Best Female Character in the Playground (4th round of voting open! Check 9th page)

[Finn Solomon]

Hey everybody. I've participated in and generally liked the voting threads that have been popping up recently. I thought I'd try something similar, but different this time with knockout rounds to determine the best fictional female character of all time. Why? Well because a woman is a glamorous wonderful exotic creature of exciting mystery and we are all the better for having them in our lives. Mostly. Voting for heroes is well and good, but they do tend to be male. So let's shine a spotlight on the double X chromosome carriers and see who emerges as the grand champion!

Ground rules:

- Every character nominated must be fictional, or a fictionalised version of a real world woman. (For example merely naming Queen Elizabeth doesn't count, but Queen Elizabeth as played by Cate Blanchett will)

- Nominate them in from anywhere. Story, film, TV, cartoon, anime, webcomic, I don't care.

- Non-humans are fine, as long as they have recognisable female qualities. (Mother Wolf from The Jungle Book springs to mind)

- Due to increased interest, I will accept 160 nominations. The reason being a permutation of 4 is needed for the knockout rounds.

- After 160 nominations have been collected, I will close the nominations and begin randomly dividing our girls into pairs, through an intricate process known as "drawing names out of a hat".

- We shall then vote the winner of each pair, and knock out the loser until one girl will emerge as champion and reigning Queen of the playground. I'd like to write short descriptions of each "fight" if I may, Inquest Gamer/WWWF Grudge Match style, just for fun. Everyone else is also welcome to join in.

- Vote for the girl you like best, not just who'd win in a fight.

I'll start things off by nominating eight girls. I would appreciate it if you guys followed the same style I used in your own nominations. (Name followed by source in brackets) Please don't nominate a character that has already been nominated.

Nominations so far:

