Since the 1980s, it has become commonplace to include a Saracen among the Merry Men, a trend which began with the character Nasir in the Robin of Sherwood television series.

In George Cukor's 1981 film Rich and Famous, Candice Bergen's character, Merry Noel Blake, resides in Malibu, during a portion of the film.

After Daffy Duck was created, he would add even more success to Warner Bros cartoons and replaced Porky Pig as the studio's most popular animated character, and Bob Clampett took over Termite Terrice, while Tex Avery took over the Merry Melodies department.

The question of whether John Caius was the inspiration for the character of Dr Caius in Shakespeare's play the Merry Wives of Windsor has been discussed at length by Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair.

Many of Kitano's routines involved him portraying a gangster or other harsh character, and his first major film role, in Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence ( where he starred opposite Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Bowie ), featured him cast as a tough ( but sympathetic ) POW camp sergeant during World War II.

Possibly the most adept at musical depiction in his program music was the German composer Richard Strauss, whose symphonic poems include Death and Transfiguration ( portraying a dying man and his entry into heaven ), Don Juan ( based on the ancient legend of Don Juan ), Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks ( based on episodes in the career of the legendary German figure Till Eulenspiegel ), Don Quixote ( portraying episodes in the life of Miguel de Cervantes ' character, Don Quixote ), A Hero's Life ( which depicts episodes in the life of an unnamed hero often taken to be Strauss himself ) and Symphonia Domestica ( which portrays episodes in the composer's own married life, including putting the baby to bed ).

Merry Gentry is the title character of fantasy series by US writer Laurell K. Hamilton, best known for her previous series Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter.

* Maid Marian was the lead character in Tony Robinson's BBC children's comedy Maid Marian and her Merry Men.

Peck returned to the character of Josh Nichols in 2008 for the television film Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh.

After Hunt's death, her character was faded back to brief non-speaking background appearances until the 2002 It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, in which she was performed by Brian Henson.

Strangely enough, it was ranked as the 49th most popular character in One Piece ( with 46 votes ), 2 votes more than the Going Merry itself.

Shakespeare is sometimes thought to have satirised Lucy with the character of Justice Shallow, who appears in Henry IV, Part 2 and The Merry Wives of Windsor.

In the children's comedy Maid Marian and her Merry Men ( 1989 – 94 ) the character is parodied as a wide boy called Much the Mini-Mart Manager's Son.

On top of this, she is visited by tearful agents from the Bookworld ( Mrs Tiggy-Winkle and Emperor Zhark ) who tell her that all sorts of things are going wrong without her leadership '; for starters, without its titular character, the play Hamlet has merged with The Merry Wives of Windsor creating a new play called " The Merry Wives of Elsinore ", which is not nearly as good as either original play ( in the words of Emperor Zhark, " it takes a long time to get funny, and, when it finally does, everyone dies ").

He initially appears as a treacherous character, but later finds redemption when he helps the Merry Men rescue Maid Marian and several others from the Sheriff of Nottingham.

In Laurell K. Hamilton's Meredith Gentry series, a character emerges as the original Jack Frost.

Written primarily by Gentry Lee, Rama II has a distinctly different writing style than the original, with a more character driven narrative and a closer-to-contemporary mindset, ambience and human relations than the first novel's utopian social assumptions.

A " gentry account " also gives extra character slots, access to the " Founder's Isle " and the player's character receives three magic items: a ceremonial sword, teleport ring, and a Gentry Cloak, which all offer small boosts to your skills.

Representative names include Ninian Wirt Edwards ( brother-in-law ), Kate Roby Gentry ( schoolmate ), Mentor Graham ( teacher ), John Hay, whose letter of 5 September 1866 discusses Lincoln's daily life in the White House and ends with the statement that he was " the greatest character since Christ ," John B.

When Gentry and Raucher got together to work on the screenplay, she explained that while the song was based on an actual event, she had no idea why the real person who inspired the character of Billie Joe had killed himself.

* Steve Austin, fictional character in Martin Caidin's novel Cyborg, which inspired the television series The Six Million Dollar Man

The main character of Arthur, an animated television series for children produced by WGBH, shown in more than 180 countries, is an aardvark.

A 1945 radio series of at least 13 original half-hour episodes ( none of which apparently adapt any Christie stories ) transferred Poirot from London to New York and starred character actor Harold Huber, perhaps better known for his appearances as a police officer in various Charlie Chan films.

Athena is an active character in Marvel Comics ' main continuity, the Marvel Universe, most recently in the Incredible Hercules series.

Arau has made many appearances as a character actor in American and TV series and plays.

* Absalom Greer, is the name of a character in Jan Karon ’ s Mitford series.

* Albert ( Discworld ), a character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series

In modern literature, Aeneas appears in David Gemmell's Troy series as a main heroic character who goes by the name Helikaon.

* Ajax Duckman, a character in the animated television series Duckman

* Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series South Park

* In Allan Cole and Chris Bunch's Sten science fiction series, Book Two, The Wolf Worlds, the Scottish character Alex bemoans their predicament after crash landing ; ' A slackit way f ' r a mon ,' Alex mourned to himself.

One such character was Steve Austin in the television series The Six Million Dollar Man.

* Alexandra Mack, aka Alex Mack, main character in the popular American Television series The Secret World of Alex Mack

* Alexandra Dunphy, aka Alex Dunphy, character in popular American Television series " Modern Family "

* Ash Crimson, a character in The King of Fighters series

( Howerd went on to star in Up Pompeii !, a 1969 British television comedy series set in ancient Pompeii, as the slave Lurcio, whose character was based on Pseudolus.

* In the anime television series Beyblade, the character Enrique possesses the bit beast Amphilyon, which is based on this creature in design.

Through the 1980s and 1990s, Brooks co-wrote ( with longtime collaborator Monica Johnson ), directed and starred in a series of well-received comedies, playing variants on his standard neurotic and self-obsessed character.

* Alternative ( Kamen Rider ), a character in the Japanese TV series, Kamen Rider Ryuki

The elector Clemens August ( ruled 1723-1761 ) ordered the construction of a series of Baroque buildings which still give the city its character.

Other movies have also used the term Bronx for comic effect, such as " Bronx ", the character on the Disney animated series Gargoyles.

His character is similar in look and voice to the Hank Hill character from Judge's subsequent series, King of the Hill since both were based on the same collection of elderly men from Judge's youth.

His voice and personality are similar to and may serve as a basis of sort for the character of Gerald Goode in Judge's latest animated series The Goode Family.

Mike Judge was not credited as a producer of this series and has said he was not involved with it at all, except to give permission for the use of the character.