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* The protagonist of \'\'Anime/TheTatamiGalaxy\'\', who is something of a Zetsubou-sensei {{expy}}, and is described in some promotional materials as a \
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* The protagonist of \\\'\\\'Anime/TheTatamiGalaxy\\\'\\\', who is something of a Zetsubou-sensei {{expy}}, and is described in some promotional materials as a \\\"not-so-lovable loser\\\".
* Saji Crossroads during the second season of \\\'\\\'{{Gundam 00}}\\\'\\\'. [[TookALevelInBadass He gets better]].
* Usopp from \\\'\\\'Manga/OnePiece\\\'\\\' is this in the beginning and mostly in the Water 7/Enies Lobby arc.
* Mr. Satan from \\\'\\\'Manga/DragonBall\\\'\\\'
* Vincent Law/Ergo Proxy of \\\'\\\'Anime/ErgoProxy\\\'\\\' early on. He gets better and advances to a Type II.
* Amuro Ray in the original \\\'\\\'Anime/MobileSuitGundam\\\'\\\'.
* Kou Uraki of \\\'\\\'{{Gundam 0083}}\\\'\\\'.
* Asemu Asuno in \\\'\\\'GundamAge\\\'\\\' [[spoiler:-- at first.]]
* Simon of \\\'\\\'Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann\\\'\\\' before [[TookALevelInBadass taking around five hundred levels in badass]].
* Kimba/Leo from the \\\'\\\'[[Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion Jungle Emperor]] [[AlternateContinuity 2009 TV Special]]\\\'\\\'.
* Gainer Sanga from \\\'\\\'Anime/OvermanKingGainer\\\'\\\', at first. Again, he matures into a real hero by the end of the show.
* Yuu Kamishiro from \\\'\\\'Manga/{{Holyland}}\\\'\\\'. He steadily gets stabler and happier and closer to TheHero as the story goes on.
* Father Garai of \\\'\\\'Manga/{{MW}}\\\'\\\'.
* Eternal [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} space case]] Osaka of \\\'\\\'Manga/AzumangaDaioh\\\'\\\'.
!![[AC:Comedy]]
* Rodney Dangerfield\\\'s entire shtick.
!![[AC:ComicBooks]]
* Early ComicBook/{{Spider-Man}}, explicitly designed to be the first superhero with personal and internal conflicts besides super-villains and criminals. However his superhero alterego comes off as a Type II
* \\\'\\\'DylanDog\\\'\\\'.
* \\\'\\\'Comicbook/{{Empowered}}\\\'\\\'.
* Dave from \\\'\\\'{{Kick-Ass}}\\\'\\\'.
* Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II from \\\'\\\'Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}\\\'\\\'. Both are reluctant heroes: he\\\'s a RetiredBadass and she [[IJustWantToBeNormal doesn\\\'t want to be a badass at all]], but find [[CantStayNormal they simply can\\\'t]] [[RefusalOfTheCall refuse]] the CallToAdventure. The [[SomeoneElsesProblem extremely apathetic]] ([[ChangedMyMindKid at first]]) [[PhysicalGod Dr. Manhattan]] may fit here as well.
* Calvin of CalvinAndHobbes.
* John [[TheFool DiFool]] from \\\'\\\'[[{{Jodoverse}} The Incal]].\\\'\\\'
* DonaldDuck is a good example of this trope, being ThisLoserIsYou and not possessing any heroic traits, despite being the protagonist.
* {{Iznogoud}} started out as a VillainProtagonist, but in latter comics, he tends to be arguably portrayed as this, since there are moments (especially in \\\'\\\'Iznogoud Finally Caliph\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'Who Killed The Caliph\\\'\\\') where he has to accomplish heroic actions.
* Yorick Brow from YTheLastMan. Whilst he is inarguably one of the most moral characters in the comic, he is essentially useless in most situations that require action, makes several bad decisions and has an (\\\'\\\'extremely\\\'\\\' understandable) case of [[{{Gendercide}} survivor\\\'s]] [[ApocalypseHow guilt]]. His heroic nature shines through when in spite of all this he still tries his best to do the right thing.
