Heres an image of Kevin Durant signing autographs at an Oakland As game, because restrictions on NBA wire images are no joke Photo Thearon W. HendersonGetty. Decoy Protagonist TV Tropes. Guess which one is the main character. He practically has a giant neon sign over his head that says hes a hero. It might be subtle, but its fairly obvious youve found the guy wholl save the day, get the girl, and live a long and hap what the Did he just get bitten in half by a mutant T. This can be very dramatic there are few more effective ways to showcase Anyone Can Die than taking out the apparent protagonist. What Plot Armor It can also be used comedically, revealing that the guy who thinks hes the protagonistis just a glorified bit player. Sometimes the Decoy Protagonist will turn out to be the antagonist. Usually they reveal a much greater level of personal integrity and strength of will than previously thought. If the target dies, theyre often a Sacrificial Lion. If the character truly was The Hero, but not the protagonist, maybe see Take Up My Sword. Also see Dead Star Walking. Compare Quickly Demoted Leader, when the secondary character does the heavy lifting only for the hero to take control. Switched_at_birth_season_4_episode_2.jpg' alt='Switched At Birth Season 1 Episode 13 Synopsis' title='Switched At Birth Season 1 Episode 13 Synopsis' />For the villainous version of this trope, see Disc One Final Boss. One Time Skip later the focus shifts to his teenage niece Kanna as she attempts to finish what he started. She soon comes to respect and regard him as her father, only to be forced into a fight to the death because Kumo actually wanted her to kill him and inherit his abilities. Hes maimed and eaten in the first major battle while trying to save his friend Armin, which seems like the perfect start to a Stuffed into the Fridge scenario to motivate the more skilled Mikasa or stir then cowardly Armin to heroism, until its revealed that Eren is a Titan Shifter and escapes this becomes a major plot point. Not only is she the true heir to the monarchy of the walls but the very powers Eren possess rightfully belongs to the Reiss bloodline to begin with, meaning, his powers were meant for her. This leads to his Heroic B. S. O. D. The cast seems to function more in an ensemble with plenty of different view points just as important if not more as Erens. Switched-at-Birth-4.jpg' alt='Switched At Birth Season 1 Episode 13 Synopsis' title='Switched At Birth Season 1 Episode 13 Synopsis' />They are also the only ones to show up in every single timeline except for in 1. Tataras twin sister Sarasa, who grew up in her brother. The sequel to Black Butler sets up Alois Trancy and Claude Faustus as the new Master and Butler duo, until Sebastian comes back, and Ciel is brought back to life. All in the first episode. After all of the marketing A 1 Pictures has done for Alois and Claude, it turns out that it was done to hide the fact that Sebastian and Ciel would be returning. Bravo. Blassreiter This guy got a lot of screen time. His life is wrecked, but he should not give up. He got The Virus but clearly has enough of Heroic Willpower look, he doesnt kill when even non infectee could betempteda lot He must be the protagonist Oops, he turns out to be but one more deadman, who just kept the horror scenes of imminent Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot. Apocalypse from being looked upon as A Million Is a Statistic. At least until he dies after piloting the robot in the second episode first volume of the manga. In Nobuhiro Watsukis Crescent Moon in the Warring States, the protagonist is actually Isshinta, not Hiko Seijuro as many readers believe. Then comes Episodes 6 and 7, where most of the thieves are killed and Chizuko is sent back to Japan. Its there that we meet Chizukos real supporting cast Shunka and Tome. You might be thinking. Her family doctor becomes the hero. The demon hunting squad youre introduced to in the first episode of Ga Rei Zero. Theyre all distinctive, have some interesting chemistry and seem like a skilled bunch. They all die. At the end of that very same episode. They were included on promotional material. Ginga Nagareboshi Gin started out with Daisuke as the protagonist and was your typical A Boy and His X story. Eight episodes in it had a Genre Shift when the attention changed to his dog, Gin, and Gin ran off to join a pack of feral dogs. Daisuke doesnt appear again until the tail end of the series and is nowhere in the sequel anime. As the series goes on however Triela is given noticeably more and more spotlight while Henrietta becomes more of a side character. Henrietta is in fact the second major girl to die and Triela is the last. But its Pink, The Chick, whom the story revolves around. He dies at the end of the part, and every subsequent part instead focuses on his similarly named descendants. Sakuma would be the protagonist, largely owing to his personality being a fairly standard one in works portraying the WWII era. However, he disappears from the story after episode two, having refused Lt. Yuukis invitation to join the D Agency, and is only mentioned again once in passing. Inasmuch as this series has a protagonist, its probably Lt. For the rest of the story we follow w. Detective Alex, an anthropomorphic T. While Yang Wenli IS the most important character of the democratic cast, hes assassinated three quarters of the way through completely changing the dynamic of the show. Yangs prot. For the majority of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, Shinn Asuka was clearly the main character. He got the most focus, piloted the titular mobile suit the Destiny Gundam, and was front and center on promotional art. However, towards the end he was effectively Demoted to Dragon and either Kira Yamato or Athrun Zala, members of the cast of the prequel Gundam SEEDtake center stage. Not an entirely straight example, because he isnt this way for the series as a whole, just for an arc that takes up volumes 5 9. Still for that arc, this trope definitely applies. The Straw Hats have come to Water 7, home of the worlds best carpenters, in search of a shipwright for their crew, and Paulie happens to be the best shipwright at the largest shipwright company on the island. He has a very well devolped fighting style involving the use of rigging ropes and the amusing personality quirk of being constantly in debt. We learn of a better shipwright, Franky, who supposedly betrayed the company, but hes said up as the arcs villain, making it a surprise when, as the arc proceeds, he receives a tragic past, a connection to the series Myth Arc, and a quirky fighting style of his own. Guess who ends up joining Epsilon and then Atom take on the mantle of the hero, though Gesichts memories play a role in the final confrontation against Pluto. The first episode of Popotan starts out with Daichi discovering the real protagonists mansion as he explores a field. He walks inside. Its dark, and lit only by a Christmas tree. Its from here on that we meet all the real protagonists as he frantically attempts to flee the house. He is present during the last minute of the episode, after the girls leave, but is only ever seen again in episode 7 as an adult, except for flashbacks and the last episode when Ai travels back to the time she and her sisters first met him. While hes still the main character alongside Akane, he takes quite a backseat to her, who grows significantly more as a character and ultimately receives the most spotlight. Despite being the title character, Madoka has little effect on the plot, and is mostly an observer. Sayaka does become a magical girl, and she has a personality much more commonly associated with protagonists. According to Word Of God, she is the hero of the story, except that its actually her Start of Darkness. Then episode 1. 0 came along and we find out that in many ways, this is Homuras story. And in the finale, Madoka does become the hero, selflessly erasing herself from existence to change the world. Puella Magi Oriko Magica, had an odd case. For starters, the title character isnt even on the cover of the first volume. In fact, its an Antagonist Title Oriko is the villain. The real protagonists, at least in the first volume, are Kyouko and Yuma, the girl who actually was on the cover. 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