Category talk:Stock characters

Jail-Characters

You all know them: when (part of) the narration takes place in jail, there (almost) always are some muscle-bound bad guys, pumping iron. Sometimes they are more or less integrated into the story (e.g. confronting the protagonist). Isn't that sort of a stock character too?

Maybe there should even be a whole sub-category for inmate-characters (like the one who helps the protagonist when endangered by the alpha-male, or the somehow privileged (ex-)syndicate boss, permanently sattelized by a bunch of little talking muscleman to protect him)?

I hope you get what I mean, since I'm not a native Englisch speaker :)

84.163.104.110 19:49, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

You are right. Steve Dufour 20:34, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Merge ? or Subcategory ?

It should be fairly obvious. "Nerd" was categorised as "Stereotype", "Geek" listed under "Stock character". There is not a stock character which isn't a sterotype, and no stereotype which could not become a stock character. There is no true distinction between the two, as authors use stereotypes to create stock characters. I don't see the sense in maintaining separate lists that do the same thing. samwaltz 14:08, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

• Since Stock characters are, by your own definition, a subset of Stereotypes, not a synonym, the latter also including non-persons, the more obvious solution is to make Stock characters a subcategory of Stereotypes (done) and transfer there those now listed under Stereotypes. Furthermore, Stock characters is also a subcategory of Fictional characters, for which Stereotypes is unfit Fastifex 10:11, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Agree that subcategory would be better. Goldfritha 23:40, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I need to oppose this subcategorization, only because there are some pages in 'stock characters' that are not stereotypes (i.e. Hero). Either such pages must be removed or the subcategorization should be greately reconsidered. CaveatLector^Talk 00:15, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Subcategory makes sense, but do not simply merge. futurebird 21:36, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Schemer?

Is schemer perhaps listed under another title? Surely this counts as a "stock character" thanks.

Authority figure?

This is one that might be added. Of course there are two types, kindly and hostile. Steve Dufour 20:33, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Where's the List?

Whatever happened to the List of Villanious Stock Characters? If there is a list for Heroics there must be a list for Villains.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.225.187.172 (talk • contribs)

UserTalk?

Why is there a UserTalk page on this list?

brilliant detective

If there are articles on stock characters, this one seems to be a big one, I'm surprised it's not included. Minaker (talk) 13:35, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Prejudice and discrimination

I've removed this from the organising category "prejudice and discrimination in fiction". Stock characters do not presuppose either prejudice or discrimination. The claim involves narrow and unencylcopaedic critical assumptions about what characters are and their function in literary works. Caricatures, on the other hand, may well be involved in such processes. But they are quite different things.  • DP •  ^{huh?} 16:20, 25 August 2016 (UTC)