THE ALL-EMBRACING, ALL-INCLUSIVE, FUNKTASTIC COMPENDIUM OF STUPENDOUS

STOCK CHARACTERS AND SUPERFLUOUS STEREOTYPES

(c) Guy Hoyle, 2006

Similar to "That Last #@!% Cliche" table from the Risus Companion (p. 7), the cliches on this table can, with some adjustments, be used
for virtually any genre and any campaign. When you're having trouble thinking up useful cliches for your character, take a look at this list!
Credit must be given to the Stock Characters article at Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_character ) and the TV Tropes website ( http://tvtropes.org ), from
which most of these cliches were drawn.

Absent-Minded Professor Comedic Hero Flunky

Action Girl Comic Relief Stooge
Adventurer Archaeologist Competent Man Toadie
Almost Dead Guy Con Man Fool
Amateur Sleuth Control Freak Fop
Amoral Scientist Cop On The Edge Foreign Exchange Student
Angst-Ridden Youth Corrupt Corporate Executive Gang Members
AntiHero Corrupt Hick General Ripper
Arch Nemesis Country Mouse Genie In A Bottle
Avenger Cousin Oliver Genius Bruiser
Axe-Wielding Lunatic Cowboy Cop Gentle Giant
Bad Boss Crazy General Gentleman Thief
Bad Fiancé Damsel in Distress Giant Monster
Bad Guy Trapped Into Working For Dark Lord Girl Posse
The Good Guys Dead Star Walking Girl Threesome
Badass with a Long Coat Defective Detective Greek Chorus
Baldrick Designated Antagonist Harold Hill
Battle Butler Designated Hero Haunted Hero
Benevolent Boss Devil In Plain Sight Henchman
Beta Baddie Dirty Old Man Herald
Big Bad Guy Dogged Nice Guy Heroic Scientist
Big Boss Doomed Appointment High School Rejects
Bitter Rivals Doppelganger Hippie Chick
Bitter War Veteran Double Agent Granola Girl
Black Cloak Dr Jerk Honest Thief
Black Moustache Villain Dragon Hooker With A Heart Of Gold
Born Loser Drill Sergeant Nasty Horny Scientist
Fall Guy Drop In Character Hot Librarian
Bouncer Dumb Blonde or Bimbo Hot Scientist
Bounty Hunter Dysfunctional Nuclear Family Hot Teacher
Bridezilla Eccentric Millionaire Ill-Fated Lovers
Broken Hero Enfante Terrible Impeded Messenger
Brought-Back-To-Life villain English Butler Implacable Man
Bumbling Dad Erudite Stoner Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
Bungling Inventor Evil Albino Ingénue
California Girl Evil Chancellor Inspector Javert
Cad Evil Clown Inspirationally Disadvantaged
Canon Immigrant Evil Counterpart Intellectual Animal
Caped Crusader Evil Genius Invisible Guardian Angel
Casanova Evil Matriarch Jerk With A Heart Of Gold
Chosen One Evil Minions Jock
Cinderella Evil Overlord Joe Schmoe
Pretty Ugly Girl Evil Twin Jokester
City Mouse Extraordinarily Empowered Girl Knight In Shining Armor
Classy Cat Burglar Fake Boss Knight Templar
Cloudcuckoolander False Hero Large Ham
Clumsy Hero Favorite Son Leisure Suit Larry
Colonel Makepeace Femme Fatale Local Hero
Lookin’ 4 Luv In All The Wrong Places Redshirt The Major (or Jolly War Veteran)
Loony Fan Reluctant Guardian Angel The Mark
Loser Guy Reluctant Hero The McGuyver
Lovable Rogue Reluctant Villain The Minnesota Fats
Lovable Traitor Repentant Traitor The Mole
Mad Scientist Atoner The Napoleon
Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter Repulsive Womanizer The Obi Wan
Master Of Disguise Reverse Mole The Patsy
Master Thespian Rich Bitch The Professor
Master Villain Right Wing Militia Fanatic The Profiler
Mission Control Rival Turned Evil The Punishment
Monster Clown Robot Buddy The Radar
Monstrous Adolescent Rogues Gallery The Renfield
Mooks Rookie The Skeptic
Mouthy Kid Sadist The Spock
Mr Exposition Sassy Secretary The True Believer
Mr Fixit Scary Dogmatic Aliens The Unseen Character
Mysterious Informant Scary Minority Suspect The Urkel
Naive Newcomer School Bully The Vamp
Nature Hero Sealed Evil In A Can The Vicar
Nerd Serial Killer The Virus
Nerd Girl Shape Shifter The Watcher
Nietzsche Wannabe Shapeshifter Tin Man
No Respect Guy Sidekick Token Minority
Noble Demon Sin Of The Father Tomboy
Noble Savage Snoop Too Dumb To Live
Non Human Sidekick Spear Carrier Tough Guy
Nosy Neighbor Spirit Advisor Town Drunk
Number Two Stalker With A Crush Tragic Hero
Nurse Stupid Boss Tragic Villain
Nurse With Good Intentions Super Grape Trickster
Oddball Super Soldier Trickster Mentor
Old Flame Sycophant Troubled But Cute
Old Friend Technical Pacifist Twins
One Winged Angel Techno Wizard Tyranical Boss
Opposing Sports Team Teen Genius Tyrannical Father
Outlaw Temporary Love Interest Vigilante
Parker Lewis Ferris Bueller The Ace Villainous Crossdresser
Part-time Hero The Baroness Wacky Guy
Physical God The Brigadier Wacky neighbor
Pied Piper The Commander Waif Prophet
Playful Hacker The Contender Warning
Plucky Comic Relief The Coroner Warrior Poet
Plucky Girl The Cracker Well Intentioned Extremist
Pointy Haired Boss The Ditz Western Terrorists
Pompous Idiot The Dungeon Master Whiz Kid
Popular Girl The Enemy Within Wicked Step-Mor
Pretty Woman The Government Wicked Witch
Prodigy The Hunter Evil Wizard
Proud Warrior Race Guy The Igor Womanizer
Psycho For Hire The Illegal Worthy Opponent
Punch Clock Villain The Intern Wunderkind
Quirky Miniboss Squad The Judge Enfant Terrible
Racist White Guy. The Kimberly Yellow Peril
Raised By Wolves The Lab Rat Yuppie Couple
Rake The Legions Of Hell Zen Survivor
Reclusive Genius The Libby
Red Scare The Mad Hatter