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1612:Straight man
1546:Dragonslayer
1495:Black knight
1463:Seme and uke
1445:Mountain man
1435:Noble savage
1330:Wise old man
1151:Magical girl
1123:Femme fatale
1100:Loathly lady
1055:Monster girl
900:Nazi zombies
875:Monster girl
842:Supervillain
804:Double agent
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777:Antivillains
731:Space pirate
664:Tricky slave
611:Space marine
575:Byronic hero
557:Youngest son
505:Classic hero
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1677:ATU 400-459
1587:Mole people
1430:Feral child
1312:Scaramouche
1184:Valley girl
1146:Jungle girl
1118:Dragon Lady
1095:La Ruffiana
1040:Loosu ponnu
962:Il Capitano
585:Tragic hero
537:Legacy hero
512:Action hero
154:Bushy Bride
144:type 403A,
116:Maid Maleen
48:fairy tales
18:False bride
1687:False hero
1661:Categories
1622:Town drunk
1571:Innamorati
1271:Final girl
1253:Gamer girl
956:Il Dottore
928:Folk devil
870:Killer toy
865:Evil clown
785:False hero
726:Air pirate
688:Pulcinella
319:Lüthi, Max
228:References
85:Cinderella
40:false hero
1632:Truck-kun
1536:Barbarian
1470:Otokonoko
1423:Primitive
1299:Harlequin
1290:Masculine
1245:Geek girl
1230:Columbina
1166:Queen bee
952:Pantalone
923:Archenemy
832:Dark lord
814:Terrorist
809:Evil twin
680:Brighella
676:Harlequin
654:Trickster
601:Cyberhero
580:Man alone
552:Superhero
527:Folk hero
472:Archetype
1617:Tokenism
1607:Sidekick
1597:Redshirt
1592:Pop icon
1409:Bishōnen
1381:Nice guy
1128:Tsundere
1080:Cat lady
1000:Feminine
890:Vampires
880:Skeleton
852:Monsters
768:Villains
567:Antihero
522:Everyman
321:(1970).
217:Antihero
195:See also
1490:Pachuco
1482:Bad boy
1440:Caveman
1307:Pierrot
1212:Laotong
1207:Class S
1050:Catgirl
1035:Ingénue
1015:Bishōjo
948:Vecchio
895:Zombies
711:Bad boy
692:Pierrot
686:,
684:Scapino
682:,
678:,
547:Paladin
164:" and "
152:" and "
52:ballads
1672:Heroes
1521:Others
1156:Virago
918:Alazon
721:Pirate
703:Outlaw
627:Rogues
497:Heroes
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64:Traits
1551:Donor
1541:Clown
1356:Himbo
1344:Young
1085:Crone
943:Miser
911:Other
742:Other
672:Zanni
594:Other
42:is a
1556:Fool
1455:LGBT
1371:Jock
1366:Jack
1199:LGBT
954:and
933:Igor
796:mole
794:The
754:Rake
649:Jack
467:List
392:ISBN
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