Cartoons
Hestia
In Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (or DanMachi for short), Hestia is a goddess who’s charged with watching over the young adventurer Bell Crannell. When he develops feelings for other girls, she can’t help but feel jealous, though she never lets that get in the way of her duty.
Space Dandy
In Space Dandy, Dandy is the dandy captain of the Aloha Oe, who hunts aliens with the help of his robot assistant QT and cat-like mate Meow. Unbeknownst to him, he’s also being hunted by Dr. Gel of the Gogol Empire.
Roman Torchwick
In RWBY, Roman Torchwick may be a fugitive criminal, but that doesn’t stop him from being a formal gentleman. His cane is indispensable, used as a melee weapon, firearm, and grappling hook all at once. His bowler hat and cane are a nod to A Clockwork Orange
Morty Smith
In Rick and Morty, Morty Smith is an ordinary boy who gets roped into his grandfather Rick’s scheme, which don’t always work but never fail to leave Morty traumatized.
Shizuo Heiwajima
In Durarara!!, Shizuo Heiwajima is an ex-member of the Dollars gang who now works as a bodyguard for a debt collector after being fired as a bartender. He’s usually quiet, but goes into an uncontrollable rage and and gains incredible strength when angered, which is sure to happen in his new line of work.
Katya Kazanova
In Archer, Katya Kazanova is a KGB agent who defects to ISIS, and then proceeds to take over the KGB. She is the object of Archer’s affection, so much so that he proposes to her and even quits drinking for her.
Natural Harmonia Gropius
In Pokemon Black and White, N (full name Natural Harmonia Gropius) is the leader of Team Plasma. He grew up among abused Pokemon, where he learned to communicate with them and grew to despise humans, who he blamed for their abuse.
Boris Badenov
In the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons, Boris Badenov (voiced by Paul Frees) and his partner Natasha Fatale are spies who scheme to kill the “Moose and Squirrel”. Usually their plan fails causing Boris to shout “Raskolnikov!” in frustration.
Natasha Fatale
Natasha Fatale (voiced by June Foray) is a spy for Pottsylvania in the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. Despite their plans, she and her partner in crime, Boris, are often thwarted by the “Moose and Squirrel”. Don’t let her pin-up girl looks fool you for a second though – she’s up to no good.
Cosmo Julius Cosma
In The Fairly OddParents, Cosmo Julius Cosma (voiced by Daran Norris) is Timmy Turner’s fairy godfather. He’s not the brightest fairy and has inadvertently caused several disasters like the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the sinking of Atlantis. Good thing he has his wife Wanda to keep him in line.