Greatest Character Showdown! (Nominations CLOSED)

[Talgian]

Round One Voting HERE

In the fine tradition of the superb Greatest X contests last summer, I'd to try my hand at moderating the Greatest Character Showdown! Who needs separate contests for heroes, villains, women, and sidekicks? A great character is a great character. Let's find out who's the best! Let's see if Talgian can use more exclamation points! He can!

Rules are simple (thanks Gomez!):

- You will nominate a character.
- Please post their name, a short bio, and a picture(s).
- Individual beings only no groups.
- You may nominate as many characters as you wish.
- The character can be from any media source: books, movies, radio, television, and movies.
- No real life characters (that means you Norris!).
- When you nomiate a character please post what number he/she/it is.
- Once we have 128 characters then the nomination period will close.
- From these 128 characters we will start a head to head voting brackets to reduce the character pool to 64 and then to 32, etc. until we have the final Ultimate Character.
- I will be the moderator and will rule on any questions or problems that crop up during the game.

I would suggest if you are posting a lesser-known character to mention his/her/its source material.

All actual contest rounds have their own thread.

If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments on the characters feel free to post them!

I will post the first nominated Character! Lets have a lot of fun with this!

1. The Tick
2. Samurai Jack
3. Mugen
4. Jin
5. Gandalf
6. James Bond
7. Superman
8. Batman
9. Indiana Jones
10. Professor Moriarty
11. Robin Hood
12. Rufus
13. Tarzan
14. Conan
15. Buffy Summers
16. Darth Vader
17. Wonder Woman
18. Dr. Spock
19. Optimus Prime
20. The Doctor
21. Major Toht
22. Harry Potter
23. Captain Jack Sparrow
24. The Joker
25. Rick Blaine
26. Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding
27. Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)
28. Keyser Soze (The Usual Suspects)
29. The Bride (Kill Bill)
30. Captain James T. Kirk
31. Dream (The Sandman)
32. Belloq
33. Angus MacGyver
34. Hannibal Lecter
35. Samwise Gamgee
36. Mario
37. Lex Luthor
38. Odo (Star Trek: DS9)
39. Solomon Kane (Robert E. Howard)
40. Ozymandias (Watchmen)
41. Gul Dakat (Star Trek: DS9)
42. Khan
43. Inspector Jacques Clouseau
44. R2-D2
45. Gaston (Beauty & the Beast)
46. Godzilla
47. Jean Luc-Picard
48. King Kong
49. Madmartigan (Willow)
50. Sherlock Holmes
51. Allan Quartermain
52. Michael Corleone
53. Andrew "Ender" Wiggin
54. Adrian Monk
55. Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds
56. Jack Bauer
57. Raistlin Majere
58. Gil Grissom
59. HAL 9000
60. Obi-Wan Kenobi
61. BA Baracus (A-Team)
62. Elric of Melniboné
63. Johnny 5 (Short Circuit)
64. The Equalizer
65. The Terminator
66. T-1000
67. Horatio Hornblower
68. Jack Burton
69. Austin Powers
70. KITT
71. Ra's al Ghul
72. Alfred Bester
73. Hal Jordan
74. Maxwell Smart
75. Han Solo
76. Det. Vic Mackey
77. Jonah Hex
78. The Lone Ranger
79. King Arthur
80. The Cheshire Cat
81. Sepiroth
82. Bender (Futurama)
83. David Xanatos (Gargoyles)
84. Bugs Bunny
85. Edmund Blackadder
86. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan
87. Rooster Cogburn (True Grit)
88. The Wicked Witch of the West
89. Æon Flux
90. Yoda
91. Danger Mouse
92. Master Chief
93. Odysseus
94. The Raven
95. Spider-man
96. King Lear
97. Rembrandt Brown (Sliders)
98. Dr. Rodney McKay
99. Gamera
100. Guyver
101. Zatoichi
102. Dr. Frankenstein
103. Cthulhu
104. Puff the Magic Dragon
105. Dracula
106. John Locke (Lost)
107. Tigger
108. Gregory House (House)
109. Gaius Baltar (BSG)
110. Bananaman
111. The Nameless One (Placescape: Torment)
112. Minsc (Baldur's Gate)
113. Tommy Oliver (Power Rangers)
114. "Latino Heat" Eddie Guerrero (Pro-Wrestling)
115. Zorro
116. Javert (Les Miserables)
117. Eddard Stark (A Game of Thrones)
118. Booster Gold (DC Comics)
119. Doomsday (Superman Villain)
120. Spongebob Squarepants
121. Dr. Anton Phibes
122. Honor Harrington
123. Captain Nemo
124. Doctor Evil
125. Snake Plissken
126. Gollum
127. The Gray Mouser
128. John Crichton (Farscape)

