stock character
C5331
concept
A stock character is a stereotypical fictional persona, easily recognized by audiences, that embodies a set of familiar traits, behaviors, and roles used repeatedly across stories and genres.
All labels observed (25)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| satirical character | 26 |
| stock character canonical | 13 |
| comic relief character | 10 |
| mother character | 6 |
| comedic character | 5 |
| fictional character archetype | 4 |
| comic foil | 3 |
| father character | 3 |
| pulp fiction character | 3 |
| Green Day character | 2 |
| humor character | 2 |
| screwball comedy character | 2 |
| stalker character | 2 |
| stepsister character | 2 |
| stereotypical character | 2 |
| Comic relief character | 1 |
| archetypal character | 1 |
| film character archetype | 1 |
| grandmother character | 1 |
| noir character | 1 |
| skeptical character | 1 |
| spinster character | 1 |
| stock character archetype | 1 |
| theatrical stock character | 1 |
| working-class character | 1 |
Instances (95)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Steve Martin as George Banks | father character |
| Mouse | fictional character archetype |
| Alistair Leslie Graham | satirical character |
| Mezzetin the musician | — |
| Johnny Littlejohn | pulp fiction character |
| Clark Savage Sr. | pulp fiction character |
|
Ellen Creed in "Ladies in Retirement" (stage)
surface form:
Ellen Creed
|
spinster character |
|
Sweetness
surface form:
Sweetness (God Help the Child)
|
mother character |
| St. Jimmy | Green Day character |
| Whatsername | Green Day character |
| Wheelie | Comic relief character |
| Columbine | — |
| Harlequin | — |
| Batavus Droogstoppel | satirical character |
| Lord Dundreary | theatrical stock character |
| Mrs. Mountchessington | satirical character |
| Tutty Bomowski | mother character |
| Adenoid Hynkel | satirical character |
| Pak Yong | — |
| Martinus Scriblerus | satirical character |
| Birdofredum Sawin | satirical character |
| Minerva | stepsister character |
| Pierrot | — |
| Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus | comic foil |
|
Mammy in Gone with the Wind
surface form:
Mammy (Gone with the Wind)
|
stereotypical character |
| The Blonde | archetypal character |
| Anastasia Tremaine | stepsister character |
| maja (fashionable lower-class Madrilenian woman) | stereotypical character |
| Ali G | satirical character |
| Borat Sagdiyev | satirical character |
| Stanley Kowalski | working-class character |
|
Bert "Sock" Wysocki in Reaper
surface form:
Bert "Sock" Wysocki
|
comic relief character |
| the Prince | fictional character archetype |
| Susan Vance | screwball comedy character |
|
Mrs. George – Amy Poehler
surface form:
Mrs. George
|
mother character |
| Dibs | comic relief character |
| Sancho Panza | comic foil |
| Toiletnator | comic relief character |
|
President Merkin Muffley – Peter Sellers
surface form:
President Merkin Muffley
|
satirical character |
| the Cowboy | fictional character archetype |
| Ratapoil | satirical character |
| Mel Jones | mother character |
| Moth | comic foil |
| Mini-Me | comic relief character |
| Mortmain | skeptical character |
| Mascarille | — |
| Igor (later Frankenstein films) | film character archetype |
| Columbina | — |
| Pantalone | — |
| Brighella | — |