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EW's Top 100 Characters of the past 20 Years (the fuck? @ some of these)

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Costanza

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1. Homer Simpson - The Simpsons
2. Harry Potter
3. Buffy Summers - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. Tony Soprano - The Sopranos
5. The Joker - The Dark Knight
6. Rachel Green - Friends
7. Edward Scissorhands
8. Hannibal Lecter - The Silence of the Lambs
9. Carrie Bradshaw - Sex and the City
10. Spongebob Squarepants
11. Cosmo Kramer - Seinfeld
12. Fox Mulder & Dana Scully - The X-Files
13. Jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Caribbean
14. Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski - The Big Lebowski
15. Shrek
16. Bridget Jones
17. Lara Croft
18. Sue Sylvester - Glee
19. Morpheus - The Matrix
20. Ally McBeal
21. Rosanne Conner
22. Cartman - South Park
23. Austin Powers
24. Felicity Porter
25. Woody - Toy Story
26. Kavalier & Clay
27. Frasier Crane
28. Madea
29. Vincent Vega & Jules Winnfield - Pulp Fiction
30. Stephen Colbert - The Colbert Report
31. Forrest Gump
32. Bevis and Butt-Head
33. Sarah Connor - Terminator 2
34. Cher - Clueless
35. Dexter Morgan - Dexter
36. Gollum - Lord of the Rings
37. Kyser Söze - The Usual Suspects
38. Elmo - Sesame Street
39. GOB Bluth - Arrested Development
40. Ron Burgundy - Anchorman
41. Harold and Kumar
42. Sydney Bristow - Alias
43. Cal Stephanides - Middlesex
44. Jack Bauer - 24
45. Stewie Griffin - Family Guy
46. Jerry Maguire
47. Corky St. Clair - Waiting for Guffman
48. Red - The Shawshank Redemption
49. Vivian Ward - Pretty Woman
50. Pearl the Landlord - Funny or Die video
51. Omar Little - The Wire
52. Annie Wilkes - Misery
53. Edward Cullen - Twilight
54. Juno
55. Tracy Jordan - 30 Rock
56. Barney Stinson - How I Met Your Mother
57. Clayton Bigsby (blind white supremacist) - Chappelle's Show
58. Thelma & Louise
59. Master Chief - Halo
60. Mary Jones - Precious
61. Vic Mackey - The Shield
62. Jimmy Corrigan - Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
63. John Locke - Lost
64. Maximus - Gladiator
65. Lorelai & Rory Gilmore - Gilmore Girls
66. Allie & Noah - The Notebook
67. Borat
68. (Jennifer Hudson's) Effie White - Dreamgirls
69. Miranda Priestly - The Devil Wears Prada
70. Mary Katherine Gallagher - SNL, Superstar
71. Det. Alonzo Harris - Training Day
72. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace - Battlestar Galactica
73. Catherine Tramell - Basic Instinct
74. Don Draper - Mad Men
75. David Brent - The Office
76. Tyler Durden - Fight Club
77. Mimi Marquez - Rent
78. Patty Hewes - Damages
79. Elphaba - Wicked
80. Gorillaz
81. Amanda Woodward - Melrose Place
82. Tracy Flick - Election
83. Jen Yu - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
84. House
85. Daniel Plainview - There Will Be Blood
86. Karen Walker & Jack McFarland - Will & Grace
87. Tony Stark - Iron Man
88. Napoleon Dynamite
89. Wilkus van de Merwe - District 9
90. Marge Gunderson - Fargo
91. Hancock
92. Christopher Boone - The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time
93. "Game Boys": Nathan Drake - Uncharted, Kratos - God of War, Niko Bellic - Grand Theft Auto IV
94. Truman - The Truman Show
95. Wilhelmina Slater - Ugly Betty
96. Bernie Mac - The Bernie Mac Show
97. Violet Weston - August: Osage County
98. Lisbeth Salander - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
99. The Bride - Kill Bill
100. Tim Riggins - Friday Night Lights
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/47322667.html
 
What a random Chapelle's show skit character to take.

