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Post by forgottensinpwf on Jun 21, 2007 11:05:08 GMT -5
Starfire should be in the top 10 and you know it. top 20 is good, but dammit. Raven better not be in the top frigging 10.
now i really regret not voting.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jun 21, 2007 11:38:46 GMT -5
20. Marge Simpson (The Simpsons) Marge Simpson is the well-meaning and patient wife of Homer Simpson. Her most notable physical feature is her blue hair, styled into an improbably high beehive (kept in place by Johnson's Water Seal); she is proud to have never met anyone with taller hair outside Graceland. Homer once mentioned that she actually dyes her hair blue, being "gray as a mule since she was seventeen". Marge spends most of her time doing housework, minding Maggie, being supportive of Lisa, and either disciplining Bart or protecting him from Homer's wrath. She was named after, and loosely based on, Margaret "Marge" Groening, mother of series creator Matt Groening. In many ways, Marge Simpson is modeled on the stereotypical 1950s suburban housewife, by using stereotypes such as her faux pearl necklace. In spite of her image as a stereotypical sitcom mother with relatively high morals, Marge, who can appear naive and gullible, has her share of escapades to the disdain of Springfield's less forgiving residents. She once had a tumultuous stint as a police officer in the Springfield Police Department, took classes for road rage, was jailed for "misdemeanor shoplifting", became a gambling addict, showed alcoholic tendencies, engaged in a memorable cross-country police chase (à la Thelma and Louise), and had sex with Homer at a miniature golf course. These are just some of the strange situations in which Marge has found herself. She also displays a surprisingly strong will. In "The Joy of Sect", she escapes brainwashing by the Movementarian Church, and in "Bart-Mangled Banner", while in prison, she questions Lisa when Lisa begins losing her beliefs after watching propaganda cartoons. Marge is the only member of the family who actively encourages church attendance. She also appears to have significant athletic ability, as seen in her escape from the Movementarian cult. Marge is a talented painter. She had an intense crush on Ringo Starr, and painted several portraits of him (including one in which they are depicted as married) and wrote to him as a teen, but received a response only 25 years later. This inspires her to enter an art contest. While in that art contest, her portrait of a drunk Homer asleep on the couch won a competition against two other paintings. Marge apparently makes very bad ice-cream sundaes, though she is otherwise a highly regarded cook. She is especially celebrated for her pork chops. She manages to nourish her entire family with only twelve dollars a week (She pads Homer's food with sawdust). She also prepares various commemorative hams, including an emergency ham, a condolence ham, an earthquake ham and a celebration ham. Her specialty, which she makes to celebrate Bart's best dental check-up ever (only three cavities) is butterscotch chicken. Politically, Marge generally aligns with the Democratic Party. She once mentions that she voted for Jimmy Carter ("twice" according to Lisa) and supported the candidacy of their state's progressive governor Mary Bailey, and also claimed to have been extremely depressed when Lyndon Johnson died. Besides Homer, Marge has had a number of admirers, including C. Montgomery Burns, Moe Szyslak, Springfield Isotopes player Flash Baylor and high school classmate and ex-millionaire Artie Ziff (who recently got over her and is now interested in Marge's sister, Selma). On several occasions Moe has tried to steal Marge from Homer. His first attempt occurs in Season 5 ("Secrets of a Successful Marriage"), and his most recent attempt occurs on a flight to Aruba in Season 16 ("Mommie Beerest"). Moe's and Marge's love-hate relationship has become a recurring gag.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jun 21, 2007 11:40:55 GMT -5
19. Starfire (Teen Titans) As with the other characters in Teen Titans, it was decided to render a younger, more teenager-like version of Starfire for the animated series version. The character's background was also revised. She has only been called by her real name once in the series, by her former nanny (K'norfka) Galfore, the current emperor of the planet Tamaran. Her parents are nowhere to be seen in either appearance of Tamaran in the series. Starfire was the only Titan in the series who did not have a season focusing on her own storyline. Rather, she shares Season 1 with Robin; being the one Robin spoke to after his rash decision involving Slade and other incidents. She also has her own storyline scattered in different episodes throughout all five seasons, in which she deals with her cruel sister, the responsibilities of being a princess, and her insecurities about being an alien on Earth. Starfire's sister, Komand'r (Blackfire), acts as her arch-foe.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jun 21, 2007 11:42:54 GMT -5
