1. Monster of the Week: The Mongolian Death Worm
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Since I can’t think of any new archetypes to do every week, we’re switching gears and doing the Monster of the Week. Some of the monsters covered here will be classics from folklore and mythology, some ...

2. Archetype of the Week: The Holy Man
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The holy man is a character who serves God. Most fictional holy men serve the Christian God, but there are occasional examples of holy men serving other deities, especially in fantasy stories. It should ...

3. Archetype of the Week: The Noble Savage
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... beliefs.  A variation on the noble savage theme is the "Magical Negro" archetype, which includes characters like Uncle Remus, Bagger Vance, and numerous Morgan Freeman characters. Although the ...

4. Archetype of the Week: The Boy Scout
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The boy scout is the classic white-hat-wearing Good Guy. He believes that everyone should get along and follow the rules, and does his best to help people in need. The boy scout's strong values, incorruptible ...

5. Archetype of the Week: The Warrior
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The warrior is a character who specializes in battle. Unlike swashbucklers, most warriors prefer to dispatch their enemies with ruthless efficiency and sound tactics rather than with flashy displays ...

6. Archetype of the Week: The Rookie
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The rookie is the new kid on the block who doesn't have a lot of experience. Unlike the hot shot, he also doesn't have an amazing knack for his line of work. He's just a regular guy starting his career. ...

7. Archetype of the Week: The Trickster
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The trickster (often called the shapeshifter) archetype is closely related to the fool, but tends to be a more subversive character than the fool. The fool is (whether he knows it or not) is the object ...

8. Archetype of the Week: The Fool
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The fool is a comic relief character who makes the audience laugh by consistently making bad decisions, ignoring social boundaries, and generally acting absurdly. While some fools actively try to be ...

9. Archetype of the Week: The Spook
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The spook is an agent of some shadowy (usually government) organization, or at least he claims to be. While some spooks freely identify their agency affiliation, many prefer to remain vague about the ...

10. Archetype of the Week: The Mentor
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The mentor is a character, usually older or more experienced than other members of the group, who uses his experience to prepare the younger heroes for their ultimate mission or destiny. In addition ...

11. Fratboy of the Week: The Dupe
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Just about every social group includes one person who catches hell from the other members. The dupe is the guy who gets ridiculed, the guy who gets forced to do the work nobody else wants to do, and ...

12. Fratboys of the Week: The Outsider
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As the old saying goes, "birds of a feather flock together," so it's not surprising that most members of a fraternity usually have very similar demographics. Some fraternities are primarily jocks, ...

13. Fratboy of the Week: The Ringleader
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The ringleader is the fraternity brother that everyone else looks to for direction and leadership, despite the fact that he rarely holds any official position of authority in the frat. Whether the ...

14. Fratboy of the Week: The Big Man On Campus
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The big man on campus (BMOC) is a student who is known and liked (or at least envied) by just about everyone on campus, including members of the faculty and staff. The BMOC's popularity may be due ...

15. Fratboy of the Week: The Nerd
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In order to avoid double-secret academic probation, every fraternity has to maintain a minimum grade point average. In order to keep the frat's GPA up to that minimum without cutting into time that ...

16. Fratboy of the Week: The Jock
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The jock is usually portrayed as a big, dumb, walking pile of testosterone. Although some jocks are capable of higher thought, these often disguise whatever mental abilities they have with over-the-top ...

17. Fratboy of the Week: The Party Animal
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I'm going to take a break from the general archetypes for a while and focus on archetypes for Fratboys Vs., a game we've had on the back burner for quite a while. If you've been to a convention where ...

18. Archetype of the Week: The Crusader
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As the name implies, the crusader is out to further some cause that he believes in--ending crime, converting the infidels, saving the environment, killing a huge fucking shark, whatever. The crusader ...

19. Archetype of the Week: The Rake
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Often known as the ladies' man (or, in the case of female characters, femme fatale or vixen), the rake uses his charm, good looks, and sexuality to get what he wants, especially from members of the ...

20. Archetype of the Week: The Squint
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A squint is a scientist who specializes in analyzing evidence in order to solve a problem or mystery. The name "squint" (coined by Agent Booth on the TV series Bones) refers to the fact that the squint ...