• Allegorical Character: Characters who represent ideas or concepts.
• Brain Chain
• Cast Filler Tropes
• Comedic Relief Characters: Common characters used for jokes in comedy.
• Cops and Detectives
• Elders: Older people.
• Fanservice Characters
• Fantastic Sapient Species Tropes
• Gender Dynamics Index
• Indexed and Nerdy
• Love Interests: Characters whose role it is to be a romantic option to the protagonist.
• Mascots: Characters that officially symbolize a fictional media franchise or commercial product brand.
• Master of the Index
• No Sympathy For This Index
• Occupation Tropes: Character types sorted by their careers.
• One-Shot Character: Minor characters who only serve to appear in a single episode or story within a series.
• Organization Index
• Parental Issues
• The Parent Trope
• A Pretty Boy Index
• Queer as Tropes
• Race Tropes
• Stock Characters: Classic character archetypes you've seen everywhere.
• This Index Is Expendable
• This Index Knows What It's Talking About
• The Wannabe Index
• Youngsters: Younger people.

• Abandoned Mascot
• Abandoned War Child
• Abhorrent Admirer: A character who serves as an unattractive and unrequited love interest to another character.
• Absentee Club Member: A character that is a member of a club or organization, but rarely, if never, attends its meetings.
• Absent-Minded Professor
• Abusive Parents: Parents who aren't very nice to their children.
• Academic Alpha Bitch
• The Ace: A character who is highly skilled at what they do and is highly respected.
• Acquainted with Emergency Services: A character is well-known by emergency services due to how often they see each other.
• Action Dad
• Action Duo
• Action Girl
• Action Girlfriend
• Action Hero
• Action Mom
• Action Pet
• Action Survivor
• Actual Pacifist
• Adult Hater
• Agent Mulder
• Agent Peacock
• Agent Scully
• The Aggressive Drug Dealer
• Aggressive Submissive
• A.I.'s Agent
• The Alcoholic: A character who is always drinking alcohol.
• Alice and Bob
• The All-American Boy
• The Alleged Boss
• All-Loving Hero: A heroic character who has no malice for anyone who comes their way.
• Almighty Janitor: Someone with a menial job is actually very competent.
• Almost Dead Guy: A dying person who gives vital information to the heroes just before kicking the bucket.
• The Aloner
• Aloof Ally
• Aloof Big Brother
• Alpha Bitch: A popular girl in high school whose purpose is to be a spiteful bitch to the main characters.
• Always Chaotic Evil: An entire race consists of bad guys.
• Always Lawful Good: An entire race consists of good guys.
• Always Second Best: A character is always one-upped by their rival no matter how hard they try to beat them in competitions.
• Always Someone Better: No matter how good a person is in their field, there's always one person who is better at it than they are.
• Amazon Chaser: A man who is attracted to large and strong women.
• Ambulance Chaser: A lawyer who eagerly goes after clients who have been injured.
• Amnesiac Hero: A hero who's lost their memories.
• Amnesiac Lover
• Amoral Attorney: An evil lawyer.
• Amoral Talent Agent: An evil talent agent.
• Ancient Keeper
• "Angry Black Man" Stereotype: A black man who is eternally and often irrationally angry at perceived racism.
• Angry Chef
• Annoying Younger Sibling: A character has a younger sibling who often gets on their nerves.
• Anonymous Benefactor
• Anonymous Ringer
• Antagonistic Offspring: Someone has children who hate their parent.
• Anti-Anti-Christ: The evil being's spawn has no interest in ending the world or being evil.
• The Antichrist: The spawn of a powerful and evil being who is supposed to bring about the end of the world.
• The Anticipator
• The Anti-Nihilist: A person who believes that life has no meaning or purpose, but that shouldn't stop people from enjoying life while they still can.
• Anti-Role Model: A character whose purpose is to show the audience how theyshouldn't behave.
• Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
• Apathetic Clerk
• Apathetic Teacher: A teacher who doesn't give a crap about how well their students do.
• Apocalypse Maiden
• The Apprentice
• Apron Matron
• Arc Hero
• The Archmage
• Archnemesis Dad
• Arc Villain: A villain who is only the central antagonist for a few episodes rather than for the entire series.
• The Armorer
• The Artifact: A character who remains on the show even though the series has gone through changes rendering their original role obsolete.
• As Himself: A celebrity played by the actual person as opposed to an impersonator.
• Asian Airhead: An Asian person who isn't very bright.
• Asian and Nerdy: An Asian nerd.
• Asian Rudeness
• Asshole Victim: Audience sympathy for characters that get killed or otherwise victimized are ruled out by making the character so unsympathetic and unpleasant that their death/victimization comes off as deserved, even when it's nottheir own fault.
• Audience Surrogate: A character who represents the feelings of the audience.
• Authority in Name Only: Someone identifies as being some kind of authority figure, but doesn't really have the power to make anyone do as they say.
• Automated Automobiles

• Babies Make Everything Better: A baby solves everyone's problems.
• Babysitter from Hell: A babysitter who is mean to the children they're hired to look after.
• Back-Alley Doctor
• Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch
• Badass Adorable: A cute character capable of impressive feats.
• Badass Bookworm
• Badass Bystander
• Badass Normal: A normal person who can kick serious butt and survive dangerous events in spite of having no powers.
• Badass Pacifist: A character who detests violence but can still defend themselves from their enemies in impressive ways.
• Badass Preacher: A priest capable of kicking ass.
• Bad Boss: A boss who is cruel to their employees, often to the extent of having no problems with outright murdering them for displeasing them.
• Badly Battered Babysitter: A babysitter who gets injured while trying to protect their charges from harm.
• Bad Samaritan
• Bait-and-Switch Tyrant
• Baker Street Regular
• Balkan Bastard
• Barbarian Tribe
• The Baroness
• Barrier Maiden
• Barrier Warrior
• Basement Dweller: A grown man who still lives with his parents.
• Bastard Bastard: A person who is a bastard in both senses of the word (i.e.: they were born out of wedlock and they're a jerk).
• Battleaxe Nurse
• Battle Butler: A butler who is willing to fight on his boss's orders.
• The Beard: Someone who pretends to be another person's significant other to prevent people from learning that they're gay.
• Bearer of Bad News
• Beast Man
• Beleaguered Assistant
• Beleaguered Childhood Friend
• Benevolent Boss: A boss who is nice and reasonable to their employees.
• Best Her to Bed Her: A woman will only marry or sleep with whoever can beat her in a fight.
• Beta Bitch
• Beta Couple
• Better with Non-Human Company
• Big Bad: The main villain of the story.
• Big Beautiful Man
• Big Beautiful Woman
• Big Brother Bully: An older brother who picks on his younger siblings.
• Big Brother Mentor: An older brother who teaches his younger siblings what he feels they need to know to prepare them for life.
• Big Dumb Bully: Stereotype of a schoolyard bully as a big, but not too bright, oaf.
• Big Eater: A character with a voracious appetite.
• Big Fish in a Bigger Ocean
• Big Good: The highest-ranking authority figure on the heroes' side.
• The Big Guy: The member of the team who is the strongest and handles the physical labor.
• Big Jerk on Campus: A popular and arrogant guy inHigh School whose purpose is to bully the main characters.
• Big Man on Campus
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: A mean person who pretends to be nicer than they actually are.
• Bit-Part Bad Guys
• Black and Nerdy: A black nerd.
• Black Magician Girl
• Black Republican
• Black Sheep: A member of a group who doesn't fit in with the rest of the group.
• Black Shirt
• Blank Slate
• Blind Justice
• Blind Seer: A blind person with psychic powers.
• Blonde Republican Sex Kitten
• Blue-Collar Warlock
• Bob from Accounting
• Body Double
• Body of the Week
• Boisterous Bruiser
• Boisterous Weakling: A person who isn't afraid to take on people who are clearly much stronger than they are.
• Bollywood Nerd: A nerd of Indian descent.
• Bomb-Throwing Anarchists
• Bond Breaker
• Book Dumb: A person who doesn't do well in school, but is still capable of social intelligence.
• Boomerang Bigot: Someone is bigoted toward a group they actually belong to.
• The Bore: A person who is so boring to others.
• Born Detective
• Born Lucky
• Boss's Unfavorite Employee
• Bouncer
• Bourgeois Bohemian
• Boxed Crook
• Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: A dad who doesn't like potential suitors getting too close to his daughter.
• Boyfriend Bluff
• Braggart Boss: A villain who can't stop making boastful claims.
• Brainless Beauty: A person is attractive, but very dumb.
• Brainy Brunette: A dark-haired person who is very intelligent.
• Bratty Half-Pint: A little kid who is mean and insufferable to everyone else.
• Bratty Teenage Daughter: A teenage girl who acts ungrateful and spiteful toward her parents.
• Bribing the Homeless: A homeless person who exists just to do something just because they'd been bribed to do it.
• The Brigadier
• Brilliant, but Lazy: A person who is actually quite smart, it's just that they'd rather not put in much effort in their assignments.
• Broken Ace: A person who used to be successful and cool, but has now become a jaded has-been.
• Broken Angel
• Broken Bird: A woman with a tragic backstory.
• Bromantic Foil
• Brooklyn Rage
• Bruiser with a Soft Center: A tough and strong person who's a softie deep down.
• The Brute: The strongest member of the team of bad guys.
• Bubble Boy
• The Bully: A character who picks on other people.
• Bully Hunter
• Bully Magnet
• Bumbling Dad: A father who is a moron.
• Bumbling Sidekick: A sidekick who is stupid.
• Bungling Inventor
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: A person who is good at their job in spite of their bizarre habits and attributes.
• Butch Lesbian: A masculine woman who is stereotyped as being attracted to women exclusively..
• Butt-Monkey: The character's purpose is to constantly suffer misfortunes as a form of comic relief.

