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No, not your imaginary play friend who entertained you when you were 6 and not your supermodel girlfriend. These are "real" imaginary people.
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Marlboro Man - Tobacco-advertising, rugged cowboy. First word being most influential, "Tobacco."
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Big Brother - Telescreen image of a dictator of Oceania in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
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King Arthur - If possible, he sat at the head of the Knight's Round Table
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Santa Claus (St. Nick) - Single-handedly straightens out every kid in the world
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Hamlet - "To be, or not to be..."
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Dr. Frankenstein's Monster - A symbol for science experiments gone bad and physical brutes
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Siegfried - Legendary dragon-slayer
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Sherlock Holmes -Infamous, deductive detective. No sh**, Sherlock!
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Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare created this couple, the epitome of "love"
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Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde - One-man, two completely opposite personalities
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Uncle Tom - Harriet Beecher Stowe's creation that, according to Abraham Lincoln, started the Civil War
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Robin Hood - "Take from the rich to give to the poor."
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Jim Crow - "Seperate but equal" law named after him
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Oedipus - Mythical Greek king who killed his father and married his mother
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Lady Chatterly - A novel title character from the 1920s who was a cheating wife of paralyzed and impotent wealthy husband. Jerry Springer?
16.
Ebenezer Scrooge - Ultimate Christmas attitude adjustment. "Bah, Humbug!"
17.
Don Quixote - "Of which name I do not care to recall." Groundbreaking chivalric character who is responsible for much of Spanish culture.
18.
Mickey Mouse - Icon of the Walt Disney Company.
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The American Cowboy - Still how many foreigners picture Americans
20.
Prince Charming - The perfect man who saves the damsel in many fairy tales. Happily ever after!
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Smokey Bear - American mascot bear for forest fire safety
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Robinson Crusoe - Original castaway. Would be a millionaire today if casted for CBS' hit reality show Survivor.
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Apollo and Dionysus - Greek gods and brothers of truth and harmony (etc.), and wine and ecstacy, respectively.
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Odyesseus - The hero of Homer's epic works about his long journey home from the Trojan War
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Nora Helmer - A great and fantastic woman hiding under the facade of "the ideal 19th century woman" in Ibsen''s book A Doll House
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Cinderella - Classic, opressed girl breaking out of her shell and finding a magical world filled of love.
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Shylock - From Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. Name has become synonymous with money (esp. the lending of money).
28.
Rosie the Riveter - Icon of female culture who worked in munitions manufacturer's factorys during WWII.
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Midas - Turned everything he touched into gold.
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Hester Prynne - Condemned protagonist from Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
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The Little Engine that Could - Train from the moralistic children's story that teaches kids about the value of optimism.
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Archie Bunker - Stereotypical American family man and blue collar worker from TV show All in the Family
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Dracula - Reinvented the image of vampires.
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Alice in Wonderland - The little girl who fell "down the rabbit-hole" into a wonderful world of fantasy.
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Citizen Kane - A publisher who thrives on power, thrill-seeking and war. "Rosebud."
36.
Faust - The man who makes a deal with the Devil.
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Figaro - Comedic central character in many old and new stories.
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Godzilla - Giant Japanese movie monster that set the stage for epic monsters.
39.
Mary Richards - The title TV character from The Mary Tyker Moore Show that "could turn the world on with her smile."
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Don Juan - Legendary libertine whose name is synonymous with "womanizer."
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Bambi - The young deer prince of the forest and original story of the cycle of life.
42.
William Tell - Famous bow-and-arrow marksman who shot the apple on the the top of his sons head.
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Barbie - Every little girl in America has this doll and every man wants a real life version.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Woman vampire slayer (who proved that smaller TV networks could receive large ratings).
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Venus and Cupid - The gods of beauty and love.
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Prometheus - Titan that stole fire from the gods whose name is synonymous with "bold intellect."
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Pandora - Woman in Greek mythology that explains why there is evil in the world.
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G. I. Joe - Every little boy in America had this action figure and helped the U.S. Armed Forces become what it has today.
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Tarzan - The man raised by the animals. Described as a flawless hero.
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Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock - Along with Star Wars, Star Trek brought SciFi into the popularity it receives today.

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