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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
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
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
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
Protagonist Italy (Italia Protagonista) is a national conservative foundation and think tank connected to Forza Italia (formerly PdL), a political party
Protagonist_Italy
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Hades protagonist
help reach a consensus. › Zagreus is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the 2020 video game Hades. He is based on the mythological figure
Zagreus_(Hades)
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
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 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
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
Community or society that is undesirable or frightening
a fear of the outside world. In the film What Happened to Monday the protagonists (identical septuplet sisters) risk their lives by taking turns onto the
Dystopia
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 a classic German legend
Faust (/faʊst/ FOWST; German: [faʊst] ) is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (c. 1480–1540). The erudite
Faust
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
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
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)
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)
English post-punk band
at No. 87 the next week. The band released their third studio album Protagonists on 31 March 2023, playing The O2 Ritz in Manchester, England as the headline
Ist_Ist
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)
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
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)
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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 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)
2026 video game
Resurgence. The Protagonist wakes up in the company of Revenant Lou MagMell with no memory of how they got there. Lou explains that the Protagonist was a Revenant
Code_Vein_II
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)
Japanese cyberpunk media franchise
counter-cyberterrorist organization Public Security Section 9, led by protagonist Major Motoko Kusanagi. Animation studio Production I.G has produced several
Ghost_in_the_Shell
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
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
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
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 in Star Wars
a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He is the playable protagonist of the Star Wars Jedi game series which includes the 2019 video game
Cal_Kestis
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
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
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)
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
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
Mortal Kombat character
Liu Kang (Chinese: 劉康) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm
Liu_Kang
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)
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
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
Cancelled video game
Del Toro, along with Norman Reedus as the voice and appearance of its protagonist. The game's development was questioned due to rumors surrounding Kojima's
Silent_Hills
Crime films with cynical atmosphere
organized crime, redemption, cynicism, and tragedy. Common archetypical protagonists include a private investigator (The Big Sleep), a plainclothes police
Film_noir
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
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
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
Shooter video game genre
gun-shaped controller at a screen. Light-gun shooters revolve around the protagonist shooting virtual targets, either antagonists or inanimate objects, and
Light-gun_shooter
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
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
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
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
British actor (born 1980)
the 2007 biographical film Control about the life of Ian Curtis, as protagonist Sal Paradise in the 2012 adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel On the
Sam_Riley
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)
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
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
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Girl/Female
Cornish American English
Fair and yielding.
Female
Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of English Jessica, IEKIKA means "one who beholds" or "one who looks out."
Girl/Female
Greek American Italian Spanish
Reap; from Therasia.
Boy/Male
Muslim
{h}name of Ganesh, {m}fire
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Pakistani
Honest; Good Looking; Handsome; Graceful
Boy/Male
Sikh
One absorbed in truth
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
The Moon
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lotus flower
Boy/Male
Indian
Giving
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Swedish, Ukrainian
To Tame
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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.