Who doesn’t love top 10 lists? I was asked to name my fave characters for a class. Here’s what I came up with, in no particular order:

1. Susan (i.e. Madonna) in Desperately Seeking Susan (F)
2. Dahlia Malloy (Minnie Driver) in The Riches (T)
3. Victor Vargas (Victor Rasuk) in Raising Victor Vargas (F)
4. Lizzie Bennet (Keira Knightley and Jennifer Ehle) in Pride and Prejudice (F, T)
5. Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (F, T)
6. Rayanne (A.J. Langer) in My So-Called Life (T)

7. Bruce Banner/The Hulk (Edward Norton) in The Incredible Hulk (F)
8. Robin Hood in Rocket Robin Hood and the BBC Show (Jonas Armstrong) (T)
9. Jack Sparrow (Jonny Depp) in Pirates of the Caribbean (F)
10. Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) in Gilmore Girls (T)

(F) = film, (T) = television

Please pitch in with your fav heroes/protagonists. Or tear my fairly low-brow picks to shreds.

For some reason I crossed out Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) in M*A*S*H (T), but now I think he should be left in. I also wanted to add River (Summer Glau) in Firefly (T)/Serenity (F), Roseanne (T) and Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) in Pretty in Pink (F).

And coming tomorrow… Top 6 villians (I couldn’t come up with 10)!