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* Everybody wept for E.T.'s plight, and not without reason...but ''I'' shall cry for TheManWhoFellToEarth, Thomas Jerome Newton. So beautiful [[hottip:* :yes, in ''and'' out of his disguise]], so fragile, so brilliant, and yet he gets one of the cruelest examples of the DownerEnding. If the movie were just a little better known, it could spawn a cottage industry of [[Main/FixFic fix fics]]...

* Everybody wept for E.T.'s plight, and not without reason...but ''I'' shall cry for TheManWhoFellToEarth, Thomas Jerome Newton. So beautiful [[hottip:* :yes, in ''and'' out of his disguise]], so fragile, so brilliant, and yet he gets the cruelest DownerEnding I've ever seen a single character bear. I've never wanted to soothe a fictional character's pain more.

** Qui-Gon Jin. In his review of {{Taken}}, RogerEbert said, "This movie proves that Liam Neeson can bring undeserved credibility to most roles just by playing them." (Ebert is apparently ten years behind the curve) In a movie of colossal stupidity, with horrible dialogue and non-existent direction, Neeson managed to make Jin wise, enthralling, and endearing.

* Simba from The Lion King how can you not feel sorry for him? His dad dies,he gets chased by a stampeding herd of wildebeasts and a trio of hyenas from his home ALL ON THE SAME DAY and yet still manages to be a badass at the end.

*** Sergeant Apone---The '''original''' badass black cigar-chomping one-liner-spewing bug-stompin' [[Sergeant Rock]]. Shame he died so soon...

* Kyle Reese from ''The {{Terminator}}'': [[RowsdowerSavesUs I]] remember staying up years ago to watch the original for the first time when I was twelve. I had never seen an R-rated movie without [[MoralGuardians my parents]] in the room before, and the [[ClusterFBomb language]] was pretty shocking for someone who had never heard the word "fuck" before. But I digress. Then [[BadAss Reese]] comes on screen, all wild-eyed and intense, blasts the Terminator through a window, and says "[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome come with me if you want to live.]]" And my little 12-year-old brain went "This guy is FUCKIN' AWESOME!!! I have found my role model!" This from a 12-year-old GIRL, by the way, but [[RowsdowerSavesUs I turned out alright]]. Hey, I think the guy's a better role model than most people on TV nowadays. Sure, people tell me I'm too [[ActionGirl wild-eyed, determined, and intense]], but there are worse things a person can be.

** [[RowsdowerSavesUs OP]]: Absolutely. With all the [[HollywoodHypeMachine hype]] surrounding [[LargeHam Christian Bale]] as John Connor, Sam Worthington's portrayal of Marcus was overlooked. The guy rocked it. The character of Blair Williams was also great. Unfortunately, the movie itself [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks wasn't too good]]. You could tell that [[TheOtherDarrin Anton Yelchin]] was trying very hard, but the guy's never gonna be as good as Michael Biehn. And {{Christian Bale}}'s [[FeedMe hilarious rant]] took all seriousness out of the film.

* Pretty much everyone from [[TheWonderfulWizardofOz Oz]], but [[RabidRainbow this troper]] has always loved the Tin Man since she first saw the movie twelve years ago, at age 5. In fact, about once a week said troper will pop in the DVD just to watch "If I Only Had a Heart." The Scarecrow is a close second though.
* The [[{{Twilight}} Twilight Movie's]] Edward Cullen, for the sole fact that Robert Pattinson seemed to play him as one of the most [[BoredOnBoard intentionally]] [[SoBadItsGood unintentionally hilarious]] characters ever.

* [[The Lion King Simba]] how can you not feel sorry for him? His dad dies,he gets chased by a stampeding herd of wildebeasts and a trio of hyenas from his home ALL ON THE SAME DAY and yet still manages to be a badass at the end.

* Everybody wept for E.T.'s plight, and not without reason...but ''I'' shall cry for TheManWhoFellToEarth, Thomas Jerome Newton. So beautiful [[hottip*: *yes, in ''and'' out of his disguise]], so fragile, so brilliant, and yet he gets the cruelest DownerEnding I've ever seen a single character bear. I've never wanted to soothe a fictional character's pain more.

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** When he's played by Samuel L. Mutherfuckin' Jackson?? Yeah, I can dig it!

*** Pot, kettle? [[TroperTales/PerverseSexualLust And of course...]]

* [[{{Labyrinth}} Jareth.]] Amazing lines, heartbreaking stares, jealousy.
-->Jareth: I'm surprised at you, losing your head over a girl
** Pot, kettle? [[TroperTales/PerverseSexualLust and of course...]]
*** What about the other characters. Ludo was such a big sweet-heart :) And Sir Didymous was just plain awesome... or insane... hard to tell the difference. And Hoggle had some nice character development.

** In [[{{Spectrum}} this troper]]'s opinion, none of them surpasses Darth Sidious. Apart from his being the most Magnificent of all Bastards in that series, look at his (few) combat scenes and see how he wields his Force Lightning ''and'' his lightsaber, and then tell me he's not awesome.

** I like Jack's Joker better than HEath's, as Jack's Joker was the comics version brought to life.