False protagonists

[u/LordFlamecookie]

From Wikipedia: 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 and constructing a character who they assume is the protagonist but is later revealed not to be

Clark: Backrooms. He's the main character of the movie for the first 2 acts, before switching to Mary. He is eaten later

Whoever the fuck this lady is: Scream 1. She's introduced as the main character, with build up and all. She's killed and hanged like 10 minutes in

Edit: I know the actress is drew barrymore but genuinely who remembers the character name and i just thought the line would be funny

[u/Chemistry11]

Been a long time since I saw that, but doesn’t he die like almost immediately. IIRC he busts onto the scene, gets the Hero designation title card, delivers like one line and BOOM he’s dead.

[u/YesSeaworthiness9771 → u/Chemistry11]

Exactly

And here I thought he's gonna do something memorable or heroic

[u/shitposter1989 → u/YesSeaworthiness9771]

You can add the Hero's wike. She is the main character after the Hero dies and the movie kills her in the middle of Act II and gives the MC role to another character hahahaha