fictional character - an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"Aladdin - in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie Argonaut - (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece Babar - an imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children Beatrice - the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy Beowulf - the legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon Bluebeard - (fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience James Bond, Bond - British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming Paul Bunyan, Bunyan - a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada; had a blue ox named Babe; "the lakes of Minnesota began when Paul Bunyan and Babe's footprints filled with water" John Henry - hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill Cheshire cat - a fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carroll Chicken Little - a fictional character who was hit on the head with an acorn and believed that the sky was falling Cinderella - a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince Colonel Blimp - a pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low Dracula - fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker Don Quixote - the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical El Cid - the hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century Fagin - a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens; "Fagin was a fence who trained boys as pickpockets" Father Brown - a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton Faust, Faustus - an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge Frankenstein - the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses Frankenstein's monster, Frankenstein - the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation) Goofy - a cartoon character created by Walt Disney Gulliver - a fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift Hamlet - the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father Iago - the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife Kilroy - a nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II; "Kilroy was here" King Lear, Lear - the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters Lilliputian - a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift Philip Marlowe, Marlowe - tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler Mother Goose - the imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes Mr. Moto - Japanese sleuth created by John Marquand Othello - the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife Pangloss - an incurable optimist in Candide (a satire by Voltaire) Pantaloon - a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man Perry Mason - fictional detective in novels by Erle Stanley Gardner |