The Leading Ladies Showdown - We Have Our 64!

[Szatany]

25. Tank Girl

Tank Girl was a 1990s English comic strip and the name of the leading character. Drawn by Jamie Hewlett and written by Alan Martin, later writing was done by Peter Milligan.

As the name suggests, Tank Girl drives a tank, which is also her home. She undertakes a series of missions for a nebulous organisation before making a serious mistake and being declared an outlaw; later strips were deeply disorganised and chaotic. Initially set in a stylised Australia (geographical knowledge is slight since she drives Tank from Australia to New Zealand), but most of the strips mine British pop culture. Real-life celebrities (usually B list, from Britpop bands and UK children's TV) shared the page with other major characters: Booga (a kangaroo and Tank Girl's boyfriend), the soft toys Camp Koala and Mr. Precocious, Stevie, Barney, Sub Girl and Jet Girl.

 

[Szatany]

26. Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)

Set in the 21st century, Ghost in the Shell is superficially a futuristic spy thriller, dealing with the exploits of Motoko Kusanagi, a member of the covert operations section of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission, Section 9, which specializes in fighting technology-related crime. Although supposedly equal to all other members, Kusanagi fills the leadership role in the team, and is usually referred to as major due to her past rank in the armed forces. She is almost completely mechanized, a human brain in an artificial body, capable of superhuman feats, and specialized for her job.

 

[Szatany]

27. Kathryn Janeway

Kathryn Janeway (Born: May 20, 2336 in Bloomington, Indiana), was the captain of the USS Voyager NCC-74656 (years 2371-2378) in the Star Trek: Voyager. She was later promoted to Admiral.

Throughout the series, she maintained a steadfast goal of getting out of the Delta Quadrant and back home to Earth. Along the way, Captain Janeway spent much time helping other crew members grow and deal with their situation. Hard as nails, the good Captain nearly sacrificed herself many times to help out her crew.

 

[Tonguez]

Xena is pathetic, I want more Vampire chicks!

Tonguez, I have already nominated 4 "ladies", am I entitled to nominate more?

If we don't have more than 50 suggestions by Wednesday then yeah go fo it

 

[Melkor Lord Of ALL!]

Also, do Pirotess and Soi I nominated in Sidekick thread qualify as leading ladies?

Hmm..., I think Yui would be better nomination.

 

[Shadowdancer]

No Sarah Connor from Terminator and Terminator II? No White Rose from the first Black Company novels? No Aeon Flux? No Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop?

 

[Tonguez]

Also, do Pirotess and Soi I nominated in Sidekick treat qualify as leading ladies?

Hmm..., I think Yui would be better nomination.

Miaka and Yui are kleading ladies rather than soi but yeah go for it and let the fans decide


and Shadowdancer - you can nominate them

 

[Melkor Lord Of ALL!]

No Sarah Connor from Terminator and Terminator II? No White Rose from the first Black Company novels? No Aeon Flux? No Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop?

I tend to nominate villiains. My girlfriend is the sweatest person in the world, I need some balance.

Anyone read Necroscope? Do you think adding Devetaki, Zek Foener and Karen in addition to Wratha will be overloading?

 

[Richards]

Ooh, here's a good one: Mrs. Emma Peel!

Emma Peel [née Knight] is a widow. She is athletically fit, 5'-8½" in height and has an IQ of 152. In her spare time, Mrs. Peel ("a talented amateur") works as a karate-kicking spy for the British Government. Her partner is the dashing Major John Steed.

During her stint with Steed, Emma offered her assistance on a variety of cases from finding missing scientists and diplomats; investigating the death of man killed with a 300-year-old bullet, cracking down on a marriage bureau (Togetherness, Inc.) whose clients quickly learned the meaning of "till death do us part"; escaping the deadly talons of a crazed comic book character called The Winged Avenger; being kidnapped by a mad movie director who wanted Mrs. Peel to star in his latest but deadly film production; and battling karate-chopping killer robots called Cybernauts. Before each assignment Steed showed up at Emma's apartment and simply stated "Mrs. Peel – We're needed."

After a happy association with Steed, Emma learned that her presumed dead husband, test pilot Peter Peel, was alive (thought killed in a plane crash in an Amazonian jungle). Consequently, Emma departed Steed’s company. Her final words of advice: "Always keep your bowler on in times of stress, and a watchful eye open for diabolical masterminds!"

Johnathan

 

[Hand of Evil]

Don't know if she is a leading lady or side kick but...

Faye from Cowboy Bebop