Sophs #2 journal -Your Favorite Stock Character
POST BEFORE MONDAY MORNING, NOV. 22A stock character is a character type, often a stereotyped character, used repeatedly in genre fiction (like horror, sci-fi, moral tales) and of course, movies and television shows that like to use these character types. Examples include the mad scientist, the blond airhead, the femme fatale (sure, look it up if you don't know what this means), the rags-to-riches hero, and the conniving villain.
In The Devil and Tom Walker, Tom Walker exemplified the stock character known as The Miser, one who would value money over everything. You should know the Greek tale of King Midas, a miser who learned, as many do, that wealth isn't everything. Go to this link to read the Midas tale. Tom Walker's wife was the stock Shrew, the nagging wife who browbeats her husband.
You've read enough (and seen enough tv and movies) to recognize stock characters, so tell me ...who is your favorite "stock" character?
Define the stock character type you choose and then give me some details about your specific character that proves that he or she is, indeed, stock. Of course, tell me why you enjoy your character. Choose a character from books, movies, short stories, and television shows.
I've provided an example for you, namely Ebenezer Scrooge.
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly misanthrope (he's a miser--all about money--and he's a misanthrope--a "hater of mankind") in the Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol. His love of money and disdain for Christmas characterizes the original Scrooge. Note that the word "scrooge" to denote characters like him is now regularly used in our vernacular. Scrooge overworks and underpays his loyal employee, Mr. Bob Cratchit. Cratchit, a good and holy family man, has bills to pay and a crippled son (Tiny Tim) to take care of, and he faces his trying responsibilities with Christian fortitude. He even refuses to admit to his poor family that Mr. Scrooge is a bad man. You might say that Cratchit is a stock character himself, the "poor but happy" fatherly figure whose diligence and Christian piety keep his family in food and clothes.
Back to Mr. Scrooge, who grudgingly allows poor Bob to stay home on Christmas Day, but orders him to arrive earlier the next. He greets holiday well wishers, like his kind nephew, with a "Bah, humbug" that of course, is now universally recognized as the reply of the Christmas Scrooge. Suddenly, however, his world is turned inside-out when he is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley, his former business partner and a scrooge like himself. The forlorn ghost, who now does penance by walking the earth in heavy chains, money boxes, and keys, warns Scrooge to mend his ways, lest he suffer the same fate.
Scrooge is shaken, but falls asleep. During the rest of the well -known story, he is visited by three Christmas ghosts. He then undergoes a miraculous change. The new Christmas loving Scrooge sends a huge turkey to the Cratchit home, raises Bob's salary, and becomes a surrogate grandfather to Tiny Tim.
This Christmas tale is a story of faith, faith in humanity and the goodness that lies within us all. These qualities were once buried in Ebenezer Scrooge, but were unearthed in the joyful end of the novel.
If you need some more help, see the Schoolsville post entitled, Sophs--Breakfast, Anyone? More Stock Characters!
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My favorite stock character would have to be Britney Allen who is played by Hayden Panettiere. Britney is the star actor in the movie “Bring it On: All or Nothing.” She is living every teenage girl’s dream as captain of her cheerleading squad. She is the envy of everyone at her high school. Later in the movie, her Dad’s job causes her family to move. She moves to a racially diverse and lower-class neighborhood. At her new school, the cheerleading captain is suspicious of Britney. She later proves herself and earns a spot on the team. This plot shows the stereotype of how a popular cheerleader is typically portrayed. Britney is an overly confident teenager who is envied by all of her friends. She is later taught a lesson by the stronger, more popular girls of her new school, and learns that she has to work for what she wants for. I like Britney’s character because it almost of makes a joke out of the person who we all want to be sometimes. It shows us the bad side of being the most popular person in school and gives us a chance to laugh at the one person we envy most.
One of my favorite stock characters is Ebenezer Scrooge, from A Christmas Carol. He is an old man that despises Christmas and only cares about himself. He over works and underpays his very good and loyal worker Mr. Cratchit, a father of a poor family and a very ill child named Tiny Tim. However he does show a slight hint of generosity when he allows Mr. Chatchit to take off on Christmas Day, but depends that he arrives much earlier the next day. As the story goes on he is visited by his ex co-worker, Jacob Marley. Jacob warns Scrooge that, “ He will suffer a terrible fate if he does not change his ways.” Scrooge with his “Ba Humbug” attitude takes the warning for granite and goes to sleep. That night he is visited by three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and lastly the Ghost of Christmas Future. Throughout the adventure, Scrooge becomes a changed man and promises to live a better life. The next morning, Scrooge celebrates Christmas and really tries to be a better person and is nice and jolly to all, young and old. I like this character because at the end of the movie, he really tries to make a difference. With will power, confidence, and a can-do attitude I believe that you could do anything!
The clique of popular girls in the movie "Mean Girls", would definitely have to be my favorite stock characters. The type of stock character these girls are, are the stereotype of the high school popular girls; blonde, pretty, rich, stuck-up, mean, have the popular boyfriends, etc. These girls walk around school like they own the place, bringing down and directing rude comments towards everyone in their paths. They're used to getting whatever they want, whenever they want and believe that they're superior to everyone and that everyone should basically just bow down to them. When the new down to earth girl that moved from Africa comes to their school, she starts getting a lot of attention from everyone, including one of the girl's boyfriends. Of course the "popular" girls don't like this, so instead of bringing her down, they decide to invite her to hang out with them. By doing this they feel that she will bring them more attention and popularity. They start to teach her all of their ways, rules, and all of the cool things to do and cool places to hang out at. Eventually she starts to change from being a down to earth girl from Africa into the stereotypical popular girl and the original group of "popular" girls start to loathe her. This eventually leads to a lot of drama and girl fights; the general stereotype of high school girls. I enjoy these characters because it's funny to see how well they're portrayed as the "high school popular clique" stereotype.
One Tree Hill is a television show on The CW network. There are different stock characters in this show, but the one I am going to write about is Brooke Davis. Brooke is the popular head cheerleader, that gets any boy that she wants, and is the prettiest girl in the school. Brooke knows she’s pretty, since freshman year, but by senior year she wants to be known as not just the pretty girl that gets with every boy and parties. She starts to show people the other side of herself by becoming the student council president, and by starting her own fashion line. When running student council president, this is what one of Brooke’s friend mouth said about her, “Brooke's probably one of the most popular people in school. Something I'm definitely not. And yet she's my friend. She never cared what clique I was part of, the kinds of clothes I wore or the fact that I have to ride the bus. She looked past that stuff. And when you think about it, isn't that what we want in our president? Someone who can see past the superficial differences and bring us together? This year, Brooke's had her share of ups and downs. Just like all of us. But most of you never saw it. Because even when life got hard, Brooke never let it in. She was just... Brooke. Tough, smart, one-of-a-kind.” Brooke was good at being a role model and everyone that went to school with her gained more respect for her throughout the years of high school because she matured. Many different people told her that she was going to change the world, because that’s the kind of girl she is. Cheerleaders are more than just pretty girls that get everything they want, they have another side to them, and if it doesn’t seem like that now, they will change and be different in a couple of years.
My favorite stock character is in the movie Step Up. The character’s name is Andie and she is under the bad girl or rebel stereotype. Andie comes from a bad family background. Her mother died at a young age and her mother’s friend is raising her. Andie has been passionate about dancing above all things after her mother died. After getting in trouble a number of times, her foster mother threatened to send Andie away from her friends to her aunt in Texas. The only way she can stay living in her hometown where all her friends are is if he goes to the Maryland School of the Arts. Her foster mother is hoping that this school will reform Andie and keep her out of trouble. She soon realizes after a day of going to the school that she does not fit in. she is stubborn and hard to tell things to. She is very rebellious and won’t let anyone to tell her to be anyone but herself. Along the way, teachers try to change her into more of a modest dancer, but this is not Andie. She bring the dance of hip hop to the school and finds a group of friend that share the same love of hip hop as she does. They use the school’s dance studio to dance hip-hop together. Though against the rules, this act was very good because it taught her new friends not to let people tell them what to love and enjoy. These kids had been trained by the school to put aside they’re personal passions and learn about new things to perfect. But Andie’s spirit of not being afraid of who she is and what she loves brings that spirit out in others. Although the school at first finds the new dance team a group of bad kids, by the end of the movie they realize how cool they’re dancing is and how talented the kids were. By the end of the movie Andie is viewed as more of a hero than a bad/rebellious girl because she brought a new art to the school.
HARRY POTTER is a famous renowned book and movie character of the very popular seven book Harry Potter Series. Harry is born into a wizarding family that is being hunted down by the evil Voldemort. Harry and his parents go into hiding but Voldemort finds them anyway. Harry’s parents love him very much and use this love against Voldemort by sacrificing their life for their child. By that miracle, Harry lives with just a scar on his forehead. Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry places Harry in the hands of his muggle (non-wizards) relatives until the age of 11 when Harry gets an acceptance letter to Hogwarts. From there he spends seven years at Hogwarts facing many things; his fame, Voldemort, Triwizard Tournament, Draco Malfoy, his godfather Sirius who was claimed to be in union with Voldemort, and lots of other little troubles. At the end of the series Harry, Hermione, and Ron are on the run from the Ministry of Magic and Voldemort. In the end, Harry defeats Voldemort and peace is restored to the wizarding world. I really like Harry Potter because despite all his troubles he heaves through and comes out brave and unaffected by his enemies. He is a wizard with awesome powers and a very exciting life that I would love to live.
Stock characters are seen throughout many stories in Literature and in movies. There is the always-grumpy Scrooge or the wicked witch of the west. But my favorite stock character of all time is the Joker from the Batman series. He is Batman’s nemesis in all the movies, but we really see his colors in The Dark Knight. The Joker is a wild character and always giving Batman are hard time and trying to cause chaos and confusion. In every story Batman always foils the Joker, which is sometimes a downer because there are some fans that want to see the Joker succeed at least once. But the Joker represents the dark side of society and how society can turn on itself so hard so fast. In The Dark Knight the Joker traps two ferries in the middle of the river in New York. They are both armed to blow up and in one ferry are innocent people and in the second ferry are convicts being transferred to another prison. The Joker gives each ferry the other’s detonator to the bombs armed in each ferry. He says if neither one blows the other one up by 12 then they both will be blown up. This is what the Joker does to twist society and show the true side of people. In the end there was a lot of internal quarrels and fights, but the convicts and innocent people decide not to blow each other up. What I like about the Joker is how crazy he is and how he can find ways to take what seems to be a perfect society and twist it into what the society really is inside and he shows people their true colors. But in the end Batman always stops the Joker and the people are safe from the craziness in the meantime until the Joker finds another way to cause chaos.
