Top 10 Most Overused Stereotypes in Fiction

PLEASE NOTE: The images that appear in this list are images of characters that completely embody the stereotypes that they appear as examples of in this list.
The Top Ten
1 The Black Brutish Criminal

A very racist one that has resulted in quite a few of the most annoying characters ever (Street Fighter's Balrog and Rocky's Clubber, for starters)

Yup, pretty racist.

2 The Asian Martial Artist

A good way to subvert this one is by making your Asian Martial Artist not actually be very good at martial arts (cough, with Dan Hibiki being a prime example when compared to basically all of the other Street Fighters, cough)

3 The Weak Woman
4 The Fat Idiot
5 The Brave, Honorable and Patriotic American Soldier

Well, at least Waylon subverts this stereotype in Advance Wars
(mostly because he embodies what the United States actually are beneath their infamous "beautiful land of the proud and brave" facade)

6 The Pompous British Narcissist
7 The American Idiot
8 The Cool Black Gangster
9 The Arrogant Asian Jerk

A character of this type will nearly-always do at least one of these things:
1) Have an expensive and fancy car/vehicle
2) Think that absolutely everyone else is inferior to him/her
3) Generally be an annoying hypocrite that everyone hates

10 The German Villain
The Contenders
11 The Mexican Bandit
12 The Beautiful but Brainless Woman
13 The Stupid Hillbilly
14 The Grumpy Old Man
15 The Body Building Austrian

Basically the Arnold Schwarzenegger like character.

16 The Dumb Dad

Overweight, slovenly, bad at his job, clueless (though sometimes loving) parent ... but somehow has a wife who is way too hot or intelligent than would ever be believable irl

17 The Bratty Rich Girl
18 The Woman-Hating Man
19 The Dumb Blonde
20 The Man Hating Woman

All men are jerks!

21 The French Weakling/Coward
22 The Jerk Jock
23 The Fat American
24 The Asian Genius
25 The British Gentleman
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