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1631:White savior
1601:Straight man
1535:Dragonslayer
1484:Black knight
1452:Seme and uke
1434:Mountain man
1424:Noble savage
1319:Wise old man
1140:Magical girl
1112:Femme fatale
1089:Loathly lady
1044:Monster girl
889:Nazi zombies
864:Monster girl
831:Supervillain
793:Double agent
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766:Antivillains
720:Space pirate
653:Tricky slave
600:Space marine
564:Byronic hero
546:Youngest son
494:Classic hero
405:The Folktale
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1671:ATU 460-499
1666:ATU 400-459
1576:Mole people
1419:Feral child
1301:Scaramouche
1173:Valley girl
1135:Jungle girl
1107:Dragon Lady
1084:La Ruffiana
1029:Loosu ponnu
951:Il Capitano
574:Tragic hero
526:Legacy hero
501:Action hero
143:Bushy Bride
133:type 403A,
105:Maid Maleen
37:fairy tales
1676:False hero
1650:Categories
1611:Town drunk
1560:Innamorati
1260:Final girl
1242:Gamer girl
945:Il Dottore
917:Folk devil
859:Killer toy
854:Evil clown
774:False hero
715:Air pirate
677:Pulcinella
308:Lüthi, Max
217:References
74:Cinderella
29:false hero
1621:Truck-kun
1525:Barbarian
1459:Otokonoko
1412:Primitive
1288:Harlequin
1279:Masculine
1234:Geek girl
1219:Columbina
1155:Queen bee
941:Pantalone
912:Archenemy
821:Dark lord
803:Terrorist
798:Evil twin
669:Brighella
665:Harlequin
643:Trickster
590:Cyberhero
569:Man alone
541:Superhero
516:Folk hero
461:Archetype
1606:Tokenism
1596:Sidekick
1586:Redshirt
1581:Pop icon
1398:Bishōnen
1370:Nice guy
1117:Tsundere
1069:Cat lady
989:Feminine
879:Vampires
869:Skeleton
841:Monsters
757:Villains
556:Antihero
511:Everyman
310:(1970).
206:Antihero
184:See also
1479:Pachuco
1471:Bad boy
1429:Caveman
1296:Pierrot
1201:Laotong
1196:Class S
1039:Catgirl
1024:Ingénue
1004:Bishōjo
937:Vecchio
884:Zombies
700:Bad boy
681:Pierrot
675:,
673:Scapino
671:,
667:,
536:Paladin
153:" and "
141:" and "
41:ballads
1661:Heroes
1510:Others
1145:Virago
907:Alazon
710:Pirate
692:Outlaw
616:Rogues
486:Heroes
383:
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125:" or "
53:Traits
1540:Donor
1530:Clown
1345:Himbo
1333:Young
1074:Crone
932:Miser
900:Other
731:Other
661:Zanni
583:Other
31:is a
1545:Fool
1444:LGBT
1360:Jock
1355:Jack
1188:LGBT
943:and
922:Igor
785:mole
783:The
743:Rake
638:Jack
456:List
381:ISBN
356:ISBN
331:ISBN
288:ISBN
263:ISBN
235:ISBN
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27:The
1061:Hag
157:".
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