Jeffrey Jones, who played Dean Edward Rooney in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, has been sentenced to 250 hours community service for failing to update his entry in a sex offenders register.

The last Monday in January is officially recognised as the most depressing day of the year. This year, the day psychologists have nicknamed “Blue Monday” falls on January 25th, which unfortunately is shuffling ever closer. There’s only one thing to do – take to the sofa with a carton of Ben and Jerry’s and some good old-fashioned escapism. Here we present you with the best fictional film characters to live vicariously through when the fateful day arrives.