Role added by connieblackwood on August 29, 2023
While there is the Composite Character, which combines multiple roles into one, this trope is the opposite where there might be a benefit to divide a character to serve different roles. It is a logistical issue, perhaps events are split into different locations in the adaptation and forcing a second character to step up. Maybe there is an attempt to avoid an Omnidisciplinary Scientist by including a full staff working a problem. It can also be a need for Cast Speciation, passing around specific traits to other characters to give them more to do.
Fan Casting
Decomposite Characters
The Archdeacon
Hiro Hamada
Tadashi Hamada
Claude Frollo
Rainbow Dash
Rarity
Kludd
Metal Beak
Mike Schmidt
Ultron (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Yellowjacket (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Thor (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Donald Blake (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Baxter Stockman (TMNT: Mutant Mayhem)
Alvin the Treacherous
The Crows
Dandy Crow
Deacon Crow
Dopey Crow
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