Composite character

A Composite character is a fictional character who is based on more than one person. A composite character can be based on two or more real people but can also be based on two or more fictional characters.

Examples

In the movie The Wizard of Oz, Glinda, Witch of the North, is based on Glinda the Good from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and on The Good Witch of the North from the same book.

In The Great Escape, The Cooler King is based on three different real people.

In Schindler's List, Itzhak Stern, Oskar Schindler’s accountant is based not only on the real Itzhak Stern but on Abraham Bankier and Mietek Pemper

In the movie 21 ,based on the book by Ben Mezrich, Professor Mickey Rosa is based on three real people

In the play 1776, John Adams is based on the real John Adams and also on Sam Adams.

In the television show Elementary, James Moriarty and Irene Adler are the same person.

In Once Upon a Time, Regina Mills is based on the Evil Queen from Snow White, the stepmother from Hansel and Gretel and the Sea Witch from The Little Mermaid. And Mister Gold is based on Rumpelstiltskin, The Beast from Beauty and the Beast, the Crocodile from Peter Pan, the Fairy from Cinderella and The Devil.

In the opera Hamilton, Aaron Burr is based on Aaron Burr and on James Monroe.

In Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, the Red Queen is based on The Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, The Duchess from Alice in Wonderland and The Red Queen from Through the Looking-Glass.

In the How to Train Your Dragon movies, Toothless is based on Toothless, Windwalker and Wodensfang from the Hiccup books.

In Oliver! and other adaptations of Oliver Twist, Bill Sikes is based on both Sikes and Monks

In Animal Farm, Old Major is based on Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.