This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Forum discussion leading up to rename.
theFirebottle : Umm, doesn't the Yu-Gi-Oh example more closely resemble a benign Plot Tumor than a non-character example of a character trope?
Aquillion : Does Superman count? He was the cover character on Action Comics #1, but it was still originally intended to be an anthology, with Superman as just one of many characters it introduced.