A stock character is a stereotyped person in a story. Some of the major stereotypes are The Jock, The Dumb Blonde, The Scrooge, and the Mean Lunch Lady. One of my favorite stock characters is Captain Jack Sparrow from The Pirates of the Caribbean. Jack Sparrow is a drunken, crazy captain that is always looking for treasure or a way to get money, a boat, or more rum. Jack Sparrow is played by Johnny Depp in the movie, and has many adventures. His crew and himself are always running from the British or other pirates that want what they want. Most of the time, Jack is confusing, but he always thinks one step ahead. It makes you question him, is he really scatter brained with some wit, or is he a genius who wants to make you think that he is dumb? Jack has a lot of enemies who want things that he has stolen from them, but at the same time, they need him because he knows how to use the stolen goods. I like Jack because you can never guess what he’s going to do next and he always keeps you entertained. Jack has been in three of the Pirates movies, and will be in the fourth rumored to open in late 2011. He is a very crucial character who is an important Protagonist in the story and makes a great stereotype.
I chose the heroic coward. The heroic coward is repeated in many literary devices such as books, movies, short stories, etc. The name explains the definition. A heroic coward is usually someone who wants to be this heroic person, but in reality they are too cowardly to do so; although, they usually come through in the end. An example of a heroic coward is Scooby- Doo from the TV series/ movies Scooby- Doo. Scooby- Doo is a hilarious, talking who goes around with his crew and investigate crimes and solve puzzling mysteries. Scooby- Doo runs away and is scared of things for example, ghosts and monsters. But in the end he usually saves the day by performing a heroic deed that he never though was possible coming from him. The Scooby- Doo series has been around for a while and is an enjoyable show to watch. There is an element of comedy that accompanies the cowardliness of Scooby- Doo that will make you laugh and make you guess how Scooby- Doo will save the day this time. From Scooby- Doo’s cowardly voice to his heroic deeds, Scooby- Doo is the definition of a heroic coward and is really the foundation of the personality of a character like this
My favorite stock character are sidekicks. Sidekicks are always reliable and are trustworthy. They may not be the center of attention, like I may not be also, but still serve a purpose. Superheroes and their sidekicks are best friends. Some have more than one best friend, like me. For example, in “Despicable Me” there are more than one sidekick. There are hundreds of minions and help Gru do evil. Even though they are evil, they still help Gru. These one-eyed, cute, tiny, yellow minions are hilarious. That is why they are my favorite. They are so gullible and even make fun of each other. They make the movie funny and enjoyable amongst the cruel, evil plots of Gru. Also, they speak a form of jibberish and sometimes I even talk fast and my words ramble together. Sidekicks usually are the short, pudgy follower like the minions. The minions are true to Gru and literally cheer when they hear Gru’s plot to steal the moon. The minions would never break away from Gru—whether that is due to the fact that they have small attention spans or that they are truly trustworthy to Gru. So like the minions, sidekicks are always there for you like they are for Gru.
If I had to pick my favorite stock character it would have to be the Grinch from "The Grinch Stole Christmas". It is displayed as the typical bad person or villian of a story who likes ot be by himself and hates everyone and everything about the holidays. The Grinch lives up in the mountains all by himself, just how he likes it, but when Christmas comes around he becomes very irritated by all the songs and all the singing. He decides that he will run to the town of Hooville and will steel all of there Christmas stuff and bring it up to the top of the cliff and throw it off. But as he is about to do it hears the town still rejoicing about Christmas even without there decorations and presents. He realizes that it about the love of the holiday not the presents. His heart then grows 3 times larger and he returns to the town and gives everyone there stuff back. I like this story because even though the Grinch was mean old man he becomes happy at the end and ends up being friends with everyone. So it teaches us that holidays aren't just about presents but also about family and forgiveness. Even though he took all of their stuff they still except him back with open arms, this shows us to be more forgiving and focus on the more important things in life.
Squidward Tentacles from the show “Spongebob Squarepants” is by far my favorite stock character. He is one the main characters of the show, and acts like a whiny, self centered brat. Though, he imagines himself as a sophisticated and talented young man. He gets easily annoyed with his neighbors Spongebob and Patrick, and also very jealous of his rich friend Squillian Fancyson. Also, many things easily anger him, especially when someone does something better than he does. One of his greatest loves is playing the clarinet, (which he is not good at) although every time he tries to play it, Spongebob disturbs him and Squidward gets extremely mad at him. SpongeBob finds Squidward's grumpiness part of his charm, knowing that deep down he has a good heart and likes to have fun, Squidward just doesn't know it. This shows how Squidward is a great stock character.
There is always that one person who seems to have all of the luck in the world. They go through life having the best time because things always turn out to their benefit and everything always goes their way. One character who seems to portray this stereotype is Ashley Albright played by Lindsay Lohan in the movie “Just My Luck.” She, of course, has tons of luck as presented in the title and her life always turns out the way she wants it to. Even in the worst of situations, her luck seems to take lead and steer her in the right direction. For example, she has the best friends a girl could ever have, she gets a date with a rich, attractive man, and she gets promoted to an important role in the business she is involved with. Also, she gets all of the guys’ attention and she has the cutest, and most expensive clothes. So as you can see, her character lives a very envious life. However, a little twist comes up and she ends up swapping luck with an extremely unlucky man and her whole life turns around. She no longer takes the easy way out but she seems to prove herself in the end by adjusting to the drastic change and figuring out her own way to reach her goals. Of course she struggles at first, but in the end she finds that a little chaos isn’t so bad. So in conclusion, her character at first seemed to be the stock type presented above, but in the end she is stuck with a life falling apart, constantly coming in contact with the potholes she once was able to avoid.
My favorite stock character is Stitch, also known as Experiment 626.He is from the movie Lilo and Stitch and the television program of the same name. Stitch resembles the trouble-maker stereo-type. He was created to cause chaos all throughout the galaxy. He has bad behavior and a tendency to get angry. He is a small blue alien with a very unique voice. He speaks in alien and eventually learns some simple English words. He ends up escaping from a Space Station Prison and crashes into Earth. He quickly befriends a small, dark- haired girl named Lilo. She lives in Hawaii. The move preceded the television show. Throughout the movie Stitch gets into a lot of trouble. Lilo teaches him good behavior and kindness. Stitch likes the famous singer Elvis Presley. In the movie Lilo dresses Stitch up in an Elvis costume and he lip sings the words to “Hound Dog.” This was one of Elvis Presley most famous songs. Stitch has a lot of funny traits. His main tendency is getting into a lot of trouble. But eventually he learns right from wrong. Stitch is my favorite stock character because I am similar to him in more than a few ways. One of the most striking similarities is goofing around with things, I love to goof around. Stitch may get into trouble, but overall he is a great little blue companion.
My favorite character comes from the TV show Modern Family. The characters name is Phil Dunphy, played by actor Ty Burrell. The stock character that he personifies is the typical bumbling dad. He is always knocking things over, falling down, and breaking things. He continuously messes up in almost all that he does, adding additional humor to the show. He always tries to act like the cool dad, saying, "I'm the cool dad. That's my thang." This only works a portion of the time in the Dunphy household. If you ask Ty’s character, he would say that he “acts like a parent, but talks like your peers.” It’s called peerenting, one of the numerous “Phil-isms”. He is always attempting to not only be the cool dad, but the funny dad also. He cracks jokes at every possible moment, but they don’t always go over well with his family, making comments after a joke such as “Can’t unplug my funny bone.” Although he may be a bumbling dad, he is the dad that everyone wishes they had, most of the time.
A stock character is a fictional character based on a common literary or social stereotype. Stock characters rely heavily on cultural types or names for their personality, manner of speech, and other characteristics. My definition of a stock character would be a character who has a major change in personality. A good example would be Scrooge from the christmas carol. My favorite stock character would be Saul of Tarsus, who is now known as St.Paul the Apostle. Saul was a persecutor sent by the king to arrest and persecute all the christians in Rome, Jerusalem, and Damascus. He hated the Christians and believed they were unfaithful. During the road to persecution, he was blinded by a light and feel off the horse. He then heard a voice saying "why do u persecute me? I am Jesus, you shall obey my command, for I will sent thee." He then quickly developed a great love for Jesus that he put his whole life away, convert to Christian, and began preaching the gospel and went on a missionary. He had so much love for Jesus that he began preaching and converting people all over the world. St.Paul now returned to Jerusalem, was arrested and taken to Rome where he would be executed. During the time he spent in prison, he wrote many famous letters and epistles. He was then beheaded and at the very sight of his execution, a church was built to dedicate his love. This is an perfect example of a stock character because of the major change Paul has gone through although he is not a fictional character.
There are many different stock characters out there, but my favorite would definitely have to be Mr. Krabs from spongebob squarepants. He is most definitely a stock character because he is like every other boss in the world, greedy. All he does is sit around and worry about money all day, yet he does not really thing that he is all that greedy. In fact, he thinks that he is a great father, even though he barely knows who his daughter is. Because Mr. Krabs is so greedy, the show writers try to make you hate him, but, on the contrary, I like him for this very reason. He, being the typical greedy boss that he is, brings a new level of sophisticated humor to the show, even though it is for little children. And maybe even for teenagers he teaches you that money isnt always everything, because he has tons of money and he is still sad, but on the other hand spongebob has very little money, and he is the happiest creature in the world. This is why Mr. Krabs is one of my favorite stock characters.
