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*** The first few minutes of "Homer's Odyssey" are focused on Bart as his school takes a bus ride and goes on a class field trip the the power plant. Once they leave, the focus shifts more to Homer, with Bart only having minor roles in the episode afterwards and having nothing to do with the conclusion of the plot.
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** In an overall sense, even after coming back as a Titan, Eren has been mostly out of focus and he mostly seems to serve as TheBigGuy and the MacGuffinSuperPerson. The cast seems to function more in an ensemble with plenty of different view points just as important (if not more) as Eren's. This turns out to be a very important plot point, as [[spoiler:Eren becomes disgusted with the humans outside of Paradis, especially the Marleyans. And later on, with his half-brother Zeke's help, he manages to fully unlock the Founding Titan's power and triggers the Rumbling to KillAllHumans outside his homeland, becoming the final BigBad of the story. And sure enough, an alliance between the remnants of Paradis's Scout Regiment and Marley's Warriors team up to stop Eren, with Armin engaging him in a FinalBattle and Mikasa landing the ultimate killing blow]].

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** In an overall sense, even after coming back as a Titan, Eren has been mostly out of focus and he mostly seems to serve as TheBigGuy and the MacGuffinSuperPerson. The cast seems to function more in an ensemble with plenty of different view points just as important (if not more) as Eren's. This turns out to be a very important plot point, as [[spoiler:Eren becomes disgusted with the humans outside of Paradis, especially the Marleyans.Marleyans who have a ''huge'' hate-on for every Eldian both on and off the island and want them all wiped from the face of the earth. And later on, with his half-brother Zeke's help, he manages to fully unlock the Founding Titan's power and triggers the Rumbling to KillAllHumans outside his homeland, becoming the final BigBad of the story. And sure enough, an alliance between the remnants of Paradis's Scout Regiment and Marley's Warriors team up to stop Eren, with Armin engaging him in a FinalBattle and Mikasa landing the ultimate killing blow]].
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Not this trope. While she gets a fair number of A Day In The Limelight episodes, Twilight Sparkle still consistently remains the overall protagonist until the very end of the series.


* Although Twilight Sparkle from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has been the protagonist for so long, there are later episodes where [[AntiVillain Starlight Glimmer]] takes over that role instead.

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* For the first few episodes of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', Shinn Asuka was clearly the main character. He got the most focus, piloted the classic-inspired Mobile Suit (and later the Destiny Gundam), and was front and center on promotional art. However, he was very quickly DemotedToDragon and either Kira Yamato or Athrun Zala, members of the cast of the preceding ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', [[SpotlightStealingSquad take center stage]]. While Shinn is still ''present'' in the series, he's OutOfFocus for much of it, being a static character who would occasionally pop up to be angry or do something, only getting a bit more focus later in the show. It's to the point that the initial part of one of the openings features Kira and Athrun without Shinn! Athrun could be considered the ''true'' main character of the show, as he has the most screen time out of the three main characters, the most consistent plot relevance and the TV Movies were narrated from his perspective. However, official sources still identify Shinn the main character all the way through the series.

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* For the first few episodes of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', Shinn Asuka was clearly the main character. He got the most focus, piloted the classic-inspired Mobile Suit (and later the Destiny Gundam), and was front and center on promotional art. However, he was very quickly DemotedToDragon and either Kira Yamato or Athrun Zala, members of the cast of the preceding ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', [[SpotlightStealingSquad take center stage]]. While Shinn is still ''present'' in the series, he's OutOfFocus for much of it, being a static character who would occasionally pop up to be angry or do something, only getting a bit more focus later in the show. It's to the point that the initial part of one of the openings features Kira and Athrun without Shinn! Athrun could be considered the ''true'' main character of the show, as he has the most screen time out of the three main characters, the most consistent plot relevance and the TV Movies movies were narrated from his perspective. However, official sources still identify Shinn the main character all the way through the series.


