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Agatha Harkness
Agatha Harkness, Marvel witch created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Fantastic Four #94 (1969), governess to Franklin Richards and Darkhold-linked sorceress, adapted as Kathryn Hahn's villain in WandaVision and Agatha All Along.
Ali Abdul
Ali Abdul (알리 압둘, علی عبدل), Player 199, is a Pakistani migrant worker character in Squid Game season 1, played by Anupam Tripathi, who saves Gi-hun and dies betrayed by Sang-woo in the Marbles game.
Andrea Terry
Chef Andrea Terry is a fictional chef on FX's The Bear, played by Olivia Colman; owner of the three-Michelin-star Chicago restaurant Ever, mentor to Carmy and Richie, central to the episode "Forks."
Bea Smith (Wentworth)
Bea Smith is the lead character of seasons 1-4 of the Australian prison drama Wentworth (2013-2021), a reimagining of Prisoner: Cell Block H. Played by Danielle Cormack, the hairdresser convicted of attempting to murder her husband rises to Top Dog and is killed by Joan Ferguson in the season 4 finale.
Beverly Crusher
Beverly Crusher, born Beverly Howard, is the chief medical officer of the Enterprise-D and Enterprise-E in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its films, played by Gates McFadden.
Bobby Briggs
Robert "Bobby" Briggs, Twin Peaks character created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, played by Dana Ashbrook; Laura Palmer's boyfriend and murder suspect turned sheriff's deputy in the 2017 revival.
Buffy Summers
Buffy Summers, protagonist of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) and its 1992 film, is the Slayer, a Chosen One fighting vampires in Sunnydale; played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, analyzed as an Adventurer-Hero archetype, she is a landmark feminist television heroine.
CeCe Drake
CeCe Drake, aka Charlotte DiLaurentis born Charles, is the transgender villain A of Pretty Little Liars, played by Vanessa Ray and revealed in the 2015 finale Game Over, Charles.
Connor (Angel)
Connor (Angel) is the son of Angel and Darla in the TV series Angel, also called Connor Reilly, Steven Franklin, and The Destroyer; played by Vincent Kartheiser, raised by Holtz in Quor'toth, sank Angel in the ocean, and had his memories rewritten by Wolfram & Hart.
Daemon Targaryen
Daemon Targaryen, the Rogue Prince, is a fictional character in George R. R. Martin's Fire & Blood and HBO's House of the Dragon, played by Matt Smith; brother of Viserys I, rider of Caraxes, husband of Rhaenyra.
Dalek
Dalek: the armoured mutant villains of Doctor Who, created by Terry Nation with designer Raymond Cusick, first appearing December 1963; Kaled mutants built by Davros on Skaro, famous for "Exterminate!" and Dalekmania, distinct from the arXiv agent machine of the same name.
Dana Evans (The Pitt)
Dana Evans is a fictional charge nurse in the HBO Max medical drama The Pitt, played by Katherine LaNasa. Based on nurse Kathy Garvin, she runs the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center ER, survives a patient assault in Season 1, and won LaNasa an Emmy.
Daphne Moon
Daphne Moon (later Daphne Crane) is the fictional Manchester-born physical therapist played by Jane Leeves on Frasier (NBC, 1993–2004), caretaker to Martin Crane and object of Niles Crane's long unrequited love, culminating in their season-10 marriage.
David Brent
David Brent is the fictional office manager played by Ricky Gervais in the BBC mockumentary The Office (2001–2003), boss of Wernham Hogg's Slough branch, prototype of Michael Scott, and later star of the film Life on the Road.
David Rose (Schitt's Creek)
David Rose is the pansexual eldest Rose child in Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), played by co-creator Dan Levy, famous for the wine analogy, Rose Apothecary with Patrick Brewer, and the show's 2020 Emmy sweep.
Deep Throat (The X-Files)
Deep Throat is a recurring X-Files character played by Jerry Hardin: a shadowy CIA-linked informant who feeds classified information to Fox Mulder, named for the Watergate source, killed in the season 1 finale with the words "Trust no one".
Dennis Whitaker
Dennis Whitaker, nicknamed Huckleberry, is a fictional medical student turned first-year resident in HBO Max's The Pitt, played by Gerran Howell; a farm boy from Broken Bow, Nebraska, with a theology degree, he sleeps at the hospital in season 1 and mentors med students in season 2.
Domingo (Saturday Night Live)
Domingo is a recurring SNL character played by Marcello Hernández, debuting in the "Bridesmaid Speech" sketch (October 12, 2024, Ariana Grande episode), which parodies Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" and became season 50's most-watched sketch.
Doña Clotilde
Doña Clotilde, La Bruja del 71 (Bruxa do 71), a fictional vecindad neighbor in El Chavo del Ocho, played by Angelines Fernández, feared as a witch by the children and in unrequited love with Don Ramón.
Dustin Henderson
Dustin Henderson, played by Gaten Matarazzo, is the bard and science nerd of the Party in Stranger Things; known for cleidocranial dysplasia, Dart, Steve's friendship, Eddie's death, and a valedictorian finale.
Elizabeth McCord (Madam Secretary)
Elizabeth McCord is the fictional Secretary of State, later President, played by Téa Leoni in CBS's Madam Secretary (2014–2019, 120 episodes), a former CIA analyst loosely inspired by Hillary Clinton.
Elsbeth Tascioni
Elsbeth Tascioni, the quirky attorney-detective played by Carrie Preston in The Good Wife, The Good Fight, and the 2024 CBS series Elsbeth; female Columbo, Emmy-winning guest role, NYPD spin-off lead.
Emily Prentiss
Emily Prentiss is a fictional FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit agent on Criminal Minds and Evolution, played by Paget Brewster; she joined in 2006, faked her death in the Ian Doyle arc, led Interpol's London office, and became BAU Unit Chief and Section Chief.
Enterprise (NX-01)
Enterprise (NX-01), the fictional United Earth Starfleet prototype NX-class starship of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005), commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer; launched 2151, first warp 5 ship, crew 83, decommissioned 2161, designed by Doug Drexler from the Akira-class.
First Evil
The First Evil, or the First, is the incorporeal personification of evil in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, debuting in "Amends" and serving as the final season's Big Bad, acting through Bringers, Turok-Han, and Caleb.
Florence Cassell
Florence Cassell is a fictional police detective in the BBC drama Death in Paradise. She serves on the Honoré Police team on the Caribbean island of Saint Marie.
Front Man (Squid Game)
Front Man (프론트맨), real name Hwang In-ho (황인호), is the masked overseer of the games in Netflix's Squid Game, played by Lee Byung-hun; a former police officer and 28th-game winner, brother of Jun-ho, and Season 2's Player 001 "Young-il."
Gabriel Stokes (The Walking Dead)
Father Gabriel Stokes is a fictional priest in AMC's The Walking Dead, played by Seth Gilliam from season 5's 'Strangers' (2014) onward. A guilt-ridden survivor who once shut his congregation out, he becomes a fighter and community leader, outlives his comic counterpart, and returns in The Ones Who Live.
Gemma Scout
Gemma Scout is a fictional character in Apple TV+'s Severance, Mark Scout's wife, believed dead but alive on Lumon's Testing Floor, where her innie Ms. Casey and other severed personas endure painful test rooms, culminating in the Cold Harbor file and a brief season 2 finale reunion.
General Lee (car)
The General Lee is the orange 1969 Dodge Charger of The Dukes of Hazzard (CBS, 1979–1985), with "01" doors, Confederate roof flag, and Dixie horn; over 300 were wrecked in stunts, about 19 survive, and Lee 1 sold to Bubba Watson in 2012.