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Story added by connieblackwood on July 25, 2022

There are roughly one-sh*t billion tropes so PLEASE look through them before adding one. Otherwise add what you like. ADDITION: PLEASE read through the trope description provided before submitting something. It's not a huge deal but too often people submit characters that don't fit just because they misinterpreted the title...read more

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Fan Casting Decoy Protagonist

Role added by eclipsestarling on August 19, 2023

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Description of Decoy Protagonist:

One reliable way to subvert the audience's expectations is to offer a Standardized Leader and then dispatch them just when everyone is convinced the story is going to be about them. This can be Played for Drama: there are few more effective ways to showcase Anyone Can Die than by taking out the apparent protagonist. (Plot Armor? What Plot Armor?) But it can also be Played for Laughs, revealing that the person who thought they were the protagonist was just a glorified bit player. Sometimes the Decoy Protagonist will even turn out to be the antagonist.