RE: All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XIX
03-01-2021, 08:53 AM (This post was last modified: 03-01-2021, 08:54 AM by Bob Schroeck.)
03-01-2021, 08:53 AM (This post was last modified: 03-01-2021, 08:54 AM by Bob Schroeck.)
(02-28-2021, 03:10 PM)robkelk Wrote: Changing gears... Do we have a trope for this? Or, for that matter, is there an industry-standard name for this?
A main supporting character has a plot arc that mirrors but doesn't duplicate the plot arc that the protagonist goes through during the work.
Example: Girls und Panzer, where Hana's plotline about her relationship with her mother mirrors Miho's plotline about her relationship with her mother.
You came across it while adding your new "plot threads" category -- which was the only reason I found it: Plot Parallel.
EDIT: Never mind, I just saw that you had realized this when you did.
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I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....