Curated category
Fictional characters with post-traumatic stress disorder
- BatmanBatman took his first step into the world on the 30th of March, 1939, inside the pages of Detective Comics #27. He was not yet the brooding icon that would…
- Obi-Wan KenobiObi-Wan Kenobi entered the Star Wars franchise in 1976, a year before the first film's 1977 release. He first appeared in that year's novelization, published…
- Luke SkywalkerLuke Skywalker first appeared on screen in 1977, a teenager from a desert planet who wanted nothing more than to leave home.
- Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe)Tony Stark first appeared in 1963. His creators later said they wanted him to be the quintessential capitalist, a character built to go against Marvel's own…
- Frodo BagginsFrodo Baggins is a hobbit of the Shire who, on the 22nd of September, shares a birthday with his cousin Bilbo. That shared birthday is one small thread in a…
- Darth VaderDarth Vader first appeared in 1977, and the question George Lucas put before his production team was deceptively simple: how do you make a villain feel like…
- Solid SnakeSolid Snake, real name David, was born from a government experiment designed to create the perfect soldier. He carries an IQ of 180, speaks six languages…
- Madoka KanameMadoka Kaname begins the 2011 anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica as a kind, gentle girl living a normal and happy life. She is not remarkable.
- Dante (Devil May Cry)Dante, the silver-haired, red-coated demon hunter at the center of Capcom's Devil May Cry series, was almost something else entirely.
- Big Boss (Metal Gear)Big Boss is a character in Konami's Metal Gear series who manages the rare narrative trick of being both the hero and the villain of the same story.
- Max RockatanskyMax Rockatansky begins the Mad Max franchise as a quiet, capable highway patrolman who ends it as a ghost haunting the wasteland.
- Cloud StrifeCloud Strife first appears on screen as a mercenary blowing up a power plant for money. He is cold, aloof, and utterly uninterested in the cause he is…
- CammyNoritaka Funamizu, Capcom's research and development head, felt the game needed another female character besides Chun-Li.