The Great Anti-Hero Showdown(Nominations Open)

[warlord]

Hey everyone else is doing it so why not me. We'll need whatever 100-some number of anti-heroes that the all the other threads had so nominate away.

 

[Falkus]

Ooh, you mustn't forget Max Payne.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

2. The Punisher (Marvel comics, movies)



Frank Castle appeared in the Hero thread, but he's far more appropriately placed here. He's a murderer, a serial killer, though fortunately he only goes after the bad guys. Of course, exactly what constitutes a bad guy to this one man judge, jury, and executioner is exactly what makes him so feared by all. Drug dealers, mafiosos- but how about the guy who steals from the register at work?

3. The Man With No Name (Spaghetti Westerns)



This guy... well, he has no name. He roams the lawless territories of the west, seemingly only out for himself. He has a conscience, though, that makes itself manifest from time to time, and he has been known to ride to the rescue of the odd damsel in distress.

4. Snake Plissken (Escape From New York, Escape From L.A.)



This guy's survived so many near death scenarios that everyone is surprised to see him still around and kicking. A complete and utter self-serving bastard, he nevertheless usually ends up doing the right thing- if only because it's the exact opposite from what the people he works for (who are even more lowdown than he is) want him to do.

5. Solid Snake (Metal Gear series)



This guy's the best there is at what he does... and you all thought that was Wolverine's shtick.

A tough as nails, hardcore soldier, who has been used and abused by the government he works for time and again without asking questions. He's recently gone rogue, though, and is even more dangerous than ever.

 

[ThirdWizard]

6. Rick Deckard

Rick Deckard (Blade Runner)

He should need no explaination.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

7. Elric of Melnibone



The albino prince of a decadent and decaying kingdom, Elric roams the world, combatting evils he sees before him. He is aided by the soul-stealing sword Stormbringer, which he requires to sustain his strength. Stormbringer makes no distinction between friend and foe, and thus Elric is eternally haunted.

 

[Darthjaye]

7. Elric of Melnibone

The albino prince of a decadent and decaying kingdom, Elric roams the world, combatting evils he sees before him. He is aided by the soul-stealing sword Stormbringer, which he requires to sustain his strength. Stormbringer makes no distinction between friend and foe, and thus Elric is eternally haunted.

"Blood and Souls for my Lord Arioch!!!"

Great choice.

8. Seth Gecko (From Dusk to Dawn)

Borderline psycho killer with a over that line brother who ends up being the hero to the very girl, who along with her family, he kidnapped after....well you all know and have seen the movie by now. Those of you who haven't....rent it. Nuff said.

(Anyone got a good pisture of him feel free to throw it up here please.)

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Don't nobody be forgetting Doomsday.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

8. Seth Gecko (From Dusk to Dawn)
(Anyone got a good pisture of him feel free to throw it up here please.)

Asked and answered-

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Don't nobody be forgetting Doomsday.

Is Doomsday an antihero? I thought he was just an out-and-out villain. I'm not that familiar with the character, though, so I could be wrong.

That does bring to mind another guy, though:

9. Lobo



The last Czarnian- last because he killed all of his people- this guy has somehow managed to do some good in the universe, though not for a lack of trying to do otherwise. A teenaged clone of his even joined the superhero group Young Justice for a time.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Is Doomsday an antihero? I thought he was just an out-and-out villain. I'm not that familiar with the character, though, so I could be wrong.

D'OH! Your right, I'm wrong. I thought this was just a villain thread.