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Main character of a creative work
A protagonist (from Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής (prōtagōnistḗs) 'one who plays the first part, chief actor') is the main character of a story. The protagonist
Protagonist
Literary technique
In fiction, a false protagonist is a literary technique, often used to make the plot more jarring or more memorable by fooling the audience's preconceptions
False_protagonist
Player character without dialogue
In video games, a silent protagonist is a player character who lacks any dialogue for the entire duration of a game, with the possible exception of occasional
Silent_protagonist
American superhero webcomic
Strong Female Protagonist is a dramatic superhero webcomic series written by Brennan Lee Mulligan and drawn by Lee Knox Ostertag, published online from
Strong_Female_Protagonist
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up protagonist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A protagonist is the leading actor or the principal character in a story whose fate is most closely
Protagonist_(disambiguation)
2007 American film
Protagonist is a 2007 American documentary film about the parallels between human life and Euripidean dramatic structure. The film was written and directed
Protagonist_(film)
Fictional character of the Drakengard series
The player-named protagonist is a character from the 2010 video game Nier, a spin-off of the Drakengard series developed by Cavia and published by Square
Protagonist_of_Nier
Video game character
The player-named protagonist (Japanese: 主人公, Hepburn: shujinkō) is a character from Persona 3, a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Atlus. In the
Protagonist_of_Persona_3
1992 novel by Neal Stephenson
has evolved from the CIA's merger with the Library of Congress. Hiro Protagonist is a freelance hacker and pizza delivery driver for the Mafia. He meets
Snow_Crash
2010 video game
Set over a thousand years later, the story follows the player-named protagonist attempting to find a cure for a terminal illness afflicting a young girl
Nier
2024 video game
of the larger Megami Tensei franchise. As with the original game, the protagonist is a high school student returning to his home city a decade after his
Persona_3_Reload
template Infobox opera is being considered for merging. › Der Protagonist (The Protagonist) is an opera in one act by Kurt Weill, his Op. 15. The German
Der_Protagonist
Protagonist Italy (Italia Protagonista) is a national conservative foundation and think tank connected to Forza Italia (formerly PdL), a political party
Protagonist_Italy
Character of a work actively opposing the protagonist
character in a story who is presented as the main enemy or rival of the protagonist and is often depicted as a villain. The English word antagonist comes
Antagonist
Fictional character from the Doom franchise
Doomguy or Doom Slayer (real name: Flynn Taggart) is the protagonist of the Doom franchise by id Software. He was created by American video game designer
Doomguy
Video game character
City survivor Alyssa Ashcroft. Grace was designed as a timid, fearful protagonist to emphasize the survival horror elements. She is voiced by Shihori Kanjiya
Grace_Ashcroft
Second most important character in a narrative
narrative, after the protagonist and before the tritagonist. The deuteragonist often acts as a constant companion to the protagonist or as someone who continues
Deuteragonist
Fictional character from Jujutsu Kaisen
虎杖 悠仁, Hepburn: Itadori Yūji) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen, created by Gege Akutami. Yuji is
Yuji_Itadori
Hades protagonist
Zagreus is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the 2020 video game Hades. He is based on the mythological figure of the same name, used
Zagreus_(Hades)
Italian political faction
Protagonist Right (Destra Protagonista) was a national conservative faction within National Alliance, a political party in Italy. The faction was founded
Protagonist_Right
Stock character; an ordinary individual
fiction. An ordinary and humble character, the everyman is generally a protagonist whose benign conduct fosters the audience's identification with them
Everyman
Main enemy of someone
(sometimes spelled as arch-enemy) or archnemesis is the main enemy of the protagonist—or sometimes, one of the other main characters—appearing as the most
