Greatest Character Showdown! (Nominations CLOSED)

[PhoenixDarkDirk]

112 Minsc

Minsc is a mighty warrior from the Baldur's Gate computer games. He has a great drive to attack evil. He is never seperated from his "mentor" a "miniature giant space hamster" called Boo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsc

 

[Nuclear Platypus]

#113 Tommy Oliver

He started out as a Green Ranger but lost his powers only to return as the White Ranger. He'd later serve as the Red Ranger and finally as the Black Ranger. He's been both a hero and a villain and apparently suffered from the Fonzie Syndrome.

In each incarnation, he had martial arts ability combined with enhanced physical stats and weaponry along with a never quit attitude. Likewise, he had the ability to summon a zord to help fight and in his final incarnation, he could summon up several smaller 'backup zords' to turn the tide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Oliver

 

[Nuclear Platypus]

#114 "Latino Heat" Eddie Guerrero

"Remember when I said I wouldn't cheat? I lied."

Eddie has been in the big 3 wrestling federations: ECW, WCW and WWE, winning gold in each one. He could adjust his style to fit his opponent to some extent, such as grappling or luche libre. His final (and probably most successful) gimmick was "lie, cheat and steal" often setting up his opponent to lose by DQ by tossing an illegal object at his opponent then playing possum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_guerrero

 

[johnsemlak]

115 Zorro

Zorro, whose real name is Don Diego de la Vega, is a master swordsman and hero who fights agaisnt tyrrany, injustice, and oppression.

He first appearned in 1919 in a pulp magazine. Since then he has appeared in novels, comics, pulp serials, tv series, animated series, and several feature films. His first film appearance was in The Mark of Zorro in the silent era, in 1920, played by Douglas Fairbanks. Also significant was the Disney live action tv series Zorro starring Guy Willians.

Zorro was a major inspiration of many later famous heroes, including Indiana Jones (Zorro used a bullwhip) and Batman.

 

[Templetroll]

Temple,

I was thinking Smaug but Puff will do for now. I guess. I'm just against using "literary" animals that have real world counterparts, like using Blake's "The Lamb" or "Tyger" as a great character. Just stating my belief on that count.

I take your meaning. After the nominations are closed I'd like to mention some that I think would be interesting if no one else nominates them.

 

[Talgian]

116. Javert

A police inspector who strictly believes in law and order and will stop at nothing to enforce France’s harsh penal codes. Javert is incapable of compassion or pity, and performs his work with such passion that he takes on a nearly animal quality when he is on the chase. He nurses an especially strong desire to recapture Valjean, whose escapes and prosperity he sees as an affront to justice. Ultimately, Javert is unable to say with certainty that Valjean deserves to be punished. This ambiguity under-mines the system of belief on which Javert bases his life and forces him to choose between hypocrisy and honor.

-Talgian

 

[Trickstergod]

Eddard Stark of A Game of Thrones

Patriarch of House Stark, Ned is the Warden of the North and Lord of Winterfell. Ned's a man of great virtue, renowned throughout the Seven Kingdoms for his high standards of honor, a man greatly concerned about integrity. If he has any virtue that trumps this, or any great failing, it's his strong sense of compassion, particularly for children. Though once a great general, he's still haunted by the death of his sister and other great men in a war over a decade past.

 

[Trickstergod]

Booster Gold

Many super-heroes do what they do because of some great tragedy in their past they hope to never let pass again, or because it's the right thing to do, or patriotic spirit, or any other number of selfless reasons. Not so Booster Gold, a former football player from the 25th century banned from play after he was caught gambling on his own games. Stealing a number of technological devices and his robotic companion Skeets, Booster hijacked a time machine and traveled to the 20th century with the intent of becoming a super-hero. Unlike Batman or Superman or most other heroes, though, Booster became one for the purpose of gaining wealth via his celebrity status as a hero. Though his motives aren't always the most selfless ones, however, nor is he always the brightest bulb in the bunch, Booster's still a hero, saving lives and fighting the good fight where he may. Particularly when there's a check to be had for it.

 

[Nuclear Platypus]

#119 Doomsday

Quite possibly Superman's greatest foe as he did something even Lex Luthor couldn't: kill Superman. He is the living embodiment of evolution for each injury makes him more resistant and each death makes him harder to kill / immune to injury and will even hyperevolve to counter a special ability like retractable claws to reel in a flying Superman or generating an energy field to counter an energy being. Furthermore, his physical abilities rival or exceed Superman and possibly the rest of the Justice League, given the ease with which he plowed through them in previous encounters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_(comics)

 

[Yellow Sign]

120. Spongebob Squarepants

SpongeBob is a porous sea sponge with eyes, a mouth with prominent front teeth and dimples, arms, legs, hands and feet. He resembles a kitchen sponge more than a sea sponge, in order to emphasise the image of a "squeaky-clean" nerd. SpongeBob has the ability to morph into other shapes at will, and can grow back pieces which fall off of him. His arms can become variable in length and shape at will and are retractable as well as detachable.

SpongeBob typically wears a white shirt with brown trousers, although he has been known to run naked (or in his underwear). As a part of the attire, his shoes are shiny black, with a spheric bulge at the front (although still a part of the shoe proper, unlike the balls of clown shoes). He usually wears a pair of white briefs underneath his pants, although he has been seen wearing blue, green, and red briefs (all at the same time, nonetheless) and even pink to honour his best friend, Patrick. At night, he sometimes has a green bathrobe on but mostly goes to sleep with his underwear, socks and shoes. When he goes "swimming", he wears a pair of blue swimming trunks (although he still wears his underpants and shoes. He also wears a red necktie in exchange for his bow tie on special occasions.

SpongeBob is described as extremely sweet, kind, funny, generous, cheerful, friendly, happy, loving, hard-working, annoying (according to Squidward) and most of all, trusting. He has a buck-toothed grin, tremendously expressive face and square body that complements his pure and good nature. SpongeBob will rarely knowingly do wrong or harm to anyone except on April Fools Day and never without remorse. However, he has been known to shout and curse (even "obscenities" such as "Tartar Sauce","Fish Paste", or "Barnacles") when angry or frustrated. Although he is an adult, he has a very childish nature, shown to great effect in the episode "Grandma's Kisses", at which he is at his most childish.