History CharacterGush / Film

* [[Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem Newt Scamander.]] A magizoologist who is writing a [[Literature/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem book]] about magical creatures -- not an extermination guide, but a guide to help fellow witches and wizards understand them and why they should be protected. He's a shy, {{Adorkable}} wizard who is NotGoodWithPeople, but at the same time he is [[NiceGuy so genuinely kind and pleasant]], and he cares for his creatures as though they are family. He is just the true epitome of what Hufflepuff stands for. (The fact that he is ''insanely'' good-looking too doesn't hurt) And he has a BadassLongcoat and [[BagOfHolding the coolest suitcase EVER]], and is played by Creator/EddieRedmayne!

* [[Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem Newt Scamander.]] A magizoologist who is writing a [[Literature/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem book]] about magical creatures -- not an extermination guide, but a guide to help fellow witches and wizards understand them and why they should be protected. He's a shy, {{Adorkable}} wizard who is NotGoodWithPeople, but at the same time he is [[NiceGuy so genuinely kind and pleasant]], and he cares for his creatures as though they are family. He is just the true epitome of what Hufflepuff stands for. And he has a BadassLongcoat and [[BagOfHolding the coolest suitcase EVER]], and is played by Creator/EddieRedmayne!

* [[Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem Newt Scamander.]] A magizoologist who is writing a [[Literature/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem book]] about magical creatures -- not an extermination guide, but a guide to help fellow witches and wizards understand them and why they should be protected. He's a shy, {{Adorkable}} wizard who is NotGoodWithPeople, but at the same time he is [[NiceGuy so genuinely kind]], and he cares for his creatures as though they are family. He is just the true epitome of what Hufflepuff stands for. And he has a BadassLongcoat and [[BagOfHolding the coolest suitcase EVER]], and is played by Creator/EddieRedmayne!

* [[Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem Newt Scamander.]] A magizoologist who is writing a [[Literature/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem book]] about magical creatures -- not an extermination guide, but a guide to educate fellow witches and wizards about them and why they should be protected. He's a shy, {{Adorkable}} wizard who is NotGoodWithPeople, but at the same time he is [[NiceGuy so genuinely kind]], and he cares for his creatures as though they are family. He is just the true epitome of what Hufflepuff stands for. And he has a BadassLongcoat and [[BagOfHolding the coolest suitcase EVER]], and is played by Creator/EddieRedmayne!

* [[Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem Newt Scamander.]] A magizoologist who is writing a [[Literature/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem book]] about magical creatures -- not an extermination guide, but a guide to educate fellow witches and wizards about them and why they should be protected. He's a shy, {{Adorkable}} wizard who is NotGoodWithPeople, but at the same time he is [[NiceGuy so genuinely kind]] and cares so much about his creatures. He is just the true epitome of what Hufflepuff stands for. And he has a BadassLongcoat and [[BagOfHolding the coolest suitcase EVER]], and is played by Creator/EddieRedmayne!

* [[Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem Newt Scamander.]] A magizoologist who is writing a [[Literature/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem book]] about magical creatures -- not an extermination guide, but a guide to educate fellow witches and wizards about them and why they should be protected. He's a shy, {{Adorkable}} wizard who is NotGoodWithPeople but is simultaneously [[NiceGuy so genuinely kind]] and cares so much about his creatures. He has just the true epitome of what Hufflepuff stands for. And he has a BadassLongcoat and [[BagOfHolding the coolest suitcase EVER]], and is played by Creator/EddieRedmayne!

* [[Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem Newt Scamander.]] A magizoologist who is writing a [[Literature/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem book]] about magical creatures -- not an extermination guide, but a guide to find out more about them and why they should be protected. He's a shy, {{Adorkable}} wizard who is NotGoodWithPeople but is simultaneously [[NiceGuy so genuinely kind]] and cares so much about his creatures. He is just the true epitome of what Hufflepuff stands for. And he has a BadassLongcoat and [[BagOfHolding the coolest suitcase EVER]], and is played by Creator/EddieRedmayne!

** 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, and he’s ''[[MrFanservice freaking]] [[{{Hunk}} gorgeous]]'' - not surprising when you consider his actor.

