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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII'': In trying to solve the mystery of Miles Morales-616, Peter Parker reaches out to Characters/JessicaJones at Alias Investigations. She quickly mentions she did an exhaustive search, while the art shows a few panels of what she's been up to: a team-up with [[Characters/SpiderWomanTitleCharacter Spider-Woman]], a Characters/{{Dazzler}} concert, a battle with the [[Characters/IncredibleHulkCentralRoguesGallery Red Hulk]], wrestling the Blob, interviewing ComicBook/{{Moon Girl|AndDevilDinosaur}}, and running from what appear to be motorcycling ninjas.

* Main protagonist Ragna the Bloodedge from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' gave himself his title after his teacher Jubei gave him a {{BFS}} and BadassLongcoat and told Ragna of their previous owner, Bloodedge. An unsung hero who, in the distant past, fought [[EldritchAbomination the Black Beast]] for an entire year, giving humanity time to learn Ars Magus and prepare to kill it, [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life]]. [[spoiler:Subverted in that Bloodedge ''is'' Ragna, sent back into the past, de-powered, and with amnesia. So he's really the same hero of the same story.]]

** Es is the main heroine of ''VisualNovel/XBlaze'' and is also part of the ''Centralfiction'' cast. [[spoiler:Except she's just a copy of the real Es.]]
** Mai Natsume is the protagonist of ''Manga/BlazBlueRemixHeart'' and ''Manga/BlazBlueVariableHeart'' and finally makes her playable appearance in ''Centralfiction''. Unlike Naoto and Es, she's hails from the same world as the other ''[=BlazBlue=]'' characters and she had her military academy adventures with Noel, Tsubaki and Makoto among others, all three being part of the series since ''Calamity Trigger''.

* Lotte from ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' spends the entire game practically out of sight (though she can save you at several key points depending on your choices and actions), and you finally find her in the final stretch of the game, collapsed and dying from fatal injuries she has sustained, with her invaluable exposition strongly implying she had come ''this close'' to solving the mystery and finishing the game on her own.

* Acting Chief Engineer Jacob Temple would have made a good protagonist for a ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' DLC. The only real difference between him and Silent Protagonist Isaac Clarke is that Isaac's girlfriend was in Medical - Jacob's was in hydroponics. Through the game, you find logs on the same path as Isaac's, with Temple literally doing all the things that Isaac does, only failing. But, hey, [[spoiler: at least he found his girlfriend alive. Their murder comes off as a genuinely tragic moment, despite the fact that you never interacted with either of them]].

** Though it's a borderline {{excuse plot}}, Vergil traveling to Fortuna City to investigate the Order of the Sword and its connection to his father in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' is canon and chronologically taking place not long before ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening''. The importance of the only real fact to be taken away from it cannot be argued: that Vergil, intentionally or not, laid the groundwork for ''[=DMC4=]'' by [[spoiler:impregnating Nero's mother while he was there]], and even ''that'' is still only heavily implied [[spoiler:before being confirmed in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'']].

* ''The Franchise/DishonoredSeries'' has had four PlayerCharacter so far. The protagonist of the first game, and optional protagonist of ''VideoGame/Dishonored2'' is Corvo Attano, the other optional protagonist of Dishonored 2 is the Empress ascendant Emily Kaldwin, the [=DLCs=] ''The Knife of Dunwall'' and ''The Brigmore Witches'' focus on the exploits of Daud, Empress Jessamine Kaldwin's assassin prior to his fate in the main game, and ''VideoGame/DishonoredDeathOfTheOutsider'' features Daud's protege Billie Lurk.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'': Many comments made by various [=NPCs=] and the opening title scene of the game, reveal snippets of Ortega's heroic ordeal in trying to save the world. He even fought a few powerful monsters the Hero never encountered (most likely because Ortega slew them). While ultimately unsuccessful, he went down like a true hero and put up one hell of a fight til the very end.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': By the time Anne reunites with [[Characters/AmphibiaMarcyWu Marcy Wu]], the latter has managed to become well-known in Newtopia, directly working for King Andrias himself. Her [[HostileShowTakeover Theme Song Takeover]], as well as the post-series ''Literature/MarcysJournalAGuidetoAmphibia'', elaborate on many of her offscreen adventures. [[spoiler:It's implied that Andrias partially {{invoked|Trope}} this, allowing Marcy to indulge in her hero fantasy in order to gain her complete trust.]] As an extension of this, she's the only one of the girls to have never had suffer any setbacks or challenges with the locals; while Marcy teleported right into the middle of the capital city and was immediately cared for by the newts, Sasha started her adventure off in a jail cell and interrogated by toads, while Anne was stuck in the wilderness and initially seen as a bizarre monster by the nearby frogs.

