The Great Hero Showdown (First Round Voting Results Up!)

[griff_goodbeard]

1. Conan the Cimmerian (Robert Howard's novels, Conan movies)
2. Batman (Batman comics, Batman movies)
3. Captain Marvel (comics)
4. Dudley Do-Right (The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show)
5. Super Mario (Mario Brothers video games)
6. Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
7. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
8. Captain America
9. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones movies)
10. Aragorn (Lord of the Rings)
11. Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
12.
13.
14. The Man with No Name (Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy)
15. The Phantom
16. Thrall (Warcraft)
17. Corwin of Amber (Roger Zelany's Amber novels)
18. Solomon Kane
19. Yoda (Star Wars)
20.
21.
22. The Doctor (Doctor Who)
23. Flash Gordon
24. Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
25. Thor (Norse mythology, Marvel comics)
26. Arthur Dent (Hitchhiker's Guide)
27. Wonder Woman (comics, TV show)
28. the Hulk
29. The Tick (comics, tv shows)
30. Captain Adama (the new Battlestar Galactica)
31. Jackie Chan
32. Link (Legend of Zelda)
33. The Terminator (Terminator 2)
34. Wesley (The Princess Bride)
35. Jen the Gelfling (The Dark Crystal)
36. Ellen Ripley (Alien)
37. Robin Hood (mythology, movies)
38. Sir Lancelot (Arthurian mythology)
39. Drizzt Do'Urden (Forgotten Realms novels)
40. Spider-Man (comics, movies, TV shows)
41. Hercules (mythology, movies, TV show)
42. Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)
43. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace)
44. Hellboy (comics, movie)
45. King Arthur (mythology, various novels)
46. Harry Keogh
47. Han Solo (Star Wars)
48. Speed Racer (TV series)
49. Austin Powers (movies)
50. Wolverine (X-men and other comics, X-men movies)
51. Neo (Matrix)
52. Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
53. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
54. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
55.
56. Mad Max
57. Optimus Prime (Transformers)
58. He-Man (comics, tv shows)
59. Haru, the Great White Ninja
60. B.A. Baracus (A-Team)
61. The Lone Ranger
62. RoboCop
63. Elminster (Forgotten Realms novels)
64. Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)

 

[Renton]

First Round Brackets

1. Conan the Cimmerian
2. Alice (Alice in Wonderland)
3. Hong Kong Phooey
4. The Shadow
5. Sethra Lavode
6. Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
7. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
8. Captain America
9. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones movies)
10. Aragorn (Lord of the Rings)
11. Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly) versus Gandalf the Grey (Lord of the Rings)
12. Croaker (Glen Cook's Black Company novels)
13. Sam Vimes (Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels)
14. Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings) versus The Man with No Name (Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy)
15. Gamera
16. Thrall (Warcraft)
17. Trinity (Matrix)
18. Richard Sharpe
19. Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories)
20. El Borak
21. Granny Weatherwax (Discworld)
22. The Doctor (Doctor Who)
23. Flash Gordon
24. John Crichton)
25. Thor (Norse mythology, Marvel comics)
26. Arthur Dent (Hitchhiker's Guide)
27. Rorschach
28. the Hulk
29. Agent Dale Cooper
30. Nolan Benholm
31. Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
32. James Bond (movies, Ian Fleming's stories)
33. Leto II (Children of Dune)
34. Wesley (The Princess Bride)
35. Jen the Gelfling (The Dark Crystal)
36. Ellen Ripley (Alien)
37. Robin Hood (mythology, movies)
38. Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
39. Nathan Kiklu
40. Spider-Man (comics, movies, TV shows)
41. Gilgamesh (mythology)
42. Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)
43. Gordon Freeman
44. Vlad Taltos (Steven Brust's Dragaera novels)
45. King Arthur (mythology, various novels)
46. Paladin - The Man in Black (Have Gun Will Travel)
47. Han Solo (Star Wars)
48. Severain the Torturer
49. Austin Powers (movies)
50. Wolverine (X-men and other comics, X-men movies)
51. Jack Bauer (24)
52. Professor X (X-men and other comics, X-men movies)
53. Wraith
54. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
55. Spongebob Squarepants (tv show)
56. Mad Max
57. Captain Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
58. Odysseus (mythology)
59. Don Quixote
60. Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
61. The Lone Ranger
62. Wesley Wyndham Pryce (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
63. Mack Bolan (The Executioner)
64. Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)

Some tough choices there!

