Top 10 Most Awesome Love Interests

One of the things people usually hate are love interests that are nothing, but mindless bimbos or just there with no purpose than just being "the love interest." I decided to countdown the love interests that are awesome. The ones that actually are useful to to the hero, ones that aren't bimbos, and ones with really great character development. Compared to my top 10 lamest villains, I'm going to include a score board.

made sacrifice for the hero=+4

Sex Object=-4

helps during hero missions=+3

has been in distress=-3

relationship buildup=+2

complains and whines=-2 (if it's only one of the two, it's -1)

can handle main character's flaws=+1

shows lots of chemistry =-1

If it's a tie, there will be one point taken away for the following cliches:

girls- never stops talking, strong independent woman, has been with the wrong man, comes off as sweet and pure or flaws are sugarcoated, is shy around boys

boys- cannot trust anyone, lies to impress a girl, doesn't know women, shows-off to the point where it's over-the-top

This is only, so the statistics aren't totally based on my opinion. Though, don't misunderstand, because it is based on my opinion, but not completely and totally. Now with the explanations:

10- Ron Stoppable was originally Kim Possible's childhood best friend/sidekick, then became Kim's love interest around the end of season 3 somewhere. It's not really revealed when Kim began having any interest in Ron. It's assumed it was after Kim's breakup with Josh Mankey, since it was the same episode where a mood altering device was placed on Kim, making her fall in love with Ron Stoppable. Kim Possible's and Ron Stoppable's relationship wasn't officially more than friends until the movie Kim Possible Movie So the Drama. Their relationship can be depicted as the first "best friends becoming a couple" that did not start either person having any romantic relationship toward the other, while other "best friends becoming a couple" relationships from other movies/shows usually will start as the main character and his/her best friend having romantic feelings toward the other from the start. It's also one of the few rare occasions where the sidekick falls in love with the main hero or heroine.

What makes Ron Stoppable awesome as a love interest is, again, he originally never started out having any romantic feelings and came out as the childhood friend/sidekick. It gives Kim and Ron room to grow in their relationship and looking back from when they first meet in prekindergarten. By the time both do start dating, it is already clarified that they have dealt with each other's flaws and have overcome them before as best friends. Knowing this, their relationship has a very significant and strong bond. Them breaking up would be a huge impossibility, since they already consider each other family and trust each other to the point that one of them being unfaithful or betraying the other would be an impossibility to either.

Ron also has a very strong character development, being seen through every mission with Kim. While Ron isn't the strongest, most skilled, or most popular, he is the most influential character in Kim's life. Ron is the person, who is willing to tell Kim if she's doing something wrong, make suggestions that will help her, and help during missions, while also following the list of what best friends do best.

Even when Kim and Ron are dating, the best friend relationship still hangs around and keeps their relationship stronger. It's shown when Kim catches Bonnie force-kissing Ron, knowing right away it wasn't his fault, not being furious when he lies, and their dates usually being at the same place they hung out at as best friends. If there is any difference from when they were best friends and when they're boyfriend and girlfriend, it would be their bond and chemistry.

As a boyfriend, Ron makes an excellent boyfriend for Kim. He usually is honest, will never pretend to be something he's not, can freely talk to Kim late at night, and will never have to worry about a breakup if the worst should happen. Ron and Kim already know their weak points and have overcome them or talked it out before. If there is any flaw either of the two have, it's very tolerable.

That being said, Ron's main problem is him leaning toward Kim as his best friend and not girlfriend. While they do show much chemistry and their bond has changed, their treatment toward the other hasn't. Kim still spends as much time with Ron as before, she's still as slightly negative with Ron as before, Ron still calls Kim by the same nickname, Ron and Kim still go to the same restaurant as before, Ron still doesn't dressing himself or impressing Kim for a special event (even Valentines Day), making their relationship still stuck at being compared to best friends. In other words, Kim and Ron haven't completely proven that they're in love. Hopefully, that will be solved, if they ever marry in the future.

For the scale, Ron has always been willing to sacrifice his time and effort for Kim before and after they became a couple. He was always helping in every mission Kim needed him for and it's even shown that she always needs Ron to help her or she will never be able to save the world. Unfortunately, Ron has been known for needing Kim to rescue him from situations he cannot escape from. Though, there is years of buildup with Kim's and Ron's relationship, Ron will tend to whine and complain to Kim about given situations he finds himself in, proving once again that he's still leaning toward best friend relationship with Kim. Ron and Kim can handle every flaw the other has, but shows a lot of chemistry when they date, whether it's kissing or hugging, more than an average married couple. This puts Ron on the bottom of the countdown.

9- I don't care how much you guys hate the Transformers movies, Mikaela was freakin' awesome! Compared to the blond bimbo from the third movie, Mikaela had more character development, proved to be more useful, and was more interesting than every character in any Transformers movie.

