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antihero
thumb|right|Revisionist Western films commonly feature antiheroes as lead characters whose actions are morally ambiguous. [[Clint Eastwood, pictured here in A Fistful of Dollars (1964), portrayed the archetypal antihero called the "Man with No Name" in the Italian Dollars Trilogy of Spaghetti Westerns.]]
archetype
The concept of an archetype ( ) appears in areas relating to behavior, historical psychology, philosophy and literary analysis.
good and evil
dichotomy in religion, ethics, and philosophy
damsel in distress
theme in storytelling, stock character; a noble Lady in need of rescue, traditionally from dragons
TV Tropes
online wiki listing and analyzing conventions (tropes) found in fictional works
jump scare
form of horror
scream queen
Woman known for her work in horror films
final girl
stock character; "last girl standing" in a horror film
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
stock character; usually static characters who have eccentric personality quirks and are unabashedly girlish

Women in Refrigerators
Website analyzing comic book trope of female injury or death
trope theory
nominalism
superhuman strength
ability
evil corporation
portraying a corporation as ignoring social responsibility
trope
element of cinematic semiology
Killing baby Hitler
ethical and physical thought experiment
buried treasure
Popular belief
Kubrick stare
cinematic technique