!![[AC:FanFic]]
* Calvin from \\\'\\\'Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries\\\'\\\' TookALevelInKindness from [[CalvinAndHobbes his comic counterpart]]; he\\\'s more willing to do the right thing... though he still has his vices.
!![[AC:{{Film}}]]
* \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda\\\'\\\' has its main character, Po. In a strange aversion as the movie begins he is a fat, stupid clumsy goofball who doesn\\\'t know Kung fu but has good intentions. As the movie comes to a close he has become the \\\"the chosen one one.\\\" However he is STILL very much a fat stupid clumsy goofball who marginal knows Kung fu. And as the Second movie opens he is still fat stupid clumsy and a goofball. However he is now honored as the Dragon warrior and people now respect him
* Wikus van de Merwe of the film \\\'\\\'Film/{{District 9}}\\\'\\\'.
* Most of the protagonists in KevinSmith\\\'s ViewAskewniverse qualify.
* Sgt. Neil Howie in the original version of \\\'\\\'TheWickerMan\\\'\\\'.
* NapoleonDynamite.
* The portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in \\\'\\\'TheSocialNetwork\\\'\\\' teeters between this and VillainProtagonist.
* The eponymous character of \\\'\\\'Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian\\\'\\\', which makes all the funnier the fact that he is repeatedly mistaken for TheMessiah.
* Lester Burnham of \\\'\\\'AmericanBeauty\\\'\\\'.
* RupertGrint as Tony in \\\'\\\'Film/WildTarget\\\'\\\'. He sinks into Type IV territory when he sticks with [[AntiVillain Victor]] to learn his trade even after he learns of his true profession, but both pull a HeelFaceTurn when they realize that Rose is in grave danger.
** He also plays Malachy (the goody-two-shoes who gets pulled by his Type IV AntiHero friend Luke into dangerous and potentially illegal acts for the love of the lead female) in \\\'\\\'Film/{{Cherrybomb}}\\\'\\\'.
* Everyone except Tom and Geri in \\\'\\\'AnotherYear\\\'\\\'.
* The Narrator from \\\'\\\'FightClub\\\'\\\'.
* The titular character of \\\'\\\'ShaunOfTheDead\\\'\\\' and his roommate Ed. [[spoiler:Shaun subverts this by the end of film as he at leasts saves his ex-girlfriend and reconciliates with her, and he ends up surviving the whole ZombieApocalypse.]]
* Max Fischer from \\\'\\\'Rushmore\\\'\\\'.
!![[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Bilbo Baggins from \\\'\\\'TheHobbit\\\'\\\'.
* EvelynWaugh\\\'s first novel, \\\'\\\'Decline and Fall\\\'\\\', has ButtMonkey protagonist Paul Pennyfeather who is one of these in the way he is rather a pushover taken advantage of by the other characters.
* \\\'\\\'Literature/{{Discworld}}\\\'\\\'\\\'s Rincewind as an inept wizard and DirtyCoward[=/=]LovableCoward who is the ButtMonkey of the universe. He\\\'s noticed it himself.
** Rincewind is unusual in that, while he retains his constitutional allergy to danger, over time he becomes a bit of a mythic figure: It\\\'s implied that his survival instincts are [[BadassAbnormal nearly supernatural]]. At one point Death looks at the hourglass containing Rincewind\\\'s life span... only to find its shape not merely elongated and deformed, but [[AlienGeometries no longer describable in human terms]].
** He did start off briefly as a Type V, having avaricious tendencies, and conning his employee out of his own money and betraying help from him, but then he slid gradually down the scale as the books passed before settling at Type I; his anti-hero traits softened, although he\\\'s no less cynical than he was at the start.
* The narrator of \\\'\\\'Notes from the Underground\\\'\\\' is one of these, as is FranzKafka\\\'s Josef K--in fact, in an existentialist novel, the hero is likely to either be this or a Type V (Meursault of \\\'\\\'TheStranger\\\'\\\' is a good Type V example).
* Gilbert Norrell of \\\'\\\'JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell\\\'\\\', while a skilled magician, is a humorless and petty character who is far from evil enough to be an EvilSorcerer, but also far from sympathetic (or interesting) enough to be a traditional hero.
