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* Toothy from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' doesn't have much stand-out traits compared to the shows' background characters, with his biggest trait being his [[ChildishToothGap large gapped-teeth]] and [[YouthfulFreckles freckles]]. This corelates with his Everyman status, which the creators often expliot.
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* Fred Jones from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' was ''intended'' to be the leader, despite Scooby being the headliner and Shaggy and Scooby being the ultimate SpotlightStealingSquad. Unfortunately for Freddy, his leadership was a ''quiet'' InformedAbility. The result was a man so bland [[FormerTropeNamer this trope was once called]] "The Freddy".
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* Fred Jones from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' was ''intended'' to be the leader, despite Scooby being the headliner and Shaggy and Scooby being the ultimate SpotlightStealingSquad. Unfortunately for Freddy, his leadership was a ''quiet'' InformedAbility. The result was a man so bland [[FormerTropeNamer [[Administrivia/FormerTropeNamer this trope was once called]] "The Freddy".
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* Fred Jones from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' was ''intended'' to be the leader, despite Scooby being the headliner and Shaggy and Scooby being the ultimate SpotlightStealingSquad. Unfortunately for Freddy, his leadership was a ''quiet'' InformedAbility. The result was a man so bland this trope was once called "The Freddy".
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* Fred Jones from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' was ''intended'' to be the leader, despite Scooby being the headliner and Shaggy and Scooby being the ultimate SpotlightStealingSquad. Unfortunately for Freddy, his leadership was a ''quiet'' InformedAbility. The result was a man so bland [[FormerTropeNamer this trope was once called called]] "The Freddy".
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* Leonardo in the 80s ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, made especially noticeable by the fact that nearly everybody else in the show has a wacky over-the-top personality. Some episodes tried to give him funny quirks of his own but sadly none of them stuck (aside from maybe being the OnlySaneMan once in a while). Putting this in perspective is the line describing him in the theme song. A line he shares with Donatello, no less. "[[StandardizedLeader Leonardo leads]]." That's it.
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* Leonardo Raphael in the 80s ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, made especially noticeable by the fact that nearly everybody else in the show has a wacky over-the-top personality. Some episodes tried to give him funny quirks of his own but sadly none of them stuck (aside from maybe being the OnlySaneMan once in a while).they are all dry and corny. Putting this in perspective is the line describing him in the theme song. A line he shares with Donatello, Michelangelo, no less. "[[StandardizedLeader Leonardo leads]]." That's it.Raphael is cool but crude." However, it does not really comply with the theme song until the Red Sky seasons where the line is taken away .
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* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' had the usual ensemble cast of misfits, straight-edgers and what-all-else but Freddie Noonan wasn't much of any og that before getting wiped out by the first Shuttle-smashing asteroid.
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* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' had the usual ensemble cast of misfits, straight-edgers and what-all-else but Freddie Noonan wasn't much of any og of that before getting wiped out by the first Shuttle-smashing asteroid.
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* Zeppo Marx was usually the [[OnlySaneMan sane man]] who worked as a [[StraightMan foil]] to the other three's zany schemes. Though some people see him as a parody of the OnlySaneMan archetype, Zeppo's role as the [[Love Interest]] was a parody of the early-talkies era lightweight leading man. Unfortunately, this parody didn't survive beyond the memories of those who sat through those early 30's mind-and-butt-numbing features. By all accounts, Zeppo was as funny as his brothers when performing their own routines, and when he once stood in for Groucho no-one noticed until the borthers admitted it. Zeppo readily understood that his character-style was becoming obsolete and so stopped appearing in the films after ''Film/DuckSoup''. Moving his contributions behind scenes, he went on to become an inventor of several WWII military technological advancements.
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* Zeppo Marx was usually the [[OnlySaneMan sane man]] who worked as a [[StraightMan foil]] to the other three's zany schemes. Though some people see him as a parody of the an OnlySaneMan archetype, Zeppo's role as the [[Love Interest]] {{Love Interest}} was a parody of the early-talkies era vain, lightweight leading man. Unfortunately, this parody didn't survive beyond When he realised that his character-style was becoming obsolete he stopped appearing in the memories of those who sat through those early 30's mind-and-butt-numbing features. films. By all accounts, Zeppo was as funny as his brothers when performing their own routines, and when he once stood in for Groucho no-one noticed until the borthers brothers admitted it. Zeppo readily understood that his character-style was becoming obsolete and so stopped appearing in the films after ''Film/DuckSoup''. it. Moving his contributions behind scenes, he Zeppo then went on to become an inventor of invent several WWII military technological advancements.
