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* ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' is the wife of the main character, Dagwood, though she was the lead during the strip's start.

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': Bloo & Mac are the protagonists. Neither of the Fosters are the main character: Madame Foster is the owner of the titular home that takes in "abandoned" imaginary friends (including Mac's friend Bloo), while her granddaughter Frankie is the caretaker. Out of the titular imaginary friends, Bloo is the {{Deuteragonist}}.

** They're no panthers, pink or otherwise, in the first movie or any of its sequels, outside of the animated opening credits, which are not part of the plot. The title especially does not refer to Inspector Clouseau, the moronic detective central to (most) of the films' plot. The title refers to a giant pink diamond with a panther-shaped flaw, and even the diamond only appears in two films: ''Film/ThePinkPanther1963'' and ''Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther''.

** While most of the titles are just nonsensical and could refer to anything (''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain'' could even refer to Dreyfuss, the film's villain), the final title, ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' seems to overtly suggest that Clouseau is indeed who the name "Pink Panther" refers to.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': The first [[TheMovie movie]], ''[[Anime/BleachMemoriesOfNobody Memories of Nobody]]'', refers to Senna, a girl who has [[MultipleChoicePast multiple memories]] [[spoiler:that weren't really hers to begin with due to being an amalgam of different souls]].

* ''Anime/AdolescenceOfUtena'': Whether it's an AlternateContinuity of or a StealthSequel to ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' (in which the titular Utena Tenjou is the undisputed protagonist) is [[EpilepticTrees up in the air]], but the film is Anthy Himemiya's story overall.

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' similar to the Pokémon example naturally refers to the dragons and Toothless in particular, but the actual story is about Hiccup, his father Stoick as well as Astrid and the other Viking teens. The dragons are important of course but in both the movies and animated shows they still play second fiddle to the human cast who treat them like dear pets and personal fighter jets.

* In some countries, ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' is known as ''Snoopy'', because "Peanuts" sounds silly when translated and Snoopy is probably the most marketable character for merchandising, even though Charlie Brown is clearly the protagonist.

* ''Film/ThePinkPanther'':
** There no panthers, pink or otherwise, in the first movie or any of its sequels, outside of the animated opening credits, which are not part of the plot. The title especially does not refer to Inspector Clouseau, the moronic detective central to (most) of the films' plot. The title refers to a giant pink diamond with a panther-shaped flaw, and even the diamond only appears in two films: ''The Pink Panther'' and ''Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther''.

** While most of the titles are just nonsensical and could refer to anything (''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'' could even refer to Dreyfuss, the film's villain), the final title, ''Son of the Pink Panther'' seems to overtly suggest that Clouseau is indeed who the name "Pink Panther" refers to.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Ash, first and foremost, is the main character of the series rather than the titular creatures, with Pikachu as his sidekick. In fact, the {{Mons}} in general take a backseat to the humans. This is somewhat true of the game series as well, but to a lesser extent due to how much the gameplay itself revolves around the titular {{Mons}}.

* ''Film/{{Chupa}}'': Alex is technically the main protagonist, but the film is titles after Chupa, the young chupacabra who serves as the {{Deuteragonist}}.

* ''ComicBook/ElfesEtNains'': ''Derdhr of the Talion'' is actually a direct sequel to ''Ordo of the Talion'' focusing more on the latter than on the title character.

* Venga'''boys''' can somewhat be applied to this trope, due to the fact that [[FaceOfTheBand the lead vocalists of the group]] [[NonIndicativeName are female]], [[LesserStar and the other two members]] [[EgocentricTeamNaming are male]].

* ''Film/{{Chupa}}: Alex is technically the main protagonist, but the film is titles after Chupa, the young chupacabra who serves as the {{Deuteragonist}}.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/TheLastJedi'': The title refers to Luke(or Rey, [[DoubleMeaningTitle depending on how you interpret the title]]), but the film very much belongs to his nephew [[VillainProtagonist Kylo Ren]].

* The title of the historical fiction novel ''Literature/TheSunneInSplendour'' refers to UsefulNotes/EdwardIV, but the novel's protagonist is his little brother, the future UsefulNotes/RichardIII, though Edward is a fascinating and charismatic secondary character.

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''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': The main characters are Callum, Rayla and Ezran, yet the title character is an egg later infant dragon who the main characters have to bring to his mother to stop a war between the Human Kingdoms and the magical land of Xadia.

* ''Film/TheKidsAreAllRight'': The Kids refers to Joni and Laser, but the story focuses on their [[HasTwoMommies mothers]] and their GlorifiedSpermDonor.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': The title character is only the second most important character in the series; the main character is Touma. Though the first story arc revolved around her, Index rarely even makes an appearance in a lot of later story arcs.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': At first glance, it may look like Haruhi is the main character (she is after all the poster girl) but [[POVBoyPosterGirl she's]] [[DecoyProtagonist not]]. Kyon serves as the narrator and POV character for the entire series, becoming more and more clearly TheHero as events progress. He is only the SupportingProtagonist in the sense that many of the events that occur are a result of Haruhi's actions or emotional state.

* ''LightNovel/VioletEvergarden'': In the first 4 chapters, Violet's clients are the main characters of each short story. Violet didn't become the protagonist until Chapter 5.

* ''VisualNovel/DateALiveRinneUtopia'' has the eponymous Rinne Sonogami, the final heroine that [[LightNovel/DateALive the subtitle-less franchise]]'s protagonist, Shido Itsuka, can date.

* "Literature/KingOfTheGoldenRiver": The eponymous King rewards the main character's kidness and punishes his abusive brothers' evil.