The Harry Potter series was an example where, whenever fans voted for their favorite character, it usually wasn't Harry Potter. He'd be in the runningb but not at the top.
Fans were like, "I mean, we...
The movies did Harry a disservice. He was way sassier & sarcastic in the books. An abused underdog & an unreliable aloof narrator who still somehow beats the odds & has undying loyalty towards his friends & his new world.