* JohnLeCarre\\\'s spymaster George Smiley is like this as a contrast to JamesBond, living in the more cynical side of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, and as opposed to Bond being stylish and a ChickMagnet, Smiley dresses poorly and is a cuckold. Smiley also invites comparison to [[NoNameGiven Harry Palmer]] also intended as a deconstruction of Bond but who is definitely a Type II.
* Lily Bart from Edith Wharton\\\'s \\\'\\\'House of Mirth\\\'\\\'. Let\\\'s see: fails at anything and everything she tries her hands at? Check. Only ever succeeds at alienating the few people who genuinely do care about her? Check. Is a whiny, insufferable JerkAss with an entitlement complex bigger than Brazil? Check. [[spoiler:Dies at the end]]? Check.
* Lola from Kit Whitfield\\\'s \\\'\\\'Benighted\\\'\\\' is pathetic, self-loathing and self destructive, turning away from or turning on anyone who might help her.
* Mick \\\"Brew\\\" Axbrewder from Stephen R. Donaldson\\\'s \\\'\\\'Man Who\\\'\\\' series, a self-pitying alcoholic who makes Thomas Covenant look like [[GarfieldAndFriends Binky the Clown]].
* Linden Avery in the second \\\'\\\'ChroniclesOfThomasCovenant\\\'\\\' trilogy. Becomes a more standard heroine in the third trilogy. Stephen Donaldson is very fond of taking Type Is and transforming them.
* Flinx of the \\\'\\\'HumanxCommonwealth\\\'\\\' series. He [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wants the universe to let him be]]. Too bad he\\\'s TheChosenOne and TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive, and he has a hidden romantic streak and a not-so-hidden streak of curiosity that constantly gets him into trouble.
* Amir, the narrator of \\\'\\\'TheKiteRunner\\\'\\\' starts out as a coward hiding from his past but grows throughout the story and is redeemed to become a \\\'true\\\' hero.
* [[HeroicWannabe David Levin]] of \\\'\\\'{{Everworld}}\\\'\\\'. He eventually grows into more a Type III later on.
!![[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* Dave Lister, Cat, and Arnold J. Rimmer from \\\'\\\'Series/RedDwarf\\\'\\\' start out like this, although Rimmer is both a neurotic loser and a [[JerkAss smeghead]]. Lister once goodnaturedly described himself as a \\\"bum\\\", while Rimmer would call him a lazy slob. Cat was vain, self-centered to the point of callousness, and not very smart... not surprising given that his species had evolved from a single, pregnant female housecat 3 million years ago (imagine the inbreeding), and other cats considered him a moron. However, all three [[CharacterDevelopment became more competent]] in the course of the series. However, they never quite lost their essential quirks, their [[BigDamnHeroes good qualities]] (such as Lister\\\'s selflessness and sense of fairness) merely became more pronounced. Or, in the case of Arnold Rimmer, who had no redeeming qualities, Rimmer had a run-in with his KnightInShiningArmor counterpart \\\"Ace\\\" Rimmer from an alternate reality.
* [[OnlySaneMan Malcolm]] and [[BumblingDad Hal]] from MalcolmInTheMiddle.
* Olivia Dunham from \\\'\\\'Fringe\\\'\\\' has her dark tendencies, but at heart, she\\\'s a typical reluctant hero.
!![[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
* Willy Loman from \\\'\\\'DeathOfASalesman\\\'\\\'
* Woyzeck from the [[Theatre/{{Woyzeck}} eponymous play]] is considered the first true Antihero, as opposed to the classic tragic hero.
* Everyone but Ricky Roma in \\\'\\\'GlengarryGlenRoss,\\\'\\\' but with particular attention paid to Shelly Levene.
!![[AC:VideoGames]]
* Travis Touchdown, of \\\'\\\'NoMoreHeroes\\\'\\\', a porn-obsessed Otaku without anything resembling a social life. He\\\'s also a Type V, however, eagerly slaughtering opponents and rarely showing any remorse for his killings (with some obvious exceptions, such as with [[spoiler:Jeane.]]) [[spoiler:He gradually loses Type V elements during the sequel, however, turning into a full Type I who vows to destroy the UAA for the lives they have cost.]]