18. Makoto Kino aka Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon) Makoto's strong, independent personality is hinted at in her most striking physical feature—she is 168 centimeters in height, very tall for a Japanese girl. This is downplayed in English translations (as a 5 ft 6 in girl is not all that uncommon in the West), but considerable notice is taken in Japanese. She is also physically very strong, and in fact was kicked out of her previous school for fighting. She is introduced to the series after transferring to Azabu Jûban Junior High, where Usagi and Ami are students, where she stands out all the more because her school uniform is different from everyone else's; unable to find anything in her size, the school's administration tells her to wear her old one. It has a long skirt, which when coupled with her curly hair, was a common visual cue for a tough or delinquent girl at the time the series was created. However, unlike these delinquent girls, her curly hair is natural. Early on in her character design, Naoko Takeuchi drew Makoto as a smoker, but this trait was not used in any of the series. Despite her tough appearance, she is very gentle. She always wears pink rose earrings and a green hair-band, even when transformed. One of the most consistent characters in the many versions of the series, Makoto is always depicted as simultaneously the most masculine and most feminine of the younger Senshi. She is tall, strong, physical, and practices martial arts and other sports, but at the same time is rather busty and an excellent cook and house-cleaner. Her most closely-held dream is to marry young and own a cake and flower shop, and she loves romance novels. Her favorite class is home economics and her least favorite is physics; after entering high school, she also joins the cooking and gardening clubs. She likes all foods, but especially cherry pie, and meatloaf, and her favorite colors are green and pink. She loves horses, but hates cheaters, and is blood type O This dual nature comes from a need to be self-sufficient: in the manga continuity her parents died in a plane crash when she was very young and she has since then looked after herself. She is self-sufficient almost to a fault, and becomes extremely nervous anytime an airplane passes overhead. In the anime, Makoto lives alone, but it is never explicitly stated that her parents are dead — in the English adaptation, she even claims she cannot take care of a cat because her mother is allergic — and later in the series she is shown boarding an airplane without any mention of fear. In Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Makoto's parents' death is told in a flashback in Act 6, but how they died is not mentioned. Makoto has at least one former boyfriend; the importance of this subplot, as well as her level of obsession with cute men, varies wildly between adaptations. Fans of the anime typically have a perception of Makoto as extremely boy-crazy; a recurring gag is her obsession with people who look like the older classmate (sempai) who once broke her heart (unnamed except in the English dub, where he is called Freddy). In each version, there are mentions of other men who were very briefly a part of her life. Makoto is generally attracted to Motoki Furuhata, especially in the anime One quirk of Makoto's was made famous among English-speaking fans due to the translation of a particular anime scene. The girls are arguing over which of them should play the part of Snow White in a play. In Japanese, Makoto insists that she would be best for the role because she has the largest breasts. In the English adaptation, she still points at her chest, but states instead that she has the most "talent." As a reference to this, anime fans occasionally use the term "talented" as a euphemism for "busty." The kanji of Makoto's surname translate as "tree" or "wood" (ki?) and "field" (no?). Her given name is in hiragana (makoto?) and therefore difficult to translate. Possible meanings include "truth," "wisdom," and "faith." The given name "Makoto" is usually a male name, but is sometimes given to girls. This name is probably meant to highlight Makoto's tomboyishness. Her entire name is structured as a pun, as the syllable "no" indicates a possessive, so that her name can also be understood as "Makoto of Trees." In an early DiC promotional tape that advertised Sailor Moon to television stations, Makoto was called Sara. Another preliminary name, appearing on Kodansha's English website in an advertisement for the series, was Maggie.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jun 21, 2007 11:49:02 GMT -5
