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A stock character, actually, whom I'd seen before in other situations.

Either way, he seems more a stock character than a real person.

To be able to use a more diverse set of characters, he developed what is called a stock character.

I agree with your point about linear stories and stock characters.

The 'town drunk' is a stock character in Western popular culture.

Especially when the "art" is so often limited by its stock characters.

In the film industry, a fall guy is a form of stock character.

It seems that no matter where they worked the same stock characters appeared.

A stock character, perhaps, and yet eventually someone did save him.

It is also a stock character in comedy, often a lawyer.