| 100% | BAMBI | 5 | Cartoon title character adapted from a Felix Salten novel |
| 38% | GIGI | 4 | Best Picture winner adapted from a Colette novel |
| 38% | EXORCIST | 8 | Title character of a Blatty novel |
| 38% | CARRIE | 6 | Title character in a Theodore Dreiser novel |
| 38% | LORDJIM | 7 | Title character in a Joseph Conrad novel |
| 37% | NEMO | 4 | Title character in a 2003 film from 44-Down |
| 36% | YEOW | 4 | Yelp from a cartoon character stepping on a tack |
| 35% | EEKS | 4 | Squeals from a cartoon character standing on a chair, maybe |
| 35% | SULA | 4 | Toni Morrison title character from a neighborhood called the Bottom |
| 35% | OSCARWAO | 8 | Novel title character with a "brief, wondrous life" |
| 34% | EASTOFEDEN | 10 | Steinbeck novel with a title from Genesis |
| 34% | JOHNNYBRAVO | 11 | Muscular title character in a 1997-2004 Cartoon Network series: 2 wds. |
| 34% | AQUATEEN | 8 | Any of three title characters in a long-running Cartoon Network series |
| 34% | THERAINMAKER | 12 | 1997 Francis Ford Coppola film starring Matt Damon adapted from a novel by John Grisham (2 wds.) |
| 34% | THEGODFATHER | 12 | 1972 Francis Ford Coppola film starring Marlon Brando adapted from a novel by Mario Puzo (2 wds.) |
| 34% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___" (2011 Mia Wasikowska film adapted from a Charlotte Brontë novel) |
| 33% | THEOUTSIDERS | 12 | 1983 Francis Ford Coppola film starring Rob Lowe adapted from a novel by S.E. Hinton (2 wds.) |
| 33% | STEVENUNIVERSE | 14 | Half-human, half-alien title character in a current Cartoon Network series: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SAMURAIJACK | 11 | Sword-wielding title character in a 2001-2004 and 2017 Cartoon Network series: 2 wds. |
| 32% | AREYOUTHEREGOD | 14 | With 49-Across, 2023 movie starring Abby Ryder Fortson that was adapted from a 1970 Judy Blume novel: 4 wds. |
| 32% | REDSKYATMORNING | 15 | 1970 Richard Thomas film adapted from a Richard Bradford novel |
| 32% | DEPUTYDAWG | 10 | Title character in a 1960s US television cartoon series whose supporting cast included Muskie Muskrat and Vincent van Gopher |
| 32% | BOB | 3 | Title cartoon character who owns a burger restaurant |
| 31% | RIDGEMONTHIGH | 13 | "Fast Times at ___," coming-of-age comedy film featuring Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli which was adapted from a novel: 2 wds. |
| 31% | HARLOWE | 7 | Clarissa —, title character of a 1748 epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson subtitled the History of a Young Lady |
| 31% | MAGILLA | 7 | ___ Gorilla, 1960s cartoon title character |
| 31% | EXORCIST | 8 | "The ___," 1973 supernatural horror film adapted from a novel of the same name about the demonic possession of a 12 year old girl |
| 31% | EYRE | 4 | Jane ___ (title character in a Charlotte Brontë novel) |
| 31% | NINE | 4 | Musical adapted from a Fellini film |
| 30% | ANTONY | 6 | Title character from Shakespeare |