A composite character may be modeled on real historical or biographical figures in either type of work.

The characters were visually modeled after Nguyen's closest friends and family members.

The main character is at partially modeled after Citro himself.

The characters are modeled after persons as yet unborn, or, perhaps, at this writing, infants.

The main female character is modeled after an appealing and fun woman I used to know.

In the parody, this character is modeled after Yankovic's appearance at the time.

The main character in "The District," a television police drama, was modeled on him.

The character is modeled as an ancient and powerful leader of exiles.

The characters in the game are both designed and modeled by Ma@ya.

He does however, eventually get a cellphone and briefly becomes addicted to a computer game whose main character is modeled on him.