Tommy Vercetti is such a good call.
donniedarko, you said the guy from manhunt. man that guy is fucked up! although it's a great game, his character is in such a bad place.
Working in the city, sometimes I feel like I'm Frogger.
In my current state I could really use being
Leisure Suite Larry.
Out of all the fighting games, the character i'd most want to be to have their technique would be Akira from Virtual Fighter (hard to use but runs rings around others when done well) followed closely by Ryu, for his Fireballs (Ha-doogan!) and dragon punch (Ooor-yuken!) are classic.
From platformers i can't decide between Yoshi and Toad (both from Mario). They're both always blissfully ignorant and yet so damn cool
Parapa The Rapper, it aint easy being a 2D rapping puppy in a polygon filled 3D universe.
I really feel (and gotta pay respects to) for the knight from Ghouls'n' Ghosts & Ghosts'n' Goblins
At the completion of his missions, which had him travel great distance on foot, sometimes in armour, sometimes in underwear, Jumping ludicrous pits and killing countless monsters and encountering even more of these.....
....and finally defeating a massive monster named satan...
....to be rewarded with this fantastic screen and story.