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999:Il Capitano
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574:Legacy hero
549:Action hero
172:would be a
1698:Categories
1659:Town drunk
1608:Innamorati
1308:Final girl
1290:Gamer girl
993:Il Dottore
965:Folk devil
907:Killer toy
902:Evil clown
822:False hero
763:Air pirate
725:Pulcinella
361:Ecofiction
322:Devolution
223:References
170:Doctor Who
165:Doctor Who
146:March 2024
115:irrelevant
53:convention
1669:Truck-kun
1573:Barbarian
1507:Otokonoko
1460:Primitive
1336:Harlequin
1327:Masculine
1282:Geek girl
1267:Columbina
1203:Queen bee
989:Pantalone
960:Archenemy
869:Dark lord
851:Terrorist
846:Evil twin
717:Brighella
713:Harlequin
691:Trickster
638:Cyberhero
617:Man alone
589:Superhero
564:Folk hero
509:Archetype
217:Insectoid
180:. Writer
130:citations
76:contactee
1654:Tokenism
1644:Sidekick
1634:Redshirt
1629:Pop icon
1446:BishĹŤnen
1418:Nice guy
1165:Tsundere
1117:Cat lady
1037:Feminine
927:Vampires
917:Skeleton
889:Monsters
805:Villains
604:Antihero
559:Everyman
211:See also
134:reliable
80:abductee
1527:Pachuco
1519:Bad boy
1477:Caveman
1344:Pierrot
1249:Laotong
1244:Class S
1087:Catgirl
1072:Ingénue
1052:BishĹŤjo
985:Vecchio
932:Zombies
748:Bad boy
729:Pierrot
723:,
721:Scapino
719:,
715:,
584:Paladin
429:Related
418:Triffid
88:clichés
74:In the
59:genre.
55:of the
1558:Others
1193:Virago
955:Alazon
758:Pirate
740:Outlaw
664:Rogues
534:Heroes
246:
160:Daleks
39:, 1951
1588:Donor
1578:Clown
1393:Himbo
1381:Young
1122:Crone
980:Miser
948:Other
779:Other
709:Zanni
631:Other
162:from
1593:Fool
1492:LGBT
1408:Jock
1403:Jack
1236:LGBT
991:and
970:Igor
833:mole
831:The
791:Rake
686:Jack
504:List
244:ISBN
198:In "
187:In "
158:The
136:and
43:The
1109:Hag
191:",
132:to
49:BEM
27:'s
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995:)
731:)
485:e
478:t
471:v
295:e
288:t
281:v
252:.
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