Red Cafe's Top 100 Television & Film Characters Ever - Submission/Discussion Thread

[Duffy]

Father Dougal McGuire (Father Ted) - 18 - 1 Points

Damn, gotta fit him in.

 

[R.N7]

Two people at 19? Cheater.

Y U no count

 

[Neil_Buchanan]

not enough love for Sergeant Barnes in this thread for my liking

 

[Duffy]

Right, only 3 people tagged in a post right?

@Revan @Aldo @Skills and the rest!

Quick note to let you know the submission number for the top 50 has been raised from 20 to 25 (5 extra 1 pointers) so feel free to add some extra's onto your current submissions! To apologize for the confusion here a funny gif.

 

[duffer]

Simon Adebisi, Vern Schillinger, Clay Davies, Ernie McKracken and Krazee Eyes-Killa won't get a single vote. Shame.

 

[Duffy]

Anyone voted for Forrest Gump yet?

 

[Duffy]

Feck it, lets make it a top 100!

 

[Invictus]

!!!

 

[R.N7]

Simon Adebisi, Vern Schillinger, Clay Davies, Ernie McKracken and Krazee Eyes-Killa won't get a single vote. Shame.

F*ck Vern Schillinger.

Anyone voted for Forrest Gump yet?

I sure hope not.

 

[njred]

Alex DeLarge-A Clockwork Orange -1-15 pts
Randle McMurphy-Cuckoos Nest -2-14pts
Capt Quint -Jaws -3-13 pts
Tony Soprano -The Sopranos - 4 - 12 pts
Tommy DeVito - Goodfellas - 5 - 11 pts
Doc McCoy(McQueen) - The Getaway-6 - 10 pts
Man No Name - Spaghetti Westerns -7 - 9 pts
Walt White - Breaking Bad - 8 -8 pts
Jake LaMotta - Raging Bull -9 - 7 pts
Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers - 10 - 6 pts
Don Draper - Mad Men - 11 - 5 pts
James Bond - Goldfinger - 12- 4 pts
Archie Bunker-All in the Family 13 - 3 pts
David Brent - The Office - 14 - 2pts
Larry David - Curb Enthusiasm 15 - 1 pt
George Costanza - Seinfeld 16 - 1 pt
Luke Jackson- Cool Hand Luke 17 - 1 pt
Maximus - Gladiator 18 - 1 pt
Rick Blaine - Casablanca 19 - 1 pt
Sgt Barnes - Platoon 20 - 1 pt
Sonny Wortzik - Dog Day Afternoon 21 - 1 pt
Indiana Jones - Raiders Lost Ark 22 - 1 pt
Ralph Cramden - Honeymooners 23 - 1 pt
Ben Braddock - The Graduate 24 - 1 pt
Don CorLeone - The Godfather 25- 1 pt

 

[Member 39557]

Can't believe you deleted Station :-(

 

[Stanzin Lama]

Del Boy (Only Fools and Horses) - 15 points
Martha (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf) - 14 points
Homer Simpson (Simpsons) - 13 points
Gabbar Singh (Sholay) - 12 points
Ricky (Trailer Park Boys) - 11 points
Colonel Kurtz (Apocalypse Now) - 10 points
Telly Meloy (On the Waterfront) - 9 points
Tobais (Arrested Development) - 8 points
Gob (Arrested Development) - 7 points
Captain Koons (Pulp Fiction) - 6 points
Eric Cartman (South Park) - 5 points
Omar Little (The Wire) - 4 points
The Dude (Big Lebawoski - 3 points
Moti (Teri Meherbaniya) - 2 points
Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin) - 1 point

 

[Archie Leach]

