Willy Wonka teeters in between being eccentric and mean in most movie versions. The owner of a chocolate Factory, he hides five Golden Tickets in his chocolate bars. The five winners will receive a tour of his famous factory. On the day of the tour, the five children and their parents enter the factory, and one by one all the children are eliminated except Charlie Bucket. Charlie is a poor boy who lives in a small house with his parents and four grandparents. Imagine his surprise when Wonka tells him that he has won the factory because the contest was set up by Wonka to find a worthy heir. Charlie and his family are then invited to live with Wonka at the factory. Willy Wonka is a unique Character; one who could be said to capitalize on the bad habits of the children and their parents, but also one who sought a boy who displayed extreme goodness as his heir.

Professor X is often seen as the leader of the X-Men. A mutant, he is a powerful telepath. He promotes peaceful co-existence between humans and mutants where anti-mutant sentiment is strong. Part of the reason I like Professor X is because of Patrick Stewart's portrayal of him.

Yogi Bear started out as an animated character on The Huckleberry Hound Show (another one of my childhood favorites). He and his little bear pal, Boo-Boo, hang out in Jellystone National Park and create all kinds of aggravation for Ranger Smith, usually caused by Yogi's insatiable appetite for people's picnic food. 

Neeta Lyffe Zombie Exterminator is not to be messed with. She is sassy and smart and she has her own reality show. As host of Zombie Death Extreme she shares everything her late mother taught her about exterminating zombies with her apprentices and hopes the public will learn enough to keep them safe. 

This was a tough list to put together, but I hope you like it. I'm looking forward to October.