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* Zeppo Marx was usually the [[OnlySaneMan sane man]] who worked as a [[StraightMan foil]] to the other three's zany schemes (though some people see him as a parody of the OnlySaneMan archetype). Unfortunately, ''all'' of the other characters in Creator/MarxBrothers films are straight men/women, so Zeppo's role was mostly superfluous. Although by all accounts, Zeppo was at least as funny as his brothers when performing their own routines, he recognized that his generic character was unnecessary and moved his contributions behind the camera for the latter part of their careers. He stopped appearing in the films after ''Film/DuckSoup''.
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* Zeppo Marx was usually the [[OnlySaneMan sane man]] who worked as a [[StraightMan foil]] to the other three's zany schemes (though schemes. Though some people see him as a parody of the OnlySaneMan archetype). Unfortunately, ''all'' of the other characters in Creator/MarxBrothers films are straight men/women, so archetype, Zeppo's role as the [[Love Interest]] was mostly superfluous. Although by a parody of the early-talkies era lightweight leading man. Unfortunately, this parody didn't survive beyond the memories of those who sat through those early 30's mind-and-butt-numbing features. By all accounts, Zeppo was at least as funny as his brothers when performing their own routines, and when he recognized once stood in for Groucho no-one noticed until the borthers admitted it. Zeppo readily understood that his generic character character-style was unnecessary becoming obsolete and moved his contributions behind the camera for the latter part of their careers. He so stopped appearing in the films after ''Film/DuckSoup''.''Film/DuckSoup''. Moving his contributions behind scenes, he went on to become an inventor of several WWII military technological advancements.
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As one can see below, there is a tendency for these characters to be {{Token Minorit|y}}ies, for several reasons. First, they [[WhiteMaleLead cannot be the star because they are a token.]] Second, since they have no traits at all, [[FlawlessToken they don't have ''negative'' traits]]; thus, the writers can claim that they are positive role models. Another reason is related to TheSmurfettePrinciple: the creators think the character's tokenness ''is itself'' a defining trait, so no further fleshing-out is needed. If such a generic guy is the only minority character in the opening credits, the writers will look bigoted if they try to cut the generic guy, meaning that they're much less likely than non-token generic guys to suffer from ChuckCunninghamSyndrome a few seasons in.
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As one can see below, there is a tendency for these characters to be {{Token Minorit|y}}ies, for several reasons. First, they [[WhiteMaleLead cannot be the star because they are a token.]] token]]. Second, since they have no traits at all, [[FlawlessToken they don't have ''negative'' traits]]; thus, the writers can claim that they are positive role models. Another reason is related to TheSmurfettePrinciple: the creators think the character's tokenness ''is itself'' a defining trait, so no further fleshing-out is needed. If such a generic guy is the only minority character in the opening credits, the writers will look bigoted if they try to cut the generic guy, meaning that they're much less likely than non-token generic guys to suffer from ChuckCunninghamSyndrome a few seasons in.
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** Also [[TheWatson Hastings]], at least according to Poirot, who states their old sidekick is as close to the abstract idea of the "average man" as a person can get. That's what made Hastings such a useful crime solving companion: criminal deceptions are designed to fool the average man, so whatever erroneous conclusions Hastings comes to, those tell Poirot what the criminal ''wants'' them to think.
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** Shinpachi is mostly around to serve as the OnlySaneMan, not having many notable qualities outside of that, and also looking generic to the point where his glasses are considered the only notable feature of his appearance. [[GagSeries Naturally]], this is made fun of on numerous occasions, such as it being a RunningGag for Gintoki and others act as though the ''glasses'' are Shinpachi, and Gintoki using his face as the basic outline for drawing the faces of other characters in one of [[FourthWallMailSlot Ginpachi-sensei]] segments.
