Just wondering. I just heard the term “anti-hero” today and I got curious.
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Written by Queen Kira about 2 years ago.
I suppose an example of an “anti-hero” might be Dustin Hoffman’s character in “Hero”, or John Travolta’s character in “Michael”. They are not intended to be a “hero”, and actually have opposite traits of what one would consider to be found in a “hero”. I don’t know if that’s the actual definition of “anti-hero”, but that’s probably how I’d define it.
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Written by soup about 2 years ago.
An anti-hero is a character who doesn’t have the typical traits of a hero but is still a protagonist. For example, the character could have very questionable morals, but you like the character and want to root for him anyway in spite of his faults and not-quite-heroic behavior. They’re commonly portrayed as a rebel.
Whereas a villain is someone who causes conflict for the hero or anti-hero, and is an antagonist.
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Written by Emmeline G about 2 years ago.
Anti-Hero: They don’t want to be a hero. or the traits are completely opposite of a good hero..
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Written by B!RDM@N about 2 years ago.
anti hero is someone who is openly against heroes but has no powers and villain is the same thing but they have powers or some special ability
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Written by Liz about 2 years ago.
Well a villain does whatever evil because he wants to rule the world, get rich, or whatever.
A anti-hero is someone who dislikes superheroes and often think they are protecting regular people by fighting them. One good example of a anti-hero is in JLU (Justice League Unlimited) episode 33 “Patriot Act”. When some general decides to use a “Super Soldier Formula” on himself to get rid of Superman.
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Written by k2theninja about 2 years ago.
An anti hero is a person or character with usually undesirable traits (i.e. alcoholic, drug user, prostitute, etc.), or from the ‘wrong’ side of town, that find him or herself in the position of being a ‘hero’ usually after some random circumstance. This person doesn’t usually want to help or care about what goes on around them but is eventually drawn by their better nature to complete whatever the task is, and gradually start to change their former behavior. Examples of Anti-Heroes would be the protagonist of Speed Grapher, Vincent Law of Ergo Proxy and the protagonists of Tokoyo Godfathers.
Villans on the otherhand, often come from an outstanding background, have desirable traits, and more often than not, some sort of super human ability or trait that helps them get to where they are prior to the story’s setting. Villians know what they want and usually how to get it; they are often protrayed as ‘evil’ since they usually do underhanded means or criminal activity to achieve their purpose (which they think is ‘good’).
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