Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 59/@comment-25012248-20160420164240/@comment-5393732-20160421002912

Point that hasn't been brought up: Jekyll's name is literally in the title of the story, so he can;t be that minor a character that he's too insignificant to be used

Also, if you were to ask the average person who's never read the story, and maybe even some who has, to say what Dr. Jekyll is from and what Utterson is from, a significantly higher amount of people would recognize Jekyll than Utterson

Similarly, if they wanted to for some reason use a character from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, they would use Dr. Strangelove, who only appears for about 10-15 minutes near the end of the film, instead of either of the main characters, Lionel Mandrake of Buck Turgidson, for a few main reasons. Strangelove is the most iconic character to come out of that film despite his minor appearance. As the most unique character, he's become synonymous with the movie and appears on most of the posters. Similarly, his name is in the title, so he has that name recognition as well.

Jekyll and Hyde are  the most iconic characters to come out of their source material. Their names are in the title. They're the most unique characters of it. And, in all other media adaptations of the story, Jekyll is the protagonist.