One of the most classic stock characters is the faithful sidekick. Possibly the most notable sidekick throughout all literature would have to be Dr. Watson, the sidekick to the sly detective, Sherlock Holmes. After being wounded in the war, Watson returned to England in hopes of finding a flat to share with someone. He was introduced to the intriguing man, Sherlock Holmes, who was busy conducting strange chemical experiments. Watson instantly became astonished at Holmes' peculiar personality. Even though they just met, Watson asked Holmes to share a flat, mostly because he found the man so incredible to watch. When Holmes agreed to this, Watson probably had no idea that he was becoming the sidekick of the acclaimed detective, Sherlock Holmes, and that he would be helping to solve murders and mysteries. From then on, whenever Holmes would get news of a case, Watson would come along, always to be amazed at what Holmes could deduce from the finest of details. As the stereotypical sidekick, Watson was always with Holmes on the job, and often times provided the brawn whereas Holmes provided the brains.
My favorite stock character is Megara from Hercules. She is the typical “damsel in distress” in most of Hero/Villain movies. The “damsel in distress” typically portrayed as a beautiful but hopeless female that’s life is put at stake by the Villain. The villain does this because he is trying to get into the Hero’s mind. The Hero then makes a plan to rescue this damsel and bring her back to safety because he developed feeling for this woman. This character is in almost every single Action Adventure movie shown in the United States today. Many of these stock characters are highly known including: Repunzel, almost all of the disney princesses, Lois Lane, Oiler Oyl, and Mary Jane Watson. Meg, in Hercules, sells her soul to Hades. This of course not being the smartest thing to do. So, she is stuck, in Hell with no one to keep or company or save her from Hades cruelity. Hades, then, finds out about Hercules and plans to destroy him with Megara. He puts Megara out as a trap and puts her into a deathly situation only so that Hercules could save her and get his powers drained. This follows the basic process of being a "Damsel in Distress."
My favorite stock character would have to be Fletcher Reed. Fletcher Reed is a character from the movie Liar Liar he is a successful lawyer played by actor Jim Carrey. Although this character isn’t obsessed with money, Fletcher reminds me of Scrooge because they are both lonely and don’t realize how they push people away. Both have family problems Scrooge is lonely because of his rudeness and love for money more than people. Where Fletcher is lonely due to his lying and the love for his job. Both of these characters spend late nights at work forgetting about family holidays like Christmas or in Fletcher's case his son Max’s birthday. Although the movie seems to have a sad and depressing theme about a divorced family and a distant and lying father. The movie is a great comedy, The movie has a Jim Carrey who is known for his comedies. Even though the character is bad in the beginning, he turns it around in the end. He becomes a great father and the movie has a happy ending.
In my favorite movie, "Mean Girls," Cady Heron becomes the new girl who moved from Africa. She starts off very innocent and has no friends. Since Cady is so pretty, she is invited to sit at the popular table, called the "Plastics," by Regina George. Regina George is the stock character of the "typical, popular mean girl" who is gorgeous, mean, and nasty. She is rich and has a huge house, a "cool" mom, gets all the guys, and bosses people around. Cady thought that Regina was nice in the beginning, but she later realized how mean she was. When Regina found out that Cady liked her ex- boyfriend Aaron, she said she would put in a good word in for Cady. But when she talked to Aaron and he admitted to actually liking Cady, Regina got jealous and took him back. Regina told Aaron many bad things about Cady so he wouldn't like her anymore. Regina bosses many people around, including her best friends. All the girls in the school look up to her and copy everything she does, even the most ridiculous things. Regina has a "Burn Book," in which she writes bad things and calls people names. When Cady eventually becomes more popular than her, Regina gets mad at makes a page in the Burn Book about herself. She tries to make it look like Cady wrote it to get her in trouble. Regina is the perfect example of the "popular, mean girl" stock character. This is my favorite stock character because in "Mean Girls," she makes the movie funny. In high school, there are many girls who are just like Regina George.
My favorite stock character is the Grinch. Not just the one from the Theodor Geisel’s story but the main idea of a grinch, A trouble-maker that wants to ruin everyone’s fun and good cheer because that’s what he likes to do. Most of the time the grinch is an outcast that lives in a place far from others. Here he plots his perilous plans in secret. When he thinks of a plan it’s most of the time a very clever plan that has a small chance of going wrong and unlike most stories there is no heroic main character because in Grinch style stories it’s much different. The main character is the villain and, unlike most villains, all of his plans work but in the end of the story he sees a reason to stop his wicked ways and fixes everything to the way it should be.
The type of stock character that I choose and like the best is the “dumb-blonde” character. Whenever someone makes a dumb comment or asks a dumb question, people will say, “Oh, you are such a blonde!” Some people think that people with blonde hair are airheads and dumber than people with other hair color. I know, it is kind of a ridiculous thought! But an example of a “dumb-blonde” is Elle Woods from Legally Blonde. At the beginning of the movie we see that she is the exact definition of Barbie. She is the head of her sorority and has the perfect boyfriend, who she believes is going to propose to her. But when he takes her out to a romantic dinner he dumps her because he says that she is not smart enough for him. After she gets over the break-up she decided to go to Harvard to win back her old boyfriend. When she miraculously makes it into Harvard many people look down upon her because she is different from everyone else there, and they believe that she does not belong there and that she won’t make it far. But the movie shows that Elle overcomes these obstacles and wins a court case and even becomes valedictorian of her graduating class. Elle Woods is the perfect example of a “dumb-blonde” and she also shows that many people are wrong about blondes being dumber than all other hair colors.
One of my favorite characters is a combination of two stock characters. This combination is of the joker stock character and the villain stock character. One of my favorite characters is The Joker from “The Dark Knight”. “The Dark Knight is a Batman movie. The joker stock character is normally someone that does funny things, like telling jokes. The villain stock character is your typical “bad guy”. The villain is someone that steals and does many other bad things, but he always gets caught. The Joker is a perfect example of both of these stock characters. He is the main “bad guy” in the movie. He does things like robbing banks and he puts many peoples’ lives in danger. As he is doing these acts, he always finds time to tell jokes. The Joker is one of my favorite characters because he will always keep you guessing what he is going to do next. This is the only way that he is not your typical villain. At one point in the movie, he robs a bank. Then later, he sets all of the money on fire. At another point, he breaks into a party hosted by Bruce Wayne (aka Batman). Then he starts telling jokes to all of the people in the room. One of my favorite characters is not just one stock character, but he is two. This combination of serious and silly is what I think makes The Joker a great character.
It is no doubt that in all forms of entertainment, whether it be a book, movie, short story, or television show, there is a typically acting, and predictable character incorporated throughout the work. One of my favorite types of stock characters is the protagonist that becomes the scapegoat. Often there is someone that becomes the object of attacks, when they are really doing the right thing. For example, in my favorite TV series, 24, the main character and protagonist, Jack Bauer, often and almost always becomes the target and scapegoat for becoming too close in uncovering political controversies. In the most recent, and final season of 24, President of the United States Allison Taylor, is in the process of establishing and signing a treaty between two hostile countries, Russia and the Islamic Republic of Kamistan (IRK). However, when the President of the IRK, Omar Hassan is murdered, and Jack’s girlfriend Rene Walker is shot, Jack becomes suspicious of a political conspiracy that has corrupted the entire peace process, and President Taylor herself. Jack, doing the right thing in trying to uncover the conspiracy, goes rogue when he disobeys the Presidents’ order to be locked down. Jack uses his contacts within the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU), and the U.S. Government to decipher the complex plot. Eventually towards the end of the season Jack Bauer finds the truth in the conspiracy. He uncovers the Russian involvement in the murder of President Hassan, and Rene Walker. Throughout the series Jack is targeted, and becomes the main priority of CTU, when a shoot on site protocol is issued for Jack, in order to keep him from revealing the conspiracy. However Jack does reveal the Russian involvement, and persuades President Taylor to end the peace process. The final season of 24 ends with President Taylor advising Jack to leave the country to avoid becoming a target of more attacks. It is clear that even in TV shows that stock characters are very popular, and can definitely make the series more exciting.
My favorite stock character has to be Vince Papale, played by Mark Wahlberg, in the movie Invincible. Vince Papale is just an ordinary 30-year-old bartender living in his hometown Philadelphia. In the beginning of this movie, his wife leaves him. Vince doesn’t have much money at all, so having his wife leave him makes his life tougher emotionally. Even though Vince barely has anything left in his life, except for his friends at the bar, an opportunity to turn his life around comes out of nowhere. His beloved NFL team, the Philadelphia Eagles, get a new head coach named Dick Vermeil. Vermeil calls an open tryout hoping to get some support and love from the fans and the city. Vince, knowing that this chance is a one-in-a-billion shot, is convinced by his friends to go to the open tryout. Vince never played college ball and after weeks and weeks with the Eagles team he makes the cut. He earns a spot on special teams and doesn’t do the best in his first couple of games, but as the season carries on he uses his never-say-die attitude and shocks Philadelphia fans with his terrific tackles and great plays on special teams. I like Vince Papale because he was an underdog from the beginning to the end in this movie and you couldn’t watch this movie without cheering for and loving this guy. He had a huge heart and he never let things get in his way for his strive to happiness. He helped the struggling Eagles team rediscover its winning spirits and in the process rallied a city when it needed it most.
In real life, it's not right to judge someone by the way they look, how much money they have or who they hang out with. But in movies, books, songs, plays; it's okay to classify these people as the jocks,thebrainerk. My favorite stock character would have to be Mia Thermopolis from "The Princess Diaries" directed by Gary Marshall. Mia could be classified into many different sections of a stock character. Such as a geek, a weirdo, the jerk or the base of the movie, the rags to riches girl. Mia is just your averge teenager, well not really. She doesn't really have many friends, she is bullied by the head cheerleader, Lana Thomas and she believes that she is madly in love with the school hearthrob, Josh. Typical teenager, right? Wrong. Mia is living with her mother in San Fransico in an old firehouse, still questioning about her father and his past. Then, out of the blue her grandmother invites her over for..tea? Yes, tea. At the get together, Clarisse Renaldi reveals to her granddaughter that she is the Queen of Genovia and that Mia is the next in line to the throne, therefore making her a princess. Throughout the movie, Mia faces obsticles that make her overcome her fears and that change her life forever. I would clasify Mia as a 'rags to riches' stock character for reasons that people may find obvious. Mia did not live on the streets, she did not live in fear wondering where her next meal was coming from. Mia was just a simple, ackward girl in high school that could never catch a break. But at the end of the movie, Mia has transformed inside and out. You can hardly even recognize her! Not only has Mia changed phycially but she has become a stronger person that would let anything stop her. In my opinion, the gift of confidence is extremely higher in price then a dimaond necklace.
