childhood hero
Someone I admired growing up. Someone who influenced me with who I wanted to become as a person. When you are really young you admire superheros like superman or spiderman or wonderwoman because they stand for all things good & they protect our society from evil.
Examples of Childhood Heroes include: Indiana Jones, Batman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Han Solo, Captain James T. Kirk, MacGyver, Luke Skywalker, and Mickey Mouse to name a few.
Childhood hero
A generic term referring to any main protagonist from any kind of media (i.e. movies/TV shows/video games) that a person knew and loved during his/her childhood.
Mario is my childhood hero!