Stock Characters

Basic Information

Stock Characters are types of characters which are recycled again and again in different stories and in slightly different forms.

Stock Character Subcategories

• Always Female
• Always Male
• Elders
  • Gold Digger
• Heroes
• Hired Guns
• Western Characters
• Loser Archetype
• Love Interests
• Mentors
  • Schoolteachers
• Seekers
• Seers
• The Stoic
• Tricksters
  • Con Man
• Villain
• Youngsters

List of Stock Characters

• Absent Minded Professor
• Agent Mulder
• Ambulance Chaser
• Amelia Bedelia
• Angry Black Man
• Animal Stereotypes
• Apron Matron
• Arab Oil Sheikh
• Asian Storeowner
• Ax Crazy
• Badass
• Badass Normal
• Baldrick
• Barbarian Tribe
• The Barber
• Battle Butler
• The Baxter
• Berserk Button
• The Berserker
• Best Served Cold
• Blood Knight
• Bounty Hunter
• Bridezilla
• Brotherhood Of Funny Hats
• Bumbling Dad
• Bunny Ears Lawyer
• The Caligula
• The Care Taker
• Casanova
• The Charmer
• Chivalrous Pervert
• Chuck Yeager
• Church Militant
• City Mouse
• Classically Trained Extra
• The Clavin
• Cloudcuckoolander
• CMOT Dibbler
  • Honest Johns Dealership
• Control Freak
• The Coroner
• Cosmic Plaything
• Costanza
• Cowboy Cop
• Cranky Neighbor
• Crazy Awesome
• Crazy Survivalist
• Crouching Moron Hidden Badass
• Crouching Support Hidden Batshit
• Crusty Caretaker
• Cute Bruiser
• Da Chief
• Dark Messiah
• Death Seeker
• Deceptive Disciple
• Defector From Decadence
• Defrosting Ice Queen
• Determinator
• Dirty Coward
• The Ditz
  • Brainless Beauty
  • Genius Ditz
  • Idiot Savant
  • Upper Class Twit
• Dogged Nice Guy
• Doting Parent
• Double Agent
• Dr Jerk
• Drill Sergeant Nasty
• The Eeyore
• Erudite Stoner
• Even The Guys Want Him
• Everythings Better With Princesses
• Evil Matriarch
• Failson
• Gatekeeper
• Henchfreak
• Honest John's Dealership
• Jack (Hero)
• Literal Minded
• Mall Ninja
• Master Swordsman
• Miles Gloriosus
• Landlord
• Masked Luchador
• The Nicknamer
• Pet Monster
• Pintsized Powerhouse
• Psycho Supporter
• Romantic Runner Up
• Self Made Man
• Southern Belle
• Spirited Competitor
• Stage Magician
• Strange Girl
• Superclass
• Tomboy
• White Collar Worker
• Witch

Sources

Bibliography

1. TV Tropes Wiki entry

2. Wikipedia entry

Game and Story Use