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* Anti-Munchkin: [[Scrub|The type opposed to optimization of any kind.]] He'll frequently hand in characters which are wildly incompatible with the style of the game (such as an underwater basket weaver in a dungeon crawl), or the rest of the party (like a Paladin in a group where everyone else is evil, though sometimes this is just a [[Munchkin]] looking for an excuse to kill the party). Any objections will be met with a [[Berserk Button|rant about character conceptualization]], implying that the other players at the table are nothing but power-gaming Munchkins who are [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys|there only to kill monsters and steal their stuff]].
Those above types are frequent punching bags of [[The Loonie]] and [[Griefer]]s for being somewhat high-strung and humorless, especially in the [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] (of all places) where they occasionally show up. Some games, such as ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', even have RP-oriented servers where this style of play is theoretically encouraged (whether a given RP server ''succeeds'' is [[Your Mileage May Vary|open to interpretation]]). ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' in technical terms is a largely static environment, and is far more heavily designed to cater to Munchkin/MinMaxer players, however; so while it is possible for players of this type to do what makes them happy, [[WoW]] will generally require that they work much harder at it, than they might need to in other games.
A [[Player Archetypes]] subtrope, along with [[The Real Man]], [[The Loonie]] and the [[Munchkin]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Zelgadis from ''[[The Slayers]]'' is a tongue-in-cheek nod to the angst-filled backgrounds many role-players come up with.
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== [[Film]] ==
* Joanna in ''[[The Gamers|The Gamers: Dorkness Rising.]]''
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Essentially, since this kind of gamer tends not to care about the particulars of the rules, systems that are rules-light, rules-free or diceless are said to be favored by these gamers, or to encourage this kind of gameplay. Of course, this is easily misinterpreted as "people using other systems can't roleplay", leading to a common [[Flame War|discussion]] on RPG message
* Or pretty much any system where a highly experienced character can be killed in one round by a basic weapon, in other words, ''not'' D20.▼
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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{{quote|"My team is my family. I'm no rebel. Am I supposed to roleplay or not?"}}
* Gimli in ''[[DM of the Rings]]'': "Who let the roleplayer into the group?". He later eased up and became more of [[The Smart Guy]].
** Also a good joker. "[[
** From the same writer, one of the players in ''[[Chainmail Bikini (webcomic)|Chainmail Bikini]]'' (whose character wore the titular garment) was a very exaggerated version (later, while playing a bard, sang at the top of his lungs during a battle). Notably, while the other characters were based on the writer's own RPG experiences, the roleplayer was entirely made up.
* Gabe from ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' is a borderline Anti-Munchkin:
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** Of course, he could just be a [[The Loonie|loonie]] making an excuse.
* Sara of ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''.
* Arguably, Elan from ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''.
** Also arguably, ''Roy''. Note the incident with the Orcs in "The Origin of PC's".
*** Somewhat different in that Roy, while definitely a role player, is actually fairly optimized for his role, stats-wise - it's just that he's optimized as meat-shield and tactically talented party leader at the same time. It helps that he rolled really well on his stats when he was born- he's got all the physical stats necessary to be an effective fighter, plus a combination of mental stats that make his brain [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0031.html Tastier than V's] (V being the party Wizard, a class that requires high mental stats).
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* ''[[One Piece: Grand Line 3 Point 5]]'' has Natalie, who tends to go a little overboard in describing Nami's every move and thought. Gracefully.
** Luke fits to a lesser extent; while not very good at making Luffy introspective, he has a special d20 he breaks out every time he has to make a social skills role. [[Epic Fail|It has nothing but 1s on it]]. It's also noted that [[The Munchkin|Cory]] helped him design his character, but didn't help with his equipment, resulting in Luke spending most of his starting cash on the Straw Hat simply because 'it looked cool'.
* ''[[Friendship
== [[Real Life]] ==
* A very tounge-in-Cheek roleplayer made an appearance in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy8-NNlE80A Gencon 2010 Celebrity D&D game.] A paladin selected from the audience at attempted to convert every single enemy they met to the side of [[Lawful Good]], including a pack of [[Exclusively Evil|Skeletons.]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|He even offers to give them skin.]]
▲* Essentially, since this kind of gamer tends not to care about the particulars of the rules, systems that are rules-light, rules-free or diceless are said to be favored by these gamers, or to encourage this kind of gameplay. Of course, this is easily misinterpreted as "people using other systems can't roleplay", leading to a common [[Flame War|discussion]] on RPG message board.
▲* Or pretty much any system where a highly experienced character can be killed in one round by a basic weapon, in other words, ''not'' D20.
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