The various "everyman" characters in media. Since a large portion of the audience is probably like this they are also the No. 1. candidates to become the Audience Surrogate you are expected to identify with.
Not to Be Confused with Normal People, a 2018 novel that was adapted into a 2020 show.
Tropes:
- The All-American Boy
- Badass Normal
- Boring, but Practical
- Charles Atlas Superpower
- Deadpan Snarker
- Escapist Character
- The Everyman
- Farm Boy
- Featureless Protagonist
- The Generic Guy
- Generic Name
- Girl Next Door
- Give Him a Normal Life
- Heroic Mime
- Homegrown Hero
- I Just Want to Be Normal
- I Just Want to Be Special
- Innocent Bystander
- Lead You Can Relate To
- Mighty Whitey
- Muggle Best Friend
- Muggle Born of Mages
- Muggles
- Muggles Do It Better
- Naïve Everygirl
- Nice Guy
- No More for Me
- The Nondescript
- Obsessively Normal
- Only Sane Employee
- Only Sane Man
- Otaku Surrogate
- Ordinary High-School Student
- Part-Time Hero (only part time)
- Plucky Girl
- Refreshingly Normal Life-Choice
- Ridiculously Average Guy
- Summon Everyman Hero
- The Team Normal
- A Thicket of Spears
- This Loser Is You
- Those Two Guys
- Token Good Teammate
- Token Human
- Token Wholesome
- Unfazed Everyman
- Unlikely Hero
- Unlucky Everydude
- Victimized Bystander
- White Male Lead
