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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 [[Flat Character|one-dimensional in nature]]. [[Tropes Are Not Bad|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]]).
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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]]
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[[Category:Index Index/Sandbox]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Narrative Tropes]]
[[Category:Index Index]]
[[Category:Stock Characters]]
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