 

[Gomez]

1.Conan the Cimmerian
2. Batman
3. Captain Marvel
4. The Shadow
5. Sethra Lavode
6. Luke Skywalker
7. John Carter of Mars
8. Captain America
9. Indiana Jones (Toughest pick for me)
10. Aragorn
11. Gandalf the Grey
12. John Sheridan
13.
14. Samwise Gamgee
15. The Phantom
16. Delenn (Babylon 5)
17. Corwin of Amber
18. Solomon Kane
19. Sherlock Holmes
20.
21.
22. The Doctor
23. Flash Gordon
24.
25. Thor
26. Arthur Dent
27. Wonder Woman
28. the Hulk
29. The Tick
30. Captain Adama
31. Atticus Finch
32. James Bond
33. The Terminator
34. Wesley
35. Jen the Gelfling
36. Perseus
37. Robin Hood
38. Sir Lancelot
39. Drizzt Do'Urden
40. Spider-Man
41. Hercules
42. Frodo Baggins
43. Anakin Skywalker
44. Vlad Taltos
45. King Arthur
46. Paladin - The Man in Black
47. Han Solo
48. Speed Racer
49. Austin Powers
50. Professor Albus Dumbledore
51. Neo
52. Captain James T. Kirk
53. Captain Jean-Luc Picard
54. Obi-Wan Kenobi
55. Honor Harrington
56. Carl Kolchak
57.
58.
59. Don Quixote
60.
61. The Lone Ranger
62. W RoboCop
63. Elminster
64. Doc Savage

 

[Aexalon]

1. Conan the Cimmerian
2. Batman
3.
4.
5.
6. Luke Skywalker
7. Buffy Summers
8.
9. Indiana Jones
10. Aragorn
11. Malcolm Reynolds
12. John Sheridan
13.
14. Samwise Gamgee
15.
16. Delenn
17.
18. Richard Sharpe
19. Yoda
20.
21. CuChulainn
22. The Doctor
23. Flash Gordon
24. Connor MacLeod
25. Thor (Asgard Supreme Commander)
26. Arthur Dent
27.
28.
29.
30. Captain Adama
31.
32. James Bond
33. Leto II
34. Beowulf
35. Jen the Gelfling
36. Ellen Ripley
37. Duncan Idaho
38. Sir Lancelot
39.
40. Sir Galahad
41. Hercules
42. Wicket
43. Gordon Freeman
44.
45. King Arthur
46.
47. Han Solo
48.
49. Austin Powers
50. Wolverine
51. Neo
52. Captain James T. Kirk
53. Captain Jean-Luc Picard
54. Obi-Wan Kenobi
55.
56. Mad Max
57. Captain Benjamin Sisko
58. Odysseus
59. Don Quixote
60. B.A. Baracus
61. Jack O'Neill
62. RoboCop
63. Elminster
64. Inigo Montoya

Obi Wan vs. Ash? Wicket vs. Frodo? The pain! (considering the large number of "who the <bleep> are these people anyway?"... the number of empty lines in people's votes are tell-tale, imho.)

