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  2. Flanderization - Wikipedia

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    Flanderization is a widespread phenomenon in serialized fiction. In its originating show of The Simpsons, it has been discussed both in the context of Ned Flanders and as relating to other characters; Lisa Simpson has been discussed as a classic example of the phenomenon, having, debatably, been even more Flanderized than Flanders himself. [9]

  3. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    A Corydon character is in the fourth Idyll of the Syracusan poet Theocritus (c.300 – c.250 BCE) A goatherd character named Corydon who is in love with another man, Alexis, in the second of Virgil's Eclogues; A Corydon character is in Ecologues by Calpurnius Siculus, who may be an author surrogate

  4. Virtue signalling - Wikipedia

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    Virtue signalling is the act of expressing opinions or stances that align with popular moral values, often through social media, with the intent of demonstrating one's good character. The term virtue signalling is frequently used pejoratively to suggest that the person is more concerned with appearing virtuous than with actually supporting the ...

  5. TV Tropes - Wikipedia

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    Darth Wiki, named after Darth Vader from Star Wars as a play on "the dark side" of TV Tropes, is a resource for more criticism-based trope examples or common ways the wiki is inappropriately edited, and Sugar Wiki is about praise-based tropes, such as funny or heartwarming moments, and is meant to be "the sweet side" of TV Tropes.

  6. List of fictional tricksters - Wikipedia

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    Bart Simpson - From the animated TV series The Simpsons. [7] Bill Cipher - A demon resembling a one-eyed triangle, and the main antagonist of the animated series Gravity Falls. He has many supernatural abilities and loves to use them to cause trouble for humans, including offering deals that invariably turn out badly for those who take them.

  7. Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded - Wikipedia

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    A plate from the 1742 deluxe edition of Richardson's Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded showing Mr. B intercepting Pamela's first letter home to her mother. Pamela Andrews is a pious, virtuous fifteen-year-old, the daughter of impoverished labourers, who works for Lady B as a maid in her Bedfordshire estate.

  8. Characters of the Drakengard series - Wikipedia

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    While outwardly virtuous and dedicated, he quickly becomes self-serving and cowardly when he or his power are in danger. Like many of the other characters, he formed a pact with a now-petrified dragon at the cost of his hair. [47] In Drakengard 2, it is revealed that after Verdelet put added pressure on Angelus' Seal bindings, Caim killed him.

  9. Soon I Will Be Invincible - Wikipedia

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    Soon I Will Be Invincible is a novel by Austin Grossman, published by Pantheon Books and released on June 5, 2007. The novel uses two alternating first person narratives—the first told from the point of view of Fatale, a female cyborg recruited by the superhero group The New Champions as they investigate the disappearance of a superhero named CoreFire.