Posts by Tom

Gary from Wet Hot American Summer

In Wet Hot American Summer, Gary (A.D. Miles) is the unlucky apprentice to Gene. Unlucky because while peeling potatoes, he must listen to Gene whisper crazy nothings into his ears.

Mad Max Road Warrior

In Mad Max and the sequels The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome, Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) is a Main Force Patrol officer who is fighting to maintain peace in a dystopian Australia. When a marauding biker gang called the Zed Runners murders his family, he goes AWOL to systematically kill those responsible.

Hogarth Hughes

In The Iron Giant, Hogarth Hughes discovers a giant metallic robot that fell from space. He has to do his best to stop the U.S. military from discovering and destroying the friendly behemoth.

Han Solo

In Star Wars, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) is a reckless smuggler and the sarcastic captain of the Millennium Falcon. He accepts odd jobs, which lands him in trouble with Jabba the Hutt, but also gives him the opportunity to play a key role in the rebellion when transporting Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia.

Penny Arcade

The webcomic Penny Arcade features John “Gabe” Gabriel and Tycho Brahe, who spend most of their time playing and commenting on video games. Gabe is energetic, free-spirited, and obsessed with Pac-Man, while Tycho is bitter, cynical, and enjoys deflating Gabe’s ego.

Jill Valentine

In Resident Evil, Jill Valentine is an explosives expert who’s worked with the U.S. Army and the Raccoon Police Department. In RE3: Nemesis, she’s forced to partner with an ex-member of the Umbrella Corporations paramilitary force in order to escape Raccoon City before a nuke strikes it.

Sansa Stark

In Game of Thrones, Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) is elder sister to Arya and half-siblings with Jon Snow. She suffers trials and tribulations, but under the protection (or perhaps manipulation) of Littlefinger, learns to survive. Her dark-haired, feathered look reflects this transformation.

Psycho from Until Dawn

In the survival horror video game Until Dawn, the psychopath is a masked maniac who traps a group of friends staying at Josh Washington’s remote lodge. Suffering hallucinations and paranoia, the psycho forces his victims to play twisted psychological games as he brutalizes them.

Unella the Shame Nun

In Game of Thrones, Unella (Hannah Waddingham) is a Septa and devotee to the High Sparrow. After Cersei Lannister confesses her crimes, Unella strips her naked and forces her to walk through the jeering crowds to return to the Red Keep. As if that wasn’t humiliating enough, she follows closely behind while ringing a bell and chanting “shame, shame, shame”, earning the nickname the “Shame Nun”.

Josh Washington

Josh Washington (Rami Malek) is one of the main characters in the survival horror video game Until Dawn. He invites his friends to his family lodge in an effort to overcome his depression. But they quickly find themselves trapped at the remote getaway, and fear they may have an uninvited guest.

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