She was a funny, smart, determined protagonist and not once did I get fed up of her or roll my eyes like I did with the original character.
Then there are the characters: the smart, plucky protagonist, her fantastically grotesque parents, and the frankly terrifying Miss Trunchbull, who had not a little of the Iron Lady about her in Bertie Carvel's interpretation.
The director U. Roberto Romano has found three smart, appealing protagonists whose perfect balance of childish yearning and maturity, rebelliousness and filial piety, feels a little too good to be true.
The settings and the smart, articulate protagonists give them all a surface glamour, but underneath that surface, the emotional and technical range of this collection is both impressive and delightfully disorienting.
Joule might have been another Jade from Beyond Good & Evil: a whip-smart female protagonist whose likeability stems not from her looks or cool move set, but how she tackles the problems before her and uses guile and ingenuity as effortlessly as she does a firearm.
The story is told from the point of view of Daisy, the smart and courageous protagonist.
While bounty hunters don't normally get involved in murder cases, Keye Street, the smart and competent protagonist, was once an F.B.I. profiler (and has a personal relationship with the lead investigator), which qualifies her as a consultant.
Georges is a smart, brave, complex protagonist who could pass for white but identifies with the oppressed.
Gilbert's first novel concerns Maine fishermen on a pair of islands that are virtually at war; her protagonist, a smart, observant woman, teaches the uses of cooperation.
Don Adams, who played the protagonist Maxwell Smart, gained possession of the Tiger after the series ended and later gave it to his daughters; it is reportedly on display at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.