Mikaela's background story revolves around her father, who was a long-time car thief. Because of Mikaela's father showing his daughter about his trade when he couldn't find a babysitter, Mikaela knows more about cars than any of her recent boyfriends, who seem to not like her talent. It is also noted that she was arrested for refusing to turn in her father, who was wanted for his thievery. This gives Mikaela an interesting character, including the development during the first and second movie of Transformers.

When it comes to Mikaela's relationship with Sam, there's a lot of chemistry, maybe more than their actual relationship. Though, it does make sense, since Mikaela seems to have issues with finding the right guy. Though, Sam is the first guy that is willing to accept Mikaela and will treat her right, not counting the second movie. Sam and Mikaela have a settle relationship. It's not as close and unbreakable as Kim's and Ron's, but it's not a totally bad relationship. A better way to describe it is a lustful relationship. There is too much chemistry and not enough communication. It's very obvious their relationship isn't strong, seeing that Mikaela was willing for her and Sam to breakup before her boyfriend left for college.

Their relationship is the main problem. While Mikaela is a really strong love interest, her relationship with Sam is very settle and shallow. Sam doesn't seem to take his relationship seriously, let alone love his girlfriend, and Mikaela doesn't know how to find the right guy, who will give her the love she needs. I personally think they shouldn't have broken up, but it wasn't like there wasn't a breakup waiting to happen. I've seen fairytales with stronger relationships with their spouse.

Mikaela was willing to sacrifice her time and life for Sam, but is depicted too much like a sex object. She is always helping with every moment she's given and her relationship with Sam does buildup. She can handle Sam's flaws really well, but her and Sam show way too much chemistry. This matches her with 8, but she's on the bottom due to following the strong independent woman, being with the wrong men, and sugarcoating her flaws cliches.

According to wikipedia, Megan Fox, who played Mikaela, was fired by Michael Bay from Transformers before the release of the third movie.

8- The reason I'm not putting Catwoman is because I'm focusing on Bruce Wane's love interest, not his arch enemy. It's a little complicated. I've never read the comics, but I have seen Dark Knight Rises and Batman Returns. Both versions of Selina Kyle fit in this category as love interest. The only reason I have a picture of the Selina Kyle from Dark Knight Returns is because I think she deserves some credit for her performance. I personally think Jeniffer Pfeiffer made a better Selina Kyle, though I might lean toward The Dark Knight Rises version, because she shows more of Selina Kyle's personality and less of Catwoman's personality, I think.

Selina Kyle plays as Bruce Wane's arch enemy and love interest. The romance is complicated and both are intrigued by each other. They both follow the same pattern, both use their secret identities as a mask while the real beast inside both of them is in Batman/Catwoman. It's mainly the reason why Batman Returns shows a perfect depiction of Catwoman/Selina Kyle. The Dark Knight Rises version shows more of the mask, Selina Kyle, as the character.

Selina Kyle has shown to be sneaky, tricky, and very persuasive, but also soft and sweet. It's this side to her that makes her so likeable. Nobody can ever know when Selina is going to be sneaky or when she's going to be nice. Most of the time, it reaches the point where she gives into her Catwoman side as the cat burglar. This is probably the reason why Bruce is in love with Selina.

I cannot be certain about the comic, but in Dark Knight Rises, Selina has risked her life and time to save Gothem City and stay with Bruce, which is shown at the end during the credits. Though, in every single comic, cartoon, and movie, Selina Kyle is always depicted as a sex figure. She has helped Batman during missions and handles his flaws very smoothly, but both show a lot of chemistry except in The Dark Knight Rises. Selina ties in with number 7, but uses the strong independent woman cliché. She did not follow as many cliches as Mikaela, so she was placed above her.

Other than all of this, SHE'S CATWOMAN!

7- Rose was one of those love interests that just came off as being "too good to be true" and revealing that she was Jake's mortal enemy. Many people hated Rose during season 1 and I remember how many Rose bashers there were when I was still writing DP fan fictions on this site. Just like everyone else, I was expecting Rose to immediately turn against Jake when discovering his identity or turn traitor. Pretty much just something like a Batman and Catwoman knockoff.

So, you can imagine the shock I got when I realized that Rose did the complete opposite of that when she discovered Jake's identity. Not only that, but when season 2 appears, the audience learns more back story to Rose. As a baby, she was kidnapped from her parents and taken with the Hunts Clan due to her mark on her hand. It's revealed Rose has a twin sister, but she never shows in any other episode other than the episode Dreamscape. It's possible Rose's twin sister could've died at a young age, but that is yet to be debated.

Despite being raised all her life as a dragon hunter, it's clear that Rose's reasoning for siding with Jake is due to her intelligence, not completely being committed to the Hunts Clan, and him being one of the only people Rose cares about the most. It can be argued that Rose might be following the "choosing a guy over everything" cliché, but it doesn't. Rose was only committed to the Hunts Clan out of force. She never built any relationship with any of the members of the clan. If anything, she is afraid of the Hunts Clan and had been all her life. Her siding with Jake and choosing him is out of the fact he has shown her love and safety while the Hunts Clan had not, though that is not to say that she never hated dragons at one point since she has clarified that she once thought they were gross.

