Example apparatus and methods for generating context-aware artificial intelligence characters are disclosed. An example apparatus to animate an artificial intelligence character includes a data tagger to tag data in a media data stream to generate a plurality of data files of tagged data, the data files corresponding to different time periods in a storyline, the tagged data associated with a first character in the media data stream, the artificial intelligence character to portray the first character. The example apparatus includes a trainer to generate a response model of the first character based on the data file corresponding to a current data time period and one or more data files corresponding to one or more earlier time periods of the storyline and a response generator to apply the response model based on a stimulus input to animate the artificial intelligence character.