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The following notable Scottish characters have appeared in fictional works. The Scottish people or Scots, are an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of Celtic peoples — the Picts, the Gaels, and the Brythons. The Latin word ''Scotti'' originally applied to a particular, 5th century, Gaelic tribe that inhabited Ireland.〔Bede used a Latin form of the word Scots as the name of the Gaels of Dál Riata.〕 Authors of romantic fiction have been influential in creating the popular image of Scots as kilted Highlanders, noted for their military prowess, bagpipes, rustic kailyard and doomed Jacobitism. Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels were especially influential as they were widely read and highly praised in the 19th century. The author organised the pageantry for the visit of King George IV to Scotland which started the vogue for tartanry and Victorian Balmoralism which did much to create the modern Scottish national identity. ==Fictional Scottish characters== * Amy Pond - a companion of Doctor Who. The character was originally conceived as English but was changed to use the natural Inverness accent of the actress playing the part. * Angus Grimaldi - a character in Tomb Raider (2013) and the helmsman of the "Endurance" before its destruction. * Jean Brodie, the titular character in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, exemplifies aspects of both Calvinist and Roman Catholic influence in Scotland. * The Broons - a large, tenement-dwelling, extended family in the D.C.Thompson cartoon strip of that name. The publisher's similar strips about the young lad, Oor Wullie, are set in the same fictional town of Auchenshoogle. * Captain John "Soap" MacTavish - the protagonist of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and a key character in the second and third installments in the ''Modern Warfare'' trilogy. Although Soap does not speak in the first game, he is voiced by Kevin McKidd - a well-known Scots actor - in its sequels, and has a distinctive Scottish accent. He is often seen with a Union Jack patch on his uniform throughout Modern Warfare 2, but in the cutscene following his death in ''Modern Warfare 3'' a Saltire patch is seen pinned to the wall beside his dogtags. * Connor and Duncan MacLeod were immortal Highlanders in film and television. * Donald Farfrae successfully romances the Mayor of Casterbridge's lover and daughter. Simultaneously "sentimental and astute", he is one of the earliest exemplars of Kailyardism. * David Balfour is the central character of ''Kidnapped'' by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was based upon the Appin Murder and so many of the other characters, such as Alan Breck Stewart, were real people. The sequel, ''Catriona'', is also known as ''David Balfour: Being Memoirs of His Adventures at Home and Abroad''. *Demoman is from the popular multiplayer game, Team Fortress 2. He is a Scotsman from Ullapool. Although he has one eye missing and is a heavy drinker, he is armed with a grenade launcher, "sticky bomb" launcher and a melee weapon, usually his bottle, or some kind of sword. Despite being drunk, he is a master at melee combat, and he can launch grenades, bounce them off walls, killing his enemies that he can't see. His "stickybombs" can be used as either an offensive or defensive tactic, as he can detonate them in areas where the enemy is most likely to go. *Laird James McCullen Destro XXIV, usually referred to simply as Destro, is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He was born in Callander, Scotland and is the leader of the Iron Grenadiers, and founder of M.A.R.S. Industries, a weapons manufacturer and supplier for Cobra. * Desmond Hume - A character from the ABC television show Lost. Although Henry Ian Cusick, the actor who portrays him is of Peruvian descent. * Dr. Finlay - the central character of popular stories by A.J.Cronin, set in the fictional village of Tannochbrae. Other characters included partner Dr Cameron, housekeeper Janet and rival Dr Snoddie. The television productions have been seen as an example of modern Kailyardism. * Fat Bastard - a grotesquely fat Scotsman in the Austin Powers comedies. * Fingal - hero of the Ossian poem by James Macpherson. Notable features such as Fingal's Cave are named after him. * Groundskeeper Willie - a well-loved character in The Simpsons. He has flaming red hair and a powerful, muscular body. A 2007 study conducted in the US concluded that Willie was the character that US residents "...most believe personifies the Scottish temperament." * Jack Parlabane - journalist hero of the novels by Christopher