Stock Costume Traits: Difference between revisions

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[['''Stock Costume Traits]]''' is that concept, except as related to characteristics or professions rather than gender. You add some costume element onto a character, and that is the visual signal they have adopted that characteristic. For example, if the circle has a pipe and deerstalker hat, we know the circle is a [[Sherlock Holmes|detective]]; if it wears a monocle and top hat, we understand that yellow circle belongs to [[High-Class Glass|high society]].

Most of these are [[Dead Horse Trope|Dead Horse Tropes]]s by now. Closely related to [[Hollywood Dress Code]], but approached from a different perspective. See [[Clothes Make the Legend]] for a similar idea, but related to one specific character.

=== Tropes with their own pages: ===

* '''Burglar''': [[Blatant Burglar]] -- Black—Black and white striped shirt and domino mask or ski mask.

* '''Explorer''': [[Explorer Outfit]] -- Pith—Pith helmet and khakis.

* '''Extreme Poverty''': [[Bankruptcy Barrel]] -- Naked—Naked, except for a barrel.

* '''Formal Tough Guy (Bodyguard/Professional Assassins)''': [[Badass in a Nice Suit]] -- Tux—Tux or business suit (often with sunglasses).

* '''Flapper''': [[The Flapper]] -- Loose—Loose, low-waist knee-length dress, bobbed hair, cloche hats (casual wear) or decorated headbands (formal wear). Style is mostly Art Deco.

* '''French Maid''': [[French Maid Outfit]] -- Black—Black dress with lacy white trim.

* '''Ghost''': [[Bedsheet Ghost]] -- Plain—Plain white ghost.

* '''Pimp''': [[Pimp Duds]] -- Ridiculously—Ridiculously oversized hat and bulky fur coat.

* '''Rich/High Society''': (male) [[High-Class Glass]] -- Top—Top hat, monocle, tuxedo; (female) -- a [[Pimped-Out Dress]]

* '''Viking''': [[Horny Vikings]] -- Horned—Horned helm and beard.

* '''Wizard''': [[Robe and Wizard Hat]] -- Robe—Robe and a wizard hat. Naturally.

=== Other examples: ===

* '''[[Superhero]]''': The stereotype is a cape ,<ref> So much so we named the trope about a stereotypical superhero "[[The Cape (trope)]]"</ref>, spandex, and underwear on the outside. May have a [[Heroic Build|good physique]].

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