Comic Vine's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Characters

starwars shouldn't be on this list, technically it is sci fantasy not sci fi

@sunhawk said:

starwars shouldn't be on this list, technically it is sci fantasy not sci fi

Hello. I don't believe I have spoken to you before...I'm The Poet. I'm also The Host of this list.

You are correct in saying that Star Wars can be defined as a "Science Fantasy". However, you realize Sci Fantasy (to quote Wikipedia) is :

a mixed genre within speculative fiction drawing elements from both science fiction and fantasy.

this means, Star Wars qualifies in some aspects for both Science fiction and Fantasy. Science Fantasy is a fused genre--two genres in one! So, I'm sorry sir or madam, but I don't see how Star Wars does not qualify for Science Fiction or Fantasy nor do I see why it should not be on the list...

Other Cosigns:

Malcom Reynolds

Cameron

Ellen Ripley

Robert Neville

@Deadite: added

@Yai_Inn: added. that is Dream of the Endless (I'll add links shortly...)

last day to nominate / cosign is June 9th

aight cool

I would consider several of these characters superheroes...

Cosigns;

• Buffy
• Gandalf
• Aslan

@The Poet:

How many are we allowed?

@Renee: which would you say are superheroes? Just curious...we have tried to keep them off the list, I have allowed some exceptions...

Added

If you mean cosigns, you can cosign up to 188 (currently)--meaning you COULD cosign every single one of the characters, but I don't know why you would want to...

New Recommendation:

American McGee's Alice (based on Alice In Wonderland)

It's an unique take on the character. Forget about Alice: Madness Returns, the recent second release. This is an original take on the goth version of the character. She can leap several stories' height, which makes her seem more haunted then agile. A lot of the arcade elements absently supported the build for the character (the jump mechanic.) Till this day, to me, the best dark portrayal of Alice is an Alice who fights like a superhuman with her classic kitchen knife. P.S A lot of people thought Tim Burton was going to adapt American McGee's Alice into his Alice In Wonderland movie.

@Deadite: Now, we have a problem. That game techically hasn't had a comic (unless I'm mistaken...), so that particular Alice doesn't have a page (again, unless I'm mistaken...). So, I can't actully add her to the list.

I could add Alice the public domain character, but up to you...

@The Poet: So, there's no cosign limit? Excellent. Will have mine up in a bit.

@The Poet said:

@Deadite: Now, we have a problem. That game techically hasn't had a comic (unless I'm mistaken...), so that particular Alice doesn't have a page (again, unless I'm mistaken...). So, I can't actully add her to the list.

I could add Alice the public domain character, but up to you...

Oopse, I didn't know it has to have a page, here. Then no, it's unnecessary to add the classic version into the roster, to me at least.

@Deadite: yeah, I need pages so I can add characters to the CV list when I make it...

@Mercy_: yep. no limit. It's my way of appeasing to the users who demand more than 5 votes in the Final Order Vote (which will happen next week). Of course, 1 cosign = 1pt while 1 Final Order Vote = 5pts.

• Angel
• Aslan
• Bill Compton
• Buffy
• C3PO
• Cameron
• Chewbacca
• Dumbledore
• Eric Northman
• Gandalf
• Han Solo
• Hermione Granger
• Jayne Cobb
• Kaylee
• King Arthur
• Luke Skywalker
• Malcolm Reynolds
• Mulder
• Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Princess Leia
• R2D2
• River Tam
• Sauron
• Scully
• The Doctor
• Wash
• Wicked Witch of the West

@Mercy_: added! thanks for cosigning!

My sentences for the characters:

9. Boba Fett: Probably the greatest Sci-Fi bounty hunter of all time, Boba Fett should be on this list just solely because of how many people in our world commonly know George Lucas' Star Wars Franchise and respect the original characters. Boba is a unique character, sometimes he's a coldhearted killer, but other times he shows sympathy for a character that might be going through a trauma that resembles his own. As Boba has been portrayed in many different ways over the years, one thing is for certain, Boba Fett is the most household Sci-Fi name of our time and if anyone on this list should be on it, Boba should!

10 Buck Rogers: The original Sci-Fi adventurer, Buck Rogers is one of the first characters to be written science fictionally and has inspired many other writers to help shape the Sci-Fi category that we know and love today. His classic do-or-die attitude has really made him a memorable character. However like I said before, Buck should be nominated to this list just because of the fact that he was one of the original innovators of the Sci-Fi category, and that much of his comic book and radio appearances has inspired many of the movies, TV and comic books we have currently.

16. Chewbacca: Everybody loves Han Solo's pet/partner right? Unlike Bumblebee and Sam Witwicky in the Transformers films, Chewbacca is more of a partner than a pet. Chewbacca should be nominated to this list because he is a smart and cunning partner of Han Solo and he is one of the greatest Sci-Fi heroes of all time, plus he pulls off arms!

73 Princess Leia: Princess Leia is the Sci-Fi version of Wonder Woman. Though Sci-Fi women were portrayed differently in the early to mid 1900s, Princess Leia really showed the strong and leadership characteristics of women. Leia has really given women a leg up in the Sci-Fi category, showing ALL female characters in the category that they do not always have to be written as the character in need of rescuing, if anything Leia is the exact opposite of damsel in distress, making her a great add to this list.

