This post is exactly what the title says. These are the terms I came up with for specific types of fictional characters, classified by medium. I though it would make for a decent cross-fandom site. As one will note, some fictional characters fall into overlapping categories. To make things organized, the primary designation reflects the medium in which the character debuts. For example, Superman first appeared in comics, then in movies, television, live-action, animated, even novels. So let's get started.
AniChar: A character that appears in animated format. This category includes motion pictures, web video and broadcast television. Examples: Bugs Bunny, Mighty Mouse, Harvey Birdman, Jonny Quest, Mickey Mouse, Scooby-Doo, Blue Falcon, Yogi Bear, etc.
BroadChar: A character that appears in live-action broadcast television. Examples include the Doctor, Captain Kirk, Captain Picard, Captain Janeway, Captain Archer (did I miss anybody? No? Moving right along), Roland Hand, Paris, Magnum P.I., Starsky & Hutch, Xena, Starbuck (either), the Fonz, etc.
CineChar: A character appearing in a live-action motion picture. That covers Luke Skywalker & the rest (interestingly, Boba Fett was an Ani/BroadChar before appearing in Episode V), Indiana Jones, Ripley, Napoleon Dynamite, etc.
ComiChar: Self-explanatory. Good old comic book characters. Do I really need to list them here?
PrintChar: A character appearing in the format of written or printed pages or books, scrolls, pamplets, clay tablets, walls or some kind of markings made by hand. We have James Bond, Spenser, Sherlock Holmes, Holden Caulfield, The Three Musketeers, Moby Dick, Captain Ahab, Gilgamesh, Beowulf and the rest.
Fansmat: An all-encompassing term meaning fanboy, fangirl, geek, or whatever. The word was grown from
transmat, which is a term commonly used in
Doctor Who.
That's all the terms for now. I do have a unique term I came up with that will hopefully reflect a a cross-fandom platform. That will require another post at another time.
