stock character

Kaling always seems to enjoy tinkering with stock characters and story lines, and this might be her most effective fusion of classic and contemporary to date.

Yet Kevin couldn’t exist without a critical mass of viewers growing weary of the man-baby couch-potato stock character.

The maverick tech mogul has, for reasons that should be obvious to anyone with a halfway decent internet connection, become a stock character.

The obnoxious meddling journalist is a stock character in fiction.

At an unpredictable pace, that vulgar drawing becomes a stereotype—perhaps even a stock character.

The new viewpoint—Use all the stock character and situations you want, but add a new twist.

Faintest etched is Tom, the younger son, and most like a stock character.