 

[Szatany]

1. Conan the Cimmerian (Robert Howard's novels, Conan movies)
2. Batman (Batman comics, Batman movies)
3. Captain Marvel (comics)
4. The Shadow
5. Super Mario (Mario Brothers video games)
6. The Punisher (comics, movie)
7. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
8. Captain America
9. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones movies)
10. Superman
11. Gandalf the Grey (Lord of the Rings)
12.
13.
14. The Man with No Name (Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy)
15.
16.
17. Trinity (Matrix)
18.
19. Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories)
20.
21.
22. The Doctor (Doctor Who)
23. Marty McFly (Back to the Future)
24. Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
25. Thor (Norse mythology, Marvel comics)
26. Arthur Dent (Hitchhiker's Guide)
27. Wonder Woman (comics, TV show)
28. the Hulk
29.
30. Captain Adama (the new Battlestar Galactica)
31.
32. James Bond (movies, Ian Fleming's stories)
33. The Terminator (Terminator 2)
34. Beowulf (mythology)
35. Rocky Balboa (Rocky movies)
36. Ellen Ripley (Alien)
37. Robin Hood (mythology, movies)
38. Sir Lancelot (Arthurian mythology)
39.
40. Spider-Man (comics, movies, TV shows)
41. Hercules (mythology, movies, TV show)
42. Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)
43. Gordon Freeman
44. Hellboy (comics, movie)
45. King Arthur (mythology, various novels)
46.
47. John Rambo (Rambo movies)
48.
49. Austin Powers (movies)
50. Wolverine (X-men and other comics, X-men movies)
51. Neo (Matrix)
52. Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
53. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
54. Ash (Army of Darkness)
55. Honor Harrington (David Weber's novels)
56. Mad Max
57. Optimus Prime (Transformers)
58. He-Man (comics, tv shows)
59. Haru, the Great White Ninja
60. B.A. Baracus (A-Team)
61. Jack O'Neill
62. RoboCop
63.
64. Doc Savage

 

[Particle_Man]

kinda messy not to have a new thread to separate voting from nominating, but oh well

1. Parksenarion (Elizabeth Moon's Deed of Paksenarion)
2. Batman (Batman comics, Batman movies)
3. Captain Marvel (comics)
4. Dudley Do-Right (The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show)
5. Sethra Lavode (Steven Brust's Dragaera novels)
6. Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
7. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
8. Miles Vorkosigan (Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan novels)
9. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones movies)
10. Superman
11. Gandalf the Grey (Lord of the Rings)
12. John Sheridan (Babylon 5)
13. Sam Vimes (Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels)
14. The Man with No Name (Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy)
15.
16. Delenn (Babylon 5)
17. Corwin of Amber (Roger Zelany's Amber novels)
18. Solomon Kane
19. Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories)
20.
21. Granny Weatherwax (Discworld)
22. The Doctor (Doctor Who)
23. Flash Gordon
24. Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
25. Thor (Norse mythology, Marvel comics)
26. Arthur Dent (Hitchhiker's Guide)
27. Wonder Woman (comics, TV show)
28. Superboy (comics)
29. The Tick (comics, tv shows)
30.
31. Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
32. James Bond (movies, Ian Fleming's stories)
33. The Terminator (Terminator 2)
34. Wesley (The Princess Bride)
35. Jen the Gelfling (The Dark Crystal)
36. Perseus (Greek mythology)
37. Robin Hood (mythology, movies)
38. Sir Lancelot (Arthurian mythology)
39.
40. Sir Galahad (Arthurian mythology)
41. Hercules (mythology, movies, TV show)
42. Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)
43. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace)
44. Vlad Taltos (Steven Brust's Dragaera novels)
45. King Arthur (mythology, various novels)
46.
47. Han Solo (Star Wars)
48.
49. Austin Powers (movies)
50. Professor Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter)
51. Jack Bauer (24)
52. Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
53. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
54. Ash (Army of Darkness)
55. Honor Harrington (David Weber's novels)
56. Mad Max
57. Captain Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
58. Odysseus (mythology)
59. Don Quixote
60. Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
61. The Lone Ranger
62. Wesley Wyndham Pryce (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
63. Elminster (Forgotten Realms novels)
64. Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)

Lots of tough ones. Alas, poor Paks will likely fall before Conan, but IMHO she is the better hero, if less well known. My final prediction: Superman will win.

