The Hero / Western Animation

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• Many animated Disney movies have one.
  • Aladdin
  • Simba from The Lion King.
  • Hercules, which is exactly the main plot in the film. To recover his lost Godly-status, he has to prove he is a hero like the other Greek legends, the film even explicitly inserts a musical number titled "From zero to hero".
  • Aladar from Dinosaur.
• Almost anyone named Optimus (whether it ends in Prime or Primal).
• Finn from Adventure Time.
• Captain Zachary Foxx from Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers.

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• Aang in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
• Jack/Bionic 1 of Bionic Six.
• Kwame of Captain Planet and the Planeteers, which gives him the honor of saying the Invocation before their By the Power of Grayskull! ritual.
• On a similar note, the titular character of Clarence is a total Ditz, but all the same is very selfless and values his friends above all else, even risking his life tone with them!
• Averted in Code Lyoko, where none of the protagonists is placed as the actual "hero", the attributes being instead shared between them: Jérémie is The Leader (and the one in love with The Chick), Aelita is the one leading the plot, Ulrich is the one with the Heroes Prefer Swords and fighting attributes, Yumi is the The Kirk and Odd is the hot-headed one.
• Bulletproof, the African-American cyborg of C.O.P.S..
• Rufus is a strange nominal case in The Dreamstone starting off as such in the pilot before getting quickly downgraded more into a Tagalong Kid and Hero Antagonist afterwards. He shifts back a little by the end of the series but it's still often downplayed and shared with Amberley.

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• Hank of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon.
• In Futurama being an impulsive Cloud Cuckoo Lander and Idiot Hero has not stopped Philip J. Fry. He tends to have the most focus, often saves the day (even if accidentally) and most importantly of all, is the one who drew the Ragtag Bunch of Misfits together.
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983): He-Man, of course.
• Hank Hill from King of the Hill due to being the guy that always solves other people's problems and being the show's Only Sane Man.
• Littlefoot from The Land Before Time
• My Little Pony:
  • Megan.
  • Twilight Sparkle from Friendship Is Magic. It is downplayed due to character rotations, but she still tends to play this role in the series as a whole.
• T.J. Detweiler from Recess
• Although Mordecai and Rigby get more focus than any other Regular Show characters, the real hero of the show is Pops, as season 8 revealed that he is The Chosen One to fight the season's Big Bad, his Evil Twin Anti-Pops.

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• In Rocket Power, the show mainly focuses on the main four kids at once with each of them having their own episode at times. However, Otto Rocket is the main hero due to being The Ace of his four friends and having way more screen-time and Character Development. It also helps that when it comes to Rocket Power merchandise, his face is usually the biggest thing seen on them.
• Skysurfer One of Skysurfer Strike Force.
• Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski from South Park.
• Steven Universe: Well, Steven Universe.
• Robin of Teen Titans.
• Lion-O in both versions of Thunder Cats.
• The Tick. He's also The Big Guy, believe it or not.
• Timothy from Timothy Goes to School.
• Palmer of Titan Maximum is a Deconstruction of the classic Mecha Team hero, being a glory-seeking Jerk Jock who as his former Lancer turned Big Bad Gibbs can tell you is "an egomaniac troglodyte who will let you all die a fiery hell before he shares even one iota of glory." Palmer does in fact put himself over the team and is directly responsible for Gibbs' Face–Heel Turn (having once left him to die so that he wouldn't be late for a hot date), though he does have some degree of care for his "Friends."
• While established more as The Smart Guy of a three member ensemble, Sam of Totally Spies! is usually enthasised as what holds the team together, usually saving the team at least once per episode and sometimes even stopping the villain almost singlehandedly at times.
• Xiaolin Showdown started out with Omi as the hero. Later, the role was transferred to Raimundo.
• Jack of Xyber 9: New Dawn, The Chosen One as a King Arthur-related archetype.
• Aqualad on Young Justice, though he's said he's willing to pass the mantle on to Robin (The Lancer) once he's matured and gotten better at working with a team, instead of as Batman's partner.
  • The show mainly features an Ensemble Cast, although Blue Beetle seems to have taken on this role in season 2.
• Jet of Ready Jet Go!, being The Leader of the five-ensemble cast.

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