Fifteen Characters that Stick with You

[firesprite]

A friend of mine started this on Facebook, and I thought it was so interesting to see the responses, I thought I'd toss it out here. Here are my responses, feel free to throw yours out as well.

The Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen fictional characters (television, films, plays, books) who've influenced you and that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag at least fifteen friends, including me, because I'm interested in seeing what characters my friends choose. (To do this, go to your Notes tab on your profile page, paste rules in a new note, cast your fifteen picks, and tag people in the note.)

1. Wonder Woman
2. Princess Leia
3. Han Solo
4. Indiana Jones
5. Inigo Montoya
6. Lucy Pevensie (The Chronicles of Narnia)
7. Darth Vader
8. Kedyn's Crow (The Dragon Crown War Cycle)
9. Charlie (Firestarter)
10. Einstein (Watchers)
11. Schmendrick the Magician (The Last Unicorn)
12. Matthias the Warrior (Redwall Series)
13. Snake-Eyes
14. Aslan
15. Dumbledore

 

[Wes R]

1 optimus prime
2 christopher reeve superman
3 terminator
4 predator
5 indiana jones
6 darth vader
7 master chief
8 robocop
9 Tron
10 Ryan Cawdor (Deathlands novels)
11 Cloud (final fantasy 7)
12 HG wells in the time machine
13 HG wells in war of the worlds
14 mad max
15 link from legend of zelda

 

[Zombie_61]

Listed chronologically in the order in which I discovered them during my life:

Batman
Mr. Spock
James T. Kirk
Kwai Chang Caine
Darth Vader
Luke Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Chewbacca
Yoda
John Caravella, a.k.a. Dr. Johnny Fever
Tarzan (from the novels, not the films)
Indiana Jones
Louis De Pointe du Lac
Dr. Gregory House
The Doctor

 

[Carson Dyle]

Don Corleone

Sherlock Holmes

Count Dracula

Dr. Jekyll/ Mr. Hyde

Captain Kirk

Captain Nemo

Darth Vader

Luke Skywalker

Charles Foster Kane

Dorothy Gale

HAL 9000

Hamlet

Richard III

Willy Wonka

Jake Gittes

 

[wannab]

Off the top of the old noodle...

Vito Corleone
Buster Keaton (any silent character)
Spock
Vader
Rocky
Robby The Robot
Mr. Potter (no not Harry)
Harry Callahan
Kasper Gutman
Rooster Cogburn
Luke (nope not Skywalker -- think eggs)
Jebediah Nightlinger
Tuco
Nick Charles
God (Burns)

Doug

 

[MFP 2020]

Chronologically, mostly:

Johnny Sokko
Robert Neville
Steve Austin, Astronaut (a man barely alive)
Luke Skywalker
Max Rockatansky
Ender Wiggin
Dr. Henry Jones, Jr.
Snake Plisskin
Remo Williams
Buckaroo Banzai
Jack Burton
Martin Riggs (Do you really wanna jump?)
Gunnery Sergeant Gerheim, USMC
Clarice Starling (SotL novel)
John Galt

 

[Beechy McFly]

1.. Marty McFly
2.. Indiana Jones
3.. Darth Vader
4.. The Crow
5.. The Goonies
6.. Predator
7.. Terminator
8.. Alien
9.. Freddy Krueger ( Also Boby Englund as Willie in The Original V )
10.. Mike Donovan and Diana ( The Original V )
11.. Albus Dumbledore
12.. John McClane
13.. Boba Fett
14.. John Rambo
15.. Rocky Balboa

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

1 - Johnny ( effed-up Mancunian street philosopher as portrayed by David Thewlis in 'Mike Leigh's 'Naked')

2 through to 4 - also Johnny from Naked. (there's character enough in this fellow for four normal characters put together, plus his resonance for me personally warrants 4 places)

5 - Flakey Foont from R. Crumb's comix.

6 - Mr. Natural from R. Crumb's comix.

7 - Begbie from 'Trainspotting'

8 - Kikuchiyo (Mifune in Seven Samurai)

9 - David Copperfield

10 - Horselover Fat (from Phillip K dick's novel, Valis)

11 - Serpico (as played by Al Pacino, not the real-life guy)

12 - Pierre (from War and Peace)

13 - Hawkeye (Alda)

14 - Rufus T Firefly (Groucho)

15 - Alvie Singer (Woody Allen in Annie Hall)

 

[firesprite]

Great responses! Colin, I can see I'm going to need to check out 'Naked'. I love David Thewlis.

 

[Darius Alucard]

-Conan
-Connor MacLeod
-Batman
-Superman
-Wolverine
-Jack Tripper
-Alex DeLarge
-James T. Kirk
-Spiderman
-Spock
-Raistlin Majere
-Ellen Ripley
-Luke Skywalker
-Darth Vader
-Han Solo

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

Great responses! Colin, I can see I'm going to need to check out 'Naked'. I love David Thewlis.

