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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

Jharrel Jerome does what he can to add some shading to Smush, to make this stock character his own.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 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

That left pretty much just the face, which was all Rubens would have been interested in: a stock character for future works.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2017

The quality and variety of the stories told in them are both very considerable, even without making allowance for what has been called the stock character of mediæval composition.

From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George