Character
Headliner
Headliner noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.
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- Degrassi: The Next Generation did this with Marco, a relatively minor character at the time, who really became a headliner after he came out to the school.
Source: Gay Aesop -
Batman: The Brave and the Bold had an example with this trope's headliner image character, Metamorpho.
Source: Shapeshifting Squick -
However, the focus tends to be centralized on individuals whose SRW plot is primarily the headliner; if one character looks Static in one game, chances are they already developed in a prior title.
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Headliner and Character. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/character/headliner
Character & Headliner. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/character/headliner>.
Headliner or Character. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/character/headliner.
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