• Cain and Abel and Seth
• The Caligula: An insane leader.
• Camera Fiend
• Camp Gay: A feminine male who is stereotyped as being attracted to men exclusively.
• Camp Straight: A man who is feminine and heterosexual.
• Canary in a Coal Mine
• Canon Character All Along: The adaptation has a character who appears to be aCanon Foreigner initially, but is actually the alias of or the adaptations' interpretation of a pre-existing character.
• Canon Foreigner: A new character created for the adaptation who didn't exist in the original work.
• Canon Immigrant: A character created for the adaptation ends up added to the continuity of the original work.
• Caper Crew
• Captain Oblivious: Someone never notices something they should be aware of.
• Captain Obvious: A character who tends to point out the obvious.
• Card-Carrying Villain: A villain who is proud of being evil to the point of constantly bragging about how rotten they are.
• The Caretaker
• Caring Gardener
• Casanova Wannabe: A man who wants to score with a lot of women, but never succeeds in charming any of them.
• The Cassandra: A character who always warns about disaster coming, but is never listened to.
• Cavalier Competitor
• Celebrity Impersonator
• Celibate Eccentric Genius
• Celibate Hero: A hero who willingly abstains from sex and relationships.
• The Champion
• Chaotic Stupid: A dumb character who lacks any rhyme or reason to their actions.
• The Chaperone: A character who is tasked with watching over someone and keeping them out of trouble.
• Character Overlap
• Character Witness
• Charles Atlas Superpower: A normal that does things that only superhuman are capable of after lots of training.
• The Charmer
• Chaste Hero: A hero who is oblivious of another person's attraction to them no matter how obvious it is that the other person has a thing for them.
• Cheerful Child: A child who is perpetually happy.
• Chekhov's Gunman
• Chessmaster Sidekick
• Chest of Medals
• Child Eater: A person who eats children specifically.
• Child Hater: A person who despises children, often to ridiculous levels.
• Child Mage
• Child Prodigy: A child who is very smart for their age.
• Children Are a Waste: People who believe that it's wasteful to have children.
• Children as Pawns: Children are used as part of a plan.
• Child Soldiers: Children are sent to fight in the war.
• Chivalrous Pervert: A pervert who is a decent person in spite of their filthy interests and has lines they refuse to cross in regards to placating their urges.
• The Chooser of the One
• Church Going Villain
• Circus Brat
• City Mouse
• Classical Anti-Hero
• Clingy Child
• Clingy Jealous Girl: A girlfriend or wife who will go berserk if they catch another woman flirting with their significant other.
• Clock King: Someone has a ludicrously uncanny ability to keep track of time down to the very second.
• Closet Key
• Cloudcuckoolander: A character with eccentric beliefs and habits.
• Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: The associate of a dumb or weird character whose job is to keep the other person from causing too much trouble with their idiocy or eccentricity.
• Club Kid
• Clueless Detective
• Coincidence Magnet
• Collateral Angst
• College Widow: ADude Magnet who lives near a male-only institution and encourages the attention she receives.
• Combat Medic
• Combat Commentator
• Combat Pragmatist: A character who will do whatever dirty tactic is necessary to defeat their opponent in a fight.
• Combat Referee
• Combat Sadomasochist
• The Comically Serious: A character who provides comedy simply by being stern and emotionless.
• Commander Contrarian
• Commie-Nazis
• The Commissioner Gordon
• Communications Officer
• Companion Cube: An inanimate object is treated as if it were a living person.
• Compassionate Critic: Criticizing someone because you want them to do better.
• Compressed Abstinence
• Compressed Vice: A character demonstrates a flaw they were not indicated to possess before.
• The Confidant
• Conflict Killer
• Conquering Alien Prince
• The Conscience
• Conservative Dad, Liberal Mom
• The Consigliere
• Conspiracy Theorist: A person who has off-the-wall and insane theories claiming that what we know is a lie and that there's some secret organization hiding the truth from everyone.
• Constantly Curious: A child who can't stop asking questions.
• Consummate Liar
• Consummate Professional
• Continuity Rebooter: An in-universe character who causes a work to undergo aContinuity Reboot.
• Continuously Crying Child
• Cool Old Guy
• Cool Old Lady
• Cool Teacher
• Cordon Bleugh Chef: A chef who makes good food, but has a bad habit of preparing unappetizing combinations.
• Country Cousin
• Country Mouse
• Courier
• Court Jester
• Cousin Oliver: A younger character is added to keep the cast from looking too old.
• Cowardly Lion: A character is constantly afraid of everything, but will still stick to their friends and loved ones when they need them.
• Cowboy Cop
• Crazy Cat Lady: An old woman who looks afterway too many cats.
• Crazy Homeless People: Homeless people who act insane.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: A boyfriend or husband who will get very furious when they see another man try to make a move on their girlfriend or wife.
• Creator's Pet: A character the creator likes and overexposes while the fans dislike them.
• Creepy Child: A child who has something odd or disturbing about them.
• Creepy Crossdresser: A crossdresser who’s portrayed as creepy, perverted, or otherwise unpleasant.
• Creepy Gas-Station Attendant
• Creepy Housekeeper
• Creepy Mortician: Morticians portrayed as being disturbing or strange.
• Creepy Old-Fashioned Diving Suit
• Creepy Twins: Identical twins who are creepy or disturbing in some way.
• The Creon
• Crime Magnet
• Criminal Amnesiac
• Cross Player
• Cruel Cheerleader: A cheerleader with a serious mean streak.
• Crusading Widow
• Crusty Caretaker
• Cunning Linguist
• Curious as a Monkey: A very curious person.
• Cute Bruiser: Adorable, and packs a punch.
• The Cutie
• The Cynic
• Cynical Mentor