It's his masterpiece. A stunning, shocking, hilarious, frightening tour-de-force, greatest piece of acting (and writing, for which he himself was responsible) in the last 30 years. Bar none.

 

[CB2001]

In no precise order:
1. Jim Stark (played by James Dead), "Rebel Without a Cause"
2. John Rambo (played by Sylvester Stallone), "First Blood"
3. Vivienne Lambert, "Vivienne" by Richard Hoyt
4. William "Bill" Overbeck (voiced by Jim French), "Left 4 Dead"
5. Cmdr./Admr. Bill Adama (played by Edward James Olmos), "Battlestar Galactica"
6. Nadja (Elina Löwensohn), "Nadja"
7. Dr. Herbert West, "Dr. Herbert West - Reanimator" by H.P. Lovecraft
8. Robert Neville, "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson
9. Heracles, from Greek Mythology.
10. Turner (played by Mick Jagger), "Performance"
11. Laura Palmer (played by Sheryl Lee), "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me"
12. Malèna Scordia (played by Monica Bellucci), "Malèna"
13. Snake Plisskin (played by Kurt Russell), "Escape from New York."
14. Kowalski (played by Barry Newman), "Vanishing Point"
15. Michael (played by Paz Vega), "The Human Contract"

There are others, but since we were limited to just fifteen, I'll save them for later.

 

[wannab]

another...

Norma Desmond



Doug

 

[epilepticsquirl]

1. Jethro Gibbs, NCIS
2. Dr. McCoy, Star Trek
3. Bob, Reboot
4. Wolverine, X-Men The animated series
5. Admiral Adama, BSG
6. Megabyte, Reboot
7. Scotty, Star Trek
8. Micdavis, The RPF
9. Commander Taggart, Galaxy Quest
10. Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
11. Blade, Teknoman
12. Enzo Matrix, Reboot
13. Jak, Jak and Daxter
14. Derek Reese, TSCC
15. Peter, Family Guy

 

[Nexus6]

Think these are mine, not in any particular order:

• Mr. Spock (Nimoy)
• Luke Skywalker (Hamill)
• Han Solo (Ford)
• Roy Batty (Hauer)
• Wolverine (comic - The Uncanny X-men)
• Batman (comic & Nolan incarnations)
• Captain Ahab (book - Moby Dick)
• Leeloo (Jovovich)
• Conan (Schwarzenegger)
• Josey Wales (Eastwood)
• Bill Cutting (Day-Lewis)
• Indiana Jones (Ford)
• Aslan (book & Neeson incarnations)
• Lucy Pevensie (book & Henley incarnations)
• Jeffrey Goines (Pitt)

 

[GeektressGalore]

1. The Doctor
2. Harley Quinn
3. Boba Fett
4. Princess Leia
5. Mr. Spock
6. Uhura
7. Bull Cutting
8. Rose Tyler
9. Blind Mag
10. Lady Deadpool
11. Catwoman
12. Lara Croft
13. GLaDOS
14. Frank-n-Furter
15. Neville Longbottom

 

[Carson Dyle]

Fifteen more no one has mentioned...

Larry Talbot

Norman Bates

Scarlett O'Hara

Dr. Strangelove

Inspector Clouseau

Snoopy

Lara

James Bond

T.E. Lawrence

Frank Booth

Jay Gatsby

Max Headroom

Jeeves

Jack Torrance

Gully Foyle

 

[Zombie_61]

6 - Mr. Natural from R. Crumb's comix.

D'oh! How could I have forgotten Mr. Natural??? Uhh, are we allowed to go back and edit our lists?

 

[Drewid]

1. Darth Vader
2. Spiderman
3. Manuel Garcia O'Kelly Davis (The Moon is a Harsh Mistress)
4. Lazarus Long
5. Doc Brown
6. Princess Leia
7. Arthur Dent
8. R2-D2
9. Snake-Eyes
10. He-Man
11. Optimus Prime
12. MacGyver
13. Starbuck (from the original Battlestar Galactica)
14. Doctor Who
15. Captain James T. Kirk

 

[NoTsOsErIoUs]

1. Satan/Lucifer - Milton's Paradise Lost
2. Alex DeLarge - A Clockwork Orange
3. R.P. Mcmurphy- One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
4. Raoul Duke - Fear and Loathing
5. Raskolnikov - Crime and Punishment
6. Edmund Blackadder - Blackadder II to IV
7. John Constantine - Hellblazer comics
8. Jesse Custer/Cassidy - Preacher comics
9. Stephen Dedalus - Joyce's Portrait of the artist as a young man
10. Roy Batty - Blade Runner
11. Spider Jerusalem - Transmetropolitan
12. Ben - Man Bites Dog
13. Kilgore Trout - Novels of Kurt Vonnegut
14. Carl Kolchak - The Night Stalker T.V./Movie
15. Gny. Sgt. Hartman - Full Metal Jacket