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* Chicago investigator ''Film/VIWarshawski'' decides to track down her date's killer, especially upon becoming ''in loco parentis'' to his HeartwarmingOrphan, named Kit. She's mostly on her own in this case, with some help from the mostly-male Chicago Police. Aside from Kit, the only other significant female in the film is the BigBad, who doesn't appear until the film's climax. This film is adapted from the detective novels by Sara Paretsky, where the protagonist averts TheSmurfettePrinciple.

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* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'': The Major is the only female member of Section 9. She might as well be the only member of Section 9 given the margin by which she outperforms all of them.

* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' has the protagonist Kazuma with the rest of the cast of girls making up his own personal UnwantedHarem.
* In ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'', Sora is the main protagonist and also TheOneGuy surrounded by a cast of girls. Though the HaremGenre elements are greatly downplayed and almost always take a backseat.

* In ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', has Kirito as TheHero and the supporting cast of girls making up his own personal BattleHarem. The only other significant guy is Klein and he's only there half the time. He gains a solid {{Deuteragonist}} in Eugeo during ''Alicization'' (and is even considered an honorary member of the harem in spinoffs), but even then he drops out halfway in [[spoiler:due to his death]].

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* Series/NewGirl has Jess, the main character, contrasting her three male roommates

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* ''Manga/FlyMeToTheMoon'', while being a romance anime with a male protagonist surrounded by beautiful women, is ''not'' actually part of the HaremGenre. Beyond the main couple Nasa and Tsukasa, the rest of the supporting cast is made up of the Arisugawa sisters at the bathhouse, plus Tsukasa's foster sister Chitose and her maids. All of them are mostly [[ShipperOnDeck ShippersOnDeck]] for Nasa and Tsukasa.

See TheOneGuy and TheSmurfettePrinciple. May relate to NeverASelfMadeWoman. For the musical equivalent, see MaleBandFemaleSinger. HaremGenre stories usually feature this dynamic. Compare to WhiteMaleLead, SmurfetteBreakout, and HumanFocusedAdaptation.

* In most of the episodes of ''WesternAnimation/MaggieAndTheFerociousBeast'', Maggie is the only female character among the [[ MinimalistCast main cast]], composed by the male Ferocious Beast and the male pig Hamilton.

* Susan, the main character of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'', is also the only significant female character on the cast.

* ''WesternAnimation/KaenaTheProphecy'' the titular character is the only female character [[spoiler: besides the BigBad]] having an active role in the plot of the movie, featuring a mostly male cast.

* Among the main cast, Lincoln Loud of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' is the main character, and the only brother in a family of ten sisters. But this is averted overall when Clyde or Lynn Sr. are counted.

* Star Butterfly used to be this in the first season of ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' being the only female character in Marco's group of friends, before Jana and Jackie also became part of the main cast.

* ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' takes this to extreme levels, having Rito Yuuki as the male lead of a large cast full of female characters that are all members of his UnwantedHarem.

* Keiichi from ''VisualNovel/WhenTheyCry'' is TheOneGuy of his TrueCompanions. He is the main protagonist of the series, though female protagonists do star in certain arcs. [[spoiler:Or not. Keiichi is a DecoyProtagonist. The ''real'' protagonist is Rika, the inconspicious looking CheerfulChild of the group.]]

* Among the main cast, Lincoln Loud of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' is the main character, and the only brother in a family of ten sisters.

* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' is focused on Chloe Cerise with most of the supporting protagonists are male: from her partners on the Infinity Train (Atticus and Lexi) to the three who hold the most guilt on how Chloe was treated (her father, Goh and Ash).

* By general rule, most Harem and Otome visual novels tend to follow this pattern, with a FeaturelessProtagonist with an entire cats of the opposite sex.

* In ''Film/{{Labyrinth }}'', the protagonist Sarah is also the only major female character from that movie.

* ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' (And the movie adaptations and other media inspired by it) feature Dorothy Gale as the main character in a team composed by The Scarecrow, The Tin Man, The Cowardly Lion and Toto the dog.

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* Keiichi from ''VisualNovel/WhenTheyCry'' is TheOneGuy of his TrueCompanions. He is the main protagonist of the series, though female protagonists do star in certain arcs. [[spoiler:Or not. Keiichi is a DecoyProtagonist. The ''real'' protagonist is Rika, the inconspicious looking CheerfulChild of the group.]]
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