Stock characters

thumb|Colley Cibber as Lord Foppington in [[John Vanbrugh's The Relapse (1696)]] thumb|A foppish medical student smoking a cigarette, denoting a cavalier attitude

theoretical life form composed of energy rather than matter

thumb|320px|The "real-life Mitică", in a 1909 cartoon by Ion Theodorescu-Sion: his derelict home vs. his fashionable lifestyle Mitică () is a fictional character who appears in several sketch stories by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale. The character's name is a common hypocoristic form of Dumitru or Dimitrie (Romanian for Demetrius). He is one of the best-known figures in Caragiale's 1901 collection Momente și schițe, as well as in Romanian humor at large. Mitică is a male resident of Bucharest whose background and status are not always clear, generally seen as an allegory of the average Bu

theatrical genre

Tarzanesque (in French: Tarzanide) is a term created by Frenchman Francis Lacassin used to describe characters in comic books inspired by Tarzan. A tarzanesque character resembles Tarzan in his physical resourcefulness, within a line of action that includes an adventurous life in the jungle, the gift of understanding and being understood by animals, contact with lost civilizations and courage combined with the ability to deal with nature. The creation of such characters may have been propitiated by the success that Tarzan had achieved since his appearance in literature in 1912, culminating wit

stock character; a staple evil alien

horror trope

literary archetype by which a white character rescues people of color from their plight

thumb|"The King of Schnorrers" Manasseh da Costa (left) and his sidekick Yankele Schnorrer (שנאָרער; also spelled shnorrer) is a Yiddish pejorative term for a beggar who, unlike ordinary beggars, presents himself as respectable and feels entitled for the alms received.

stock character, notable for remaining composed in a comedic performance

type of fictional character with superhuman speed

child of a preacher

metaphor

thumb|Statue of Zé Pilintra, an entity in [[Umbanda that traditionally personifies malandros.]]

stereotyped stock character

Jungian archetype

someone who commits air piracy

thumb|right|Actor Gary Cooper served as an idealized everyman during the "[[golden age of Hollywood", appearing as the protagonist in movies such as 1952's High Noon.]]

archetype of the witch in Jungian psychology