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An alphabetical listing of heroes by type.
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- Damsels: A hero (usually a female) who is often placed in danger.
- Deal Makers: A hero who makes a deal with a hero or a villain.
- Death Gods: Deities in charge of guarding souls in the afterlife, guiding them there or other deathly duties which they execute with fairness and even kindness rather than cruelty.
- Deceased: Heroes that have died and have remained dead.
- Defectors: Heroes who originally worked for evil, but left when they realized they were on the wrong side.
- Deities: A hero who is a or considered a god.
- Demons: An infernal creature, normally a force for evil, some however chose to be a force for good.
- Determinators: Heroes who don't give up regardless of how hard the situation gets.
- Dimension Travelers: Heroes who travel between two or more dimensions.
- Dimwits: A hero who rarely (or never) uses their heads.
- Disciplinarians: A hero or heroes who instill discipline to those who act out or to those that are immature.
- Dissociative: Heroes who have or at least appear to have more than one personality.
- Doctors: A hero, who is trained in medicine or science and uses their skills to help people.
- Dragons: A fantasy monster who breathes fire and also portrayed as heroes in cartoons, movies, and video games.
- Dreaded: Heroes who are the most feared characters and also recognized as well as feared for their great skills and for their legendary achievements in their lives.
E[]
- Egalitarian: A hero who believes in (and often fights for) equality and freedom for all.
- Egotists: Heroes who are completely obsessed with themselves.
- Elderly: Heroes over the age of 60, who continue to do good.
- Elementals: A hero who can manipulate the elements.
- Elves: A hero who is an elf.
- Enforcers: Heroes who are designed to enforce rules or laws by any means necessary.
- Ensemble: Heroes who have inconsistent continuities often result in them possessing multiple roles and traits, leading to a diverse array of personalities and abilities.
- Envious: Heroes who are jealous over someone or something they don't have and will do anything to have it.
- Exorcists: A Hero who actively combats otherworldly evil trying to gain an anchor in the physical world. Such as Ghosts, Demons, etc.
- Extravagant: Heroes who live in excess, usually but not always, wealthy.
- Extremists: Anti-heroes who take extreme measures to accomplish their goals. Their goals are compared to the Knight Templar.
F[]
- Failure-Intolerant: A hero who will not expect a single loss to evil.
- Fairies: A hero who belongs to the class of magical beings called fairies.
- Fallen: A hero who has lost their way and potentially been corrupted.
- False Antagonist: A hero who initially appears to be antagonistic but turns out to be good.
- Falsely Accused: A hero who is accused of a crime they did not commit.
- Families: A group of family members who fight for the greater good.
- Famous: Heroes who are famed in their world for their virtues.
- Female: Heroes who are women or girls.
- Feminists: A hero who loves and respects women, and strongly believes in their rights.
- Ferals: A hero who lacks obvious intelligence, and acts animalistic.
- Fictional Fictional Heroes: A hero who is fictional in the world they are in.
- Fictionalized: A fictionalized version of a real life person depicted in literature & entertainment as a hero.
- Fighters: A hero skilled in hand to hand combat who uses their skills to fight evil.
- Foods: A hero who is composed of food.
- Force of Nature: A hero that embodies nature itself.
- Fortune Hunters: Heroes who possess the vice of greed, often as a main flaw.
- Fragmental: A hero who is the embodiment or fraction of other characters.
- Freedom Fighters: A hero who fights against oppression and for freedom.
- Friend of a Villain: A hero who is or was a friend of the villain, confrontations with the villain can be particularly hard because of this, but its also possible their friendship can sometimes redeem the villain.
Gallery[]
Princess Peach is a classic example of a Damsel.
Rapunzel is a good example of a Deal Maker.
Death is a heartwarming example of a Death God.
Bambi's Mother is a Deceased hero.
Paarthurnax is a Defector.
Raiden (Mortal Kombat) is the prime example of a Deity.
Rias Gremory is a powerful Demon.
Gon Freecss is a Determinator.
Will Byers is a Dimension Traveler.
Billy (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) is a best example of a Dimwit.
Kim Kaphwan is a Disciplinarian of Taekwondo.
Moon Knight is a Dissociative hero. In his case, he has three personalities.
Emu Hojo is a Doctor.
Spyro is a heroic Dragon.
Vash the Stampede is a Dreaded hero. In his case, he is the most feared outlaw on the planet Gunsmoke, and has a $60 billion bounty on his head.
Commander Shepard is an Egalitarian hero.
Johnny Bravo is an Egotist.
Max Tennyson is an Elderly hero.
Aang is a perfect example of an Elemental.
Ian Lightfoot is an Elf.
Officer Earl Devereaux is an Enforcer.
Loki Laufeyson is a good example of an Envious hero.
Allen Walker is a classic example of an Exorcist.
Rarity is an Extravagant heroine.
Rorschach is the prime example of an Extremist.
Vegeta is a Failure-Intolerant hero.
Tinker Bell is a Fairy.
Anakin Skywalker is a classic example of Fallen hero. In his case, he was secluded by the Dark Side of the Force and became Darth Vader.
Sirius Black is a great example of a False Antagonist.
Ballister Boldheart was a Falsely Accused hero.
Mario is a Famous hero in the Mushroom World.
Ellen Ripley is a classic female heroine.
Marina is a Feminist.
Wolverine is a Feral.
The Crimson Chin is a prime example of a Fictional Fictional hero. In his case, he is the superhero in the in-universe comic book series in The Fairly OddParents.
Jeanne d'Arc is the Fictionalized heroine.
Zero (Mega Man X) is a skilled Fighter.
Frank is a hero comprised of Food.
Godzilla is a Force of Nature.
Nami is a great example of a Fortune Hunter.
Piccolo is a Fragmental anti-hero.
Sonic the Hedgehog is a good example of a Freedom Fighter.
Anne Boonchuy is the Friend of a Villain, specifically with her (eventually redeemed) childhood friend Sasha Waybright.