As a character, I have to mention that Rose is the strongest Disney female character I've ever seen in my life. If she was a Disney Princess, she would surpass Mulan hands down. Rose started as a love interest to Jake Long, kinda playing the opposite version of Batman versus Catwoman, and turned into a strong and noble character. Rose is smart and intelligent, perhaps even more than Huntsman, especially since she has the ability to think things through if the worst should happen.

While Rose has made huge sacrifices, including giving her life to save Jake in the middle of season 2, she is declared as a sex object from the start. That being said, her helping majorly in most of Jake's missions, having relationship buildup with Jake, and handling Jake's obnoxious flaws does makeup for being a sex object. This leaves her tied with number 6, but is on the bottom due to following the cliches of being with the wrong man (despite it being declared that Rose has learned her lesson) and coming off as being too sweet and pure. That cliché did start by Disney, so it makes sense Rose would have that feature.

Unfortunately, Rose is around the bottom of the list, despite the fact she's my favorite character among all of these love interests. Though, she was sweet and pure, Rose was a lovable and terrific character that cannot be compared to any other heroin. Not even Kim Possible.

6- Julie! When this girl was first introduced, the first thing that came out of my mind was "THANK FREAKIN' GOODNESS! FINALLY, A STRONG, INTELLIGENT, NONPERFECT, NONEMOTIONAL LOVE INTEREST!" I literally wanted to find the Director of Ben 10 Alien Force and throw an over-the-top emotional hug, because of how honored I am that someone finally brought a love interest that only has the role "love interest," but never comes off as the shallow and bland bimbo like many of the other love interests.

Julie doesn't really appear very often, but when she does, she's always helping Ben with anything he needs whether it's homework or his hero missions. There was one episode I saw when all Julie did was play tennis, wanting Ben to watch her, through the entire episode. The rest of the episodes Julie did appear she helped, playing a major role. She also happens to have a pet alien, who was found during her and Ben's first date, named Ship. It is questioned if Julie's parents know this or not, I'd assume they don't.

Compared to most girls, Julie finds aliens very interesting and beautiful. It is a lot of the reason why she's easily accepting of Ben when finding out about his omnitrix. Though, her first reaction to aliens is slightly unrealistic. At the same time, the audience can accept that through her ability to find aliens very interesting. This personality is one of the many reasons why she's a good girlfriend for Ben.

Julie is also the first person Ben will go to for help, if he can't rely on his teammates Gwen and Kevin. Julie is a straight A student, so she's very smart and will know exactly what to do during the worst of situations. It's more than likely she'll be the one that will observe and figure out what the villain will be up to before anyone else in the group. Julie's excellent observations skills are continually shown time and time again.

Julie also happens to have flaws as well. She can get impatient with Ben and sometimes over exaggerate At times she will think more for herself than for other people, but that is most likely due to Ben's selfish and arrogant personality she can get really aggravated over. Compared to most couples, Ben and Julie show a more realistic drama situations like dealing with Ben's lustful desire over pretty women, arrogant personality, selfish personality, and thinking selfishly and less for Julie's needs. Despite everything, Julie means well and, in the end, shows that she truly cares about Ben.

As being the love interest of the hero, Julie continually makes sacrifices, perhaps including risking being grounded for the rest of her life for helping Ben. Despite Julie continually helping Ben, she has found herself needing his help, though saving her from distress is all the more worth it. There is plenty of buildup between Julie and Ben, though Julie does complain about Ben's selfish and arrogant personality. Julie doesn't whine, so it is only -1 for complaining, but is made up with her skills in handling Ben's flaws. Despite Julie complaining about Ben's flaws, she never started until a year after they began dating. It is safe to say that Julie does excellently well with tolerating Ben's flaws. Julie ties with number 7 following no cliché.

It can be mistaken that Julie is too sweet and pure, but has shown to be impatient with Ben and keeping secrets from him. It can also be mistaken that these flaws might be sugarcoated, that the show does not consider this a bad thing and Julie never learns from them. Just because Julie does have flaws does not mean she never learns from them. She is aware that sometimes she can be impatient with Ben and has admitted that she was wrong for it; not to mention it is noted that what Julie does is wrong, compare to if that flaw was sugarcoated and the show was trying to make it okay.

That being said, I still like Rose better. She was a more well developed character and never just came off as "the love interest" compared to Julie. Though, she does an excellent job of playing "love interest," she only plays the role "the love interest" and no other role.

5- About two years ago I was a huge Danny Phantom fanatic. You probably can tell by my icon, if I hadn't changed it yet, or the number of DP fan fictions on this account, though you're going to get better ones on my account. Anyways, Sam Manson was one of my all time favorite characters, of course my number 1 was Dani Phantom. Sam was one character done perfectly. I never knew about the goth friend cliché when I was a DP fanatic, though even after discovering that cliché, I still love her to death to this day.

