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These characters are not to be confused with '''[[:Category:Byronic Heroes|byronic heroes]]''', who are charismatic characters with strong passions and beliefs, yet are nonetheless deeply flawed individuals. |
These characters are not to be confused with '''[[:Category:Byronic Heroes|byronic heroes]]''', who are charismatic characters with strong passions and beliefs, yet are nonetheless deeply flawed individuals. |
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Revision as of 15:50, 2 March 2017
“ | It's not her fault. She's programmed with the most tragic back-story ever. | „ |
~ Kohut on Sergeant Calhoun |
The tragic heroes are part of a longstanding literary concept; these are characters with fatal flaw (like pride, for example) who is doomed to fail in search of their goals despite their best efforts or good intentions.
They are often not in full control of their actions/emotions and hence the reader/viewer can sympathize with them due to them not being alone by choice, but rather by them being (for the most part) a victim of circumstance. In an common breeder, these misfortunes can also cause these heroes to lose everyone they love and/or have every dream unfulfilled and broken is the most realistic way to turn a God Amongst Men into a pathetic crying wreck. In fact, they suffer from many parts including:
- The hero perseveres over the trials of life, rises above it and becomes a better person for it all. This tragic hero is the Iron Woobie.
- The protagonist throws off his hero mantle, tramples it, and in a cold rush of unrelenting cynicism becomes a villain just as bad, if not worse, than the antagonist. This tragic hero is the Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds.
- The hero curls into a figurative or literal catatonic ball in a cold dark corner, then proceeds to give up on life and the world. This tragic hero is the part of Despair Event Horizon.
- The character goes out in a blaze of bloodthirsty rage realizing that the best way out is by taking it out on everyone. This tragic hero is part of Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
- The character loses their sense of idealism, but not their morality. Most Anti Heroes who started out as an Ideal Hero are Type E. This hero is the Knight in Sour Armor.
- An rarest type: this character just shrug their shoulders at the Deus Angst Machina. No lessons are learned nor does the character behave differently. All that's changed is that the character now sleeps in a cardboard box and eats out of dumpsters. This tragic hero has a dissonant serenity even in the most dire of situations.
- Somewhere between the Despair Event Horizon and unbreakable resolve of the Iron Woobie is a common middle ground, where the survivor is clearly damaged by the ordeal, but is not lost completely or rendered insane (and thus has hope of recovery to Type A). This tragic hero is the Woobie.
These characters are not to be confused with byronic heroes, who are charismatic characters with strong passions and beliefs, yet are nonetheless deeply flawed individuals.
This term has been taken from TV tropes. For more information, see the original article.
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- A (Alphabet Lore)
- A.C. Eos
- A.R.O.N.A
- A2
- AA2153
- AAARRRGGHH!!!
- Aang (Avatar)
- Aang (Netflix)
- Aanya
- Aaron (The Little Drummer Boy)
- Aaron Cash (Arkhamverse)
- Aaron Dingle
- Aaron Herres
- Aaron Hotchner
- Aaron Pittman
- Aatami Korpi
- Aayla Secura
- Abbie Mills
- Abby (Let Me In)
- Abby Anderson
- Abby Griffin
- Abby Mills
- Abby Schmidt
- Abe (Oddworld)
- Abed Nadir
- Abel Nightroad
- Abi Franklin
- Abigail Jones
- Abigail Lincoln
- Abigail Roberts
- Abigail Stone
- Abigail Walker
- Abraham Erskine
- Abraham Ford
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- Abraham Simpson
- Abraham Tower
- Abraham Van Helsing (Bram Stoker)
- Acacia
- Accelerator
- Ace (DC League of Super-Pets)
- Ace (Doctor Who)
- Ace Operatives
- Ace the Bat-Hound
- Ace Yu
- Acht
- Acid
- Ada & Eva
- Adaline Pratt
- Adalman
- Adam "Kane" Marcus
- Adam (The Hollow)
- Adam (theology)
- Adam (Waxworks)
- Adam Barlow
- Adam Clay (The Beekeeper)
- Adam Davenport
- Adam Francis
- Adam Goldberg
- Adam Heffner
- Adam Jensen
- Adam Kent
- Adam Milligan
- Adam Murray
- Adam Newman
- Adam Park
- Adam Stanheight
- Adam Strange
- Adam Warlock (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Adam Warlock (Marvel)
- Add (Elsword)
- Adelaide Wilson
- Adelheid Bernstein
- Adelina Fortnight
- Admiral Bobbery
- Admiral Dane
- Adon
- Adonis (The Kingdom of Ruin)
- Adonis Johnson Creed
- Adorabat
- Adrian Monk
- Adriana Penn (Daybreak)
- Adu Du
- Aegon V Targaryen
- Aelita Schaeffer
- Aerie
- Aerith Gainsborough
- Afro Samurai
- Ageha Yoshina
- Agent 47
- Agent 8
- Agent Bishop (TMNT 2003)
- Agent G
- Agent J
- Agent Kallus
- Agent Kramer
- Agent Olive
- Agnes Brown
- Agnes Jurati
- Agnese Sanctis
- Agni
- Agnès Oblige
- Agâh Beyoglu
- Ahlbi Ur'gaid
- Ahri
- Ahsoka Tano
- Ai (VRAINS)
- Ai Hoshino
- Ai Kamiyo
- Ai Mie
- Ai Ohto
- Ai Otori
- Aichi Sendou
- Aiden Caldwell
- Aiden Pearce
- Aigis
- Aila Jyrkiäinen
- Aina
- Aina Sahalin
- Air Bud
- Aira Blanc Neige Galdinius
- Airazor (Transformers Reboot Films)
- Aisha (Winx Club)
- Aisha Clanclan
- Aisling
- Aja Tarron
- Ajak (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Ajax (Genshin Impact)
- Ajay Ghale
- Akama
- Akame (Akame ga Kill!)
- Akane Awakusu
- Akane Hiyama
- Akane Nishino
- Akane Owari
- Akane Tsunemori
- Akari (Hello? Hell...o?)
- Akari Akaza
- Akari Watanabe
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- Akatsuki (Log Horizon)
- Akeno Himejima
- Akeno Misaki
- Aki Hayakawa
- Aki Ross
- Akiha Tohno
- Akihiko Sanada
- Akihiro Altland
- Akihisa Yoshii
- Akiho Senomiya
- Akiho Shinomoto
- Akiko Yosano
- Akima Kunimoto
- Akio Fudo
- Akira Mado
- Akira Miyamoto
- Akira Nishikiyama
- Akira Renbokoji
- Akira Tachibana
- Akira Tadokoro
- Akira Tendou
- Akito Hayama
- Akito Hyuga
- Akito Sohma
- Akiyu
- Akiyuki Takehara
- Akiza Izinski
- Ako Shirabe
- Akua Aino
- Akuma
- Al Bundy
- Aladar
- Aladdin (2019)
- Aladdin (Disney)
- Aladdin (Magi)
- Alador Blight
- Alain (Kamen Rider Ghost)
- Alakshmi Verma
- Alan Harper
- Alan Keane
- Alan Parrish
- Alan Partridge
- Alan Schaefer
- Alan Wake
- Alantutorial
- Alastor (Shakugan no Shana)
- Alastor Moody
- Alatus