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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 (Manga)|Death Note]]'', the [[Deuteragonist]] is L, then later Mello and Near, all of which are also the antagonists. Misa Amane or Ryuk the shinigami is the Tritagonist.
* Takamura Mamoru from ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'' could also be considered one.
** With Itagaki Manabu and Miyata Ichiro as tritagonists.
* Batou of ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell]]''. Long-time partner of The Major, he even becomes [[The Protagonist]] after The Major vanishes. Fits the role in the TV series too.
** 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 Thethe Limelight|Days In The Limelight]]. He's also used as a [[Foil]] to the rest of the cast, being more down to earth and much more of a newcomer (having been recruited recently as a police officer and having virtually no cyborg implants {{spoiler|until the third movie}}). Not to mention he's almost always [[Locked Out of the Loop]] to set up [[The Reveal]] of [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee|unspoken plans]] (the best example being the final episode of the first season, which recaps on the events entirely from his perspective and avoids revealing {{spoiler|the team survived and he's the last member to be brought back and debriefed}} until the end).
* 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 (Animeanime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''.
** Depending on whom you think is [[The Protagonist]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S (Anime)StrikerS|StrikerS]]'', Nanoha or Subaru, the other one would be the [[Deuteragonist]].
* 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 ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]''. He lost it to Tenshinhan from the 22nd Budokai, to the end of Part 1. Master Roshi was the Tritagonist.
** Gohan in ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', with Vegeta as the tritagonist. But by the end, these positions were swapped.
** The very first [[DragonballDragon Ball]] arc had Bulma as the deuteragonist and Yamcha as the tritagonist.
* 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.
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* 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 ''[[ScryedS-Cry-ed]]''. In the second half, he's a true joint protagonist with Kazuma.
* ''[[Detective Conan]]''-- in Osaka arcs Heiji is often this, while in [[Non Serial Movies]] deuteragonists has become a common scene--some use recurring characters, but some used [[One Off Characters]].
* 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 Withwith a Heart of Gold|Takamine]] definitely counts.
* ''[[Blood Plus]]'' has Kai as the deuteragonist to Saya's protagonist. David is the tritagonist.
* 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 ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' has an interesting variant. Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli share the protagonist role equally for the first 21 volumes, but {{spoiler|Gyro dies at the hands of the arc's Big Bad after failing to defeat him}}, leading to Johnny taking the spotlight completely in the last 3 volumes.
* Another anomalous example can be seen in ''[[Get BackersGetBackers]]''. Due to the anime being produced while the manga was less than halfway through its storyline, Ban, who's past and personality is explored much later on in the manga than his partner and best friend Ginji's, appears to be a cross between the Deuteragonist and [[The Artifact]]. In the manga he is the Deuteragonist during the first 12 or so volumes, but is later promoted to share the protagonist role with Ginji.
* Makise Kurisu in ''[[Steins ;Gate]]'', but more so in the second half.
* 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 (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'' isn't just about Ash Ketchum anymore. His female companions (May during the aforementioned AG saga, and later Dawn) also get their focus by7 having a quest running concurrently with Ash's.
 
 
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* [[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 ''[[Annie Hall (Film)|Annie Hall]]'', despite being the title character. She is the protagonist's [[Love Interest]].
 
 
== 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 (Literaturenovel)|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 (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]''
** Jacob Black is the tritagonist.
* In the first ''[[Mistborn]]'' book, Kelsier is the [[Deuteragonist]] (while he's actually introduced ''first'' of the main characters, and is the [[Big Good]], most of the POVs end up revolving around his protege Vin). After {{spoiler|he dies}}, Vin remains [[The Protagonist]] while Elend takes up the role of [[Deuteragonist]] and Sazed gets promoted to tritagonist.
** In the same author's ''[[Elantris]]'', Prince Raoden is [[The Protagonist]], Sarene is the [[Deuteragonist]], and [[Anti-Villain|Hrathen]] is the tritagonist.
** 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 (Literature)|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).
* 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 ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', Frodo is the protagonist, Sam is the deuteragonist, and Aragorn is the tritagonist
** In Tolkien's ''[[The Children of Hurin (Literature)Húrin|The Children of Hurin]]'', though Nienor isn't introduced as a major player until about two thirds of the way through, owing to the approx. ten year age gap between herself and her brother Turin (the protagonist), once she ''does'' show up, she slips into this role.
* The eponymous unicorn in ''[[Cerberon (Literature)|Cerberon]]'' is a very close second to George, who is the protagonist for most of the story. After George and Margaret are betrothed, and especially once they leave Aeronweyir for America, Cerberon becomes the protagonist, with George taking on a secondary role.
 
