Composite character
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A Composite character is a fictional character who is based on more than one real person, if it’s fiction based on a true story or who is based on more than one fictional character.
Examples change
In the movie The Great Escape, The Cooler King is based on three different real people.
In Schindler's List, Itzhak Stern, Oskar Schindler’s account is based not only on the real Itzhak Stern but on Abraham Bankier and Mietek Pemper
In the movie 21 ,based on the book by Ben Mezrich, Professor Mickey Rosa is based on three real people
In the play 1776, John Adams is based on the real John Adams and also on Sam Adams.
In the television show Elementary, James Moriarty and Irene Adler are the same person.
In Once Upon a Time, Regina Mills is based on the Evil Queen from Snow White, the stepmother from Hansel and Gretel and the Sea Witch from The Little Mermaid. And Mister Gold is based on Rumpelstiltskin, The Beast from Beauty and the Beast, the Crocodile from Peter Pan, the Fairy from Cinderella and The Devil.
In the opera Hamilton, Aaron Burr is based on Aaron Burr and on James Monroe.
In Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, the Red Queen is based on The Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, The Duchess from Alice in Wonderland and The Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass.
In the How to Train Your Dragon movies, Toothless is based on Toothless, Windwalker and Wodensfang from the Hiccup books.