Walter White - Breaking Bad
Tony Soprano - The Sopranos
Omar Little - The Wire
Boyd Crowder - Justified
Don Draper - Mad Men
Peggy Olsen - Mad Men
Lisa Simpson - The Simpsons
Homer Simpson - The Simpsons
Eric Cartman - South Park
Cosmo Kramer - Seinfeld
Edmund Blackadder - Blackadder
David Brent - The Office
Rust Cohle - True Detective
Tommy Gavin - Rescue Me
Michael Corleone - The Godfather
Harry Lime - The Third Man
Daniel Plainview - There Will Be Blood
Marge Gunderson - Fargo
Roy Batty - Blade Runner
Rick Blaine - Casablanca
Reinaldo Arenas - Before Night Falls
Patrick P. McMurphy - One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest

ITS NOT FINISHED @Duffy

 

[R.N7]

Harry Lime just missed out on a spot on my list.

 

[Rooney in Paris]

Simon Adebisi, Vern Schillinger, Clay Davies, Ernie McKracken and Krazee Eyes-Killa won't get a single vote. Shame.

Good call, he was a fascinating character. Adebisi got too caricatural towards the end though I thought, and the whole part when he more or less controls Em City was silly for me. Vern was actually a much more nuanced character as well, I think.

Clay Davies was fun and all his appearances are gold, but I don't feel like he'd be one of my top characters ever, especially as we're considering two different media.

 

[Archie Leach]

Harry Lime just missed out on a spot on my list.

Tough inclusion because he has so little screen time but the spectre of him hangs over the films so wonderfully and his eventual appearance is so brilliant.

 

[R.N7]

Tough inclusion because he has so little screen time but the spectre of him hangs over the films so wonderfully and his eventual appearance is so brilliant.

Welles was a perfect match to play such a larger-than-life character. It wouldn't have worked out as well as it did with someone like Edward G. Robinson as Harry Lime.

 

[Archie Leach]

Welles was a perfect match to play such a larger-than-life character. It wouldn't have worked as well as it did with someone like Edward G. Robinson as Harry Lime.

He improv'd the cuckoo clock speech, as only he could.

 

[R.N7]

He improv'd the cuckoo clock speech, as only he could.

"Like this crook once told me, in Italy for thirty years under some crooked religious family they all went nuts with warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but for some reason they produced paintings and such, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In this country called Switzerland they had phony brotherly love and 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce in the end? That cuckoo clock. Where's your Messiah now, Holly?"

 

[Archie Leach]

Apparently the speech really bugs the Swiss, because they didn't actually invent the cuckoo clock

 

[R.N7]

What kind of depraved country wouldn't want to be the inventors of such a delightfully odd contraption!

*in the voice of Sideshow Mel*

 

[Duffy]

ITS NOT FINISHED @Duffy

You're damn right it's not, you've got Lisa Simpson over Homer Simpson

 

[Archie Leach]

You're damn right it's not, you've got Lisa Simpson over Homer Simpson

I'm Team Lisa.

 

[Crustanoid]

Richard Richard (Bottom) - 1 - 15 Points
Blackadder (Blackadder) - 2 - 14 Points
The Doctor (Doctor Who) - 3 - 13 Points
Arnold Rimmer (Red Dwarf) - 4 - 12 Points
Father Ted (Father Ted) - 5 - 11 Points
Walter White (Breaking Bad) - 6 - 10 Points
John Locke (Lost) - 7 - 9 Points
Benjamin Linus (Lost) (Film or Show) - 8 - 8 Points
Spock (Star Trek) - 9 - 7 Points
Edward Hitler (Bottom) - 10 - 6 Points
Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) - 11 - 5 Points
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) - 12 - 4 Points
Ellen Ripley (Aliens) - 13 - 3 Points
Alan Partridge (Alan Partidge) - 14 - 2 Points
Tyrion Lanister (Game of Thrones) - 15 - 1 Points
Douglas Quaid (Total Recall) - 16 - 1 Points
Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers) - 17 - 1 Points
Patsy (Absolutely Fabulous) - 18 - 1 Points
Swiss Tony (The Fast Show) - 19 - 1 Points
Windy Miller (Camberwick Green) - 20 - 1 Points