Archenemy
Japanese fantasy subgenre about travel to another world
common isekai protagonists, with the ratio of male to female protagonists being 2.4 to 1 and the ratio of adult to teenage protagonists being 1.4 to 1
Isekai
Japanese video game series
awakens. At a library, Alice confirms the protagonist's name and class before she is killed. The protagonist awakens in a prison, where the Holy Knight
Black Souls (video game series)
Black_Souls_(video_game_series)
attending Gekkoukan High School. The player names and controls the game's protagonist, who leads SEES in its exploration of Tartarus. Persona 3 mixes elements
List_of_Persona_3_characters
Film
Bilal Hasna On April 29, 2025, the film, a Temple Hill Entertainment and Protagonist Pictures co-production, was announced as the first installment in a new
Rule_of_Three_(film)
Video game character
Chief Petty Officer John-117, colloquially known as Master Chief, is the protagonist of the Halo video game series and its spin-off media. The character first
Master_Chief_(Halo)
Japanese manga series
be collected in that format as well. The first story shows Red, the protagonist, who gets his Pokédex from Professor Oak to start on his Pokémon journey
Pokémon_Adventures
Character who contrasts with another character of a narrative work
contrasts with the protagonist, in order to better highlight or differentiate certain qualities of the protagonist. A foil to the protagonist may also be the
Foil_(narrative)
Protagonist of The Witcher series
GHERR-əld; Polish: Geralt z Rivii) is a fictional character and the protagonist of The Witcher series of short stories and novels by Polish author Andrzej
Geralt_of_Rivia
Ghost in the Shell protagonist
(Japanese: 草薙・素子, Hepburn: Kusanagi Motoko), or just "The Major", is the main protagonist of the Ghost in the Shell manga and anime series, created by Masamune
Motoko_Kusanagi
2024 mobile game
companions were lovers with the protagonist in several of her past and future lives. Xavier is a Deepspace Hunter and the protagonist's co-worker, who she meets
Love_and_Deepspace
1759 satirical novella by Voltaire
Years' War. The protagonist of this novel, supposed to embody stereotypically German characteristics, is quite similar to the protagonist of Candide. These
Candide
Overly competent fictional character
the Star Trek section of any bookstore", for example, cadet Piper, the protagonist of the 1986 Star Trek novel Dreadnought! by Diane Carey. "Mary Sue" can
Mary_Sue
2017 video game
village of Cobblestone. The protagonist is adopted by Chalky's daughter Amber and raised in the village. After the protagonist's coming-of-age ceremony, Amber
Dragon_Quest_XI
Persona 4 video game character
Atlus. He serves as the main protagonist of the 2008 role-playing video game Persona 4. In the game, Yu is a silent protagonist whose thoughts and actions
Yu_Narukami
2004 novel & 2010 anime
the protagonist finding something in each timeline that seems to have a loose connection to it. This culminates in the last timeline: the protagonist decides
The_Tatami_Galaxy
Genre of literature, film, and television
often a villain-driven plot, whereby they present obstacles that the protagonist or hero must overcome. Roots of the genre date back hundreds of years
Thriller_(genre)
Character in a narrative that is not focused on by the primary storyline
not the focus of the primary storyline, but is important to the plot/protagonist, and appears or is mentioned in the story enough to be more than just
Supporting_character
Fictional character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Joseph is the main protagonist of the series' second story arc, Battle Tendency, and the grandson of the first arc's protagonist, Jonathan Joestar. Having
Joseph_Joestar
Persona 5 character
Ren Amamiya, known by his codename Joker, is the main protagonist of Persona 5, a 2016 role-playing video game owned by Sega subsidiary Atlus. He is a
Joker_(Persona)
introduces three playable protagonists in addition to Kiryu. Yakuza 5 continued this trend and features five playable protagonists including Haruka Sawamura
Characters of the Yakuza series
Characters_of_the_Yakuza_series
Character controlled by a game player
are examples of such characters. These characters are generally silent protagonists. Some games will go even further, never showing or naming the player
Player_character
Middle-Eastern folk tale
