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Goofy, fun characters in gaming

Joe Higashi from Fatal Fury is still the GOAT.

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These three:

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Laguna, Kiros, and Ward from Final Fantasy VIII. They had amazing chemistry together and their sections worked really well to break up some of the more serious aspects of the story. Best of all, beyond the comic relief and goofiness was a damn emotional core to their connection of the story.
Laguna parking a car in the middle of the street will never not be funny. What a lovable doofus.
 
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Well over half the things Bayonetta does are completely unnecessary and impractical, but hilarious and awesome.

She quips, poses, dances, makes random spotlights and confetti appear from out of nowhere. She's easily the most consistently entertaining protagonist I've ever played as. The partial nudity is really just the tip of the iceberg.

I also second Rodin.
 
Rhys and Fiona from Tales of the Borderlands, both are quite goofy in their own ways and are very fun characters. Underrated characters as far as I'm concerned, they don't get talked about much at all.

Edit: Thinking about it, I should have just said the whole cast for that game lol.
 
Kenneth Donnelly from Mass Effect 2.

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Love everything this guy says and the way he says it. He's practically the reason why I
launch the Suicide Mission to save the abducted crew as soon as possible.

"Ken: That scunner can't cook a good haggis to save his life.
Gabby: Yeah, but all haggis tastes like ass anyway.
Ken: Aye, but in the right hands, it can taste like mighty fine ass. "
 
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Fawful from the Mario & Luigi titles. Perhaps a little bit overused later on, but his dialogue in his first appearance is spectacular.

Fawful was awesome in the first game, and has a neat cameo in Partners in Time, but in Bowser's Inside Story, I found him insufferable, as the writers were clearly just pandering. He basically became an overused meme. Loads of enemies in the game were even based on him for no real reason whatsoever.

Fawful is a good sidekick; not a good primary villain.
 
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Fawful from the Mario & Luigi titles. Perhaps a little bit overused later on, but his dialogue in his first appearance is spectacular.

Fawful worked hard to be where he is today, getting knocked down and working his way back up to the top selling beans in the sewers
 
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Eikichi (Or as he sometimes likes to be called 'Michel') from Persona 2. One of the best ever.

Also, his battle quotes are great (especially the way Troy Baker delivers the lines).

"You ain't worth my time!"
"No encore tonight, honey"
"Do you want my autograph?" (Battle starts)
"C'mon, babe!" (Summoning Persona)
"So looooooooong!" (Battle end)
 
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Tiesel Bonne. He was a goof for the two main games and Tron Bonne. In one section of Legends, they are invading a city and this quote always makes me giggle.

"We may be pirates, but we aren't barbarians! Let them keep the toilet paper..."
 
Glottis from Grim Fandango. I can't help but love the guy, he has some great facial expressions in a time of panic and his voice performance by Alan Blumenfeld makes him very entertaining.

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