Peggy Carter

In Captain America: The First Avenger, Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) is an officer of Great Britain’s Strategic Scientific Reserve. She splits her time between firing a machine gun at Nazis and falling in love with Captain America. All this before being promoted to an agent of SHIELD.

Barney Calhoun

Barney Calhoun is a playable character in Half-Life: Blue Shift, and a major character in Half-Life 2 as well as Episode One. Starting out as a security guard at Black Mesa Research Facility, he eventually joins the Lambda Resistance and works as a mole in the Combine Civil Protection Forces.

Winry Rockbell

In Fullmetal Alchemist, Winry Rockbell is a teenage mechanic who specializes in prostheses called automail, ensuring that Ed Elric’s replacement arm and leg are always in good working condition.

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.

Pvt. Vasquez

In Aliens, Private Jeanette Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein) is a smartgun operator who’s sent by the Marine Corps to deal with a space colony’s Xenomorph infestation. She’s tough as nails and doesn’t take crap from anyone, a useful skill when you’re in the same squad as Private Hudson.

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

TF2 Scout’s Mom

In Team Fortress 2 lore, Scout’s mom has raised Scout and his seven mad-dog Bostonian brothers, managing to keep her figure and her 60’s mod style. She has a romance with the enemy’s Spy, whose lovingly nicknames her “ma petit chou-fleur”.

Kung Fury

Kung Fury (David Sandberg) is a Miami detective who suddenly gains a powerful form of kung fu after being struck by lightning and bitten by a cobra. Fortunately this happens just as Adolf Hitler travels through time to become history’s greatest martial artist. You can see for yourself how it all goes down on YouTube.

Ajay Ghale

In Far Cry 4, Ajay Ghale is a young Kyrati-American of Nepali origin who returns to his native country to spread his mother’s ashes. His mission is interrupted though when his bus is attacked and he finds himself caught between the violent king’s royal army and the rebels of the Golden Path.

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.