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* Disney's Disney/SleepingBeauty focuses on the titular princess's three {{Fairy Companion}}s, [[TheFairFolk evil fairy]] nemesis and, to a lesser extent, RebelPrince rescuer. Aurora herself literally does nothing but fall asleep, wake up and get married.
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* Most comic book series starring DC's Captain Marvel are named ''Shazam'', after Captain Marvel's wizard mentor, or, more specifically, the [[IAmNotShazam often conflated word Billy Batson says to transform]]. This is actually due to an agreement with MarvelComics over the use of the name "Captain Marvel" - it can't be used in the title of a book.

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* Most comic book series starring DC's Captain Marvel are named ''Shazam'', ''{{Shazam}}'', after Captain Marvel's wizard mentor, or, more specifically, the [[IAmNotShazam often conflated word Billy Batson says to transform]]. This is actually due to an agreement with MarvelComics over the use of the name "Captain Marvel" - it can't be used in the title of a book.



** While not as extreme a case, TRON was also a supporting character to Flynn in the original movie.

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** While not as extreme a case, TRON was also a supporting character to Flynn in [[{{Tron}} the original movie.]]



* Marvin's Room. Marvin has absolutely no lines (he's senile and bedridden, you see), and the story is about his two daughters and one of his grandsons.

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* Marvin's Room.''Marvin's Room''. Marvin has absolutely no lines (he's senile and bedridden, you see), and the story is about his two daughters and one of his grandsons.



* ''Metroid''

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* ''Metroid''
''{{Metroid}}'' is named after [[PrivateSpaceInvader the species]] the villains are using as biological weapons.
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* Most comic book series starring DC's Captain Marvel are named ''Shazam'', after Captain Marvel's wizard mentor, or, more specifically, the [[IAmNotShazam often conflated word Billy Batson says to transform]].

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* Most comic book series starring DC's Captain Marvel are named ''Shazam'', after Captain Marvel's wizard mentor, or, more specifically, the [[IAmNotShazam often conflated word Billy Batson says to transform]]. This is actually due to an agreement with MarvelComics over the use of the name "Captain Marvel" - it can't be used in the title of a book.
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** While not as extreme a case, TRON was also a supporting character to Flynn in the [[ Tron original movie]].

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** While not as extreme a case, TRON was also a supporting character to Flynn in the [[ Tron original movie]].
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** While not as extreme a case, TRON was also a supporting character to Flynn in the [[ {{Tron}} original movie]].

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** While not as extreme a case, TRON was also a supporting character to Flynn in the [[ {{Tron}} Tron original movie]].
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** While not as extreme a case, TRON was also a supporting character to Flynn in the original movie.

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** While not as extreme a case, TRON was also a supporting character to Flynn in the [[ {{Tron}} original movie.
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** Link's Awakening and Majora's Mask don't even feature her (besides a flashback in the latter).
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* ''Polly and Her Pals'' ultimately became this. Initially, Polly ''was'' the main character, until Cliff Sterrett (the artist) decided that her father, Paw Perkins had more comedic potential and made ''him'' the star of the strip.

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* ''PrincessMononoke'' is an extreme example. Not only does the titular princess get way less screen time than Ashitaka, but she doesn't even go by that name! Lady Eboshi refers to her as Princess Mononoke in one scene, but everyone else always calls her San.

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* ''PrincessMononoke'' is an extreme example. Not For one thing the character is reffered to by this name only does once, while the titular princess get way less screen rest of the time than Ashitaka, but she doesn't even go by that name! Lady Eboshi refers to her as Princess Mononoke in one scene, but everyone else always only calls her San.
by her name 'San'. And in addition she is only a secondary character in the movie with only minor relevance to the plot, compared with Eboshi and Moro.
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** And he appears in just about all of them.
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Compare VillainBasedFranchise and AntagonistTitle. This trope sometimes leads to IAmNotShazam. When the eponymous secondary character is mistaken for the protagonist, someone had committed the ProtagonistTitleFallacy.

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Compare VillainBasedFranchise and AntagonistTitle.VillainBasedFranchise, AntagonistTitle, SupportingProtagonist. This trope sometimes leads to IAmNotShazam. When the eponymous secondary character is mistaken for the protagonist, someone had committed the ProtagonistTitleFallacy.




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* This is parodied in ''ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' with a sketch about TheFilmOfTheBook of the abovementioned ''{{Rebecca}}'', where [[ExecutiveMeddling the studio insists]] that if the film is going to be called ''Rebecca'', it has to be ''about'' Rebecca. As a result, she spends the whole movie listening to people talk about what it'll be like when she's dead and her husband's second wife moves in.
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** That's a gross exageration. Index is relevant in several arcs in some way or another and is the second most important character overall. Still fits here, though.
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** While not as extreme a case, TRON was also a supporting character to Flynn in the original movie.
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* Marvin's Room. Marvin has absolutely no lines (he's senile and bedridden, you see), and the story is about his two daughters and one of his grandsons.
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* ''[[Series/TinMan Tin Man]]'': The protagonist is DG, not the Tin Man, Cain
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* The protagonist (and narrator) of ''Lorna Doone'' is her love interest John Ridd.
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* ''[[TronLegacy Tron: Legacy]]'' is centered around the Flynn family; Alan Bradley is a secondary character [[spoiler: and his avatar TRON is a brainwashed baddie in The Grid.]]
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* The protagonist of ''{{Rebecca}}'' is the second Mrs. de Winter (whose first name is never given). Rebecca herself is a PosthumousCharacter.
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* ''GoodLuckCharlie'' is named for the nickname (real name is Charlotte) of the baby sister of the main character [[GenderBlenderName Teddy]], who [[FramingDevice is making a series of video diaries for Charlie to watch in the future]].

