Stock Characters
22 entries in the Stock Characters compendium.
Absent-minded professorA brilliant scholar whose genius comes with forgetfulness and mistakes.Action heroProtagonist of action media, often resolving conflict through violence.Adolescent cliqueSmall peer groups that form during adolescence through regular, intense interaction.Air pirateStock character using aircraft to plunder other aircraft.Byronic heroA proud, moody, cynical character capable of deep affection.Child archetypeA Jungian archetype symbolizing potential future and developing personality.Dark lordAn archetypal villain embodying evil and wielding immense power.Elderly martial arts masterA serene, near-invincible mentor who teaches discipline and life lessons.Essex manStereotypical median voter linked to Thatcher's electoral success.EverymanAn ordinary protagonist fostering audience identification through benign conduct.Evil albinoA villainous stock character defined by albinistic traits.Evil clownA subversion of the comic clown into a horror figure.FlâneurAn urban wanderer who observes society while detached from it.Fool (stock character)A stock character appearing as simpleton, wise, or serendipitous fool.FopA pejorative stock character obsessed with fashion and social pretension.Frontier gamblerA respected professional of the wide-open frontier.Gentleman detectiveA well-educated, often eccentric sleuth of the British gentry.Gentleman thiefA charming thief who steals with style and a code of honor.Gilles (stock character)A bungling, credulous, lewd Zanni of French farce and commedia.Girl next doorA natural, innocent, and unpretentious romantic stock character.Good cop, bad copA two-person interrogation tactic using opposing approaches.Grim ReaperA hooded skeletal figure personifying death with a scythe.
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