** Good ''Lord'', Wedge Antilles. A truly BadassNormal who just gets more {{Badass}} in the ''X-Wing'' novel series.

** '''[[Creator/SamuelLJackson MACE. MOTHER. FUCKIN'. WINDU.]]''' ''[[{{Badass}} I do not have to explain why.]]''

*** Seconding the Obi-Wan love. He was definitely the ultimate Jedi of the old Jedi Order- modest, kind, {{Badass}}... He had a truly horrible life- losing his master, spending the Clone Wars getting regularly beaten to a pulp and even tortured, losing his entire surrogate family in one go due to the actions of his best friend, having to fight said best friend, spending almost twenty years alone in a desert and then dying at the hands of the former friend he couldn't bring himself to kill all those years ago. And yet he still managed to stay firmly in the Light, a hero to the end. It's hard to convey just how much love and respect I have for Obi-Wan. He's my hero.

** Davy Jones. The man's BadAss depite the fact he's got more Narm than can fill the sea and an ''octopus'' for a face! In fact, that makes him even ''more'' awesome! And as for his pet . . .

* Kyle Reese from ''Film/TheTerminator'': [[Tropers/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 anyway. Then [[{{Badass}} Reese]] comes on screen, all wild-eyed and intense, blasts the Terminator through a window, and says "[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome 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 [[Tropers/RowsdowerSavesUs I turned out all right]]. 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.

* [[Franchise/StarTrek James T. Kirk]] was awesome as a thirty-something year-old captain. But then, he got old, got a gut, and his hair thinned. And he became ''even more'' awesome. That man is made of so much win, it took a ''second'' actor to play him. And he was BadAss too!

** [[AxCrazy Gogo]] [[GirlWithPsychoWeapon Yubari]]: A {{Badass}} in a [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack schoolgirl]] [[FetishFuel uniform]], she is ''hot''. But she ''will'' [[BerserkButton gut you alive for thinking that]]. She wields the [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon most awesome]] [[EpicFlail weapon]] ever, and wields it ''good'' despite the fact that a very heavy steel ball on a long chain seems extremely AwesomeButImpractical. She dominated the Bride over the whole duration of the battle, and honestly deserved to win that one.

** No mention of ''Avatar'' can be made without including Colonel Miles Quaritch, putting the BadAss in ColonelBadass!

** James Lysander Norrington, because he's a stone-cold badass that doesn't need half the ham the other characters in the trilogy do to be awesome. He was a truly admirable guy who got worse than he deserved in every movie. (Re James' middle name; see the entry under Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean's {{WMG}} tab.)

** C3PO, anyone? Not only is he in every episode of the Saga (and says the first and last lines to boot) but he's an endearing worrywart who acts as a perfect foil to R2D2's antics.

* [[Film/DjangoUnchained Django]]. D-J-A-N-G-O. That one n---- in 10,000. Know this; his wife ain't gon' be no comfort woman. Not while he's alive. Not while he's got his gun. And by the way, the D is silent, hillbilly. (BLAM!)

* [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop Detective Axel Foley]]. [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] learned everything he knows from this Detroit cop. And if that wasn't enough, his ThemeSong is one of the most recognizeable tracks of TheEighties.

*** [[Film/BatmanReturns Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman]]. [[FetishFuel Meee-]]''[[FetishFuel oww.]]''

* ''StarWars'':

** '''[[Creator/SamuelLJackson MACE. MOTHER. FUCKIN'. WINDU.]]''' ''[[BadAss I do not have to explain why.]]''

*** ''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. ''I just don't understand why people think that about him.''

** C3PO anyone? Not only is he in every episode of the Saga (and says the first and last lines to boot) but he's an endearing worrywart who acts as a perfect foil to R2D2's antics.

* [[TrainingDay Detective Alonzo Harris]]. 'Why?' you ask? Because a lot of corrupt (and some not so corrupt) cops think they're a MagnificentBastard. This motherfucker '''IS''' one. Because "the shit's chess! It ain't checkers!" Because, his ''office'' is a Lincoln cruiser with hydraulics. Because "it takes a wolf to catch a wolf". And because he's played by DenzelWashington.

* Kyle Reese from ''Film/TheTerminator'': [[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 anyway. 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 [[Tropers/RowsdowerSavesUs I turned out all right]]. 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.