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* ''GoodLuckCharlie'' is named for the nickname (real name is Charlotte) of the baby sister of the main character [[GenderBlenderName Teddy]], who [[FramingDevice is making a series of video diaries for Charlie to watch in the future]].
future]], [[EveryEpisodeEnding all of which end]] with Teddy telling her, "[[TitleDrop Good luck, Charlie]]".
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* ''[[TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' pulls a trifecta by being titled after a secondary character, the villain, ''and'' a gateway to another dimension which has no lines whatsoever.
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Sauron is an antagonist, not a secondary character. I was going to move the entry to Antagonist Title, but someone put their own there first.


* ''TheLordOfTheRings'' refers to [[AntagonistTitle Sauron]], not to either Frodo Baggins [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer as some people think]]. The full title of Frodo's book about the war is ''The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King''. [[CaptainObvious And Frodo isn't the king, either]].
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It's common for a series to be named after one or more of its main characters. Either [[CharacterTitle the series title and the star's name are one and the same]] (as in ''JaneEyre'' and ''IndianaJones'') or [[NameAndName the names of more than one protagonist will appear in the title]] (as in ''RomeoAndJuliet'' and ''TomAndJerry''). Occasionally, though, the title comes from the name of a character who is ''not'' the main protagonist, which may cause some [[IAmNotShazam confusion about who's who]]. However, this is usually justified, because the character whose name appears in the title is often pivotal to the storyline. It still can cause confusion, especially when the actor playing the protagonist is billed directly above the title.

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It's common for a series to be named after one or more of its main characters. Either [[CharacterTitle the series title and the star's name are one and the same]] (as in ''JaneEyre'' and ''IndianaJones'') or [[NameAndName the names of more than one protagonist will appear in the title]] (as in ''RomeoAndJuliet'' and ''TomAndJerry''). Occasionally, though, the title comes from the name of a character who is ''not'' the main protagonist, which may cause some [[IAmNotShazam [[ProtagonistTitleFallacy confusion about who's who]]. However, this is usually justified, because the character whose name appears in the title is often pivotal to the storyline. It still can cause confusion, especially when the actor playing the protagonist is billed directly above the title.

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Compare VillainBasedFranchise and AntagonistTitle. This trope sometimes leads to IAmNotShazam.

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Compare VillainBasedFranchise and AntagonistTitle. This trope sometimes leads to IAmNotShazam.
IAmNotShazam. When the eponymous secondary character is mistaken for the protagonist, someone had committed the ProtagonistTitleFallacy.
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* ''Metroid''

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* ''GoodLuckCharlie'' is named for the nickname (real name is Charlotte) of the baby sister of the main character [[GenderBlenderName Teddy]], who [[FramingDevice is making a series of video diaries for Charlie to watch in the future]].
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* ''GossipGirl'' is a minor character on the show.

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* Several Shakespearean examples: ''{{Cymbeline}}'' (the main character is Imogen), ''HenryIV'' parts 1 and 2 (which are actually about his son, Prince Hal, the future ''HenryV''), and ''TheMerchantOfVenice'' (who is the protagonist here, Bassanio? Portia? Shylock? - in any case, it probably isn't the titular merchant, Antonio.)

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* Several Shakespearean examples: ''{{Cymbeline}}'' (the main character is Imogen), ''HenryIV'' parts 1 and 2 (which (the main characters are actually about his son, Prince Hal, Hal and Falstaff), ''JuliusCaesar'' (Caesar dies less than halfway through; the future ''HenryV''), main character is Brutus) and ''TheMerchantOfVenice'' (who is the protagonist here, Bassanio? Portia? Shylock? - in any case, it probably isn't the titular merchant, Antonio.)

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* ''TheLordOfTheRings'' refers to Sauron, not to either Frodo Baggins [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer as some people think]]. The full title of Frodo's book about the war is ''The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King''.
** [[CaptainObvious And Frodo isn't the king, either]].
* Several Shakespearean examples: "''{{Cymbeline}}''" (the main character is Imogen), "HenryIV parts 1 and 2" (which are actually about his son, Prince Hal, the future HenryV), and "TheMerchantOfVenice" (who is the protagonist here, Bassanio? Portia? Shylock? - in any case, it probably isn't the titular merchant, Antonio.)

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* ''TheLordOfTheRings'' refers to Sauron, [[AntagonistTitle Sauron]], not to either Frodo Baggins [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer as some people think]]. The full title of Frodo's book about the war is ''The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King''.
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King''. [[CaptainObvious And Frodo isn't the king, either]].
* Several Shakespearean examples: "''{{Cymbeline}}''" (the main character is Imogen), "HenryIV parts 1 and 2" (which are actually about his son, Prince Hal, the future HenryV), and "TheMerchantOfVenice" (who is the protagonist here, Bassanio? Portia? Shylock? - in any case, it probably isn't the titular merchant, Antonio.)
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* Literature/FlowersForAlgernon refers to the protagonist's fellow test subject - a white rat.

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* Literature/FlowersForAlgernon ''Literature/FlowersForAlgernon'' refers to the protagonist's fellow test subject - a white rat.





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\n* ''TheScarletPimpernel'': The protagonist is the eponymous hero's wife Marguerite.




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* Several Shakespearean examples: ''{{Cymbeline}}'' (the main character is Imogen), ''HenryIV'' parts 1 and 2 (which are actually about his son, Prince Hal, the future ''HenryV''), and ''TheMerchantOfVenice'' (who is the protagonist here, Bassanio? Portia? Shylock? - in any case, it probably isn't the titular merchant, Antonio.)
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* ''TheBigLebowski'' refers to Jeffrey Lebowski, the millionaire. The Dude is ''The Dude'', so that's what you call him, you know. That or His Dudeness or Duder or, you know, El Dudereno, if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
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