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1. Susannah Dean (The Dark Tower)
2. Death (Sandman)
3. Tuip O' Hare (Preacher)
4. River Tam (Firefly)
5. Lina Inverse (The Slayers)
6. Trinity (The Matrix)
7. Trillian (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
8. Ramona Flowers (Scott Pilgrim)
9. Kaname Chidori (Full Metal Panic)
10. Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4)
11. Amaterasu (Okami)
12. Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist manga)
13. Honor Harrington (Honorverse)
14. Ryougi Shiki (The Edge of Emptiness)
15. Michelle Dessler (24)
16. The Queen (Hazards of Love)
17. Precious Ramotswe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency)
18. Lyra Belacqua (His Dark Materials)
19. Hester Shaw (Mortal Engines)
20. Agatha Heterodyne (Girl Genius)
21. Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
22. Fuchsia (Sinfest)
23. Temperance Brennan (Bones)
24. Haley Starshine (Order of the Stick)
25. Samus Aran (Metroid)
26. Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
27. Minda (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
28. Haruhi Suzumiya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
29. Kallen Kozuki/Stadtfeld (Code Geass)
30. C.C. (Code Geass)
31. Celes Chere (Final Fantasy 6)
32. Ibis Douglas (Super Robot Wars)
33. Latooni Subota (Super Robot Wars)
34. Saber (Fate/Stay Night)
35. Osaka (Azumanga Daioh)
36. Yuki Nagato (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
37. Subaru Nakajima (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
38. Hayate Yagami (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
39. Evey Hammond (V for Vendetta)
40. Kazumi Kato (Order of the Stick)
41. Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)
42. Gabrielle (Xena: Warrior Princess)
43. Ziva David (Navy CIS)
44. Sam Carter (Stargate)
45. Hoshi Sato (Star Trek)
46. Miko Miyazaki (Order of the Stick)
47. Seven of Nine (Star Trek)
48. Jaina Proudmoore (Warcraft)
49. Garona Halforcen (Warcraft)
50. Mara Jade (Skywalker) (Star Wars)
51. Max Guevara (Dark Angel)
52. Tyrande Whisperwind (Warcraft)
53. Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
54. Susan Ivanova (Babylon 5)
55. Morag (Neverwinter Nights)
56. Catti-brie (Forgotten Realms)
57. Alexstrasza (Warcraft)
58. Teana Lanster (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
59. Fate Testarossa (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
60. Alicia Melchiot (Valkyria Chronicles, the game, not the anime)
61. Lamia Loveless (Super Robot Wars)
62. Esme Weatherwax (Discworld)
63. Alyx Vance (Half Life 2)
64. GLaDOS (Portal)
65. SHODAN (System Shock)
66. Jennifer Walters (She-Hulk)
67. EVE (WALL-E)
68. Sir Integra Hellsing (Hellsing)
69. Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX)
70. Susan Sto Helit (Discworld)
71. Mrs Louisa Wilberforce (The Ladykillers (1955))
72. Hat Guy's girlfriend (xkcd)
73. Kaylee Frye (Firefly)
74. Martha Jones (Doctor Who)
75. Elli Quinn (Vorkosigan saga)
76. Balsa (Seirei No Moributo)
77. Circe (Greek mythology)
78. San (Princess Mononoke)
79. Lady Eboshi (Princess Mononoke)
80. Silky (Enid Blytons The Faraway Tree)
81. Celia (OOTS)
82. Horo (spice and wolf)
83. Rin Tōsaka (Fate Stay Night)
84. Etna (Disgaea)
85. Seras Victoria (Hellsing)
86. Lucy/Nyuu (Elfen Lied)
87. The Lady of Pain (Dungeons and Dragons)
88. Sally Lockhart (Ruby in the Smoke)
89. Caerula Sanguis (Battle Angel Alita: Last Order/Gunnm)
90. Alita/Gally (Battle Angel Alita/Gunnm)
91. Jade (Beyond Good&Evil)
92. Coraline (Coraline)
93. Antimony Carver (Gunnerkrigg Court)
94. Bethany (Dogma)
95. Emma Peel (Avengers)
96. Buffy (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
97. Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
98. Donna Noble (Doctor Who)
99. Rose Tyler (Doctor Who)
100. Zeetha, daughter of Chump (Girl Genius)
101. Sarah Williams (Labyrinth)
102. Secret (Keychain of Creation)
103. Kreia (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2)
104. Teyla Amagin (Stargate Atlantis)
105. Jessica Atreides (Dune)
106. Chani (Dune)
107. Firekeeper (The Firekeeper Saga)
108. Maev Stiofan (Last Legion series)
109. Susan Calvin (Isaac Asimov's Robot stories)
110. Mirax Terrik/Mirax Horn (starwars Expanded Universe)
111. Sara Connor (terminator series)
112. Gertrude Yorkes (Runaways)
113. Molly Hayes (Runaways)
114. Nico Minoru (Runaways)
115. Klara Prast (Runaways)
116. Karolina Dean (Runaways)
117. Asuka Langley Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
118. Cameron Philps aka Taminator (Sarah Connor Cronicles)
119. Erin Kelly (Rural Reign)
120. Emma Frost (X-Men)
121. Kitty Pryde (X-Men)
122. Officer Aeryn Sun (Farscape)
123. Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
124. Penny (Doctor Horrible's Sing-along Blog)
125. Leela (Doctor Who)
126. Elphaba (The Wicked Series)
127. G(a)linda (The Wicked Series)
128. Monica (Dark Chronicle)
129. Jeanne d'Arc (The Maid of Orleans)
130. Eowyn (The Lord of the Rings)
131. Chris Lightfellow (Suikoden III)
132. Youko Nakajima (The Twelve Kingdoms)
133. Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)
134. Signum (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
135. Mia Fey (Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney)
136. Cate Archer (No One Lives Forever)
137. Camille from the James Bond move Quantum of Solace
138. Toph Bei Fong (Avatar: The Legend of Aang)
139. Azula (Avatar: The Legend of Aang)
140. Yoko (Gurren Lagann)
141. Cersei Lannister (Song of Fire and Ice series)
142. Arya Stark (Song of Ice and Fire)
143. Le Marquise de Merteuil (Dangerous Liasons)
144. Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica)
145. Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace (Battlestar Galactica)
146. Baltar's Hallucinatory Six (Battlestar Galactica)
147. Kira Nerys (Star Trek DS9)
148. Bleu Dais (Breath of Fire)
149. Queen Bavmorda (Willow)
150. Sophitia (Soul Calibur series)
151. Mother Gaia (If you consider Gaia a fictional goddess)
152. Sister Miriam Godwinson (Alpha Centauri)
153. Hecate (Another Goddess from Greek/Thracian Mythology)
154. Kai Winn (Star Trek DS9)
155. Sarah Kerrigan (Starcraft)
156. Wonder Woman (DC)
157. Snow White (Fables)
158. Captain Janeway (Star Trek)
159. Joan of Arc (Clone High)
160. Kim Possible (Kim Possible)

[Terraoblivion]

Kaname Chidori (Full Metal Panic)
Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4)
Amaterasu (Okami)
Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist manga)

[The Glyphstone]

Honor Harrington (Honorverse)

[13_CBS]

Ryougi Shiki (The Edge of Emptiness)

[Silent Hunter]

Michelle Dessler (24)

[Tamburlaine]

A music nomination?
The Queen (Hazards of Love)

Also: Precious Ramotswe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency), Lyra Belacqua (His Dark Materials), Hester Shaw (Mortal Engines).

[Eldan]

Agatha Heterodyne (Girl Genius)

[Tiger Duck]

Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
Fuchsia (Sinfest)
Temperance Brennan (Bones)

[Assassin89]

Haley Starshine (Order of the Stick)
Samus Aran (Metroid)
Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
Minda (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

[Mando Knight]

Dammit. My best picks are already nominated.