character Green Lantern was partly inspired by the Aladdin myth; the protagonist discovers a "lantern-shaped power source and a 'power ring'" which gives
Aladdin
American actor (born 1969)
AMC travel show Ride with Norman Reedus (2016–present) and starred as protagonist Sam Porter Bridges in the video games Death Stranding (2019) and Death
Norman_Reedus
Idol Choujins, which makes up the principal cast of protagonists. This includes the main protagonist himself, Kinnikuman. many plotlines of the series involve
List_of_Kinnikuman_characters
Fictional character from Jujutsu Kaisen
Yuta Okkotsu (Japanese: 乙骨 憂太, Hepburn: Okkotsu Yūta) is the protagonist of Gege Akutami's manga Jujutsu Kaisen 0, originally known as Tokyo Metropolitan
Yuta_Okkotsu
Protagonist of Stranger Things
Hopper, better known as Eleven or "El", is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Netflix science fiction horror television series Stranger Things
Eleven_(Stranger_Things)
American writer, actor and gamemaster (born 1988)
series Critical Role. He also wrote the superhero webcomic Strong Female Protagonist alongside artist Lee Knox Ostertag. Brennan Lee Mulligan was born on
Brennan_Lee_Mulligan
by Image Comics, contains a variety of characters: the allies of the protagonist and his antagonists. Some of them went on to have spin-offs or debuted
List_of_Spawn_characters
represent people's hidden thoughts that killed the first two victims. The protagonist is Yu Narukami, a high-school student who moved into the town from the
List_of_Persona_4_characters
2020 film by Christopher Nolan
the Protagonist has destroyed the forgery, Kat introduces him to Sator in Italy. Sator agrees to help steal the artifact, which the Protagonist and Neil
Tenet
Dragon Quest III protagonist
Erdrick in English, is the protagonist of the 1988 video game Dragon Quest III. Unlike previous Dragon Quest protagonists, this Hero can be male or female
Hero_(Dragon_Quest_III)
Dramatic structure
criminal be caught by law enforcement and brought to justice? Will the protagonist be murdered by the fugitive? The answer to such a question is generally
Three-act_structure
Title character and the protagonist of the Kung Fu Panda franchise
Master Ping Po (born Li Lotus) is the title character and protagonist of the Kung Fu Panda franchise, which is produced by DreamWorks Animation. He is
Po_(Kung_Fu_Panda)
Protagonist of the John Wick franchise
portrayed by Canadian actor Keanu Reeves. He is the titular antihero protagonist of the neo-noir media franchise John Wick. John is introduced as a legendary
John_Wick_(character)
Title character of the Charles Dickens novel
Oliver Twist is the titular protagonist of the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. He was the first child protagonist in a British novel. Oliver
Oliver_Twist_(character)
2014 video game
twist on the traditional formula by playing as a Templar, storyline, protagonist, and naval warfare gameplay. However, it was criticized for failing to
Assassin's_Creed_Rogue
Person attempting to attract patrons to events
Billy Bigelow, the protagonist of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic stage musical Carousel, and Tin Man, a supporting protagonist from the 1978 musical
Barker_(occupation)
Protagonist of the film Taxi Driver
Travis Bickle is the antihero protagonist of the 1976 film Taxi Driver directed by Martin Scorsese. The character was created by the film's screenwriter
Travis_Bickle
Filipino actress (born 1982)
Her portrayal of antagonist-protagonist Marissa Pineda won her numerous awards for her portrayal of antagonist-protagonist Marissa Pineda. In 2022, she
Jodi_Sta._Maria
Protagonist of Ray Bradbury's 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451
Guy Montag is a fictional character and the protagonist in Ray Bradbury's dystopia novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953). He is depicted living in a futuristic
Guy_Montag
2016 film
2021. "Paris Can Wait". Protagonist Pictures. Retrieved August 25, 2016. Wiseman, Andreas (February 5, 2015). "Protagonist boards Coppola road movie
Paris_Can_Wait
Fictional character and main protagonist of the 1987 film The Lost Boys
Michael Emerson is a fictional character and protagonist of the 1987 film The Lost Boys portrayed by Jason Patric. Michael moves to Santa Carla, California
Michael_Emerson_(character)
Indian actor
