MACRO Representation Genre Stock Characters

'	Character Name	Description	Examples
A
	Absent-minded professor	An absent-minded scientific genius[2]	Professor Calculus, Julius Kelp, Emmett Brown
	Action hero	A film hero protagonist with unrealistic physical resistance and fighting capabilities	John McClane; John Rambo
	Alien invaders	Extraterrestrials who mount an invasion against Earth[2]	War of the Worlds, Body Snatchers, Independence Day
	Anti-hero	A cowardly, antisocial or honorless protagonist	Tony Montana, Faust, Falstaff
B
	Bad boy (archetype)	A roguish macho	Charlie Harper (Two and a Half Men), Johnny Strabler
	Battle-axe (woman)	A domineering, brash and brazen woman	Carrie Nation, Xena
	Bimbo	A dumb, pretty girl	Karen Smith (Mean Girls)
	Black knight	Evil fighter antagonist	Modred, Nazgûl, Darth Vader
	Blonde stereotype	A pretty, but stupid blonde	Blonde and Blonder
	Boy next door	Average and nice guy
	Breeches role	A role in which an actress appears in male clothing	Shakespeare in Love
	Byronic hero	A proud, moody and cynical man, yet capable of deep and strong affection	Childe Harold, Eugene Onegin
C
	Contender (stock character)	A competitive underdog	Rocky Balboa, Terry Maloy
D
	Damsel in distress	A noble Lady in need of rescue, traditionally from dragons	Princess Peach, Princess Buttercup, Princess and dragon
	Dark Lady (character)	A dark, malicious or doomed woman	Lady Macbeth
	Holmesian detective	A private or police detective who solves crimes by using logical deduction	Sherlock Holmes, Columbo, Hercule Poirot
	Hardboiled detective	A gruff, tough and streetwise, but generally honest detective	Sam Spade, John Hartigan, Philip Marlowe
E
	Elderly martial arts master	A wise, powerful man teaching his powerful craft to a young student. Often needs to be avenged	Keisuke Miyagi, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, Pai Mei
	Everyman	An ordinary individual	Everyman (play)
F
	Fall guy	A scapegoat
	Femme fatale	A beautiful, but mischievous and traitorous woman	Ruth Wonderly, Xenia Onatopp, Poison Ivy
	Final girl	A "last girl standing" in a horror film	Laurie Strode, Sally Hardesty, Lila Crane
G
	Girl next door	An average girl with a wholesome conduct	Winnie Cooper
H
	Hag	A wizened old woman, often a malicious witch	Hansel and Gretel, Baba Yaga
	Hero	A powerful and morally integer protagonist, often on a quest[2]	Luke Skywalker, John Carter of Mars, Neo (The Matrix)
	Hotshot	A reckless character known for taking risks. Also referred to as a "Badass".	Martin Riggs, Pete Mitchell (Top Gun)
I
	Ingenue (stock character)	a young woman who is endearingly innocent and wholesome	Ophelia, Cosette
J
	Jock (athlete)	A male athlete, often muscular, but not very smart	Tommy Ross, Luke Ward
K
	Killbot	Usually large, menacing machines created to perpetrate murder	Terminator
	Knight-errant	A noble Knight on a Quest	Galahad, Sir Gawain
L
	Legacy Hero	A hero who inherits or adopts the name and attributes of an already or previously existing hero	The Phantom, Green Lantern, Robin (comics)
	Lipstick lesbian	Lesbian and bisexual women who exhibit extremely feminine gender attributes
	Lone Vigilante	Loner who becomes a vigilante for Justice	Charles Bronson's Death Wish Movies; Dirty Harry; The Outlaw Josey Wales
	Lovers (stock characters)	Main characters who deeply and truly fall romantically in love, despite the blocking effect of other characters. Often moonstruck, star-crossed lovers that are strongly fraternizing with the enemy.	Romeo & Juliet Tony and Maria (West Side Story) Buttercup & Westley in The Princess Bride
M
	Mad scientist	An insane or highly eccentric scientist, often villainous or amoral.[2][12]	Dr. Frankenstein Dr. Moreau Emmett Brown Girl Genius
	Mother's boy	A man who is excessively attached to his mother	Private Frank Pike
N
O
	Outlaw (stock character)	A romanticized, often charismatic or social bandit.	Robin Hood, Billy the Kid
P
	Professor (stock character)	A common generic name for fictional characters who fill the role of doctors, scientists, or mad scientists.	The Professor (Gilligan's Island)
R
	Rake (character)	A man habituated to immoral conduct.	Francis Charteris (rake), Lord Byron, Gully Foyle (The Stars My Destination).
	Redshirt (character)	An expendable character who dies soon after being introduced; this refers to characters from the original Star Trek television series, often from the security of engineering departments of the starship, who wore the red variation of the Starfleet uniform and whose purpose in the narrative was to serve as cannon fodder	Star Trek.
	Reluctant hero	A person who doesn't seek adventure or the opportunity to do good, and often doubts his or her abilities to rise to heroism. However, circumstances inevitably result in the character's becoming a true hero.	Bilbo Baggins, Han Solo from the Star Wars series, Neo from The Matrix.
S
	Secret identity	An alias a character may take so that he or she may act in secrecy.	Superman's alias Clark Kent, Spider-Man's alias Peter Parker, and Batman's alias Bruce Wayne.
	Sidekick	A plucky but generally subordinate close companion of the protagonist	Robin, Dr. Watson, Sancho Panza
	Space Nazis	Nazi-like antagonists in science fiction works	Patterns of Force, Iron Sky
	Spinster	An older, childless woman who has never been married	Miss Havisham
	Superhero	An unrealistically powerful hero dedicated to protecting the public[2]	Superman, Spider-Man, Batman
	Supersoldier	A soldier who operates beyond human limits or abilities	Captain America; Soldier (1998 American film), Master Chief (Halo)
	Supervillain	Antithesis to the Superhero	Lex Luthor, The Joker, Dr. Doom
	Swashbuckler	A joyful, noisy and boastful renaissance era swordsman or pirate	Captain Jack Sparrow, The Crimson Pirate, Swashbuckler (list).
T
	Tomboy	A girl with boyish and/or manly behavior.	Juno Macguff
	Town bully	A bully oppressing meeker residents of a town.	Biff Tannen, Nelson Muntz.
	Tragic hero	A hero with a major flaw that leads to his or her eventual death and downfall.	Sigurd, Boromir, Orpheus
	Tycoon	A person who wields considerable economic power, often acting at the expense of the less fortunate	Montgomery Burns, Scrooge McDuck, Ebeneezer Scrooge
V
	Villain[2]	An evil character in a story	Snidely Whiplash, Fu Manchu Master (Doctor Who)
W
	Whisky priest	A priest or ordained minister who shows clear signs of moral weakness, while at the same time teaching a higher standard	Father Callahan
	Wise old man	An elderly character who provides wisdom to the protagonist.	Albus Dumbledore, Yoda, Gandalf Mickey Goldmill