History CharacterGush / Film

*** Agreed. The guy is just ''cool.'' Skateboarding away from Biff and his goons, then ''climbing over their car and landing back on his skateboard, making them crash into a manure truck?'' Badass. The way he just fearlessly jumped off a (at least) fifty-storey building...''[[SuicidalGotcha and rose up on top of the flying DeLorean]]?'' BADASS. And he can '''''SHRED''''' on a guitar, and he's a good singer along with it (yes, I ''know'' it wasn't MichaelJFox singing, but I don't care!). The fact that he's so witty/charming/cute doesn't hurt, either.

*** In fairness, it should be mentioned that when Khan spoke the above line, he was quoting [[MobyDick someone else.]]

*** ''Seconded''. I only first watched the ''Star Wars'' movies about...two months ago now? And I found myself drawn to Luke from the very start. Sweet, earnest, badass, can see the goodness in the darkest of places, [[strike:[[PrettyBoy really, really pretty]]]] and he does what is right simply because ''it's the right thing to do'', not for any reward. A worryingly high amount of people just dismiss him as "whiny" while completely ignoring the CharacterDevelopment and the [[TookALevelInBadass levels of badass he takes]], and it's starting to piss me off. Honestly, if I was in the situation he was at the start of ''A New Hope'' (stuck on a barren desert of a planet, all his friends are gone/have moved on to the Academy, uncle is preventing him from living the life he wants to lead by selfishly forcing him to stay on the farm to freaking harvest water from the atmosphere for the rest of his life), I, too, would have "whined".

* Ethan Edwards of ''TheSearchers'' is the greatest anti-hero ever depicted in a Western. Period.
* ''Film/WithnailAndI'': Withnail. In the hands of a lesser actor, he could have been just a Jerkass Loser but with RichardEGrant playing him? My, my, I've never seen such a classy, endearingly sad, side-splittingly funny bastard in all my life.

* Shadow, from ''HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney''. He's simply an [[CoolOldGuy aging]] [[OldDog Goldie]], but he traverses the mountains, swims rivers, and climbs out of a steep-walled pit with a busted leg. Why does he put himself through this? Because someone he loves might be in trouble. And since we all know where a [[{{Disney/Hercules}} hero's strength]] [[ThePowerOfFriendship comes from]]...Just cue the applause and the waterworks. "Something is keeping Peter from coming to me, so I'm going to go to him...I don't care about ''gates''. I'm going ''home''."

*** ''Seconded''. I only first watched the ''Star Wars'' movies about...two months ago now? And I found myself drawn to Luke from the very start. Sweet, earnest, badass, can see the goodness in the darkest of places, [[strike:[[PrettyBoy really, really pretty]]]] and he does what is right simply because ''it's the right thing to do'', not for any reward. A worryingly high amount of people just dismiss him as "whiny" while completely ignoring the CharacterDevelopment and the [[TookALevelInBadass levels of badass he takes]], and it's starting to piss me off. Honestly, if I was in the situation he was at the start of ''A New Hope'' (stuck on a barren desert of a planet, all his friends are gone/have moved on to the Academy, uncle is selfishly forcing him to stay on the farm to freaking harvest water from the atmosphere for the rest of his life), I, too, would have "whined".

*** ''Seconded''. I only first watched the ''Star Wars'' movies about...two months ago now? And I found myself drawn to Luke from the very start. Sweet, earnest, badass, [[strike:[[PrettyBoy really, really cute]]]] and he does what is right simply because ''it's the right thing to do'', not for any reward. A worryingly high amount of people just dismiss him as "whiny" while completely ignoring the CharacterDevelopment and the [[TookALevelInBadass levels of badass he takes]], and it's starting to piss me off. Honestly, if I was in the situation he was at the start of ''A New Hope'' (stuck on a barren desert of a planet, all his friends are gone/have moved on to the Academy, uncle is selfishly forcing him to stay on the farm to freaking harvest water from the atmosphere for the rest of his life), I, too, would have "whined".

