prototypical

/ˌproʊtəˈtɪpɪkəl/

Being prototypical means representing the usual or quintessential version of something. The prototypical example of a superhero, for example, is a strong person who wears a cape.

While the adjective prototypical can be used for things that are literal prototypes, or original samples that later versions are based on, it's usually a near-synonym for typical. So you might say that you live in a prototypical suburban neighborhood, much like every other suburban neighborhood, or that you behave as a prototypical oldest child, with all the common personality traits they tend to have.

Definitions of prototypical

1. adjective

   representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
   synonyms: archetypal, archetypical, prototypal, prototypic

   first

   preceding all others in time or space or degree