 

[Hor Kai Lan]

First Round Brackets

1. Conan the Cimmerian
2. Batman
3. Hong Kong Phooey
4. Dudley Do-Right
5. Super Mario
6. Luke Skywalker
7. Buffy Summers
8. Captain America
9. Indiana Jones
10. Aragorn
11. Gandalf the Grey
12. John Sheridan (Babylon 5)
13. Sam Vimes
14. Samwise Gamgee
15. Gamera
16. Thrall (Warcraft)
17. Corwin of Amber (Roger Zelany's Amber novels)
18. Solomon Kane
19. Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories)
20.
21.
22.
23. Marty McFly (Back to the Future)
24. Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
25. Thor
26.
27. Wonder Woman
28. the Hulk
29. The Tick (comics, tv shows)
30.
31. Jackie Chan
32. James Bond (movies, Ian Fleming's stories)
33.
34. Beowulf
35. Jen the Gelfling (The Dark Crystal)
36. Perseus
37. Robin Hood
38. Sir Lancelot
39.
40. Spider-Man
41. Hercules
42. Frodo Baggins
43. Gordon Freeman
44.
45. King Arthur
46.
47. Han Solo
48. Speed Racer
49.
50. Wolverine
51. Neo
52. Captain James T. Kirk
53. Captain Jean-Luc Picard
54. Obi-Wan Kenobi
55.
56.
57. Optimus Prime
58. He-Man
59. Don Quixote
60. B.A. Baracus
61. The Lone Ranger
62.
63.
64. Doc Savage

 

[Tonguez]

Wow am I like the only person who knows who El Borak (Francis Xavier Gordon) is?
Robert E Howards most developed character and yet apparently too obscure

and Maui - Polynesian Mythology, none of you guys are from Hawaii are you....

 

[Kaledor]

1. Conan the Cimmerian
2. Batman
3. Captain Marvel (DC comics)
4.
5.
6. Luke Skywalker
7. Buffy Summers -- come on, it says so on her grave: "She saved the World. A LOT"
8. Captain America
9. Indiana Jones -- man this was a tough draw for tarzan. he could've easily beaten many others on this list, but instead he had to go up against the man in the hat.
10. Superman -- CURSE YOU!!! THIS IS THE HARDEST MATCHUP OF ALL!!!!!!!! One is an icon of a hero, the other takes on impossible enemies and wins despite the odds. One is declared dead and returns to even greater glory, the other seems to be unstoppable (BTW, you get to choose which of those tags go to which hero)
11. Malcolm Reynolds -- sorry, I love the character, but Gandolph isn't the hero in the story, Mal is
12. -- I might be the only geek in the world not to like or watch B5, so I can't vote for him and I don't know the other guy.
13.
14. Samwise Gamgee
15.
16. Thrall (Warcraft)
17. Trinity (Matrix)
18.
19. Sherlock Holmes -- another tough match-up... but holmes edges out the little green guy for the same reasons as #11
20.
21. CuChulainn (Celtic mythology)
22. The Doctor (Doctor Who) -- ummm, wasn't godzilla often the BAD GUY!
23. Flash Gordon
24. John Crichton -- John Crichton is NOT FROM B5, that's why he wins
25. Aeryn Sun
26. Arthur Dent (Hitchhiker's Guide)
27. Wonder Woman (comics, TV show)
28. Superboy
29. The Tick (comics, tv shows)
30. Captain Adama (the new Battlestar Galactica)
31. Jackie Chan
32. James Bond
33. Leto II (Children of Dune)
34. Wesley (The Princess Bride)
35. Rocky Balboa (Rocky movies)
36. Ellen Ripley (Alien)
37. Robin Hood (mythology, movies)
38. Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) -- honestly, though this too might force my geekdom to be stripped, but I liked the Lanc. better in the recent movie than I did in any of his previous incarnations.
39. Drizzt Do'Urden (Forgotten Realms novels)
40. Spider-Man (comics, movies, TV shows)
41. Gilgamesh (mythology)
42. Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)
43. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace)
44. Hellboy (comics, movie)
45. King Arthur (mythology, various novels) -- even though Ralph has the proof in his name, he ain't called the GREATEST for nothing... I gotta vote for THE KING
46.
47. Han Solo (Star Wars) -- that doesn't even seem like a fair match-up. How do you beat Han, even if you do get to shoot first
48. Speed Racer (TV series) versus Severain the Torturer
49. Austin Powers (movies)
50. Wolverine (X-men and other comics, X-men movies) -- no more Potter, PLEASE. If I couldn't vote for Gandolph in his true form, I won't vote for him in his badly cloned form. Besides Wolves is the best hero evar!
51. Neo (Matrix)
52. Captain James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
53. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
54. Ash (Army of Darkness) -- "Hail to thee King, baby"
55.
56. Mad Max
57. Optimus Prime (Transformers) -- I was ready to vote for all the ST captians, but then this one met up with a Semi that rules!
58. He-Man (comics, tv shows) -- ummm, again lossing another rank in Geek, but I liked the 80's movie in a twisted way!
59. Don Quixote -- This was a great match !!!! I laughed out loud when I saw it... They both have their own theme songs, but I have a very fond place in my heart for the Don.
60. Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
61. Jack O'Neill -- let's go SG-1, we need some votes!!!!!!
62. RoboCop -- ugg I didn't want to vote for robocop, but I couldn't vote for the other guy
63.
64. Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)