* Raiden is largely considered to be this in \\\'\\\'{{Metal Gear Solid 2|SonsOfLiberty}}\\\'\\\', though he becomes more of a Type III in \\\'\\\'{{Metal Gear Solid 4|GunsOfThePatriots}}\\\'\\\'.
* \\\'\\\'Lester the Unlikely\\\'\\\' from the SNES game of the same name starts out as such a wimp that even turtles scare him. He does become more heroic about halfway through the game, however.
* Almaz from \\\'\\\'{{Disgaea 3}}\\\'\\\'.
* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]], although he [[JerkassFacade pretends to be]] Type III. By the end, he becomes a Type II.
* Mike Dawson from [[{{Darkseed}} Darkseed 2]].
!![[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]
* \\\'\\\'Webcomic/MegaTokyo\\\'\\\'\\\'s Piro probably fits. He\\\'s getting better, though.
!![[AC:WebOriginal]]
* Raimi and Kamimura from \\\'\\\'BrokenSaints\\\'\\\'.
* The \\\"Knights of Good\\\" from \\\'\\\'TheGuild\\\'\\\' except [[TokenEvilTeammate Tinkerballa]].
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic.
* WhateleyUniverse example: Aquerna. Especially in her first two stories she\\\'s the ClassicalAntihero.
!![[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* \\\'\\\'ScoobyDoo\\\'\\\' and Shaggy.
* \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}\\\'\\\'\\\'s, well, Megamind. Yes, [[VillainProtagonist he\\\'s a supervillain, but he\\\'s our protagonist]] and he fits this to a T, especially as his character *ahem* develops through the movie.
* DaveTheBarbarian
* Philip J. Fry from \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}\\\'\\\'.
* Cody and Sierra from \\\'\\\'[[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland Total Drama World Tour]]\\\'\\\'. First season, Cody was a standard hero, but developed less heroic traits in the third season.
** Owen and DJ count too.
* WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead.
* [[GeniusDitz Ed]] of \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy\\\'\\\'.
* Squidward from SpongebobSquarepants.
** SpongeBob and Patrick as well, prior to the SeasonalRot.
* Numbuh 2 from KidsNextDoor.
* Dudley Puppy from \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy\\\'\\\'.
* [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]]
* \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog\\\'\\\'.
[[/folder]]
* Saji Crossroads during the second season of \\\'\\\'{{Gundam 00}}\\\'\\\'. [[TookALevelInBadass He gets better]].
* Usopp from \\\'\\\'Manga/OnePiece\\\'\\\' is this in the beginning and mostly in the Water 7/Enies Lobby arc.
* Mr. Satan from \\\'\\\'Manga/DragonBall\\\'\\\'
* Vincent Law/Ergo Proxy of \\\'\\\'Anime/ErgoProxy\\\'\\\' early on. He gets better and advances to a Type II.
* Amuro Ray in the original \\\'\\\'Anime/MobileSuitGundam\\\'\\\'.
* Kou Uraki of \\\'\\\'{{Gundam 0083}}\\\'\\\'.
* Asemu Asuno in \\\'\\\'GundamAge\\\'\\\' [[spoiler:-- at first.]]
* Simon of \\\'\\\'Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann\\\'\\\' before [[TookALevelInBadass taking around five hundred levels in badass]].
* Kimba/Leo from the \\\'\\\'[[Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion Jungle Emperor]] [[AlternateContinuity 2009 TV Special]]\\\'\\\'.
* Gainer Sanga from \\\'\\\'Anime/OvermanKingGainer\\\'\\\', at first. Again, he matures into a real hero by the end of the show.
* Yuu Kamishiro from \\\'\\\'Manga/{{Holyland}}\\\'\\\'. He steadily gets stabler and happier and closer to TheHero as the story goes on.
* Father Garai of \\\'\\\'Manga/{{MW}}\\\'\\\'.
* Eternal [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} space case]] Osaka of \\\'\\\'Manga/AzumangaDaioh\\\'\\\'.
!![[AC:Comedy]]
* Rodney Dangerfield\\\'s entire shtick.