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** Shinpachi is mostly around to serve as the OnlySaneMan, not having many notable qualities outside of that, and also looking generic to the point where his glasses are considered the only notable feature of his appearance. [[GagSeries Naturally]], this is made fun of on numerous occasions, such as it being a RunningGag for Gintoki and others act as though the ''glasses'' are Shinpachi, and Gintoki using his face as the basic outline for drawing the faces of other characters in one of [[FourthWallMailSlot Ginpachi-sensei]] segments. It's to the point that the only thing that even changes about him during the GenderBender arc is the frames of his glasses turning pink.
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* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'': Out of all the chapter bosses, [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Ou Di Wan Lee]] is definitely this. His appearance fits in with the timeline he appears in and has no outstanding or monstrous attributes. While his battle sprite hints at him being TheGiant, this may be a case of giving bosses larger than average sprites as his overworld sprite and official art depicts him as being tall but not outlandishly so. All in all, Ou Di Wan Lee can be best described as just an ordinary guy in comparison to the other bosses.
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* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] is specifically a somewhat bland and generic "hero" in order for him to be versatile. In most games — even the [=RPGs=] — he never speaks, and mostly just reacts to other characters. Luigi, as his PaletteSwap brother, was originally this as well, but in recent years has been given a more overt personality as an awkward scaredy-cat.
** Kooper from ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' is the most normal of Mario's partners. He's really the only one that doesn't have a personality quirk.
** Goombario doesn't have much of an actual personality either. However, his Tattle ability lets him tell you his opinions on almost every enemy, area, and NPC in the game, which do give off a semblance of personality.
** Kooper from ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' is the most normal of Mario's partners. He's really the only one that doesn't have a personality quirk.
** Goombario doesn't have much of an actual personality either. However, his Tattle ability lets him tell you his opinions on almost every enemy, area, and NPC in the game, which do give off a semblance of personality.
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* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** Mario is specifically a somewhat bland and generic "hero" in order for him to be versatile. In most games — even the [=RPGs=] — he never speaks, and mostly just reacts to other characters. Luigi, as his PaletteSwap brother, was originally this as well, but in recent years has been given a more overt personality as an awkward scaredy-cat.
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*** Kooperfrom ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' is the most normal of Mario's partners. He's really the only one that doesn't have a personality quirk.
** *** Goombario doesn't have much of an actual personality either. However, his Tattle ability lets him tell you his opinions on almost every enemy, area, and NPC in the game, which do give off a semblance of personality.personality.
** ''VideoGame/MarioPartyStarRush'': The four playable colored Toads in Toad Scramble are defined entirely by their color. The character profile for each in the Character Museum lampshades their lack of any other distinctive traits.
** Mario is specifically a somewhat bland and generic "hero" in order for him to be versatile. In most games — even the [=RPGs=] — he never speaks, and mostly just reacts to other characters. Luigi, as his PaletteSwap brother, was originally this as well, but in recent years has been given a more overt personality as an awkward scaredy-cat.
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*** Kooper
** ''VideoGame/MarioPartyStarRush'': The four playable colored Toads in Toad Scramble are defined entirely by their color. The character profile for each in the Character Museum lampshades their lack of any other distinctive traits.
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* David, InUniverse in ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk''. A major problem for Jack [=McGee=] in his hunt is that he keeps hearing about this mysterious man that shows up at Hulk sightings, but nobody can ever give a useful description since David just comes across as average nondescript guy.
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* David, InUniverse in ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk''.''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977''. A major problem for Jack [=McGee=] in his hunt is that he keeps hearing about this mysterious man that shows up at Hulk sightings, but nobody can ever give a useful description since David just comes across as average nondescript guy.
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* Kurando in ''[[VideoGame/ShadowHearts Shadow Hearts: Covenant]]''. An above-average physical fighter whose only gimmick is that he can turn into a demon... but you have Yuri, who is stronger, can transform into more demon forms, is a much greater badass, and is the main character. Kurando is a quiet, {{Bishonen}} samurai in a party with a LargeHam pro wrestler, an old man with a puppet that can cast devastating magical spells, a wolf, and ''Princess Anastasia Romanova''.
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* Kurando in ''[[VideoGame/ShadowHearts Shadow Hearts: Covenant]]''.''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant''. An above-average physical fighter whose only gimmick is that he can turn into a demon... but you have Yuri, who is stronger, can transform into more demon forms, is a much greater badass, and is the main character. Kurando is a quiet, {{Bishonen}} samurai in a party with a LargeHam pro wrestler, an old man with a puppet that can cast devastating magical spells, a wolf, and ''Princess Anastasia Romanova''.
