| 100% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 flop based on a Julia Sweeney “S.N.L.” character |
| 47% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 movie based on an "S.N.L." character |
| 41% | WAYNESWORLD | 11 | 1992 comedy based on a long-running "S.N.L." sketch |
| 40% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 film based on an "S.N.L." skit |
| 40% | CATS | 4 | 2019 film flop based on a Broadway musical based on a T. S. Eliot poetry collection |
| 40% | MRBILL | 6 | Clay character on S.N.L. with a girlfriend named Miss Sally |
| 39% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | 1994 movie based on a Winston Groom novel |
| 38% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 "S.N.L."-based bomb starring Julia Sweeney |
| 38% | ELMO | 4 | Love2Learn ___ (toy based on a "Sesame Street" character) |
| 38% | HONDO | 5 | Western based on a Louis L'Amour story |
| 38% | DON | 3 | "___ Quixote," song by Gordon Lightfoot based on a famous literary character from Miguel de Cervantes's work |
| 38% | OLIVER | 6 | "___ Twist Manifesto," album by Luke Haines based on a famous literary character from Charles Dickens's works |
| 37% | RAT | 3 | Rizzo the ___ (Muppet based on a "Midnight Cowboy" character) |
| 37% | NAENAE | 6 | 2010s dance trend based on a character from Martin |
| 37% | MISERY | 6 | Psychological thriller based on a S. King's novel |
| 37% | HONDO | 5 | John Wayne film based on a Louis L'Amour story |
| 37% | NAKEDLUNCH | 10 | *1991 cult film based on a William S. Burroughs novel |
| 36% | HUCK | 4 | "Saint ___," song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds based on a famous literary character from Mark Twain's work |
| 36% | LIES | 4 | "True ___" (2023 CBS TV series based on a 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger film) |
| 36% | THEWIZARDOFOZ | 13 | 1939 film based on a novel by L. Frank Baum (4 wds.) |
| 36% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 film based on an androgynous "SNL" character (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SCROOGEMCDUCK | 13 | Disney character based on a Dickens character |
| 34% | COMPASS | 7 | __ rose, diagram on a chart showing N, S, E, W |
| 34% | LOLITA | 6 | 1962 dramedy based on a Nabokov novel, in which Peter Sellers' character assumes several disguises |
| 34% | BATMANFOREVER | 13 | Comic book adaptation of the 1995 movie based on a DC Comics character: 2 wds. |
| 34% | FORREST | 7 | "___ Gump," Tom Hanks movie based on a novel by Winston Groom which released in 1994 |
| 34% | IRON | 4 | "___ Fist" 2017 TV series created by Scott Buck which is based on a Marvel Comics character |
| 34% | THOR | 4 | "___: The Dark World," 2013 superhero film based on a Marvel Comics character that stars Natalie Portman |
| 34% | ASTROBOY | 8 | Animated superhero film based on a manga character known as Mighty Atom in Japan (2 wds.) |
| 34% | GARAGE | 6 | "Joe's ___," 1979 concept album by Frank Zappa based on a fictional character, Central Scrutinizer |