The Beatles:

(The Angst) John Lennon = Harry Potter

(The Brains) Paul McCartney = Hermione Granger

(The Sidekick) Ringo Starr = Ronald Weasley

Naruto:

(The Angst) Sasuke = Harry

(The Brains) Sakura = Hermione

(The Orange) Naruto = Ron

(The Greater Good) Itachi = Dumbledore

(Woe is Me, Abandoned Friend's Son) Kakashi = Remus

 

What is this I don't even...

(Been a while since I've been able to say this on DLP)

 

From Maze Runner!

Thomas (handsome hunk leading man) = Harry

Minho (the sidekick with more brawn than brain) = Ron

Teresa (the girl with hair) = Hermione

am i doing it rite?

 

I must thumb this for great justice.

 

Oh no, you di'ent! *sassy black woman hand thing*

No, seriously. Just no.

 

from Harold and the Purple Crayon:

(Same Name) Harold = Harry

 

Dragon Ball Z:

(The Brainy Girl) Bulma = Hermione

(The Fail Rival) Draco = Vegeta

(Sidekick) Krillin = Ron

(Redeemed) Piccolo = Snape

 

From Bleach:

(The self sacrificial hero) Ichigo = Harry

(The infodump best friend) Rukia = Hermione

(Idiotic red haired sidekick) Renji = Ron

(The mysterious and eccentric mentor) Urahara = Dumbledore

(The dead martyr mother) Masaki = Lily

(The powerful, secretly evil villain) Aizen = Voldemort

(The villain's traitorous sidekick) Gin = Snape

(The villain's pawns) The arrancar = the Death Eaters

(Clumsy oaf) Hanatarou = Neville

 

You do know you're missing someone, right?

 

The Token Indian (or wannabe): George Harrison = Parvati

 

Yoko = Ginny

She did break up the trio (plus Parvati) and you know it.

 

Stop posting cancer >.<

 

Oooh, ooh I've got a perfect one:

Harry Potter

Harry - Harry

Hermione - Hermione

Ron - Ron


...wait a minute.

 

Sherlock Holmes: none whatsoever
Watson : well Hermione as played by Emma Watson?
Lesterade : Ron (incompetent yet liked, because reasons)

I feel guilty comparing Rowling's Ron to Lesterade....
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Aang : Dumbledore (the real protagonist)
Ozai:Voldemort(first no qualms similarly)
Toph:Moody(blind all seeing one)
Katara:McGonagall (mother bear)
Zuko:Snape(the one who should be the real protagonist)

 

Suits!

Mike (goody two shoes) = Harry

Harvey (he's... older than Mike?) = Ron

Donna (she knows everything) = Hermione

 

Itachi-->Contessa

Both do terrible things for the sake of the greater good. Both are seen as invincible when first introduced, with even established badasses cowering in fear. Both are presented as initially evil. Both are shown to be working for the same goal, broadly speaking, as the protagonists.

 

Glee!

Finn (main guy protagonist) = Harry

Puck (best friend who finds studying beneath him) = Ron

Rachel (can be annoying, constantly upstaging main protagonist on screen) = Hermione

Sue (the main villain) = Voldemort

Will (the mentor with outdated fashion sense) = Dumbledore

*insane laughter*

 

Harry - Frodo
Ron - Sam
Dumbledore - Gandalf
Rosmerta - Rosie
Voldemort - Sauron
Grindelwald - Saruman
Snape - Gollum
Wormtail - Wormtongue
Greyback - Grond
Denethor - Fudge
Aberforth - Radagast
Dobby - Gimly
Lupin - Faramir
Luna - Goldberry
Ginny - Eowyn
Tom the Barman - Barliman Butterbur
Filch - Farmer Maggot
Hagrid - Beorn
Weasley Twins - Mary and Pippin

 

I was about to say "try again, Mr. Path of Least Resistance, but these made me laugh:

Lol, well done.

 

Jiraiya in Naruto-->Dumbledore in Harry Potter



Mentor figure to protagonist, old, wise, white hair, extremely powerful, killed doing what they believed in for their cause. Their deaths marked a difference in tone for the rest of the series.