Greatest character created in the past 20 years (Title corrected)

[BYU 14]

Vic Mackey from The Shield not even on the top 100? Blaspehemy!

[Swaggs]

I don't have much of a problem with Rachel being the Friend from Friends, but it is kind of lame when they allow multiple people later on (Scully/Mulder, Vincent/Jules, Beavis and Butthead, etc.). Friends was a pretty easily defined ensemble, so it is hard to put one ahead of the rest. If they are allowing multiples, they may as well just let all of them on or make it Ross and Rachel.

Or Homer and Bart, for that matter.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by tyketime

You're killing me here, Pumpy... I think I need Gilda Radner to show up and go "Never mind".

Love you, pal.

[Scoobz0202]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

What are you crazy? Tim Riggins is damn well the greatest character on the show! Coach Taylor and Buddy are great characters, but Riggins is just awesome.

Keep in mind that I have not season the newest season, I don't have Direct TV or whatever already showed it. But from the previous few seasons and the few I've seen of the new season I'd disagree. I think this season he seems deeper, and that's why I threw that qualifier in there. But previously I just thought he was stereotype.

I would put Taylor and Saracen are two I'd easily pick ahead of him.

To each his own I guess

[Sun Tzu]

Not sure if he was in any of the old novels, but Qui-Gon Jinn is by far the most popular of the new wave of Star Wars Characters, IMO.

[fantom1979]

I think you are forgetting about Jar Jar

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by fantom1979

I think you are forgetting about Jar Jar

You should be boxed for this.

[DataKing]

Okeeday

[Greyroofoo]

How the fuck is Bender not on this list?

[Surtt]

Originally Posted by fantom1979

To defend Rachel a bit here.... Her character started off as a spoiled brat who had to figure out how to survive "living in the real world". I am an unapologetic Friends watcher. My only problem with her being on the list is that you could have selected a couple of Friends characters there. Phoebie and Joey come to mind.

I am amazed to this day how The Simpsons basically reinvented itself a couple of years in. I still remember the days when Bart was the star. "Don't have a cow man", "Eat my shorts", and "Ay Caramba" were on TV shirts everywhere.

On the flip side, I have no ideas who Rachel is/was.

Yes, I know she was a very popular character on a very popular show,
but I did not watch it and have no idea what her character was like.

I never watched Sex & The City either, but I can give you a summery of who Carrie Bradshaw was.
Everyone else 10 for that matter...

If you are going to call her the 6th greatest character of the last 20 years, she should have some cultural reach outside of the show.

[MJ4H]

obv 20 instead of 35 years because otherwise 90% of the list would be star wars characters

[MJ4H]

BTW My definitive list (100% serious)


1. Mario - crap too old, but I don't care.
2. Cosmo Kramer
3. Edward Scissorhands
4. The Borg
5. Adrian Monk
6. Samus Aran
7. Frasier Crane
8. Napoleon Dynamite
9. Grand Admiral Thrawn
10. Roseanne

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

I'll give it a shot. I think it was more about a character who was a young, urban, single, independent woman in the city.

That's new. I think Mary Tyler Moore (and a host of others) was doing that long before Aniston's insipid character.

[Sun Tzu]

Randy "The Ram" Robinson deserves an honorable mention.

As does Roy Hobbs.

And Crash...whatever his name is...from Bull Durham.

[ColtCrazy]

Hate the movie, but not sure how the main characters from Titanic can be left off considering it was the highest grossing film of all time for over a decade. Too many recent things are dominating the list.

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

8. Napoleon Dynamite

I will never be able to hear the word "talons" without thinking of this movie.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

That's new. I think Mary Tyler Moore (and a host of others) was doing that long before Aniston's insipid character.

That's all I could think of though. She was probably the most interesting/relatable character on one of the most popular shows of the last 20 years.

Almost every character has its roots in a character from another show/movie.

[EagleFan]

Sheldon Cooper...

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

As does Roy Hobbs.

And Crash...whatever his name is...from Bull Durham.

The list is only from the last 20 years

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

To nitpick on the thread title even more, this can't be characters created in the past 20 years. Homer Simpson's debut was 23 years ago.

BINGO!! The Simpsons were on the Tracy Ulman show before it got spun off into their own show.

[Bobble]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

To nitpick on the thread title even more, this can't be characters created in the past 20 years. Homer Simpson's debut was 23 years ago.

That shouldn't matter. During the last 20 years, regardless of when he was created, Homer was a character. It doesn't matter if he was created long ago and only became popular in the last 20 years or even remained popular in the last 20 years.

[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by Bobble

That shouldn't matter. During the last 20 years, regardless of when he was created, Homer was a character. It doesn't matter if he was created long ago and only became popular in the last 20 years or even remained popular in the last 20 years.

Darth Vader?

[Schmidty]

Hank Hill should be on that list somewhere. At least in the top 30 or so.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Bobble

That shouldn't matter. During the last 20 years, regardless of when he was created, Homer was a character. It doesn't matter if he was created long ago and only became popular in the last 20 years or even remained popular in the last 20 years.

Wouldn't Bill Cosby's character fall in there then?

[Antmeister]

Originally Posted by Radii

51. Omar Little - The Wire

somewhere between 40 and 50 spots too low.

+1

[Raiders Army]

I'm surprised that jbmagic isn't on there. Some might say he was a great character created in the past 20 years.

Anyhow, it's just a list.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

Darth Vader?

This list would count the 1990's and 2000's. Vader's height of popularity and greatness was really back in the late 70's and into the 80's. If anything, this last decade has been very unkind to Lord Vader.