Well, I have to say Chrono Trigger probbly has one of the highest percentage of liked to disliked characters of any games. The only character in the game I disliked was Robo, mainly because I thought he looked stupid and no mater how good they make his combat strength and back story I always play games so I can run around with the characters I find cool.

That said #1 goes to Magus because I am very partial to dark manipulative characters in games. I also really liked all his dramatic lines, and of course character sprite.