stock character
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The actress even injects new life into a sci-fi stock character — the alien whose connection to emotion is theoretical.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022
“He’s also very funny. It could have been a stock character but the writers were smart enough to craft a character that could show all the colors that Glynn has.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2020
Besson’s filmography mirrors the descent of this stock character so precisely, it could well all be his fault.
From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2019
As the selling point here is the show’s take on autism, however, Sam is a somewhat newer, increasingly popular stock character — the high-functioning Aspie.
From Salon • Aug. 7, 2017
Faintest etched is Tom, the younger son, and most like a stock character.
From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Weygandt, Cornelius
