Worst Stereotype Character

[Dags90]

With the exception of the time she was into self-destructive casual sex after getting a terminal diagnosis, Thirteen on House isn't much of one.

Why do you keep listing the few aversions or subversions as if that somehow impacts general statements?

 

[Nwabudike Morgan]

With the exception of the time she was into self-destructive casual sex after getting a terminal diagnosis, Thirteen on House isn't much of one.

Why do you keep listing the few aversions or subversions as if that somehow impacts general statements?

That wasn't what I was doing, at all. Sorry if you thought I was, but I wasn't. I know I'd want to know if there were exceptions to the thing that pissed me off.

 

[Azure-Supernova]

Let's see, I bet I can name the entire cast of a smash hit action movie... just by using the templates from Uncharted.

(Hero) Nathan Drake - The charming, witty, ruggedly handsome guy who can do anything. He has no weaknesses, you can pump him with bullets but he'll come back stronger in the next scene. Also an emotionless drone.

(Heroine) Elena Fisher - The intelligent girl who resists all of the hero's advances. She's tough and she likes to prove that she doesn't neet a man's help to get stuff done. She'll fall for the hero though.

(Ulterior Motive) Harry Flynn - He usually gets the hero into the position he's in, maybe he just supports him for a while. He's either "killed off" or he goes his own way, then stabs senor hero in the back.

(Mentor) Sully - He's basically the hero back in the day, now he's the kids mentor though. He likes the ladies and usually takes a whiskey.

(Expendable) Jeff - He'll show up, usually wanting to turn back because of the danger. He'll get killed though, almost definitely.

(Comic Relief) Tenzin - In this role you have the foreign guy who the hero has to co-operate with. They can't understand each other yet persevere and overcome a big obstacle. He slips into obscurity when his usefulness has ended. You can mix and match this guy with the token black guy or the unlucky guy that always gets captured.

(Villain) Roman - He's rich and he's got his own army. He's looking for X to do Y. Don't worry, he's not as important as you think.

(Real Villain) Navarro - He's has the master plan all along, cue the epic battle scene with the hero.


I know there are plenty more, but I'm bored just listing them. I don't even want to delve into the generic buckets of generic pieces that make generic characters.

 

[Nwabudike Morgan]

in movies, tv shows, books, anime, etc, there are almost always a few stereotype characters that you've only seen in about 90 other works. which type of stereotypical character do you hate the most?

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right now i would say the jewish stereotype character. my god, enough with it, its NOT FUNNY, it just makes me wanna punch the screen in annoyance

Well gays have it pretty bad, but I'm gonna go with bisexuals. I've yet to see a bisexual character that isn't a blatant stereotype.

With the exception of the time she was into self-destructive casual sex after getting a terminal diagnosis, Thirteen on House isn't much of one.

wait, people pay attention to characters that aren't House? Anyway minor point conceded, there's at least one, major point stands they're probably the most stereotyped, well them or atheists, or the logical character. When I think about it, it's more of a three way tie really.

I am so with you about atheists. They're either smug and obsessed with nothing but tearing down the people who believe in a higher power that they view as idiots (kinda like atheists on the internet, now that I think about it) or lost souls who just need a little hope in their lives and they'll be saved.

 

[8-Bit Grin]

Homer Simpson disgusts me now.

He used to be funny, but now they just over engrandize his stupidity.

He is his own stereotype.

 

[demoman_chaos]

Black stereotype is the most annoying stereotype.

 

[Rhade]

Anyway, the worst sterotype is that Woman can't hurt men.

Yes. Yes they can.

Or the inverse. Because some brutes beat up on their wives the rest of us are just supposed to do nothing if a woman were to slap or otherwise act physically aggressively toward us, you know, so that we don't turn into them or something.

I love it in TV/movies when a scene degenerates into a comical slap-battle, all gender issues aside for that moment.

 

[Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon]

The vilain with a reason. But if worked well can be good (see law abiding citizens and the Star treck movie).
But some stereotypes are awsome such as the elder badass (see Auron off FFX), the hero with a darkside (Cloud... I guess) and the self-sacrificing hero/villain (hero: DA:O character. Villain: can't think of any at the mo).

 

[Exia91]

Mine would the "Nerdy girl" that chick becomes super hot if she takes of her glasses and let out her hair. Stop it already!

The stereotype that bothers me most is the Quiet protagonist. How can a movie/story/game be based around you when you do not talk or even flinch when something is said or done to you!

 

[Mr. Omega]

My most hated stereotype is the regular guy who just happens to be the only one who can save the world, especially when he gets his ass kicked, but then one little plot device later, he is the unstopable juggernaut of the movie/game/book.

 

[Dags90]

A lot of people seem to be listing tropes, not stereotypes...

 

[Dr. wonderful]

Anyway, the worst sterotype is that Woman can't hurt men.

