
* Londo in ''[[Babylon 5]]''. [[Word of God]] has even said the story is almost as much about Londo as about Sheridan.
* Prince {{spoiler|and later King}} Arthur from ''[[Merlin]]'' had his journey from being a [[Jerk Jock]] [["Well Done, Son" Guy]] to [[The Wise Prince]] and later {{spoiler|[[The Good King]]}} parallel Merlin's development from his [[Hypercompetent Sidekick/Beleaguered Assistant|Beleaguered Assistant]] to [[The Good Chancellor]].
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* Daenerys Tagaryen in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''. We learn early on that her family were the antagonists to the "real" leads, Houses Baratheon and Stark, but by the time we get to her, those guys are long gone and she is very much [[The Woobie]], with a mountain of [[Character Development]] in store, even if she never meets any of the main players in Westeros {{spoiler|in fact, ''two'' of them have died long before she even catches wind of it in season 2.}}
== [[Newspaper
* In ''[[Nancy]]'' , Sluggo is the Deuteragonist, with Aunt Fritzi the tritagonist. Or vice-versa, [[Depending on the Writer]] and situation. Ironically, Fritzi was the star or the original strip until Nancy [[Ascended Extra| took over that role.]]
* Much like Fritzi, the title character of ''[[Blondie (comic strip)|Blondie]]'' now fills this role, the role of protagonist now held by Dagwood.
* In ''[[Garfield]]'', the title character's owner Jon is this. Liz started to fill a tritagonist role after she and Jon started dating.
* In ''[[Popeye]]'', Olive Oyl is this most of the time. Again, she predated the title character by almost a decade, but was usually the Deuteragonist then too.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Arbiter (Thel 'Vadam) in [[Halo]]: He's the main character in several levels of [[Halo 2]], and fights beside Master Chief in [[Halo 3]].
* Alyx Vance in ''[[
* Almaz in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]''.
* Zero in the ''[[
** Axl, debuting in ''X7'', is the ''X'' series' tritagonist. Notably, ''X7'' and ''X8'' are (more) [[Character Focus|focused]] on him than X or Zero.
* In the ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' series, and if discounting [[The Protagonist|the main male protagonist]]:
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** ''Drama Series Vol. 3 : Tabidachi no Uta'' : Miharu (to Shiori), if going the Miharu route ;
** ''Substories 1 : Dancing Summer Vacation'' : Kaori, or the Shirayuki twins (to Miyuki), depending on which one you choose as Miyuki's [[Dance Dance Revolution|DDR]] partner.
* Rena or Claude in ''[[Star Ocean the Second Story
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Luigi]] fits this role in many ''[[Super Mario]]'' [[Video Game|games]], especially in the early ones, where he was playable as a sprite recolor of Mario. He still has that role in many of the recent [[Super Mario|Mario]] [[Video Game|games]], having just as big of a role as Mario in the ''[[Mario
* Princess Zelda for the most part is this in ''[[
* [[The Lancer|Riku]] in [[Kingdom Hearts]] has progressively become this, starting with [[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories|Chain of Memories]], where [[And Now for Someone Completely Different|he takes over as the playable character in his own story]] once [[The Hero|Sora's]] story finishes, and cemented past ''[[
** In ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D]]'', he becomes the truest form of this, being playable throughout the entire story along with Sora, and {{spoiler|ends up being the one who faces the final bosses of the game in order to rescue Sora}}.
* Miles Edgeworth plays an important role in the plot of the first two ''[[
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' it's hard to tell who the primary protagonist is among [[Half-Human Hybrid|Terra]], [[Super Soldier|Celes]], and [[Loveable Rogue|Locke]]. But there is a pro-, deuter-, and tritagonist, make no mistake.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' had Aerith in this role, while Barret and Tifa were pretty evenly tied as the Tritagonists. Once Aerith dies, Tifa steps into the Deuteragonist role, leaving Barret as the sole Tritagonist.
** ''[[Crisis Core]]'' had Zack as [[The Protagonist]], Cloud as the
** ''[[Advent Children]]'' had Tifa as the
* Rinoa is the Deuteragonist in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', while Laguna is the Tritagonist.
* ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' has Garnet and Vivi. Which one is the Deuteragonist or Tritagonist depends on your point of view.
* Yuna is this to Tidus of ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''. She even tells him "it's your story, but it's my story too."
* While formerly [[The Big Guy]] of the [[Five-Man Band]], Augustus Cole is promoted to this at the start of ''[[Gears of War]] 3.'' The second half of the first Act is played from his perspective, and is the only time in all three campaigns that player 1 isn't controlling [[The Hero|Marcus Fenix]].
* Marisa Kirisame in ''[[Touhou]]''. Even the creator give a subtle nod to this: the name of the game might be ''Project Shrine Maiden'', but the application icon of the game is Marisa.
** Recently{{when}}, Sanae Kochiya has been gaining prominence, and she's not exactly on Reimu's side of things.
* ''[[
* In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', it's Delita Heiral, the former best friend of Ramza Beolve who's actions play a major part in shaping the plot. The story is his as much as it is Ramza's, with them taking divergent paths that nonetheless criss-cross throughout the game from start to finish.
▲* ''[[Fate Stay Night|Fate/Stay Night's]]'' Rin Tohsaka is one of the primary heroines (though not necessarily love interest). She's the only character besides [[The Hero|Shirou]] who gets first-person P.O.V. scenes, and plays a major role in every route of the game (unlike the other villains and supporting characters, whose role may be significantly downplayed).
* ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]'' has Alistair and Morrigan as possible Deuteragonist and Tritagonist, which is which is naturally open to debate.▼
▲* In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', it's Delita Heiral, the former best friend of Ramza Beolve who's actions play a major part in shaping the plot. The story is his as much as it is Ramza's, with them taking divergent paths that nonetheless criss-cross throughout the game from start to finish.
▲* [[Dragon Age Origins]] has Alistair and Morrigan as possible Deuteragonist and Tritagonist, which is which is naturally open to debate.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Faye from ''[[Questionable Content]]''.
* In ''[[
** ''[[Start of Darkness]]'' fits this perfectly: Redcloak is the protagonist, [[Big Bad|Xykon]] is the deuteragonist and antagonist, and Right-Eye is the tritagonist.
* According to [[Word of God]], Karkat is the Deuteragonist in ''[[Homestuck]]'' to Protagonist John, as he takes the roll of John's [[Foil]] when the focus shifts off of the kids and onto the trolls. When the series shifts yet again to a second set of kids, Jane becomes the series' Tritagonist.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Minx, daughter of protagonist Battlecat, is the
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Anti-Villain|Zuko]] and [[The Chick|Katara]] from ''[[
* Jake is this for Finn in ''[[
* Helga on ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', to Arnold himself.
* Dib to ''[[Invader Zim]]'', of the opposing kind.
* Riley Freeman on ''[[The Boondocks]]'', with his older brother Huey as Protagonist and their grandfather Robert as Tritagonist.
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* The Cutie Mark Crusaders are collectively the deuteragonist cast of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* ''[[Oliver and Company]]'': Dodger to Oliver
* Jasmine and Genie alternate the role in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', depending on the situation.
* Cat Noir is usually regarded as this in ''[[Miraculous Ladybug]]'', although the original French version actually gives him equal billing.
* On ''[[The Flintstones]]'' Barney or Wilma, depending on who was more important to the episode's plot.
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