The greatest fictional character of all time?

Me and my friend had a debate about the title and he said "Darth Vader" due to him being a great character and having arguably one of the biggest impacts in Movie history. I am a fan of star wars however not enough to name darth vader but understood why. My thoughts is...Spiderman, Not only is he a amazing character that really helped marvel battle DCs Supes and bats but its his morals and origin that really makes him great. Sure he isnt the strongest character but he alwaya tries his best no matter what and no matter who threatings new york hes willing to defend the city even against certain defeat . He saves the very people who hates and tries to kill him and always tries hes best. He is the heart of marvel....So do you guys agree or have your own choice? And why?

John Constantine or Spider Jerusalem.

Jesus.....flame on

Spider-Man or Ryu.

Gallery

Goku!

The Doctor.

Best character.

Paul Atreïdes

Ororo Munroe aka Storm

@those_eyes: Kirby is awesome

@mynameiswill: The greatest fighting game character ever! with sub zero

I like Spidey, he has had a cultural impact on the world and he is an icon of not only Marvel but super heroes in general. When I think of super heroes I immediately think of Spidey, Supes, Batman and Captain America. Having said that, I would still go with Vader. There are only 2 characters that I think a person could hear, not see, and know exactly who they are. Vader and Godzilla. Vader just has so much going for him. Iconic look, voice, breathing, poses, weapon sound and quite possibly the most recognized movie quote of all time. He is probably the most well known villain in cinematic history.

Just my opinion.

I am a fan of star wars however not enough to name darth vader but understood why. My thoughts is...Spiderman,

Someone else begs to differ:

There is obviously no real answer to this, it is way too subjective.

@laytonc97: Sub-Zero is cool too :)

It's hard to just pick one, considering the sheer amount of genres, recognizability, longevity of their franchises, etc...so here's a few I'd think are contenders:

Spider-Man

Batman

Superman

Goku

Drizzt Do'Urden (lacks recognition, been has been protagonist to nothing but best-selling stories for over two decades)

Indiana Jones

Darth Vader

Spock

Godzilla

Bugs Bunny

Mickey Mouse

I'm not even a fan of some of those listed, but I think plenty of them have some justification depending on your criteria.

Everyone basicly named his personal favourite.

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Barack Obama

Jesus Christ by far.

The most recognizable fictional character in the world is Superman.

Eric Cartman easy

Batman with prep.

Char Aznable.

Impossible to say, there are a lot:

-Godzilla

-Batman

-Superman

-Hulk

-Master Chief.

-Goku

-Naruto.

-Romeo and Julliet.

-Kratos.

-Darth vader.

-Cthulhu.

-Ronald Macdonald.

@darling_luna said:

One Punch Man is amazing and all, but he's way to new.

@laytonc97: There are so many characters to choose from although being a massive Star Wars fan Darth Vader isn't even close to being the best villain. There are 2 many more in depth villains than him for him to be in the top 5.

peter pan

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin: Xenocide, Speaker for the dead, Third

Superman

Dick Grayson.

@helmutzemo: Dude, relax.

Superman is the most recognizable fictional character worldwide.

Superman

Indiana Jones

Spider-Man

Calvin (of Calvin Hobbes)

whoever you like

Batman

The Punisher (Max Series)

Constantine

Batman, no contest.

Too many to name just one, but I'll go with Flame Princess.

And Katniss Everdeen too.

SUPERMAN

Batman

The Joker

Starfire

Black Panther

Powergirl

Wolverine

Psylocke

Rogue

Spawn

Hercules from Greek Mythology

@lateralus: BAM! Beat us to it.

@_mongul said:

@infinityomelette said:

Google Trends do not lie. At first I thought it was close, until I added the variant ways to search for the characters. It would seem that Spider-Man does indeed have a slight edge when you combine all the data.

The biggest thing we can take away from this is that most people do not know that it's spelled "Spider-Man". ;)

In my opinion, Darth Vader is a better and more iconic character than Spider-Man. However, as a fanboy I must nominate Iron Man as the greatest fictional character of all time :D

Kirby.

He is a baby alien who eats anything and is a galactic warrior who is destined to save the universe. Cant get any greater than that.