Kimmy Gibbler is the annoying next door neighbor of the Tanners in the 1980’s-90’s family sitcom Full House. It seems on many sitcoms there is that annoying neighbor that should just stay in their own house. Some examples are Kramer on Seinfeld, Roger on Sister Sister, Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched, Mr. George Wilson on Dennis the Menace, or Erkel on Family Matters. Kimmy Gibbler is DJ’s best friend and seems like one of the sisters since she is incorporated into every episode. She is the character you love to hate and brings lots of comedy into the show. She often times entered at the worst moment with her famous line “Hola Tanneritos.” There were often lessons learned in the episodes from mistakes Kimmy made. Her feuds with the other characters made the laugh track go crazy. In one episode Uncle Jesse ask: Kimmy don't you ever knock?” She replies with “No one was in their underwear. When you're in your underwear I knock.” Kimmy is my favorite stock character because she makes me laugh, she’s always memorable, there is never a dull moment with her on the set and she is her own person and doesn’t care what other people think of her. Stock characters of the “annoying neighbor” should take notes from Kimmy Gibbler because she plays the role perfectly.
My favorite stock character isn’t the superhero of the story, the one who always saves the day. My favorite would have to be the evil villain, like the Joker in Batman: The Dark Knight. The Joker is a menace who had escaped from an insane asylum. He is an anarchist who lives for stirring up trouble; he even describes himself as, “an agent of chaos.” He believes his existence is to cause pandemonium and turmoil. Heath Ledger, the actor who played the Joker in this movie, had nightmares because of this role. It brought out a darkness that maybe lurking inside everyone. As the movie goes on, the Joker continues wrecking havoc in the city of Gotham, terrorizing the people until he gets what he wants, and that is to unmask Batman. Towards the end of the movie, he tries to set the people of the city against each other, wrongly trying to prove that everyone is as cruel and ugly as him. The Joker is a sinister, devilish character who has an undying thirst for chaos and anarchy; which in my opinion is the epitome of villains.
My favorite stock character is Devon Miles from the movie Drumline, who was played by Nick Cannon. Nick Cannon played the role of a black kid who was an amazing drummer and was even offered a scholarship to play drums for Atlanta. He also was stereotyped there by his section leader Shaun, who at one time he said that Devon had a "no talent, wannabe gangster act." The truth was that he grew up in a bad area and he even admitted at one point in the movie that he never thought he would even make it to college. On top of all that he was called out by Shaun at practice one time, and proved that Devon couldn't read music. Because of that Dr. Lee, the musical director kick him off the drumline and make him take classes to learn how to read music. However Dr. Lee let him back on the drumline after the president of Atlanta complained that he wasn't putting Devon on the field. After he was put back on the line, he was punched during a drumoff at Atlanta's homecoming because he approached the other school's drumline, showing off his drumming skills. This incident caused him to be kick out of the band all together. Devon felt betrayed by everyone and even considered switching to Morris Brown, a rival school. In the end however, he reconsiled with Shawn, who taught him to read music, and also with Dr. Lee and he was even allowed to play in the BET classic, a major event for school bands in the south. This movie shows that if a stereotyped black character can make it to college and be successful than anyone can.
In the book, Chosen to Die by Lisa Jackson, the main character is the damsel in distress. Typically, a damsel in distress is a young, innocent woman who is captured in a place where she can no longer escape because of a psychological captivity or a villain chaining her there. But a knight in shining armor is the only human who can come along and rescue the woman from her abductor.
In this novel, Regan Pescoli, is the damsel in distress. There’s a star-crossed killer hunting in the mountains of Montana and for his message to be finished, he needs Detective Pescoli initials. When the abductor is out creating alibis in town but he comes back to the cabin just as Pescoli escapes only to be chased onto a frozen pond. With all the heavy weight, they both lapsed in. Soon, Pescoli takes her final breath and it’s witnessed by her lover, Nate Santana. Aka the knight in shining armor. After a visit to the hospital, they all live happily ever after knowing the abductor drowned.
I enjoy the Pescoli character because she’s strong-headed, stubborn, and full of surprises. And finally shows you that when there’s a will, there’s a way.
My favorite stock character is Charlie Pace from LOST. The type of stock character that he is is the rock star drug addict. Charlie lived in London, where he was in a band with his brother called Driveshaft. Once the band became popular, his fame gave him access to the party lifestyle. Charlie’s brother had been addicted to heroin, and Charlie had tried to get him to stop using. With access and exposure to the drugs from his brother, Charlie eventually gave in to the drugs himself. When Charlie was on plane flying from Sydney to LA, it crashed on an island. The group of survivors had many stock characters within it too, such as the leader, the fugitive, the Iraqi torturer, the single mother, and the rebel. With the help of some of these new friends, Charlie decided to battle his addiction. He became clean and started a new life on the island. After time, Charlie started to care for Claire who was a single mother. He became the fatherly figure for her baby Aaron. In hopes of rescue for the survivors, Charlie risked his life to communicate with a boat that was near the island. After he did this, he drowned. Charlie had gone from a selfish lifestyle with drug usage, to caring about others and eventually making the ultimate sacrifice for those he loved. He died a hero.
My favorite stock character would have to be the villain, and my favorite villain is without a doubt The Joker. In “The Dark Knight” Heath Ledger plays the fantastic role of a menacing villain that will take down anyone in his path to kill Batman. He starts of like most villains with small bank robberies and eventually moves up in crime rate. He kills all of his men during a bank heist and takes all the money for himself. The joker begins his plans to kill Batman when he interrupts an underground meeting of mob bosses and gets them to fund his plan with their members. After this he begins his terrorizing reign as Gotham’s most wanted criminal. He uses these members to infiltrate the police system and undermine its authority. The Joker then goes on the attack and begins threatening people and goes through with killing six of them. He then starts a city wide panic by setting a hospital to blow up. The Joker’s final act is when he puts two at risk for being blown up, one full of ruthless inmates and the other with innocent people. All of these actions make the joker a great villain and one of the scariest to think about in our world.
The stock character I chose was Rambo, from the Rambo movies who to me is the epitome of a stock character badass. Some things that make Rambo such a badass is the fact that he is a normal guy he has no supernatural powers or superpowers that make him especially fantastic. Most stock character badasses have amazing physical attributes which are usually stamina which means he can take a licking and keep on ticking and Rambo is a prime example of this how he always seems like he is down for the count but comes back. Another thing they have is mental toughness as well they have to be able to thing quick and devise crafty plans to trick the enemy just like Rambo used to do in almost every one of his movies. As far as skills go stock badasses have them in excess, most all have amazing atheltics and have a "think outside the box" attitude that allow them to improvise and create weapons from virtually nothing. Rambo was a master of creating makeshift weapons the exploding bow he had in most of his movies was a signature improvised weapon. Badasses also have an uncanny ability of being able to patch themselves up to survive and stealthily sneak into the enemy base camp which was a constant for Rambo he was always getting blown outta the sky then patching up his lacerations and bruises and charging right back into battle. I really enjoy watching Rambo in action and being the complete badass he was born to be. If there was ever a stock character badass Rambo was the first.
A stock character is someone that is very easy to identify in a book or movie. They are usually very stereotypical characters. Nikki Blonsky plays Tracy Turnblad in the movie Hairspray. Tracy is an overweight high-school student whose only dream is to be on a local Baltimore teen dance program. While her father tells her to follow her dreams, her mother Edna reminds her that she doesn't look like the girls on that show. After impressing the show's host, Tracy earns a spot on the program. Many accessories come along with her spot. Since Tracy becomes popular on the show, the prettiest girl in school becomes jealous. Along with that the girl’s mother just happens to operate the local television station. The two girls try to get Tracy kicked off the show. Tracy starts to see the racial tension on the show, so she tries to desegregate the races. Tracy’s plan does not help her cause of staying on the show. In the End, Tracy finds a way to show how unfair the show was being and kept her spot. Tracy Turnblad is defiantly a stereotypical rebel. Tracy does not care what anyone thinks of her appearance. She is a confident young girl, who appeals to many young teens. Tracy Turnblad is defiantly a stock character.
My favorite stock character would have to be the mysterious and shy girl in movies that always seems to get the guy. For example, Ronnie, in the movie “The Last Song,” is visiting her dad for the summer and is now considered the “new girl in town”. Ronnie is different because she is quiet and to herself, dresses differently than most people, and isn’t really as put together as the other girls. The first day that she arrives to her father’s house she walks around the beach and a guy bumps into her with a smoothie and spills it all over her. Any normal would take that chance to flirt with the guy and get to know him, but she acts completely not interested in the guy and walks away. The guy sees something in Ronnie, and throughout the movie he tries to get to know her better, and Ronnie ends up falling in love with the boy. My point is, that the guy in the movie could have had any girl on the beach, but he wanted Ronnie, probably because of how different she was. Those are the kinds of stock characters I love.
My favorite type of stock character is normally the "smart" adventure hero. My absolute favorite adventure hero would have to be Indiana Jones, played by Harrison Ford. In the first movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, it shows Indiana Jones going through a mysterious cave and randomly stopping to show where the booby traps were. When he gets through the cave and steals the artifact, then gets chased down by a giant boulder, you see him get stopped by tribes of savages and a man in a white tux. The man takes the gold artifact from Indiana, "it belongs in a museum" Indiana jones yells. At this point, where you think Indian Jones is a bad guy for stealing, you see that he is only trying to do the right thing. Another great hero that i love to watch is Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes has his comical sense along with his over analysis on everything he does. During one of the scenes in the recent movie, he is at a fighting club, and it shows that he isn't doing well compared to a "monster", Holmes turns away to end the fight when the man who he's fighting spits at him. In a short period of time, Holmes devises a plan to defeat the bully he's fighting against, by analyzing all of his moves and dodging all of his attacks. To me, seeing all of these characters try to do the right thing or just even thinking out all of the moves before it even happens, makes for a better movie.
