Board 8 > Best New Character 2008: FINAL RESULTS

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Johnbobb
07/06/21 5:47:52 PM
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Favorite semifinalist of the decade so far?








https://imgur.com/bLIQR5V

https://challonge.com/b8bnc2008

https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Best_New_Character

With a score of 28-14 the winner is Walter White (Breaking Bad)

Walter comes out on top above Tony Stark, making Erik Killmonger (Black Panther) the only MCU character to ever win the Best New Character contest, go figure.

Walt, on the other hand, is (perhaps unsurprisingly) the third Breaking Bad character to win, after Mike Ehrmantraut in 2010 and Saul Goodman in 2009. He's only the 2nd anti-hero to win (also after Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill).

Among the top cometitors were Hank Schrader and Jesse Pinkman (also from Breaking Bad), WALL-E (who, had he won, would've been the 3rd Disney character to do so), Joker (who might've been the 2nd supervillain winner), Eli (who made it farther than any previous horror character) and Dr. Horrible (the only YouTube character to make it this far).

Ultimate loser:
Walter White > Tony Stark > WALL-E > Jesse Pinkman > Prof. Layton > Bryan Mills > Alec Hardison (Leverage)

Thanks for participating! Make sure to tune in this winter for the Best New Character 2021


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Snake5555555555
07/06/21 5:51:33 PM
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This was such a fun year, really enjoyed this contest! Excellent finale, Walt and Tony are easily the best representations of the next decade of pop culture after them.

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KamikazePotato
07/06/21 5:56:53 PM
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Walter winning is exactly what I expected since the start of the contest. No complaints there.

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TomNook
07/06/21 7:17:31 PM
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Walt was a great winner, and among my favorites in the contest. He had a very easy path to victory though, as I voted for him all 6 matches. Meanwhile, Tony Stark, who I also like a lot, I somehow only ended up voting him 1 out of his 6 matches, just due to how loaded his path to the finals was.

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Suprak the Stud
07/06/21 7:20:22 PM
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Walt was my favorite too but Stark was getting blown out so bad I gave him a pity vote. Good finals!

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FFDragon
07/06/21 7:29:16 PM
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Walt was never not winning this, the entire bracket was always to find second place.

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Johnbobb
07/06/21 7:39:55 PM
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FFDragon posted...
Walt was never not winning this, the entire bracket was always to find second place.
I wouldn't have put it past Joker had things gone different!

Definitely didn't see him losing to Dr. Horrible

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KamikazePotato
07/06/21 7:59:59 PM
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I think people have cooled on Heath Ledger Joker over the years. It's still a great role but not the best thing ever. Breaking Bad respect has never gone down.

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ChichiriMuyo
07/06/21 8:31:18 PM
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If we ran this contest in 08/09 Joker likely would have won, but you can't really expect people to vote as if it was 10+ years ago.

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Snake5555555555
07/06/21 8:32:44 PM
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it doesn't stop people in the site's contests!

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Mythiot
07/06/21 9:11:15 PM
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I love Ledger's Joker, but I didn't vote for him because I didn't think he was different enough from other Jokers to count as original.
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MZero
07/07/21 2:38:26 AM
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Good to see that a character actually from 2008 won!

Snake5555555555 posted...
it doesn't stop people in the site's contests!

Tell that to Sephiroth

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Lopen
07/07/21 7:53:24 AM
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Mythiot posted...
I love Ledger's Joker, but I didn't vote for him because I didn't think he was different enough from other Jokers to count as original.

I kinda agree with this line of thinking but I love him enough that I would've voted him over the whole bracket aside from POSSIBLY Walter White in spite of this handicap because he's the best

He's the perfect interpretation and execution to a character I already like a lot (and one who has had his share of very bad portrayals at that to serve as a contrast-- looking at you Nicholson and Leto)

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Maniac64
07/07/21 8:27:33 AM
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More people need to watch Leverage

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