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== Star Trek ==

** He was so badass, he travelled back in time and became a [[Crazy Awesome]] attorney who goes by the name Denny Crane.

*** And in his spare time, he makes the world a better place by helping folks get better travel rates by using Priceline.com.

* I heart [[Law and Order|Det. Lennie Briscoe and Lt. Anita van Buren]], but ''especially'' Lennie. Dare to disagree with me, ''[[Law and Order]]'' fans.

** Not taking that dare. Hasn't been a detective on that show or any spin-off that could match Briscoe for being Made of Cool.

* [[Battlestar Galactica|Gaius Baltar]]. Without doubt one of the most complex and compelling characters on television. A narcissistic genius, occasionally suave but normally adorably squirrelly as a result of his fractured mental state, his journey through the series has been one of the high points of an already damn good show. He acts as a catalyst for momentous events just by existing and manages to reach almost [[Magnificent Bastard]] levels of awesome in how often he manages to reemerge from a seemingly catastrophic situation with new power and status, as well. On top of this his deeply, deeply flawed nature never changes despite excellent [[Character Development]] that has seen him seeking redemption, sincerely, and actually becoming a better person despite remaining true to his original depiction at heart, which I love. He has many of the funniest moments of a dark series and pulls off a full range of despairing, triumphant and other emotions throughout. Marvelously portrayed (with a sexy accent if you are in to that kind of thing) and totally believable you can't help but love this man despite his monstrous crimes and egotism.

** Baltar is the guy you love to hate. He has pulled so much shit off in the series despite starting it off by betraying humanity to the Cylons that you can't help but admire him and enjoy his character, even if you want to put a bullet in his brain.

* [[Heroes (TV)|Sylar]]. In a series plagued by inconsistent characterization and walking [[Idiot Ball|Idiot Balls]], it's refreshing to see character that just kills [[For the Evulz]] and doesn't give a damn about anything. Yes, he was in danger of [[Badass Decay|decaying]] in Volume 3, but he bounced back spectacularly in the end.

** [[Ascended Fanboy|Hiro]] is a brilliant, disturbingly accurate portrayal of what would happen if a troper ever gained superpowers. Why bemoan how you've been [[Blessed With Suck]] when you can spend your time (pun very much intended) forming [[Stable Time Loop|Stable Time Loops]]?

**** Masi Oka is like a constant Crowning Moment of Squee. Both his and everyone else's.

** Parkman deserves some serious credit, especially as of season three. How does he react to his powers and all the craziness that's going on? Not by angsting, or pondering what his destiny is, but just by using them as best he can to help people. And he does a pretty good job of it.

** Don't forget Lucifer, largely because of the seductive, predatory way Mark Pellegrino plays him.

* [[Firefly (TV)|River Tam]]. A definitive [[The Woobie|woobie]] whose fragile mixture of [[The Cutie|adorable childishness]] and [[Talkative Loon|broken madness]] is done so perfectly, making this wonderfully helpless teenage girl you just want to hug and tell her everything is going to be okay. And then, she flips around with combination of [[Badass Bookworm|intelligence]], [[Psychic Powers|mind over matter]], and [[Waif Fu|raw asskicking]], and proves that no power in the 'verse can stop her. [[Squee]].

** Jayne Cobb. Thuggery, [[Obfuscating Stupidity]], badassery, firepower, sweatiness, earthy sex appeal and big arms.

** Kaylee is possibly the most adorable petty criminal ever. And an awesome mechanic, too.

**** BIG MIKE!!

** [[Cloudcuckoolander|Volkoff]], [[Large Ham|Volkoff]], [[Magnificent Bastard|Volkoff]], [[Timothy Dalton|Volkoff]].

* Aeryn Sun from ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]''. A beautiful, totally [[Badass]] woman who gives us the greatest and most nuanced [[Defrosting the Ice Queen]] stories I have ever seen. She's also totally, totally [[Badass]].

** Let's not forget her sometimes crazy but always awesome husband John Crichton and, on the other end of the scale, [[Magnificent Bastard]] Scorpius. Actually, pretty much everyone on ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'' was pretty amazing at one time or another.

** Leo freaking McGarry. The whole world's going to hell because {{spoiler|the President's been shot}}, who do you trust to run the country? Leo. Best Chief of Staff ''ever''. The man behind "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet", who fell down seven times but got up eight, who was an alcoholic because his father was one too, who taught us that sometimes, you're the man in the hole, and sometimes, you're the guy that jumps in.

** Toby Ziegler is a beautiful, beautiful man. He's prickly, and arrogant, and almost always pissed off, yes. But it's because he believes ''so deeply'' in his lofty, near-unreachable ideals about the good that government can do for its people that when everyone around him is playing politics and compromising instead of going for the money shot and doing the absolute best thing for the greatest number of people, he is offended on behalf of ''humanity''. He's the picture of what politicians should be in the very best universe.

