All storys have characters. With out them, it would be hard to create different concepts that develop with people not in it. They are fictional and stand out from all the rest. This list is in no particular order.
“You look like a protagonist.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park
- Tyler Durden – Fight Club
- V – V for Vendetta – Alan Moore
- Dr Manhattan – Alan Moore
- Boba Fett – Star Wars
- The Flash – DC comics
- Magneto – Marvel, X-men
- Hercules – Mythology
- Deadpool – Marvel
- Dexter Morgan – Dexter
- Heisenberg, Walter white – Breaking bad
- Eric Carman – South Park
- Aquaman – DC comics
- Doctor Strange – Marvel
- Homer Simpson – The Simpsons
- Rick Sanchez – Rick and Morty
- Yoda – Star Wars
- Optimus Prime – Transformers
- Mickey Mouse – Disney (Various media)
- Bilbo Baggins – The hobbit
- Bugs Bunny – Looney toons
- Iron Man – Marvel
- Mario – Nintendo
- Gandalf – Lord of the rings
- Joker – DC comics, Batman
- King Arthur – Mythology
- Merlin – Mythology
- Sherlock Homes – Various media
- Robin Hood – Mythology
- Wolverine – Marvel
- James Bond – James Bond franchise
- Harry Potter – Harry Potter
- Mr Spock – Star Trek
- Spiderman Marvel
- Darth Vader – Star wars
- Superman – DC comics
- Batman – DC comics, Batman
- Bane – DC comics, Batman
- Groot – Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy
- Gromit – Wallace and Gromit
- Bubbles – Trailer Park boys
- Red – The Shawshank Redemption
- Donnie Darko – Donnie Darko
- Neo- The Matrix
- Hans Landa – Inglorious Basterds
- Ace Ventura – Ace Ventura
- Sarah Connor – The Terminator
- Anton Chigurh – No Country for Old Men
- Rocky Balboa – Rocky
- Doc Emmett Brown – Back to the future
- Jules Winnfield – Pulp fiction
- Forrest Gump – Forest Gump
- Hannibal Lecter – Silence of the lambs
- Loki – Marvel/Mythology
- Ron Burgundy – Anchorman
- Captain Jack Sparrow – Pirates of the Caribbean
- Earthworm Jim – Earthworm Jim (Various media)
- Kratos – God of war (Video game)
- Subzero – Mortal Kombat
- Ganondorf – Nintendo, The legend of Zelda
- Pacman – Nintendo
- Link – Nintendo, The legend of Zelda
- Sheldon Cooper – the big bang theory
- King Leonidas – 300
- Wilson – Cast away
- Willie – Bad Santa
- Alonzo – Training Day
- Kirk Lazarus – Tropic thunder
- Wall-E – Wall-E
- Borat – Borat: Cultural Learnings of america for make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- Tyrion Lannister – Game of thrones
- Frank Underwood – House of cards
- Ellen Ripley – Alien
- Jason Bourne – Jason Bourne
- Maggie Fitzgerald – Million dollar baby
- Raymond Babbitt – Rainman
- The Bride – Kill Bill
- Annie Wikes – Misery
- Blondie – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Woody – Toy story
- Micheal Myers – Halloween
- John Nash – A Beautiful Mind
- Gollum – Lord of the rings
- John Mclane – Die Hard
- Mr Pink – Reservoir dogs
- Mr Blonde – Reservoir dogs
- Patrick Bateman – American Psycho
- Derek Vinyard – American History X
- Dorothy Gale – Wizard of oz
- Dirty Harry – Dirty Harry
- Randle McMurphy – One Flew over the Cuckoo’s nest
- The Dictator – The Great Dictator
- Zeus – Mythology (Various media)
- Big Brother – 1984, George Orwell
- Stone Cold, Steve Austin – WWE
- Alice – Alice in Wonderland
- SpongeBob SquarePants – SpongeBob SquarePants
- Goku – Dragon ball Z/Super
- God – Various media
- Indiana Jones – Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Oskar Schindler – Schindler’s list
“You don’t really understand an antagonist until you understand why he’s a protagonist in his own version of the world.”
― John Rogers
Characters are important to the story. Through their actions and ideas you can see the drama and interest that they bring to the story and viewing experience. I could have easy put in another 50, but this is a one hundred list.
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