Greatest TV Character of All Time

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Nov 4, 2016 11:57am
Agreed with some of the others but I will add:

Marshall the Fire Pup- Paw Patrol
Ari Gold- Entourage
Nick Miller- New Girl
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Nov 4, 2016 12:31pm
Don Draper
Bender
Doug Funnie
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Nov 4, 2016 12:33pm
TBone14;1821913 wrote: Ari Gold- Entourage
Real good one, here.
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Nov 4, 2016 1:38pm
Dwight Schrute
Ron Swanson
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Nov 4, 2016 1:51pm
Some great ones here.

I'll add Frank Underwood to the list.
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Nov 4, 2016 2:35pm
From a comedy standpoint: Homer Simpson

From a great character overall, and acting standpoint: Walter White
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Nov 4, 2016 2:50pm
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Nov 4, 2016 2:54pm
SnotBubbles;1821938 wrote:From a comedy standpoint: Homer Simpson

From a great character overall, and acting standpoint: Walter White
Still has the best quote regarding relationships.

Communication. Too much communication...
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Nov 4, 2016 5:05pm
Will and Carlton
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Nov 4, 2016 5:07pm
Boner Stabbone and his dad Sylvester from Growing Pains
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Nov 4, 2016 6:36pm
All I'm going to say is that I wish I had a Tywin Lannister app on my phone where, whenever someone pissed me off, I could activate it and he would completely emasculate whoever I was mad at.
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Nov 4, 2016 7:16pm
thavoice;1821945 wrote:Still has the best quote regarding relationships.

Communication. Too much communication...
Homer Simpson sucks and so does that quote. And so do you.
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Nov 4, 2016 7:18pm
I'll throw my vote out there for Omar from the wire.

The GOAT character from the GOAT show.
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Nov 4, 2016 7:21pm
Another vote for Omar.
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Nov 4, 2016 7:25pm
ptown_trojans_1;1821907 wrote:Omar
"You come at the king, you best not miss."
I was playing BP awhile ago and was feeling pretty good/playing really well. Naturally, I dropped this quote on my opponents. /coolstory
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Nov 4, 2016 8:51pm
Fred G Sanford
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Ghoulardi.
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Gabby Hayes
Rifleman
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Nov 5, 2016 10:42am
SportsAndLady;1821984 wrote:Homer Simpson sucks and so does that quote. And so do you.
So much anger in you.
I hope one day you can get over your issues.

Goodluck.
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Nov 6, 2016 12:51am
Walter White

Tony Soprano

Omar Little

Marlo Stanfield

Hank Moody
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Nov 6, 2016 1:08am
technically speaking, it's probably Walter White in terms of length (60+ episodes),evolution and depth of character.

Only real comparisons I would make are Tony Soprano, but the consistency of writing just wasn't there. And Vic Mackey - but he's largely the same guy in the beginning and there's no evolution of character. And possibly Ben Linus, except he's really more of a supporting character.


And Tyrion beats them all on multiple levels....but he doesn't have 1/10th the screen time.
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Nov 6, 2016 1:16am
oh.....and Barney Stinson
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Nov 6, 2016 1:13pm
Clayton Bigsby

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Nov 6, 2016 1:48pm
gut;1822136 wrote:technically speaking, it's probably Walter White in terms of length (60+ episodes),evolution and depth of character.

Only real comparisons I would make are Tony Soprano, but the consistency of writing just wasn't there. And Vic Mackey - but he's largely the same guy in the beginning and there's no evolution of character. And possibly Ben Linus, except he's really more of a supporting character.


And Tyrion beats them all on multiple levels....but he doesn't have 1/10th the screen time.

In some ways, that hurts characters on shows with more of an ensemble cast because any individual guy might be the focal point of an episode or a few scenes, but they don't get the overall air time to be "the man" either on their show or on TV in general. In other ways, I think it helps a bit because it helps their top moments stand out more and keeps them from turning Homer Simpson and winding up a pale imitation of what they used to be. Like, I loved watching Tywin utterly destroy virtually everyone he talked to in Game of Thrones, but a big part of that was because he was in a total of what, 20 or so episodes and usually featured in one or two scenes in most of them, so it never turned into a "oh god, how are they going to try to keep him fresh this time..." sort of thing and just stayed at this "get the popcorn ready, someone's getting emasculated now!!!!" thing.