Adam Young

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Adam Young is the young Antichrist whose upbringing and choices drive the central conflict between Heaven and Hell in Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s novel *Good Omens*.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antichrist
fictional character
ability reality warping
subconscious wish fulfillment
adaptedIn Good Omens (2019 TV series) NERFINISHED
adoptiveParents Mr Young NERFINISHED
Mrs Young NERFINISHED
ageInWork 11 years old
alliedWith Aziraphale NERFINISHED
Crowley NERFINISHED
appearsIn Good Omens NERFINISHED
associatedWith Heaven NERFINISHED
Hell NERFINISHED
basedOnWork novel Good Omens
biologicalFather Satan NERFINISHED
childhoodFriendsWith Brian NERFINISHED
Pepper NERFINISHED
Wensleydale NERFINISHED
creator Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED
Terry Pratchett NERFINISHED
drivesPlot approaching apocalypse
fictionalUniverse Good Omens universe NERFINISHED
gender male
influencedBy friendship with Them
upbringing in Tadfield
memberOf Them NERFINISHED
moralChoice rejects destiny to start Armageddon
narrativeFunction subverts traditional Antichrist trope
nationality English
opposedBy Heavenly forces
Hellish forces
portrayedBy Sam Taylor Buck NERFINISHED
raisedIn Tadfield NERFINISHED
roleInWork central figure in conflict between Heaven and Hell
protagonist
species human
supernaturalStatus Antichrist
symbolizes power of ordinary childhood to resist cosmic plans
theme free will versus destiny

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Good Omens hasCharacter Adam Young
Good Omens mainCharacter Adam Young
Good Time with Carly Rae Jepsen writer Adam Young
subject surface form: Good Time