• Da Chief
• Daddy's Girl
• Daddy's Little Villain
• Da Editor
• Damsel Errant
• Damsel in Distress: A female character's purpose is to be imperiled so the hero can rescue them.
• Damsel out of Distress: A female character who is able to save herself when she's in danger.
• Damsel Scrappy: A character is disliked for constantly needing to be rescued.
• Dancing Royalty
• Dangerous Deserter
• Dark and Troubled Past
• Dark Lord on Life Support
• Dark Magical Girl
• Dark Messiah
• Dark Mistress
• Dark Shepherd
• Dead All Along: A character turns out to have died since the story's beginning.
• Dead Person Impersonation: Someone uses the identity of a dead person as an alias.
• Dead Star Walking: A character played by a big-name celebrity who gets killed off.
• Deadpan Snarker
• Deaf Composer: An ironically disabled creator.
• Dean Bitterman: The head of a school who has it in for all the students.
• Deceptive Disciple
• Deconstructed Character Archetype: A character who deconstructs the classic archetype they embody.
• Decoy Damsel
• Deadly Doctor
• Decoy Protagonist: A character is set up as the main character when it's really someone else who is the star.
• Deep Cover Agent
• Defends Against Their Own Kind
• Defrosting Ice Queen
• Deliberately Bad Example
• Delicate and Sickly
• Demolitions Expert
• Depraved Bisexual: A bisexual character who is unsavory.
• Depraved Dentist: A dentist who gets off on hurting their patients.
• Depraved Homosexual: A gay man who is willing to rape men.
• Depraved Kids' Show Host: A children's show is hosted by a person who in real life is a worse person than the character they play on TV.
• Designated Hero: The character is supposed to be seen as a good guy, but because of his actions, the audience instead sees him as an unlikable jerk at best and an outright villain at worst.
• Designated Victim: A character who willalways get in trouble for the benefit of the plot.
• Design Preservation Villain
• Destined Bystander
• Deuteragonist: The first character most important aside from the main protagonist.
• Devil's Advocate
• Diabolus ex Nihilo: An enemy or threat that shows up out of nowhere with no context.
• Dimensional Traveler
• Dirty Old Man: An elderly man who likes younger women.
• Dirty Old Monk
• Dirty Old Woman: An elderly woman who likes younger men.
• Disability as an Excuse for Jerkassery: A disabled character uses the excuse that being disabled means they can get away with being an asshole.
• Disability Gag: A disabled character is there merely for comic relief.
• Disappeared Dad: A character's father is never seen or mentioned.
• Disaster Scavengers
• Discount Lesbians
• Disposable Intern
• Disposable Vagrant: It's considered okay to kidnap or kill homeless people because no one would notice or care about them missing.
• Disposable Woman
• Distressed Dude: A male character who gets imperiled so the hero can rescue them.
• The Ditherer: A character who has trouble making decisions.
• The Ditz: The character's defining trait is that they are a total moron.
• Ditzy Genius: A character who is intelligent in regards to numbers and science, but is somehow oblivious of stuff that even complete idiots are aware of.
• Ditzy Secretary
• Does Not Like Men
• Don't You Dare Pity Me!
• Doomed Appointment
• Doomed Defeatist
• Doomed Fellow Prisoner
• Doomed Hurt Guy
• Doomed Protagonist
• A Doormat to His Men
• Doppelgänger Replacement Love Interest
• Dork Knight
• The Dragon: The main underling of theBig Bad.
• Dragon Rider
• The Dragonslayer
• The Dreaded: A character who has a reputation of being feared by everyone who knows them.
• Dreadful Musician: When they attempt to play music, cover your ears.
• Dr. Feelgood
• Drill Sergeant Nasty: A military officer who is very demanding toward his soldiers.
• The Driver
• Dr. Jerk: A physician who isn't very nice to the people they are treating.
• Drop-In Character
• Dry Crusader
• Dueling Messiahs
• Dumbass DJ
• Dumbass Teenage Son
• Dumb Blonde: A dumb character with blonde hair.
• Dumb Jock: A strong, athletic, and stupid person.
• Dumb Muscle: A strong character who isn't very smart.
• The Dutiful Son

• The Eeyore: A character who is constantly depressed and pessimistic.
• Effeminate Misogynistic Guy: Prejudiced against women despite being feminine himself.
• Egocentrically Religious
• Egomaniac Hunter
• Elvis Impersonator: An impersonator of Elvis Presley.
• The Empath
• Empathic Healer
• Emperor Scientist
• Empowered Badass Normal: A character who started out as aBadass Normal gains super powers, making them even more dangerous to their enemies than when they didn't have powers.
• Empty Shell
• Enemy to All Living Things
• Enfant Terrible: An evil child.
• The Engineer
• Enigmatic Empowering Entity
• Erudite Stoner: A person who does drugs and is highly intelligent.
• Escape Artist
• Eternal Employee
• Ethical Slut
• Ethnic Magician
• Ethnic Scrappy: A character is disliked for being a politically incorrect portrayal of a specific minority.
• Etiquette Nazi
• The Everyman: A character who lacks distinguishing traits.
• Everyone's Baby Sister
• Evil Brit: A villain with a British accent.
• Evil Brunette Twin
• Evil Chef: A villain who happens to be a chef.
• Evil Cripple: A villain who is disabled.
• Evil Debt Collector
• Evil Diva
• Evil Doppelgänger
• Evil Former Friend: A villain who used to be a friend of the hero.
• The Evil Genius: As intelligent as they are wicked.
• Evil Jesuit
• Evil Luddite
• Evil Matriarch
• Evil Minions
• Evil Old Folks: An elderly villain.
• Evil Orphan
• Evil Orphanage Lady
• The Evil Prince: A royal who seeks to kill their family members for the purpose of inheriting the throne.
• Evil Reactionary
• Evil Redhead: A villain with red hair.
• Evil Twin
• Evil Vegetarian: A villain who abstains from eating meat.
• Excited Kids' Show Host
• Expert in Underwater Basket Weaving
• Extreme Doormat: A character is so submissive that they'll do anything people tell them to and allow them to do anything that would prove detrimental for them.
• The Extremist Was Right

• The Faceless: A character who always has their face obscured.
• Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon
• Face of a Thug: A good or neutral character has a menacing appearance.
• Fag Hag: A woman who hangs around with gay men.
• Fainting Seer
• Fair Cop
• The Fair Folk: Fairy beings, capricious and cruel.
• Fairy Companion
• Fairy Godmother: A magical wish-granting guardian.
• Fake Faith Healer: A con artist who falsely claims to be able to heal people by channeling a deity.
• False Prophet: A religious figure lying for selfish reasons.
• Family-Values Villain: A villain who cares about setting a good example for children.
• Fantasy-Forbidding Father
• Farmer's Daughter
• Fat Bastard: An overweight character who is mean or evil.
• Fat Best Friend
• Fat Comic Relief
• A Father to His Men: The leader is a benevolent father figure to the rest of the group.
• Female Misogynist: A woman who hates other women.
• Femme Fatale
• The Ferry Man
• Fetishized Abuser
• The Fettered
• Fiery Redhead: A redhead with a hot-blooded personality.
• Fighting for a Homeland
• Fighting Irish
• The Fighting Narcissist
• Fille Fatale
• Final Girl: A female character who survives while the others get killed.
• Fixer Sue
• Flat-Earth Atheist: A character who refuses to believe in something proven to exist.
• Flying Dutchman
• Foreign Correspondent
• Forgetful Jones: A character who is incapable of remembering anything.
• Former Child Star
• Former Teen Rebel: A character was rebellious toward their parents and elders when they were an adolescent.
• Fortune Teller
• Founder of the Kingdom
• Four-Star Badass
• Fourth-Wall Observer: A character acknowledges the fourth wall, but is the only one who does so.
• Fox News Liberal
• Fragile Speedster: Fast, but fragile.
• Fratbro
• French Jerk: A mean character with a French accent.
• Friend in the Black Market
• Friend in the Press
• Friendly Enemy: Enemies who are nice to each other to the point that you'd assume they were friends if they weren't on opposing sides.
• Friendly Rivalry
• The Friend Nobody Likes: A character who hangs out with the rest of the cast, but isn't exactly liked by the others.
• Friend on the Force
• Friend to All Children: A character who adores children and enjoys helping and interacting with them.
• Friend to All Living Things: When animals are attracted to a certain character.
• From Camouflage to Criminal: A veteran who becomes a criminal.
• Frontline General
• Fully-Embraced Fiend
• Funny Foreigner: A character from another country who provides comic relief with their unusual customs and obliviousness of how things are in the country they currently live in.
• Future Loser