Malayalam-language films. He started his career as a VJ with Sun TV. He played the protagonist in the film Pazhaya Vannarapettai. Prajin started his career in films
Prajin
Archetype of a kind and unassuming woman
romantic stories. She is named so because she often lives next door to the protagonist or is a childhood friend. They start out with a friendship that later
Girl_next_door
2024 video game
the Blade Twin's escape, now the Protagonist. After Shogunate oniwaban attack the Veiled Edge's village, the Protagonist believes that their partner is
Rise_of_the_Rōnin
video game by Atlus, set in a fictional fantasy world. It centers on a protagonist who sets out on a quest to save a prince from a curse by defeating an
List of Metaphor: ReFantazio characters
List_of_Metaphor:_ReFantazio_characters
Portuguese actress (born 2003)
prizes. In 2018, she debuted at the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II as the protagonist of the play Alice in Wonderland, directed by Maria João Luís and Ricardo
Beatriz_Frazão
Protagonist of Gulliver's Travels
Lemuel Gulliver (/ˈɡʌlɪvər/) is the fictional protagonist and narrator of Gulliver's Travels, a novel written by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1726
Lemuel_Gulliver
1989 video game
Mechner. Taking place in medieval Persia, players control an unnamed protagonist who must venture through a series of dungeons to defeat the evil Grand
Prince of Persia (1989 video game)
Prince_of_Persia_(1989_video_game)
Third most important character of a narrative
character is the third most important character of a narrative, after the protagonist and deuteragonist. In ancient Greek drama, the tritagonist was the third
Tritagonist
2017 video game
poems with a wider audience, Sayori reveals to the protagonist that she has depression. The protagonist assists either Yuri or Natsuki with their tasks,
Doki_Doki_Literature_Club!
Protagonist of the manga series Naruto
Hepburn: Uzumaki Naruto) (/ˈnɑːrutoʊ/) is the titular character and main protagonist of the manga series Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto. He is a ninja
Naruto_Uzumaki
Japanese manga series by Konkici
events unfolding. Protagonist (主人公, Shujinko) Voiced by: Yoshiki Nakajima (drama CD) Portrayed by: Atsuhiro Inukai The unnamed protagonist designates himself
A Man Who Defies the World of BL
A_Man_Who_Defies_the_World_of_BL
Fictional character on the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother"
Theodore Evelyn Mosby is a fictional character and the protagonist in the American sitcom How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Josh Radnor. He serves as
Ted_Mosby
Protagonist of The Thing (1982 film)
R. J. MacReady, also known as Mac, is the protagonist of the 1982 science fiction horror film The Thing. He is portrayed by Kurt Russell. R. J. MacReady
R._J._MacReady
Short story by Jack London
story is less well known. The 1908 version is about an unnamed male protagonist who ventures out in the subzero boreal forest of the Yukon Territory
To_Build_a_Fire
Narrative device used in literature
abandons strict linear time to record the internal consciousness of the protagonist. Because of his renunciation of chronology in favor of free association
Stream_of_consciousness
2002 novel by Jeffrey Eugenides
observations of his Greek heritage. It is not an autobiography; unlike the protagonist, Eugenides is not intersex. The author decided to write Middlesex after
Middlesex_(novel)
2012 video game
wiped out most of humanity and reduced cities to rubble. The unnamed protagonist returns to his home in the fictional city of Haventon looking for his
I_Am_Alive
Psychotherapeutic technique
is a psychotherapeutic technique in psychodrama that demonstrates a protagonist's intrapersonal conflicts deeply and explicitly on the stage. This technique
Role_reversal
American actor (born 1971)
role as Sang Min in Hawaii Five-0, played the original body of series protagonist Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon, appeared as Marvelous Man in The Guardians
Will_Yun_Lee
Literary element
This setup is often called the exposition. Later in the first act, the protagonist experiences a dynamic event known as the inciting incident (or catalyst)
Story_structure
Protagonist of the SpongeBob SquarePants animated series
SpongeBob SquarePants is a fictional character and the titular main protagonist of the Nickelodeon animated television series of the same name. He is
