• Antagonists by role‎ (3 C, 3 P)
• Protagonists by role‎ (2 C, 5 P)

-

• Anime and manga characters by role‎ (2 C)
• Video game characters by role‎ (4 C)

*

• Lists of characters by role in the narrative structure‎ (5 C)

C

• Counterparts to the protagonist‎ (2 C, 7 P)

P

• Personifications‎ (7 C, 54 P)
• Placeholder names‎ (57 P)

S

• Fictional sidekicks‎ (4 C)
• Stock characters‎ (27 C, 116 P)

T

• Talk show characters‎ (17 P)

U

• Unseen characters‎ (40 P)

• Dramatis personae

A

• Author surrogate

C

• Comic relief
• Composite character

F

• Fool's literature

G

• Gag character
• Guest character

R

• Recurring character
• Regular character

S

• Sympathetic character

U

• Unseen character