• The Gadfly
• Gadgeteer Genius: A character who can invent a lot of useful devices.
• The Gambling Addict
• Gate Guardian
• Gay Best Friend
• Gay Conservative
• Gay Cowboy
• Gayngster: A gay criminal.
• Gay Option
• Genie in a Bottle
• Genius Bruiser: A character who is both very strong and highly intelligent.
• Genius Cripple
• Genius Ditz: A character who is mostly stupid, but very intelligent in a specific field of knowledge.
• Genius Loci: A sentient location.
• Gentle Giant: A tall character who is nice.
• Gentleman Adventurer
• Gentleman and a Scholar
• Gentleman Snarker
• Gentleman Thief
• The Ghost: A character who is mentioned, but never physically seen or heard from.
• Ghost Butler
• Ghost Extras
• The Gift
• Giftedly Bad: A character who has the "talent" of being completely horrible.
• The Gimmick
• Girl Friday
• Girl Next Door
• Girl Next Door Turned Superstar
• Girl of the Week: A one-shot character who serves as a love interest to one of the main characters.
• Girl Posse
• Girly Bruiser: Feminine and kickass.
• Glacier Waif
• Glorious Leader
• Glurge Addict: A lover of all things sappy.
• God-Emperor
• God in Human Form
• God of Evil
• God of Good
• God Save Us from the Queen!: An evil queen.
• Good Bad Girl
• Good Parents: Parents who love their children and do what they can to give their kids decent lives.
• Good Samaritan
• Good Shepherd
• Good Stepmother
• Good with Numbers
• Gossipy Hens
• Grande Dame
• Grandparental Obliviousness
• Granola Girl
• The Great Exterminator
• Grease Monkey
• Greek Chorus
• Groupie Brigade
• Grumpy Old Man: An elderly character who is a complete sourpuss.
• Guardian Entity
• Guardian of the Multiverse
• Guile Hero: A hero who relies on their wits to save the day.
• Gullible Lemmings
• Gushing About Guest Stars
• Gym Bunny

• The Hacktivist: A person or group that uses computer-based techniques such as hacking to promote a political agenda or social change.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: A character who constantly gets angry at the slightest provocation.
• Handicapped Badass: A disabled character who is still very powerful and formidable.
• Handsome Lech: A character who is attractive but due to their obnoxious or awkward personality struggles to date women.
• Handy Shortcoming
• Hanging Judge
• Hard-Drinking Party Girl
• Hate Sink: A character designed to be hated by the audience.
• Haunted Heroine
• Haunted House Historian
• Head-in-the-Sand Management
• Head-Turning Beauty
• Healthy Eating Fanatic: A character obsessed with healthy eating habits.
• The Heart: The emotional core of a team.
• Heartbroken Badass: The hero has lost their love interest.
• Heartwarming Orphan
• The Hedonist
• He-Man Woman Hater: A childish misogynist.
• Henpecked Husband: A husband who is always ordered around by their wife and lacks the nerve to give their two cents on the matter.
• Herald
• The Hermit
• Hermit Guru
• Heroic Bastard: An illegitimate child who is a nice person.
• Heroic Bystander
• Heroic Mime: A good character who doesn't talk.
• Heroic Neutral
• Heroic Wannabe
• Hero Killer: A villain who has successfully killed at least one hero who tried to stop them.
• Hero of Another Story: An ally of the hero has had heroic adventures of their own that aren't seen by the audience.
• Hero Secret Service
• The Hero's Idol: A character who isThe Hero's primary source of motivation, and inspires their pursuits to succeed throughout the plot.
• Hero-Worshipper: The hero has a fan who can't stop showering them with praise.
• Heteronormative Crusader: An activist who is homophobic and out to put an end to what they view as sexual deviancy.
• He Who Fights Monsters: A character who ends up becoming just as bad or even worse than the enemies they fight.
• He Who Must Not Be Heard
• He Who Must Not Be Seen
• Hidden Depths: A character is revealed to have attributes and skills that one wouldn't have known them to possess at first glance.
• High-Powered Career Woman
• The High Queen
• High-School Hustler
• High-School Rejects
• Hikikomori: A character who hates going outdoors.
• Hobbits
• Holier Than Thou: An arrogant character who acts like they're better than everyone else.
• Hollywood Autism: Autism depicted inaccurately.
• Hollywood Intellectual Disability
• Hollywood Tourette's
• Homeless Pigeon Person
• Homegrown Hero
• Homeschooled Kids: Kids taught by their parents/guardians instead of actual teachers in a school.
• Honey Trap
• Hooker with a Heart of Gold
• Hope Bringer
• The Hopeless Replacement
• Horny Scientist
• Horror Host: A character common in works of the horror genre whose purpose is to serve as a narrator in the story or collection of stories' framing device.
• Hospital Hottie
• Hostage MacGuffin
• Hostile Hitchhiker
• Hot as Hell
• Hotel Hellion
• Hot God
• Hot Librarian
• Hot Teacher
• Housewife
• Human Hard Drive
• Human Jungle Gym
• Human Pack Mule
• Hunter of Monsters
• The Hyena: A character who constantly laughs.
• Hyper-Competent Sidekick: The hero's sidekick is leagues more competent than the hero.
• Hypocrite: A character who doesn't practice what they preach.

• I Just Want to Be Badass
• I Just Want to Be Beautiful
• I Just Want to Be Loved
• I Just Want to Be Normal
• I Just Want to Be Special
• I Just Want to Be You
• I Just Want to Have Friends
• Ice Queen
• Identity Amnesia: A character who doesn't remember who they are.
• Idiot Hero
• Idiot Houdini: A dumb character avoids punishment for their actions simply because they don't know any better.
• Ignorant of the Call
• Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance: A character is oblivious of how much knowledge they truly lack.
• Ignored Expert
• The Igor: The hunchbacked assistant of the mad scientist.
• The Illegal
• The Immune
• The Imp
• Impeded Messenger
• Impoverished Patrician: A ruler who is destitute.
• Improperly Paranoid
• Inappropriate Role Model
• Incorruptible Pure Pureness: A character who is so nice and good-natured it is impossible for them to go bad.
• Indian Maiden
• Indispensable Scoundrel
• Indubitably Uninteresting Individual
• Inept Mage
• Inexplicably Awesome
• Inexplicably Identical Individuals: What initially appears to be the same character appearing everywhere is actually a whole bunch of different characters who all look alike.
• The Informant
• Informed Loner
• The Ingenue
• In Harm's Way
• Inhuman Resources
• Innocent Bigot: A person who acts bigoted without realizing that what they're saying or doing is considered bigotry.
• Innocent Bystander
• Innocent Fanservice Girl: A character who goes naked or dresses provocatively because of ignorance of the nudity taboo.
• Innocent Flower Girl
• The Insomniac
• Inspector Javert: An enforcer of the law who is obsessed with capturing someone accused of a crime, regardless of whether the person is truly guilty.
• Inspector Lestrade
• Inspirationally Disadvantaged: A disabled character is given special treatment by the others.
• Insufferable Genius: An intelligent character who acts condescending and rude to those who have lower I.Q.s than them.
• Insufferable Imbecile: A stupid character who is also very rude.
• Intelligible Unintelligible: A character who isn't able to speak in anything other than gibberish, yet is understood by the other characters.
• Interactive Narrator: The narrator interacts directly with the characters.
• Interdisciplinary Sleuth
• Interrupted Suicide
• Intro-Only Point of View
• Invincible Hero: A hero who can't be defeated.
• Invincible Incompetent: A character who can't mess up in spite of being incompetent.
• Invincible Villain
• Invisible Jerkass: An invisible character who uses their invisibility to do dickish things.
• Invisible President
• Iron Butt-Monkey: A character undergoes a lot of injuries, but manages to endure them completely intact.
• Iron Woobie

