The phenomenon of the protagonist of a show or movie receiving unrealistic special treatment from the worldbuilders.

(role-playing games, video games) A character in a role-playing game or computer game whose actions are not controlled by a player.

(computing) The electronic identification and digital encoding of printed or handwritten characters by means of an optical scanner and specialized software.

(computing, typography) A text character used for creating geometric frames and boxes.

plural of character user interface

(typography) A character whose use is defined by private users and companies rather than defined by a standard such as Unicode, and which therefore has no universally accepted meaning.

plural of staple character

plural of Chinese character

plural of escape character

plural of stock character