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* Kunikida from the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' series. As the normal half of ThoseTwoGuys with the loud and lecherous Taniguchi, he doesn't have much of a personality, and soon ends up OutOfFocus.
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* Kunikida from the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' series. As the normal half of ThoseTwoGuys with the loud and lecherous Taniguchi, he doesn't have much of a personality, and soon ends up OutOfFocus.
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* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'': Tanukichi's role is [[POVBoyPosterGirl secondary to Ayame's]], in terms of characterization and [[SupportingProtagonist plot relevance.]] Made less so, given he's absent from most advertising material for the series.
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* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'': ''Literature/{{Shimoneta}}'': Tanukichi's role is [[POVBoyPosterGirl secondary to Ayame's]], in terms of characterization and [[SupportingProtagonist plot relevance.]] Made less so, given he's absent from most advertising material for the series.
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* Leonardo in the 80s ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, made especially noticeable by the fact that nearly everybody else in the show has a wacky over-the-top personality. Some episodes tried to give him funny quirks of his own but sadly none of them stuck (aside from maybe being the OnlySaneMan once in a while). Putting this in perspective is the line describing him in the theme song. A line he shares with Donatello, no less. "Leonardo leads." That's it.
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* Leonardo in the 80s ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, made especially noticeable by the fact that nearly everybody else in the show has a wacky over-the-top personality. Some episodes tried to give him funny quirks of his own but sadly none of them stuck (aside from maybe being the OnlySaneMan once in a while). Putting this in perspective is the line describing him in the theme song. A line he shares with Donatello, no less. "Leonardo leads."[[StandardizedLeader Leonardo leads]]." That's it.
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* In UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, Creator/JackKirby did several series about various "kid gangs", including the Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos. All of them had their own generic guy, usually as StandardizedLeader -- including the Forever People, his team of "space hippies" from TheSeventies. The Forever People: [[TheBigGuy Big Bear]], eautiful Dreamer, [[TokenMinority Vykin the Black]], [[TagalongKid Serifan]] and ... [[StandardizedLeader Mark Moonrider]].
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* In UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, Creator/JackKirby did several series about various "kid gangs", including the Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos. All of them had their own generic guy, usually as StandardizedLeader -- including the Forever People, his team of "space hippies" from TheSeventies. The Forever People: [[TheBigGuy Big Bear]], eautiful Beautiful Dreamer, [[TokenMinority Vykin the Black]], [[TagalongKid Serifan]] and ... [[StandardizedLeader Mark Moonrider]].
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Rain}}'', Rand M. Guy (AKA Randy) is the least characterized of the ensemble cast, and as of yet the only recurring character who has had no dialogue. He appeared in chapters 1 (where he gets stared down by Maria) and 6 (where Rain and Gavin both [[SpitTake spit their drinks on him]]). His normalness is lampshaded not only by his name, but from WordOfGod and BonusMaterial. (No one cares that he is bisexual).
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Rain}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Rain|2010}}'', Rand M. Guy (AKA Randy) is the least characterized of the ensemble cast, and as of yet the only recurring character who has had no dialogue. He appeared in chapters 1 (where he gets stared down by Maria) and 6 (where Rain and Gavin both [[SpitTake spit their drinks on him]]). His normalness is lampshaded not only by his name, but from WordOfGod and BonusMaterial. (No one cares that he is bisexual).
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* Young Neil from ''Comicbook/ScottPilgrim'' doesn't really do anything. He just hangs out with the main characters and [[OnlySixFaces looks a lot like Scott]].
* The Dalton Cousins from ''Comicbook/LuckyLuke'' included two such characters: there was hot-headed leader [[HairTriggerTemper Joe]], tall and ditzy [[TheDitz Averell]], and then there were [[ThoseTwoGuys William and Jack]], who were rather bland and basically interchangeable.