The stock type I have chosen is the rags to riches hero. A rags to riches hero is a person whom through their own efforts and will power go from being very poor (rags) to achieving success (riches). A perfect example of a rags to riches hero is Chris Gardener who is played by Will Smith in Gabrielle Muccino’s The Pursuit of Happyness. Chris Gardner is like any other man who just wants the best for his family. But in trying to give them the best by buying a bunch of mobile X-ray machines to sell them to big medical corporations such as doctor’s offices he finds that no one is interested in these machines. He had already given up all of his money to buy these machines to sell so there was nothing left for him to do but to keep trying. It got to the point where he wasn’t selling any and he started losing everything he had starting with his wife. Instead of him letting that hurt him he turned it into a motivational drive to provide for his son. He eventually loses his house while he becomes an intern at Bear Stearns & Company in San Francisco. During this process he loses his house and has just his son left, but he doesn’t give up. He worked his hardest each day at work and each night finding a place to sleep and something to eat for his son. Through his hard work and determination he started earning more and more where he and his found a new home. Eventually Chris Gardner became the CEO of his own firm, Gardner Rich & Co., based in Chicago. This inspirational story should reach out to all as he became a self made millionaire, philanthropist and entrepreneur, and a motivational speaker.
My personal favorite stock character would have to be the poor person with a heart of gold. There are a lot of types of stock characters and the reason that I find this one most enjoyable is because I like how they affect the movie, play, or whatever there in. One example, is obviously, one of the characters from a Christmas Carol, Bob Cratchit. He has extremely poor, and he keeps his head up through all of it. Even when his boss (Ebenezer Scrooge, who is another stock character, a rich guy with a heart of coal) tells him that he is only aloud Christmas day off, he is ok with it. And he refuses to believe that Scrooge is a bad man, or evil, when it is very apparent that he is. The stock character type itself is, I think, what makes stories like this enjoyable to watch. Because it makes you feel happy to know that he has so little but still appreciates everything that he has. If movies like this didn't have a character such as this, I feel they would be extremely depressing and almost no fun to watch. But with characters such as these you start to develop a "connection" with that character, and start to actually care what happens to him or her.
My favorite stock character is Forrest Gump played by Tom Hanks in the movie Forrest Gump. He is stereotyped as a unintelligent person in the movie. Everyone thinks he would not be able to do much in life and cannot understand things better than anyone else can. However, throughout the movie he was to accomplish many things like graduate college, become a good football player, fight in the Vietnam War, save peoples lives, and make a good living by fishing shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico. He is always doing good things for his friends and family but bad things happen to him. He loses a friend in the war, his mother dies, and most of the time he does not see Jenny. The movie shows that bad things happen even when you do good things. Forrest shows all the people who thought he was stupid and the people who hated him that he can doings that everyone else can.
The TV show glee, airing on the fox channel has many stock characters who all fit certain stereotypes regarding to the posse they associate with. However, my favorite character on Glee is Quinn Fabray, played by Dianna Agron. Quinn Fabray had the perfect life. Quinn was at the top of the high school food chain at William McKinley High in the beginning of the hit TV series. This young teen was captain of the Cheerios, which is the school cheer team, managed to get straight A’s in all of her academic classes, was president of the celibacy club, and the girlfriend of Finnn Hudson, the quarter back of the football team. Her cheer coach, Sue Sylvester orders Quinn join the Glee club to spy and has planned to eliminate the club because it is infested with geeks. Sue later kicks Quinn off of the Cheerio squad for her teenage pregnancy and subsequent loss of status in the school. Now Quinn is considered a loser because she is expecting a child and is a member of the Glee club, which is not a “cool” club to participate in. The Glee club took her under their wing and teached her it does not matter what other people think about you as long as you love yourself the way you are. Although Quinn is no longer popular at Mckinley High School because she is not a cheerio and is in the glee club, she realized that glee club really is not that nerdy as people say it is and she should not judge a person or a group based on stereotypes.
My favorite “stock” character would have to be Candace from the show Phineas and Ferb. Candace is Phineas and Ferbs older sister and she is always trying to get them in trouble for the crazy things that they build in their backyard. No matter how hard she tries she can never get her mom to witness the things that her younger brothers are doing. Candace is the character that never wins, and because of this her character almost seems crazy and stressed out. Everyday when Candace’s mother goes to run errands, her brothers build things such as time machines, race cars, giant tree houses, etc. but Candace can never seem to get proof because at the end the proof somehow disappears. I think I like Candace because you can’t help but feel sorry for her, and your always just wanting her to win for once. Candace, not being able to get her brothers in trouble, is the main part of the show and Candace always drags other people into it. She has a boyfriend that she is obsessed with named Jeremy, and she has a best friend that’s’ always caught up in helping her bust her brothers, named Stacy. Candace is similar to Helga from the show Hey Arnold, Helga is similar to Candace because they both never get their way and even if they do it doesn’t last very long. I think I like the characters that never win or get their way because everyone can relate to them every once in a while.
My favorite stock character would be Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is the stereotype character who was poor and worked his way to becoming rich. Usually this “rags-to-riches” character would start off poor and lowly and would work his way to being successful by earnest, hard work with a little bit of luck with opportunity. A lot of times, the motivation for this character would be love. Jay Gatsby falls in love with the rich Daisy and he wants to impress her. He is poor, and he doesn’t think she would ever notice him unless they were in the same social class. Gatsby, however, earned his money illegally- through bootlegging. He still possesses the same main qualities of this stock character.
The reason this Gatsby character is interesting and appealing is because he is different from other stock characters of his type. Often times, this character would be more outgoing and social when he reaches his success, but underneath, Gatsby is still shy when he is near Daisy. Also, the usual “rags-to-riches” character would be honest to his friends and acquaintances, but he is mysterious, and people think that Gatsby is a liar and some spread rumors that he is a criminal.
Jay Gatsby is an interesting stock character with a little bit of his own personality blended in to make him original.
An example of a stock character is Taylor Swift as the part of Felicia and Taylor Lautner as Tyler in the comedy Valentines days. They are going out. She plays the dumb blonde in a teenage relationship. Her and her boyfriend’s relationship is very stereotypical. She is the popular beautiful cheerleader and he is the popular muscular jock. These two groups of people are usually the ones who end up going out in movies, books, and sometimes in real life. They are also the homecoming queen and king. They had the typical relationship where they celebrate Valentines Day by him bringing her an over sized stuffed animal and a balloon. They think they are in love as most kids usually do. Although in the end they do end up breaking up. A reported interviews them and says that they are ignorant of reality. I think this means that they are so caught up in the moment of being young and in love, they do not realize that most likely it will not last, and they will eventually end their relationship. Although they have a small part in the movie, this does portray a very normal perception of a high school experience even though more than often this type of relationship does not always happen in real life.
Out of all of the stock characters in books, movies and TV, Elle Woods from Legally Blonde is my favorite. Elle Woods is played by Reese Witherspoon. The type of stock character she would be is the blonde, pretty and rich girl that gets whatever she wants. Elle is thought to be the dumb blonde that isn’t good for anything, but looking good. People think that all she has going for her are her good looks. She wants to be a lawyer because her ex-boyfriend goes to law school and she wants to get him back. When she goes to get him back he is engaged to a very ignorant and mean girl. His fiancé doesn’t like Elle at all and she always bullies her. Elle sets her mind on getting him back. Once she started to go after him again she realizes that he is a real jerk. On her way to getting him back she realizes that she really wants to be a lawyer. She continues through school, but she falls in love with one of her teachers. She finishes up law school and she ends up getting married to her fiancé, which was her teacher. Elle is my favorite stock character because she proves that once you put your mind to something, you can accomplish anything.
My favorite stock character is Dr. House from the television show House M.D. I chose this person as my stock character because he plays a doctor who thinks he is better than God. He doesn’t like it when people question him and is an arrogant person. He is always right about everything he does. He doesn’t respond to authority and he always breaks the rules and doesn’t care about the consequences. He rarely goes to talk with his patients but when he does he doesn’t speak to patients nicely and is highly sarcastic about everything. He also doesn’t respect his team and often does things to humiliate them. His boss isn’t treated any better and Dr. House often disregards everything she says. Dr. House is a stereotypical narcissist because he only cares about himself and acts like the patients he is helping are just puzzles for him to solve. I like this character because he makes the show enjoyable and funny to watch. The audience is intrigued by the way Dr. House thinks and how he reacts to the other characters in the show. Sometimes a patient will come in that Dr. House bonds with and you see a softer side but its not shown often.
My favorite stock character of all time would have to be the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge from the famous Christmas story, A Christmas Carol. Scrooge would fit the stock character category, conniving villain. Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy and stingy old man who despised the Christmas season and does not care about others, an example of this being how he treats his faithful employee, Bob Cratchit. Scrooge knows Bob is a very hard worker and has to support a large family and his disabled son Tim, but Scrooge still pays Bob well under par. The story starts on Christmas Eve in Scrooges business shop, as he is finishing up his work. Scrooge lets Bob go home and have Christmas day off, but he expects his to be there the next day. After Scrooge closes up the shop he goes home to his house where the ghost of his business partner, Jacob Marley, who died several years earlier visits him. Marley warns Scrooge to change his mean and unkind ways, as well as three other ghosts: the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future. While on his adventures with these three ghosts, Scrooge changes his unkind ways little by little. By the time the ghost of Christmas present was done showing him the future, Scrooge completely changed. On Christmas morning, Scrooge wakes up spreading Christmas cheer, love, and joy. He spends the day with his nephew and his family, and then buys a turkey for Bob’s family. Scrooge is my favorite stock character because he shows us that even the meanest miser can change into a compassionate, loving person.
