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* ''Drowtales: Moonless Age'' started off with focus on Ariel but the cast kept growing until there was 4-5 important story arcs running at the same time with equally important characters. Currently there was nearly a year where Ariel was never seen with more important plot lines hogging the pages. Not to mention all those layers of plots of even greater importance that live in the background and probably will burst into foreground in the future.

* ''TheSocialNetwor'' is a glowing example, to the point where the most likable character in the movie isn't even the guy featured on the poster [[spoiler:(Eduardo Saverin)]].

* "TheSocialNetwork" is a glowing example, to the point where the most likable character in the movie isn't even the guy featured on the poster [[spoiler:(Eduardo Saverin)]].

* ''{{Friends}}'' famously had six main characters, or two [[PowerTrio]]s.

* In ''{{Firefly}}'', [[TheGoodCaptain Captain]][[HollywoodAtheist Malcolm Reynolds]] is ostensibly the main character, although all of the characters get [[ADayInTheLimelight a significant amount of focus]], and the [[NobleFugitive River]] / [[DefectorFromDecadence Simon]] subplot is probably equally important to the main story overall.

* ''{{Friends}}''

* {{Durarara}} in the same way as Baccano. They're based on books wrote by the same author.

* ''FinalFantasyVI'', though some members of the ensemble do get more screen time and Character Development than others.

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* Each of the three ''[[TotalDramaIsland Total Drama]]'' seasons started out with several protagonists since the series is based on Reality Shows.

* ''{{Caprica}}'' has about four characters who could be considered the main character - Daniel Greystone, Zoe Greystone, Joseph Adama and Clarice Willow.

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* Each of the three ''[[TotalDramaIsland Total Drama]]'' seasons started out with several protagonists since the series is based on Reality Shows.

* Each of the three [[TotalDramaIsland ''Total Drama'']] seasons started out with several protagonists since the series is based on Reality Shows.

* Each of the three [[''TotalDramaIsland ''Total Drama'']] seasons started out with several protagonists since the series is based on Reality Shows.

* Each of the three [[''{{TotalDramaIsland}}'' Total Drama]] seasons started out with several protagonists since the series is based on Reality Shows.

In most cases, the protagonist is a defining element of fiction. It is he whom the plot revolves around and, usually, the one the audience is supposed to emphasize most.

* ''PulpFiction'', considering all the protagonists follow their own plot and their ways only cross at random.
* ''InglouriousBasterds''. Despite the Basterds being in the title of the movie, it puts the same focus onto them, Col. Landa and Shosanna Dreyfus.

* ''{{Durarara}}'', from the same creator as ''Baccano'', may fit as well, although most people would say Celty is the protagonist and Mikado the {{deuteragonist}}.
* ''StargateUniverse'' doesn't really have a single main character either. Dr. Rush is usually listed first among the cast, but this may have more to do with the fact that his actor is the biggest name among the cast. You could easily claim Young or even Eli is the main character.
* ''TheWestingGame'' doesn't have a clear main character. However, the not well-known movie adaption had Turtle as the main character.
* ''ModernFamily'' really doesn't have a main character, and focuses on all three branches of the family pretty much equally.
* ''{{Homestuck}}'', thanks to its extremely large cast and tendency to switch between their points of view very rapidly.

* ''FinalFantasyVI'', though some members of the ensemble do get more screen time and Character Development than others.

* ''[[SuperSmashBrosBrawl TheSubspaceEmissary]]''. Ultimately, the "star characters" are whoever you prefer to play as.
* HonorableHogwarts did this to the HarryPotter universe, giving Loads And Loads Of Characters roughly equal focus and Simultaneous Arcs.
* StephenKing has a couple of books that could arguably fit this trope, chief among them ''{{It}}'' and ''TheStand''.
* ''LonelyWerewolfGirl'' and ''CurseOfTheWolfgirl'', while Kalix is the titular charcter, all the rest of the cast have equally important and almost seperate storylines. Especially noticeable in Curse where Thrix, and Malveria's story arc have no contact at all with Kalix's.
* The movie ''{{Crash}}'' focused on several characters and the racial tensions between them.
* ''JusticeLeague''

* The ''{{Animorphs}}'' series features six characters who swap first person narrations between books. While you can argue that Jake is the central most character, there really is no true main character.

* The first book of the ''HyperionCantos''. All the pilgrims have equal importance.

In most cases, the {{protagonist}} is a defining element of fiction. It is he whom the plot revolves around and, usually, the one the audience is supposed to emphasize most.

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