Psychotic or Comedic?

During a film or movie, there are a lot of characteristics of the archetype. Some are bad, some are good, and some are just regular characters with funny or annoying personalities. A couple characters that are clumsy, funny, and sometimes annoying archetypes are Spongebob from the show Spongebob Squarepants and Buddy from the movie Elf. Another archetype is Scooby from the show Scooby Doo.

The show Spongebob Squarepants have a lot of characters that are funny and clumsy. One character that particularly stands out is the main character Spongebob. Spongebob has a very strong personality in the way that he is hyper, loud, and carefree which I think are qualities that make someone funny. A lot of people think he is rather stupid and annoying but I think that it is quite funny and the things he does make him a very funny character. His lack of being smart and sense of how things work make him the kind of character that causes a lot of trouble and usually the one to be most clumsy. One of my favorite scenes from this television show is when Spongebob and Sandy go to a karate camp and Spongebob competes with the master there and grows a very funny looking mustache just like the master.

Buddy the Elf is another perfect example of a clumsy and funny/annoying archetype. He always seems to be getting in trouble and making people annoyed but I think his actions are hilarious. One particular scene I enjoyed was when he was at the store “North Pole” and there was someone dressed up as Santa. When Buddy went up to see him, he noticed it was not the Santa he knew and ripped off his fake beard. All the children started screaming and Buddy and the Santa started fighting. It ended with the whole store being torn up and the children traumatized.

Scooby Doo isn’t quite like these other two characters. He does have the same archetype, but he expresses it in a different way. Scooby becomes humorous when he gets scared because his actions are loud and he gets scared very easily. Him being scared also makes him more prone to getting hurt or bumping into something which usually triggers somebody's emotions in a positive way that makes them laugh. My favorite thing Scooby does is when he is scared, he jumps into his best friends, Shaggy’s arms or the opposite way around.

Over all the different types of archetypes, this kind is my favorite because one of my favorite things to do is laugh. This type is funny and very clumsy which makes it very hard to resist and I personally think this is the best type.