Basic Trope: The titular character in the story is someone other than the main character.
- Straight: In the series Lance, Lance is actually a Deuteragonist - the main character is Hiro.
- Exaggerated:
- Even though the series is named for Lance, he's simply a character that shows up in one scene.
- Lance is the titular character, but The Ghost.
- Downplayed:
- Lance is an important character and sometimes gets episodes focused mainly on him, but Hiro is still the main character.
- The title of the series is The Lancer, which alludes to Lance, but doesn't necessarily mention him outright.
- Justified: Even though Lance isn't the main character, he's still an important force in the story.
- Inverted: ???
- Subverted:
- Hiro was the Decoy Protagonist. Lance really is the hero after all.
- Lance isn't named after the character, but after a lance that serves as the MacGuffin.
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: The series is named Random Extra in the Background of that One Scene.
- Zig-Zagged: Lance and Hiro end up taking turns being the main protagonist of the work.
- Averted:
- The series is named Hiro, after The Hero.
- The series is not named after a character.
- Enforced:
- Lance was going to be the protagonist of the work in early drafts, but by the time the decision was made, it was too late to change the show's title.
- Lance has an important role in the story, so he's made the titular character to symbolize this role.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed:
- "I wonder why this show is named Lance, when Lance is actually the sidekick."
- "Before I first started watching this show, I thought that Hiro was Lance, because of the title."
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