# stock character

> literary or social stereotype used to create characters or determine their role in a story

**Wikidata**: [Q636497](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q636497)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_character)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/stock-character


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Stock Characters - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StockCharacters?from=Main.StockCharacter)