Favourite fictional character

[Trivun]

This can be from a film, TV Show, book, game, or anything you want (fictional of course, no ranting or praising real people to give them an ego boost). Sorry if the thread has been done before but I'll be damned if I'm sitting through over 200 pages to look, since there was nothing on the search button. Just interested to know people's favourite characters of fiction, maybe provoke a debate (no trolling) about different forms of fiction and different characters within that. I'll start you all off:

From TV I would probably go for the characters of Sid and Cassie from British drama Skins. The reason being that in Sid I see a lot of myself, while with Cassie there's a mysterious quality surrounding her, she enjoys playing with people's minds and seeing the consequences but hides a vulnerable interior.
As for literature, Sam Vimes of Discworld gets my vote, simply because he's a sarcastic genius, and Dr Cox from Scrubs (TV again) for the same reason.

Note that reasons are preffered as well (for the interests of debate...).

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

Harry Dresden

 

[Donbett1974]

Character Adam West from Family Guy but not the actor he knows what he did.

 

[balinus]

Lyra Belacqua from His Dark Materials. The book, NOT the movie. The movie butchered the book, and while most of the time I'm just saying it to be on the 'books are awsum' pretentious bandwagon, this time, it was actually so TRUE that the only similarity between the two was that they had me in tears by the end. Although for two completely different reasons.

 

[Steve Dark]

I love a lot of characters for a lot of very different reasons, though the man of the moment is Vladimir Lem from Max Payne 2. He is the dearest of all my friends.

 

[NeedAUserName]

Rorschach.

 

[btfx]

The I tetromino (Tetris)
Edit: Hat guy from XKCD
Trilby
47
Duke Nukem
Doomguy
The Sign Painter (World of Goo)

 

[Daezd]

Colbert. Obviously.
All of the Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2 characters.
Huck Fin, that crazy bastard.

 

[Trivun]

Lyra Belacqua from His Dark Materials. The book, NOT the movie. The movie butchered the book, and while most of the time I'm just saying it to be on the 'books are awsum' pretentious bandwagon, this time, it was actually so TRUE that the only similarity between the two was that they had me in tears by the end. Although for two completely different reasons.

I have to agree. A complex person driven by fate, but without realising it, and driven in the end by friendship and love. I also agree with the statement about the film, the books were so much better...

 

[darkless]

Harry Dresden

I second this one.

 

[Trivun]

Reasons for any of these characters?

 

[Sara Brown]

Michael Jackson

 

[Beffudled Sheep]

Mine are Virgil/Nelo Angelo frm DMC 1 and 3.
Dr. Cox from Scrubs.
Dante from the DMC series
the evil monkey from Family Guy
Stan and Roger from American Dad
the 9th and 10th doctors from doctor who
Darth Maul and Darth Vader from starwars
Nightmare of soulcalibur 2
Liquid Ocelot from MGS4
Torque from the Suffering
Boba Fett from starwars
Kain from the LoK series
I have more but they have escaped my memory for now. Nope wait i got more
Crash Bandicoot
Spyro the dragon from the 1st 2nd and 3rd games
Thats really all i can remember... damn memory.
Edit: I got more
that marine from Doom
Agent 47
Stephen Colbert
Jacknife from Superjail
Cortana from Halo 1 and 2
Max Payne
Homer and Bart Simpson
Nosferatu
Odysyeus (i butchered that name i know, if anyone can even guess what that is and knows the correct spelling can you please fix it or correct me)
Thats it for know... again
Edit: the list goes on
Badass Cyborg from the Timesplitters series
Jay and Silent Boba
the monkey from Timesplitters
no space

 

[Blind0bserver]

My short list is as follows:

V (both the character from the novel and the movie)
Rorschach
Colm Corbec
Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
Garrus Vakarian
Urdnot Wrex
Jay and Silent Bob (they come as a set)
Bender B Rodriguez
Gregory House
Dr. Who (when he was played by David Tennant)

 

[sidhe3141]

Rhion the Brown from the Sun-Cross books. He's just awesome.

 

[EchetusXe]

Film: Sauron, because he is Sauron...
TV Show: Mr Burns, because he is awesome
Book: Odysseus, because he is the mighty Odysseus
Game: CJ from San Andreas, because most video game characters suck whereas CJ... doesn't

 

[GreenDevilJF]

The Joker
Broly
Alucard
Shadow
Master Cheif
Mario
Undead Priest
Gretel Mk2

 

[Rick-Banana]

Dr House on TV, just because it amazes me how much they can portray a person who's work is about saving people as such a self centred non caring ass. Also Hugh Laurie is awesome.

Solid Snake, Metal Gear-Metal Gear Solid 1 (the only time he is real in my alternate storyline) because its a lone man going the job alone against enemies unknown and a team that's mostly trying to kill him, and he somehow pulls it off.

 

[RufusMcLaser]

Jubal Harshaw, from Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. Jubal-like characters appeared in every Heinlein book I've read, but he's my favorite in specific, perhaps because he also reminded me of Samuel Clemens.

Vyvyan Basterd from The Young One is, at present, my next-favorite. I love his mix of intellect and extreme violence.