• Jaded Washout
• The Jailer
• The Jeeves
• Jerkass: The character's main purpose is to be an asshole to the other characters.
• Jerkass Woobie: A mean character whom some fans see as deserving sympathy for undergoing misfortune that seems unfair in spite of the bad things they did.
• Jerk Jock: An athletic asshole.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: A character who acts mean, but occasionally shows that they're not completely heartless and can be very sweet to those they care about..
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: A mean character appears to do something nice, but their supposed good deed only results in proving that they were a much worse asshole than previously thought.
• Jewish and Nerdy
• Jewish Mother
• Joggers Find Death
• Judge, Jury, and Executioner
• Jumped at the Call: When asked to become the hero, the character is very excited about the opportunity.
• Jungle Princess
• Just a Gangster

• Kavorka Man: A man who gets a lot of dates in spite of being ugly or unpleasant.
• Kicked Upstairs: An employee is prevented from causing too much damage to the company by promoting them to a position where they can't do anything directly to the company's projects.
• Kid-anova: A child who has lots of dates.
• Kiddie Kid: A child who acts more immature than the other child characters.
• Kid from the Future
• Kid Hero: A young and heroic protagonist.
• Kidnapped Scientist
• Kids Are Cruel: Children who are mean.
• Kid Sidekick
• Kind Hearted Cat Lover
• Kindhearted Simpleton: A dim character who makes up for their idiocy by being very nice.
• King Incognito
• King of the Homeless
• The Kirk
• Knight in Shining Armor
• Knight in Sour Armor
• Knight of Cerebus: An antagonist whose introduction or rise in prominence causes the work to at least temporarily becomeDarker and Edgier.
• Knight Templar: A character who believes that their just cause justifies using extreme and questionable methods.
• Knight Templar Big Brother
• Knight Templar Parent
• Knowledge Broker
• Kung-Fu Kid

• The Lab Rat
• The Lad-ette
• Lady Drunk
• Lady in Red
• Lady-In-Waiting
• Lady Macbeth
• Lady of Black Magic
• Lady of War
• The Lancer
• Large and in Charge: The leader or boss is also the biggest.
• The Last DJ
• Last of His Kind: A character is the last surviving member of their species.
• Lawful Stupid: An authority figure who causes problems by obeying the rules too literally.
• Lazy Bum
• Leader Wannabe
• Lead You Can Relate To
• Least Is First: A lowest-status character steps forward first, shaming the higher-status ones into supporting a course of action.
• Lemony Narrator
• Lesbian Jock
• Lesbian Vampire
• Lesser Star
• Lethal Chef: A chef who is terrible at cooking.
• Lethally Stupid: A dumb character whose stupidity causes others to get killed.
• The Lightfooted
• Like a Duck Takes to Water
• Liminal Being
• Lipstick Lesbian
• "L" Is for "Dyslexia"
• Little Jimmy
• Littlest Cancer Patient
• Living Aphrodisiac
• Living Emotional Crutch
• Living Lie Detector
• Living MacGuffin
• Living Prop
• The Load
• Logical Latecomer
• London Gangster
• Lonely Doll Girl
• Long-Lost Uncle Aesop: A one-shot character appears solely to provide the episode's moral.
• Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
• Loon with a Heart of Gold
• Loony Fan
• Loony Librarian
• Loser Has Your Back
• Loser Protagonist
• Lovable Alpha Bitch
• Lovable Coward
• Lovable Jock
• Lovable Nerd
• Lovable Rogue
• Lovable Sex Maniac
• Love Confessor
• Love Informant
• Love Martyr
• Lover, Not a Fighter
• Loves My Alter Ego
• Loving Bully
• Loving Parent, Cruel Parent: One parent is loving, the other is abusive or violent.
• Loyal to the Position
• Lust Object

• MacGuffin-Person Reveal
• MacGuffin Super-Person
• MacGuffin Turned Human
• Mad Artist
• Mad Bomber
• The Mad Hatter: An insane character who doesn't care that they are crazy.
• Mad Mathematician
• Mad Oracle
• Mad Scientist: An insane scientist who conducts bizarre experiments.
• Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter
• Mafia Princess
• Mage Species
• Magical Girl
• Magical Girlfriend
• Magical Jew
• Magically Inept Fighter: A skilled physical fighter, but not a great magic-user.
• Magical Nanny
• Magical Native American
• Magical Negro
• Magical Queer
• Magical Seventh Son
• Maiden Aunt
• Majored in Western Hypocrisy
• Makeover Fairy
• Malaproper: A character who tends to confuse words with similar ones.
• Malcolm Xerox: A character modeled after Malcolm X.
• Mama Bear: A mother who will defend their children from anyone or anything endangering them.
• Manchild: An adult who acts immature.
• Manchurian Agent
• Manic Pixie Dream Girl: A quirky, cheerful woman who gets in a relationship with a somber man.
• Manly Gay
• The Man They Couldn't Hang
• Martial Pacifist
• Martyr Without a Cause
• Master of Delusion
• Master of the Mixed Message
• Master of Unlocking
• The Matchmaker
• Matron Chaperone
• Mauve Shirt
• Mayor of a Ghost Town
• The McCoy
• Mean Boss
• Meddlesome Patrolman
• The Medic
• Men Can't Keep House
• The Men in Black
• Men of Sherwood
• Merlin and Nimue
• Meta Guy
• Mighty Glacier
• Miles Gloriosus: A character boasts about being a good fighter, but becomes a coward when they're outnumbered.
• Milholland Relationship Moment
• Military Brat
• Military Maverick
• The Millstone
• Minnesota Nice
• Minority Police Officer
• Minor Major Character
• Miser Advisor
• Missed the Call
• Missing Mom: A character's mother is never seen or mentioned.
• Mission Control: A character who stays behind while keeping contact with the heroes to give them advice and instructions.
• Mister Big
• Mister Seahorse
• Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold: A person thought to be a bad person turns out to actually be nicer than everyone has assumed.
• Momma's Boy
• Monster Clown
• Monster Fangirl: A fangirl of a depraved criminal.
• Monster Munch
• Monster Roommate
• Mooching Master
• Morality Chain
• Morality Chain Beyond the Grave
• Morality Pet
• Morally Bankrupt Banker
• Most Writers Are Writers
• Motherly Scientist: A scientist regards their creations as their children.
• Mother Nature
• Mother Russia Makes You Strong
• Mouthy Kid
• Mr. Imagination: A character with an active imagination.
• Mrs. Robinson
• Mr. Vice Guy: A hero who has not-so-noble interests and pastimes.
• Muggle Best Friend: The fantastical hero’s best friend is mundane.
• Muggle Foster Parents
• Muggles: Non-magical people.
• The Münchausen
• Mundane MacGuffin Person
• The Muse
• The Music Meister
• My Beloved Smother
• Mysterious Backer
• Mysterious Employer
• Mysterious Informant
• Mysterious Past: The characters' backstory is unknown.
• Mysterious Stranger
• Mysterious Waif
• Mysterious Watcher

