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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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* 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 ''[[Death Note]]'', the
* Takamura Mamoru from ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'' could also be considered one.
** With Itagaki Manabu and Miyata Ichiro as tritagonists.
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* 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 (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''.
** Depending on whom you think is [[The Protagonist]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|StrikerS]]'', Nanoha or Subaru, the other one would be the
* 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 ''[[Dragon Ball]]''. He lost it to Tenshinhan from the 22nd Budokai, to the end of Part 1. Master Roshi was the Tritagonist.
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* ''[[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 ''[[S-Cry-ed]]''. In the second half, he's a true joint protagonist with Kazuma.
* ''[[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.
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== 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
* In ''[[Batman: Year One]]'' Jim Gordon is the deuteragonist of the story along with [[Batman]].
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* Edward Cullen in ''[[Twilight (novel)|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|The Way of Kings]]'', where Kaladin is the protagonist, Shallan is the deuteragonist, and Dalinar is the tritagonist (the latter two get about the same amount of pagetime, but Shallan is introduced first).
* ''[[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).
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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: The Next Generation]]'' seemed to establish Riker as the
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' both introduced their
* Jack Donaghy on ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]''.
* [[Anti-Villain|Jesse Pinkman]] is the deuteragonist to [[Villain Protagonist|Walter White's]] protagonist in [[Breaking Bad]].
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* 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.
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* Minx, daughter of protagonist Battlecat, is the
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