List of stock characters
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List of stock characters
| Stock Character | Gender | Genre | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angel | |||
| Anti-hero | Tony Montana | ||
| Archetype | |||
| Authority figures in comedy | |||
| Bad boy / Rake | Male | ||
| Child Hero | Harry Potter | ||
| Cowboy | Male | ||
| Damsel in Distress | Female | ||
| Detective | |||
| Devil | |||
| Fall guy | |||
| Farmer's Daughter | Female | ||
| Femme fatale | Female | ||
| Gentle Giant | |||
| Herald | |||
| Ingenue | |||
| Jewel Thief | |||
| Joker | |||
| Knight | Male | ||
| Liar | |||
| Logic Guru | |||
| Mad Scientist | |||
| Menace with a Heart of Gold | |||
| Monk | Male | ||
| Nerd | Milhouse Van Houten | ||
| Ninja | Usually male | ||
| Professor | Doctor Emmett Brown | ||
| Prostitute | Female | ||
| Psychiatrist | |||
| Redshirt | |||
| Sidekick | Robin | ||
| Storyteller | |||
| Tragic hero | Sigurd | ||
| Vice | |||
| Villain | |||
| Warrior | Heracles |
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List of stock characters taken from Stock characters page
- Anti-hero
- Archetype
- Authority figures in comedy
- Central Casting
- Commedia dell'arte
- Fall guy
- Femme fatale
- Ingenue
- Redshirt
- Sidekick
- Stereotype
- Tragic hero
- Vice
- Villain
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List of stock characters taken from Archetype page
- Angel
- Anti-hero
- Child Hero
- Cowboy
- Damsel in Distress
- Detective
- Devil
- Farmer's Daughter
- Gentle Giant
- Herald
- Jewel Thief
- Joker
- Kindly Me
- Knight
- Liar
- Logic Guru
- Mad Scientist
- Menace with a Heart of Gold
- Monk
- Nerd
- Professor
- Prostitute
- Psychiatrist
- Storyteller
- Warrior
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