!![[AC:ComicBooks]]
* Early ComicBook/{{Spider-Man}}, explicitly designed to be the first superhero with personal and internal conflicts besides super-villains and criminals. However his superhero alterego comes off as a Type II
* \\\'\\\'DylanDog\\\'\\\'.
* \\\'\\\'Comicbook/{{Empowered}}\\\'\\\'.
* Dave from \\\'\\\'{{Kick-Ass}}\\\'\\\'.
* Nite Owl II and Silk Spectre II from \\\'\\\'Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}\\\'\\\'. Both are reluctant heroes: he\\\'s a RetiredBadass and she [[IJustWantToBeNormal doesn\\\'t want to be a badass at all]], but find [[CantStayNormal they simply can\\\'t]] [[RefusalOfTheCall refuse]] the CallToAdventure. The [[SomeoneElsesProblem extremely apathetic]] ([[ChangedMyMindKid at first]]) [[PhysicalGod Dr. Manhattan]] may fit here as well.
* Calvin of CalvinAndHobbes.
* John [[TheFool DiFool]] from \\\'\\\'[[{{Jodoverse}} The Incal]].\\\'\\\'
* DonaldDuck is a good example of this trope, being ThisLoserIsYou and not possessing any heroic traits, despite being the protagonist.
* {{Iznogoud}} started out as a VillainProtagonist, but in latter comics, he tends to be arguably portrayed as this, since there are moments (especially in \\\'\\\'Iznogoud Finally Caliph\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'Who Killed The Caliph\\\'\\\') where he has to accomplish heroic actions.
* Yorick Brow from YTheLastMan. Whilst he is inarguably one of the most moral characters in the comic, he is essentially useless in most situations that require action, makes several bad decisions and has an (\\\'\\\'extremely\\\'\\\' understandable) case of [[{{Gendercide}} survivor\\\'s]] [[ApocalypseHow guilt]]. His heroic nature shines through when in spite of all this he still tries his best to do the right thing.
!![[AC:FanFic]]
* Calvin from \\\'\\\'Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries\\\'\\\' TookALevelInKindness from [[CalvinAndHobbes his comic counterpart]]; he\\\'s more willing to do the right thing... though he still has his vices.
!![[AC:{{Film}}]]
* \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda\\\'\\\' has its main character, Po. In a strange aversion as the movie begins he is a fat, stupid clumsy goofball who doesn\\\'t know Kung fu but has good intentions. As the movie comes to a close he has become the \\\"the chosen one one.\\\" However he is STILL very much a fat stupid clumsy goofball who marginal knows Kung fu. And as the Second movie opens he is still fat stupid clumsy and a goofball. However he is now honored as the Dragon warrior and people now respect him
* Wikus van de Merwe of the film \\\'\\\'Film/{{District 9}}\\\'\\\'.
* Most of the protagonists in KevinSmith\\\'s ViewAskewniverse qualify.
* Sgt. Neil Howie in the original version of \\\'\\\'TheWickerMan\\\'\\\'.
* NapoleonDynamite.
* The portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in \\\'\\\'TheSocialNetwork\\\'\\\' teeters between this and VillainProtagonist.
* The eponymous character of \\\'\\\'Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian\\\'\\\', which makes all the funnier the fact that he is repeatedly mistaken for TheMessiah.
* Lester Burnham of \\\'\\\'AmericanBeauty\\\'\\\'.
* RupertGrint as Tony in \\\'\\\'Film/WildTarget\\\'\\\'. He sinks into Type IV territory when he sticks with [[AntiVillain Victor]] to learn his trade even after he learns of his true profession, but both pull a HeelFaceTurn when they realize that Rose is in grave danger.
** He also plays Malachy (the goody-two-shoes who gets pulled by his Type IV AntiHero friend Luke into dangerous and potentially illegal acts for the love of the lead female) in \\\'\\\'Film/{{Cherrybomb}}\\\'\\\'.
* Everyone except Tom and Geri in \\\'\\\'AnotherYear\\\'\\\'.
* The Narrator from \\\'\\\'FightClub\\\'\\\'.
* The titular character of \\\'\\\'ShaunOfTheDead\\\'\\\' and his roommate Ed. [[spoiler:Shaun subverts this by the end of film as he at leasts saves his ex-girlfriend and reconciliates with her, and he ends up surviving the whole ZombieApocalypse.]]
