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antihero

a central character in a novel, play, etc., who lacks the traditional heroic virtues
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Wilson hunts the man who gave him mutant abilities, but also a scarred appearance, as the anti-hero Deadpool in its first installment.
Joe, a bearded and ponytailed anti-hero, has been offered 50k to close the case and must hurt the people responsible
Many have noted how the figure of the 'anti-hero' or the 'little man' is significant for the Coen brothers' movies, not least in the character of the Dude who is placed at number 4 in one online list of the greatest anti-heroes.
In other Anti-Hero goings on, Tony Trujillo, Gerwer, Keegan and Raney battled scorching temps and rugged 'crete on a recent East Coast mission, captured by lensman-on-the-rise Xeno Tsarnas.
Thanks to a superb performance from Johnny Vegas as lovable anti-hero Moz, and a collection of eclectic mates who orbit around him, this has become one of the best alternative comedies on the box.
Simon Pegg is a most dislikable anti-hero who grates from the very first smug grin.
A charismatic anti-hero, Duddly must learn the hard way that what he thought he wanted and the way he went about getting what he wanted aren't the best way to make his personal dreams come true.
Conrad Guest has created a kind of anti-hero, a Bogey sort of tough guy, a man's man who I suspect, deep in his isolated, walled-in heart, would very much like to be understood, appreciated, and?
Robert De Niro's Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver has been voted the greatest anti-hero in movie history.
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