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1	'''Basic Trope''': The main character who is not the main focus of the story.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice is TheHero, but the story is told from Bob's POV.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': The POV jumps to a different character every chapter; Bob, Charlie, Diane, Edwin... But ''never'' Alice.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob share the POV between them but Alice is still TheHero and Bob is still her {{Sidekick}}.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Bob has a hero complex and thinks he's TheHero but the story makes it clear that Alice is. However, Bob is still important to the story, so he's not a DecoyProtagonist.
7	** Bob is Alice's Sidekick.
8	** Bob sees himself as a RidiculouslyAverageGuy; that is, someone with no remarkable qualities to speak of that would make him worthy of deserving TheHero status.
9	* '''Inverted''': Bob is not the real protagonist, but Alice is.
10	* '''Subverted''': Alice is a DecoyProtagonist. After the second chapter, Bob takes over as TheProtagonist and TheHero.
11	* '''Double Subverted''': In the third chapter, Alice is back and roles are restored.
12	* '''Parodied''': ???
13	* '''Zig Zagged''': The roles of protagonist and hero are swapped between Alice and Bob.
14	* '''Averted''': The view point character and the main character are the same character.
15	* '''Enforced''':
16	** Bob was the one who wrote the story, and he deliberately plays up Alice's contributions and minimizes his own involvement.
17	** Including Alice's POV would ruin [[MysteriousStranger the mystique of her character]].
18	** The various Heroes coming to Bob's Fast Food joint and their interaction with the proprietor is the FramingDevice for the AnthologyFilm.
19	** The executives want Bob in the cast as a LeadYouCanRelateTo. The writers know for a fact that Alice will be the EnsembleDarkHorse because she is so badass, and so technically cut out the middle man by making Bob less interesting (and focus-worthy).
20	* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm not the hero of this story but it is still my story."
21	* '''Invoked''': ???
22	* '''Exploited''': ???
23	* '''Defied''': Alice is writing the story of her adventures as they happen. She chooses to act like TheHero so she'll have something worth writing down.
24	* '''Discussed''': ???
25	* '''Conversed''': ???
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31	%%* '''Implied''': ???
32	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
33	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
34	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
35	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / SupportingProtagonist