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* Originally, [[TheCutie Big Bird]] was supposed to be the main character of the show Series/SesameStreet, and he was actually very popular at that era! However, when [[AllLovingHero Elmo]] became a character in show, he later became super famous around the early 1990s. Since then, the young red monster has become one of the most popular television characters among both children and adults.

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* Originally, [[TheCutie Big Bird]] was supposed to be the main character of the show Series/SesameStreet, ''Series/SesameStreet'', and he was actually very popular at that era! era. However, when [[AllLovingHero Elmo]] became a character in show, he later became super famous around the early 1990s. Since then, the young red monster has become one of the most popular television characters among both children and adults.
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** Samuel Vimes was originally intended to be a minor character in the City Watch sub-series, with Carrot being the major character. Suffice it to say, Samuel Vimes is likely only beaten by Death and the Librarian for the number of books he's in.

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** Samuel Vimes was originally intended to be a minor character in the first City Watch sub-series, book, with Carrot being the major character.character. Then Pratchett decided that Vimes was more interesting to write about and gave him a bigger role. Suffice it to say, Samuel Vimes is likely only beaten by Death and the Librarian for the number of books he's in.



* Abraham Van Helsing from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'': The second most iconic character from the book apart from Dracula himself. When someone says VampireHunter, Van Helsing is almost always the first name that comes to mind (even if that isn't the case originally). He and his "descendants" are depicted numerous times in various media, with or without Dracula. He even got his own movie loosely based on his character in ''Film/VanHelsing'', played Creator/HughJackman.

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* Abraham Van Helsing from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'': The second most iconic character from the book apart from Dracula himself. When someone says VampireHunter, Van Helsing is almost always the first name that comes to mind (even if that isn't (though in the case originally).original text, he's merely an exceptionally well-read medical professor who happens to know vampire folklore). He and his "descendants" are depicted numerous times in various media, with or without Dracula. He even got his own movie loosely based on his character in ''Film/VanHelsing'', played Creator/HughJackman.
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* Originally, [[TheCutie Big Bird]] was supposed to be the main character of the show Series/SesameStreet, and he was actually very popular at that era! However, when [[AllLovingHero Elmo]] became a character in show, he later became super famous around 1983. Since then, the baby monster has become one of the most popular television characters among both children and adults.

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* Originally, [[TheCutie Big Bird]] was supposed to be the main character of the show Series/SesameStreet, and he was actually very popular at that era! However, when [[AllLovingHero Elmo]] became a character in show, he later became super famous around 1983. the early 1990s. Since then, the baby young red monster has become one of the most popular television characters among both children and adults.
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* ''WebAnimation/SuperThings'' has Clowny, a webseries-created character and friend of Enigma, the then-main hero of the series. He would end up a fan favorite and pushed far more into the series, getting far more episodes, becoming a major role in the German audio plays, getting appearances in the educational books, and eventually being ported into the [[Toys/SuperThings toyline]] with a new color scheme.
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* Despite being a fairly obscure property, ''VisualNovel/FamicomDetectiveClub'' has Ayumi Tachibana, who started out as a major supporting character for the first two games, but eventually became the playable lead in the Satellaview-exclusive ''Lost Memories in the Snow''. As a result, she ended up making cameos in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' series instead of the nameless male protagonist.

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* Despite being a fairly obscure property, ''VisualNovel/FamicomDetectiveClub'' has Ayumi Tachibana, who started out as a major supporting character for the first two games, but eventually became the playable lead in the Satellaview-exclusive Platform/{{Satellaview}}-exclusive ''Lost Memories in the Snow''. As a result, she ended up making cameos in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' series instead of the nameless male protagonist.
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In the earlier years of the strips, Snoopy acted like an ordinary dog, and wasn't a key character. He took on a bigger role as the strip went on, primary around the mid-50's, becoming one of the lead characters and becoming one of the most iconic characters of the series, arguably even more than Charlie Brown.

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** In the earlier years of the strips, Snoopy acted like an ordinary dog, and wasn't a key character. He took on a bigger role as the strip went on, primary around the mid-50's, becoming one of the lead characters and becoming one of the most iconic characters of the series, arguably even more than Charlie Brown.
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* Originally, [[Main/TheCutie Big Bird]] was supposed to be the main character of the show Series/SesameStreet, and he was actually very popular at that era! However, when [[Main/AllLovingHero Elmo]] became a character in show, he later became super famous around 1983. Since then, the baby monster has become one of the most popular television characters among both children and adults.

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* Originally, [[Main/TheCutie [[TheCutie Big Bird]] was supposed to be the main character of the show Series/SesameStreet, and he was actually very popular at that era! However, when [[Main/AllLovingHero [[AllLovingHero Elmo]] became a character in show, he later became super famous around 1983. Since then, the baby monster has become one of the most popular television characters among both children and adults.
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*Originally, [[Main/TheCutie Big Bird]] was supposed to be the main character of the show Series/SesameStreet, and he was actually very popular at that era! However, when [[Main/AllLovingHero Elmo]] became a character in show, he later became super famous around 1983. Since then, the baby monster has become one of the most popular television characters among both children and adults.
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As this applies to the character, not the performer, RealityShow contestants are a [[Administrivia/RealLifeTroping special case]]. Many of these shows deliberately mix reality with fiction, creating a narrative and presenting contestants as characters. A contestant who gets a much larger role within the franchise for non-gameplay reasons may still qualify as a Breakout Character. A performer whose reality show appearance boosts their wider media career wouldn't qualify.
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* ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'' has the Thea Sisters, a quintet of fangirls who look up to Thea Silton and are adventurers in their own right. Originally, they started out as the secondary cast for a spin-off book Thea starred in, ''Thea Stilton and the Dragon's Code'', assisting her with a case. It didn't take long for follow-up books to be made entirely about them, with Thea simply [[FramingDevice chronicling their adventures instead]].