Compared to Ron Stoppable, who never followed the "best friends becoming a couple" completely, with never having any love interest toward Kim until season 3, Sam had been crushing on Danny through the entire show. In other words, Sam did literally follow the "best friends becoming a couple" cliché. In fact, she followed several other cliches, which I will get to very soon.

One cliché Sam doesn't follow is the goth friend cliché: the goth girl best friend without any emotion and deep hatred for colors, being just as bland as a cardboard box. One example is Ophelia from Life and Times of Juniper Lee. Where am I getting at with this? Sam Manson, despite being goth, does not follow this pattern. She, in fact, has more character than Tucker Foley and Jazz Fenton combined.

As a character, Sam is an altra recyclo vegetarian (see what I mean by having more character than Tucker and Jazz combined? No other vegan will mention the specific type of vegetarian), who comes off as a (you guessed it) a sometimes over-the-top tree hunger. This is continually mentioned throughout the whole show more often than even Disney could squeeze in. Though, Sam does learn that she can go too far with having everyone else become vegans.

Despite being over-the-top, Sam is also very resourceful. She's kind of a bookworm in a darker sense. She reads very dark and Gothic myths, stories, and poetry. She is very attracted to anything dark and violent, though doesn't really go so far as being a true goth. Sam doesn't pierce her body or worship the devil, but not because "it's a kid's show," no, it's because Sam is Jewish. No, I am not kidding! Sam is a Jewish goth, so she worships the Lord God.

Now, whether she's an Orthodox or Messianic Jew is questioned. In the Danny Phantom Christmas special, Ghost Writer was able to have power over Sam and her family, despite Danny mentioning them not being in a Jewish home. It's far fetch, but I can only guess that Sam's family are probably Messianic and have a slightly Christmasy flavor in their Hanukkah holiday. I've heard a Messianic Jewish family celebrating both Hanukkah and Christmas, so I can only guess Sam's family probably do the same thing, especially since they do get presents and I don't think Hanukkah includes giving presents (since the "giving presents" is from the three wise men tale).

Another part of Sam's personality is that... she can be a hypocrite to the point where it's very over-the-top. Seriously, she yaps about being individual and your own person, despite the fact she's technically not being individual. I mean she's goth out of a rebellious nature to go against her parents. So, she's not being individual and being her own person, she's just being downright rebellious and purposely being goth just to show how "individual" she is. You can't be individual if you only dress a certain way to prove a point, you're individual by being who you are and not caring or being over-the-top about why you like to be a certain way. Unless Sam stops yapping about individuality, I will not seriously believe she's being individual.

Besides Sam's rebellious nature, tree-hugging, and following over-the-top cliches, Sam has a loving heart. She cares for her friends and family, even if she may be a jerk to them sometimes. Some of the times, she does show a really great point in what she says. She usually is the one that can figure out what the villain is up to or what he might do if Danny starts being irresponsible. She's very honest and will say exactly how she feels.

Though, Sam still carries a lot of flaws in her character and I think that's why she's such a great character. She's not sweet and she's not afraid to show it. It's very obvious Sam is probably the meanest girl in school. In fact, I am questioning if Sam bullies Paulina as much as she bullies Sam. I mean I doubt if Danny would completely find any likeness toward Paulina if she was a complete jerk... wait, why am I defending Paulina?

As for the cliches. Sam follows a number of cliches as a character. She follows the tree-huger cliché, the jealous girl cliché, the best friend crush cliché, poison ivy rip-off cliché, rebellious Little Mermaid rip-off cliché, girl better at hobby than boys cliché, and parents making daughter wear horrible clothes cliché. So yeah, Sam is a mix if different cliches known to man. That's Danny Phantom for ya! Though, don't get me wrong, the show was done by Butch Hartman, who knows how to create good comedy shows.

As how the scale goes, Sam has sacrificed for Danny, including detention, but it is not as often as the other women like Rose or Julie. Sam always helps Danny during his missions, being his sidekick. Though, compared to Ron, Sam sometimes cannot arrive due to being mad at Danny or other situations.

It can be argued that Sam has followed damsel in distress, but the only time she's ever been in distress was when Tucker, Danny, or both were just as much in distress and even when she was always found her own way out of the situation. Damsels finding their ways out of their own distresses does not count! Julie was in distress, because when she was kidnapped, she could not rescue herself and needed Ben to rescue her. Sam always found a way out of her own situation. The only time she was ever needed of rescuing was when Walker's men had Danny, Tucker, and Sam and threatened to put the shock collar on Sam, only to be saved by Wulf. That was it and I don't count that under person in distress, since her friends were in just as much trouble.

Sam and Danny have plenty of relationship buildup, especially since they've known each other for years since before the second grade. I think they've known each other since kindergarten, but I'm not sure. Say, that makes me think, why didn't Sam ever invite Danny to her house if she had known the guy since before the second grade? That makes no sense! I had a friend like that and would freely play in their backyard. I would think that being loaded would never slip Sam's mind about how people would treat her if she was in second grade. I'm just saying!