 

[Duffy]

Richard Richard (Bottom) - 1 - 15 Points
Blackadder (Blackadder) - 2 - 14 Points
The Doctor (Doctor Who) - 3 - 13 Points
Arnold Rimmer (Red Dwarf) - 4 - 12 Points
Father Ted (Father Ted) - 5 - 11 Points
Walter White (Breaking Bad) - 6 - 10 Points
John Locke (Lost) - 7 - 9 Points
Benjamin Linus (Lost) (Film or Show) - 8 - 8 Points
Spock (Star Trek) - 9 - 7 Points
Edward Hitler (Bottom) - 10 - 6 Points
Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) - 11 - 5 Points
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) - 12 - 4 Points
Ellen Ripley (Aliens) - 13 - 3 Points
Alan Partridge (Alan Partidge) - 14 - 2 Points
Tyrion Lanister (Game of Thrones) - 15 - 1 Points
Douglas Quaid (Total Recall) - 16 - 1 Points
Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers) - 17 - 1 Points
Patsy (Absolutely Fabulous) - 18 - 1 Points
Swiss Tony (The Fast Show) - 19 - 1 Points
Windy Miller (Camberwick Green) - 20 - 1 Points

25 if you want 5 more pal.

Somebody tell everyone who's only voted for 20. I'm at work atm.

 

[ThierryHenry]

Female characters should have their votes count for double points, if not more.

 

[Neil_Buchanan]

Omar Little (The Wire) - 1 - 15 Points
Alan Partridge (The Alan Partridge Show) - 2 - 14 Points
Colonel Hans Landa (Inglorious Basterds) - 3 - 13 Points
Walter White (Breaking Bad) - 4 - 12 Points
Borat Sagdiyev (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - 5 - 11 Points
Rust Cohle (True Detective) - 6 - 10 Points
Jules (Pulp Fiction) - 7 - 9 Points
Mike Ehrmantraut (Breaking Bad) - 8 - 8 Points
Ricky (Trailer Park Boys) - 9 - 7 Points
Barry (Four Lions) - 10 - 6 Points
Sergeant Barnes (Platoon) - 11 - 5 Points
Ron Swanson (Parks and Recreation)- 12 - 4 Points
Jim Lahey (Trailer Park Boys) - 13 - 3 Points
the Bride (Kill Bill)- 14 - 2 Points
Murray (Flight of the Concords) - 15 - 1 Points
Hal (Malcolm in the Middle) - 16 - 1 Points
Bubbles (The Wire) - 17 - 1 Points
Randy Marsh (Southpark) - 18 - 1 Points
Tyler Durden (Fight Club) - 19 - 1 Points
Heath Ledger's Joker (Batman) - 20 - 1 Points
Jim's Dad (American Pie) - 21 - 1 Points
Huell (Breaking Bad) - 22 - 1 Points
Severus Snape (Harry Potter) - 23 - 1 Points
Derrick Trotter (Only Fools and Horses) - 24 - 1 Points
Saul Goodman (Breaking Bad) - 25 - 1 Points

 

[Duffy]

Female characters should have their votes count for double points, if not more.

No chance. Was interesting that there wasn't a single woman in the Top 50 Historic Figures countdown.

 

[Invictus]

TBF I put 2 in the historical list and Joan de Arc was #21.

 

[ThierryHenry]

Yeah, knew it wouldn't happen but we'll probably just get Ripley in here as well. Something to slightly even the scales among 99-100% of men voting makes sense though.

...The Ripley Rule!

