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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.
Mr. Burns
Mr. Burns (Charles Montgomery Burns), fictional villain and nuclear plant owner in The Simpsons, voiced by Harry Shearer; modeled on Fredrik Olsen and Rockefeller, famous for 'Release the hounds!' and blocking out the sun.
Mr. Garrison
Mr. Garrison (Herbert Garrison), South Park character voiced by Trey Parker: schoolteacher, briefly Janet Garrison after a sex-change arc, and President Garrison, a Trump analogue, across seasons and games.
Mr. Krabs
Mr. Krabs (Eugene Harold Krabs) is the money-obsessed red crab owner of the Krusty Krab in SpongeBob SquarePants, boss of SpongeBob and Squidward, voiced by Clancy Brown, first appearing in "Help Wanted".
Mr. Noodle
Mr. Noodle is the silent, pantomiming human character in Sesame Street's Elmo's World segment, played mainly by Bill Irwin, with Michael Jeter and guest stars as his Noodle siblings, debuting in 1998.
Mr. Snuffleupagus
Mr. Snuffleupagus (Aloysius Snuffleupagus, Snuffy) is the large trunk-nosed Muppet, Big Bird's best friend on Sesame Street. Debuting in 1971 as Big Bird's supposed imaginary friend, he was revealed to the adult cast on November 18, 1985, so children would learn adults believe them.
Multiverse (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
The multiverse of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: parallel universes and branching timelines linking Earth-616's Sacred Timeline with Sony Spider-Man and Fox X-Men films, central to the Multiverse Saga (Phases 4-6), incursions, Kang, Doctor Doom, Doomsday, and Secret Wars.
Munna Bhai (film series)
Munna Bhai: two-film Hindi comedy-drama series, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) and Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), directed by Rajkumar Hirani, produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, starring Sanjay Dutt as gangster Munna Bhai and Arshad Warsi as Circuit.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom
The My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom, or brony fandom, is the adult fan community around the 2010–2019 cartoon, known for bronies, Equestria Daily, BronyCon, fan works, charity, and academic study.
Mythology of Lost
Mythology of Lost: the layered mystery system of the ABC series Lost (2004-2010), covering the island, DHARMA Initiative, Jacob and the Man in Black, the numbers, transmedia ARG revelations, and the divisive finale.
Mythology of The X-Files
Mythology of The X-Files, or mytharc: the serialized alien-conspiracy storyline of Chris Carter's series, involving the Syndicate, colonization, and the Black Oil, contrasted with monster-of-the-week episodes.
Nacho Varga
Ignacio "Nacho" Varga is a fictional Salamanca cartel lieutenant in AMC's Better Call Saul, played by Michael Mando across all six seasons; he betrays Hector Salamanca, becomes Gus Fring's double agent, and dies by suicide in season 6's "Rock and Hard Place" to protect his father, the "Ignacio" named in Breaking Bad.
Naevis
Naevis (styled nævis) is SM Entertainment's first virtual artist, an AI-voiced character from aespa's KWANGYA universe who debuted with the single "Done" in September 2024.
Nancy Wheeler
Nancy Wheeler is a fictional character in Netflix's Stranger Things, portrayed by Natalia Dyer across all five seasons; sister of Mike and Holly Wheeler, she evolves from teenager to investigative journalist and monster hunter, ex-girlfriend of Steve Harrington and Jonathan Byers.
Napoleon Solo
Napoleon Solo is the fictional American U.N.C.L.E. agent played by Robert Vaughn in the 1964-68 TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Ian Fleming supplied the name, and Henry Cavill played him in the 2015 film.
Nardole
Nardole, played by Matt Lucas, is a Doctor Who character; River Song's servant from The Husbands of River Song (2015) who became the Twelfth Doctor's companion in Series 10 (2017), guarding Missy's Vault, the revival's first alien official companion.
Nathan Riggs
Nathan Riggs is a fictional attending cardiothoracic surgeon on Grey's Anatomy, played by Martin Henderson in seasons 12–14 (45 episodes). Known for his feud with Owen Hunt, his romance with Meredith Grey, and his exit to Los Angeles with Megan Hunt.