Continuity aside, Sam does whine and complain... A LOT! Though, Sam does handle Danny's flaws quite well, despite complaining about them from time to time. At the same time, Danny and Sam have shared a lot of chemistry. They kissed like... four times!? "Oh sure, that was totally a fake-out make-out!" Yeah, first time I'll let slide, second... not so much. I know they're supposed to be funny, but Danny and Sam do show too much chemistry. I suppose I should give them a break, since they're 14 and Helga was ten times worse. She ties with number 4, but is on the bottom due to... I think you already know, she follows tons of cliches, so she's bound to hit one of them. In fact, she's hit two: "with the wrong man" and "sugarcoated flaw."

Sam Manson, only found in Danny Phantom... WHY HAVEN'T THEY AIRED A SEASON 4!?

4- Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's is what got me interested on the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise. When I first saw the first original Yu-Gi-Oh, I was around season 1 and due to it's... episodes that would consist of more than one episode and the fact I was really lost in the origin of Yu-Gi-Oh, the original show never caught my interest. Before all you Yu-Gi-Oh fans go into fanatic shouts, here me out on this, before I get to Akiza.

When Yu-Gi-Oh first came, it was 2001. I was 10 years old living in a small apartment with a TV, just bought cable, and no internet access. There was no way for me to get the Japanese sub versions and I was the type of kid that liked shows that will explain origins in every episode, because I couldn't always catch the first episode on time. If I ever saw a trailer for the new episode, I will catch it if I was remotely interested in the show. Some shows I watched, because I was bored. You could say I was like a 90's kid. Yu-Gi-Oh never explained ANYTHING I was confused about what was going on. I knew nothing about any puzzle, I knew nothing about dark powers, there wasn't any backbone to tell me the situation. Not even the opening scene, despite how awesome it was, could tell me what the heck was going on (you can imagine the shock I had when I realized the original Japanese opening scene did explain what the puzzle was, what the story was about, and the dark powers/alter ego).

Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's did have more backbone to it. Even Yu-Gi-Oh GX had more backbone! In fact, I was more interested in Yu-Gi-Oh GX than the original Yu-Gi-Oh and could understand that version better. The opening is supposed to cover what the show is going to be about. With Yu-Gi-Oh GX, I knew right away it was about a school of duelists, who went on paranormal adventures and I knew the episode I was in was when Jaden just realized he was evil. It gave me a flashback of what happened, what Jaden's mission was going to be, and everything on my first episode of Yu-Gi-Oh GX. The same goes for Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's. I knew right away it was about a motorcycle duelist, who lived in the ghettos, trying to arrive from the ashes through his dueling skills. Yu-Gi-Oh, I knew absolutely NOTHING! All I could get out of the opening was that there were two sides of Yugi, making me think he had a super hero identity, there seemed to have a lot of dark magical stuff but no explanation where it came from, and that Pegasus kidnapped Yugi's grandpa for... some reason I don't know anything about. I was even more lost when I watched the episode of season 2. Yu-Gi-Oh was so bad with nonexplaining things that I was comparing it to Dragon Ball Z in my mind when I was 10 years old where all you got was one part of the fight and you're wondering what the heck is going on!

Back to where I'm going with this whole mumbo jumbo, Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's blew me away. It was one of the best cartoon shows ever and came on every Saturday morning on CW4Kids (yeah, they have their own channel, go figure!). I was close to my adult age, so I had a lot of responsibility, not to mention my siblings were more interested in watching the Zula Patrol than Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's. Because of this, I had to rely on watching the new episodes on my computer. I discovered that there were Japaneses English sub versions by accident on YouTube. I began watching those to be ahead of the schedule, since I knew I would never be able to watch the episodes on CW4Kids. I began realizing about the original Japanese being more adult and decided to give Yu-Gi-Oh a second chance, which is when I discovered about season 0 and all that jazz.

One of the characters I loved the most in Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's was Akiza or Aki. She was a strong character from the start to the point where she surpassed the characterization of Tea, Tristan, and Joey combined, not counting their season 0 versions. She has a back story of being rejected by her peers and even her family for being different. In response, she turned to the first person she believed would accept her, not knowing Sayer would use her do do his dirty work. Despite discovering this after his assumed "death" Akiza still respected Sayer for being the first person to accept her for who she was.

Yusei was the second person to accept Akiza, not only that, but he understood the pain she faced. Yusei also faces being rejected by the public for being a Satellite scum and was even arrested. Though, compared to Akiza, he lived in the Satellite and befriended two close friends: Jack and Crow. Akiza lived in Neo Domino City, making finding anyone like her like finding a needle in a haystack. Yusei also holds similar power Akiza holds by being one of the five signers.

