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Martha Jones
Martha Jones is a Doctor Who companion played by Freema Agyeman, the first Black full-time regular TARDIS companion, introduced in Smith and Jones (2007) with the Tenth Doctor, famed for her year-long walk to defeat the Master, later appearing in Torchwood and Big Finish audio dramas.
Martin Fowler (EastEnders)
Martin Fowler, fictional EastEnders character and the soap's first baby (born 1985), played by Jon Peyton Price, James Alexandrou, and James Bye; killed in the 40th anniversary live episode explosion, February 2025.
Martok
Martok is a Klingon general and later Chancellor of the Klingon Empire in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, played by J.G. Hertzler. A commoner who earned a battlefield commission, he commanded the IKS Rotarran in the Dominion War and became chancellor after Worf killed Gowron in 2375.
Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline
Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline: the in-universe chronology of Marvel Studios' shared franchise, ordered from Eyes of Wakanda (1260 B.C.) and Captain America's WWII adventures to 2028, distinct from release order and fixed partly by the 2023 official DK timeline book.
Mary Alice Young
Mary Alice Young is the fictional narrator of Desperate Housewives (2004-2012), voiced by Brenda Strong; her suicide in the pilot, as former Angela Forrest of Salt Lake City, drives the series' first mystery.
Masters of Evil
Masters of Evil, Marvel Comics supervillain team and Avengers counterparts, first appearing in Avengers #6 (1964) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby under Baron Zemo; later led by Ultron-5 and Helmut Zemo, famous for Under Siege and the Thunderbolts connection.
Masters of the Universe
Masters of the Universe (MOTU) is Mattel's 1982-created He-Man action figure and media franchise set on Eternia, where He-Man defends Castle Grayskull from Skeletor, spanning Filmation animation, the 1987 Cannon film, multiple reboots, and the 2026 Amazon MGM film.
Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke)
Matt Dillon is the fictional U.S. Marshal of Dodge City, Kansas, in Gunsmoke, created by John Meston; played by William Conrad on radio (1952–1961) and James Arness on television (1955–1975, 635 episodes) and in later TV movies.
Matt Saracen
Matt Saracen, formally Matthew Saracen, is a fictional character played by Zach Gilford in Friday Night Lights, who becomes the Dillon Panthers' starting quarterback after Jason Street's injury.
Matthew Casey
Matthew Casey is the fictional firefighter played by Jesse Spencer on NBC's Chicago Fire, lieutenant then captain at Firehouse 51 from 2012, who left in season 10 for Portland, Oregon, with guest returns afterward.
Max Mayfield (Stranger Things)
Maxine "Max" Mayfield, played by Sadie Sink, is a Stranger Things character introduced in Season 2; her Season 4 grief arc after stepbrother Billy's death, the "Dear Billy" episode and "Running Up That Hill," and her Season 5 coma distinguish her.
Max Steel
Max Steel, Mattel's superhero multimedia franchise: a 12-inch action-figure line launched October 1999, a 2000-2002 CGI series on Kids' WB, nine direct-to-video films (2004-2012), a 2013 Disney XD reboot, and the poorly received 2016 live-action film.
Maxine Peacock
Maxine Peacock (née Heavey) is a fictional Coronation Street hairdresser played by Tracy Shaw from 1995 to 2003, wife of Ashley Peacock, murdered by serial killer Richard Hillman in a 17.5-million-viewer episode.
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.
Media franchise
Media franchise (multimedia franchise): a collection of media sharing a storyworld, with derivative works and licensed IP from an original fiction. Covers transmedia management, Hollywood franchise-era shifts, and franchise economics.
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.