79 Robocop: The future of mankind! Robocop should be nominated to this list just because of the fact that the writers created this character to represent a not-to-distant future of a police fighting force or just humans in general. While many characters like Boba Fett or even Buck Rogers could never happen in the real world, Robocop really could be created in the real world, since he is a combination of man and technology.

thanks again poet for the chance to participate in your list!!!

@KRYPTON : well, thanks so much for participating!

Agent Smith

Bilbo Baggins

Blade

Boba Fett

C3PO

Chakotay

Chewbacca

Darth Vader

Dumbledore

E.T.

Edward Scissorhands

Emperor Palpatine

Gandalf

Han Solo

Harry Potter

James T. Kirk

John Carter

King Kong

Luke Skywalker

Mad Hatter

Megatron

Morpheus

Nathan Drake

Neelix

Neo

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Optimus Prime

Predator

Princess Leia

R2D2

Spock

Willy Wonka

Yoda

@luke_kerridge: added! I'm glad you got to vote!

Some more nominations if I may...

1. Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: Let's be honest...Gullivar Jones was the Warlord of Mars before John Carter was even conceptualized and was instrumental in helping Edgar Rice Burroughs find inspiration for the famed series we now come to adore and love. For all intensive purposes Jones was the archetypal hero of the "sword and planet" sub-genre that would give rise to later series. While John Carter may be the father of modern fiction and sword and planet sci-fi, Gullivar Jones is its grandfather.

2. The Starchild: "My God...its full of stars!" Anyone who has an inkling of knowledge about science fiction will know this character and pay homage to the famous line that Commander David Bowman uttered prior to being taken into a pathway of the Monolith and surging to light speeds and infinity. Not only was he the prime opponent to HAL-9000 when the supercomputer went mad, but he became something more upon contact with the Monolith and is a reminder to mankind that death is but a gateway to a higher level of existence.

@The Poet: Adam Strange is not a superhero but he really is, so do the likes of more pure sci fi characters like Green Lanterns fall under that as well. Soranik is a pretty good sci fi character that could be on the list.

I would like to nominate Quorra as well.

@RazzaTazz: I'm not sure what I'm going to do about Adam Strange or Soranik...I need to think about it...I didn't want to include superheroes because they have the hero list of last year (maybe we'll make a new one for this year...)

I'll add that characters and ones nominated by @RedheadedAtrocitus: soon....

I'll cosign some of them.

Buck Rogers

Data

Jean-Luc Picard

James T. Kirk

John Carter

Frankenstein's Monster

Dracula

The Invisible Man

Terminator

King Kong

Darth Vader

Hellboy

cosign -

abe sapien

bender

boba fett

captain nemo

chewbacca

darth vader

cthulthu

dumbledore

emmet brown

han solo

hellboy

kit fisto

r2-d2

samus aran

tron

yoda

zapp brannigan

Everyone has a "Why aren't XYZ on the list" ... mine would be Ford Prefect ... but that is trivial, it's a great list. Thanks for keeping track ...

Here is my cosine (sorry, could not resist) ...

And here are my co-signs -

Agent Smith

Aliens

Aragorn

Bender

Bilbo Baggins

Captain Nemo

Cthulhu

Dracula

Ellen Ripley

Flash Gordon

Gandalf

Godzilla

HAL-9000

Han Solo

Hellboy

Hikaru Sulu

James T. Kirk

Jayne Cobb

Marvin the Android

Raistlin

Spock

The Doctor (Who)

Tron

Wash

Zapp Brannigan

how is this going?

@jhazzroucher said:

how is this going?

pretty good. two days left of cosigning and community nominations. speaking of which I need to finish updating the list...

I also need to get some nomination reasons for some characters...

@NewKid: added!

@Iridium said:

Everyone has a "Why aren't XYZ on the list" ... mine would be Ford Prefect ... but that is trivial, it's a great list. Thanks for keeping track ...

Here is my cosine (sorry, could not resist) ...

I wondered when a math person would make that joke :P

added all the cosigns.

I can add Ford to the list if you want me to, though I would ask for nomination reasons...

I feel like many people missed Godzilla on the list >_> that or i just have him in higher respects than most people... LOL

@nickthedevil: I have respect for him I just believe King Ghidorah was a revolutionary monster. He is the reason for all the space kaiju. He is referenced as much as Godzilla in other media(making a few appearances in Courage the Cowardly Dog). Also him appearing as a monster from the future and a guardian of Japan did put an interesting twist on the monster. This is my personal opinion though.

And the Polls for the Final Order Vote are now open! Each user has 5 votes, so use them wisely! Voting ends the 17th

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You know, it didn't take that long to copy the list of cosigners my excel document, but what did take a lot of time was calling out all of you. I apologize to anyone who did not want to receive this pm. Just took everyone who ever cosigned a character...

edit: wow...i didn't break the vine by sending out 41 pms at the same time...

You didn't break the vine. Yet.

