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Ed Helms’ Andy Bernard and Louis C.K.’s Louie also make MTV News’ list, which will be unveiled all week. By MTV News staff Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle in “Castle” Photo: ABC As 2011 draws to a close, the MTV News team has been looking back on our favorite moments of the year in music and movies — and now, it’s time to turn our attention to another obsession of ours: television. The year brought us countless memorable TV turns from not just your favorite stars, but even some more obscure personalities you may not have heard about. To recognize those achievements, we’re happy to present MTV News’ Top 50 TV Characters of 2011! Our list kicks off with a healthy mix of adventurous animated characters, impossibly hilarious comedians, reality stars worth their weight in laughs and gasps, and smug (but heroic) leading men. 50. Finn (“Adventure Time”) At 26, I’m probably too old to be watching cartoons, but I can’t help but get transfixed and regress to an 8-year-old whenever Cartoon Network’s amazing series “Adventure Time” is on. Set 1,000 years from now in the Land of Ooo, “Adventure Time” follows Finn the Human (possibly the last of us) and his pal Jake the Dog. While Jake is his own ball of awesome and the Land of Ooo has a whole host of great characters, it’s Finn who comes in at #50 on our list. A 13-year-old boy, Finn is on a never-ending quest to discover how awesome the world is and to protect what is righteous by kicking evil’s butt. From his wholesome naivet