Numbers 20 - 16

20. Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)

Marceline’s backstory is pretty dark, considering she’s in a children’s cartoon. She was abandoned by her parents at the beginning of The Mushroom War, and the only adult she meets slowly descends into insanity because of a crown that gives him ice powers (you may know who he is now). Probably why in her first appearance on the show she’s a villain. Now she’s just a troublemaker/rockstar, which is slightly less evil (unless you’re heavily religious, in which case it’s about the same). Marcey is pretty harmless though, except when her father has her wear an amulet to take over the Nightosphere.

19. Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)

It would be a curious thing if one of the literary world’s most classic characters didn’t make this list. From the moment Alice chases a rabbit down a hole, she is taken on an adventure that makes very little sense; then again Lewis Carroll admits the book teaches nothing. The weird and wonderful places Alice travels through introduce Alice to many characters that are just as mad as the world she’s in.

18. Matilda Wormwood (Matilda)

As River Tam demonstrated, hyper-intelligence causes psychic powers. At age six, Matilda is the youngest character on this list (by her age in the book), and she was oh so much fun. I mean, what else are you meant to do when your parents are mean AND stupid? NOT prank them, especially when there’s no way they’ll find out is was you? Come on. But no matter how much she does to her parents, it’s nothing compared to taking down The Trunchball with her newly acquired psychic powers.

17. Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter)

Kids, if anyone ever calls you weird, thank them. It means you’re one stop closer to being Luna. Luna doesn’t care when people call her Loony Luna, she whole heartedly embraces it. If Luna believes something, then as far as she’s concerned it’s true until proven otherwise. You know you’re awesome when the wizard destined to kill the Dark Lord says so, and will gladly be seen in public with you. And when you go up against the Dark Lord’s second in command and not get killed. Hell, the Death Eaters had to kidnap her to try and make Dumbledore’s Army back down.

I’d also like to mention Evanna Lynch overcame anorexia so she could play Luna when they made the Order of the Phoenix movie, a promise made to her by J. K. Rowling herself. Lynch was eleven at the time. A round of applause, if you will.

16. Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek: Voyager)

Oh good, we filled our redhead quota for today. You know, there aren’t many captains that would willingly destroy their own ship just to save their ship (it makes sense in context). Janeway is the captain of the USS. Voyager sometime in the 24^th century. While searching for a Maquis ship, Voyager was accidentally hurled into the Delta Quadrant. From that moment on, she heads both her crew and that of the Maquis in hopes of getting them home. But she doesn’t just get on this list for just being a leader, oh no. She’s on this list because Janeway doesn’t mess around. If something requires immediate action, it gets immediate action. Also, she made fear itself scared of her.