Stock characters Research

What are stock characters

• Stock characters are the same types of characters that shown in most movies from the same genre. Examples of stock characters in the horror genre would be the wanderer, the popular girl and the jock.

Stock characters that I will be researching

• The Wanderer• The Popular Girl• Jock• The Final Girl• Pandaro• The Pervert

The Wanderer

• The wanderer – the wanderer is the stock character that usually dies first as they wander off and separate from the other stock characters. This results in the wanderer to be the first victim of the evil protagonist. The wanderer can be a male or female

• Megan Helms, Black Christmas, Ryan Philippe - I know what you did last summer and Kirk – Texas chainsaw massacre

The popular girl

• The popular is usually the friend of the final girl. The popular is usually good looking and wealthy compared to the other stock characters and this makes her popular

• The popular girls also in a relationship with the jock• Example of the popular girl: Tatum – scream, Jules – cabin in

the woods

Tatum – scream

Jules – cabin in the woods

Jock

• The Jock is the stock characters that usually thinks himself as being stronger than all the other characters. The Jock is the bravest of all the characters. The jock usually tries to save the other characters and therefore is the character usually feels like he is responsible for the lives of all the other stock character. The jock gets killed in the process of trying to save the other characters.

• The Jock is usually in a relationship with the popular girl• Examples: jeepers creepers 2 – scotty, cabin in the

woods – curt, tom – my bloody valentine

The final girl

• The final girl is usually the stock characters that survives throughout the movie and is often the protagonist. The final girl is smarter than all the other stock characters often has a link with the killer/evil protagonist. The actions that the final girl makes more sensible decisions and actions than all the other stock characters

Laurie strode – HalloweenNancy Thompson – A night on elm street Sidney Prescott - Scream

Pandora

• Pandora is the stock character who is usually interested in something mysterious

• The Pandora actions result in the killer trying to kill the stock characters

• The Pandora is the least bravest of stock characters as he/she is known to run away through most of the movie

• Example: Scott – the evil dead, Jedidiah - Texas Chainsaw Massacre, detective Hoffman – SAW IV

The Pervert

• The pervert is the sexually motivated stock character. The pervert is usually after the popular girl or the final girl and the actions they take due to their sexual desires result in their death

• The pervert is usually played by a male character and can end up as the killer

• Frankie – final destination 3, blake - house of wax, Norman - physco