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* ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'' has the Thea Sisters, a quintet of fangirls who look up to Thea Silton and are adventurers in their own right. Originally, they started out as the secondary cast for a spin-off book Thea starred in, ''Thea Stilton and the Dragon's Code'', assisting her with a case. It didn't take long for follow-up books to be made entirely about them, with Thea simply [[FramingDevice chronicling their adventures instead]]. Played with in that Thea herself was popular enough to get the spin-off series from the start.

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* In the early ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strips, Snoopy acted like an ordinary dog, and wasn't a key character. He took on a bigger role as the strip went on, becoming one of the lead characters.

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In the early ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' earlier years of the strips, Snoopy acted like an ordinary dog, and wasn't a key character. He took on a bigger role as the strip went on, primary around the mid-50's, becoming one of the lead characters.characters and becoming one of the most iconic characters of the series, arguably even more than Charlie Brown.
** Peppermint Patty first appeared around 1966 but took on a major roles around the 70's, almost as much as Snoopy. Schulz once said he felt Peppermint Patty was his only character besides Charlie Brown who was 'strong' enough to carry a comic strip by herself.
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'''Morrigan:''' I know it's hard to believe, but (Demitri Maxioff) actually was the main character for a while. But now it's time to use our charm and wit, and deftly usurp the throne of protagonist!

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'''Morrigan:''' I know it's hard to believe, but (Demitri Maxioff) Maximoff) actually was the main character for a while. But now it's time to use our charm and wit, and deftly usurp the throne of protagonist!
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* ''Literature/JoePickett'': Nate is introduced as a suspect with a MysteriousPast, becomes Joe's closest friend and frequent sidekick, and eventually ends up having several books focus just as much on him as on Joe, if not moreso.

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* Abraham Van Helsing from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'': The second most iconic character from the book apart from Dracula himself. When someone says VampireHunter, Van Helsing is almost always the first name that comes to mind (even if that isn't the case originally). He and his "descendants" are depicted numerous times in various media, with or without Dracula. He even got his own movie loosely based on his character in ''Film/VanHelsing'', played Creator/HughJackman.


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* Abraham Van Helsing from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'': The second most iconic character from the book apart from Dracula himself. When someone says VampireHunter, Van Helsing is almost always the first name that comes to mind (even if that isn't the case originally). He and his "descendants" are depicted numerous times in various media, with or without Dracula. He even got his own movie loosely based on his character in ''Film/VanHelsing'', played Creator/HughJackman.
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* Abraham Van Helsing from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'': The second most iconic character from the book apart from Dracula himself. When someone says VampireHunter, Van Helsing is almost always the first name that comes to mind (even if that isn't the case originally). He and his "descendants" are depicted numerous times in various media, with or without Dracula. He even got his own movie loosely based on his character in ''Film/VanHelsing'', played Creator/HughJackman.
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* ''Literature/MacdonaldHall'': Bruno and Boots' {{Distaff Counterpart}}s Cathy and Diane and LovableNerd Elmer seem like a SatelliteCharacter duo and a rival guest character in the first book, but were quite popular and quickly end up being constantly involved in the remaining books' hijinks while often getting their own subplots.
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* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': Dr. Insano started as a one-off character in a [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall made-up "Previously On" montage]]. He was brought back in [[Creator/NoahAntwiler Spoony's]] ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' review series, and now he's one of the most popular and iconic characters among Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses' repertoire.

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* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': Dr. Insano started as a one-off character in a [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall made-up "Previously On" montage]]. He was brought back in [[Creator/NoahAntwiler Spoony's]] ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' review series, and now he's one of the most popular and iconic characters among Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses' Website/ChannelAwesome' repertoire.
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* Nico di Angelo from the ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'' quickly proved to be the breakout of the whole Franchise/{{Riordanverse}}. Originally a supporting character in the ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' series, his tragic storyline and interesting personality lead to him returning in ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', where he was given a bigger storyline about coming out as gay, became a POV character, and getting a boyfriend. This all eventually led to him getting his own standalone book centered around him, ''Literature/TheSunAndTheStarANicoDiAngeloAdventure''.
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%%** V2: Music/HatsuneMiku and the Character Vocals, with Gumi and Kamui Gakupo close behind. Miku also serves as this for the whole line, basically being the FaceOfTheBand and most heavily marketed out of all of them.

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%%** V2: Music/HatsuneMiku and the Character Vocals, with Gumi and Kamui Gakupo close behind. Miku also serves as this for the whole line, basically being the FaceOfTheBand SeriesMascot and most heavily marketed out of all of them.

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