Board 8 > Scarlet Ranks User-Nominated Characters Based on Comics Potential

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scarletspeed7
09/06/23 1:44:21 PM
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Thanks to the inimitable Raka, I've decided on my ranking topic. Years ago, in the mists of Board 8 history, we ran a similar topic which actually ended up being one of the more well-received rankings I ever did, so here's the RETURN! I'll take suitably non-comics characters as nominated by each of you and drop them into the comic universe of my choice (DC or Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, etc.). Based on how viable I think they would be in those universes as leading ladies and lads or what-have-you, I'll give a brief synopsis not only of how far I think they could climb on the popularity ladder but also why what makes your nominations tick work in the worlds of DC or Marvel. But first some rules:

1) Each user can pick no more than 4 nominations. I'm aiming for 100, but if we come up short, I may expand this to 5.

2) Make sure your nominations do not originate in the DC or Marvel universes, nor are they significant characters in those universes. For example, Santa Claus ain't gonna fly, hombres. He's well-established in both! Otherwise, your nominations can come from any source - but just to be clear, I plan to do no research for this. As a result, any anime is likely going to clock in at or near last place and be judged solely on appearance. Just a fair warning.

3) Feel free to nominate from video games, television, movies, books - whatever you want! Wrestling is fine. Advertisement characters are fine. Really, feel free to go nuts.

4) The winner will get to choose three options for my next ranking topic!

I will say this - last time, Chandler Bing won this contest, so he is the only exclusion. If you think you've got the perfect non-comic character screaming to be part of the grand tapestry of the Dark Knight or woven into the narrative of Spider-Man, lay it on me!

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Eddv
09/06/23 2:01:39 PM
#2:


Tennis legend Rafael Nadal
Toby from the Wendy's commercials
Louis Litt (Suits)
The American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes

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Zigzagoon
09/06/23 2:06:32 PM
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Missile (Ghost Trick)
Chouchou (One Piece)
Rudolf Ushiromiya (Umineko)
Gordon Ramsay (Kitchen Nightmares)


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handsomeboy2012
09/06/23 2:07:32 PM
#4:


fictional characters only or are real life people allowed?
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scarletspeed7
09/06/23 2:08:43 PM
#5:


handsomeboy2012 posted...
fictional characters only or are real life people allowed?
I'll allow real people, but I guarantee you that they will suffer from being real people.

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Zigzagoon
09/06/23 2:08:55 PM
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Gordon Ramsay from Kitchen Nightmares is as fictional as you get

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scarletspeed7
09/06/23 2:11:39 PM
#7:


Zigzagoon posted...
Gordon Ramsay from Kitchen Nightmares is as fictional as you get
I'm including Hotel Hell in this from the extended Gordon Ramsay Universe. Top Chef is multiverse Gordon Ramsay.

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ScareChan
09/06/23 2:18:11 PM
#8:


Gustav - Braindead
Sam Seaborne - West Wing
*President* Roslin - BSG
Fukes - Barry

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v_charon
09/06/23 2:30:14 PM
#9:


Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
Seymour Guado (Final Fantasy X)
Vampiro (Wrestling)
Odysseus (The Odyssey/Fodder)

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Snake5555555555
09/06/23 2:33:54 PM
#10:


Catastrophe (Taylor Swift - Bad Blood)
Elaine Parks (The Love Witch)
Lady Dimitrescu (Resident Evil Village)
Clive Rosfield (Final Fantasy XVI)

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hombad46
09/06/23 2:36:17 PM
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Kratos (God of War)
Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
Amaterasu (Okami)
Cat (Stray)

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HanOfTheNekos
09/06/23 3:01:53 PM
#12:


THE RETURN

Heidegger (FFVII)
Nadja Doll (WWDITS)
Mordin Solus (Mass Effect)
Data (Star Trek)

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Xeybozn
09/06/23 3:08:56 PM
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Hannibal Lecter
Princess Peach
Thomas the Tank Engine
Willy Wonka

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BlueCrystalTear
09/06/23 3:12:27 PM
#14:


Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Luke fon Fabre (Tales of the Abyss)
Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)
Sydney Bristow (Alias)

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HanOfTheNekos
09/06/23 3:13:51 PM
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BlueCrystalTear posted...
Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Luke fon Fabre (Tales of the Abyss)
Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)
Sydney Bristow (Alias)

You might want to pick someone other than Vader, given he has his own Marvel comic series.

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PrinceKaro
09/06/23 3:17:02 PM
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Homura Akemi (Madoka Magica)
Rintaro Okabe (Steins;Gate)
Nimona (Nimona)
The Globglogabgalab (Strawinsky and the Mysterious House)

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Maniac64
09/06/23 3:23:57 PM
#17:


Orange Cassidy (/Fire Ant?) - pro wrestling
Luz Nocedo - The Owl House
Parker - Leverage
Flynn Carsen - The Libarian series

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NFUN
09/06/23 3:33:35 PM
#18:


Vita (Vigor Mortis)
Kiryu Kazuma (Like a Dragon)

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NFUN
09/06/23 3:37:50 PM
#19:


Penelope (Vigor Mortis)

probably a better pick than Vita if you're just going by images but I'll keep both for now. let me know if you need help finding them because Google images seems not thag helpful here

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LiquidOshawott
09/06/23 3:39:23 PM
#20:


ALF
Liz Lemon (30 Rock)
Rocky Balboa
Death (Discworld)

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scarletspeed7
09/06/23 3:40:29 PM
#21:


51 nominations so far. Halfway there!