17. Android #18 (Dragonball Z/GT) Android-18 is, in actuallity, a cybernetic human, modified by the scientist named Dr. Gero. However, she is not entirely an android because, in a conversation with Android-16, she refers to both herself and her "twin brother" Android-17 as having been "constructed from a human base". It is implied in the manga that they were originally runaways heavily fitted with cybernetics. Whether or not this "fitting" was consensual is unknown, but it is implied that it wasn't considering that they both show a disdainful disrespect toward Gero (In fact, both of their Dragon Library pages in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 says for a fact Gero took them against their will). However, she is able to biologically function as a human does, given the fact that she produces a child right before the Buu Saga. Android 18's original human name is never revealed. Even her husband, Kuririn, doesn't refer to her with her original name, so it's likely it was completely lost in the process of making her an android. It is never explained why Androids 17 and 18 were created, but it has been suggested that they were tools to be used by Gero's ultimate creation, Cell. Cell was supposed to absorb them into his fully biological body and become the "perfect" warrior. He achieved this, absorbing 18 shortly after doing the same to 17. When Kuririn first meets Android-18 he is very attracted to her, even though at the time he believes that she is heartless and wants to kill Goku. On the highway, after she and her brother nearly kill the Z-warriors, she kisses the terrified Kuririn on the cheek after he tries to persuade them not to go after Goku;. This is when Kuririn starts to fall in love with her. After Cell arrives, Kuririn refuses to use a back up destruction remote on her, which would have destroyed her, cutting short Cell's relentless quest for ultimate power. Because of this, Cell eventually absorbs her and reaches his ultimate power, but Cell becomes overpowered by Son Gohan, and regurgitates 18. When Cell is defeated, Kuririn uses the Dragon Balls to wish for 17 and 18 to be turned into full humans. Shenlong is unable to perform this task because of the unfathomable differences in power between him and the duo, so he wishes instead for their self destruct devices to be removed. Kuririn pursues 18 and they eventually have a child together, a daughter named Marron. To clear up the heavily espoused misconception that Android-18 is a pure android and therefore could not have a child, Kuririn went on to explain to Gou; (and, in essence, to all confused fans) during the Tenka-ichi Budōkai in the Buu Saga that she was originally human but that Gero just "remodeled her a little bit." 18's destructive personality fades quite a bit after the Cell Saga and is accepted as a member of the core group of characters -- particularly after she and Kuririn marry and have a daughter. But even though, by observing her, one can tell that she is a loving mother and wife, she sometimes displays that frightening unpredictable nature towards others, particularly towards Muten-Rôshi. Androids 17 and 18's counterparts in Future Trunks' alternate timeline are murderous sociopaths who are responsible for the deaths of billions of innocents along with all of the Z fighters (except Goku who was killed by a virus in this reality). Trunks destroys them with his new power when he returns to his own timeline after the battle with Cell. Even when the main-timeline versions of 17 and 18 were first introduced as antagonists, they were never as malicious as their alternate reality selves. For unknown reasons, the main versions are also stronger than the ones Future Trunks knows. However, Piccolo suggests that it is because Trunks has changed the present by traveling back in time and that this has caused many things to change. Later in the series, Android-18 is paired with Mr. Satan in the Tenka-ichi Budōkai. She does not care about the fame and attention of winning, so she allows Mr. Satan to beat her and retain his somewhat misappropriated title of a great fighter, provided he pays her double the prize money. However two or so days later 18 gets killed, along with her family, by Majin Buu, who turns her into chocolate and eats her (this is the second time that she has been ingested by one of the DBZ villains). She is brought back to life with the Dragon Balls, and gives energy to Son Gokū to fuel his Genki Dama to defeat Buu. Though peace has returned, 18 still maintains a cool and distant attitude toward Gokū, as she was originally created to kill him, but she still can't resist smiling when Gokū returns and has a tearful reunion with his family, showing a softer side to her personality. Android-18 gets possessed by Baby, but she doesn't play an important role as any type of servant, so life simply carries on. She is cured with the Sacred Water, and later on she and Goku teamed up to defeat Super#17, because Android-17 killed Kuririn, someone who both Gokū and 18 loved and cared for.
