The advent of aviation spawned a genre of adventure stories in which the ace pilot was the natural hero. Often overlaps with chosen one and/or superhero. They are resourceful, courageous, and have strong commitment to their cause.
Kelp/Sherman Klump, Egon Spengler, Professor FarnsworthĪ hero of an action story, often one who is comfortable with the fast pace of events in the story. Professor Calculus, Emmett Brown, Julius F. This is the benign version of the mad scientist. Some of the stock characters in this list may be considered offensive due to their use of racial stereotyping.Īn eccentric scientific genius who is so focused on his work that he has shortfalls in other areas of life ( remembering things, grooming). Some stock characters incorporate more than one stock character for example, a bard may also be a wisecracking jester. Some characters that were first introduced as fully fleshed-out characters become subsequently used as stock characters in other works (e.g., the Ebenezer Scrooge character from A Christmas Carol, upon whom the miserly Scrooge type is based). Some character archetypes, the more universal foundations of fictional characters, are also listed. The following list labels some of these stereotypes and provides examples. ( December 2009)Ī stock character is a dramatic or literary character representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional works. This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items.
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