* Balder from ''Comicbook/TheMightyThor''. He's also a son of Odin, like Thor, and therefore able to rule Asgard when Thor isn't for any plot-contrived-reason. Of course, his half brothers are: A) THOR who's TheHero, a LargeHam, and a BoisterousBruiser, b) God-of-War Tyr who plays the HandicappedBadass with only one hand and now serves the queen of the dead, and C) their stepbrother Loki, who gets EvilIsSexy, DracoInLeatherPants, is a MagnificentBastard and is the most developed character outside of Thor himself. Poor guy didn't have a chance.
* The Dalton Cousins from ''Comicbook/LuckyLuke'' included two such characters: there was hot-headed leader [[HairTriggerTemper Joe]], tall and ditzy [[TheDitz Averell]], and then there were [[ThoseTwoGuys William and Jack]], who were rather bland and basically interchangeable.
* Balder from ''Comicbook/TheMightyThor''. He's also a son of Odin, like Thor, and therefore able to rule Asgard when Thor isn't for any plot-contrived-reason. Of course, his half brothers are: A) THOR who's TheHero, a LargeHam, and a BoisterousBruiser, b) God-of-War Tyr who plays the HandicappedBadass with only one hand and now serves the queen of the dead, and C) their stepbrother Loki, who gets EvilIsSexy, DracoInLeatherPants, is a MagnificentBastard and is the most developed character outside of Thor himself. Poor guy didn't have a chance.
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* Young Neil from ''Comicbook/ScottPilgrim'' ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' doesn't really do anything. He just hangs out with the main characters and [[OnlySixFaces looks a lot like Scott]].
* The Dalton Cousins from''Comicbook/LuckyLuke'' ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' included two such characters: there was hot-headed leader [[HairTriggerTemper Joe]], tall and ditzy [[TheDitz Averell]], and then there were [[ThoseTwoGuys William and Jack]], who were rather bland and basically interchangeable.
* Balder from''Comicbook/TheMightyThor''.''ComicBook/TheMightyThor''. He's also a son of Odin, like Thor, and therefore able to rule Asgard when Thor isn't for any plot-contrived-reason. Of course, his half brothers are: A) THOR who's TheHero, a LargeHam, and a BoisterousBruiser, b) God-of-War Tyr who plays the HandicappedBadass with only one hand and now serves the queen of the dead, and C) their stepbrother Loki, who gets EvilIsSexy, DracoInLeatherPants, is a MagnificentBastard and is the most developed character outside of Thor himself. Poor guy didn't have a chance.
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* Poor, poor [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]]. Back when the ComicBook/TeenTitans was just a club for JLA sidekicks, she got to be the GirlyGirl - perhaps not an impressive slot, but at least it was a slot. Once the Wolfman-Perez relaunch rolled around, though, pretty much everyone on the roster left her in the dust - newcomers ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, ComicBook/{{Starfire}}, and ComicBook/{{Raven}} were all outcasts with appropriately angsty backstories, fellow old-guarders Robin (soon to be known as ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}) and Kid Flash struggled with the trials of growing up (as both [[SidekickGraduationsStick superheroes]] and [[ComingOfAgeStory civilians]]), and even Beast Boy had some SadClown LonelyRichKid issues going on. In contrast, Donna had no real neuroses, [[Franchise/WonderWoman her mentor]] hailed from a society of immortal warrior-women, and she didn't even have a SecretIdentity to worry about. To add insult to injury, even Donna's FlyingBrick powerset was rendered redundant by Starfire, who could do all that ''and'' dish out [[HandBlast Hand Blasts]] to boot.\\
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* Poor, poor [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]]. Back when the ComicBook/TeenTitans was just a club for JLA sidekicks, she got to be the GirlyGirl - perhaps not an impressive slot, but at least it was a slot. Once the Wolfman-Perez relaunch rolled around, though, pretty much everyone on the roster left her in the dust - newcomers ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, ComicBook/{{Starfire}}, and ComicBook/{{Raven}} were all outcasts with appropriately angsty backstories, fellow old-guarders Robin (soon to be known as ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}) and Kid Flash struggled with the trials of growing up (as both [[SidekickGraduationsStick superheroes]] and [[ComingOfAgeStory civilians]]), and even Beast Boy had some SadClown LonelyRichKid issues going on. In contrast, Donna had no real neuroses, [[Franchise/WonderWoman her mentor]] hailed from a society of immortal warrior-women, and she didn't even have a SecretIdentity to worry about. To add insult to injury, even Donna's FlyingBrick powerset was rendered redundant by Starfire, who could do all that ''and'' dish out [[HandBlast Hand Blasts]] {{Hand Blast}}s to boot.\\
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* Ford Prefect in ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' series. At the start, you've got perplexed everyman Arthur Dent, and his wacky friend Ford... but then Zaphod, who's far wackier than Ford, gets introduced, as well as a whole galaxy of incredibly weird creatures and sights; this leaves Ford neither particularly normal nor particularly wacky. At least Ford continues somewhat in his role of "Galaxy [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]]", guiding and educating Arthur on the ways of the Galaxy. Though in the third book and beyond he becomes somewhat of a ShellShockedVeteran as well as TheHedonist.