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Post by erisi236 on Jun 21, 2007 11:50:16 GMT -5
One quirk of Makoto's was made famous among English-speaking fans due to the translation of a particular anime scene. The girls are arguing over which of them should play the part of Snow White in a play. In Japanese, Makoto insists that she would be best for the role because she has the largest breasts. In the English adaptation, she still points at her chest, but states instead that she has the most "talent." As a reference to this, anime fans occasionally use the term "talented" as a euphemism for "busty." 10 years later it's still funny to me. ;D Jups (as I like to call her) is my all time favourite Scout.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jun 21, 2007 11:51:32 GMT -5
16. Amy Wong (Futurama) Amy comes from a very rich Chinese family; her parents own the entire western hemisphere of Mars and her sorority was "Kappa Kappa Wong". Her parents don't brand their livestock because they own so much, it's just easier to brand everything that's not theirs. Amy's stereotypically Asian meddling mother and father frequently bug her to get married and give them grandchildren, which she is not eager to do. On the show, Amy is known for being somewhat shallow, kind and ditzy, and for her overuse of Martian slang (which is simply American slang with different syllables, examples being "Spluh" (duh), "Gleesh" (sheesh), "Globviously", "sploops" (oops), and "Shman" (man)). Amy's standard outfit is pink sweatpants and a matching sweatshirt. She confesses to Fry that she dresses that way to rebel against her parents. There is also a half-rivalry with Leela about their looks and love lives, with Amy always ready with a putdown. When angered, Amy occasionally starts cursing in Cantonese (see "Amazon Women in the Mood"). Amy's most outstanding physical feature (in her mind) is that she is exceptionally cute. It is implied that she was rather promiscuous back at Mars University due to her cuteness. Her looks are often her number one priority (for example, after nearly dying in a fire, Amy's only comment is that the flames singed her hair into "an even cuter 'do"). She doesn't even mind looking promiscuous: When she asks Prof. Farnsworth how she looks and he says "Like a cheap French harlot", Amy merely responds with "French?" (When Aliens Attack). Because of her supreme cuteness, Amy had cuteness reduction surgery on her cheek and nose when she was a teenager. Amy has dated many men. She dated Fry for a while but the relationship fizzled out (see "Put Your Head on my Shoulders"). However, during their relationship, he was involved in an accident which caused her to have his head grafted onto her shoulder to save his life; she still carries a disfiguring scar from the incident. She has been dating Kif Kroker since 3001. Although she is not ready for total commitment, Amy is sure that one day she will be. She is the "Smizmar" of Kif's children; that is, she inspired the feelings of love that caused Kif to be receptive to procreation. Although Leela is the biological mother (some of the children even have only one eye like Leela), the smizmar is considered to be the true mother in Kif's culture. For details, see "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch". Amy has several tattoos which don't appear to recur between episodes. One "obscene tattoo" (which is blurred out apparently because its design requires a resolution unmatched by modern tvs) was shown to be on her upper left arm in A Fishful of Dollars, and in Three Hundred Big Boys, she buys a talking tattoo of a devil, which resembles the