 

[ThierryHenry]

Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) - 1 - 15 Points
Don Draper (Mad Men) - 2 - 14 Points
C. Montgomery Burns (The Simpsons) - 4 - 12 Points
Tony Soprano (The Sopranos) - 3 - 13 Points
Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons) - 5 - 11 Points
Michael Corleone (The Godfather) - 6 - 10 Points
G.O.B. Bluth (Arrested Development) - 7 - 9 Points
Annie Hall (Annie Hall) - 8 - 8 Points
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm) - 9 - 7 Points
George Costanza (Seinfeld) - 10 - 6 Points
Stan Marsh (South Park) - 11 - 5 Points
Lucille Bluth (Arrested Development) - 12 - 4 Points
H.I. McDunnough (Raising Arizona) - 13 - 3 Points
Bubbles (The Wire) - 14 - 2 Points
Roger Sterling (Mad Men) - 15 - 1 Points
Omar Little (The Wire) - 16 - 1 Points
Mia Wallace (Pulp Fiction) - 17 - 1 Points
Marge Gunderson (Fargo) - 18 - 1 Points
Troy McClure (The Simpsons) - 19 - 1 Points
Max Fischer (Rushmore) - 20 - 1 Points
Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver) - 21 - 1 Points
Marty McFly (Back to the Future) - 22 - 1 Points
Veronica Sawyer (Heathers) - 23 - 1 Points
Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) - 24 - 1 Points
Bunk Moreland (The Wire) - 25 - 1 Points


Take away notes:
Lisa Simpson > Michael Corleone
Larry David > George Costanza
Bubbles > Butters
Max Fischer > Travis Bickle

 

[R.N7]

Ferris Bueller, ugh.

 

[Twigg]

Ferris Bueller, ugh.

Ugh indeed.

 

[ThierryHenry]

 

[R.N7]

I watched that film recently and found it really offensive, 80's cult nonsense.

It's a pretty good list apart from him though.

 

[RexHamilton]

I like Ferris Bueller. It could be because I was about 9 when I watched it first. But I'm a fan! I'm going to add 5 more to my list now.

 

[Moriarty]

TV Only

Alec Guinness as George Smiley.
David Duchovny as Fox Mulder.
Bernard Hill as Yosser Hughes ( a Manc playing a Scouser).
Jim Broadbent as Lord Longford.
John Thaw as Inspector Morse.
Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.
Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe.
Sam Neill as Sidney Reilly.
Ian Richardson as Francis Urquart.
Rik Mayall as Alan B'stard.
Daniel Benzali as Teddy Hoffmann.
Leo McKern as Rumpole.
Patricia Hodge as Portia.
Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison.
Miranda Richardson as Queenie.
Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder.
Michael Kitchen as DCS Foyle.

Just a few off the top of my head.

 

[RexHamilton]

TV Only

Alec Guinness as George Smiley.
David Duchovny as Fox Mulder.
Bernard Hill as Yosser Hughes ( a Manc playing a Scouser).
Jim Broadbent as Lord Longford.
John Thaw as Inspector Morse.
Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.
Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe.
Sam Neill as Sidney Reilly.
Ian Richardson as Francis Urquart.
Rik Mayall as Alan B'stard.
Daniel Benzali as Teddy Hoffmann.
Leo McKern as Rumpole.
Patricia Hodge as Portia.
Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison.
Miranda Richardson as Queenie.
Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder.
Michael Kitchen as DCS Foyle.

Just a few off the top of my head.

Ooooooooooooooo emmmmmm geeeee... The template! Where is the template?

 

[R.N7]

Are you English?

 

[okLaptop1]

TV Only

Alec Guinness as George Smiley.
David Duchovny as Fox Mulder.
Bernard Hill as Yosser Hughes ( a Manc playing a Scouser).
Jim Broadbent as Lord Longford.
John Thaw as Inspector Morse.
Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.
Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe.
Sam Neill as Sidney Reilly.
Ian Richardson as Francis Urquart.
Rik Mayall as Alan B'stard.
Daniel Benzali as Teddy Hoffmann.
Leo McKern as Rumpole.
Patricia Hodge as Portia.
Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison.
Miranda Richardson as Queenie.
Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder.
Michael Kitchen as DCS Foyle.

Just a few off the top of my head.

Feck I forgot about his Holmes! Gonna have to find a way to fit him into my 25...