Stock Characters

A Stock Character is a character who is instantly recognizable to us from other stories; the gruff grandpa, the snooty cheerleader, the bratty younger sibling. You can sum up their role in the story in a sentence or less and people will know exactly what you're talking about. Such characters are frequently one-dimensional in nature. Sometimes that's okay. Sometimes that opens the door to Playing With Tropes as well. Sometimes two or more character types get combined as well.

A stock character can be an Archetype, an example of Characters As Device, or just very recognizable (Mary Sue).

See also:
 * Always Female
 * Always Male
 * Cops and Detectives
 * Elders
 * Heroes
 * Hired Guns
 * Western Characters
 * Loser Archetype
 * Love Interests
 * Mentors
 * Schoolteachers
 * Normal People
 * Occupation Tropes
 * Index of Pupils and Protoges
 * Seekers
 * Seers
 * Stock British Characters
 * Stock Japanese Characters
 * The Stoic
 * The Trickster
 * Con Man
 * Villains
 * Youngsters

Tropes:

 * Absent-Minded Professor
 * Accidental Pervert
 * Agent Mulder
 * Agent Scully
 * All Asians Know Martial Arts
 * All Chinese People Know Kung Fu
 * Ambulance Chaser
 * Angry Black Man
 * Animal Stereotypes
 * Apron Matron
 * Arab Oil Sheikh
 * Asian Store Owner
 * Ax Crazy
 * Badass
 * Badass Normal
 * Barbarian Tribe
 * The Barber
 * The Bard
 * The Bartender
 * Battle Butler
 * The Berserker
 * Best Served Cold
 * Big Eater
 * Blood Knight
 * Bounty Hunter
 * Bridezilla
 * Brotherhood of Funny Hats
 * Bruce Lee Clone
 * Bumbling Dad
 * Bumbling Sidekick
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * The Caligula
 * The Caretaker
 * The Casanova
 * The Charmer
 * Chatty Hairdresser
 * The Cheerleader
 * Chick Magnet
 * Chivalrous Pervert
 * Church Militant
 * City Mouse
 * Class Clown
 * Classically-Trained Extra
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * The Confidant
 * Control Freak
 * Cop Boyfriend
 * The Coroner
 * Cosmic Plaything
 * Costumed Nonsuper Hero
 * Covert Pervert
 * Cowboy Cop
 * Cranky Neighbor
 * Crazy Awesome
 * Crazy Survivalist
 * Creepy Gas Station Attendant
 * Creepy Mortician
 * Creepy Twins
 * The Creepy Undertaker
 * Crooked Contractor
 * Cross Dresser
 * Creepy Crossdresser
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 * Crusty Caretaker
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Cute Mute
 * Cute Sports Club Manager
 * Cutesy Dwarf
 * Da Chief
 * Dad the Veteran
 * Da Editor
 * Damsel Errant
 * Danger Deadpan
 * Dark Messiah
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead
 * Death Seeker
 * Deceptive Disciple
 * Defector From Decadence
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Depraved Dentist
 * Determinator
 * Determined Widow
 * Directionless Driver
 * Dirty Coward
 * The Ditz
 * Brainless Beauty
 * Genius Ditz
 * Idiot Savant
 * Upperclass Twit
 * Dogged Nice Guy
 * Doting Parent
 * Double Agent
 * Drill Sergeant Nasty
 * Dr. Jerk
 * The Eeyore
 * Elegant Classical Musician
 * Enigmatic Empowering Entity
 * Erudite Stoner
 * Ethnic Magician
 * The Everyman
 * Evil Matriarch
 * Face of a Thug
 * Fake Ultimate Hero
 * Farmers Daughter
 * Fat Sweaty Southerner in A White Suit
 * Femme Fatale
 * The Fighting Narcissist
 * The Flapper
 * Foreign Fanservice
 * Forest Ranger
 * Gadgeteer Genius
 * Glory Hound
 * Glory Seeker
 * Gold Digger
 * Gonk
 * Grande Dame
 * Handsome Lech
 * Half-Human Hybrid
 * Half-Identical Twins
 * Hardboiled Detective
 * Heavy Sleeper
 * The Hermit
 * Honest John's Dealership
 * House Husband
 * Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance
 * The Igor
 * The Informant
 * Jewish Mother
 * Kindly Housekeeper
 * The Klutz
 * Know-Nothing Know-It-All
 * Landlord
 * Cranky Landlord
 * Single Issue Landlord
 * Lethal Chef
 * Literal Minded
 * Little Jimmy
 * Living Legend
 * Loony Fan
 * Lovable Sex Maniac
 * Lower Class Lout
 * Lust Object
 * Luvvies
 * Masked Luchador
 * Master Swordsman
 * Mayor Pain
 * Miles Gloriosus
 * Mysterious Waif
 * Narcissist
 * The Nicknamer
 * Not With Them for The Money
 * One of the Boys
 * One-Note Cook
 * Open-Minded Parent
 * Outside Man Inside Man
 * Overly Polite Pals
 * Person of Mass Destruction
 * Pervert Dad
 * Pint-Sized Powerhouse
 * Plucky Office Girl
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Psycho Supporter
 * The Reliable One
 * Renaissance Man
 * Replacement Goldfish
 * The Rival
 * The Rock Star
 * Romantic Runner Up
 * School Nurse
 * Self-Made Man
 * Serial Romeo
 * Sex Bot
 * The Scrooge
 * The Shrink
 * Sickly Neurotic Geek
 * Sleazy Politician
 * Southern Belle
 * Spirited Competitor
 * Stage Magician
 * Standard Fifties Father
 * Starving Artist
 * Starving Student
 * Strange Girl
 * Strange Pond Woman
 * Supreme Chef
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome
 * Third Person Person
 * Tomboy
 * Ugly Cute
 * Unsatisfiable Customer
 * Unstoppable Mailman
 * Wandering Minstrel
 * White Collar Worker
 * White Magician Girl
 * Willing Channeler
 * Winged Humanoid
 * World's Strongest Man
 * Young Future Famous People