It took me a while to figure this out, but Akiza's power is that she's a psychic duelist: she can summon a monster from her duel disk and make it come to life. So... does that make Jaden Yuki a psychic duelist? I would say that Akiza was related to Yugi, Jaden, Chazz, or Jesse, but her father is too old to be Jaden's, Chazz's, or Jesse's offspring and unless Yugi decided to go marry during High School, I doubt if his child would be Akiza's mother. I guess psychic duelists come randomly like the mutants from the X-Men cartoon shows. I don't know! I didn't even think there was a name for it and I especially didn't think that there could be normal people that can summon actual monsters from their duel monsters card. I mean wasn't Jaden the first guy to do that and didn't he need to fuse with Yubel in order to do it? Don't tell me it's from a really distant future, because it isn't. Officer Trudge was in Yugi's high school during the first episode, so Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's takes place 30-40 years after the events of Yu-Gi-Oh.

Anyways, Akiza was perfect as a love interest for Yusei. In fact, they went farther in romance than the other Yu-Gi-Oh pairing cannons, which is saying a lot. Akiza went so far as to almost say "I love you" to Yusei. I give her pointers on that, but I still put this under the pairings that never go anywhere, because they don't. Still, it is very official that Yusei and Akiza are a cannon pairing, more so than Yugi and Tea and Jaden and Alexis. Um... Jaden and Alexis are a cannon pairing right?

What's that? You want me to mention about how Akiza relied too much on Yusei after she left Sayer? HAHAHAHA! Akiza lived back with her parents, went to school, ended up as a doctor, was able to get her turbo dueling license (the only help Yusei gave Akiza was skating and driving backwards. Learning how to ride the darn thing was all Akiza), saved Yusei's butt (by finding him, jumping onto the freakin' truck, and saving him again while dueling Sherry), and even took Crow's spot during the WRGP Tournament! The only reason people have mentioned Akiza relying too much on Yusei is because he volunteers to help Akiza more often than his friends. This is called Yusei being a gentleman, not Akiza relying too much on Yusei. He did not pay for Akiza's college, he did not teach Akiza how to Turbo Duel, he did not teach Akiza how to be a doctor, and Yusei relies just as much on Akiza as she does with Yusei. The only difference with Akiza is that she's accepting Yusei's help and not rejecting Yusei like before. Case and point: I DON'T MAKE FUN OR MESS WITH AKIZA!

As statistics go, Akiza has sacrificed her time and life for Yusei and helps during hero missions. Despite Akiza's slightly revealing outfit, I can't put her as a sex object. Akiza is from an anime, so I have to follow by their standards of sex object, which is a mindless drone chick with no personality. Akiza is the opposite, so she can't go under sex object.

There is relationship buildup with Akiza and Yusei, though Akiza does complain a lot when it comes to Yusei. There would be more, but Akiza has not shown if she can tolerate Yusei's flaws or not and there is absolutely no chemistry between Yusei and Akiza, which makes sense. She ties with number 5, but has only hit one cliché, which is "with the wrong man." Though, that cliché was played with a bit to make it seem interesting, so I do give her character props for that.

Though Akiza may not be number 1 on the most amazing love interests, but she does surpass all the other love interests, except maybe Carly. I do think she surpasses Akiza hands down, but the reason she's not on this list, is because this is a list of the most amazing main character's love interests and not supporting character's love interest.

3- I'm only going for the Gwen Stacy from The Amazing Spider-Man. I would normally put Mary-Jane Wadson from the Allstar Comics, but I only read one issue and Gwen Stacy's character surprised me traumatically after Spiderman 3. Gwen was a very strong character, showed to be more than just "the love interest," and broke every single cliché in a super hero love interest. I admire Emma Stone for playing this character and I admire Marc Webb for picking the perfect actor to play Gwen Stacy and doing it right.

Gwen is apparently the daughter of the police chief, George Stacy. She works as an assistant of Dr. Connors. I haven't read the comics, but I have watched Spantacular Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy also works for Dr. Connors in that one. Not sure about the father, though according to wikipedia, George Stacy was a police officer in the comics as well. I can assume that there is a good chance that Gwen Stacy in Amazing Spider-Man is perhaps based off of her character from the comics. Seeing that she is similar to the Spectacular Spider-Man version, I'm not surprised.

As Peter Parker's love interest, Gwen Stacy practically fits everything that Peter could ever ask for in a girl meant for him. She's smart, cares for his well being, is willing to help with the time comes, is patient, never questions him, is willing to fight back if ever attacked, and has an open mind and heart. I can officially call this version a Gwen Stacy done right. If a sequel ever came and Mary-Jane was in there, I can certainly have my high hopes for a perfect Mary-Jane done right.

That being said, I'm not a fan of the Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy pairing and it is because I'm a Spider-Girl fan if anything. Though, despite that, I did love Gwen Stacy from Amazing Spider-Man and I will respect her, since she is Peter Parker's girlfriend and love interest. I personally think if it were a Mary-Jane done right, she would be higher on the list. The reason I say this is because Mary-Jane did have a strong personality and character development in the Ultimate Spider-Man comics, a little of the Spider-Girl comics I read, and in a few cartoons I watched. It was only in the Spiderman movies 1, 2, and 3 where she came off too weak and too shallow. Though, Mary-Jane also had a shallow personality in the original comics, according to wikipedia, so I don't know.

