(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)

#10 Sam Wheat (Ghost – 1990)#9 The Headless Horseman (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow)#8 Jonathan Wellington “Mudsy” Muddlemore (The Funky Phantom – TV)#7 Lloyd (The Shining – 1980)#6 Boo Berry (Boo Berry Cereal)#5 Slimer (Ghostbusters)#4 Ghosts of Christmas Past/Present/Future (Scrooged – 1988)#3 Casper McFadden (Casper the Friendly Ghost)#2 Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice – 1988)#1 Blinky/Pinky/Inky/Clyde (Pac-Man)Honorable Mention: Ghostwriter (Ghostwriter – TV), Adam & Barbara Maitland (Beetlejuice – 1988), Jacob Singer (Jacob’s Ladder – 1990), Grace Stewart (The Others – 2001), Scooby-Doo Ghosts (Scooby-Doo – TV), Ghosts of Christmas Past/Present/Future (A Christmas Carol), Jimmy Keefe (Rescue Me – TV), Marion & George Kerby (Topper – 1937), Frank Herlihy (Ghost Town – 2008), Ghost (Hamlet), Ghosts (Ghosts ‘n Goblins), Biggie Smalls (South Park – TV), The TV People (Poltergeist – 1982), The Beast (Poltergeist – 1982), Ghost Host (The Haunted Mansion – Disney), Hitchhiking Ghosts (The Haunted Mansion – Disney), Kenny McCormick (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut – 1999), Q-taro (Obake no Q-taro), Antonia Graza (Ghost Ship – 2002), Ghost of Ghostface Killah (The Boondocks – TV), Pete Sandich (Always – 1989), Delbert Grady (The Shining – 1980), Grady Girls (The Shining – 1980), Cyrus/Stuart/The Judge (The Frighteners – 1996), Mary Plunkett & Martin Brogan (High Spirits – 1988), Dr. Elizabeth Masterson (Just Like Heaven – 2005), McBoo Bucket (McDonald’s), Georgia “George” Lass (Dead Like Me), Rube Sofer (Dead Like Me), Yoda/Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker (Return of the Jedi – 1983), Candyman (Candyman – 1992), Dr. Malcolm Crowe (The Sixth Sense – 1999), Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean), King Boo (Super Mario Series), Were-Car (Futurama – TV), Elliot Hopper (Ghost Dad – 1990), King of the Dead (Lord of the Rings), The Flying Dutchman (SpongeBob SquarePants – TV)

#10 Flounder (The Little Mermaid – 1989)#9 Henry Limpet (The Incredible Mr. Limpet – 1964)#8 Spookyfish (South Park – TV)#7 Talkin’ Fish (Pee-wee’s Playhouse – TV)#6 Otto (A Fish Out of Water – Book)#5 Charlie the Tuna (StarKist Tuna)#4 Billy Big Mouth Bass#3 Muddy Mudskipper (The Ren and Stimpy Show – TV)

#2 Dory (Finding Nemo – 2003)#1 Blinky (The Simpsons – TV)Honorable Mention: Cleo (Pinocchio – 1940), The Terrible Dogfish (The Adventures of Pinocchio – Book), Fur-bearing Trout, Gill (Finding Nemo – 2003), Bloat (Finding Nemo – 2003), Gurgle (Finding Nemo – 2003), Bubbles (Finding Nemo – 2003), Marlin (Finding Nemo – 2003), Puffy (OpenBSD), Mr. Fish (The Cosby Show – TV), Moby (The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley – TV), The Gills Brothers (Muppets), One Fish/Two Fish/Red/Fish/Blue Fish (One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish), Gustav (Gustav The Goldfish), Pop-Eyed Catfish (Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas – TV), The Filet-O-Fish (McDonald’s), Walleye Pike (Muppet Treasure Island – 1996), Pisces (Zodiac), Bei-Bei (Beijing Olympics), Phish Logo (Phish), Norval the Fish (The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss – TV), Big Bertha (Super Mario Bros. 3 – NES), Rocky the Fish (TV Funhouse – TV), Babel Fish (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), Nemo (Finding Nemo – 2003), Wanda (A Fish Called Wanda – 1988), Billy the Marlin (Florida Marlins – MLB), Daggermouth (Family Guy – TV), Klaus Heissler (American Dad! – TV)