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Lopen
09/06/23 3:40:37 PM
#22:


This seems awesome

Agent Smith (The Matrix)
Captain Raymond Holt (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Glacier (WCW)
John Wick (John Wick)


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Lopen
09/06/23 3:59:56 PM
#23:


Actually replace Glacier with John Cena if I can

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Bitto
09/06/23 4:25:46 PM
#24:


Saul Goodman (Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul)
Daenarys Targaryen (Game of Thrones)
Nathan Fielder (Nathan For You/The Rehearsal)
Harry Du Bois (Disco Elysium)

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BlueCrystalTear
09/06/23 4:38:14 PM
#25:


HanOfTheNekos posted...
You might want to pick someone other than Vader, given he has his own Marvel comic series.
oh okay, was hoping for a supervillain that wasn't Marvel or DC and I thought Vader comics predated Disney buying Lucasfilm, so thanks for that >_>

replace Vader with Ernst Stavro Blofeld (James Bond)

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Johnbobb
09/06/23 4:51:18 PM
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scarletspeed7 posted...
Chandler Bing won this contest
Why though

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Johnbobb
09/06/23 4:56:16 PM
#27:


Nina Struthers (Devolver Digital)
Big Bad John (Jimmy Dean)
Ladybug (Bullet Train)
Jak (Jak and Daxter)

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Jesse_Custer
09/06/23 5:06:41 PM
#28:


Harry Ambrose (The Sinner)
Frank Drebin (Police Squad/Naked Gun)
Sing (Kung Fu Hustle)
Edgar Figaro (Final Fantasy VI)
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Anagram
09/06/23 5:15:29 PM
#29:


Freddy Kreuger (Nightmare on Elm Street)
Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy)
Red (Pokemon)
The Scooby Gang / Emperor Palpatine (if you won't accept a five-for-one)

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09/06/23 5:32:01 PM
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Actually, switch out Cloud Strife for Goro Akechi (Persona)

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GavsEvans123
09/06/23 5:39:48 PM
#31:


Dr Facilier (The Princess and the Frog)
Kat (Gravity Rush)
Johnny Cage (Mortal Kombat)
Cocaine Bear (Cocaine Bear)

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MarkS2222222222
09/06/23 5:45:30 PM
#32:


Glacier (WCW)
Lord Zedd (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
Illyria (Angel)

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MarkS2222222222
09/06/23 5:51:04 PM
#33:


Michael Jackson (Michael Jackson: Moonwalker)

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Fluttershy_Pony
09/06/23 6:24:21 PM
#34:


Borg Queen (Star Trek: First Contact)
MidKnight (Eternal Champions)
Star Dragon Sword (Suikoden)
Proto Man (Mega Man)

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scarletspeed7
09/06/23 7:20:04 PM
#35:


We're at 83 total noms - still a handful of slots. I'll cap at whatever the 100th individual nomination is.

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handsomeboy2012
09/06/23 8:04:12 PM
#36:


Phoenix Wright (Ace attorney)
Usada Pekora (Hololive)
Ronald McDonald (McDonalds)
The Heavy (Team Fortress 2)
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rwlh
09/06/23 8:14:44 PM
#37:


Cranky Kong (Donkey Kong Country)
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WarThaNemesis2
09/06/23 8:19:12 PM
#38:


Samus Aran (Metroid)
Edward Mercer (The Orville)
John Wilson (How To)
Atticus Finch (To Kill A Mockingbird)

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Hbthebattle
09/06/23 8:30:01 PM
#39:


George Costanza (Seinfeld)
Kirby (Kirby)
Parappa (Parappa the Rapper)
Luffy (One Piece)

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NFUN
09/06/23 8:30:19 PM
#40:


Quark (Star Trek DS9)

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pokemonandrew
09/06/23 9:52:06 PM
#41:


Ah noms are going fast. I remember my last ones...mostly? Last topic was a lot of fun!

Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers/Vampire)
Garp (One Piece)
Mr. 2/Bon Clay/Bentham (One Piece)
I-No (Guilty Gear)


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Raka_Putra
09/06/23 9:59:48 PM
#42:


Oh man just woke up and seems like the nominations are filled already. It's okay though, I know a decent amount of these characters.

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scarletspeed7
09/06/23 10:15:48 PM
#43:


All right, that's 100! I'll get started tomorrow with our bottom rankers. Sorry, Raka. It was your idea, at least, so I hope you'll follow along!

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Lopen
09/06/23 11:03:23 PM
#44:


MarkS2222222222 posted...
Glacier (WCW)

You're great!

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Raka_Putra
09/07/23 2:39:19 AM
#45:


Yes, I do plan to follow along!

Also ya go my Pekora

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scarletspeed7
09/07/23 7:47:26 AM
#46:


Probably going to spend today just getting the list sorted out, FYI.

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redrocket
09/07/23 9:15:24 AM
#47:


Ernest P. Worrell (Ernest movies)

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handsomeboy2012
09/07/23 9:19:46 AM
#48:


Can I change one of my nominations?
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scarletspeed7
09/07/23 10:37:39 AM
#49:


Not at this point, sadly. Already in the process of sorting these rankings out.

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Cody11533
09/07/23 10:40:15 AM
#50:


I completely missed this, but I will gladly follow along.

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