Gwen has sacrificed for Peter about three times: risking getting fired, lying to her dad, and her own life just to save Peter's behind. What impresses me the most is that Gwen was never in distress, despite her being in distress in the comics and TV series. There was plenty of relationship buildup, between Gwen and Peter, and is able to handle Peter's flaws extremely well. The only issue is that there was a lot of chemistry, though there was plenty of good qualities to brush that off compared to Mikaela, who made more chemistry and less relationship development. For this, it puts Gwen Stacy on number 3.

2- I suppose you all knew this character was going to show up at some point. I'm also including Pepper from the cartoon series Avengers Mightiest Heroes, because she's pretty much the same character. The only Pepper Potts I will not include is the one from Iron Man Armored Adventures... no seriously don't! As for the one from the old series, anime series, or whatever, I've never seen it, so I don't know. I read that she was okay in the comics. So yeah, I'm only going to focus Pepper Potts from the Iron Man movies and Avengers Mightiest Heroes.

Pepper is Tony's assistant, who works at Stark Industries that sells weapons. This woman practically helps Tony more times than Robin did as Batman's sidekick. In fact, Pepper might as well be Tony's sidekick. Though, it's very obvious that most of what Pepper does is due to doing her job, it's also obvious that her and Tony almost practically grew up together. I read in wikipedia that Pepper's and Tony's relationship is explained in more detail in the comics.

Pepper not only helps Tony out of work, but also loyalty, which is why she's adored by so many fans. Despite how much of an arrogant egoistic jerk Tony is, Pepper knows how to handle him more than anyone else, even his best friend. It also should be noted that Pepper has flaws like many done well characters. It may not be exactly noticed, but there are character flaws with Pepper. I will get to that later.

I think the most impressive thing about Pepper's character is that Pepper knows how to hide her emotions, yet the audience can see it by her actions. Her not answering Tony's call when Tony is throwing the rocket through the other universe and barely escaping through the portal in time, indicates that Pepper is worried. It may not show on her face, but her actions shows it. It shows more of Pepper's character as an office worker and as a person.

Tony's and Pepper's relationship is one of the rare ones that hardly ever shows chemistry and let actions speak louder than words or physical affections. It includes tolerance, which I've only seen that kind in Dragon Ball Z, and freely showing and knowing the other's true colors. Tony is practically the number 1 person to show his true colors freely without care, like declaring himself as a playboy. Talk about Pepper tolerating Tony Stark.

Pepper is practically the perfect girlfriend and love interest. She sacrifices everything for Tony, always helping during missions (even to the point of having a suit of her own), there's a lot of relationship buildup, and handles Tony's flaws better than anyone else. Seriously, I'd like to see Wasp handle Tony Stark! So, why is Pepper number 2? Well, she tied with number 1, but she did have sugarcoated flaws.

As much as I'm glad that Pepper has flaws, it's very sugarcoated, the audience would have to look deeper to even notice it is a flaw. Pepper has a tendency to run from her problems. It's only noticed if an expert was to pay attention to the fact that Pepper did refuse to help Tony when he seemed to be going on a suicidal mission. Not to mention the fact Pepper never answered Tony's call when it seemed he would be trapped in Outer Space and never come back before falling through the portal right on time. This indicates that Pepper has a problem with running from her problems.

I do understand why Pepper's flaw is sugarcoated, but it still follows the cliché, even if it is played with. Still, playing with a cliché does help the character and the story a lot. It brings interest to the audience, but originality beats playing with cliches. Now, that leads us to number 1.

1- This was unfortunately the only picture of Ned Nickerson I could find from the Nancy Drew books and not from the dumb series or the even dumber series that's black and white. If you don't know who Ned Nickerson is or at least Nancy Drew, lol get out of here and don't even bother coming back. I'm dead serious! You can ask your grandma and she would know what Nancy Drew is.

Ned was first introduced in The Clue in the Diary, but was mentioned before in an earlier volume The Secret of Shadow Ranch, as a mistaken car thief. After Nancy warms up to him, they were officially an item. They have been shown dating or in dances. Many of the times when Ned is around, he is always helping Nancy with her cases, even to the point of saving her life a couple of times.

What impresses me is that, though the damsel in distress cliché was common back in the day, this story plays it very well. At times Nancy can rescue herself out of situations, though when she does need help saving, it's during the times when there is no other way to rescue herself. Ned is protective, respectful, and loving. It's even hinted that Ned thinks about marrying Nancy later on in the books.

