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1'''Basic Trope''': The new character becomes the protagonist.
2* '''Straight''': James takes his father, Bob's role of being the protagonist in "The Fight 2".
3* '''Exaggerated''': "The Fight 3" has James' son, Leon. Then, "The Fight 4" has Leon's best friend Alex, then...
4* '''Downplayed''': "The Fight 5" has Alex's sister as the deuteragonist.
5* '''Justified''': Bob is retired and has a new life.
6* '''Inverted''': Bob remains the protagonist, but his entire SideKick entourage and RoguesGallery are [[OldHeroNewPals replaced with new characters]].
7* '''Subverted''': Bob comes back from his TenMinuteRetirement.
8* '''Double Subverted''': Then he is retired again.
9* '''Parodied''': A show switches protagonists every five minutes.
10* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
11* '''Averted''': The protagonist never changes.
12* '''Enforced''':
13** "We can't get the same actor to play the protagonist for the sequel, but we can get the sidekick..."
14** [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim Charles, bob's actor, died mid-production]], one frantic rewrite later, Alex was hired to play the ClosestThingWeGot hero James trying to fill Bob's shoes.
15* '''Lampshaded''': "So...What happened to the other guy?"
16* '''Invoked''': ???
17* '''Exploited''': ???
18* '''Defied''': Bob refuses to be left out of the next adventure just because he's getting old.
19* '''Discussed''': ???
20* '''Conversed''': ???
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