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straight man

stock character, notable for remaining composed in a comedic performance
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straight man

Summary

straight man is a stock character[1]. It draws 723 Wikipedia views per month (stock_character category, ranking #15 of 83).[2]

Key Facts

  • straight man's instance of is recorded as stock character[3].
  • straight man's subclass of is recorded as character[4].
  • straight man's subclass of is recorded as role[5].
  • straight man's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nd5f5b[6].
  • straight man's different from is recorded as Straight man[7].
  • straight man's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bc6w4c5f[8].
  • straight man's Quora topic ID is recorded as Straight-Man[9].
  • straight man's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/StraightMan[10].

Why It Matters

straight man draws 723 Wikipedia views per month (stock_character category, ranking #15 of 83).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). straight man. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/straight-man
MLA “straight man.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/straight-man.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_straight-man_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{straight man}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/straight-man}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): straight man — https://4ort.xyz/entity/straight-man (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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