Sandbox / Dyanmic And Static Wick Check

Dynamic Character and Static Character are mainly being taken to the repair shop for being Omnipresent Tropes that are not classified as such, but a wick check is also being done to see how they are currently used and if anything of value could be preserved.

Dynamic Character Wick Check

Wicks Checked 11/50

Correct Use, May be redundant with Character Development: 3/ 50

• Digimon World: Infamy: Dynamic Character: This quest has a number of characters who change hugely of the course of the story. The powers of love and friendship play a big part in this, as someone like Renamon who started off solely trying to get power ends up becoming a loving mother. Coal himself goes from a loner to "The Princess Of Friendship" as dubbed by the GM. Usage is kind of general, but it is a number of dynamic characters... don't know why they couldn't just be filed under the much healthier Character Development though.
• Dynamic Character: Her entry to the story via the Broken Masquerade sees her as a, while benevolent, extremely flawed person with a lot of hidden baggage, multiple grudges that cause her to hurt those around her, as well as possessing Fantastic Racism towards dragons. Being forced to interact with the wider world and Changelingkind's status quo being irreversibly changed, however, results in her having to slowly reexamine herself and her flaws. The end result is her finally facing her sorrow, wrath, and hatred she's been ignoring for aeons and finally going back to her original name, Rosedust, while doing everything she can to make it right. Correct use, but doesn't really have anything that couldn't be put under Character Development on the main page instead.
• Film.A Stranger Among Us: Dynamic Character: Hard-boiled cop, Emily, goes undercover with a Hasidic neighborhood. While she is there, she temporarily falls in love with a Rebbe's son, Ariel, but is parted because of an arranged marriage. During this time Emily learns to become more vulnerable and sensitive. The Rebbe's son also changes a little; at least he develops a sense of assertiveness that allows him to protect his sister. However, Ariel is mostly a Flat Character and changes little. At least he remains completely loyal to his heritage and goes through with the marriage in a context where other movies might have had him running off with the cop. Correct until it starts rambling on about characters who aren't dynamic, putting it here primarily.

Used to Gush: 2/ 50

• Challenge of the Super Friends: The End: Dynamic Character: The very thin backstory of the various members of the Legion of Doom are fleshed out.
  • Priscella Rich's Cheeta in particular. Her chapter, "A Feral Child" is around 50 pages long, and we see glimpses of her past, her jealousy of Wonder Woman, her reflections on the things that led her to be there, and her struggle with having a split personality. There is probably more Character Development for this version of Cheetah in this one chapter than there ever was in the original comics. Gush city, mainly talks about how they gave the characters so much more depth and love than the original work.
• Supergirl.Tropes C To D: Dynamic Character: As noted above Supergirl was one of the first DC characters to avert the Static Character format going from a naive teenager to a smart young woman looking to make her mark on the world, gaining a family and friends of her own. Notably Superman (who was a constant presence in her earlier stories) slowly faded away from her narrative as Supergirl grew into her own character. I'd say this qualifies as gushing, also written as a dependent example.

ZCE: 4/ 50

• Dynamic Character: Otah, surprisingly. He even manages to avoid becoming a Standardized Leader while working his way from dockfront laborer to messenger, Khai Machi and finally Emperor. Without the spoiler it's a classic "Name Only" ZCE, with the spoiler... it still doesn't explain what the exact development is beyond that the go up the social ladder.
• Breakout Character/Dynamic Character: After season eight, she became one of the most focused on main characters of the show not to mention becoming more layered. Double example, not a good idea. Should probably just be breakout character alone with a bit more detail.
• WesternAnimation.Galactik Football: Dynamic Character D'jok, Mei, Sinedd, Rocket ZCE.
• Webcomic.Bruno: Dynamic Character: Bruno changes considerably over the years. Commented out ZCE.

Other Misuse: 2/ 50

• Characters.South Park Elementary School Staff: Dynamic Character: Of all the cast, Garrison's story is one of the most dramatic in the show, and wouldn't be out of place on a soap opera. Over the course of the series, he's gone from being a closeted homosexual, to an outed homosexual, then got a sex change so he was a heterosexual woman, became a lesbian, and then got another sex change so he's now a possibly pansexual man. Then he ran for president, then he got afraid of what would happen to the country if he actually won, before admitting to the entire nation that he's not a good person, and went on to become the president-elect. Is he actually changing his character or just doing different things?
• Characters.Cerberus Daily News Sarona Net: Dynamic Character: He may open up about what happened to him eventually. But... does he? This is more like Speculative Troping.

