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** Same goes for Ty Lee. [[Fan Nickname|Ozai's Angels]] for the win!

*** Please don't use that horrid, cringeworthy nickname - the Fire Trio deserve better, being the ''most'' badass characters in the entire series. But, yeah ...

*** [[My Friends and Zoidberg|Sokka included!]]

**** Oh, ''absolutely'' Sokka. In a series where he's overshadowed by awesome of his gifted friends, his frequently unusual ideas, determination, and courage show pretty consistent development throughout, and it is wonderful to see. Deciding he's the 'warrior' of the southern tribe in his father's absence and facing down Zuko's ship was at once terribly reckless and immensely brave; even when his attempts were unsuccessful, Sokka kept on trying. What's more, his taking a level in badass doesn't somehow eclipse (hah) his initial characterisation, but re-enforce the positive traits he already had. People adore and admire Katara for good reasons, but Sokka deserves respect (and a bit more confidence in himself). And an honourable mention to Hakoda, for as far as we see, he's a smart warrior too, and comes across as a decent, caring father to his children in spite of his very small role.

** Gambit. Oh jeez. He's awesome (in his own right) in Evo for not being a main character. There's so much I could say about him, even though he didn't get a lot of screentime, which shows how much I can gush about him. The eyes, the coat, the accent! How can he be so cool/sexy and not be real?! (I guess that's the point though, yes?)

*** One time I wrote so much crap about him on a forum about how hot I thought he was, someone basically told me to shut-up. And it was an X-Men:Evo forum.

** I second Nightcrawler. He's a [[Nice Guy]], especially when he's keen to forgive Mystique when Rogue isn't, he's [[Fun Personified]], his interactions with Kitty are adorable, and he's just enough of [[The Woobie]]. Seriously, Nightcrawler is my favorite X-man in all adaptations, but this one especially helped seal the deal.

* [[The Spectacular Spider Man|Gwen Stacy]] is a big reason why I watch ''Spectacular''.

* ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'': Optimus Primal, Megatron ([[Verbal Tic|yeeess!!!]]), [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Dinobot]], Rhinox.

** WHUT. Primal is here, but Prime isn't? Does not compute! My personal favorite version is [[Transformers Animated|Animated's]]. Anyone can fight a Megatron when they're supreme Autobot leader. It takes REAL [[Unusual Euphemism|ball bearings]] to fight - and BEAT - Animated's very effective Megs when you're half his size - and a REPAIR BOT. (Granted, he WAS in the Academy, but he'd been told more than once at that point that he was no hero.) And of course, Prowl is a damn cool ninja with the saddest {{spoiler|pre-[[Heroic Sacrifice]] expression}} in possibly all of [[Transformers]]. Jazz is adorable, especially his temporary terror of Sari, who also happens to be the best token human [[Team Pet]] in [[Transformers]] and gets one or two great [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CMOAs]] after Transwarped. Bulkhead is a sweetheart [[Gentle Giant]] and something of a {{spoiler|[[Genius Bruiser]] when it comes to space bridges}} who I just want to hug. Blitzwing makes everyone laugh in the space of a ten-second introduction and then doesn't show up again until the third-to-last episode of the season and is STILL loved, and is also one of [[Those Two Bad Guys]] with Lugnut, who has the epic [[Rocket Punch|Punch of]] [[Fan Nickname|Kill Everything]]. Adorable [[Motor Mouth]] Blurr ''runs across the galaxy'' when he has something serious to tell Cybertron and kicks off the journey using Thundercracker's ''face''. {{spoiler|Omega Supreme}} is pure epic, and [[Weird Al Yankovic|Wreck-Gar]] is full of references and is huggable to boot. "I am a hero" indeed.

*** Or Animated's Starscream, who is ''completely hilarious'' a lot of the time, and unusually approaching competent for a Starscream to boot.

*** What about Beachcomber? According to [[Word of God]], Beachcomber's a hippie+ stoner+ surfer+ pacifist+ brain-dead sidekick. And according to [http://Sihira-Hedgehog.deviantart.com/art/Papa-Wolf-160180713 this,] he's also a [[Papa Wolf]]! I swear, this guy's a ton more awesome than anyone initially thought.

*** [[The Hero|Gwen]] for me. I loved her from the second I saw her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|kick a psycho killer in the face.]] Not only that, but she's smart, tough, snarky, brave and beautiful all at the same time. And when I say tough, I'm talking about a girl who was [[Iron Woobie|tricked into thinking her boyfriend cheated on her, had her chance to win a million dollars yanked away at the last minute, and was framed for using Trent to cheat her way to the final two and hooking up with Duncan behind his back.]] [[Determinator|And she still keeps on going.]] I'm rooting for her to win Season 5 and finally get what she's been fighting for. Take it all the way, Weird Goth Girl!

* [[Megas XLR|Coop. And the giant robot he pilots]]. Combining two of [[User:Ari Rockefeller|This troper's]] favorite things in the world -- [[Humongous Mecha]] and New Jersey. Oh, and wanton, reckless abandon and destruction. What more could a guy ask for?

* [[Coraline (Film)|Coraline]]. She went to a world controlled by an eye-mutilating batshit crazy witch to near-single-handedly rescue her parents. In case that didn't sound impressive to you, she's an anorexic 11-years old.

** ...how was ''that'' impressive?

** Eric gets like. . . no love. He's independent, sweet, fun-loving, but also insanely brave. He risks his life for his dog! (Speaking of which, his dog is pretty awesome too.)

*** And let's not forget the two stars of the show. On a technical level, there's Ariel: adventerous, fun, sweet, naive and adorable. And on the level of show-stealing, there's ''Sebastian''. Just...Sebastian.

* Caractacus P Doom of [[Avenger Penguins]] is a villain who definately [[Needs More Love]]. He's a cooler [[Trans Atlantic Equivalent]] of Dr Robotnik, he can wonderfully go from [[Laughably Evil]] to [[Magnificent Bastard]] at the drop of a hat, has one of the best comedians of [[Whose Line Is It Anyway]] as his voice and of course, is one of the most enjoyable [[Large Ham|hams]] in all of animation.

* [[Strawberry Shortcake]]'s lady villain, Sour Grapes, was an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] character since her debut in 1982. Brazen, intelligent, feminine without being too cutesy and yet still maintaining a place in a cutesy show by way of being a [[Dark Chick]] [[Deadpan Snarker]] [[Genki Girl]] [[Harmless Villain]] (who has her successes outside of screen time), and it ''worked''. She was brought back for the franchise's 2003 remake by the year 2006, this time as all of the aforementioned as well as a [[Genre Savvy]] [[Anti-Villain]]. She was recreated as more [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|insecure and timid]] than before, while the main cast was more tomboyish and go-get-'em than they had been in the '80s. Again, Sour Grapes was a darkhorse character, [[Draco in Leather Pants|wearing leather pants]] (justifiably) more than ever. She was THE [[Rounded Character]] of the show, needing a place in the world for herself while also [[Big Brother Instinct|needing]] her [[Genre Blind]] [[Visionary Villain]] brother's happiness, and her [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] adventures made her even more sympathetic as opposed to less. [[Character Development]] lead her to become an odd type of [[Parental Substitute]] (in a world where none of the main characters have parents), [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]-- but the heel face revolving door was still not set to end any time soon. Complicated woman. In both incarnations, Grapes was a fantastically rare blend of [[Only Sane Man|common sense]] and the lack thereof, something unusual for any character and all the more unusual for a female. And yes, she resides in a show created for little girls.