* Max Fischer from \\\'\\\'Rushmore\\\'\\\'.
!![[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Bilbo Baggins from \\\'\\\'TheHobbit\\\'\\\'.
* EvelynWaugh\\\'s first novel, \\\'\\\'Decline and Fall\\\'\\\', has ButtMonkey protagonist Paul Pennyfeather who is one of these in the way he is rather a pushover taken advantage of by the other characters.
* \\\'\\\'Literature/{{Discworld}}\\\'\\\'\\\'s Rincewind as an inept wizard and DirtyCoward[=/=]LovableCoward who is the ButtMonkey of the universe. He\\\'s noticed it himself.
** Rincewind is unusual in that, while he retains his constitutional allergy to danger, over time he becomes a bit of a mythic figure: It\\\'s implied that his survival instincts are [[BadassAbnormal nearly supernatural]]. At one point Death looks at the hourglass containing Rincewind\\\'s life span... only to find its shape not merely elongated and deformed, but [[AlienGeometries no longer describable in human terms]].
** He did start off briefly as a Type V, having avaricious tendencies, and conning his employee out of his own money and betraying help from him, but then he slid gradually down the scale as the books passed before settling at Type I; his anti-hero traits softened, although he\\\'s no less cynical than he was at the start.
* The narrator of \\\'\\\'Notes from the Underground\\\'\\\' is one of these, as is FranzKafka\\\'s Josef K--in fact, in an existentialist novel, the hero is likely to either be this or a Type V (Meursault of \\\'\\\'TheStranger\\\'\\\' is a good Type V example).
* Gilbert Norrell of \\\'\\\'JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell\\\'\\\', while a skilled magician, is a humorless and petty character who is far from evil enough to be an EvilSorcerer, but also far from sympathetic (or interesting) enough to be a traditional hero.
* JohnLeCarre\\\'s spymaster George Smiley is like this as a contrast to JamesBond, living in the more cynical side of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, and as opposed to Bond being stylish and a ChickMagnet, Smiley dresses poorly and is a cuckold. Smiley also invites comparison to [[NoNameGiven Harry Palmer]] also intended as a deconstruction of Bond but who is definitely a Type II.
* Lily Bart from Edith Wharton\\\'s \\\'\\\'House of Mirth\\\'\\\'. Let\\\'s see: fails at anything and everything she tries her hands at? Check. Only ever succeeds at alienating the few people who genuinely do care about her? Check. Is a whiny, insufferable JerkAss with an entitlement complex bigger than Brazil? Check. [[spoiler:Dies at the end]]? Check.
* Lola from Kit Whitfield\\\'s \\\'\\\'Benighted\\\'\\\' is pathetic, self-loathing and self destructive, turning away from or turning on anyone who might help her.
* Mick \\\"Brew\\\" Axbrewder from Stephen R. Donaldson\\\'s \\\'\\\'Man Who\\\'\\\' series, a self-pitying alcoholic who makes Thomas Covenant look like [[GarfieldAndFriends Binky the Clown]].
* Linden Avery in the second \\\'\\\'ChroniclesOfThomasCovenant\\\'\\\' trilogy. Becomes a more standard heroine in the third trilogy. Stephen Donaldson is very fond of taking Type Is and transforming them.
* Flinx of the \\\'\\\'HumanxCommonwealth\\\'\\\' series. He [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wants the universe to let him be]]. Too bad he\\\'s TheChosenOne and TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive, and he has a hidden romantic streak and a not-so-hidden streak of curiosity that constantly gets him into trouble.
* Amir, the narrator of \\\'\\\'TheKiteRunner\\\'\\\' starts out as a coward hiding from his past but grows throughout the story and is redeemed to become a \\\'true\\\' hero.
* [[HeroicWannabe David Levin]] of \\\'\\\'{{Everworld}}\\\'\\\'. He eventually grows into more a Type III later on.
