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This article was nominated for merging with Pourquoi story on November 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

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Proposed Merge

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Consensus seems to be keep

To whom it may concern... I'm a relatively new Wikipedian, but noticed a similarity in the origin and pourqoui story pages when editing Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears. IMHO, they ought to be merged as they are describing essentially the same thing. Although no expert, I have heard the terms used interchangeably in educational/mythological contexts. -- ADGreen 23:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They're similar, but an origin story and a pourquoi story are different from each other. The latter are invented or pretend to explain something in the real world, but the former are the backstory (sometimes crafted first) of a fictional character. - JasonAQuest (talk) 21:14, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the above. The two are distinctly different and should have separate articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.80.185 (talk • contribs)

Another vote against this merge, as they are distinctly different ('origin story' is the story of a fictional character), but I know what you mean. The term 'origin story' is definitely used outside of comic book terminology, though that seems to be where it is most used. I'm going to add a disambiguation blurb directing to 'origin myth' and make the wording of the article more general. Some link with a more general vocabulary would be good – see comparative mythology, comparative literature, semiotic literary criticism, structuralism, etc. It's hard to find sources to cite that apply these systems to comics literature, but they're out there. Slugabed (talk) 16:50, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Non Comic book series with origins

Tarzan probably serves as the most prominent non-comic book protagonist with an origin. Remo Williams 11:50, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Removal of Characters

Cole Mcgrath should be completely removed, i mean nobody outside the gaming world knows him. and Kick-Ass isn't famous enough, if he gets more than one movie then he would he okay, but by now he's a one hit wonder. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.196.225.21 (talk) 20:29, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of origin story of the characters

Guys, why can't we list the characters as an example like back to the way it was before? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aaeliaba (talk • contribs)