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* Ford Prefect in ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'' series. At the start, you've got perplexed everyman Arthur Dent, and his wacky friend Ford... but then Zaphod, who's far wackier than Ford, gets introduced, as well as a whole galaxy of incredibly weird creatures and sights; this leaves Ford neither particularly normal nor particularly wacky. At least Ford continues somewhat in his role of "Galaxy [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]]", guiding and educating Arthur on the ways of the Galaxy. Though in the third book and beyond he becomes somewhat of a ShellShockedVeteran as well as TheHedonist.
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%%* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' and ''Videogame/SoulSeries'' have come under criticism for having too many of these.
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* ''Videogame/{{Fallout 4}}'' has Preston Garvey, the companion of the Minutemen faction. Aside from being known for sending you on constant sidequests to liberate settlements, he has a largely straight-laced do-gooder personality and nothing especially interesting going for him personally.
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* ''Videogame/{{Fallout ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' has Preston Garvey, the companion of the Minutemen faction. Aside from being known for sending you on constant sidequests to liberate settlements, he has a largely straight-laced do-gooder personality and nothing especially interesting going for him personally.
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* ''WebComic/RealLifeComics'''s Alan Extra, who appears almost as frequently as the main four characters, and occasionally John Generic.
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I really don't think a guy described as passionately intense and "like a living flame" who spends most of the second half of the book obsessively sharpening a kukri and creeping everyone out before eventually cutting Dracula's head off with said kukri counts as generic. He gets many of the most dramatic scenes of the book what with his obsessive pursuit of revenge on Dracula, and dedication to Mina to the point of saying he'd sell his soul for her and standing out from the rest of the main cast by being the *only* one who refuses to even consider staking her if she becomes a vampire and outright says he'd willingly become a vampire and damn his soul to be with her for eternity (which in modern times when vampires are often seen as cool sexy superpowered people isn't quite as notable, but to a Victorian it would have been shockingly blasphemous). He's one of the most dangerous characters in combat despite his lack of training, demonstrating near superhuman strength, scaling walls almost as easily as Dracula himself, and terrifying multiple people into surrender. Also pretty much the closest thing the book has to a main protagonist.
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* Jonathan Harker from the original ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' novel doesn't have an interest in science like Van Helsing or Seward, tragedy like Lucy and Arthur, madness like Renfield, or a HeroicSacrifice like Quincey Morris. He's just a generic handsome guy who serves as the Count's ChewToy in the first part of the book and as a SatelliteLoveInterest to Mina after the Count becomes obsessed with her. Many adaptations have either condensed his part or removed him completely and lost little.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama:'' The [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original pitch]] positioned Trent as being the show's protagonist, with the gimmick that he was the only "normal" guy in a group of over-the-top characters who hated him. The final product retooled him into a NiceGuy ChickMagnet, but his personality is still flat enough that he comes off as a SatelliteLoveInterest for [[PerkyGoth Gwen]]. The second season gave him SuperOCD, but that came off as a CompressedVice and just served as an excuse to vote him off and [[DemotedToExtra demote him to extra]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama:'' The [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original pitch]] positioned Trent as being the show's protagonist, with the gimmick that he was the only "normal" guy in a group of over-the-top characters who hated him. The final product retooled him into a NiceGuy ChickMagnet, but his personality is still flat enough that he comes off as a SatelliteLoveInterest for [[PerkyGoth Gwen]]. The second season gave him SuperOCD, OCD, but that came off as a CompressedVice and just served as an excuse to vote him off and [[DemotedToExtra demote him to extra]].