SpongeBob SquarePants (character)
SpongeBob_SquarePants_(character)
2016 video game
Persona 3 and 4. DLC adding additional battles against the protagonist of Persona 3 and protagonist of Persona 4 was released. All DLC from the original game
Persona_5
Protagonist of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment
Раскольниковъ, IPA: [rədʲɪˈon rɐˈmanəvʲɪtɕ rɐˈskolʲnʲɪkəf]) is the fictional protagonist of the 1866 novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The name
Rodion_Raskolnikov
Protagonist of the Shogun novel
Blackthorne, also known as Anjin (按針; lit. "Pilot", "Steuermann"), is the protagonist of James Clavell's 1975 novel Shōgun. The character is loosely based
John_Blackthorne
Story plot device
villains. North by Northwest's MacGuffin is nothing that motivates the protagonist; Roger Thornhill's objective is to extricate himself from the predicament
MacGuffin
Type of fictional character
an antihero is the focal point of conflict in a story, whether as the protagonist or as the antagonistic force. This is due to the antihero's engagement
Antihero
Process of dynamic characters' transformation
to describe the sweeping change. In most stories, lead characters and protagonists are the characters most likely to experience character arcs, although
Character_arc
Indian actor (1939–2020)
(1994) and directed the film Soorma Bhopali, with his character as the protagonist. Sayeed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffrey, later known as Jagdeep, was born into
Jagdeep
Protagonist of the Pokémon anime
Freak, and Creatures. He was the protagonist of the Pokémon anime for the first 25 seasons, as well as the protagonist of several manga series. In Japanese
Ash_Ketchum
Protagonist of The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne is the protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter. She is portrayed as a woman condemned by her Puritan neighbors
Hester_Prynne
Video game character
Duke Nukem is a fictional character and protagonist of the Duke Nukem video game series. The character first appeared in the 1991 video game Duke Nukem
Duke_Nukem_(character)
2023 video game
shortly before the Three Kingdoms period, the plot follows an unnamed protagonist who battles historical characters and Chinese mythological creatures
Wo_Long:_Fallen_Dynasty
Novel written as a series of letters
that fall into the wrong hands, faked letters, or letters withheld by protagonists. The epistolary novel as a genre became popular in the 18th century in
Epistolary_novel
Subgenre of Japanese media
with the advent of dating simulator games. The genre often features a protagonist who is surrounded by three or more suitors, love interests and/or sexual
Harem_(genre)
2021 video game
The protagonist is mortally wounded by Lahmu, but Tao sacrifices herself to revive the protagonist, who then kills Lahmu and Sahori. The protagonist then
Shin_Megami_Tensei_V
Film by Luca Guadagnino
The Protagonists is a 1999 Italian crime thriller film written and directed by Luca Guadagnino in his directorial debut. It stars Tilda Swinton and Fabrizia
The_Protagonists_(1999_film)
PROTAGONIST
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Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
One whose Faith in God is Steadfast
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Muslim, Telugu, Turkish
Elevating; Elevation
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon and Cornwall)
English (Devon and Cornwall) : probably a variant of Rundell.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Beauty of Nature; Goddess Parvati / Lakshmi
Boy/Male
African, Hindu, Indian, Muslim
Good Boy
Boy/Male
Slavic
In Catholic writings Dimas is the compassionate thief who died with Jesus.
Male
French
Perhaps a French form of Gaelic Ailpein, ALBAIN means "white."Â
Male
Greek
(ΒαÏαββᾶς) Greek form of Aramaic bar-Abba, BARABBAS means "son of the father." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of a captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ.
Male
Hebrew
(דְּלָיָהוּ) Variant form of Hebrew Delayah, DELAYAHU means "God has drawn."
Boy/Male
Danish, German, Slavic, Swedish
Great Glory; Glorious Garland
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n.
One who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who takes lead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the like.