@ReVamp said:

You didn't break the vine. Yet.

I think I broke the vine a while back...I was gone for a while and when I came back all of Whiskey Media was down. I think it was my fault :P

I would also be interested in participating in this.

@The Poet: I agree. Its your fault. I find it easier to live with that thought.

@Romulus9000 said:

I would also be interested in participating in this.

You have 5 votes and you can use them anyway you want (for a single character or for multiple). On the front page is list of 193 characters (I'll be adding links soon btw) which you can use to vote upon.

@ReVamp: thanks for the moral support :P

@The Poet: I'm the best at what I do, its just that what I do isn't very nice.

• Blade
• Dream.
• Hellboy
• Usagi Yojimbo. x2.

• Boba Fett
• Buck Rogers
• Chewbacca
• Princess Leia
• Robocop

Ok i cant be trendy like ReVamp or KRYPTON and use bullett points my computer at work is being strange

1. Willy Wonka

2. Dream

3. Spider Jeruselam

4. King Arthur

5. Han Solo

What is the current stats?

@sunhawk said:

starwars shouldn't be on this list, technically it is sci fantasy not sci fi

Hello. I don't believe I have spoken to you before...I'm The Poet. I'm also The Host of this list.

You are correct in saying that Star Wars can be defined as a "Science Fantasy". However, you realize Sci Fantasy (to quote Wikipedia) is :

a mixed genre within speculative fiction drawing elements from both science fiction and fantasy.

this means, Star Wars qualifies in some aspects for both Science fiction and Fantasy. Science Fantasy is a fused genre--two genres in one! So, I'm sorry sir or madam, but I don't see how Star Wars does not qualify for Science Fiction or Fantasy nor do I see why it should not be on the list...

Okay, I'm going to be smart about this. I'd like to vote for the Doctor, but something tells me his chances are already pretty good given his popularity, so instead I think I'll vote up a few of my underdogs.

AND HEEEERE THEY COME!!!

Introducing First, Hailing from New Orleans Louisiana, Weighing in at 4,000 Megatons of Concentrated Badassitude, One of the only Starfleet officers to receive the Christopher Pike Medal of Awesome, Commanding Officer of Deep Space Nine, The USS Defiant and The USS Ben Sisko's MuthaF*ckin' Pimp Hand, Captain Benjamin "Don't F*ck With The" Sisko!!

Coming Out Next, Representing The Dominion and The Pah Wraiths, The Number One Spot Holder in My Top 20 Star Trek Villains List, The Badassia from Cardassia, Gul Dukat!!

Coming Down The Aisle, From the Planet Gallifrey, Former Two Time Conquerer of The Planet Earth, One of the last living Timelords, The Man Who Tore a Hole in the Fabric of Space Time with the power of Rock and Roll, The Master!!

And Now, Please Give it Up for two Newcomers to team Bloodwolf

Introducing, From a Planet Where No one Can See any Stars, A Man Hoping my Other Two Nominations don't Curse My Sudden but Inevitable Betrayal, The Pilot of the FireFly class ship Serenity, Hoban "Wash" Washburne!!

And Finally, From The Great Nation of Scotland, A Man Who Vows To Give This Contest All She's Got Even if he doesn't have The Power, The Genius Behind Trans-Warp Beaming, The Chief Engineer who Knows No Fear, My Favorite and Yours Let Me Hear You Put Your Hands Together For the One, The Only, The Scottish Sensation, The Warp Core Wizard, Ladies and Gentlemen, MR. MONTGOMERY SCOTT!!

Make me proud boys

LEEEEEET'S GET READY TO RUUUUUUUMBLE!!!!!

Voters: 9 Total (currently)

1. IrishX
2. ReVamp
3. KRYPTON
4. Romulus9000
5. DarkKnightForever
6. Bloodwolfassassin
7. The_Thunderer
8. VictorGrey
9. Iridium

votes

• Agent Smith +1
• Benjamin Sisko +1
• Blade +1
• Boba Fett +1
• Buck Rogers +1
• Chewbacca +1
• Darth Vader +1
• Dream of the Endless (Morpherus) +2
• Ezio +2
• Gandalf+2
• Galen Marek +1
• Great Cthulhu +1
• Gul Dukat +1
• HAL-9000 +1
• Han Solo +1
• Harry Potter +1
• Hellboy +6
• King Arthur +1
• Luke Skywalker +1
• Master Chief +1
• Montgomery Scott +1
• Nathan Drake +1
• Optimus Prime
• Princess Leia +1
• Robocop +1
• Spider Jeruselam +1
• The Master +1
• Usagi Yojimbo +2
• Wash +2
• Willy Wonka +1

@The Poet:

1. Ezio
2. Darth Vader
3. Galen Marek
4. Harry Potter
5. Nathan Drake

(insert random telegraph noises for effect)

Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America, from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press ...

The current nominations for the prestigious "Top 100 science fiction and fantasy characters" are as follows, and I quote;

Agent Smith

Gandalf

Great Cthulhu

HAL-9000

Wash

And with that we sign off for the night. I thank you. Your neighbors thank you. A grateful nation thanks you.