When we read, watch movies, or any form of the arts that tells a story, every once in a while we will run across a strange charater that tends to stand out from the rest of the cast. That character may or may not play a bit part but the role he/she or it may play seems a bit out of place from the background story. When you finish the story form whatever device, that odd character tends to stick in our mind.
There is a character in the Fallout game that I am currently involved in that fits the bill. Foe those who are not familiar with the game, I will say it is based on a post apopcalyptic world with a raygun gothic atmosphere (http://en.wik