Then vote for him/her to win in the Badass TV Character Bracket.The bracket, by the good folks at Awesomeopolis, pits some of TV's more awesome current characters against each other to determine who is more badass. Readers are asked to vote on the finalists.
So far, it looks like Dr. Gregory House is beating 30 Rock's Jack Donaghy. I'm not sure I agree with that one. I think Jack could have House killed with one phone call. Here's one poll I do agree with: MacGuyver is way more badass than Jethro Gibbs from NCIS. Even if Mac didn't know how to turn my iPod into a jet, his hair alone puts him way over the top.
In an odd race, Starbuck seems to be beating Admiral Adama. I'd say these two are equal in badassery, especially since Adama did many heroic things with no divine help and while being a stone drunk old man throughout the last year of Battlestar Galactica.
Now here's one that's tough to call: Jack Bauer or B.A.Baracus? Hmmm ... B.A. did like to go shirtless while wearing 160 pounds of gold around his neck, while Bauer prefers tight fitting knit sweaters.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-07-2009 @ 6:55PM
jffm said...
They missed some classic contestants.
Walter Skinner, Mr. X, and of course CSM from The X-Files.
Jack Bristow from Alias.
Sayid Jarrah and Benjamin Linus from Lost.
And that's not even going really old school for the legends like Marshall Dillon, Kwai Chang Caine and the seventh Doctor, Tom Baker.
There's been a lot of TV badassedness over the years.
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5-07-2009 @ 7:24PM
Zachary said...
How could they leave out Brock Samson?
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5-07-2009 @ 7:30PM
Arclight said...
Second on Brock Sampson.
Although Leroy Jethro Gibbs (NCIS) is undoubtedly a badass, Ziva David should have gotten the nod instead.
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5-08-2009 @ 12:58AM
btarlinian said...
River Tam vs. Michael Westin. That should be the finals, not a first round matchup!!! (River wins of course, "I can kill you with my brain" trumps anything Westin could say or do.) But they certainly both outdo Jethro Gibbs or Starbuck.
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5-08-2009 @ 1:37AM
GL said...
This is ridiculous. How is B.A. Baracas not winning?
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5-08-2009 @ 3:59AM
Dylan said...
What makes me really happy is that Barney is beating Chuck Norris.
All is right in the world.
Lack of Buffy on the list is frustrating though.
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5-08-2009 @ 9:47AM
John Howard said...
Current?
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5-08-2009 @ 10:35AM
Galley said...
River Tam would slay them all, and (look damn good doing it)!
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