Control+F "Huey Freeman", not found. :/

And if you're going to put Master Chief on the list, you may as well put Robocop, they both have about the same amount of memorable dialogue.
 
Control + F "Gene Hunt" No Matches Found

No Doctor either.

That's all I have to say about this bullshit list.
 

NoRéN

Member
93. "Game Boys": Nathan Drake - Uncharted, Kratos - God of War, Niko Bellic - Grand Theft Auto IV
:lol

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Ducarmel

Member
When you talk about top 100 characters I would assume they would be characters who transcend the ordinary and highlight powerful images of what it is to be human.

more then half or more in this list do not show such imo.
 
Gorechylde said:
I just skimmed over, but that list seems to be missing some Al Swearengen...cocksucker.

Fixed


And no, after one drunken night with my brother, I can't think of Swearengen without the following "...Cocksucker" anymore.
 

sohois

Member
Only one character from The Wire? And even then at only 51? Furthermore, that is not even the close to the worst fault of this list.
 

Darklord

Banned
bdrob said:
/find Scorpius

0 Results

Fail :/

Fucking seriously. He was such an amazing character. He wasn't evil, he wasn't good. He was like a dark gray and would do anything to get what he wanted even if that meant joining the people he fought against.

No Star Trek characters either. Picard? Sisko? Data? Dukat? Anyone?! And Lara Croft at 17? Her biggest character trait is big tits.:lol
 

Ominym

Banned
So apparently:

Master Chief > John Locke >>> Other video game characters?

I like Halo and all, but come on.:lol
 

Archaix

Drunky McMurder
gdt5016 said:
There is just no way to judge this list.


Sure there is. It's an awful list. Slightly less awful than the idea for this list itself. There. Look at me judge.
 

Spire

Subconscious Brolonging
Please tell me this list is in no particular order. It has to be. It cannot be that fucking awful.
 

Patryn

Member
DoctorWho said:
Control + F "Gene Hunt" No Matches Found

No Doctor either.

That's all I have to say about this bullshit list.

The Doctor has been around since the '60s, so he doesn't count.
 

Speevy

Banned
1. Homer Simpson - The Simpsons
4. Tony Soprano - The Sopranos
5. The Joker - The Dark Knight
8. Hannibal Lecter - The Silence of the Lambs
11. Cosmo Kramer - Seinfeld
12. Fox Mulder & Dana Scully - The X-Files
14. Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski - The Big Lebowski
22. Cartman - South Park
23. Austin Powers
25. Woody - Toy Story
27. Frasier Crane
29. Vincent Vega & Jules Winnfield - Pulp Fiction
30. Stephen Colbert - The Colbert Report
35. Dexter Morgan - Dexter
36. Gollum - Lord of the Rings
37. Kyser Söze - The Usual Suspects
38. Elmo - Sesame Street
39. GOB Bluth - Arrested Development
40. Ron Burgundy - Anchorman
44. Jack Bauer - 24
45. Stewie Griffin - Family Guy
47. Corky St. Clair - Waiting for Guffman
48. Red - The Shawshank Redemption
51. Omar Little - The Wire
52. Annie Wilkes - Misery
55. Tracy Jordan - 30 Rock
57. Clayton Bigsby (blind white supremacist) - Chappelle's Show
59. Master Chief - Halo
61. Vic Mackey - The Shield
63. John Locke - Lost
64. Maximus - Gladiator
72. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace - Battlestar Galactica
74. Don Draper - Mad Men
76. Tyler Durden - Fight Club
84. House
85. Daniel Plainview - There Will Be Blood
90. Marge Gunderson - Fargo
99. The Bride - Kill Bill



There. I've cut down the list to characters Neogaf would agree with.
 

Spire

Subconscious Brolonging
Costanza said:
It wouldn't be numbered if that was the case.

That could just be the way the Livejournal dude typed it up. I probably shouldn't be giving EW the benefit of the doubt, but that list is too awful for me to accept.
 
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