*** ''Seconded''. I only first watched the ''Star Wars'' movies about...two months ago now? And I found myself drawn to Luke from the very start. My favourites are always the sweet, earnest, badass, "I'm-doing-this-because-it's-what's-right" characters, and he's no exception. A worryingly high amount of people just dismiss him as "whiny" while completely ignoring the CharacterDevelopment and the [[TookALevelInBadass levels of badass he takes]], and it's starting to piss me off. Honestly, if I was in the situation he was at the start of ''A New Hope'' (stuck on a barren desert of a planet, all his friends are gone/have moved on to the Academy, uncle is selfishly forcing him to stay on the farm to freaking harvest water from the atmosphere for the rest of his life), I, too, would have "whined".

*** ''Seconded''. I only first watched the ''Star Wars'' movies about...two months ago now? And I found myself drawn to Luke from the very start. My favourites are always the kind, earnest, badass, "I'm-doing-this-because-it's-what's-right" characters, and he's no exception. A worryingly high amount of people just dismiss him as "whiny", and it's starting to piss me off.

*** ''Seconded''. I only first watched the ''Star Wars'' about...two months ago now? And I found myself drawn to Luke from the very start. My favourites are always the kind, earnest, badass, "I'm-doing-this-because-it's-what's-right" characters, and he's no exception. A worryingly high amount of people just dismiss him as "whiny", and it's starting to piss me off.

** ''Seconded''. I only first watched the ''Star Wars'' about...two months ago now? And I found myself drawn to Luke from the very start. My favourites are always the kind, earnest, badass, "I'm-doing-this-because-it's-what's-right" characters, and he's no exception. A worryingly high amount of people just dismiss him as "whiny", and it's starting to piss me off.

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': Doc Brown. "It'll shoot the fleas off a dog's back at five hundred yards, Tannen, and it's pointed straight at your head!" Doc is a great example of Cool Old Guy. Plus he's not bad-looking... Doc has more guts in his little finger than the Tannens have in their entire bodies. He is as smart as a city full of surgeons, and he's an awesome friend.

* ''Happy-Go-Lucky'''s Poppy has the confident, energetic, ridiculously upbeat personality of a BlitheSpirit, without the actual BlitheSpirit part, taking away the annoying and leaving us with just one lovable as hell character. Also, never seen ''anyone'' play this kind of character nearly so well as this. Sorry, [[{{Firefly}} Jewel]], but it's true.

** LawrenceTalbot of ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' could easily be considered Universal Horror's Tony Stark. He was essentially the hero of the franchise, culminating in an epic TakingYouWithMe against Dracula in ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''. Specifically, he retains enough mental capacity in wolf form to grab Dracula and pitch them both over the castle balcony. Not to mention that he first became a werewolf because he came to a woman's rescue when she was being attacked.

*** CREATURE: (Pointing at Henry) You Go. (To the Villain) We belong dead. (Blows up the lab).

* Will Kane from ''HighNoon''. He completely ignores public pressure in order to kick some Miller ass, saving the townspeople even though they never did anything for him Talk about a selfless, thankless act.

* ''WarmBodies'': R was awesome! He was just so great! His personality. Being a woobie and so ''vulnerable'' made him all the better. His actor was great, and played off the character perfectly, and R was just... Ahhg! He's awesome, that's all! It's just so amazing to see such a great character. He's too cute a character not to like.

** LawrenceTalbot of ''TheWolfMan1941'' could easily be considered Universal Horror's Tony Stark. He was essentially the hero of the franchise, culminating in an epic TakingYouWithMe against Dracula in ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''. Specifically, he retains enough mental capacity in wolf form to grab Dracula and pitch them both over the castle balcony. Not to mention that he first became a werewolf because he came to a woman's rescue when she was being attacked.

* Should this list include RaulJulia as the [[LargeHam fabulously]] [[HamAndCheese awesome]] [[Film/StreetFighter General Bison]]? '''[[MemeticMutation OF COURSE!]]'''