Yes. Yes they can.

Or the inverse. Because some brutes beat up on their wives the rest of us are just supposed to do nothing if a woman were to slap or otherwise act physically aggressively toward us, you know, so that we don't turn into them or something.

I love it in TV/movies when a scene degenerates into a comical slap-battle, all gender issues aside for that moment.

Let's just say women and men can beat the living crap out of their spouse.

Oh, and a lot of people say that women can't rape men.

...I call bullshit [http://www.kalimunro.com/article_mother_son_sexual_abuse.html] on that my friend.

 

[tthor]

A lot of people seem to be listing tropes, not stereotypes...

i don't know the difference

 

[SageRuffin]

But some stereotypes are awsome such as the elder badass (see Auron off FFX), the hero with a darkside (Cloud... I guess) and the self-sacrificing hero/villain (hero: DA:O character. Villain: can't think of any at the mo).

In Spidey: WoS:

Spoiler

Venom becomes a self-sacrificing hero if you pick the red option.

Me being black and a nerd (that, ironically, doesn't play WoW... yeah, see what I did there?), I'm inclined to say that the stereotypes involving those two really get my goat. it especially doesn't help when you have stuff like BET and people who call themselves "-tards" with pride reinforcing said stereotypes.

 

[SageRuffin]

A lot of people seem to be listing tropes, not stereotypes...

i don't know the difference

A trope could be best described as a subsect of a stereotype, I think. Character tropes especially seem to be... offshoots, so to speak, of stereotypes, but tropes have stricter requirements before a person or group of people fall under them.

Or something.

 

[Dags90]

i don't know the difference

A trope is a common literary device or tool, a widely taught one would be "character foil." A stereotype is a preconceived notion about a group of people, applied generally. Magical Negro is a trope (Wherein a black character helps the white protagonist, then leaves when he's no longer needed for help), whereas the outward behavior and mannerisms of said Magical Negro may or may not be stereotyped.

 

[Lust]

The so-called badass main characters:

Spoiler: Nathan Drake

Videogame's B-movie action star.

Spoiler: Dante

One liner machine. Self absorbed jerk.

Spoiler: Edit: Nero takes the cake

Whiney idiot who tries to make up for it by carrying a giant weapon

Ugh......................sorry.

Never played a game with Drake in it so can't comment.

Nero - yes. Yes yes yes yes YES! Ttypical emo-ish JRPG massive sword teenagery-type character based on what Japanese designers THINK the Westerners like. Turns out into a whiny tosser. It's quite a staple - like the bloke who replaced Solid Snake for a game or so (Raiden? Ryden? Something like that...)

Dante I would have to disagree. He's got some cliched lines, but he's got so many different aspects of common stereotypes that he just doesn't adhere to any of them. He's charismatic, funny and cool whilst looking like the predictable byproduct of a Western influenced JRPG. I think he deserves Man Points for that at least.For being something a bit different.

Yeah, Dante's actually my favorite of that bunch.

 

[Snarky Username]

Black gangster stereotype (that new PSP spokesperson has almost single-handedly stopped me from buying a PSP)

Men are all idiots (watch nearly any commercial where a man and a woman are both involved and you'll see what I mean)

All muslims are terrorists.

 

 The Chinaman
 

 The Covetous Jew


 

 The Negroid
 

 The Middle-Eastern terrorist


 

 The Flamboyant Gay
 

 The Dumb Jock


 

 The Fat Nerd
 

 Cheer leading Bimbo


 

 The Fat Bogan Mother
 

 The same insecure hot anime babe that falls in love with the main character with Gigantic tits and jealous friends... wait... I don't mind seeing this one.



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[Krunkcity3000]

"The Girl" Stereotype, she's just that girl that they add in just because. She can have a different look, a different personality, but in the end she's only there so the main character and the audience have a decent pair of boobs to ogle for the duration of the adventure.

Symptoms of being "The Girl":

Getting kidnapped or otherwise put into a situation where the hero(Man) has to rescue your incompetent ass.

Developing a relationship with the main character for no real reason, he's kind of a tool, you expressed a disgust in him right from the get go, etc...

Putting out at the end. It can be something as simple as an acknowledgement that, yes you do in fact care for the hero, or you could really just... put out. This has to happen either near or at the end though.


Note: Sometimes "the girl" stereotype works... It's just something we see all the time, but it still could work.

Please see the examples below, for help on how to spot "The Girl"

Spoiler: Primary specimens

How about the girl who is obviously hot as hell but isn't supposed to be because she is wearing glasses and a pony tail. Then at the end of the movie she takes the glasses and ponytail away and we are supposed to be shocked that she is hot.

 

[Krunkcity3000]

MEeesa Jar Jar Beenks and the fuckin autobot twins make my blood boil into a pink steam.