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Meadow Soprano
Meadow Mariangela Soprano is Tony and Carmela's daughter on HBO's The Sopranos, played by Jamie-Lynn Sigler from 1999 to 2007; her arc runs from sheltered teenager to Columbia graduate and her father's defender.
Mecha
Mecha (メカ) is a sci-fi genre of giant piloted robots in anime and manga, split into super robot (Mazinger Z, 1972) and real robot (Mobile Suit Gundam, 1979) traditions.
Meredith Grey
Meredith Grey is the fictional surgeon played by Ellen Pompeo at the center of Grey's Anatomy (2005–present), daughter of Ellis and Thatcher Grey, Derek Shepherd's widow, later engaged to Nick Marsh, and now in the show's 23rd season.
Merle Dixon
Merle Dixon, Michael Rooker's character in AMC's The Walking Dead, is Daryl Dixon's older brother; created for the TV show (not the comics), he first appears in S1E2 "Guts", loses a hand on an Atlanta rooftop, returns as the Governor's Woodbury lieutenant, and dies in Season 3.
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are retired superheroes in SpongeBob SquarePants, debuting August 21, 1999; parodies of Aquaman and Aqualad voiced by Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway, silent cameos only after the actors' deaths in 2012 and 2019.
Metahuman
Metahuman: DC Comics term for humans with an activated Meta-Gene granting superpowers (Invasion! #1, 1988); also a 1969 philosophical/genre term and Epic Games' MetaHuman digital-human tool (2021).
Michael Burnham
Fictional Starfleet officer and central protagonist of Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024), played by Sonequa Martin-Green; a human raised on Vulcan by Sarek, adoptive sister of Spock, who rises from Season 1 disgrace to captain.
Michael Dawson (Lost)
Michael Dawson is a fictional character on ABC's Lost, played by Harold Perrineau; a Flight 815 survivor and father of Walt who betrays the castaways, kills Ana Lucia and Libby, and dies on the freighter Kahana.
Michael Lee (The Wire)
Michael Lee is a fictional character on HBO's The Wire, played by Tristan Wilds; a season 4 schoolboy who becomes a Stanfield Organization enforcer, kills Snoop, and ends the series as the new Omar Little.
Michael Robinavitch
Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch is the fictional chief attending ER physician of HBO Max's The Pitt, played by Noah Wyle; created by R. Scott Gemmill, defined by COVID-era PTSD, a Jewish identity, and a mass-shooting shift.
Michael Scofield
Michael Scofield is the fictional protagonist of Prison Break, played by Wentworth Miller: a structural engineer who stages a bank robbery to enter Fox River and free his brother Lincoln, with the prison blueprint hidden in his tattoo.
Michael Tritter
Michael Tritter is the David Morse-played police detective and main antagonist of House season 3 (2006–2007), who investigates Gregory House's Vicodin addiction after a rectal-thermometer humiliation; the case ends with Cuddy's testimony and dismissal.
Michelle Connor
Michelle Connor (Michelle Sinead Connor) is a Coronation Street character played by Kym Marsh 2006-2019; first Connor family member, wife of Steve McDonald, notable stillbirth storyline, 1,665 episodes, last seen December 2019.
Michonne
Michonne is a katana-wielding survivor from The Walking Dead comics (first appearance issue #19) and TV series, played by Danai Gurira from 2012, later lead of The Ones Who Live and Telltale's Michonne miniseries.
Midnight Entity
The Midnight Entity (It Has No Name) is an unnamed Doctor Who monster from "Midnight" (2008) and "The Well" (2025), a formless mimic that possesses hosts, steals the Doctor's voice, and turns groups against themselves.
Mike Delfino
Mike Delfino, played by James Denton, is the widowed plumber neighbor and Susan Mayer's husband on Desperate Housewives, married twice, father of MJ, murdered in Season 8.
Mike Ehrmantraut
Mike Ehrmantraut, Michael Ehrmantraut, fictional fixer played by Jonathan Banks in Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and El Camino; created accidentally when Bob Odenkirk was unavailable, ex-Philly cop and Gus Fring's enforcer, killed by Walter White.
Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)
Miles O'Brien, also Chief O'Brien (Miles Edward O'Brien), is a Star Trek character played by Colm Meaney on TNG and DS9, the enlisted engineer whose rank, tribulations, and Lower Decks statue distinguish him from every other Trek character.
Milhouse Van Houten
Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten is Bart Simpson's best friend in The Simpsons, named for Richard Nixon's middle name, created for a 1988/1989 Butterfinger commercial, voiced by Pamela Hayden for 35 years and by Kelly MacLeod since 2025.
Miranda Bailey
Miranda Bailey, "the Nazi," is a fictional general surgeon on Grey's Anatomy played by Chandra Wilson since 2005; she becomes Grey Sloan Memorial's first Black woman Chief of Surgery and appears across Private Practice and Station 19.
Misato Katsuragi (葛城ミサト)
Misato Katsuragi (葛城ミサト), NERV operations chief and Shinji's guardian in Neon Genesis Evangelion; voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi; led Operation Yashima; later WILLE commander in the Rebuild films.
Missandei
Missandei is a fictional character from A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones: a Naathi child enslaved as a scribe-translator in Astapor, freed by Daenerys Targaryen, later her herald; played on television by Nathalie Emmanuel, executed in season 8 but alive in the books.
Mitch Buchannon
Mitch Buchannon (Mitchell Buchannon) is the fictional head lifeguard and central character of Baywatch, played by David Hasselhoff 1989-2000 and by Dwayne Johnson in the 2017 film; his son Hobie leads the Fox reboot.
Moff Gideon
Moff Gideon is the villain of The Mandalorian, played by Giancarlo Esposito: an ex-Imperial Security Bureau Moff, Great Purge participant, Darksaber wielder, Grogu kidnapper, and cloner, killed in the season 3 finale.
Mondstadt
Mondstadt (蒙德, Méngdé; German for "Moon City") is the Germany-inspired nation of Anemo (wind) in Genshin Impact's Teyvat, ruled by Barbatos, located in northeast Teyvat on Cider Lake, and the first region players visit.
Monsterverse
Monsterverse (「モンスター・ヴァース」シリーズ): Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. shared universe of Godzilla and King Kong films since 2014, five films, over $2.5 billion gross, Monarch TV series, Supernova due 2027.
Moon Knight
Moon Knight, alter ego of mercenary Marc Spector, is a Marvel Comics vigilante created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin in Werewolf by Night #32 (1975), avatar of the moon god Khonshu, with Steven Grant and Jake Lockley personas and a 2022 Disney+ series.
Morph (X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men '97 character)
Morph is a shapeshifting mutant created for X-Men: The Animated Series (1992), based on Marvel's Changeling, killed off in the premiere, revived, and now non-binary in X-Men '97, where he copies only physical attributes, never mutant powers.
Motoko Kusanagi (草薙素子)
Motoko Kusanagi (草薙素子) is the full-body cyborg Major who leads Public Security Section 9 in Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell, voiced by Atsuko Tanaka and later Maaya Sakamoto in the 2026 Science SARU series.
Mr Blobby
Mr Blobby is a pink, yellow-spotted British TV character created in 1992 for Noel's House Party, speaking only as "blobby"; his 1993 single was the UK Christmas number one, and he headlined short-lived Crinkley Bottom theme parks.