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* ''ComicBook/RadiantBlack'' had a strange case of this. The first handful of issues focused on Nathan Burnett, a struggling writer who is forced to move back home with his parents, who eventually gained superpowers as Radiant Black. However, after running into his StarterVillain, Nathan is sent into a coma and the powers pass on to his best friend Marshall Ward, who becomes the ''true'' main character, with concept art released later even indicating he was always intended to be the main character. However, mixed reception to Marshall and some fans wanting Nathan back resulted in Nathan waking from his coma and both sharing the powers, at least for a time, before a real-life vote decided who would be Radiant Black... which was defied again by the series releasing dual-stories across separate issues, with one story focusing on Nathan keeping the powers while the other focused on Marshall keeping them.
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* For the first few episodes of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', Shinn Asuka was clearly the main character. He got the most focus, piloted the classic-inspired Mobile Suit (and later the Destiny Gundam), and was front and center on promotional art. However, he was very quickly DemotedToDragon and either Kira Yamato or Athrun Zala, members of the cast of the preceding ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', [[SpotlightStealingSquad take center stage]]. While Shinn is still ''present'' in the series, he's OutOfFocus for much of it, being a static character who would occasionally pop up to be angry or do something, only getting a bit more focus later in the show. It's to the point that the initial part of one of the openings features Kira and Athrun without Shinn! Athrun could be considered the ''true'' main character of the show, as he has the most screen time out of the three main characters, the most consistent plot relevance, and the TV Movies were narrated from his perspective. However, official sources still identify Shinn the main character all the way through the series.

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* For the first few episodes of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', Shinn Asuka was clearly the main character. He got the most focus, piloted the classic-inspired Mobile Suit (and later the Destiny Gundam), and was front and center on promotional art. However, he was very quickly DemotedToDragon and either Kira Yamato or Athrun Zala, members of the cast of the preceding ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', [[SpotlightStealingSquad take center stage]]. While Shinn is still ''present'' in the series, he's OutOfFocus for much of it, being a static character who would occasionally pop up to be angry or do something, only getting a bit more focus later in the show. It's to the point that the initial part of one of the openings features Kira and Athrun without Shinn! Athrun could be considered the ''true'' main character of the show, as he has the most screen time out of the three main characters, the most consistent plot relevance, relevance and the TV Movies were narrated from his perspective. However, official sources still identify Shinn the main character all the way through the series.
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* For the first part of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', Shinn Asuka was clearly the main character. He got the most focus, piloted the titular mobile suit (the Destiny Gundam), and was front and center on promotional art. However, he was very quickly DemotedToDragon and either Kira Yamato or Athrun Zala, members of the cast of the preceding ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' [[SpotlightStealingSquad take center stage]]. While Shinn is still ''present'' in the series, he's OutOfFocus for much of it, being a static character who occasionally would pop up to be angry or do something, only getting a bit more focus later in the show. It's to the point that the initial part of one of the openings features Kira and Athrun without Shinn! Athrun could be considered the ''true'' main character of the show, as he has the most screen time out of the three main characters, the most consistent plot relevance, and the TV Movies were narrated from his perspective. However, official sources still identify Shinn the main character all the way through the series.

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* For the first part few episodes of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', Shinn Asuka was clearly the main character. He got the most focus, piloted the titular mobile suit (the classic-inspired Mobile Suit (and later the Destiny Gundam), and was front and center on promotional art. However, he was very quickly DemotedToDragon and either Kira Yamato or Athrun Zala, members of the cast of the preceding ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', [[SpotlightStealingSquad take center stage]]. While Shinn is still ''present'' in the series, he's OutOfFocus for much of it, being a static character who would occasionally would pop up to be angry or do something, only getting a bit more focus later in the show. It's to the point that the initial part of one of the openings features Kira and Athrun without Shinn! Athrun could be considered the ''true'' main character of the show, as he has the most screen time out of the three main characters, the most consistent plot relevance, and the TV Movies were narrated from his perspective. However, official sources still identify Shinn the main character all the way through the series.
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It's not a prequel at all.


* For the majority of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', Shinn Asuka was clearly the main character. He got the most focus, piloted the titular mobile suit (the Destiny Gundam), and was front and center on promotional art. However, towards the end he was effectively DemotedToDragon and either Kira Yamato or Athrun Zala, members of the cast of the prequel ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' [[SpotlightStealingSquad take center stage]]. Athrun could be the ''true'' main character of the show, as he has the most screentime out of the three main characters and the TV Movies were narrated from his perspective. However, official sources still identify Shinn the main character all the way through the series.

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* For the majority first part of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', Shinn Asuka was clearly the main character. He got the most focus, piloted the titular mobile suit (the Destiny Gundam), and was front and center on promotional art. However, towards the end he was effectively very quickly DemotedToDragon and either Kira Yamato or Athrun Zala, members of the cast of the prequel preceding ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' [[SpotlightStealingSquad take center stage]]. While Shinn is still ''present'' in the series, he's OutOfFocus for much of it, being a static character who occasionally would pop up to be angry or do something, only getting a bit more focus later in the show. It's to the point that the initial part of one of the openings features Kira and Athrun without Shinn! Athrun could be considered the ''true'' main character of the show, as he has the most screentime screen time out of the three main characters characters, the most consistent plot relevance, and the TV Movies were narrated from his perspective. However, official sources still identify Shinn the main character all the way through the series.

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