** Well, [[AdolfHitler almost everybody]].

* The Main/UniversalHorror films had some great examples.
** Main/LawrenceTalbot of The Wolfman could easily be considered Universal Horror's Tony Stark. He was essentially the hero of the franchise, culminating in an epic Main/TakingYouWithMe against Dracula in Main/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein. Specifically, he retains enough mental capacity in wolf form to grab Dracula and pitch them both over the castle balcony. Not to mention that he first became a werewolf because he came to a woman's rescue when she was being attacked.
** Frankenstein's Monster has an equally awesome Main/TakingYouWithMe in Film/BrideOfFrankenstein. After seeing the love between Henry and Elizabeth, he decides to perform a heroic sacrifice, killing himself, the villain, and the newly created bride and after letting Henry escape.

* Robert Fischer Jr. from ''Film/{{Inception}}''. A prime example of the {{Woobie}}, he starts out seeming like this arrogant rich kid, but then you get to see his confidence issues out in the open, not to mention his clear fear once Cobb starts the Mr. Charles gambit. Once he starts to feel accepted by the team, you can see his shyness and happiness about finally being accepted by someone, and the [[TearJerker scene with his father]] is just ... to top it off, he's played by ''CillianMurphy''.
** ARTHUR. Just...Arthur.
** Not to mention Eames -- [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling."]]

* And Tony Stark from ''Film/IronMan''. Just ''look'' at [[Awesome/IronMan that movie's CMoA page]].

* Movieverse Tony Stark from ''Film/IronMan''. Just ''look'' at [[Awesome/IronMan that movie's CMoA page]].

** AGREED. A {{Badass}} OneManArmy with a [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe seriously awesome shield]], a {{Determinator}} with NervesOfSteel who will stop at NOTHING to do what is right – who happens to be [[{{Adorkable}} kind of dorky]] and [[NiceGuy an]] [[GentleGiant absolute]] [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold sweetheart]]. Oh, [[MrFanservice and he’s freaking]] ''[[MrFanservice gorgeous]]'' - not surprising when you consider his actor.

** AGREED. A {{Badass}} OneManArmy with a [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe freaking awesome shield]], a {{Determinator}} with NervesOfSteel who will stop at NOTHING to do what is right – who happens to be [[{{Adorkable}} kind of dorky]] and [[NiceGuy an]] [[GentleGiant absolute]] [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold sweetheart]]. Oh, [[MrFanservice and he’s gorgeous]] - not surprising when you consider his actor.

** AGREED. A {{Badass}} OneManArmy with a [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe freaking awesome shield]], a {{Determinator}} with NervesOfSteel who will stop at NOTHING to do what is right – who happens to be [[{{Adorkable}} kind of dorky]] and [[NiceGuy an]] [[GentleGiant absolute]] [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold sweetheart]]. Oh, [[MrFanservice and he’s gorgeous]].

* Everyone in the MarvelCinematicUniverse. '''[[WorldOfBadass EVERYONE]].'''
** Loki in particular. Seriously, when the villain has more fans than the hero, so much so that a school of 127 people has a Loki Is Awesome Fanclub (yes, that's seriously what we call it) that contains 12 people (which doesn't sound like much until you realize that's 10% of the students, and many of the others have never seen Thor or the Avengers), you know that's a seriously cool villain.
** This troper would like to add Steve Rogers to this list – who is better known as [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Captain]] [[Film/TheAvengers America]]. A {{Badass}} OneManArmy with a [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe freaking awesome shield]], a {{Determinator}} with NervesOfSteel who will stop at NOTHING to do what is right – who happens to be [[{{Adorkable}} kind of dorky]] and [[NiceGuy an]] [[GentleGiant absolute]] [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold sweetheart]]. Oh, [[MrFanservice and he’s gorgeous]].

** Good ''Lord'', Wedge Antilles. A truly BadassNormal who just gets more BadAss in the XWing novel series.