Every now and then, you'll come across a character who you very quickly like. For example, my whole family likes Dax, even though he's only in Star Wars for about two minutes. Even my Mom likes him, and she doesn't even like Attack of the Clones.
I can't think of any other characters who are just really interesting and cool during such a brief role. I might find some more if I kept paying attention though. Maybe Castorp, the nice German guy in The Wind Rises? (Some of my favorite characters are actually not that endearing when you first meet them - you have to get to know them, and see them grow, like Zuko, or Hector).
Usually when a movie/book makes you love a character so quickly, it's because they have something awful planned @_@
For example (spoilers) in Big Hero Six. They want you to love Tadashi so that you'll be heartbroken when the explosion happens. Or Queen Tara, from Epic. Even Dr. Octavius, who has only a few minutes screen time before he's lost, for a different reason.
Which brings up another reason they might try to make you like a character quickly. They want you to be horrified to learn that the "cool character" is secretly the villain.
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