** [[Characters/AmphibiaAnneBoonchuy Anne Boonchuy]] is herself this to [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLuzNoceda Luz Noceda]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' as the two series take place in a SharedUniverse (their respective stories even unfolding almost simultaneously), and she makes a brief background cameo during The Owl House's season 2 finale.

** Garnet is the focus of a similar love story, only hers happened during the [[GreatOffscreenWar Rebellion for Earth]] and eventually is explored in "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer The Answer]]".
** [[Characters/StevenUniverseGarnet Garnet]] was the first Gem to rebel against Homeworld, assembled the Crystal Gems (one can only imagine how the DebutQueue fully played out), and spent centuries protecting the Earth and learning more about its inhabitants. Even in death, her affect on the story and cast cannot be overstated.

* [[spoiler: Simon Petrikov]] on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' was a BadassBookworm who survived a nuclear apocalypse, became a ParentalSubstitute to a half-demon little girl in the aftermath of said apocalypse (instilling in her the desire to be a protector of humanity for years to come), and fought a constant mental battle to resist the [[WIthGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corrupting influence]] of the [[ArtifactOfDoom enchanted crown]] that [[PowerAtAPrice allowed him to survive.]] Unfortunately, the show takes place centuries after [[DownerEnding he eventually lost that fight]], so most of the cast only knows him as the rather crazy and pathetic Ice King.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': By the time Anne reunites with Marcy, the latter has managed to become well-known in Newtopia, directly working for King Andrias himself. Her [[HostileShowTakeover Theme Song Takeover]], as well as the post-series ''Literature/MarcysJournalAGuidetoAmphibia'', elaborate on many of her offscreen adventures. [[spoiler:It's implied that Andrias partially {{invoked|Trope}} this, allowing Marcy to indulge in her hero fantasy in order to gain her complete trust.]] As an extension of this, she's the only one of the girls to have never had suffer any setbacks or challenges with the locals; while Marcy teleported right into the middle of the capital city and was immediately cared for by the newts, Sasha started her adventure off in a jail cell and interrogated by toads, while Anne was stuck in the wilderness and initially seen as a bizarre monster by the nearby frogs.
** Anne is herself this to Luz Noceda from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' as the two series take place in a SharedUniverse (their respective stories even unfolding almost simultaneously), and she makes a brief background cameo during The Owl House's season 2 finale.

** Iroh, a firebending master previously known as one of the Fire Nation's best and most fearsome generals [[spoiler: until his son was killed in the war]]. By the start of the series [[spoiler: he's pulled a HeelFaceTurn, joins the Order of the White Lotus]], and spends a great deal of time trying to reach his [[TroubledButCute misguided nephew]], Prince Zuko. [[spoiler: He ends up being the closest thing the show has to a BigGood, other than Aang himself]].

** There are a few flashback episodes covering the love story between Steven's dad, Greg, and his mother, Rose Quartz, from when they first met to just after his birth. The show's former supervising director Ian Jones-Quartey once joked that the series is actually the sequel to a non-existent [[HaremGenre harem anime]] called "No Need For Greg".

** Rose was the first Gem to rebel against Homeworld, assembled the Crystal Gems (one can only imagine how the DebutQueue fully played out), and spent centuries protecting the Earth and learning more about its inhabitants. Even in death, her affect on the story and cast cannot be overstated.