#10 Crawl (Son in Law – 1993)
#9 Old MacDonald#8 Farmer Grover (Sesame Street – TV)#7 Homer Jay Simpson (The Simpsons – TV)#6 Dwight & Mose Schrute (The Office – TV)#5 Pee-wee Herman (Big Top Pee-wee – 1988)#4 Clark Kent (Smallville – TV)#3 Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)#2 Arthur Hoggett (Babe – 1995)#1 Ray Kinsella (Field of Dreams – 1989)Honorable Mention: The Farmer in the Dell (“The Farmer in the Dell”), Henry (“There’s a Hole in My Bucket”), Eli Lapp (Witness – 1985), Cletus Delroy Spuckler (The Simpsons – TV), Oliver Wendell Douglas (Green Acres – TV), Mr. Jones (Animal Farm), Mr. Frederick (Animal Farm), Mr. Pilkington (Animal Farm), Mrs. Tweedy (Chicken Run – 2000), Maggie (“Maggie’s Farm”), Mr. McGregor (The Tale of Peter Rabbit), Jonathan Kent (Superman), Seamus McFly (Back to the Future Part III – 1990), Mary Ann Summers (Gilligan’s Island – TV), American Gothic, Farmer Al Falfa (Aesop’s Film Fables), Farmer Buyer (Barnyard: The Original Party Animals – 2006), Farmer Pickles (Bob the Builder – TV), Hunk/Hickory/Zeke (The Wizard of Oz – 1939), Uncle Henry (The Wizard of Oz – 1939), George Milton (Of Mice and Men – 1992), Lennie Small (Of Mice and Men – 1992), William Munny (Unforgiven – 1992), Jacob Yoder (For Richer or Poorer – 1997), Farmer Ernie (Sesame Street – TV), Charles Farmer (The Astronaut Farmer – 2006)

#10 Stomper Ele Phant (Oakland Athletics)#9 Fluffy (Sesame Street – TV)#8 Spotted Elephant (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – 1964)#7 Ganesh (Hindu)#6 Snorky (The Banana Splits Adventure Hour – TV)#5 Stampy (The Simpsons – TV)#4 Babar (Babar Series)#3 Horton (Horton Hears a Who!)#2 Mr. Aloysius “Snuffy” Snuffleupagus (Sesame Street – TV)#1 Dumbo (Dumbo – 1941)Honorable Mention: Mrs. Jumbo (Dumbo – 1941), Lots-A-Heart (Care Bears), Vera (Larger Than Life – 1996), Zevo (Toys – 1992), Bo Tat (Operation Dumbo Drop – 1995), Boba (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls – 1995), Denali (Gumby – TV), Heffridge “Lumpy” Trumpler Brompet Heffalump IV (Pooh’s Heffalump Movie – 2005), Seymour (Muppets), Kyle’s Elephant (South Park – TV), Big Al (University of Alabama), Alice Snuffleupagus (Sesame Street – TV), Manfred “Manny” (Ice Age – 2002), B.B. Bubbles (Chuck E. Cheese), Eleroo (The Wuzzles – TV), Elmer (Elmer the Patchwork Elephant), Hathi (The Jungle Book), Shep (George of the Jungle – TV)

#10 Deandra “Sweet Dee” Reynolds (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – TV)#9 Kenny Bania (Seinfeld – TV)#8 Fartin’ Gary (Mr. Show – TV)#7 Buddy Young Jr. (Mr. Saturday Night – 1992)#6 Steven Gold (Punchline – 1988)#5 Rupert Pupkin (The King of Comedy – 1981)#4 Jimmy Vulmer (South Park – TV)#3 Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofski (The Simpsons – TV)#2 Alvy Singer (Annie Hall – 1977)

