Category:Characters As Device
"You mere device," he gnarled. "You platitude! You Golux ex machina!"
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In service to the plot, characters are given these roles, sometimes making them just plot devices with lines.
These "devices" can also be viewed as "component parts" from which more complex, realistic characters can be built, but television production usually means churning out episodes as quickly as possible to meet looming deadlines. Mediocre writers will merely take one of the following labels and slap a name on it. By contrast, better writers start with a character and slap two or more of the following labels on it.
Contrast Characterization Tropes, where the plot serves the establishment of the character.
Subcategories
This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total.
C
- Cops and Detectives (74 P)
E
- Elders (68 P, 1 F)
F
I
- Indexed and Nerdy (42 P)
L
- Legacy Tropes (11 P)
M
- Messenger Tropes (8 P)
O
P
- Parental Issues (101 P)
- A Pretty Boy Index (11 P, 1 F)
- Professional Cheesecake (10 P)
Q
R
S
- Scrappy Index (46 P)
T
- This Index Is Expendable (21 P)
Y
Pages in category "Characters As Device"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 954 total.
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J
K
L
- La Résistance
- The Lab Rat
- Lady Macbeth
- Large and In Charge
- The Last DJ
- Last of His Kind
- Lawful Stupid
- Lazy Bum
- Lead You Can Relate To
- Least Is First
- Lemony Narrator
- Lesbian Vampire
- Lethal Chef
- Lickspittle
- Literal Strawman
- Little Jimmy
- Littlest Cancer Patient
- Live Action Escort Mission
- Living Aphrodisiac
- Living Emotional Crutch
- Living Explosive Individual
- Living Lie Detector
- Living MacGuffin
- Living Prop
- The Load
- London Gangster
- Lonely Doll Girl
- Long-Lost Uncle Aesop
- Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places
- Loony Fan
- Loser Has Your Back
- Lovable Alpha Bitch
- Lovable Coward
- Lovable Nerd
- Love Interest Traitor
- Love Martyr
- Lover Not a Fighter
- Loves My Alter Ego
- Loyal to the Position
- Lust Object
M
- Mad Artist
- Mad Bomber
- The Mad Hatter
- Mad Mathematician
- Mad Scientist
- Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter
- Mafia Princess
- Magical Nanny
- Magical Native American
- Magical Negro
- Magical Queer
- Maiden Aunt
- Majored in Western Hypocrisy
- The Maker
- Malaproper
- Mama Bear
- Man Child
- The Man They Couldn't Hang
- Manchurian Agent
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl
- The Mark
- Martyr Without a Cause
- Master of Delusion
- Master of the Mixed Message
- Master of Unlocking
- Mauve Shirt
- Mayor of a Ghost Town
- The McCoy
- Mean Boss
- Meddlesome Patrolman
- Meddling Parents
- The Medic
- Men Can't Keep House
- The Men in Black
- Men of Sherwood
- Merlin and Nimue
- The Messiah
- Meta Guy
- Milholland Relationship Moment
- Military Brat
- Military Maverick
- The Millstone
- Minnesota Nice
- Minor Major Character
- Miser Advisor
- Missed the Call
- Missing Mom
- Mission Control
- Mister Big
- Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold
- Monster Roommate
- Mooching Master
- Morality Chain
- Morality Pet
- Morally-Bankrupt Banker
- Most Writers Are Writers
- Mother Nature
- Mother Penguin
- Mother Russia Makes You Strong
- Motherly Scientist
- Mouthy Kid
- Mr. Imagination
- Mr. Vice Guy
- Mrs. Robinson
- Muggle Foster Parents
- Muggles
- The Munchausen
- The Muse
- The Music Meister
- My Beloved Smother
- Mysterious Backer
- Mysterious Employer
- Mysterious Informant
- Mysterious Past
- Mysterious Watcher
N
- Naive Newcomer
- The Napoleon
- Narrator
- Nature Spirit
- Nazi Grandpa
- Nazi Nobleman
- Necromancer
- Nerds Are Sexy
- Neuro Vault
- Never a Self-Made Woman
- Never Live It Down
- Never Mess with Granny
- New Age Retro Hippie
- New Old Flame
- Nice Guy
- Nice Jewish Boy
- "No Respect" Guy
- No Sense of Direction
- No Sense of Humor
- No Social Skills
- No-Nonsense Nemesis
- Noble Bigot
- Noble Bigot with a Badge
- Noble Fugitive
- Noble Profession
- Noble Savage
- Non-Action Guy
- Non-Human Sidekick
- Non-Ironic Clown
- Non-Linear Character
- Non-Promotion
- Non-Specifically Foreign
- Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond
- Nosy Neighbor
- Not Brainwashed
- Not Good with People
- Not So Omniscient After All
- Number Two
- Number Two for Brains
- Numbskull Negotiator
- Nuns Are Funny
- Nuns Are Spooky
- Nurse with Good Intentions