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Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is a college professor of archaeology who would rather go on an adventure than lecture. He’s known for making good use of his bullwhip, although he’s not afraid to use his gun when the situation calls for it. In fact, the only thing he seems to be afraid of are snakes.

Short Round

Kennon Wong, nicknamed Short Round (Jonathan Ke Quan), has been through a lot. He’s an orphan from the Second Sino-Japanese War, he earns a living as an 11-year-old driving a taxicab in Shanghai, and he assists Indiana Jones on his mission. But his unique nickname has nothing to do with any of these — Short Round is named after the screenwriters’ pet dog.

Carmen Sandiego

Carmen Sandiego is a world-class cat thief and head of the criminal organization VILE. She’s able to elude the ACME detective agency as they chase her all over the globe, and teach kids some geography along the way. Unfortunately she rarely stays in San Diego — that would make things too obvious.

Alex Vause

In Orange is the New Black, Alex Vause (Laura Prepon) is Piper Chapman’s ex-lover who gets them busted running drugs for an international cartel. No surprise that Piper is none too pleased when Alex shows up at her prison.

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Rachael from Blade Runner

In Blade Runner, Rachael (Sean Young) is the latest replicant created by Dr. Eldon Tyrell. What sets Rachael apart from previous models is that she’s been implanted with the memories of Tyrell’s niece. She doesn’t realize she’s an android, although she might be beginning to suspect.

Agent Smith

In The Matrix trilogy, Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) is an artificial intelligence program tasked with keeping order within the matrix. As an agent, he possesses superhuman speed and strength. But he also has weaknesses, including a bad temper and the inability to dodge bullets shot from a certain distance.

Gogo Yubari

In Kill Bill, Gogo Yubari (Chiaki Kuriyama) is a 17-year-old girl who works as an assassin and O-Ren Ishii’s personal bodyguard. Despite her harmless appearance, Gogo is deadly with her weapon of choice, the chain whip, and delights in giving pain to others.

The Bride from Kill Bill

In the Kill Bill series, The Bride (Uma Thurman) is an ex-assassin left severely wounded after her former team, the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, massacres her wedding party. When she wakes from her coma, she makes a revenge checklist and gets busy.

Black Swan

In Black Swan, Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) is a talented ballerina dancer who must play both the roles of the white swan and the black swan. She’s well suited to play the innocence of the white swan, but feels overwhelming pressure from her understudy Lily (Mila Kunis), who is perfect to play the sensual black swan. Before long, her grasp on reality starts to slip.

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