#1 Fozzie Bear (Muppets)Honorable Mention: Buddha Sack (King of the Hill – TV), Robert Jeffrey “Bobby” Hill (King of the Hill – TV), Lilah Krytsick (Punchline – 1988), Jerry Langford (The King of Comedy – 1981), Dr. John A. Zoidberg (Futrama – TV), Gordon Shumway (ALF – TV), Raven McCoy (Fox Force Five – TV), George Simmons (Funny People – 2009), Ira Wright (Funny People – 2009), Joseph “Joey” Alvin Gladstone (Full House – TV), The Joker (Batman), Tracy Jordan (30 Rock – TV), Bernie “Mac” McCullough (The Bernie Mac Show – TV), Terrance and Phillip (South Park – TV), Lawrence “Larry” Sanders (The Larry Sanders Show – TV), Yakkity Yak (Yakkity Yak – TV), Chip Chipowski (The Shark Show), Paul ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald (The Shark Show), Dottie Ingels (This Is My Life – 1992), Noodles O’reilly (The Shark Show), Nicholas Fehn (SNL – TV), Coach John McGuirk (Home Movies – TV)

#10 Quik Bunny (Nestlé Quik)#9 Frank (Donnie Darko – 2001)#8 Bunnicula (Bunnicula)#7 Trix Rabbit (Trix)#6 Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh)#5 Greg the Bunny (Greg the Bunny – TV)#4 Thumper (Bambi – 1942)#3 Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog (Monty Python and the Holy Grail – 1975)#2 Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit – 1988)#1 Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes)Honorable Mention: Easter Bunny, White Rabbit (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), Energizer Bunny (Energizer), Ricochet Rabbit (Hanna-Barbera), The Rabbids (Rayman Raving Rabbids), Bean Bunny (Muppets), Gigantic Rabbits (Night of the Lepus – 1972), Harvey (Harvey – 1950), Hutch (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – 2005), Peter Cottontail (Here Comes Peter Cottontail – 1971), Peter Rabbit (The Tale of Peter Rabbit), Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail (The Tale of Peter Rabbit), Velveteen Rabbit (The Velveteen Rabbit), Dead Rabbit (Of Mice and Men), Were-Rabbit (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – 2005), Babs Bunny (Tiny Toon Adventures – TV), Buster Bunny (Tiny Toon Adventures – TV), George and Melissa Rabbit (Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas – 1977), Steel Rabbit (Muppets), Bunny Rabbit (Captain Kangaroo – TV), Buster Baxter (Arthur – TV), Hare (The Tortoise and the Hare), Cadbury Bunny (Cadbury Creme Egg), Binky/Sheba/Bongo/Akbar & Jeff (Life in Hell), Max (Sam & Max), Howard “Bunny” Colvin (The Wire – TV), Bunny Lebowski (The Big Lebowski – 1998), Playboy Bunny (Playboy), Foo Foo (Little Bunny Foo Foo), Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Disney), Ralphie Parker (A Christmas Story – 1983)

#10 Lawrence (Office Space – 1999)#9 Donald “Sully” Sullivan (Nobody’s Fool – 1994)#8 Mike Mulligan (Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel)#7 Dean Proffitt (Overboard – 1987)#6 Al Borland (Home Improvement – TV)#5 Decepticon Constructicon Combiner Devastator (Transformers)#4 Bob the Builder (Bob the Builder – TV)#3 Doug Kinney (Multiplicity – 1996)#2 Dan Conner (Roseanne – TV)#1 The Doozers (Fraggle Rock – TV)Honorable Mention: Costas Popakanstantis (SNL – TV), Lester Jenkins (227 – TV), Carl Roebuck (Nobody’s Fool – 1994), Rub Squeers (Nobody’s Fool – 1994), Lou Waters (Brothers – TV), Tom (Gilmore Girls – TV), Ray Magini (The Simpsons – TV), Happy Gilmore (Happy Gilmore – 1996), Xander Harris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer. – TV), Joe West (Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! – 1989), Killdozer (Killdozer! – 1974), Niccolo “Mac” Vitelli (Mac – 1992), Build Team (Transformers), Jack Hartounian (Caddyshack II – 1988), Fred Flintstone (The Flintstones – TV), The Shirk Brothers (The Money Pit – 1986), Peter Gibbons (Office Space – 1999), Dutch Dooley (Dutch – 1991)