• Naïve Everygirl
• Naïve Newcomer
• The Napoleon
• Narrator: The character who describes the story's events as they happen.
• Native Guide
• Nature-Loving Robot: Artificial intelligence that loves the natural world.
• Nature Spirit
• Naughty Nuns
• The Navigator
• Nay-Theist: A character who is aware that deities exist, but denies their existence to spite them.
• Nazi Grandpa: A grandfather who served the Axis powers during World War II.
• Nazi Nobleman
• Necromancer: Someone who has the power to raise the dead.
• Neet
• Nerds Are Sexy
• Neuro-Vault
• Never a Self-Made Woman: A woman is never given recognition unless they owed their success to their husband.
• Never Live It Down: A character does one bad or embarrassing thing and the fandom never forgives them for it.
• Never Mess with Granny
• New-Age Retro Hippie
• New Job as the Plot Demands: The characters' job changes depending on what is appropriate for the plot.
• New Old Flame
• Nice Guy: A character whose defining trait is being nice and friendly to everyone.
• Nice Jewish Boy
• No Badge? No Problem!
• Noble Bigot: A character is prejudiced against a specific group, but still values their lives.
• Noble Bigot with a Badge
• Noble Fugitive
• Noble Profession: Some occupations are just expected to be benevolent, well-meaning and lovely.
• Noble Savage
• Nobody's That Dumb: A dumb character points out that while they're an idiot, they're not that stupid.
• No Listening Skills
• Nominal Subordinate: Someone who is formally a subordinate is instead in practice independent.
• Non-Action Guy
• Non-Action Protagonist: A protagonist who shows no combat ability, but overcomes obstacles through non-action means.
• Non-Human Sidekick
• Non-Ironic Clown: A clown who isn't evil or seedy and represents everything friendly and humorous, the way a clown is supposed to be.
• Non-Linear Character
• No-Nonsense Nemesis: The villain always takes their fights against the heroes seriously and doesn't allow any room for the heroes to gain an edge over them.
• Non-Protagonist Resolver
• Non-Promotion
• No-Respect Guy
• Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: A character who only seems competent and powerful in comparison to a group of people who are considerably less so than they are.
• Northern Irish and Nasty
• No Sense of Direction: Someone who gets lost very easily.
• No Sense of Humor
• No Social Skills
• Nosy Neighbor
• Not Brainwashed
• Not So Omniscient After All
• Number Two: The second-in-command.
• Number Two for Brains: The second-in-command is an absolute dunderhead.
• Nuns Are Funny
• Nuns Are Spooky
• Nun Too Holy
• Nurse with Good Intentions

• The Oath-Breaker
• Obsolete Mentor
• Obstructive Bureaucrat: A bureaucrat is such a stickler for regulations that they prevent the heroes from solving their problems immediately by making them file assloads of paperwork.
• The Obstructive Love Interest
• Obstructive Zealot
• Obnoxious Entitled Housewife
• Occult Detective: A detective who specializes in supernatural cases.
• Officer and a Gentleman
• Officer O'Hara: A stereotypical Irish police officer.
• Offstage Villainy
• Ojou
• The Old Convict
• Older Sidekick: TheSidekick is older thanThe Hero.
• Old Flame
• Old Friend
• Old Master
• Old Soldier
• Old Superhero: An elderly superhero.
• Omnidisciplinary Lawyer
• Omnidisciplinary Scientist: A scientist whose knowledge and skill covers all forms of science that the plot requires.
• The Omniscient
• Omniscient Hero
• Once Done, Never Forgotten: A character has done something that the other characters won't let them forget, be it goofy or grave.
• One Character, Multiple Lives
• One-Man Band
• One of the Kids: A childish adult who hangs out with children.
• The Only Believer
• Only Sane Employee
• Only Sane Man: The single character who isn't crazy or stupid.
• Open-Minded Parent: A parent who's completely fine with their child being different.
• Opposed Mentors
• Orc Raised by Elves
• Organ Grinder
• Original Character: Afanon character created to appear in a work ofFan Fiction.
• Our Liches Are Different
• Our Presidents Are Different
• Overlord Jr.
• Overshadowed by Awesome
• Overt Operative

• Papa Wolf: A father who is very protective of his children.
• Paper Tiger: A villain who is all bark and no bite.
• Paperworkaholic
• The Paragon
• Parental Abandonment: Neither of the characters' parents are seen or mentioned.
• Parental Substitute: A character who acts as a parental figure for a character whose real parents are absent or out of focus.
• Parent ex Machina
• Parents as People: Parents of a main character with deep characterization of their own.
• The Pawn
• Pedophile Priest: A priest who has an inappropriate interest in children.
• The Peeping Tom
• The Perfectionist
• Perilous Old Fool
• Perky Goth: A goth with a cheerful personality.
• Permanent Elected Official: An elected official who never leaves office.
• Perpetual Frowner: A character who always frowns.
• Perpetual Smiler: A character who always smiles.
• Persecuting Prosecutor: An evil prosecutor.
• Pervert Dad: A father who has an incestuous interest in his daughter.
• The Philosopher
• Phlebotinum Girl
• Phlebotinum Rebel
• Phony Veteran
• Physical God
• The Piano Player
• Picky Eater: Someone who’s very particular about which foods they’ll eat.
• The Pig-Pen: A character who tends to be messy and unhygienic.
• Pinball Protagonist
• Ping Pong Naïveté
• A Pirate 400 Years Too Late: An old-timey pirate in a modern setting.
• Pirate Girl
• The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A character who is said to have a specific kind of job, but is never seen or otherwise indicated to do anything related to their profession.
• Plant Person: A person made of plant matter.
• Playing Cyrano
• Plot Magnet
• Plot-Sensitive Snooping Skills: An observant character's insight is less sharp on their allies than their enemies.
• Plucky Comic Relief
• Plucky Girl
• Plucky Office Girl
• Plug 'n' Play Friends
• Pointy-Haired Boss: The one in charge is an outright dimwit.
• Poisonous Captive
• Poisonous Person: Someone who attacks with poison or venom.
• Politically Active Princess
• Politically Incorrect Hero: A heroic character who is bigoted.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: A villain who happens to be bigoted.
• The Pollyanna: A character who remains optimistic in spite of the misfortune they endure.
• Pompous Political Pundit
• The Pornomancer
• The Prankster
• Preacher's Kid
• Pregnant Badass: A pregnant women who manages to kick some butt.
• Pregnant Hostage: A pregnant women who is held hostage.
• Present Absence
• The Presents Were Never from Santa (In the form of aFaux Empowering Entity or aFaux Empowered Person)
• Pretty Boy
• Previously Overlooked Paramour: TheLove Interest is someone previously not noticed.
• Pride Before a Fall
• The Prima Donna
• Prima Donna Director: A director who is demanding and rude to the other people involved in the production.
• Prince Charming
• Prince Charming Wannabe
• Prince Charmless
• Principles Zealot
• Professional Butt-Kisser
• Professional Slacker
• The Professor
• Pro-Human Transhuman
• Prone to Tears: Someone who cries easily.
• Properly Paranoid: A paranoid individual turns out to be right to some extent about the supposedly non-existent threats they were worrying about.
• A Protagonist Shall Lead Them
• Proud Beauty
• Proud Merchant Race
• Proud Scholar Race
• Proud Warrior Race Guy
• Psychic Children
• Psycho Lesbian
• Psychologist Teacher
• Psychopathic Manchild: A villain or lunatic who acts immature.
• Psycho Sidekick
• Pungeon Master: A character has a tendency to make puns.
• A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil
• Pushover Parents: Parents who are easily manipulated into letting their children have their way.
• Putting the "Pal" in Principal: A principal who wants to be seen as a friend by the students.

