Trope conventions, stock characters and character archetypes
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Stereotype
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By creed, ethic, morality
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Heroes |
Legacy Hero |
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Romantic hero |
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Reluctant hero |
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Antihero |
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Other |
- Everyman
- Folk hero
- Ivan the Fool
- Mythological king
- Youngest son
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Rogues |
Lovable rogue |
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Tricky slave |
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Outlaw |
- Bad boy
- Gentleman thief
- Pirate
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Bounty Hunter |
- Gentleman detective
- Vigilante
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Homo sacer |
Outcast
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Other |
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Villains |
Anti-villain |
- False hero
- Well-Intentioned Extremist
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The Mole |
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Social Darwinist |
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Complete Monster |
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Other |
- Alazon
- Archenemy
- Bug-eyed monster
- Igor
- Masked Mystery Villain
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By sex, gender, orientation
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Feminine |
Beautiful Columbina |
- Bishojo
- Catgirl
- Girl next door
- Hooker with a heart of gold
- Ingenue
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl
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Yamato nadeshiko |
- English Rose
- Good Wife, Wise Mother
- Mary Sue
- MarĂa Clara
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Hag |
- Clan Mother
- Crone
- Fairy godmother
- La Ruffiana
- Loathly lady
- Jewish mother
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Hawksian woman |
- Dark Lady
- Femme fatale
- Flapper
- Pachuca
- Tomboy
- Tsundere
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Woman Warrior |
- Amazons
- Jungle Girl
- Valkyrie
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Queen bee |
- Jewish-American princess
- Princesse lointaine
- Southern belle
- Valley girl
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Butch and femme |
- Bimbo
- Futanari
- Lipstick lesbian
- Mistress
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Lady-in-waiting |
- Handmaiden
- Magical girlfriend
- Mammy archetype
- Nurse stereotypes
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Geek girl |
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Damsel in distress |
- Final girl
- Princess and dragon
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Masculine |
Handsome Harlequin |
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Playboy |
- Beefcake
- Boy next door
- Jock
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Wise old man |
- Elderly martial arts master
- Magical Negro
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Superfluous man |
- Nice guy
- Nice Jewish boy
- Nerd
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Prince Charming |
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Noble savage |
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Effeminate |
- Bishonen
- Drag Queen
- Molly
- Sissy
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Metrosexual |
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Bad boy |
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By career, occupation, profession
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Donor / mentor |
- Elderly martial arts master
- Fairy godmother
- Wise old man
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Scientists |
- Absent-minded professor
- Artist-scientist
- Boffin
- Mad scientist
- Nerd
- Professor
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Clowns |
- Auguste clown
- Clown blanc
- Evil clown
- Harlequin
- Petrushka
- Pierrot
- Trickster
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Knights |
- Black knight
- Knight-errant
- Paladin
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Cannon fodder |
- Mook
- Redshirt
- Stormtrooper
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Action hero |
- Gunfighter
- Space marine
- Superspy
- Supersoldier
- Swashbuckler
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Others |
- Hotshot
- Jewish lawyer
- Yokel
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By popular culture, ethnicity, nationality
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American |
- Blonde stereotype
- Cheerleader
- Jock
- Nerd
- Hollywood Cowboy
- Hollywood Indian
- Pachuco
- Magical Negro
- Redneck
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European |
- Knight
- Stage Irish
- Swashbuckler
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Asian |
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Unseen character and others
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- Archmage
- Grotesque
- Killbot
- Little green men
- Lovers
- Miser
- Shoulder angel
- Space Nazis
- Space pirate
- Swamp monster
- Town bully
- Town drunk
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Lists
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- Stock characters
- female
- in military fiction
- in science fiction
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