Unclear, Potholes, Mentions, Etc.: 0/ 50

Static Character Wick Check

Wicks Checked 12/50

Correct Use, May be redundant with aversions of Character Development: 3/ 50

• Literature.Malory Towers: Static Character: Catherine Grey is the only student who is considered unsympathetic and doesn't go through Character Development. The unsympathetic part has nothing to do with this trope, but the other part is correct. Still a hint that lots of people view this trope negatively.
• Characters.Gravity Falls Mystery Shack: Static Character: She has a distinct personality and various layers to her. However, out of everyone of the main cast, she has the least Character Development seen and is indeed, more often than not in the background. This sounds okay, although some parts of it are describing other tropes instead.
• Characters.The Legend Of Korra Asami Sato: Static Character: Much like Toph in the first series Asami's overall personality doesn't change much over the course of the show (best shown in the episode "Remembrances" where she is the only member of Team Avatar to not get a moment to reflect on their Character Development over time). And, much like Toph from the original series, this isn't a bad thing since she's such a well Rounded Character already that she doesn't really need much development. This is fine, also establishes good reasons why a character may not undergo character development.

Used to complain: 1/ 50

• Quotes.Unintentionally Unsympathetic (Potholed, but done in a way that implies that a Static Character is always a bad thing.)

To clarify, a hateable character isn't inherently bad; many of the most iconic villains have little to no sympathetic qualities. We're supposed to hate them. The problem comes when we end up hating a character that the story presented as sympathetic or at least neutral. Maybe it's because they do questionable things that other characters never call them out on. Maybe it's because they get forgiven in a way that doesn't feel genuine. Maybe, and definitely the most prominent trait on this list, it's because their character development, if they get any, feels like a case of too little, too late.

—Josh Scorcher, Top Ten Hated Characters We're Supposed To Like, explaining the distinction in the video title.

ZCE: 2/ 50

• Creator.Edward Gorey: Static Character: You won't find very much character development in most of Gorey's books. General example that doesn't really delve into why it matters.
• To Heart: Static Character: Hiroyuki still needs to be woken up by Akari in the morning even in the epilogue of Remember my Memories (and they're already University Students by then for crying out loud!). I don't know who these characters are or why this matters or makes them Static...

Other Misuse: 4/ 50

• Creator.Nicholas Sparks: Static Character/Dynamic Character: Usually the case when one half of the couple is in mourning; they are unwilling to move forward with life, while the other half is ready for a big change. Often overlaps with Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl. Double examples are bad, this is also a nested subtrope, which is a no no, the example itself has too little context to make a clear call for either.
• Infinity Train: Blossomverse: Static Character: Chloe's tendency to hesitate stems from years internalizing her self-loathing and bubbling resentments over all the expectations being foisted upon her, along with being bullied to the point that she fears showing too much of herself and giving her tormentors more to work with. ...Huh? What does this have to do with her being Static? This seems more like her being insular than unchanging.
• Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online Others: Static Character: Downplayed. Clarence is certainly a quirky individual, but compared to Shirley, who went through an entire character arc of starting off as a pacifistic player who Gained the Will to Kill and becoming a Blood Knight, Clarence has very little Character Development, having always been a Blood Knight recognizable for her Sadism and flirty nature. She even admits to Shirley as not having too deep reasons for playing GGO and taking part in the Squad Jam, compared to Shirley playing for practice or LLENN doing so to get over her Height Angst; her reasons are pretty much summed by her as It Amused Me. No joke? This better fits Flat Character. It does establish that she didn't get much development, but most of what's here is about her being more shallow or lacking deep motivations rather than being unchanging.
• Characters.Harry Potter Hermione Jean Granger: Static Character: Among the Trio, Hermione has changed the least over her years. Not that it hinders her as a character, mind you. However, she is static only in comparison with Ron and Harry. She undergoes some significant positive changes. She has only changed less than Harry and Ron. So... she isn't static, just less dynamic than the other two leads? Seems like a misuse.

Unclear, Potholes, Mentions, Etc.: 2/ 50

• EnsembleDarkHorse.Anime And Manga: Fujiwara is an interesting example. She started as the most popular character in the series, but as those around her became better developed she more or less stayed the same and fell to the wayside. This can best be seen by contrasting those who are up to date on the manga and those who only watched the anime (which covered the earlier sections of the series), as summed up in this image◊. Just a pothole describing a character who didn't change much.
• Characters.Naruto Team Guy Members: Wise Beyond His Years: Rock Lee is so wise and mature in comparison to the other Konoha 12 that Masashi Kishimoto says he's the only one that doesn't need anymore Character Development. This one is interesting, it's a pothole, but it implies that character had development, but only in the past...