Archetype Notes

Here are the archetypes which you all came up with.
Evil Characters; Villain or Antagonist
Good Character; Hero or Protagonist
Supporting Characters; Sidekick and Henchmen
Evil Woman Character; Femme Fatale, who is tolerated for her sex, either the act or appeal
Neutral Character; Never knows whether he or she is good or evil. Can help or hurt either side.
Wise, Know-it-All, Nerdy Character; He or she saves the day with their good ideas.
Goody Two Shoes Character; The one who only does right, no matter what.
Good Samaritan; The person that serves and helps others with no thoughts or hints of selfishness.
Easily Killed Character; This person could be killed by dryer lint and a popsicle.
Confused Character; This person is not identifiable as good or bad.
Coerced or Victimized Character; This person finds him or herself forced into doing something he or she would not normally do.
Scary Mysterious Characters; Those who have no plot significance, but add entertainment value. This person is frightening for unknown reasons and the lack of information about him or her just makes it worse.
The Tricky Deceitful Character; The one who plays one side by pretending, but is really on the other side.
Popular, Arrogant, but Fundamentally Useless Character; This person has no other value other than popularity.
The Idiotic Character; This character doesn’t even have sense enough to see the truth and even denies it when confronted by reality.
The Rebellious Individual Character; He or she does whatever he or she wants no matter what, especially if it DOESN’T make any sense.
The Partying or Lackadaisical Character; This character just wants to have fun and takes nothing seriously.
The Easy or Slutty Character; This character will flirt or hit on anything that has a pulse. Easy isn’t the word for this character that is solely motivated by his or her libido.
The Overly-Curious Character; This character is always the first to die. Has little common sense, and despite seeing his or her friend’s bloody guts strewn all over the floor still decides to follow the bloody footprints into the slaughtering room.
The Prankster; This person is more concerned with playing jokes and thinks everything is funny not realizing that the person in front of them is the real killer and not a farce.
Hero; protagonist, good, cool, can be normal people, protect and serve, save
Villain; antagonist, their people who causes the problem, they: do criminal acts, manically.
Sidekick: they help the heroes out.
Henchman: they do some of the dirty work. They are the slaves of the villain.
Static characters: the people who stay the same throughout the story or movie.
Dynamic character: The people who change through the story. Their point of view changes throughout the story by realizing certain things or having a change of heart.
Outcasts: The losers, nerds or lames. The “whack” people in the story. The characters that do not go along. I.e., Chuckie, Scooby Doo and Shaggy or harry potter.
Know-it-all or “nerd that fits in”: i.e., Velma, Imani, Jeff Goldbloom, Samuel L. Jackson. Always has the answer to the problem. Sometimes helps save the day.
Popular person: The person who stands out. They could be good or evil. I.e. Fresh Prince
Entourage: Lechers, fans, or groupies Helps build up the popular person.
Fake person: “non realistic” Backstabbers, two-faced people. Ingenuous.
Brown nosers: They are followers.kiss-ups.
Wannabes:
Undercover: The sneaky people in the story or movie.
Creeps:
The avenger:
Snobs:
The under estimated: The people who are often taken for granted. i.e. Steve Urkel.
Static Character: a non-major character, unchanging.
Dynamic Character: a major character, who changes personality, state of mind, feelings, moral or ethical stance.
Villain, Enemy: Antagonist-always against the hero.
Hero: Protagonist-always saves the day at the end, saves people, protects people, gets the girl or guy at the end.
Friendly Beast/Gentle Giant: an animal or creature with heightened senses, speed, agility, courage/heart, stature, power, that is nice kind and patient.
Damsel in Distress: a woman who is unable to overcome whatever situation she finds herself in.
Desperate Person: a person who is fixated on one person and will do anything to get their affection.
Easy, Flirtatious, Promiscuous person: a person who is overly sexual, and will use their bodies to their advantage.
Tutor, Mentor, Teacher: a person who teaches, influences, motivates and guides the hero and/or other characters while on their journey.
Trickster/Deceitful: this person lies and fools characters for a purpose, want their way, the good guy to lose and suffer, to enjoy the pain of others, money, control, etc…
The Extra Nice Character: this person is incapable of doing bad or evil.
Brown-Noser/Suck-up Character: this person kisses up, flatters, and hypes up other characters for a specific goal, to get their power, money, control.
Arrogant/Stuck-Up/Conceited Character: this person is that they care more about themselves, popularity, opinion, etc… than anything else.
The Shy and Reserved Character: this person is in a social shell of sorts and does not speak.
The Jock: Usually a dumb but powerful or physically useful person.
Dumb-Blonde or Clueless Character:
Uncle Tom/ Modern-day Slave Characters: