- ANTIHERO
- Unlikely protagonist
- Protagonist with likability issues
- Yossarian in "Catch-22", e.g.
- Mr. Hyde, for one
- Nontraditional protagonist
- Unexpected protagonist
- Harrison Ford on film, often
- Dirty Harry or Cool Hand Luke
- Dirty Harry or Tony Soprano
- Cool Hand Luke, for one
- Willy Loman, for one
- Captain Jack Sparrow, e.g.
- Jay Gatsby, for one
- Film noir protagonist
- Bad guy you root for
- Dirty Harry, notably
- Mad Max or Dirty Harry
- Tony Soprano, for one
- Walter White on "Breaking Bad," for one
- Clark Kent, for one
- Flawed protagonist
- Questionable lead
- Uncourageous protagonist
- Jay Gatsby, notably
- Unlikable principal
- Dubious protagonist
- Unlikable protagonist
- Leopold Bloom, e.g.
- Pop character of the current scene.
- Drama character
- Literary nonachiever
- Protagonist in fiction
- Protagonist of a sort
- Don Quixote or Leopold Bloom
- Lucky Jim, for one
- Either lead in "Easy Rider," e.g.
- Dirty Harry, e.g.
- Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment," e.g.
- See 9-Down
- Gordon Gekko or Rooster Cogburn
- Many a Clint Eastwood role
- It must be exhausting always rooting for the ___ (Taylor Swift lyric)
- 2022 #1 hit for Taylor Swift
- Lisbeth Salander in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," for one
- Atypical protagonist
- Character lacking courage
- Central character such as Walter White
- Catwoman or Harley Quinn, e.g.
- Protagonist with questionable morals
- Protagonist found lacking
- Unworthy protagonist
- Shady character, perhaps
- John Wick, e.g.