My favorite stock character of all time would definitely be Patrick Star from the cartoon on Nickelodeon called “Spongebob Squarepants.” In almost every cartoon, there is one character who is the idiot in the show. Patrick is that character in this show. Patrick, with the help of Spongebob, have the enjoyment of annoying Squidward Tentacles, their neighbor, in every way possible. In every episode, they find a new way to annoy Squidward until he flips out at them. In one episode, they order a huge television just to play in the big box it came in. While Squidward is relaxing inside, he hears these very realistic sound effects from the box. One of the noises is a rocket ship taking off. But every time Squidward goes out, the box is empty except for Spongebob and Patrick. They say they use their imagination to make the sound effects, but that just makes Squidward angrier. In many episodes, Spongebob has a problem, and Patrick always comes up with the stupidest way to fix it, but Spongebob always believes anyway because he thinks he is smart. My favorite stock type is the idiot of the group because they always make me laugh and Patrick star plays the role perfectly.
One of my favorite stock characters is Gretchen Wieners from the movie Mean Girls. In the movie there is a group called the 'Plastics' which are the four most popular girls at the school. They're all stuck-up, pretty, and rich. Regina George, the 'ruler' of the group, bosses around Gretchen and Karen. Gretchen is Regina's sidekick in a way; she does everything for her and listens to everything she says. Gretchen is only in the 'Plastics' because she thinks it’s better to hate life without real friends rather than be considered a loser. The movie is mocking the way modern high school is and how girls are becoming so worried about what people think that they'll do pretty much anything to be accepted. Gretchen feels lonely but doesn't show it and is seen as a follower of Regina. The movie is full of drama, fights, back stabbing, and secrets. It shows how high school is being divided into popular people and 'losers'. Stereotypes in high school can be hurtful, and this movie is full of them. In the end Gretchen breaks free of her stereotype as ‘the follower’ and becomes her own person, along with the rest of the clique.
My favorite stock character is Wilson from the show Home Improvement. In many shows or stories there is a wacky or odd neighbor who is usually used as a plot device, and that was exactly what Wilson was. Wilson was mostly a go to guy who would help solve Tim and Jill’s problems. Something that really added to Wilson’s character was that you never saw his face during the entire 8 seasons it aired. The most you ever saw of his face was his eyes. He was always in some wacky tribal ceremony. Whenever Tim needed his help he would give him great advice that would usually change Tim’s way of viewing the situation. Another way Wilson was weird was his advice was always based off of some crazy ancient philosophy.
My favorite stock character is Lauren McDonald played by Sarah Wright in the movie All You’ve Got. In this movie, Sarah Wright is a rich white girl who goes to the nicest school in her area. Also, she is her schools volleyball star. The movie opens in Lauren’s junior year where her team playing the other top team in the area (Cathedral High) in a close game, but Lauren’s team does not win. Now, it’s her senior year and she can’t wait, she’s hoping that this is there year to win. Little does she know, when she arrives at school one day, it is burnt down in a huge, tragic fire! What now? Lauren and her two best friends on the team are forced to go to the Cathedral High and try to win the championships together. Cathedral High is very different from their old school. It is a trashy, dirty, old public school. I like Sarah Wright’s character because she is the typical rich girl who has a misfortune and has to go to a down graded school. Through the movie, she realizes what a monster she is and soon finds her true self. Once she does, the team joins together to win the championships.
One of my favorite stock characters would be Dave Lizewski in the movie Kick-Ass. Dave is what you would call your stereotypical nerd in high school. He works hard in his school work and remains unnoticed by all of his classmates. He seems to find an escape from his humdrum social life by reading comic books. All of the heroes he reads about in his comic books, soon starts to place an improbable, yet moronic idea in his head. He wants to became a superhero just like in all of his comic books, even though in reality he knows he has no super powers or any fighting abilities. He doesn’t even take any of these things into consideration; he automatically thinks that he, one small little person in the world, can stop all of the crime and hate that he sees happening everyday around him. The next few days after he came up with this conception, he tries to put a stop to all of the bad people, or “villains” that he comes into contact with. The first few times he was not successful at all; in fact, he ended up with severe injuries. He began getting frustrated at failing every time he tried to save the lives of innocent people. He was really dedicated to this; he wanted to be someone important in the world for once. He wanted people to recognize him for being the guy who saved people’s lives, and actually made a difference in the world (for the better). He kept that promise to himself and never gave up. He practiced and practiced and soon enough he was saving random people’s lives who were in danger left and right. He got the girl that he had been crushing on since the beginning of school, and he finally got his wish of everyone knowing his name in school; not the “nerd”, but rather a “hero.” Dave is a stock character that deserves much recognition because he made me realize that anything that you wish to become of yourself in the world can be accomplished. It may take much time and hard work, but if you really believe in yourself, anything is possible.
My favorite stock character has to be the Joker from The Dark Night. He is stereotyped as an evil character. All he wants to do is to cause Gotham City trouble. In the movie he does many things to cause trouble and Batman has to fix all of the trouble that he cause. Batman is the good guy in the story or the hero of Gotham City. Whenever the joker causes trouble it is Batman’s job to go and fix the problem that the joker caused. Heath Ledger who sadly died shortly after the movie acted as the Joker. He did a great job with the voice of the Joker and doing the sinister things that the joker did. Some examples of the evil things he did is holding all of the population of Gotham City, and exploding a whole hospital. He was a very evil guy and I think acting so evil is one of the reasons that Heath Ledger took his life. It was said that it really messed up his head.
My favorite stock character is Quinn Fabray played by Dianna Agron from a fictional FOX television show called Glee. The stock character that she personifies is the typical, blonde, pretty, popular, head cheerleader in William McKenley High School. Quinn seems to have a perfect life; she has perfect, wealthy parents, everyone at her school loves her, and she goes out with the cute quarterback of the football team, Finn. As the show began to develop the characters, we learned more and more about Quinn’s maybe not so perfect life. Her parents are very religious and strict, and they forced Quinn to be the leader of the chastity club. When Quinn’s parents found out about her pregnancy, later on in the season, they kick Quinn out of the house, and her boyfriend Finn takes her in. Later, it turns out that Finn isn’t the father. Puck, another football player, is the real father to Quinn’s baby. When Finn finds out, her world is completely turned upside down and she turns into the outcast. Now that Quinn isn’t popular and she knows how it feels to be different, she begins to see that her fellow members of the glee club that she once made fun of, were very good friends to her. Quinn ended up giving her baby up for adoption, and becomes the head cheerleader once again. Once Quinn receives her captain title, she’s nicer to everyone around her and understands the importance of friends. I think that Quinn learned her lesson that you should be nice to everyone because good friends will always be there for you no matter what.
My favorite stock character is from my favorite cartoon growing up which was SpongeBob SquarePants. Mr. Krabs is my favorite character. I know he is a stock character because he is the biggest miser I know. All he thinks about is money, money, and even more money. He owns a restaurant called the Krusty Krabs and that's where Spongebob works. He is so cheep that he doesn't pay Spongebob to work, but he makes Spomgebob pay him to work for him! He also sold Spongebob's soul to make sixthy two cents. He will do almost anything to obtain money or not lose it, usually with no regard to the safety or well-being of others or even himself. An example would be when he lost both of his arms and suffered severe head injuries from trying to pull a dime out of a sink. Even a miser like Ebenezer Scrooge wouldn't stoop that low for a dime. With all that being said, Mr. Krabs is by far my favorite stock character because he is an important part to the cartoon. His miser ways are funny to watch. He also proves that money isn't all there is in life. There is much more, because he is as rich as anyone could be, and yet, he is not happy with his life. So my stock character taught me that there is more to life than just money.
My favorite stock character is James Bond. He is epitome of the Renaissance man. He can do everything and seems to be perfect. Bond is clever, intelligent, and handsome. Bond is comfortable in any social setting. He is good with the ladies, both young and old. Bond fights for good against evil villains, and he always comes out the winner in a dramatic fashion no matter how difficult the situation. Bond can do it all: drive fast cars, ride wild horses, jump from airplanes, and swim for long distances. He appears equally at home in black tie society and village taverns. Bond plays all kinds of sports well. He travels the world always comes out on top. He even has wonderful gadgets that everyone would love to have. His apparent flaws are in reality not flaws at all. He is a womanizer, but never seems to break anyone’s heart. He is a gambler, but never loses. He is a fighter, but never gets seriously hurt or hurts anyone other than the evil villain. No matter what happens, Bond always comes out a winner. Bond is the hero we would all like to be. He is the prime example of a perfect, do-it-all stock character.
My favorite stock charecter would be Vince Papale, who is played by Mark Whalburg in a true movie called "Invincible". Papale was a walk on 30 year old rookie for the Philadelphia Eagles 70s. His road to the NFL was like a rags to riches. Papale was a teacher and a part time bartender. He got laid off his teaching job and while working in the bar he saw on the TV that the Eagles were holding open tryouts to anyone who wanted to tryout. Papale who occasionally played pick up games with his buddies was not even thinking of trying out until is friends convinced him too. Paple was the only person from the tryout to get an invite to the Eagles traning camp. Papale then underwent the struggles of training camp and was kept on the squad because of his heart. Papale played special teams and reciever with the Eagles for 3 years. This is one of my favorite stock charecters because it is a true story and it has to do with football.
Amanda Seyfried plays Karen Smith in the movie, Mean Girls. She is the “blond bimbo” in the movie. Amanda is a singer and songwriter and was a child model as a kid. She appeared in As the World Turns and All My Children, which shows she is a repeated character. In the movie, Mean Girls, Amanda is one of the two blonde girls in the group. She is a typical “blonde”, because she acts like she doesn't know anything. She is also a smart allelic, when someone asks her what she is good at she says, “ I can stick my whole fist in my mouth! Wanna see?” She is a sweet girl but she is not too good when it comes to school work. In her group of four in school, all of them walk around school like they own the place. This character is a typical high school girl. When a girl comes from Africa, she asks them, “So if you're from Africa, why are you white?” This movie/ person would defiantly be a moral story. The moral would be to not let other people boss you around and don't hang around with people that are going to get you in trouble. There are always people in high school that are like that and you have to learn to not get involved.