Ned has sacrificed plenty of times for Nancy, always helps during mystery cases he's around in, shows relationship buildup throughout the books, and handles Nancy quite well, though seeing she follows the sweet and pure cliché it's hard for Ned to find anything he has to tolerate. Then again, during the 1930's, women portrayed as sweet and pure was very common back in the day. Ned is definitely not a sex object, has never been in distress as far as I know (in fact Nancy is in more distress than Ned, which is common when the books were made), has never complained or whined, and he has shown no chemistry to Nancy. Being this is a children's book, showing that kind of stuff was probably inappropriate. Ned is number 1, since he follows non of the cliches in men. Being that Nancy Drew was written during the 1930's, Ned followed the type of common men in the 1960's a woman would commonly date: gentle, respected, protective, honorable, serious, and never to show weakness.

Does that say that Ned follows sweet and pure? No, not really. It is also shown later in the books that he does have a lustful desire toward women in one brief moment. I wouldn't say Ned is perfect. He may've not been as lame as the Nancy Drew movie, but he shows as much weakness as the common man back in the 1930's. He's also better in the original books. There will never be any portrayal of Ned as perfect as the one from the original books in any series, film, or other adaptations.

I have read other adaptations of Ned in Nancy Drew Files, Nancy Drew on Campus, and Nancy Drew Notebook in wikipedia. Even those are nothing like Ned Nickerson from the original series. Nobody can modernize him without making him lame, nobody can give him a few more flaws without ruining his character, and nobody can make a perfect adaptation of Ned without, again, ruining his character. At least in the old Nancy Drew series Ted was a character of his own and it was obvious he wasn't Ned Nickerson, despite only changing his name by the first letter. That is what makes Ned number 1 for the most part. Pepper and the other love interests can easily have a different adaptations of them, even Pepper on number 2 was an adaptation herself, but Ned Nickerson was perfect originally and should only remain in the Nancy Drew books. I've yet to see a perfect adaptation of Ned Nickerson that wasn't completely ruined.

That's my top 10. If there are any love interests you think should've been on the list, feel free to comment. More than likely they were not on the list due to me not have watched the show or read the book. Here's what I did think of putting on the list, but never made it:

Chichi from Dragon Ball Z- I'm the only person, who actually respects Chichi, but who knows how many people hate her. Then again, nobody knows what a homeschooling mother has to go through when her child is kidnapped by her husband's arch enemy, then realize he has to fight some Earth invaders without her consistency, then ends up going to another planet the next day and never see him again for probably a year, then when he returns having to deal with the issue of her son flying off out of nowhere and never knowing where he is, and trying to have him catch up on his school work while going shopping without a car, keeping the house need, and cooking for the family. I can't even do that! All I can say is try being a mother, homeschooling your son, and supporting your family, who can fly off anytime they want, then come to me and tell me just how awful of a mother Chichi is. So far, the only people that hate Chichi are ones that aren't even mothers and personally I found Bulma ten times more annoying than Chichi, especially during season 2. Chichi doesn't take her infant son in the middle of a battlefield, she never complained about her friends abandoning her when she makes them clean up her freakin' trash, and she doesn't have a voice that is so ear piercing annoying that I continually wonder how her first born son is anything related to her or how her husband is able to live with her. Whatever, I only watched Dragon Ball Z just because of the android season, Emperor Pilaf wasn't there, and to do an Avengers based fan fiction.

Tea Garner from Yu-Gi-Oh- Again, nobody likes her and Akiza does surpass Tea. I also will admit that Tea did come off as bland during the series and a little bit of the manga. She only had character during season 0. I think what officially turned me off in placing Tea on the top 10 was that she isn't an awesome love interest. In fact, she's practically the worst love interest you'll ever meet in your life. She falls in love with a guy WHO BURNED A MAN ALIVE who isn't even in love with her! Though the Shadow Games volumes, I felt like half the time I was looking at a Lois Lane meets Rikko Izawa meets Jigsaw fangirl. Try putting that in your head.

Videl Satan from Dragon Ball Z- I did think about it, but she couldn't surpass Ron Stoppable. I suppose she'd be perfect for number 11.

Starfire from Teen Titans- She's one of the main characters of the Teen Titan series. This is a list for love interests of the main characters. In other words, Starfire will have to be a supporting character for this to work.

Rachel Dawes from Dark Knight- LMAO! no. If you want to know why, she leaves Bruce, dates Harvey, then kisses and makes out with Bruce while she's still dating Harvey. I personally find Rachel a stupid whore playing with Bruce's emotions and is more indecisive than Rikko Izawa, Tea Garner, and Bella Swan combined. Yes, I consider Rachel Dawes worse than Bella Swan when it comes to playing with her boyfriend's emotions. At least Bella had already broken up with Edward when she played with Jacob's emotions and after did say clearly she loved Edward and only Edward, even if she was lying to herself. If Rachel doesn't love Bruce anymore, why couldn't she just tell him upfront instead of being a complete jerk? If I were Bruce and read that stupid letter, I would've hated Rachel for the rest of my life and never even bother to be at her funeral! Then again, I wouldn't have agreed to make-out with Rachel behind my best friend's back.