-Talgian

 

[Talgian]

1. The Tick

A square-jawed, muscular man in a bright blue bodysuit, with antennae sticking up from his head, the Tick is a surreal parody of superheroes. The Tick is high-spirited, frequently obtuse, and is prone to making odd, dim remarks and "inspirational" speeches filled with confusing, bizarre metaphors. His superpowers are nigh-invulnerability, which allows him to crash and bang about without injury, super strength, and something referred to as "drama power", or basically a tendency for the Tick's powers to increase as the situation becomes more dramatic. He could also survive out in space without a suit and apparently either could breathe out in space or does not need oxygen. Oddly, his battle cry is "Spoooooon!".

Originally featured in an independent comic book series, The Tick and Arthur were made popular by an animated television series (1994–96) and a live action television series (2001–02). Both series aired on the Fox Network. According to the live action series The Tick is 6'6" weighs 230lbs and has blue hair and eyes.

Who's next?

-Talgian

 

[Nightfall]

No question at #2 should be...Samurai Jack!

Do I need to give more?

 

[Nightfall]

At number #3, Mugen!

From Samurai Champloo, this bad ass sword-swinger is no one's whipping boy. He kicks butt, takes names, and generally fights with his dying breath.

Mugen is my choice for #3.

 

[Nightfall]

Next up, his fellow sword swinger, Jin, also from Samurai Champloo

Yes Jin, not known as the most bosterious type, but certainly one of the more traditional samurai warriors, if you consider him slaying his own master, or at least like Mugen, have a high body count. Soft spoken, and conventional, Jin is water to Mugen's fire.

 

[horacethegrey]

Well at number 5... who else?

Of course Gandalf! In the words of the folks at Cinescape magazine: "The kindest, coolest, baddest ass wizard in all fantasy." Now while it's true that Gandalf was just one member of the Fellowship, there can be no denying that he was the main architect of The Lord of the Rings downfall. Arguably the most recognized sorcerer behind Merlin in the public eye.

 

[Morrus]

At 6: James Bond

Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR is an agent of the international arm of the British Secret Service. Codenamed 007, Bond has a license to kill and is a suave, ruthless, drinking, smoking, womanising superspy.

 

[Morrus]

And at 7: Superman

Superman was born on the planet Krypton as Kal-El, and rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father moments before the planet's destruction. The rocket landed on Earth where a passing elderly farm couple found the baby and adopted him. As the child grew to adulthood he discovered that he possessed powers far beyond those of mortal men and resolves to use his powers to help others. To keep his identity secret when not fighting the forces of evil as Superman he lives among humanity as "mild-mannered" Clark Kent, a reporter for The Daily Star (later changed to The Daily Planet). Clark works alongside reporter Lois Lane, with whom he is romantically involved — and married to in current comics continuity.

 

[Morrus]

For completeness, I'll also include Batman at 8:

Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man, and still sometimes as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. He has since become, along with Superman and Spider-Man, one of the world's most recognized superheroes.[1] Batman was co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, although only Kane receives official credit for the character.

Batman's secret identity is Bruce Wayne, billionaire industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. Witnessing the murder of his parents as a child leads him to train himself to the peak of physical and intellectual perfection, don a costume, and fight crime. Unlike many other superheroes, he does not possess superhuman powers or abilities; he makes use of intellect, detective skills, technology, and physical prowess in his war on crime.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Indiana Jones. Men want to be him, women want to be *with* him. It just takes them a while to figure that out.