A retrospective of the first fifty years of my life, picking fifty items that resonate with me. This one is about fictional characters. These can have come from books, comics, films, TV shows, or multiple areas. The usual 1970 or later cut off is in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They may not always be the main character, or even the hero of the piece, just characters I\u2019ve enjoyed. They are in no particular order, and I\u2019ve added where they have come from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Jack Reacher (Series of Lee Child books and now two films)<\/li>
- Henry Wilt (Tom Sharpe books and an eighties film)<\/li>
- Dangerous Davies (Leslie Thomas books and a TV series)<\/li>
- Jettero Heller (L Ron Hubbard Mission Earth series of books)<\/li>
- Temperance Brennan (The one from the Kathy Reichs\u2019 books and not the dreadful version from the TV series Bones)<\/li>
- Elvis Cole (PI from Robert Crais\u2019s books)<\/li>
- Joe Pike (From Robert Crais\u2019s books)<\/li>
- Mikal R. Kayn (Regular from the Starblazer comic book series)<\/li>
- Richard Cypher \/ Rahl (From Terry Goodkind\u2019s Sword of Truth series)<\/li>
- Kahlan Amnell (From Terry Goodkind\u2019s Sword of Truth series)<\/li>
- Dirk Pitt (Clive Cussler books and a number of films)<\/li>
- Thurdsay Next (From Jasper Fforde\u2019s series of books)<\/li>
- Alex Cross (From James Patterson\u2019s series of books and a number of films)<\/li>
- Dilbert (Scott Adams\u2019s cartoon creation, and a TV series)<\/li>
- Bugsy Malone (From the film)<\/li>
- John McClane (From the Die Hard films)<\/li>
- Snake Pliskin (From Escape From New York and Escape From LA)<\/li>
- Ferris Bueller (From the film)<\/li>
- Martin Riggs (From the Lethal Weapon films (and recent dodgy TV series))<\/li>
- Mason Storm (From the film Hard to Kill \u2013 Seagal at his finest)<\/li>
- Han Solo (You know where)<\/li>
- Princess Leia (see above)<\/li>
- Rebecca Buck (From the comic book series and film, better known as Tank Girl)<\/li>
- Indiana Jones (named after the dog)<\/li>
- Edmund Blackadder (TV)<\/li>
- Kay Scarpetta (From Patricia Cornwell\u2019s books)<\/li>
- Homer Simpson (Homer, Homer Simpson, He\u2019s the greatest guy in history. From the, town of Springfield, he\u2019s about to hit a chestnut tree. Doh!)<\/li>
- Norman Stanley Fletcher (From the TV series and film Porridge, and the spin off series Going Straight)<\/li>
- Frank Spencer (From TV series Some Mothers Do \u2018ave \u2018em)<\/li>
- Omar Little (From The Wire)<\/li>
- Scooby Doo (Where are you?)<\/li>
- Dick Dastardly (From Wacky Races and Stop the Pigeon)<\/li>
- Muttley (As above)<\/li>
- Leroy Gibbs (NCIS, and until Abby Sciuto left a couple of years ago was known as Gibbs Gibbs Gibbs Gibbs Gibbs)<\/li>
- Sam Malone (From Cheers)<\/li>
- Jack Bauer (From 24)<\/li>
- Reginald Perrin (From the TV series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin)<\/li>
- Arya Stark (From books and TV Series Game of Thrones)<\/li>
- Jonathan Creek (From the TV series)<\/li>
- Mr Benn (Taking fancy dress to extremes in his own TV series)<\/li>
- Beavis (No Butthead here from the TV series and film, the Great Cornholio)<\/li>
- Lisbeth Salamander (From the Millennium series of books and various films)<\/li>
- Jackie Brown (From the eponymous film and Elmore Leonard books)<\/li>
- Sam Beckett (From the TV series Quantum Leap)<\/li>
- Maggie O\u2019Connell (From the TV series Northern Exposure)<\/li>
- Olivia Dunham (From the TV series Fringe)<\/li>
- Del-Boy Trotter (The main fool from Only Fools and Horses)<\/li>
- Dex Parios (From the new TV series Stumptown)<\/li>
- Daniel Morales (From the original French Taxi series of films)<\/li>
- Maeve Millay (From the TV series Westworld)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
That would be a hell of a party crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One character nearly made it onto the list for a single line in a film. Yes, Admiral Ackbar\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s A Trap\u201d, almost got him onto the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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