expy
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A character in a work of fiction who is a stand-in for or knockoff of a character from…A character in a work of fiction who is a stand-in for or knockoff of a character from an unrelated work or of a real person.
Meaning
1 senses(slang)A character in a work of fiction who is a stand-in for or knockoff of a character from an unrelated work or of a real person.
I like your novel but your protagonist is pretty clearly a Scooby-Doo expy.
Origin
From a clipping of exported character + -y. Coined by TV Tropes in 2006.From a clipping of exported character + -y. Coined by TV Tropes in 2006.
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