Handy list of
obligatory characters for any naff movie or TV drama
Just mix and match!
- Dying sidekick
- Quirky pathologist
- Feisty scientist
- Cowardly bureaucrat
- Evil Englishman
- American hero
- Ignorant policeman
- Noble criminal
- Funny monkey
- Hard (but fair) Sergeant
- Bad-tempered official
- Expendable crewmember
- Gifted child who never speaks
- Hysterical mother
- Cheeky cockney
- Inept Doctor
- Effeminate hairdresser / interior designer
- Eccentric aristocrat
- Greedy tycoon
- Innocent prisoner
- Disappearing corpse
WARNING: The use of more than 4 of these stereotypes in any
one production will cause Mel Gibson to star in it.
And don't forget the four plot lines of doom:
- Someone discovers something amazing, nobody believes
them, eventually they prove everything.
- Someone is wronged, but overcomes various adversities and
gets revenge.
- Two people who don't get along are forced together and
eventually respect each other
- A cute animal is in danger, is hidden by some children,
and is released safely back into the wild after some
wacky occurances.
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