So you know that parallel worlds will always have something different about them?
On this Earth, I'm actually a animated Disney character from the movie The Incredibles. Not a bad movie, weird because it's about my family. So technically here, I'm considered to be a fictional character.
There's a show here, and on a lot of other different worlds called Doctor Who and you can guess whose the star. All about your adventures and your friends.
When I first started watching, matchstick man, as you call him, was known as the tenth regeneration. It wasn't until later that the viewers learned he was the eleventh.