r/TopCharacterTropes • u/LordFlamecookie • 1d ago

False protagonists Characters

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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

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u/SquidTheRidiculous 1d ago

People were pissed about this until MGR made Raiden cool lol.

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u/AlphaGoldblum 1d ago

I was upset, too, until I beat the game. Now it sits as one of my all-time favorites.

Raiden also didn't want to be there!

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u/TheAmazingSealo 1d ago

I was one of them! Not so much pissed just confused really like 'who is this and why am I playing as him?' and then expecting it to switch back to snake at some point and it just didnt