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 KenobiOn the ice planet Hoth, a young Luke Skywalker hears the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Jedi Master instructs him to travel to Dagobah to find Yoda.
- 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)Anthony Edward Stark was born on the 29th of May 1970, in Manhattan, New York. His father Howard Stark was a famous genius inventor and businessman who tried…
- 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 SnakeHideo Kojima created Solid Snake, a character whose name was chosen to symbolize stealth through the snake and contrast that image with solidity.
- Madoka KanameIn the initial planning meeting of 2011, writer Gen Urobuchi imagined a heroine with a cheerful and idealistic personality.
- 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.