...except
Haruhi Suzumiya (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Kallen Kozuki/Stadtfeld (Code Geass)
C.C. (Code Geass)

[Tengu_temp]

Celes Chere (Final Fantasy 6)
Ibis Douglas (Super Robot Wars)
Latooni Subota (Super Robot Wars)
Saber (Fate/Stay Night)
Osaka (Azumanga Daioh)
Yuki Nagato (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Subaru Nakajima (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
Hayate Yagami (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)

I was tempted to add half the cast of Nanoha, but that'd be too much so I just went with my most favorite characters and left the rest for the other fans of the series.

[Berserk Monk]

Evey Hammond (V for Vendetta)
Kazumi Kato (Order of the Stick)

[Athaniar]

Ten Primary Choices:
Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)
Gabrielle (Xena: Warrior Princess)
Ziva David (Navy CIS)
Sam Carter (Stargate)
Hoshi Sato (Star Trek)
Miko Miyazaki (Order of the Stick)
Seven of Nine (Star Trek)
Jaina Proudmoore (Warcraft)
Garona Halforcen (Warcraft)
Mara Jade (Skywalker) (Star Wars)

Seven Secondary Choices (depending on what eventual limits may be):
Max Guevara (Dark Angel)
Tyrande Whisperwind (Warcraft)
Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Susan Ivanova (Babylon 5)
Morag (Neverwinter Nights)
Catti-brie (Forgotten Realms)
Alexstrasza (Warcraft)

[Terraoblivion]

Which ones was it you had wanted to nominate, Mando?

Also since others seem to have nominated more than four characters i have a few more i consider worthy of a nomination.

Teana Lanster (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
Fate Testarossa (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
Alicia Melchiot (Valkyria Chronicles, the game, not the anime)
Lamia Loveless (Super Robot Wars)

[chiasaur11]

Well, looks like I have some slack to pick up for, at least in individuals worthy of nomination. (Yes, I vote out of obligation as much as personal preference):

Esme Weatherwax (Discworld)
Alyx Vance (Half Life 2)
GLaDOS (Portal)
SHODAN (System Shock)
Jennifer Walters (She-Hulk)
EVE (WALL-E)

[Aidan305]

Sir Integra Hellsing (Hellsing)
Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX)
Susan Sto Helit (Discworld)
Mrs Louisa Wilberforce (The Ladykillers (1955))

[Tengu_temp]

GLaDOS (Discworld)

I don't think so.

[Terraoblivion]

Xavius, can you trim your list? Seventeen nominations out of a total of 72 in a single post is just to take up too large a percentage of the possible nominations at once.

Also the name is Susan Sto Helit and not Susan Death, Aidan. Not a major thing, just kinda silly to have a character represented with the wrong name.

[Flame of Anor]

Ha ha ha, Discworld

Anyway:

Hat Guy's girlfriend (xkcd)
Kaylee (Firefly)
Martha Jones (Doctor Who)
Elli Quinn (Vorkosigan saga)

[Knaight]

Balsa(Seirei No Moributo).
Samus Aran(Metroid, previously mentioned)

[Haarkla]

Circe (Greek mythology)
San (Princess Mononoke)
Lady Eboshi (Princess Mononoke)
Silky (Enid Blytons The Faraway Tree)
Celia (OOTS)

[Poison_Fish]

Horo (spice and wolf)
Rin Tōsaka (Fate Stay Night)
Etna (Disgaea)

[Lord_Gareth]

Seras Victoria (Hellsing)
Lucy/Nyuu (Elfen Lied)
The Lady of Pain (Dungeons and Dragons)

[Seonor]

Sally Lockhart (Ruby in the Smoke)
Lyra Belacqua (His Dark Materials)
Caerula Sanguis (Battle Angel Alita: Last Order/Gunnm)
Alita/Gally (Battle Angel Alita/Gunnm)
Jade (Beyond Good&Evil)
Coraline (Coraline)
Antimony Carver(Gunnerkrigg Court)
Bethany (Dogma)

[MikelaC]

Emma Peel (Avengers)

[Calamity]

Buffy (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
Donna Noble (Doctor Who)
Rose Tyler (Doctor Who)

[Tengu_temp]

Seeing that we already have 98 nominations, I think it's best to increase the number of contestants to 128 or so.

[thorgrim29]

Zeetha,daughter of Chump (Girl Genius)

[Haarkla]

100. Sarah Williams (Labyrinth)

[Athaniar]

Xavius, can you trim your list? Seventeen nominations out of a total of 72 in a single post is just to take up too large a percentage of the possible nominations at once.

1. How many should I remove?
2. If we increase to 128, do I have to remove any?