A stock character is a stereotyped character easily recognized by readers or audiences from recurrent appearances. My favorite stock character would have to be Karen Smith. In the movie, “Mean Girls”, Karen smith plays the dumb blonde that doesn’t understand what is going on. Karen is part of the plastics which is the popular group in their high school. This group includes girls with different and same personalities at the same time. They are often portrayed as being blonde, rude, and stuck up. Karen often says things that don’t make any sense, does things that make people stare at her, and is just air headed. I think Karen is an important character because she shows people that there are certain girls out there that don’t often think before they speak. Some girls out there are actually very smart but often act dumb to gain attention. Karen tries to gain attention by causing trouble among the plastics, making up foolish lies, and saying statements about her family that are absurd and weird. Although Karen can sometimes be flat out stupid in the things she says, I like her because she adds humor to the movie. Without her, I feel that the plastics would be even more uptight and rude about everyone. Karen is definitely he dumb blonde in this movie and it is easy to pick her out for that role. Karen Smith is my favorite stock character as she is portrayed as the dumb blonde.
The characters in the Wizard of Oz are examples of my stock characters. The Wizard of Oz was written in 1939. It is has remained very popular among young children since its debut more than 70 years ago. Each character has a different need they are trying to fill. Dorothy is looking for a home, the tin man a heart, the scare crow a brain, and the lion courage. There are many lessons in the movie that each of these characters help to illuminate. The destruction of the wicked witch of the west shows how easily evil is defeated as a little splash of water destroys her. The movie also does a good job showing the facile of stereotypes. For instance, the Lion first appears as a mean bully with infinite courage. However, we all know this big, strong lion had no courage, only a loud roar. This is similar to most High School bullies too. A brain, heart, and courage are the first three things that come to one’s mind when seeing the scare crow, tin man, and lion respectively. Dorothy, the main character, displays all three of the attributes the others are missing; she is very smart (brain), displays amazing compassion (heart) – even to her adversaries (the wicked witch), and has tremendous courage – demonstrated by her unwavering desire to get home despite tremendous danger. These attributes and the lessons learned in the search for them remain imprinted in the memories of anyone who has seen the movie.
A stock character is a stereotyped person in a story, such as the Jock, the dumb blonde, the scrooge, the evil villain. In one of my favorite movies, "Mean Girls," Regina George is portrayed as the typical "popular girl" at a public high school. She's gorgeous, gets all the boys, and everyone wants to be her. Not only is she gorgeous, but she's truly mean,and nasty. She is rich and has a big house, a "cool" mom, and bosses everyone around. She of course, has her "minions" Karen, and Gretchen. They all sit at the popular table, and as a group are called the "Plastics". Cady Heron, a new girl who recently moved from Africa, starts off very innocent and has no friends. Since Cady is so pretty, she is invited to sit at the popular table, by Regina. Cady thinks Regina is nice at first, but then learns who she really is. But she describes her feels by saying the more she hung out with Regina the more she wanted to be her and be with her. I like the "popular girl" stock character the best, because they are always so funny and ridiculous. I always learn how not to be when i see this particular stock character being played in a movie or tv show. however in the end of the movie Regina settles down and finds her place and the "plastics" are split up into different social groups where they all find themselves.
One of my favorite stock characters is Keke Palmer when she stared in the movie Akeelah and the Bee. She is an example of a stereotype character. She is stock because she lived in a low-income area (projects), and the school system was limited with books and school resources. In this atmosphere Akeelah was performing well above the level of resources that the school district had a available in her area of education. At that time she was above her school district level that she went to another that was a hour away from her home. She got in touched with a tutor that saw her gifted of advanced grammar that he started to prepare her for worldwide spelling bees. Akeelah started observing for herself the different levels of achievement in her adolescent atmosphere. Although her goal was to remove herself from the limited educational atmosphere that she lived in. As she started to win spelling bees, her community observed her talent and started to see her as a role model for her community. However once she made it to the National Spelling Bee, what she saw was her goal to win the spelling bee, she also recognized the struggles that the contestants were going through. In the end she tied, was still a community icon.
A good example of a stock character would be a girl in the movie “Mean Girls.” This character is a dumb blonde who is extremely popular but no one likes her. She is the “mean girl” in the story. Everyone turns against her and tries to get her back in the end. This character is played by Rachel McAdams. Her character is the alpha of the clique called the Plastics, Regina George. She is out to get all the girls but never expects anyone to get her back. She is a one-dimensional character who is instantly recognizable to us as the head blonde that everyone follows. She shows us the bad side of being the mean popular girl in the story because in the end she ends up losing her friends and realizing that not everyone lives her and her being mean all the time wasn’t gaining her true friends.
My favorite stock character has to be the bad boy. Just because I myself am such a massive rebel and I can relate to the bad boys. The last movie I saw with a bad boy stock character present would be Remember Me with Robert Patterson as the bad boy. I don’t much care for him because of his work in twilight but I love this movie and his role in it. Robert Patterson play the role of Tyler Hawkins, a very rebellious young man who is anti social and is just a flat out bad boy. He gets into fights, he drinks, he smokes, he doesn’t care what authority figures say or do, and he hates his father for not caring about him and his little sister. That is the essence of his rebellion. Another reason for his rebellion is the suicide of his older brother who he blames his father for because he father did not spend time with his family because he was working hard to keep the family ahead financially. Throughout the course of the entire movie Tyler continues to be the typical bad boy but with his sister and his girlfriend he is a sweat heart and eventually those sweet feelings for his sister and his girlfriend over whelm his bad boy charisma, as is true for most movies when the bad boy is the main character.
My favorite stock character is from a T.V. series called “One Tree Hill.” This show is about high school students and their ups and downs in life. Brooke Davis is one of the high school students at One Tree Hill high school, and if your typical gorgeous popular girl that is the captain of the cheerleading squad. She is not exactly smart, but Brooke gets by school in a breeze. It is easy to say that guys think she is pretty and that they would want to be with her. Brooke would be able to get with any guy she wanted because she is the prettiest in the school. Brooke is the party girl of her grade, and it always looking for something fun to do. She is very carefree and sometimes goes wild and gets herself into a little bit of trouble. Of course she has to look nice going to parties, so she has very pretty expensive clothing. Her parents don’t have a good relationship with Brooke, but they give her a credit card along with anything she wants. Although, as Brooke gets older in high school, she does not want to be known as the pretty cheerleader that always parties, and starts to turn her life around. She becomes president of the school, and starts her own fashion line. Brooke called this line, Clothes over Bro’s and this later became huge. I enjoy this character because this is the “dream girl” to be in high school that most girls want to be. She shows us the advantages and disadvantages of being the most popular and wanted girl in school. Brooke is a role model for a lot of people because not only being the most popular girl in school, she is smart, grounded, down to earth, and needs no one but herself. Brooke is a very independent person and it is exciting to watch her grow up and mature as the years go on.
I would have to say that one of my favorite stock characters is the ghost that haunts the people in Paranormal Activity.(one and two)
This is a stock character because its the typical story of a ghost haunting a family or a couple. There are occasion where the family didn't see it coming but yet, they know that it's that once ghost. That ghost had a past and wasn't able to rest peacefully. The ghost, I believe, couldn't rest peacefully because she had a exorcism that didn't work. Instead, she haunts people which is the basic or normal reason of a ghost that can haunt you. This movie showed the typical haunting of many ghosts. I liked this movie though, because of how twisted it got. What made it even better was because they were able to film and portray the movie through first person. They were able to do this by making you see what the family was videotaping through a camera of theres. This made it seem like you're actually experiencing the haunting which made it even scarier.
My favorite stock character is the Heroic Coward they are the people who want to be heroic but are usually too cowardly to do so, however they will manage to pull themselves together in situations that truly matter. They also will sometimes do heroic deeds out of fear of something even worse if they don't. This type of character can also be known as a Comic Relief character. Examples include Chuckie Finster from Rugrats, The Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz, Piglet from Winnie the Pooh, and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers and Scooby-Doo of Scooby-Doo. All of these characters are, too say the least, wimps. However they all like to imagine themselves as brave heroes that will save the day, but in reality they are always the ones that end up needing to be saved. I like the character Chuckie, from The Rugrats, best because he is always dreaming of how he's going to save the day or face his fears but when it comes time to actually face a certain fear or situation he has to build his courage up or have others build him up before he can actually be heroic. I like heroic cowards best because they add a humorous yet sympathetic edge to whatever story they're in.
A stock character is a character that is stereotyped. If I had to pick my favorite stock character it would be Homer Simpsons from the TV show “The Simpsons”. Homer does a lot of stupid things through out the show and the whole series. He embarrasses himself, his kids, and his wife Marge. Homer shows several American working class stereotypes, he is crude, overweight, incompetent, clumsy, lazy and ignorant; however, he is also fiercely devoted to his family. He hates his boss, he is under paid, and it shows the life of most Americans in a funny way. A lot of the stuff he does is stupid and though less, he always does it for his family. Even though it doesn’t always show it, he is very devoted to him family. I believe Homer is stereotyped as an average American man. Trying to make it in this world, and make a better life for himself and his family. Even though it is in a very foolish and idiotic way it still helps to benefit his family in the end. Its not meant to be exactly like reality, that’s what makes it a great TV show and why it has been running so long and has caused laughter for many families throughout the years.
A stock character is a character type, often a stereotyped character, used repeatedly in genre fiction. A good example of a stock character would be the dumb blonde. A dumb blonde character would be very ditsy and air-headed. A blonde is rarely viewed as smart. An example of a dumb blonde is Elle Woods from the movie Legally Blonde. Reese Witherspoon does an excellent job at portraying this stock character. Elle Woods is a bubbly, outgoing sorority girl who tried so be serious by going to law school. Everyone at the school looks down on Elle because of her stereotype and does not even give her a fair chance. They all just assume that she is not capable of focusing and actually doing well in school. Elle Woods tries very hard to prove them wrong and ends up graduating from law school with high honors. You should not judge a person just by the way they look or act. You should never place a stereotype on someone. Every person is unique in their own special way so that is why most people do not fall under a specific stereotype. In fact, most people may fit under two different categories. Elle Woods can fit in the dumb blonde stereotype because of the way she dresses and the way she acts, but she can also fit in the studious category because she studied very hard.