* I had a revelation.....the best part of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' ''wasn't'' listening to the treasure trove of [[Deadpan Snarking]] that was Colonel Jack O'Neill. It wasn't the intelligent, smoking hot Colonel Carter. It wasn't the fact that Daniel Jackson was an unabashed idealist. It wasn't Teal'c's perfectly timed "Indeed"'s. It wasn't watching the [[Large Ham]] Go'uald get punked repeatedly. It wasn't the [[Genre Savviness]]. It was.......[[Four Star Badass|General George Hammond]]!!! Awesome just seemed to drip off the screen during any scene with him in it. And he did it without a single shred of ham. I am so sad that Don S. Davis is gone and so too is General Hammond. Take care, Hammond Of Texas.

** The entire SG-1 team (at least the original) were Crowning Characters Of Awesome in their own right. O'Neill has got to be one of the wittiest characters ever, Daniel Jackson's pure goodness and anthropologic and cultural wisdom, Teal'c's sheer badass-ness, Carter's [[Techno Babble]] and competence...

** Calleigh Duquesne. Please, someone, sack Horatio.

*** I will here and now proudly say that I love Horatio Caine and I always will.

** I'm going to add my fave ''[[CSI: NY|NY]]'' character on here, Ms. Stella Bonasera. She's tough and gets the job done, but she also cares about her colleagues.

** From the original CSI: Greg Sanders. Metal-head spikey-haired lab tech anyone?

* Vyvyan from [[The Young Ones]] is the most awesome character in any sitcom ever. Period. Pretty much all of the main cast in that show can claim their characters to be the high points of their careers, but this applies most to Adrian Edmondson. There's no practically no point of comparison, certainly not in ''Bottom'' or any of Edmondson's other later works. See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FTFifA3btU this].

** Mike. Unflappable in the face of danger, completely unsurprisable, more than able to think circles around the other flatmates, always out for a quick buck, and just witty in general. He set up a roller disco in Rick's room ''while he was in the bathroom''. An unexploded atomic bomb crashes into their house and his intial reaction is to ''sell it to foreign governments.'' Being sane is a pretty big plus in ''[[The Young Ones]]''-verse, but to be [[Genre Savvy]] enough to use the craziness to your advantage puts him over the top.

* Two words: [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch|SABRINA SPELLMAN]].

* Cat and Jade from ''[[Victorious]]''. Now, every character in that show is pretty awesome in their own way, but Cat and Jade reach [[Character Depth]] unheard of in a Nickelodeon show.

* [[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries|Barbara Havers]]. Barbara Havers, Barbara Havers, Barbara mother-effing ''Havers''. '''Jesus'''. What is ''not'' awesome about this character?? She's so adorable it's insane, and so broken and lonely and strong and vulnerable and ''human'' all at once, and never has a more exquisite story of [[Character Development]] been put to film. ''Ever''. She's so gloriously insecure, such a beautiful disaster, so ''real'' and well-rounded and three-dimensional it's unreal. She's no saint but she's got a heart of pure, solid gold and you just want to scoop her up and cuddle her and make all the horrible things that have ever happened to her go away. This is a woman who will throw herself in front of a bullet for a stranger and cold-cock a guy on the head with a rock to save a child, this is a woman who will let her heartbroken partner sleep on her sofa when he just can't go home and does her best to help him fix things with his wife when she's blatantly in love with him herself. She giver her all to everything she does and never holds back, she pushes people away because she's scared to trust but she'll say "You resign, I resign" because she is loyal to the very end. She'll lie about having an affair with her partner to save his butt even on their first case when all she wants is to get rid of him, and she'll admit when she's wrong but she's so very human and stubborn, she'll outwit someone who tries to drug her to sleep and she'll go to the wire to save her partner. Her loyalty, her passion, her vulnerability, her flaws and her incredible heart - they make her the most captivating character ever to hit television. She's perfect in her imperfections, and I adore her beyond all reason.

* My long distance dedication goes out to the [[3rd Rock From the Sun|Solomon Family]], formerly of Rutherford, Ohio. Hell, let's include all the crazy people they met over the years too. Never has a [[Sit Com]] family given me so much comfort viewing or have been so close to my line of thinking! <Does the salute>

* From ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'':

** The Doctor himself. Older than any human could ever be, and yet still learning, he is the core of the show. He's funny and serious and crazier than crazy but he will make you run in terror if you cross him. He's smart enough to save all of reality, and yet still knows the pain of loving and losing.

** How could you leave out Captain Jack Harkness? He's sexy and no matter what gender/race/species you are, you're definitely in with a chance. And River Song, who is one of the best Doctor Who characters in a long time.

** Donna Nobel. Not in love with the Doctor like his last two companions. Mocks the very thought of it more than once. Not willing to assume he's right all the time. Ready to defy the laws of Time in order to save Pompeii and when that failed, put aside all pride and begged the Doctor to save just one person. Used her insane temping skill to stop a genocidal war, figure out the clue that stopped the Sontaran invasion of earth, and shut down the Daleks and Davros. Threw herself in front of a truck on the off chance that there might be a better world waiting and saved 27 planets. The universe had been wating for The Doctor-Donna.

** John! [[Adorkable]], a [[Deadpan Snarker]] nearly as much as Sherlock <ref> "Thank goodness you're above all that, then", anyone?</ref>, a bit of a [[Butt Monkey]], and just plain [[Nice Guy]].

** [[Magnificent Bastard]] Mycroft Holmes. Why yes, [[Big Brother Is Watching]], and he's another [[Deadpan Snarker]] in this [[World of Snark]].