Claim: Scaramouche only appears in Dante's Inferno.
Evidence: Scaramuccia -LRB- literally `` little skirmisher '' -RRB- , also known as Scaramouche or Scaramouch , is a stock clown character of the Italian commedia dell ` arte.
A stock character is a stereotypical person whom audiences recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition.