"You see that you and I are of a different stripe, don't you? We don't have to dream that we're important. We are."
The good guy, seeks to defeat the villain, save the
princess, find the treasure, etc. Generally the central figure in
Action Series and
Adventure Series.
Always wins in the end.
This list is about different kinds of
hero characters. We also have a specific list of
Hero Tropes, which are ways that heroes are made heroic in storytelling.
If you are looking for something about the show of the same name, try
Heroes (and if a link from another page sent you here instead of there, feel free to correct it —
no-one may ever know you did, but virtue is its own reward!).
Tropes
Heroic characters