* Ah, [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N Furter]]. Everyone's favourite [[VillainousCrossdresser cross-dressing]], MadScientist, alien.

* Mercedes from ''PansLabyrinth''. Will of iron, one of the most satisfying firings of ChekhovsGun in all fiction, and those unexplained niggling bits where she discusses fairies with Ofelia and ''recognizes the door''. Beautiful, beautiful character.

* [[Film/JamesBond Bond. James Bond.]] ''* cue CrowningMusicOfAwesome provided by Main/JohnBarry* ''

** And speaking of friends, can we get some love for Marty [=McFly=]? At first glance, the kid appears to be an average 80s teenager. Then we note that he's befriended the town outcast and it goes (mostly) uphill from there. (He did learn - which is more awesome right there.) What else can you say about a teenager who, when his beat friend held hostage, goes out and faces the hostage taker without batting an eyelash - and then [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] him?
*** 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 charming and ''cute'' doesn't hurt, either.
* [[{{Hoodwinked}} Japeth]], the most awesome mountain goat ever. Just [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TreGGyg6gOg watch him in action]] for more, as I'm pretty sure Red's the only live person who's come by his shack in many years.

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

* Evie Carnahan in ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy. Okay, so she is the [[DontTouchItYouIdiot idiot who wakes the mummy up in the first place]] but there's still something to be said for a librarian turned ActionGirl. And not everyone can have a CrowningMomentOfAwesome or several relying on their knowledge of ancient Egyptian.

** [[AxCrazy Gogo]] [[GirlWithPsychoWeapon Yubari]]: A BadAss in a [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack schoolgirl]] [[FetishFuel uniform]], she is ''hot''. But she ''will'' [[BerserkButton gut you alive for thinking that]]. She wields the [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon most awesome]] [[EpicFlail weapon]] ever, and wields it ''good'' despite the fact that a very heavy steel ball on a long chain seems extremely AwesomeButImpractical. She dominated the Bride over the whole duration of the battle, and honestly deserved to win that one.

* [[EternalSunshineoftheSpotlessMind Clementine Kruczynski]]. She's so much more than just a fucked-up girl looking for her own peace of mind.
* [[Film/{{Tombstone}} Doc Holliday]]. He's got two guns, one for each of ya.

* [[Film/GangsOfNewYork Bill the Butcher]]. Another case of the villain stealing the show, and Daniel Day Lewis' enforced method acting helps too.

* [[MoulinRouge Christian]], the penniless poet. Handsome and romantic and devoted. ''Swoon.''

* 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 ''Creator/CillianMurphy''.

* The Metatron from Film/{{Dogma}}. TallDarkAndHandsome DeadpanSnarker whose lines are made up of nothing but either a CrowningMomentOfFunny or CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. Not to mention he's played by Creator/AlanRickman... voice of God, very fitting indeed.

* I watched ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' recently and I thought Rory was a real cool character. MisterBig is a common enough trait for criminal leaders, but what makes Rory unique is that he's a PintsizedPowerhouse who doesn't hide behind his hulking men, but instead leads from the front with a comically small gun. He's very respected by his men and is probably the most reasonable crime boss in the movie (admittedly not difficult). There's also the fact that he has a snazzy lair and likes UmbrellaDrink(s), neither really typical of one of TheYardies. Basically, he consciously seems to avert a lot of gangster stereotypes.

* [[TrueGrit Mattie Ross]]. She doesn't have strength, size, or even the respect of the people around her. She ''does'' have cleverness, a cool head in a fight, and [[{{Determinator}} unending determination]] to see justice done. Perhaps even more importantly, she's not incapable of fear--she's clearly terrified when the bullets start flying and things go south, but she's got enough, well, ''[[TitleDrop grit]]'' to keep her wits about her.

* [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan Gwen Stacy.]] She manages to pull off ActionGirl while still staying as a believable, real character. On two seperate occasions she stays behind in a building during an evacuation in order to help Spider-Man, and both times actively attacks the Lizard. The only thing that keeps her from doing it a third time is [[BadassFamily her father, Captain Stacy]] of the NYPD, who thoroughly averts PoliceAreUseless (in a superhero film, no less) by first catching and unmasking Spider-Man himself, then [[spoiler:pulling a BigDamnHeroes during the final battle with the Lizard and saving Peter's life.]] Honestly, I could happily watch a spin-off about the Stacys... [[spoiler: if they weren't both DoomedByCanon, at least. Here's hoping Gwen avoids it.]]