• The Quarterback
• Quickly-Demoted Leader
• Quickly-Demoted Woman
• The Quiet One: A character who doesn't talk as often as the other characters.
• The Quincy Punk
• Quirky Doctor

• Racist Grandma: An elderly character with outdated views on minorities.
• Raised by Grandparents: A character whose parents are missing is raised by their grandparents.
• Raised by Natives
• Raised by Orcs
• Ranger
• The Real Heroes
• Really Was Born Yesterday
• The Real Remington Steele: An alias the character made up turns out later to coincidentally be a real person.
• The Real Spoofbusters
• Real Women Have Curves
• Reasonable Authority Figure: An authority figure who makes fair and unbiased decisions.
• Rebel Leader
• Rebellious Princess
• Rebel Prince
• Reckless Sidekick
• Reclusive Artist
• Recovered Addict
• Recurring Extra: A minor character who makes appearances throughout the series.
• Red-Headed Stepchild
• Redheads Are Uncool
• Red Shirt: A character who exists solely to get killed off so there can be casualties without wasting any of the main cast.
• Redshirt Army
• Reformed Criminal
• The Reliable One
• Religious Bruiser
• Reluctant Mad Scientist
• Renaissance Man
• Replacement Flat Character
• The Resenter
• La Résistance: A group of people uniting to overthrow their oppressive rulers.
• Retired Badass
• Retired Monster: The villain has retired from villainy, but hasn't reformed.
• Returning War Vet
• Rich Bitch: A wealthy character who is mean.
• Ridiculously Cute Critter
• Right Man in the Wrong Place
• Right Way/Wrong Way Pair
• The Rival
• Rival Final Boss
• Rival Turned Evil
• Robot Buddy
• Robot Me: A robotic duplicate of the hero.
• Romantic False Lead
• Romantic Runner-Up
• Rookie Red Ranger
• Royal Brat
• Royalties Heir
• Ruler Protagonist
• Run or Die

• Sacrificial Lamb: The seriousness of death is demonstrated by killing off a minor character.
• Sacrificial Lion: The story kills off an important character to show how serious the stakes are.
• Sad Clown: A jokester who's only acting humorous to mask their depression.
• Sadist Teacher: A teacher who enjoys tormenting their students and making them suffer.
• Sarcastic Devotee
• Sassy Black Woman
• Sassy Secretary
• Satellite Character
• Satellite Family Member
• Satellite Love Interest: A love interest character with little characterization beyond their status as a love interest.
• Satisfied Street Rat
• Save This Person, Save the World
• The Scapegoat
• Scarily Competent Tracker
• Scary Black Man
• Scary Librarian
• Scary Minority Suspect
• Schemer
• School Nurse
• Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up: A character's childhood bully has grown up and is still a mean person.
• Screaming Woman
• Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: A character shows their integrity by refusing to accept a bribe.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: A character bribes people to avoid punishment for their misdeeds.
• The Scrooge: A character who will do anything to spend as little money as possible.
• The Scrounger
• Secret Chaser
• Secret-Keeper: A character whom the hero has allowed to know their secret identity.
• Secret Secret-Keeper: A character knows another person's secret, but doesn't let the other person know that they are aware of the secret.
• Secretary of Evil: The character that runs logistics for the villains.
• Secretly Wealthy: A character is rich, but doesn't let other people know it.
• Seemingly Profound Fool
• Seen It All: A character has been through enough experiences that there is no circumstance too weird for them.
• Self-Made Man: A wealthy person started out dirt-poor and achieved their wealth through a lifetime of hard work.
• Sensor Character
• Serial Killer: A murderer who kills many people seemingly at random.
• Serial-Killer Killer: A character who murders only people who have killed others.
• Serial Rapist
• Series Mascot
• Service Sector Stereotypes
• Sex God
• Sex Slave: A person is enslaved for the purpose of having sex with them against their will.
• Sexy Mentor
• Sexy Priest
• Shameless Fanservice Girl: A character who goes naked because they don't care at all about the nudity taboo or anyone who'd be offended by seeing them nude.
• Shapeshifter
• A Shared Suffering
• Sheep in Sheep's Clothing
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: A war veteran who is deeply traumatized by the horrors they witnessed in the war.
• Sheltered Aristocrat
• Shipper on Deck: A character who so desperately wants two people they know to become a couple.
• Shipper with an Agenda
• Shipping Torpedo
• Shock Jock
• The Short Guy with Glasses
• The Shrink
• Shrinking Violet
• Shrouded in Myth
• Sibling Yin-Yang
• Sidekick
• Sidekick Creature Nuisance
• Silent Bob: A character who doesn't speak and yet has no difficulty making their points clear.
• Silent Partner
• Silent Scapegoat
• Silver Spoon Troublemaker
• Simple Country Lawyer
• Sinister Minister: An evil priest.
• Sissy Villain
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis
• The Slacker
• Slogan-Yelling Megaphone Guy
• Small Name, Big Ego: A character thinks they're the best at what they do when they actually aren't.
• Small-Town Tyrant
• The Smart Guy: The brains of a group.
• Smooth-Talking Talent Agent
• Smug Snake
• Snake Oil Salesman
• The Snark Knight
• Soapbox Sadie
• Social Circle Filler
• The Social Darwinist
• Socially Awkward Hero
• The Sociopath: A character who has no empathy for other people and is willing to do anything amoral.
• Sole Surviving Scientist
• Sole Survivor
• Soul Brotha: A cool black guy.
• The Soulless
• Sour Prudes
• Sour Supporter
• Spanner in the Works: A character who ends up thwarting the bad guy's plan by complete accident or because the villain failed to anticipate their involvement.
• Speaks Fluent Animal: A character who can communicate with animals.
• Spear Carrier
• Special Guest
• The Speechless: A character who never talks because they are unable to.
• Spicy Latina
• The Spock
• Spoiled Brat
• Spoiled Sweet: A wealthy person who gets everything they want and is amiable toward everyone they meet.
• The Sponsor
• The Spook
• Spree Killer
• The Spymaster
• The Squire
• Squishy Wizard: Supernaturally powerful, but physically fragile.
• Stacy's Mom
• Stage Magician
• The Starscream: An underling of the main villain who wishes to overthrow them.
  • Deck of Wild Cards: All of the villain's underlings want to overthrow him.
• Stepford Smiler: A character pretends to be happy to hide their pain.
• Stepford Snarker
• Stereotypical Nerd
• Stern Nun
• Stern Parent, Doting Parent: One parent is strict and the other parent is doting to their child.
• Stern Teacher: A teacher who can be harsh at times, but ultimately does care about their students.
• Stoic Woobie
• The Stoner
• The Stool Pigeon
• The Storyteller
• Straight Gay: A gay man who doesn't demonstrate any gay stereotypes.
• The Strategist
• Straw Character: A character exists solely to be a strawman for the story's politics to attack.
• Straw Critic: A critic portrayed as being unpleasable and perfectionist.
• Straw Fan: An unflattering portrayal of the work's fans.
• Straw Feminist: A feminist who follows the stereotype of feminists being misandrists.
• Straw Hypocrite: Someone who promotes a cause they don't actually believe in as a cover to some other end.
• Strawman Ball
• Straw Misogynist
• Straw Nihilist: A nihilist is stereotyped as a person who believes that life is bleak, therefore doing anything good is a waste.
• Straw Vegetarian: Vegetarians and vegans are stereotyped as being antagonistic to anyone who eats meat or uses animal products.
• Straw Vulcan
• Straying Baby
• Street Musician
• Street Performer
• Street Samurai
• Struggling Single Mother
• Stupid Boss
• Stupid Scientist
• Succubi and Incubi: Demons who frequently seduce humans.
• Sucksessor
• Suddenly Speaking: A silent character suddenly starts speaking.
• Suit with Vested Interests
• Summon Everyman Hero
• Super Doc
• Super Gullible
• Supernatural-Proof Father
• Superpower Silly Putty
• Super-Stoic Shopkeeper
• Super-Strength: A character is incredibly strong.
• Supporting Leader
• Supporting Protagonist
• Support Party Member
• Supreme Chef: A chef who is skilled enough to make all sorts of delicious food.
• Surfer Dude: A character whose lingo, accent, and/or dress sense is based off a stereotypical Californian surfer.
• Surveillance Station Slacker
• Sycophantic Servant
• Sympathetic Adulterer
• Sympathetic Murderer