!![[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* Dave Lister, Cat, and Arnold J. Rimmer from \\\'\\\'Series/RedDwarf\\\'\\\' start out like this, although Rimmer is both a neurotic loser and a [[JerkAss smeghead]]. Lister once goodnaturedly described himself as a \\\"bum\\\", while Rimmer would call him a lazy slob. Cat was vain, self-centered to the point of callousness, and not very smart... not surprising given that his species had evolved from a single, pregnant female housecat 3 million years ago (imagine the inbreeding), and other cats considered him a moron. However, all three [[CharacterDevelopment became more competent]] in the course of the series. However, they never quite lost their essential quirks, their [[BigDamnHeroes good qualities]] (such as Lister\\\'s selflessness and sense of fairness) merely became more pronounced. Or, in the case of Arnold Rimmer, who had no redeeming qualities, Rimmer had a run-in with his KnightInShiningArmor counterpart \\\"Ace\\\" Rimmer from an alternate reality.
* [[OnlySaneMan Malcolm]] and [[BumblingDad Hal]] from MalcolmInTheMiddle.
* Olivia Dunham from \\\'\\\'Fringe\\\'\\\' has her dark tendencies, but at heart, she\\\'s a typical reluctant hero.
!![[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
* Willy Loman from \\\'\\\'DeathOfASalesman\\\'\\\'
* Woyzeck from the [[Theatre/{{Woyzeck}} eponymous play]] is considered the first true Antihero, as opposed to the classic tragic hero.
* Everyone but Ricky Roma in \\\'\\\'GlengarryGlenRoss,\\\'\\\' but with particular attention paid to Shelly Levene.
!![[AC:VideoGames]]
* Travis Touchdown, of \\\'\\\'NoMoreHeroes\\\'\\\', a porn-obsessed Otaku without anything resembling a social life. He\\\'s also a Type V, however, eagerly slaughtering opponents and rarely showing any remorse for his killings (with some obvious exceptions, such as with [[spoiler:Jeane.]]) [[spoiler:He gradually loses Type V elements during the sequel, however, turning into a full Type I who vows to destroy the UAA for the lives they have cost.]]
* Raiden is largely considered to be this in \\\'\\\'{{Metal Gear Solid 2|SonsOfLiberty}}\\\'\\\', though he becomes more of a Type III in \\\'\\\'{{Metal Gear Solid 4|GunsOfThePatriots}}\\\'\\\'.
* \\\'\\\'Lester the Unlikely\\\'\\\' from the SNES game of the same name starts out as such a wimp that even turtles scare him. He does become more heroic about halfway through the game, however.
* Almaz from \\\'\\\'{{Disgaea 3}}\\\'\\\'.
* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]], although he [[JerkassFacade pretends to be]] Type III. By the end, he becomes a Type II.
* Mike Dawson from [[{{Darkseed}} Darkseed 2]].
!![[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]
* \\\'\\\'Webcomic/MegaTokyo\\\'\\\'\\\'s Piro probably fits. He\\\'s getting better, though.
!![[AC:WebOriginal]]
* Raimi and Kamimura from \\\'\\\'BrokenSaints\\\'\\\'.
* The \\\"Knights of Good\\\" from \\\'\\\'TheGuild\\\'\\\' except [[TokenEvilTeammate Tinkerballa]].
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic.
* WhateleyUniverse example: Aquerna. Especially in her first two stories she\\\'s the ClassicalAntihero.
!![[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* \\\'\\\'ScoobyDoo\\\'\\\' and Shaggy.
* \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}\\\'\\\'\\\'s, well, Megamind. Yes, [[VillainProtagonist he\\\'s a supervillain, but he\\\'s our protagonist]] and he fits this to a T, especially as his character *ahem* develops through the movie.
* DaveTheBarbarian
* Philip J. Fry from \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}\\\'\\\'.
* Cody and Sierra from \\\'\\\'[[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland Total Drama World Tour]]\\\'\\\'. First season, Cody was a standard hero, but developed less heroic traits in the third season.
** Owen and DJ count too.
* WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead.
* [[GeniusDitz Ed]] of \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy\\\'\\\'.
* Squidward from SpongebobSquarepants.
** SpongeBob and Patrick as well, prior to the SeasonalRot.
* Numbuh 2 from KidsNextDoor.
* Dudley Puppy from \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy\\\'\\\'.
* [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]]
* \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog\\\'\\\'.
[[/folder]]
