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varies. Usually when homeschooling does come up, it is either by having a stereotypical homeschooling character introduced or by having the main characters attempt...

active in the 21st century, The Wizard of Id has an online presence - read it at Creators Syndicate. Tropes used in The Wizard of Id include: The Alcoholic:...

variety, the same if a witch owns cats with coat colors outside the stereotypical black. The cat is the most common Familiar for a witch by far, though...

regards to occupation, they might be a scientist, a librarian, a schoolgirl, a wizard, or something similar in nature. May overlap with Badass Bookworm, Lovable...

give the effect of a black-and-white movie for the gentleman hunter, stereotypical Russian animation for the Russian bounty hunter, traditional African...

usually consists of a goofier dad, more involved with his family than the stereotypical Salaryman. This is even more common when his children have no visible...

their foe. Averted in Mans Favorite Sport, John Screaming Eagle talks in stereotypical Indian talk, hinting that he knows things only Indians know, until he's...

parody for how magic works. Written as a travelogue in which cowardly failed wizard Rincewind and Fish Out of Water Twoflower, the world's first tourist, travel...

Pimped-Out Dress Viking: Horny Vikings—Horned helm and beard. Wizard: Robe and Wizard Hat—Robe and a wizard hat. Naturally. Amateur Sleuth: A pipe and a deerstalker...

feature). In more racist applications, the make-up is stylized with various stereotypical traits. Sometimes it is used simply out of a reluctance to cast genuine...

Stuart Ashen. He also happens to be the son of XTC's Andy Partridge. Your stereotypical Flash cartoon, his are not! He releases his videos on his YouTube and...

something that's recently become popular. Usually, that involves many stereotypical "bad boy" or "cool" activities, such as videogames, surfing, motorcycling...

noted that this can be a sign of total desperation, especially when The Wizard of Oz is used as the basis. Compare Whole-Plot Reference. See Stock Parody...

Quicksilver are half-Romani, half-Jewish. They were raised in a pretty stereotypical Gypsy caravan. (By a cow.) Their father Magneto was retconned as being...

explaining exactly how magic works in EGS. Squishy Wizard: Specifically averted. Two of the three wizards seen so far are also swordsmen (Abe also used shield...

common for TV stations in the American South to edit shows featuring non-stereotypical black characters to remove their scenes. In cases where the character...

Shandala fits this quite well, but it's easy to overlook since those stereotypical The Chick attributes are more associated with her being The Messiah....

character is pretending to be a nationality they aren't (or acting more stereotypical than they actually usually do). If you are actually from the area in...

Implications Avoid Writing a Mary Sue Avoid the Theme Park Version Be A Wizard Be Original Be a Booker Be the Next Alfred Hitchcock Be the Next Grant Morrison...

formative years. Yes, be prepared for the be-headgeared character to be a stereotypical nerd, or at least take on a few nerdy mannerisms. No popular or cool...