Wikidata:WikiProject Narration/Character types
Character types with respect to their role in telling the story edit
with respect to the dramaturgical design:
- main characters: protagonist (Q215972), antagonist (Q245204), tritagonist (Q3775957), deuteragonist (Q2479076), leading lady (Q1381612), sheng (Q17062834), leading man (Q6508764)
- supporting characters: supporting character (Q4388180), sidekick (Q281525), confidant (Q5160063), donor (Q3036206), henchperson (Q247297), damsel in distress (Q2293837), love interest (Q18706995)
- minor characters: minor character (Q27623618), redshirt (Q1580954), spear carrier (Q7574369)
- other: foil (Q5563727), Gag character (Q5516773), final girl (Q1416066), scene stealer (Q7430759), Fall Guy (Q27538392)
with respect to the narration's point of view and voice: narrator (Q755070), viewpoint character (Q38257438), sympathetic character (Q7661369), focal character (Q5463844)
with respect to games: player character (Q1062345), non-player character (Q466466), boss (Q468388)
other: title character (Q3246821)
Character types with respect to archetypical/stereotypical character traits edit
character types distinguished by heroic qualities and knighthood:
- hero (Q162244)
- bogatyr (Q890402)
- antihero (Q110910)
- Alazon (Q1786372)
- black knight (Q263999)
- White Savior (Q27556771)
character types distinguished by moral traits:
- Beautiful Soul (Q1627145)
- villain (Q290691)
- Sinnekins (Q7524666)
- hooker with a heart of gold (Q5408769)
- whisky priest (Q7993914)
- Rightful King (Q27552908)
- evil clown (Q2979768)
character types distinguished by their (non-moral) attitude:
- gentleman thief (Q2358328)
- gentleman detective (Q5533732)
- Lovable rogue (Q17145824)
- Hardboiled detective (Q27556708)
- superfluous man (Q254437)
- Man alone (Q22091178)
- miser (Q1499127)
- bon viveur (Q289249)
- outlaw (Q4087898)
- Q5165048
- Grande Dame (Q15812741)
- swashbuckler (Q6194437)
character types distinguished by their emotion, cognitive traits or skills:
- everyman (Q13407143)
- yandere (Q1370621)
- sage (Q2624172)
- mad scientist (Q614130)
- nerd (Q650031)
- Shakespearean fool (Q3747538)
- absent-minded professor (Q897028)
- village idiot (Q264231)
- Hotshot (Q5912461)
- competent person (Q5156303)
- wise old man (Q2349934)
- supersoldier (Q1975749)
- funny person (Q1284443)
- Tortured artist (Q7827380)
- Wise fool (Q8027479)
- fool (Q17105495)
- cat lady (Q5051098)
- Mary Sue (Q1254327)
character types distinguished by social status, position or job:
- yokel (Q1158349)
- village idiot (Q264231)
- outlaw (Q4087898)
- Q5165048
- professor (Q7248127)
- mother's boy (Q1971115)
- elderly martial arts master (Q4355801)
- gentleman thief (Q2358328)
- supersoldier (Q1975749)
- Town drunk (Q7830051)
- Tortured artist (Q7827380)
- Rightful King (Q27552908)
- cat lady (Q5051098)
- Grande Dame (Q15812741)
- Q27556747
character types related to love and eroticism:
- Q1269674
- femme fatale (Q222573)
- prince charming (Q1090843)
- Princesse lointaine (Q7244915)
- lover (Q6692423)
character types related to female stereotypes:
- Southern belle (Q478109)
- Dark Lady (Q3702744)
- girl next door (Q308087)
- tomboy (Q845799)
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Q958161)
- cat lady (Q5051098)
- loathly lady (Q2616282)
- Shrew (Q7503634)
- femme fatale (Q222573)
- Dragon Lady (Q1254872)
- mammy (Q3844185)
- Crone (Q5187700)
- farmer's daughter (Q5435699)
- Angry Black Woman (Q4763932)
- battle-axe (Q4869945)
- La Belle Juive (Q6461198)
- Princesse lointaine (Q7244915)
- ingenue (Q117482)
- hag (Q9303881)
- Grande Dame (Q15812741)
- Q27556747
character types related to male stereotypes:
- jock (Q997848)
- dandy (Q876391)
- bad boy (Q4840463)
- boy next door (Q4952170)
- prince charming (Q1090843)
- wise old man (Q2349934)
character types related to stereotypes of cultures and societies:
- caveperson (Q1190089)
- mammy (Q3844185)
- Dragon Lady (Q1254872)
- magical negro (Q738600)
- Space Nazis (Q7572435)
- Angry Black Woman (Q4763932)
- La Belle Juive (Q6461198)
- tragic mulatto (Q7832650)
character types related to the stereotypical representation of (fictional) life forms:
genre-specific character types:
- swashbuckler (Q6194437)
- gentleman detective (Q5533732)
- Space Nazis (Q7572435)
- evil clown (Q2979768)
- Hardboiled detective (Q27556708)
- straight man (Q2332499)
others:
- Q2165091
- Blanquito (Q5729951)
- Mary Sue (Q1254327)
- Little Johnny (Q495840)
- pantomime dame (Q7131885)
- Pickelhering (Q1536171)
- Sandayu (Q11354842)(?)
- Gonsuke (Q11542299)(?)
- Yotaro (Q11361904)(?)
- Jing (Chinese opera) (Q17020336)(?)
- Chou (Chinese opera) (Q10868987)(?)
- Q11093301(?)
- Ippachi (Q11352434)(?)
- Hachigoro (Q11390492)(?)
- Sadakichi (Q11452170)(?)
- Akai Gomonnokami (Q11635326)(?)
- Sugidaira Masamenosho (Q11522007)(?)