 
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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 [[Deuteragonist]] of ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'' fairly early on; [[Word of God|David Gerrold]] has said that the show was originally supposed to be about "Kirk and X", where character "X" would alternate every week, but Spock was repeatedly placed in that position, and it stuck. This trend was amplified in the movies, and especially in [[Star Trek (Filmfilm)|the reboot]]. (In fact, in the reboot, Spock can be said to be the [[Deuteragonist]] ''and'' the tritagonist). [[The McCoy|McCoy]], on the other hand, despite being the third member of the [[Power Trio]], is defined largely by his interactions with [[The Kirk|Kirk]] and [[The Spock|Spock]].
* Though ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]'' seemed to establish Riker as the [[Deuteragonist]] at first (Kirk-ish personality, [[Expy]] of would-be ''[[Sequel Series|Star Trek: Phase II]]'' [[Deuteragonist]] Willard Decker, and Jonathan Frakes having star billing alongside Patrick Stewart), he was quickly usurped by Data. This was readily apparent in the movies, which amounted to Picard and Data having grand adventures among talking set-pieces.
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' both introduced their [[Deuteragonist]] in the fourth season: Worf and Seven of Nine, respectively. In both cases, this resulted in the previous deuteragonist (Kira and the Doctor, respectively) being demoted to tritagonist.
* Jack Donaghy on ''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty 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 -O]]'': Momotaros
** ''[[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
** ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze (TV)|Kamen Rider Fourze]]'': Kengo Utahoshi
* 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 ''[[The Shadow Line (TV)|The Shadow Line]]''. His drug deal gets a lot of focus over the entire series, despite only rarely intersecting with protagonist Jonah Gabriel's investigation into Harvey Wratten's death. In addition, Gatehouse is a tritagonist.
* 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 ''[[I CarlyICarly]]''
* 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 ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]''.
* 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.
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== 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 ''[[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|Half-Life 2]]''.
* Almaz in ''[[Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice]]''.
* Zero in the ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]]'' series, especially starting at around ''X4''. He even takes over as the main character in the [[Sequel Series]], ''[[Mega Man Zero (Video Game)|Mega Man Zero]]'', after X disappears.
** 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 (Video Game)|Star Ocean : The Second Story]]'', depending on which of the two you choose as the main character at the beginning.
* [[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 and Luigi (Video Game)|Mario and Luigi]]'' [[Video Game|games]], and even appearing in both ''[[Super Mario Galaxy (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy]]'' [[Video Game|games]] as an alternative to playing Mario. It's not called Super Mario '''Bros''' without a reason, y'know. [[Big Bad|Bowser]] is another recent example, strangely enough, having his own separate storyline in ''[[Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door (Video Game)|Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door]]'' and technically being the [[The Hero|the real hero]] of ''[[Mario and Luigi Bowsers Inside Story (Video Game)|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''.
* Princess Zelda for the most part is this in ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' series naturally. In some games, however, she's the Tritagonist, while characters like [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|Midna]] or [[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Video Game)|Linebeck]] serve as the Deuteragonist.
* [[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 ''[[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]]''.
** 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 ''[[Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|Ace Attorney]]'' games (as well as a minor role in the third), and the [[Ace Attorney Investigations|fifth and sixth games]] feature him as the player character. The series' face, however, will forever be Phoenix Wright.
* 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.
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** Recently, Sanae Kochiya has been gaining prominence, and she's not exactly on Reimu's side of things.
 
* ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight|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).
* 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.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Faye from [[Questionable Content]].
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', Haley and Elan more or less take turns as deuteragonist and tritagonist.
** ''[[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.
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== Western Animation ==
* [[Anti-Villain|Zuko]] and [[The Chick|Katara]] from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Which is the Deuteragonist and which is the Tritagonist depends on how you view things.
* Jake is this for Finn in ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]''.
* 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 (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' tended to focus on one character per seasonal arc as the protagonist, but a couple of them had Deuteragonists as well- notably, Beast Boy was the Deuteragonist to [[Anti-Villain|Terra's]] Protagonist in season 2, and Robin was the Deuteragonist to Raven's Protagonist in season 4.
* The Cutie Mark Crusaders are collectively the deuteragonist cast of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''.
* ''[[Oliver and Company]]'': Dodger to Oliver
 
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