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* ''[[Cars 2]]'' has Lightning McQueen, protagonist of [[Cars|the first film]], falling into this as his buddy Mater becomes the center of an espionage plot and thus the focus of the movie. |
* ''[[Cars 2]]'' has Lightning McQueen, protagonist of [[Cars|the first film]], falling into this as his buddy Mater becomes the center of an espionage plot and thus the focus of the movie. |
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* While Holly Golightly is definitely the main character of ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'', her love interest Paul Varjak is the protagonist. |
* While Holly Golightly is definitely the main character of ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'', her love interest Paul Varjak is the protagonist. |
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* Farhan has this position in ''[[3 Idiots]]'' |
* Farhan has this position in ''[[3 Idiots]]''. Though he's the focus of a good part of the story and the film's narrator, the real protagonist is his friend Rancho, and the plot revolves about Rancho's influence on those around him back in college and even after his post-graduation disappearance. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* The eponymous [[The 13th Warrior|13th Warrior]], an out-of-context Arabic scholar who gets involved with a group of Norse warriors and ends recording their adventures. Oh, and the Norse warriors he is following are a [[Demythtification|demythtified]] version of [[Beowulf]] and his comrades. |
* The eponymous [[The 13th Warrior|13th Warrior]], an out-of-context Arabic scholar who gets involved with a group of Norse warriors and ends up recording their adventures. Oh, and the Norse warriors he is following are a [[Demythtification|demythtified]] version of [[Beowulf]] and his comrades. |
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* ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]''{{'}}s: Watson, narrator, follower, and to an extent enabler of Holmes' antics, may be the most famous case of this trope in history. |
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]''{{'}}s: Watson, narrator, follower, and to an extent enabler of Holmes' antics, may be the most famous case of this trope in history. |
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** Although it's averted in a few stories where Holmes himself narrates when Watson is unavailable. |
** Although it's averted in a few stories where Holmes himself narrates when Watson is unavailable. |
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** Dillon is one of the main focuses of ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'', even though he's the Black Ranger, as he's an amnesiac searching for his identity and his missing sister ({{spoiler|now [[The Dragon]]}}). A case can also be made that [[Mission Control]] Dr. K is the actual main character, as she created the [[Big Bad]] and gets the most [[Character Development]] throughout the season. |
** Dillon is one of the main focuses of ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'', even though he's the Black Ranger, as he's an amnesiac searching for his identity and his missing sister ({{spoiler|now [[The Dragon]]}}). A case can also be made that [[Mission Control]] Dr. K is the actual main character, as she created the [[Big Bad]] and gets the most [[Character Development]] throughout the season. |
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* Despite being the title character of ''[[Castle]]'', Richard Castle is the Focal Character to [[Fair Cop|Kate Beckett]]. There's even the [[Sherlock Holmes]] comparison: she's a brilliant detective while he follows her about and writes stories about their adventures. Their relationship is central to the show, Castle helps mellows out the emotionally-distant Beckett, and there's oodles of [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]. While the show may take his perspective on events and provides a lot of focus on his family life, the main overarching arc of the series surrounds Beckett's mother's murder, and he's clearly the [[Plucky Comic Relief]] [[Love Interest]] to her [[Broken Bird]] [[Hardboiled Detective]]. |
* Despite being the title character of ''[[Castle]]'', Richard Castle is the Focal Character to [[Fair Cop|Kate Beckett]]. There's even the [[Sherlock Holmes]] comparison: she's a brilliant detective while he follows her about and writes stories about their adventures. Their relationship is central to the show, Castle helps mellows out the emotionally-distant Beckett, and there's oodles of [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]. While the show may take his perspective on events and provides a lot of focus on his family life, the main overarching arc of the series surrounds Beckett's mother's murder, and he's clearly the [[Plucky Comic Relief]] [[Love Interest]] to her [[Broken Bird]] [[Hardboiled Detective]]. |
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* ''[[Ultraman Nexus]]'' focuses on the life of Komon Kazuki, a member of the Night Raider team. However, he does not transform into the eponymous hero, making him this trope. {{spoiler|But he ''does'' become Ultraman in the series' finale |
* ''[[Ultraman Nexus]]'' focuses on the life of Komon Kazuki, a member of the Night Raider team. However, he does not transform into the eponymous hero, making him this trope. {{spoiler|But he ''does'' become Ultraman in the series' finale.}} |
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==[[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends== |
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== [[Theatre]] == |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* In ''[[Dragon Quest V]]'' |
* In ''[[Dragon Quest V]]'' the protagonist cannot equip the Zenithian Equipment like he can in ''[[Dragon Quest IV|IV]]'' and ''[[Dragon Quest VI|VI]]''; the one who can is actually {{spoiler|his son}}. |
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* Monkey in ''[[Enslaved: Odyssey to the West]]''. |
* Monkey in ''[[Enslaved: Odyssey to the West]]''. Enslaved is loosely based on the Chinese novel [[Journey to the West]], and the narrative actually revolves around Trip as Monkey supports Trip on her journey home and her quest for revenge of the one responsible for the annihilation of her village. {{spoiler|It's Trip that kills the main antagonist, Pyramid.}} |
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* Locke for most of the World of Balance in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', while the story revolves around Terra, Locke is in the hero role. This changes when Celes becomes the acting protagonist in the World of Ruin. She is less of a Focal Character, however, until the ending. |
* Locke for most of the World of Balance in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', while the story revolves around Terra, Locke is in the hero role. This changes when Celes becomes the acting protagonist in the World of Ruin. She is less of a Focal Character, however, until the ending. |
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* Allegretto of [[Eternal Sonata]], in the same vein as Vaan of ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', is most definitely this to not one, but two possible protagonists - Polka, a girl from a remote village who is actually the {{spoiler|[[Messianic Archetype]] catalyst for the [[Groundhog Day Loop]] that the world is trapped in}}, and Chopin, who claims that everything and everyone around him is merely one of his dreams. The latter's appearance in their world {{spoiler|is actually destined to end the loop of Polka repeatedly dying/reliving the same seven years over and over}}. Other than being the player avatar (and even then, that role is switched between him, Polka, and Beat) and acting as Polka's love interest, Allegretto doesn't even do much in the main story itself. |
* Allegretto of [[Eternal Sonata]], in the same vein as Vaan of ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', is most definitely this to not one, but two possible protagonists - Polka, a girl from a remote village who is actually the {{spoiler|[[Messianic Archetype]] catalyst for the [[Groundhog Day Loop]] that the world is trapped in}}, and Chopin, who claims that everything and everyone around him is merely one of his dreams. The latter's appearance in their world {{spoiler|is actually destined to end the loop of Polka repeatedly dying/reliving the same seven years over and over}}. Other than being the player avatar (and even then, that role is switched between him, Polka, and Beat) and acting as Polka's love interest, Allegretto doesn't even do much in the main story itself. |
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