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Pictured are stock characters from Commedia dell'Arte, which gave each character a standard costume. A stock character is a dramatic or literary character representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional works. [1] The following list labels some of these stereotypes and provides examples.
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Loki (Marvel Comics) - From the Marvel Comics series, and from the Marvel movies Thor, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok, and Avengers: Infinity War. He is based directly on the trickster god Loki from Norse mythology. Max and Moritz - Principal characters of the book of the same name written by Wilhelm Busch in 1865. Famous ...
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For example, a story with the stock characters of a knight-errant and a witch is probably a fairy tale or fantasy. There are several purposes to using stock characters. Stock characters are a time- and effort-saving shortcut for story creators, as authors can populate their tale with existing well-known character types.
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Female stock characters in anime and manga (1 C, 17 P) D. Damsels in distress (7 C, 51 P) F. Final girls (49 P) J. Jungle girls (55 P) M. Magical girl characters (1 C ...
Romanticised outlaws are stock characters found in a number of fictional settings. This was particularly so in the United States, where outlaws were popular subjects of newspaper coverage and stories in the 19th century, and 20th century fiction and Western films .