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* AHeroIsBorn: The story begins with the protagonist as a newborn.
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* NonActionProtagonist: A protagonist who shows no combat ability, but overcomes obstacles through non-action means.

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* BirthdayBeginning: When the story starts on the protagonist's birthday.



* TheHerosBirthday: When the story starts on the protagonist's birthday.
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* GameplayProtagonistStoryProtagonist: There are two protagonists for a video game's gameplay and for its story.
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Sometimes, for these tropes, due to the Omnipresence of one of the {{SubTrope}}s, HeroProtagonist, "Hero" is often conflated with "Protagonist", when the two terms actually refer to different concepts. See TheHero for more on that.

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Sometimes, for these tropes, due to the Omnipresence of one of the {{SubTrope}}s, HeroProtagonist, "Hero" is often conflated with "Protagonist", when the two terms actually refer to different concepts. Specifically, "protagonist" refers to the role a character plays in the narrative, whereas a "hero" is a ''character archetype'' that can show up in any role in the narrative. See TheHero for more on that.
that. That said, even on this site, the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably in trope names.

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Sometimes, for these tropes, due to the Omnipresence of the SubTrope, HeroProtagonist, "Hero" is used to mean "Protagonist", when the two terms actually refer to different concepts.



The term "hero" could mean different things [[VirtueViceCodification depending on what the author considers to be a heroic action or stance]].

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The term "hero" could mean
Sometimes, for these tropes, due to the Omnipresence of one of the {{SubTrope}}s, HeroProtagonist, "Hero" is often conflated with "Protagonist", when the two terms actually refer to
different things [[VirtueViceCodification depending concepts. See TheHero for more on what the author considers to be a heroic action or stance]].
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* MainCharacterFinalBoss: The protagonist ends up playing the role of the final boss at the end of the story.
* MultipleProtagonists


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* MainCharacterFinalBoss: The protagonist ends up playing the role of the final boss at the end of the story.
* MultipleProtagonists
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* MainCharacterFinalBoss: The protagonist ends up playing the role of the final boss at the end of the story.
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* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: The lead gets gets their standard power up before everyone does, or gets a unique better power up that no one else does.

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* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: The lead gets gets their standard power up before everyone does, or gets a unique better power up that no one else does.
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* {{Heroes}}

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* {{Heroes}}HeroTropes
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* AdaptationalProtagonist: A minor or major character becomes TheProtagonist in an adaptation or ContinuityReboot.

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* HeroesGoneFishing: The protagonist takes a break from his or her mission to enjoy some fun and relaxation.


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* HeroesGoneFishing: The protagonist takes a break from his or her mission to enjoy some fun and relaxation.
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* HeroesGoneFishing: The protagonist takes a break from his or her mission to enjoy some fun and relaxation.
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The "protagonist" is the central character of a story, the one whose viewpoint is used to tell the story. In most story’s, there is only one of these, with similar characters called "{{Deuteragonist}}", "Tritagonist" or just "ensemble cast". There is no morality inherent to any of these terms.

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The "protagonist" is the central character of a story, the one whose viewpoint is used to tell the story. In most story’s, stories, there is only one of these, with similar characters called "{{Deuteragonist}}", "Tritagonist" or just "ensemble cast". There is no morality inherent to any of these terms.
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The "protagonist" is the central character of a story, the one whose viewpoint is used to tell the story. In most story’s there is only one of these, with similar characters called "{{Deuteragonist}}", "Tritagonist" or just "ensemble cast". There is no morality inherent to any of these terms.

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The "protagonist" is the central character of a story, the one whose viewpoint is used to tell the story. In most story’s story’s, there is only one of these, with similar characters called "{{Deuteragonist}}", "Tritagonist" or just "ensemble cast". There is no morality inherent to any of these terms.
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The "protagonist" is the central character of a story, the one whose viewpoint is used to tell the story. There is only one of these in each story, with similar character called "{{Deuteragonist}}", "Tritagonistor" or just "ensemble cast". There is no morality inherent to any of these terms.

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The "protagonist" is the central character of a story, the one whose viewpoint is used to tell the story. There In most story’s there is only one of these in each story, these, with similar character characters called "{{Deuteragonist}}", "Tritagonistor" "Tritagonist" or just "ensemble cast". There is no morality inherent to any of these terms.
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* MultipleProtagonists

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