Thread:Overseer80/@comment-5244881-20131106153534

I may have got the definition of that category wrong. Aren't stock characters those who are due to their popularity not tied to only one form of fiction, but instead can appear in all sorts of media (like Frankenstein's Monster and Dracula)? That applies to the Phantom of the Opera: As basically everyone knows it, it does actually appear or is referred to in media that has nothing to do with the original work (for example The Simpsons or Doctor Lautrec), at least more than for example Patrick Star. Why is Patrick Star even considered a Stock Character? 