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  2. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    Character type Description Examples Zanni: Servant characters in commedia dell'arte. Zanni was of two distinct types: one is an astute, cunning servant and the other is a silly, stupid servant. They were called First Zanni and Second Zanni. Mezzetino and Brighella are examples of the First Zanni; Arlecchino and Pulcinella are examples of the ...

  3. Character (arts) - Wikipedia

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    Dynamic characters are those that change over the course of the story, while static characters remain the same throughout. An example of a popular dynamic character in literature is Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. At the start of the story, he is a bitter miser, but by the end of the tale, he ...

  4. Stock character - Wikipedia

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    A stock character, also known as a character archetype, is a type of character in a narrative (e.g. a novel, play, television show, or film) whom audiences recognize across many narratives or as part of a storytelling tradition or convention. There is a wide range of stock characters, covering people of various ages, social classes and demeanors.

  5. Everyman - Wikipedia

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    Or if lacking complexity and development—thus a "flat", static character—then the everyman is a secondary character. [citation needed] Especially in literature, there is often a narrator, as the written medium enables extensive explication of, for example, previous events, internal details, and mental content. An everyman narrator may be ...

  6. List of Magical Negro occurrences in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Brother Sam (Mos Def/Yasiin Bey), a character who appears in five episodes of the sixth season of Dexter (2011) [40] Cinna, Rue and Thresh in Hunger Games (2012) [ 41 ] The janitor ( Jordan Peele ) and the copier repair man ( Keegan-Michael Key ) in the "Magic Negro Fight" sketch on Key & Peele (2012) [ 42 ]

  7. List of Static Shock characters - Wikipedia

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    With the clone Static's assistance, Replay frames the original and attempts to become famous again, but Static and Richie clear the former's name and defeat Replay. Thomas Kim / Tantrum (voiced by John Cho ): An intelligent, weak-willed teenage Bang Baby who transforms into a purple-skinned, muscular, and violent monster whenever he gets angry.

  8. List of Frozen characters - Wikipedia

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    The five main characters of the franchise in Olaf's Frozen Adventure.From left to right: Kristoff, Anna, Elsa, Sven, and Olaf. This is a list of characters from Disney's Frozen franchise, which consists of the animated films Frozen (2013) and Frozen 2 (2019), several short films and specials, and other media appearances.

  9. Cinematic techniques - Wikipedia

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    In traditional linear movies, the author can carefully construct the plot, roles, and characters to achieve a specific effect on the audience. Interactivity, however, introduces non-linearity into the movie, such that the author no longer has complete control over the story, but must now share control with the viewer. There is an inevitable ...