What are your inspirations for characters?

Specifically, do you have any "weird" or "unconventional" inspirations? Or combinations that shouldn't work, but work for you just fine?

I was thinking about my own homestuck fan story, and how weird the inspiration combo of Scott Pilgrim and The Bible are. Especially because I haven't read the actual book nor am I religious, but I still reference it. I think it's really funny in an ironic way lol.

I hope that question makes sense. If someone wants an example of how it manifests in a character I can write it, but it will be very long-winded because I tend to ramble, so just let me know rip.

I just want to see if other people have random sources of inspos too :]