• Taking Advantage of Generosity
• Talking Appliance Sidekick
• Tall, Dark, and Snarky
• Tank-Top Tomboy: A tomboyish girl who wears a tank top.
• Targeted to Hurt the Hero: A character who is hurt or killed off to torment another character who cares about them.
• Tarzan Boy
• Team Chef
• Team Dad
• Team Killer
• Team Mom
• The Team Normal
• Team Prima Donna
• Team Switzerland
• The Team Wannabe: A character who wants to be a member of the group, but is only ignored by the team because they find him annoying.
• Teaser-Only Character
• Technical Pacifist
• Techno Wizard
• Teen Genius: An adolescent who is incredibly smart.
• Teen Hater: A character who despises teenagers to extensive degrees.
• Teens Are Monsters: Teenagers who are bad people.
• The Teetotaler: A character who never drinks alcohol.
• Telepathic Spacemen
• Temporary Love Interest
• Temporary Scrappy: A character whose purpose is to annoy the audience before they're eventually eliminated.
• Territorial Smurfette: The sole female character will get antagonistic toward any new female who tries to join the group.
• There is Another
• They Killed Kenny Again: A character repeatedly dies and comes back to life to ludicrous levels.
• Third-Option Love Interest
• Third-Party Deal Breaker
• Third-Person Person: A character who tends to address themselves in third person.
• This Loser Is You: The unsuccessful character is supposed to represent the audience.
• Tin Man
• Tiny-Headed Behemoth: A large brute with a disproportionately small head.
• Token Black Friend: The white main character's best friend is a blackSatellite Character who seems to exist mainly to make the show seem more inclusive.
• Token Enemy Minority: A member of the group who belongs to a species the group is usually against.
• Token Evil Teammate: The one member of a hero team who is evil.
• Token Good Teammate: The one member of a villain team who is good or at least less evil than the other villains.
• Token Heroic Orc: The sole member of a villainous race who isn't evil.
• Token Human: The one human in a group of nonhumans.
• Token Mini-Moe
• Token Minority
• Token Non-Human: The one nonhuman in a group of humans.
• Token Religious Teammate
• Token Rich Student
• Token White
• Token Wholesome
• Tomboy Princess
• Too Broken to Break
• Too Clever by Half
• Too Dumb to Fool: A character is so dumb that they can't be deceived due to being too stupid to understand the lies being told to them.
• Too Dumb to Live: A dumb character who ends up endangering or killing themself because of their stupidity.
• Toxic Family Influence: A character who influences their family members to do bad.
• Toxic Friend Influence: A character who influences their friends to do bad.
• Toxic Lover Influence: A character who influences their lover to do bad.
• Tragically Disabled Love Interest
• Tragic Monster
• Translator Buddy: An associate of a character who serves to explain what that person was saying.
• Trapped by Gambling Debts
• Traveling Salesman
• Trickster Mentor
• Trickster Twins
• Triple Shifter
• Trophy Wife
• Troubled, but Cute
• Troubled Teen
• Tsundere: Acts mean towards the person they secretly have a crush on.
• Tunnel King
• Turn Coat
• TV Genius
• Twofer Token Minority
• Typhoid Mary
• Tyrant Takes the Helm

• Übermensch
• The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter
• Ultimate Authority Mayor: A mayor has more power than a mayor would have in real life.
• Ultimate Blacksmith
• UltimateGamer386
• Ultimate Job Security: A character who slacks off their duties and/or violates protocol enough times that they realistically would've been fired a long time ago.
• Umpteenth Customer
• Unbalanced By Rival's Kid
• Uncle Pennybags: A rich character who uses their wealth to give the middle-class and the poor a good time.
• Uncle Tomfoolery
• Unconvincingly Unpopular Character
• Underground Railroad
• The Un-Favourite: A child who is liked less by their parents than their siblings.
• Unfazed Everyman
• The Unfettered: A character who will stoop to any low to get what they want.
• The Unintelligible: A character who is only capable of speaking in gibberish.
• Unknown Character
• Unreliable Expositor
• Unreliable Narrator: The narrator is hinted to be lying about what happened in their story.
• Unrequited Tragic Maiden
• Unsatisfiable Customer
• Unseen No More: A character who initially isonly mentioned orhas their face obscured finally makes a full physical appearance.
• Unstoppable Mailman
• The Usual Adversaries
• Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: The main character of a comedy is a jerk.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: A single character's actions end up unintentionally causing the conflict.
• Unwitting Pawn: A character is unaware they're helping their enemies further their goal.
• Up Through the Ranks
• Useless Boyfriend
• Useless Protagonist

• Vain Sorceress
• Valley Girl
• The Vamp: A woman who acts seductive to manipulate men into doing what they want them to.
• Vampire Refugee
• Vanilla Protagonist: The main character is seen by the audience as not being as interesting as the rest of the cast.
• Venturous Smuggler
• Very Punchable Man: A character whom other characters feel an urge to punch (or otherwise inflict physical harm on).
• The Vicar
• Victim of the Week
• Victimized Bystander
• The Vietnam Vet
• Villain by Default
• Villain of Another Story: A villain who isn't relevant to the main story's plot. May be the adversary faced bya heroic character hinted to have their own adventures that the story isn't focused on.
• Villain of the Detour
• Villainous Glutton: A villain who tends to overeat.
• Violent Glaswegian
• Violently Protective Girlfriend
• The Voice: A character who is heard, but never physically seen.
• Voice for the Voiceless: A character who speaks on behalf of another character.
• The Voiceless: A character who never speaks but might be able to talk.
• Voice with an Internet Connection

• Waif Prophet
• Waiting for a Break
• Walking Disaster Area
• Walking Techbane
• Walking Techfix
• War Hawk
• War Reenactors
• Warrior Monk
• Warrior Prince
• Warrior Therapist
• Wasteland Elder
• Wasteland Warlord
• The Watchmaker
• The Watson
• Weasel Co-Worker
• Weirdness Magnet: A character who ends up encountering all kinds of strange phenomenon no matter where they are.
• Weirdness Search and Rescue
• We Just Need to Wait for Rescue
• "Well Done, Dad!" Guy
• "Well Done, Son" Guy
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: A character resorts to extreme methods to ensure a noble goal.
• Wet Blanket Wife
• What, Exactly, Is His Job?
• While Rome Burns
• White-Dwarf Starlet
• White Magician Girl
• White Man's Burden
• White Sheep
• Wholesome Crossdresser: A crossdresser who isn’t portrayed as creepy or sinister.
• Wicked Stepmother
• Wide-Eyed Idealist
• Wild Child
• Windmill Crusader
• Wisdom from the Gutter
• Wise Tree
• A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
• Woman Scorned
• The Wonka: A character in charge of a business who is considerably efficient in spite of being eccentric as hell.
• The Woobie: A character who suffers so much that the audience can't help but feel sorry for them.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: A character who causes mass destruction has a sympathetic backstory.
• The Worf Effect: It's established how powerful a character is by having them easily defeat a strong character as if they were a weakling.
• Workaholic
• The World's Expert (on Getting Killed)
• The Worm Guy
• Worthless Foreign Degree
• Wrestling Managers Are Heels
• Wrench Wench

• Yamato Nadeshiko
• Yandere: Someone who will murder for their crush.
• Yaoi Fangirl
• Yes-Man: A subordinate who blindly agrees with everything their boss says.
• You Taught Me That
• Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters
• Yuri Fan

• Zombie Advocate
• Zombie Infectee

• Characters and Casting
• Narrative Tropes
• Ensembles

• Characters and Casting
• Characters
• Always Female

• Character Resemblance Tropes
• Topical Tropes
• Chaste Tropes

• Camera Tricks
• TimeImmemorial/Other Pages
• Chase Scene

• Beginning Tropes
• Narrative Devices
• Chase Scene

• The 13 Clocks
• QuoteSource/Literature
• Inept Mage

• Show Spoilers
• Night Vision
• Sticky Header
• Wide Load

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