(see also C-Dawg’s Top Ten Fictional Orphans – TV/Movies)

#10 Bamm-Bamm Rubble (The Flintstones – TV)
#9 Kit Cloudkicker (TaleSpin – TV)#8 Arnold Shortman (Hey Arnold! – TV)#7 Harry James Potter (Harry Potter Series)#6 Cinderella (Cinderella – 1950)#5 Penny (The Rescuers – 1977)#4 Turanga Leela (Futurama – TV)#3 Patches & Poor Violet (The Simpsons – TV)#2 Huey & Riley Freeman (The Boondocks – TV)#1 Alvin/Simon/Theodore (Alvin and the Chipmunks – TV)Honorable Mention: Armin Tamzarian (The Simpsons – TV), Link (The Legend of Zelda – NES), Gosalyn Mallard (Darkwing Duck – TV), Lilo Pelekai (Lilo & Stitch – 2002), Heffer Wolfe (Rocko’s Modern Life – TV), Samus Aran (Metroid – NES), Annie (Little Orphan Annie – Comics), Mowgli (The Jungle Book – 1967), Tarzan (Tarzan of the Apes – Book), Oliver Twist (Oliver Twist – Book), Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables – Book), Madeline (Madeline – Book), The Chipettes (Alvin and the Chipmunks – TV), Violet/Klaus/Sunny Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Carmen Sandiego (Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?), Sheena (Sheena, Queen of the Jungle), Pepe (The Simpsons – TV)

(see also C-Dawg’s Top Ten Fictional Orphans – Books/Animated/Games)

#10 Oswald Cobblepot (Batman Returns – 1992)#9 Jamal Malik (Slumdog Millionaire – 2008)#8 Penelope “Punky” Brewster (Punky Brewster – TV)#7 Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz – 1939)#6 Annie Bennett (Annie – 1982)#5 Miette (The City of Lost Children – 1994)#4 Luke Skywalker & Princess Leia Organa (Star Wars – 1977)#3 Jake & Elwood Blues (The Blues Brothers – 1980)#2 Arnold & Willis Jackson (Diff’rent Strokes – TV)#1 Webster Long (Webster – TV)Honorable Mention: Clark Kent (Superman: The Movie – 1978), Bruce Wayne (Batman – 1989), Ignacio (Nacho Libre – 2006), Popeye (Popeye – 1980), Swee’Pea (Popeye – 1980), Oliver Twist (Oliver! – 1968), Lester (On the Right Track – 1981), O-Ren Ishii (Kill Bill: Vol. 1 – 2003), Joe Dirt (Joe Dirt – 2001), Rick O’Connell (The Mummy Series), Allison Vernon-Williams (Cry-Baby – 1990), Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker (Cry-Baby – 1990), Molly Walker (Heroes – TV), Jack Artful Dodger” Dawkins (Oliver! – 1968), Oliver Queen (Smallville – TV), Judy & Peter Shepherd (Jumanji – 1995), Claudia (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles – 1994), Tom Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley – 1999), Clarice Starling (The Silence of the Lambs – 1991), The Kid (The Kid – 1921), Agent 47 (Hitman – 2007), Evan Taylor (August Rush – 2007), Nikko HaBoran (RoboCop 3 – 1993), Latika (Slumdog Millionaire – 2008), Salim Malik (Slumdog Millionaire – 2008), Daryl (D.A.R.Y.L. – 1985), Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal Rising – 2007), Bruce & Andi (Hotel for Dogs – 2009), Tony & Tia Malone (Escape to Witch Mountain – 1975), Girl & White Boy (Walkabout – 1971), Homer Wells (The Cider House Rules – 1999), Charlotte “Chuck” Charles (Pushing Daisies – TV), Thomas “Tom” Feargal Hagen (The Godfather), Stringfellow Hawke (Airwolf – TV), Laurie Strode (Halloween – 1978), Lieutenant Templeton “Faceman” Peck (The A-Team – TV), Pollyanna (Pollyanna – 1960), Frodo Baggins (The Lord of the Rings), Dick Grayson (Batman – TV), Peter Parker (Spider-Man – 2002), Heidi (Heidi – 1968), James Bond (James Bond Series), Lana Lang (Smallville – TV), Pete (Pete’s Dragon – 1977)