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Out of character
'''Out of character''' (sometimes abbreviated to OOC)  is a phrase used in entertainment to differeniate between a person playing a [[character]] and the character; when out of character, the person is being him-or-herself. The opposite, when the person is acting as the character, is "in character". Occasionally, a [[film]], [[TV show]], or [[book]] will break the [[fourth wall]] by having one of the characters step out of character and comment on the story or the other characters.

It may also refer to when a fictional character's behaviour is different from and inconsistant with how the's character's personality has been established in the past, without any apparent reason, especially when no (sufficient) explanation is . The term does not usually apply to a character acting a certain way which is later explained in [[secret history]], or to characters so minor little of their source personality is ever well known. This process also applies to [[fanfiction]] where a character is acting differently from how he appeared in the story's source material.

OOC is also used in [[role-playing]], but referring to things said by the author of the message, rather than by the character(s) that author is playing.

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[[Category:Fan fiction]]
[[category:Television terminology]]
[[category:Narratology]]