Brookmyre such as ''Quite Ugly One Morning''. * James Bond - following the success of Sean Connery in the role, author Ian Fleming gave Bond a mixed parentage - a Scottish father and Swiss mother. This background gave the character a colonial perspective, being an outsider in England. * Jamie McCrimmon - an early companion of Doctor Who. He was a piper and wore a kilt. * Mr. Mackay - the stern prison officer in ''Porridge'' which also featured McClaren as a black Scottish inmate and hard man. * Minerva McGonagall - the head of Gryffindor house in the Harry Potter stories. She was named after the notorious Scottish poet William McGonagall. * Malcolm Tucker - The aggressive, profane and feared Government Director of communications, in the BBC Comedy The Thick of It. * Moira MacTaggert - the colleague and sometime fiancée of Professor X in the X-Men comic. * Montgomery Scott - the chief engineer in Star Trek, who was regularly ordered with the famous catchphrase, "Beam me up, Scotty". The actor, James Doohan, was Canadian and auditioned with a variety of accents but suggested that Scottish would be best for the character, following the long tradition of Scottish nautical engineering. Director Gene Roddenberry liked the accent and so it was settled. * Morrigan Aensland - the succubus in Darkstalkers, who got bored of ruling the Aensland castle and decided to be a native of Scotland on Earth out of boredom. In Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, it is hinted that Morrigan's English voice actress, Siohban Flynn, despite being Welsh, spoke in a rather distinct Scottish accent for the character. * Para Handy - the captain of a puffer on the Clyde in the popular stories by Neil Munro, which have been filmed many times. His crew included Dan Macphail, Dougie, Hurricane Jack, Sunny Jim and The Tar. * Private James Frazer - the miserly undertaker in Dad's Army who comes from the bleak Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides. * Rab C. Nesbitt - a dissolute Glaswegian in the eponymous comedy. * Redgauntlet is a novel by Sir Walter Scott which contains numerous Scottish characters including the Laird of Redgauntlet, hero Darsie Latimer and musician Wandering Willie. * Richard Hannay - a stalwart of the British Empire in the stories by John Buchan, he was born in Edinburgh like his real-life inspiration, the spy and general Edmund Ironside. * Scrooge McDuck - the uncle of Disney's Donald Duck, a comic book and Disney TV and film character, he's a billionaire businessman and adventurer.〔In ''DuckTales'' episode 26: "The Curse of Castle McDuck", Scrooge, the nephews, and Webby visit Scrooge's ancestral home in Scotland, only to be embroiled in a mystery surrounding Castle McDuck. Available on volume 1 DVD set.〕 He was honoured by Glasgow council as a famous Glaswegian. Believed to be a hybrid of real life Scot Andrew Carnegie and fictional Englishman Ebenezer Scrooge. His arch-enemy is fellow Scot Flintheart Glomgold, a corrupt businessman who often teams up with other villains to make himself richer. * Shrek, although possessing a German name and being an Ogre (thought to be a medieval stereotype of Hungarians), was portrayed as Scottish by Mike Myers in the ''Shrek'' film series. * Super Gran - TV show featuring a grandmother with super powers - by Jenny McDade from books written by Forrest Wilson and was produced by Tyne Tees Television for Children's ITV. * DCI Jim Taggart - the title character of the successful television drama about a Glaswegian detective, played by Mark McManus. The title persisted even after the lead character was killed off following McManus' death. * Tam Lin - a knight in thrall to the Queen of Faerie in the ballad of that name. * Tam O'Shanter - the title character of the celebrated poem by Robert Burns - a drunken rustic. * Several Scots stock characters are present in Brigadoon, first staged on Broadway in 1947. They are variously warriors, drunkards, overly thrifty as a result of Calvinism, or capable of unusual insights stemming from a close relationship to the natural world. * Alasdair Gray's 1992 novel Poor Things centers on an artificial woman, Bella Baxter, whose initial portrayal as "Bella Caledonia" (Scotland as a woman) invokes Scots iconography, including plaid, thistles, and the Forth Railway Bridge. * In Oliver Oliphant's Owd Bob, Adam M'Adam is "an arrogant and scheming little Scotsman". The story, a children's classic, involves contests of skill and reputation between sheepdogs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of fictional Scots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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