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The story tricks you into thinking someone is TheProtagonist until the real deal appears

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The story tricks you into thinking someone is TheProtagonist until the real deal appearsappears.
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A character who the viewer is led to think is the main protagonist, but gets replaced by someone else, who is the actual protagonist.

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A character who the viewer is led to think is the main protagonist, but gets replaced by The story tricks you into thinking someone else, who is TheProtagonist until the actual protagonist.real deal appears
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"Will appear later" isn't necessarily true. Often the fakeout MC is replaced by an already established character.


The story begins with someone who's not the actual protagonist, who will appear later.

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The story begins with someone who's not A character who the actual viewer is led to think is the main protagonist, but gets replaced by someone else, who will appear later.is the actual protagonist.



-->[-Visit unabridged version [[DecoyProtagonist HERE]]-]

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-->[-Visit the REAL unabridged version [[DecoyProtagonist HERE]]-]
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The story begins with someone who's not the actual protagonist; he'll be coming in later.

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The story begins with someone who's not the actual protagonist; he'll be coming in protagonist, who will appear later.

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