* I got six words for you: [[TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez]]. As well as morally ambiguous, he's funny, personable, sympathetic and totally off the wall, you gotta love him.

* For a similar reason, [[Film/SevenSamurai Kikuchiyo]]. Profuse and daring, he defies social class and was ultimately [[spoiler: TooCooltoLive]].

* Ah, [[RockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N Furter]]. Everyone's favourite [[VillainousCrossdresser cross-dressing]], MadScientist, alien.

** While ''Terminator Salvation'' may have its issues, Marcus Wright is an absolutely ''fascinating'' character, and Sam Worthington deserves a place in the Trope Pantheon as the God of [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously Taking the Bad]] [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously Seriously]].

* Franchise/{{Godzilla}}.

* [[TwelveAngryMen Juror #8]]. In an hour and a half, went from 11 jurors convinced of the defendant's guilt to a unanimous vote for acquittal, and remained perfectly calm throughout (except for [[NotSoStoic one moment near the beginning]], and quickly recovered). A valid point of divergence for any AlternateHistory story: "Juror #8 was in <insert place>, and <insert war> never happened."

* I watched ''LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' recently and I thought Rory was a real cool character. MisterBig is a common enough trait for criminal leaders, but what makes Rory unique is that he's a PintsizedPowerhouse who doesn't hide behind his hulking men, but instead leads from the front with a comically small gun. He's very respected by his men and is probably the most reasonable crime boss in the movie (admittedly not difficult). There's also the fact that he has a snazzy lair and likes UmbrellaDrink(s), neither really typical of one of TheYardies. Basically, he consciously seems to avert a lot of gangster stereotypes.

** [[StarWarsCloneWars Captain Fordo]], from Star Wars: Clone Wars. A relatively minor character, especially compared to everyone else here, but he brings in ass-kicking and awesomeness in any scene he's in. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYI9FDbfk5U Just look at him!]]

* [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger John Matrix]] from ''Film/{{Commando}}''. After his daughter his kidnapped, he knows exactly what to do: Find the kidnappers, and kill them. And he doesn't let things like evil dictators, their military, former elite soldiers and angst get in way. In the end, [[spoiler:he succeeds]] and manages to kill, like, a whole [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] army on the way!

* ''StrangerThanFiction'': Harold Crick. Will Ferrell is absolutely tremendous as him, and I wish he'd do more dramatic acting. Crick's journey from repressed workaholic who does nothing to being a lover of life, motivated by the knowledge that [[LikeYouWereDying his death could be just around the corner]] is brilliantly done, and then you have the tail end of the film, where he [[spoiler: becomes a ''de facto'' hero. It's one thing to be willing to die for your art. It's another to be willing to die for someone else's. Yes Karen, he is most definitely the kind of man you want to keep alive]].

* Evie Carnahan in TheMummyTrilogy. Okay, so she is the [[DontTouchItYouIdiot idiot who wakes the mummy up in the first place]] but there's still something to be said for a librarian turned ActionGirl. And not everyone can have a CrowningMomentOfAwesome or several relying on their knowledge of ancient Egyptian.

* [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors Seymour and Audrey.]] They make the cutest couple ever! Oh, and that crazy dentist was pretty funny, too. And who can forget the plant, Audrey II? Twooey stole the show, and being voice by Levi Stubbs helped.

* For a similar reason, [[SevenSamurai Kikuchiyo]]. Profuse and daring, he defies social class and was ultimately [[spoiler: TooCooltoLive]].

* 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 anyway. 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 [[Tropers/RowsdowerSavesUs I turned out all right]]. 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.

* Master Chief [[MenOfHonor Carl Brashear]]. You walk 12 steps in a suit that weighs over 300 lbs. and do it with only ONE good leg, and we'll add you to this list as well.

** Qui-Gon Jin. In his review of Film/{{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.

*** ''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 [[note]] [[DarthWiki/DarthVader Albeit there is also an understandable reason]] [[TurnOutLikeHisFather which Luke isn't aware of yet]][[/note]] to freaking harvest water from the atmosphere for the rest of his life), I, too, would have "whined".