Characters in kids' movies you desperately wanted to meet--or be--as a child

[Skald_the_Rhymer]

@OtakuLoki

I wanted to meet Reepicheep, myself. For much the same reasons that Skald suggests wanting to meet Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, but even better, because Reepicheep can talk!

I thought about the Chief Mouse too, but Rikki-Tikki-Tavi just seemed–I don’t know–more badass. He’d win the fight (unless Aslan stepped again) because he’d go for Reep’s throat while Reep was pontificating about honor.

(Then Giant Wimbleweather would step on Rikki in revenge, so it’s a tragedy all around.)

[WhyNot]

@Elysium

I was absolutely going to marry Atreyu. And also be just like him at the same time. The kid who played him in the movie was my first crush.

Mmmmm…Atreyu…Yep, big ol’ crush on him, both in the book and the movie! He grew up pretty hot, as well!

I despised Bastian, in both media. His whining, his passivity, his weakness - I *related *to him, a lot, but in a totally self-loathing way.

[Dorjan]

I remember really really wanting to be part of the GOONIES gang!

[Scumpup]

I wanted to be Batman. Then that sucky-ass TV show with Adam We and Burt Ward poisoned it for me. That’s when I decided it would be better to be Paladin.