List of stock characters in science fiction

This is a list of stock characters that are used in science fiction.


 * Absent-minded professor such as Emmett Brown in Back to the Future
 * Alien
 * Alien invader
 * Android
 * Bug-eyed monster
 * Child
 * Clone
 * Computer
 * Cyborg
 * Demon
 * Disabled people in hi-tech wheelchairs or with prosthetics
 * Doctor especially in Star Trek.
 * Esper
 * God
 * Golem
 * Hero
 * Hitler
 * Hive-mind
 * Journalist
 * Little green men
 * Lotus-eaters
 * Machine
 * Mad Scientist —an early example is Socrates in Aristophanes' The Clouds.
 * Martian
 * Messiah
 * Monster
 * Mutant
 * Robot
 * Scientist
 * Sex object
 * Shapeshifter
 * Superhero
 * Superman
 * Supernatural creature
 * Villain
 * Zombie