Comic relief

Comic relief is an element or a character that functions to relieve the dramatic tension in a story via humor.

Comic relief characters

Comic relief characters are rarely female, unless they fall into stereotypes and clichés about women.

Examples of humourous female characters who are portrayed as more than a joke in themselves include:

• Cordelia Chase and Anya Jenkins, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series).
• Jool, on Farscape.

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