I feel like a lot of second-rate "heroes" are getting lucky by being paired up together in this round, while many heavy hitters are knocking each other off. Superman vs Aragorn!!!! Come on that could've been a final or semi-final...
Ah well.
I had to leave a few blank b/c, like others have said, I either didn't know both entries well enough, or I didn't like one of them well enough to give them the vote by default.

 

[Fajitas]

1. Conan the Cimmerian (Robert Howard's novels, Conan movies)
2. Batman (Batman comics, Batman movies)
3. Captain Marvel (comics)
4. Dudley Do-Right (The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show)
5. Super Mario (Mario Brothers video games)
6. Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
7. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
8. Captain America
9. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones movies)
10. Superman
11. Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
12. John Sheridan (Babylon 5)
13. Sam Vimes (Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels)
14. Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
15. Gamera
16. Delenn (Babylon 5)
17. Corwin of Amber (Roger Zelany's Amber novels)
18. Richard Sharpe
19. Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories)
20.
21. Granny Weatherwax (Discworld)
22. The Doctor (Doctor Who)
23. Flash Gordon
24. Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
25. Thor (Norse mythology, Marvel comics)
26. Ozymandias
27. Wonder Woman (comics, TV show)
28. Superboy (comics)
29. The Tick (comics, tv shows)
30. Captain Adama (the new Battlestar Galactica)
31. Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
32. James Bond (movies, Ian Fleming's stories)
33. The Terminator (Terminator 2)
34. Beowulf (mythology)
35. Rocky Balboa (Rocky movies)
36. Ellen Ripley (Alien)
37. Robin Hood (mythology, movies)
38. Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
39. Nathan Kiklu
40. Sir Galahad (Arthurian mythology)
41. Hercules (mythology, movies, TV show)
42. Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)
43. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace)
44. Vlad Taltos (Steven Brust's Dragaera novels)
45. Ralph Hinkley
46.
47. Han Solo (Star Wars)
48. Speed Racer (TV series)
49. Austin Powers (movies)
50. Professor Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter)
51. Jack Bauer (24)
52. Professor X (X-men and other comics, X-men movies)
53. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
54. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
55. Spongebob Squarepants (tv show)
56. Mad Max
57. Captain Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
58. Odysseus (mythology)
59. Don Quixote
60. B.A. Baracus (A-Team)
61. The Lone Ranger
62. RoboCop
63. Elminster (Forgotten Realms novels)
64. Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)