# Characters that become tropes

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**Created:** [March 28, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-become-tropes/938906 "2021-03-28T15:18:25Z")\
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> [@digs](#):
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> So was there an archetype Harry Potter back in the day?

There’s the biblical story of Moses…

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