History CharacterGush / LiveActionTV

** Gul Dukat, MagnificentBastard incarnate and perhaps the greatest villain in sci-fi... including [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]]. Let's see. [[spoiler: He is to the Bajorans what Hitler is to Jews. Then he releases all the prisoners of a secret prison camp. Then he uses an orphan to try to bring down a political adversary. Then we learn that Dukat put Odo in charge of station security because of respect. Then we find out he's a devoted family man. When a computer program of his nearly kills the senior staff of the station, he arrives to save the day... but finds out his second-in-command modified the program to take out Dukat if he left in a crisis. When he's helping Sisko chase down a rogue starship, his biggest regret is that he's missing his son's 11th birthday. When Sisko proves that Bajorans were able to reach Cardassia in an antique design solar-sail ship, refuting a tenet of Cardassian superiority, Dukat greets him with fireworks. Then he switched sides on his government, following the new leaders after a coup, only to be stripped of rank, privilege, and family when his half-Bajoran daughter came to light (oh, and he nearly killed her). Following that, he gets the Cardassians to join the Dominion, conquers Deep Space Nine, gets booted, alienates his daughter only to see her die in front of him. And THEN he goes crazy... Everything up to this point has been the work of a rational, albeit twisted mind. He starts to hallucinate, swears vengeance on Bajor as a whole and Sisko in particular, turns to Bajoran heretical teachings and kills Jadzia Dax. Finally, he disguises himself as a Bajoran, seduces their religious leader, and uses his heretical powers to summon the Prophet's nemesis and get himself and Sisko thrown into the fiery depths.]] In a show characterized by darkness and character development, Gul Dukat stands out. Hell, even Ronald D. Moore said: "I don't think of him as being completely evil... But there is a "critical mass", where the dark deeds attributed to one person become so overwhelming that they swamp all the redeeming characteristics." That's right - the guy who did everything listed above isn't completely evil. Hats off to you, ''Star Trek''.

** Leroy Jethro Gibbs. A [[TeamDad father figure]] to his crew, a master of PerpSweating, a former Marine sniper, and emphasizes the importance of basic intuitive detective skills when solving cases. Not to mention he [[HeroesWantRedheads has good taste in women]].

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

** Avon Barksdale, the head of the organization Stringer Bell is part of, is as charismatic as a villain gets. He's all about family, genuinely caring about and mentoring his nephew D'Angelo As a leader, he strictly abides by the same rules he expects the rest of the organization to follow, and is the only drug lord who reads Marlo Stanfield correctly. He carries himself with streetwise swagger not often depicted by the leader of an organization, but is intelligent and intuitive to the point where Lester Freamon and McNulty are proud to be chasing him. He is given many of the show's best quotes. Many ''Wire'' fans end up overlooking all of the death and destruction he causes and consider him an "ethical" gangster, especially in comparison to Stringer, Marlo, and Prop Joe.

* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Clayton Webb. He was an important CIA officer that is always involving the characters in his schemes. He was cold and unemotional and given that he plays chess with peoples lives that is understandable. He has something of a rapier wit which kind of goes with that. He is something of a WellIntentionedExtremist but never QUITE crosses the MoralEventHorizon (he can come close). He is however incorruptible, and He is an example of a heroic {{Chessmaster}}. As it turns out, he has a heart of gold and is willing to go to bat for his friends and even to put HonorBeforeReason. He is the sort of person that would be hard to understand in real life and indeed on TV, but he is a very good character.

*** Can I say a few anyways? Desmond filled the gap in my soul after Charlie died. And pretty much no one can deny that he had the best freaking love story on the entire show -- his love for Penny was pure and epic and a real driving force, and what finally got the Oceanic Six off the island. Not to mention his [[IncrediblyLamePun constant]] [[TheWoobie Woobieness]] and how he called everyone brother in his hot Scottish accent. Desmond's the man!

** Jesse Pinkman, bitch! He starts as [[TheLoad Walt's obnoxious partner]] but he becomes a true Badass later. He's also endures [[TheWoobie more trauma than any psychologists could handle]] and it's really painful to watch. He's also a friend to children ([[BerserkButton Don't hurt them or else he will kill you!]])

* ''Series/MorkAndMindy'': Mork. Mork Mork Mork Mork... I know what you're thinking, "Oh, Mork's pretty funny, but he's not really awesome.". Let's see... Not only is he funny, he's sweet, he's kind, he's lovable, he's cute... [[BerserkButton and if you mess with Mindy]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yR6PcwZtB0 he will pwn your ass]], [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome giving awesome one-liners as he does so]].

** Holly, at least Norman Lovett's version, if only by virtue of the fact that he got most of the best lines. The practical joke about Lister's three-million-year-old sausage covering the Earth never fails to crack you up, nor does his opening narrations. Also, one word: [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Queeg]].

*** Plus, he's played by Masi Oka, who [[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies resembles a human plushie]] and [[JustForFun/OneOfUs is every bit the geek he pretends to be]]. {{Squee}}!