The Main Cast

The most recurrent group of characters who are the characters their franchise focuses on. Their interactions with others and the world around them are what make up most plots for the franchise they star in. As the stars of the franchise, they are the one who need the most depth to their characters, having rich histories filled with their personal experiences that shaped them into who they are today, when and how they met other characters (including and especially others in the Main Cast), and little dashes of trivia to add sprinkles on the already exceptional metaphorical cake. The adventurous version of the Main Cast is the Main Team, although that is also considered a Main Cast.

There are a few different kinds of Main Casts — the Main Family, Friend Circle, and Coworker Group are three names of such groups. They all have members who interact with each other, like and dislike one another, and have multiple personalities that make them distinct from other cast members. Some members can go off and have little adventures of their own separate from the rest of the group while the rest of the cast does things that aren't the center of action. There are other times when the cast as a whole goes through a single story. Times like these can be negative and require all cast members to work together to get out of it. Note that not all members physically have to be in the same proximity of each other and can have some members stuck in one place (such as jail or under capture of the Adversary) while others work in a safe place (like their home) to get those members out of the situation.

Although the Main Cast can be comprised of whatever roles the creators feel like including, there are some roles that have a likelihood of being in it than others, regardless of the cast type that the story focuses on. The Main, for one, is a character who nearly any Main Cast would be incomplete without. Their presence is the most necessary of anyone else's as the story revolves around them and their life. One of the Main's friends will be at their side and have almost as much focus time as the Main. And to keep the story lively and interesting, it needs somebody who clowns around and is fine with being the butt of a joke. That's where the Comic Relief comes in. Their habit of screwing around might get in the way of others and make them a bit of a pest, but if they make the audience laugh, they're alright.

As the Main Cast is composed mainly of protagonists, they will get their way most of the time. That's why many suspenseful moments can easily be predicted to work out in their favor, leaving the audience hard to surprise with what happens next. That isn't to say that the Main Cast is totally immune to negative events, however. They're still vulnerable to things like the Low Point, yet they still have the likely chance of coming out of the ordeal in a desirable way.