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* The [[Wrestling/WWENXT NXT]] Men's Division has recently become this. With the exceptions of [[Wrestling/BronBreakker Bron Breakker]], [[Wrestling/SoloSikoa Solo Sikoa]] and to a lesser extent, [[Wrestling/JoeGacy Joe Gacy]] and [[Wrestling/CarmeloHayes Carmelo Hayes]], most of the NXT men's roster basically consists of either two characters: the [[Badass/Normal plucky, high-flying babyface]] or the [[BeardofEvil gruff and bearded heel]].
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* The [[Wrestling/WWENXT NXT]] Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} Men's Division has recently become this. With the exceptions of [[Wrestling/BronBreakker Bron Breakker]], [[Wrestling/SoloSikoa Solo Sikoa]] and to a lesser extent, [[Wrestling/JoeGacy Joe Gacy]] and [[Wrestling/CarmeloHayes Carmelo Hayes]], most of the NXT men's roster basically consists of either two characters: the [[Badass/Normal [[BadassNormal plucky, high-flying babyface]] or the [[BeardofEvil gruff and bearded heel]].
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* The [[Wrestling/WWENXT NXT]] Men's Division has recently become this. With the exceptions of [[Wrestling/BronBreakker]], [[Wrestling/SoloSikoa]] and to a lesser extent, [[Wrestling/JoeGacy]] and [[Wrestling/CarmeloHayes]], most of the NXT men's roster basically consists of either two characters: the [[Badass/Normal plucky, high-flying babyface]] or the [[BeardofEvil gruff and bearded heel]].
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* The [[Wrestling/WWENXT NXT]] Men's Division has recently become this. With the exceptions of [[Wrestling/BronBreakker]], [[Wrestling/SoloSikoa]] [[Wrestling/BronBreakker Bron Breakker]], [[Wrestling/SoloSikoa Solo Sikoa]] and to a lesser extent, [[Wrestling/JoeGacy]] [[Wrestling/JoeGacy Joe Gacy]] and [[Wrestling/CarmeloHayes]], [[Wrestling/CarmeloHayes Carmelo Hayes]], most of the NXT men's roster basically consists of either two characters: the [[Badass/Normal plucky, high-flying babyface]] or the [[BeardofEvil gruff and bearded heel]].
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** Tadakuni, the viewpoint character, is this. His self-description is completely accurate:
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** Tadakuni, the viewpoint character, is this.this, to the point that he disappears for a couple of episodes. His self-description is completely accurate:
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold:'' Of the Metal Men, Gold is the standard leader (and mildly egotistical), Mercury's the team jerk, Lead the DumbMuscle, Platinum the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple girl]], Tin the runt who turns out to be useful in a pinch, and Iron... is just sort of there?
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* In UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, Creator/JackKirby did several series about various "kid gangs", including the Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos. All of them had their own generic guy, usually as StandardizedLeader -- including the Forever People, his team of "space hippies" from TheSeventies. The Forever People: [[TheBigGuy Big Bear]], [[TheChick Beautiful Dreamer]], [[TokenMinority Vykin the Black]], [[TagalongKid Serifan]] and ... [[StandardizedLeader Mark Moonrider]].
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* In UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, Creator/JackKirby did several series about various "kid gangs", including the Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos. All of them had their own generic guy, usually as StandardizedLeader -- including the Forever People, his team of "space hippies" from TheSeventies. The Forever People: [[TheBigGuy Big Bear]], [[TheChick Beautiful Dreamer]], eautiful Dreamer, [[TokenMinority Vykin the Black]], [[TagalongKid Serifan]] and ... [[StandardizedLeader Mark Moonrider]].
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* In ''[[ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX New X-Men]]'', poor Tag became the Hellion team generic guy. He didn't have Hellion's ego (or power), Wither's angst, Mercury's one sided love (and emo), Dust's nationalism, or Rockslide's lovable big guy status. Of course this was a bad time to be Generic Guy. The kids are expendable. By the end of the series when the students had only one team, Prodigy became the generic guy (he was the only average human). And while he did know every fighting style of every X-Men to ever teach him... he got almost entirely cut out of the final storyarc. Hellion, Dust, Mercury, and Rockslide stayed the same as above, Elixir took over Wither's angst spot, Surge was the leader dealing with TheChainsOfCommanding, Pixie became TheChick, Anole became the BadassNormal (and StraightGay), ComicBook/{{X 23}} was well, like her brother-father, and poor Prodigy fell through the cracks in the plot. Being TheSmartGuy does not pay off apparently.