An example of stock characters are the characters from John Tucker Must Die. In the movie you have your popular cheerleader, nerd, mean girl, and the new girl. The setting is a typical high school scene. At first in the movie all of the girls have no contact whatsoever because they are each in heir own individual cliques. However, as the movie goes on all of these girls get together in order to get revenge against a boy who broke their hearts and played them all. Throughout the movie the line between the stereotypes of the girls is broken and you are able to see that the girlshave a lot more in common than ever imaginable. Things like this don't usually happen in everyday high school life however, it shows that once you get to know someone than you can see that they have a lot more in common with you than you ever could have imagined.
My favorite stock character is the first person to be killed in a horror movie. This is a hard category to name one specific person mostly because the people just are not introduced or even talked about. They are often just cannon fodder for the killer. This being said, most of the people carry a set of specific traits. They tend to be overly trusting and lacking in a feeling of self preservation, these are the type of people who want to go into the basement to see why the lights went out, and not the people who decide to go to place that has power. These people also tend to be intellectually challenged or just flat out stupid. They also tend to be girls who, well, are drunk or in general just disorderly. When this role fall unto a guy, he tends to be dumb and of an athletically gifted persuasion and might or might not be drunk. So, many people may ask why I even bother to think of the characters, well I think that these people are overlooked, and because I often like the underdogs I like first person killed in a scary movie.
My favorite stock character is Buddy the Elf from the movie “Elf”. He is an emotional optimist who just believes in being kind to others. He does this to be on the nice list for Christmas. That’s why he is so nice and he believes so strongly in that because he is a human that was raised by elves. Throughout the movie he goes from a nice group of elves in the North Pole to New York City to find his real dad. The whole time he’s there he tries to spread Christmas cheer and teach others a lesson on being nice and living life to the fullest by acting in a kid way. In the beginning he was ignored and looked over but that didn’t affect him. He continued to act the same and by the end of the movie he changed the spirit of many different people and taught them to all come together despite their differences. He is a great example of someone who would usually be overlooked but instead is an example to all. It is a great comedy movie and is perfect for the Christmas season and displays an excellent example of a stock character.
The movie Mean Girls is a very popular and well known movie. It centers on high school life, which is filled with "Stock" characters. From the nerds to the popular people it is a constant reminder of the stock characters in everyday life. My favorite stock character comes from this movie and her name is Regina George. She represents the girl everyone hates, yet aspires to be. She is the epitome of popular, being insanely rich and having every guy in the school wrapped around her finger. She "rules" the school and is not nice to anyone else, except her two best friends Gretchen and Karen, each who represent their own stock character. Gretchen is the popular girl who really aspires to be the queen bee, but is often forgotten about. Karen is the blonde bimbo. The movie is centered around the teens on the lower end of the social ladder trying to overthrow this "empire" and ruin the popular girl's reputations. Each person represents someone found in real high school life. Aaron is the popular jock, Janice is the nerd with a dark side, Damian is the gay, and Cady is the new girl who helps the others overthrow the popular girls. Mean girls is ultimately a great representation of stock characters.
aracter is a stereotype person in a movie or story. My favorite stock character would have to be Regina George from the hit movie "Mean Girls". Regina has a group of her and her friends and there called “The Plastics”. These girls are the popular bully’s in school, and they intimidate everyone. Regina always has to be the center of attention, and when one day a new girl from Africa, Cady, comes to her school she is not happy. She is worried Cady is going to take attention away from her and her friends. Regina then decides to invite Cady into their group. This makes me think of the saying, “keep your friends close but your enemies closer”. Regina is trying to find everything that she possibly can about Cady so she can use it to later on destroy her. To her surprise Cady was doing the same thing. Cady and her two friends were trying to sabotage the plastics. Cady starts by going after Regina’s ex-boyfriend. This was a bad idea on Cady’s part because according to Regina and her friends, it is part of “girl code” not to go after your friends ex’s. Regina was so mad she printed copies out the “Burn Book”, which consisted of embarrassing secrets about everyone in the school, including teachers. Regina told the principle it was Cady who wrote all that horrible stuff. Cady had to suffer horrible consequences from both the school, and her parents. I enjoy this stereotype of a character because it adds humor to the movie and makes it enjoyable to watch.
My favorite stock characters have to be the girls from Mean Girls. This clique is the clique that all the people in the school long to be like. They have everything that everyone wishes they had. They have the looks, money, boyfriends, and the ability to pretty much do anything and treat anyone however they want to. These girls act like the whole school and everyone in the school loves them and practically worships them. Unfortunately much of the kids in the school do just that. They thought they were head of the school until a new girl came in. her name was Caddy. The original “mean girls” decided to invite the new girl to be part of their clique, and as soon as she starts getting popular some of the girls start to get jealous and try to bring her down, but eventually they realize that they’re ways of hurting people are wrong and everything works out for the better in the end. Throughout the movie the stock characters all play their parts in making the movie so funny and interesting. These stock characters are the stereotypical popular girls in high school. They seem to have everything that everyone else doesn’t have and that everyone else wants. These are my favorite stock characters because they are good at showing how many people, before they actually get into high school, imagine the “popular girls’.
My favorite stock character would have to be the Joker in The Dark Night. In this movie the Joker is the villain who is trying to kill Batman and destroy the city of Gotham the whole time. He isn’t your average villain though. He doesn’t try to steal things, he just tries to reek havoc and make hurt people. Throughout the movie he is seen doing as much as possible to hurt Batman and everyone around him, making him a stock villain, because this is what most villains try to do. But specifically this is all the Joker does. Now while the Joker is doing this Batman who can also be a stock character, is planning on ways to catch the Joker and stop him. When Batman finally figures out a way to catch the Joker he puts the whole city in jeopardy because the Joker, being the smart villain he is, has everyone on huge boats that are rigged to explode, and if Batman tries to stop him he’ll blow everyone up. This is why Joker is the perfect stock character villain. He is the same type of villain that is all about destruction and hate, but also unique because he has his own style to it.
A stock character is defined as any fictional character drawn from some stereotype that is instantly recognizable. The stock character I chose for my blog is the rags-to-riches hero. This type of stock character is typically defined as any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth, or sometimes from obscurity to fame. This is a common type of character in literature and popular culture. The specific I chose to represent this type of stock character was Chris Gardener from the film “Pursuit of Happyness,” starring Will Smith as Chris. The character Chris starts off in the film having lost all his money in a bad investment, Osteo National bone-density scanners, whereupon his wife leaves him and his son. Now with no money Chris must start his life up again, he suffers many setbacks but eventually makes it to the top and is chosen out of 19 others for a position which he later gets. At the end of the film it is revealed that he went on to form a multi-million dollar brokerage firm. I enjoy the character because no matter how bad life is too him, no matter how much bad luck he has, he keeps trying and eventually succeeds.
My favorite stock characters would have to be Shaggy and Scooby from Scooby-Doo. They both play the role of the Heroic Coward. They are both cowards who hate ghosts and monsters but once given a Scooby snax they step up to the plate and become heroes. And, although they are the ones who are most afraid, they are usually the first out of the entire gang to come in contact with the ghost or monster.
The show usually begins with the gang going on a nice relaxing trip of some sorts, when a mystery starts to pop up at that location. Being the mystery solvers that they are, the gang immediately begins to look for clues to solve the mystery, except Shaggy and Scooby. When it comes to solving mysteries, Shaggy and Scooby can always be found trying to run away, but are always convinced to stay and help solve the mystery by the rest of the gang. This is usually done by offering food, but, more specifically, Scooby snax since they would do anything for them. But, sometimes, it is not always about the food. If one of their friends is in trouble, they will do anything to save them.
Both Shaggy and Scooby are the heroic cowards that add comedy to the show. Their actions and personalities are what make people laugh and enjoy the show so much and without these two there would be no show.
Dany Zuko- The main character from Greece. He was known as a 'greecer' and he was a big shot. A popular bad boy that would never fall for a girl.In saintmarks there are many people that are just like Danny. They try hard to do BAD in school and they slack off on purpose. They go to alot of parties but never stay with one girl. Today we would call a 'greecer' and 'player'. The 'greecer' got his name originally because he worked in a auto body shop and was working with greece in cars however today that doesn't happen much most people work at restraunt. Danny how ever is also the typical main charcter in a 'love story' becuase in the end everything works his way and he gets the girl of his dreams and every one respects him. But in reality that would never happen if you were a 'player' or a 'greecer' then if you fell in love with one girl you would no longer get that stock character name.
My favorite stock character has to be the humble hero. The kind that don’t ask for anything in return the person that noone expects to do anything, let alone save the day. The person that isn’t really outspoken. The person that the odds are stacked against, but beyond all expectations at whatever the cost rises to the occasion and saves the day. My favorite kind story that would involve this character is tho kind where the odd are insurmountable and the hero does the unthinkable but at the cost of his own life. An example would be my favorite movie, Saving Private Ryan. It is set in World War II Europe. The “humble hero” is Captain Miller, played by Tom Hanks. He in command of a small band of soldiers who are given orders to go into enemy territory and rescue a soldier known as Private James Ryan, played by Matt Damon. On the way to Ramelle, The fictional town over the Merderet River where Private Ryan is, two of the soldiers die. When they finally reach the town the Germans attack. The soldiers make a stand and all but Private Ryan and Private Reiben, played by Edward Burns, are left alive. The reason I like this kind of stock character and story is the fact that it isn’t expected. Its always original. I find it kind of cliche when a character overcomes unimaginable odds. It’s too unrealistic. This kind of character is down to earth, and so is the story line. So in summation my favorite stock character is the “humble hero.”
In every story, television show, and movie there is in some shape or form a nerd. There is the computer genious, the one who makes the plans, the one who is tricked into doing everyone's homework. My favorite stock character of a nerd is Timothy McGee from the television show NCIS which follows a group of Navy cops as they try and solve many murder and kidnapping cases. McGee is the computer genious who can hack any system or tap any phone to get information to help solve a case. He can hack into other federal data base to get classified information, he get GPS location from a cell phone signal, and do many other things. He is always being called names such as "McGeek" and "McGoober" by other team mates and sometimes gets upset that he is such a nerd but he always finds out that the team is just messing with him and that they are really happy to be able to work with him. I find that McGee is the perfect example of a "stock" character of the nerd, and he is also a very valuable asset to the NCIS team.
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