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KD Since: May, 2009
2025-05-01 14:47:18

Substitution Tropes is the index for characters being replaced in general.

But to be a Trope, we need to know the narrative function, such as Changing of the Guard (protagonist retires/dies, is replaced by new protagonist who does the same thing), Old Hero, New Pals (protagonist stays the same but swaps out new comrades) or Passing the Torch (previous heroes retire/die and charge the next generation with upholding the same work).

Just "old characters leave, new characters enter", absent any other context, wouldn't be its own trope.

Scorpion451 (Edited uphill both ways)
2025-05-02 18:59:32

Also worth pointing out that the tropes in the original post cover the idea of giving an in-universe explanation for a character exiting the story.

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