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* In ''[[ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX New X-Men]]'', poor Tag became the Hellion team generic guy. He didn't have Hellion's ego (or power), Wither's angst, Mercury's one sided love (and emo), Dust's nationalism, or Rockslide's lovable big guy status. Of course this was a bad time to be Generic Guy. The kids are expendable. By the end of the series when the students had only one team, Prodigy became the generic guy (he was the only average human). And while he did know every fighting style of every X-Men to ever teach him... he got almost entirely cut out of the final storyarc. Hellion, Dust, Mercury, and Rockslide stayed the same as above, Elixir took over Wither's angst spot, Surge was the leader dealing with TheChainsOfCommanding, Pixie became TheChick, TheHeart, Anole became the BadassNormal (and StraightGay), ComicBook/{{X 23}} was well, like her brother-father, and poor Prodigy fell through the cracks in the plot. Being TheSmartGuy does not pay off apparently.
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* Poor, poor [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]]. Back when the ComicBook/TeenTitans was just a club for JLA sidekicks, she got to be TheChick - perhaps not an impressive slot, but at least it was a slot. Once the Wolfman-Perez relaunch rolled around, though, pretty much everyone on the roster left her in the dust - newcomers ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, ComicBook/{{Starfire}}, and ComicBook/{{Raven}} were all outcasts with appropriately angsty backstories, fellow old-guarders Robin (soon to be known as ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}) and Kid Flash struggled with the trials of growing up (as both [[SidekickGraduationsStick superheroes]] and [[ComingOfAgeStory civilians]]), and even Beast Boy had some SadClown LonelyRichKid issues going on. In contrast, Donna had no real neuroses, [[Franchise/WonderWoman her mentor]] hailed from a society of immortal warrior-women, and she didn't even have a SecretIdentity to worry about. To add insult to injury, even Donna's FlyingBrick powerset was rendered redundant by Starfire, who could do all that ''and'' dish out [[HandBlast Hand Blasts]] to boot.\\
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* Poor, poor [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]]. Back when the ComicBook/TeenTitans was just a club for JLA sidekicks, she got to be TheChick the GirlyGirl - perhaps not an impressive slot, but at least it was a slot. Once the Wolfman-Perez relaunch rolled around, though, pretty much everyone on the roster left her in the dust - newcomers ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, ComicBook/{{Starfire}}, and ComicBook/{{Raven}} were all outcasts with appropriately angsty backstories, fellow old-guarders Robin (soon to be known as ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}) and Kid Flash struggled with the trials of growing up (as both [[SidekickGraduationsStick superheroes]] and [[ComingOfAgeStory civilians]]), and even Beast Boy had some SadClown LonelyRichKid issues going on. In contrast, Donna had no real neuroses, [[Franchise/WonderWoman her mentor]] hailed from a society of immortal warrior-women, and she didn't even have a SecretIdentity to worry about. To add insult to injury, even Donna's FlyingBrick powerset was rendered redundant by Starfire, who could do all that ''and'' dish out [[HandBlast Hand Blasts]] to boot.\\
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** Snarl of the Dinobots tends to get hit with this in every incarnation. Grimlock is TheLeader, Swoop is TheSmartGuy and/or TheChick, Slug is TheLancer, and Sludge is TheBigGuy. Snarl's defining characteristics are... not being as strong as Sludge or as angry as Slug, mostly. Snarl was supposed to be a grumpy, stoic loner, but this isn't exactly novel among the Dinobots.
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** Snarl of the Dinobots tends to get hit with this in every incarnation. Grimlock is TheLeader, Swoop is TheSmartGuy and/or TheChick, TheSmartGuy, Slug is TheLancer, and Sludge is TheBigGuy. Snarl's defining characteristics are... not being as strong as Sludge or as angry as Slug, mostly. Snarl was supposed to be a grumpy, stoic loner, but this isn't exactly novel among the Dinobots.
