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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
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)
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
Video game characters
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
Der Protagonist (The Protagonist) is an opera in one act by Kurt Weill, his Op. 15. The German libretto was written by Georg Kaiser based on his own play
Der_Protagonist
Fictional character from the Doom franchise
Doomguy, also known as the Doom Slayer, is the protagonist of the Doom franchise by id Software. He was created by American video game designer John Romero
Doomguy
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Protagonist Italy (Italia Protagonista) is a national conservative foundation and think tank connected to Forza Italia (formerly PdL), a political party
Protagonist_Italy
Hades protagonist
</noinclude> 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
Zagreus_(Hades)
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
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
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
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
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
2016 video game
codename Joker. After being framed for assault and put on probation, the protagonist relocates to the fictional neighborhood Yongen-Jaya and transfers to
Persona_5
American 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)
Protagonist of the SpongeBob SquarePants animated series
SpongeBob SquarePants is the main character and the titular main protagonist of the Nickelodeon animated television series of the same name. He is characterized
SpongeBob SquarePants (character)
SpongeBob_SquarePants_(character)
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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
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 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
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
Persona 5 character
Hepburn: Jōkā) is the codename of Ren Amamiya (雨宮 蓮, Amamiya Ren), the main protagonist of Persona 5, a 2016 role-playing video game owned by Sega subsidiary
Joker_(Persona)
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)
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
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
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)
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
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 from American Psycho
fictional character created by novelist Bret Easton Ellis. He is the villain protagonist and unreliable narrator of Ellis's 1991 novel American Psycho and is
Patrick_Bateman
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Final Fantasy IV protagonist
Cecil Harvey (Japanese: セシル・ハーヴィ, Hepburn: Seshiru Hāvi) is the protagonist of the 1991 video game Final Fantasy IV. He is a Dark Knight, and spends much
Cecil_Harvey
Adult erotic video game and dating simulator
to pay up. Post funeral condolences and a brief visit by police, The Protagonist and his foster family are approached by Dmitri and Igor, members of the
Summertime_Saga
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
Fictional character
fictional character and the protagonist in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island. He is both the protagonist and the main narrator of the
Jim_Hawkins_(character)
Final Fantasy VII character
VII, a metaseries set in the Final Fantasy VII continuity. He is the protagonist of the 2006 third-person shooter Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
Vincent_Valentine
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
Protagonist of Stranger Things
Eleven or "El" (born June 7, 1971), is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Netflix science fiction horror television series Stranger Things
Eleven_(Stranger_Things)
Film genre based on revenge theme
The vigilante film is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists engage in vigilante behavior, taking the law into their own hands. Vigilante
Vigilante_film
Protagonist of Cyberpunk 2077
V is a customizable character and the playable protagonist of the 2020 action role-playing game Cyberpunk 2077 developed by the Polish video game studio
V_(Cyberpunk_2077)
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
Sudden turn of events averting disaster
eucatastrophe is a sudden turn of events in a story which ensures that the protagonist does not meet some terrible, impending, and plausible and probable doom
Eucatastrophe
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
Fictional character in the Dishonored series
and the main protagonist of Arkane Studios' Dishonored series. He is the lead protagonist in Dishonored, one of two playable protagonists in Dishonored
Corvo_Attano
2001 video game
many of the antagonists and allies change throughout the game, as the protagonists discover a world-shaking conspiracy constructed by a powerful organization
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal_Gear_Solid_2:_Sons_of_Liberty
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
Protagonist of Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo
(pronounced [ɛdmɔ̃ dɑ̃tɛs]) is a title character, Byronic hero and the protagonist of Alexandre Dumas's 1844 adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
Edmond_Dantès
Fictional character and protagonist of the Dragon Ball series
Son Goku is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is based on Sun Wukong (known
Goku
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
1995 role-playing video game
into the body of Summoner Kyouji Kuzunoha. Now in Kuzunoha's body, the protagonist must investigate the appearance of demons in the town and the activities
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Shin_Megami_Tensei:_Devil_Summoner
Character in Gears of War video game
Marcus Michael Fenix is a fictional character and the primary protagonist from the first three games in the Gears of War video game series. He first appeared
Marcus_Fenix
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
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
Title character and the protagonist of the Kung Fu Panda franchise
(born Li Lotus) is a fictional character and the title character and protagonist of the Kung Fu Panda franchise, which is produced by DreamWorks Animation
Po_(Kung_Fu_Panda)
2014 American film by Dan Gilroy
narrative possibilities surrounding the stringer profession. He wrote the protagonist as an antihero, based on the ideas of unemployment and capitalism; a
Nightcrawler_(film)
2009 role-playing game
and threatens to engulf the world. Players take control of an unnamed protagonist, navigating the environments of the Schwarzwelt in first-person. Combat
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Shin_Megami_Tensei:_Strange_Journey
Fictional character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Adventure, written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Jonathan is the main protagonist of the series' first story arc, Phantom Blood. Manga author Hirohiko
Jonathan_Joestar
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
Written and visual fiction genre
built up when the reader wishes to know how the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or the solution to a mystery of
Action_fiction
Stock character in literary works
heroic protagonist stock character who is skilled in swordsmanship, acrobatics, and guile, and possesses chivalrous ideals. Swashbuckler protagonists are
Swashbuckler
Narrative technique
based on how they are executed. Anagnorisis, or discovery, is the protagonist's sudden recognition of their own or another character's true identity
Plot_twist
Interjected scene that takes a narrative forward in time
period is Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, in which the protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge is shown the future following his death. The subsequent
Flashforward
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
Fictional character from Money Heist
Netflix series Money Heist, portrayed by Úrsula Corberó. The de facto protagonist of the series, she is the narrator and a runaway robber who is scouted
Tokyo_(Money_Heist)
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
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
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)
Fictional main character from the 2012 film Brave
Merida, Princess of DunBroch is the main protagonist of the 2012 Disney/Pixar film Brave (2012). Voiced by Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald, Merida was
Merida_(Brave)
Fictional cat and Garfield protagonist
Garfield is a fictional American cat and the protagonist of the comic strip of the same name, created by Jim Davis. Garfield is portrayed as a lazy, fat
Garfield_(character)
Protagonist in Final Fantasy VI
Japanese media, is a character in the Final Fantasy series and the main protagonist of Final Fantasy VI. Kazuko Shibuya designed her and made her in-game
Terra_Branford
1984 song by Joe Esposito
Championships montage in the 1984 movie The Karate Kid in which the protagonist, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), proves to be a surprisingly formidable
You're_the_Best
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!
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Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Mother of Isa
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English pyion, peion ‘young bird’, ‘young pigeon’ (from Old French pijon), a metonymic occupational name for a hunter of wood pigeons or a nickname for a foolish or gullible person, since the birds were easily taken.English : altered form of the nickname Pet(y)jon (see Pettyjohn).Irish (County Monaghan) : local form of McGuigan, from Gaelic Mac Uiginn ‘son of the Viking’.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Wise One; Expert; Adept
Boy/Male
Tamil
Mahaling | மஹாலீஂக
Shiva name
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Responsible
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name, a variant of Rye 1 and 2, with the addition of ‘man’.German (Raymann) and Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements rÄd ‘counsel’ + man ‘man’.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Rehmann.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Reinmann or central Yiddish raynman ‘pure man’.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Entertainer; Acrobat
Boy/Male
British, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Swiss
Supplanter; Replaces; He who Supplants; The Supplanter
Girl/Female
Indian, Sikh
Lovely
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Modern
Synonyms
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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.