Que Passa!!!!

No, this isn't a story, It's kind of like those "Post Your Character" threads that pop up in this forum every once and a while.
But THIS one is different. We all have characters that we often use in our(And, in fact, sometimes someone ELSE'S) war tavern stories. But how did we come up with them? Did anything inspire us?
Please post how you came up with your character.

As is Batty Poll tradition, I'll start:

First of all, I'm a cartoon bat because- I like both cartoons and bats(Cartoons are art, and bats are cute.). As for my powers: the Cosmic Shift and my backpack were both inspired by one of my first favorite cartoon characters(I still like him, by the way) Felix the Cat: if you ever looked into Felix's adventures, you know that he has a magic carpet bag... Course, HIS can transform into things... and it probably doesn't go on the fritz as often as mine does(The only reason I chose a backpack rather then a carpet bag, is that a backpack is easier to keep track off... Oh, and you don't have to put it down someplace when you need to use both your hands.). He also used to pull cosmic shifts all the time
As for the bad luck thing, I don't really like all-powerful creations(Even when I make someone increadibly powerful, they all have some kind of quirk... Like a fasination for Yoyos or something). The cowardousness, and the bad luck are mostly to keep me humble.

Extra note: If this doesn't belong in here, please move it. Thank you.