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1319:Dragonslayer
1268:Black knight
1236:Seme and uke
1218:Mountain man
1208:Noble savage
1103:Wise old man
924:Magical girl
896:Femme fatale
873:Loathly lady
828:Monster girl
673:Nazi zombies
648:Monster girl
615:Supervillain
577:Double agent
550:Antivillains
504:Space pirate
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348:Byronic hero
330:Youngest son
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957:Valley girl
919:Jungle girl
891:Dragon Lady
868:La Ruffiana
813:Loosu ponnu
735:Il Capitano
358:Tragic hero
310:Legacy hero
285:Action hero
133:character.
113:fairy tales
49:upper-class
37:lower-class
1434:Categories
1395:Town drunk
1344:Innamorati
1044:Final girl
1026:Gamer girl
729:Il Dottore
701:Folk devil
643:Killer toy
638:Evil clown
558:False hero
499:Air pirate
461:Pulcinella
165:References
86:Perrault's
53:New Comedy
1405:Truck-kun
1309:Barbarian
1243:Otokonoko
1196:Primitive
1072:Harlequin
1063:Masculine
1018:Geek girl
1003:Columbina
939:Queen bee
725:Pantalone
696:Archenemy
605:Dark lord
587:Terrorist
582:Evil twin
453:Brighella
449:Harlequin
427:Trickster
374:Cyberhero
353:Man alone
325:Superhero
300:Folk hero
245:Archetype
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1380:Sidekick
1370:Redshirt
1365:Pop icon
1182:BishÅnen
1154:Nice guy
901:Tsundere
853:Cat lady
773:Feminine
663:Vampires
653:Skeleton
625:Monsters
541:Villains
340:Antihero
295:Everyman
138:Morgiana
69:gracioso
1263:Pachuco
1255:Bad boy
1213:Caveman
1080:Pierrot
985:Laotong
980:Class S
823:Catgirl
808:Ingénue
788:BishÅjo
721:Vecchio
668:Zombies
484:Bad boy
465:Pierrot
459:,
457:Scapino
455:,
451:,
320:Paladin
1294:Others
929:Virago
691:Alazon
494:Pirate
476:Outlaw
400:Rogues
270:Heroes
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98:Figaro
90:Jeeves
45:lovers
1324:Donor
1314:Clown
1129:Himbo
1117:Young
858:Crone
716:Miser
684:Other
515:Other
445:Zanni
367:Other
131:eiron
74:zanni
31:is a
1329:Fool
1228:LGBT
1144:Jock
1139:Jack
972:LGBT
727:and
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569:mole
567:The
527:Rake
422:Jack
240:List
187:ISBN
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