trademark of hot rod artist Coop, on her right arm. In the same episode, three other tattoos are implied to be on her butt, one of which is a horse of some kind; the other two had the voices of a man and a woman respectively. None of these are ever seen or mentioned in any episode other than the ones they're first shown in, despite numerous occasions in which their locations are visible, apparently lacking said tattoos. Amy is also skilled in piloting the Planet Express spaceship, which she learned to do by playing a crane game until she completely drained it of all the prizes.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jun 21, 2007 11:59:33 GMT -5
150. Haruko HaruHara (FLCL) 149. Dawn (Pokemon) 148. Debbie DuPree (Sealab 2021) 147. Shizune (Naruto) 146. Maude Flanders (The Simpsons) 145. Jinx (Teen Titans) 144. Anzu Mazaki [Tea Gardner *English*] (Yu-Gi-Oh) 143. Shego (Kim Possible) 142. Sam (Totally Spies) 141. Lady Jaye (G.I. Joe) 140. Nefertari Vivi (One Piece) 139. Sabato (Club-To-Death Angel Dokuro-chan) 138. Kagome Higurashi (InuYasha) 137. Ryofu Housen (Ikki Tousen) 136. Dokuro Mitsukai (Club-To-Death Angel Dokuro-chan) 135. Kazemon [Fairymon *English*] (Digimon Frontier) 134. Ryomou Shimei (Ikki Tousen) 133. Francine Smith (American Dad) 132. Revy (Black Lagoon) 131. Urd (Oh My Goddess) 130. Ami Muzuno aka Sailor Mercury (Sailor Moon) 129. Kukaku Shiba (Bleach) 128. Jeri Katou (Digimon Tamers) 127. Poison Ivy (Batman: The Animated Series) 126. Washu Hakubi (Tenchi Muyo) 125. Elastigirl (The Incredibles) 124. Tenten (Naruto) 123. Nuku Nuku (All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku) 122. Princess Allura (Voltron) 121. Allenby Beardsley (G Gundam) 120. Mary Jane Watson (Spiderman: The Animated Series 119. Chichi (Dragonball/Z/GT) 118. Angewomon (Digimon Adventure) 117. May (Pokemon) 116. Cheetara (Thundercats) 115. Chizuru Honsho (Bleach) 114. Sakaki (Azumanga Daioh) 113. Hexadecimal (ReBoot) 112. Ember McLain (Danny Phantom) 111. Nanao Ise (Bleach) 110. Seras Victoria (Hellsing) 109. Rei Hino aka Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon) 108. Mihoshi Kuramitsu (Tenchi Muyo) 107. Princess Fiona {Human Form} (Shrek) 106. Rangiku Matsumoto (Bleach) 105. Catwoman (Batman: The Animated Series) 104. Tayuya (Naruto) 103. Soifon (Bleach) 102. Shampoo (Ramna 1/2) 101. Tsunade (Naruto) 100. Demona (Gargoyles) 98. She-Hulk (The Incredible HUlk) 97. Cagalli Yula Athha (Gundam SEED/Gundam SEED Destiny) 96. Evil-Lyn (Masters of the Universe) 95. Milfeulle Sakuraba (Galaxy Angel) 94. Dr. Aki Ross (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within) 93. Samantha "Sam" Manson (Danny Phantom) 92. Paris [Valese *English*] (Dragonball GT) 91. Nemu Kurotsuchi (Bleach) 90. Lacus Clyne (Gundam SEED/Gundam SEED Destiny) 89. Penelope Pitstop (The Perils of Penelope Pitstop) 88. Kagura Sohma (Fruit Baskets) 87. Toph Bei Fong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) 86. Mystique (X-Men Evolution) 85. Lisa Yadomaru (Bleach) 84. Lum Invader (Urusei Yatsura) 83. Star Sapphire (Justice League) 82. Trixie Tang (Fairly OddParents) 81. Ayeka Masaki Jurai (Tenchi Muyo) 80. Kitty Pryde aka Shadow Cat (X-Men Evolution) 79. Dark Magician Girl (Yu-Gi-Oh) 78. Alice Mitchell (Dennis The Menace) 77. Hyatt (Excel Saga) 76. Forte Stollen (Galaxy Angel) 75. Lois Lane (Superman) 74. Hikari "Kari" Kamiya (Digimon) 73. Minako Ano aka Sailor Venus 72. Holli Would (Cool World) 71. Alice (Dilbert) 70. Nanny (Muppet Babies) 69. Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender) 68. Megara (Hercules) 67. Aeon Flux (Aeon Flux) 66. Sonsaku Hakufu (Ikki Tousen) 65. Pocahontas (Pocahontas) 64. Terra (Teen Titans) 63. Judy Jetson (The Jetsons) 62. Lenalee Lee (D. Gray-Man) 61. Suigintou (Rozen Maiden) 60. Daria (Daria) 59. Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop) 58. Kirie Kojima (Girls Bravo) 57. April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) 56. Zarana (GI Joe) 55. Naru Narusegawa (Love Hina) 54. Beebe Bluff (Doug) 53. Sara Spencer (Dinosaucers) 52. Bulma (Dragonball/Z/GT) 51. Rushuna Tendo (Grenadier) 50. Teela (Masters of the Universe) 49. Misty (Pokemon) 48. Nodoka Miyazaki (Negima) 47. Videl (DragonballZ/GT) 46. Orihime Inoue (Bleach) 45. Chi (Chobits) 44. Black Canary (Justice League Unlimited) 43. Monique (Kim Possible) 42. Penny (Inspector Gadget) 41. She-Ra (She-Ra) 40. Jane Porter (Disney's Tarzan) 39. Emma Frost aka White Queen (X-Men 90s) 38. Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl (Batman: The Animated Series) 37. Aisha Clanclan (Outlaw Star) 36. Anko Mitarashi (Naruto) 35. Turanga Leela (Futurama) 34. Tinkerbell (Peter Pan) 33. Haruhi Suzumiya (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) 32. Belle (Beauty & The Beast) 31. Bonnie Rockwaller (Kim Possible) 30. Kara In-Ze aka Supergirl (Superman:TAS/Justice League) 29. Jessie (Pokemon) 28. Elizabeth "Betty" Rubble (The Flintstones) 27. Lucy/Nyuu (Elfen Lied) 26. Rogue (X-Men Evolution) 25. Lois Griffin (Family Guy) 24. Zatanna (Justice League Unlimited) 23. Kurenai Yuhi (Naruto) 22. Kiyone Makibi (Tenchi Muyo) 21. Ino Yamanaka (Naruto) 20. Marge Simpson (The Simpsons) 19. Starfire (Teen Titans) 18. Makoto Kino aka Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon) 17. Android #18 (Dragonball Z/GT) 16. Amy Wong (Futurama)
Here are the clues for the next five women.
* Azarath Metrion Zinthos
* Save Time And Money On Auto Insurance
* Scooby Doo Damsel In Distress
* Space Pirate
* They're Coming To Take Her Away
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Jun 21, 2007 12:01:03 GMT -5
whew, at least raven isn't in the top 10, and sakura.
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Post by VRM: LET'S GO BLUESHIRTS!! on Jun 21, 2007 12:02:35 GMT -5
Raven Erin Esurance (WHY?) Daphne Ryoko Sakura (FIRST OF NARUTO'S BIG 3)
YAY! Temari and Hinata both made the top 10.
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Post by erisi236 on Jun 21, 2007 12:08:18 GMT -5
Because... ;D
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Post by Sim on Jun 21, 2007 12:39:23 GMT -5
LOL @ Erin Esurance being so high, now that I didn't expect.
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Jun 21, 2007 12:48:59 GMT -5
really? Doesen't surprise me in the least.
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Post by Action Bathturd on Jun 21, 2007 12:56:10 GMT -5
She's going to need insurance because she's going to get rear ended.
>_>
*leaves thread*
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Post by Stu on Jun 21, 2007 13:46:19 GMT -5
Marge Simpson? I didn't expect that one.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jun 21, 2007 13:46:54 GMT -5
15. Erin Esurance (Esurance Commercials) Esurance commercials are animated, and feature a female spy named Erin Esurance also widely known as the Esurance Girl, along with a "Mysterious Stranger" named Erik. Clues on Erin's blog suggest that he is her handler. Many of the commercials follow a movie theme (western, classic spy, etc.), and several recent commercials have used sports themes. The commercials are animated by W!LDBRAIN and the Ghostbot animation firms using Adobe Flash.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jun 21, 2007 13:49:15 GMT -5
14. Sakura Haruno (Naruto) Unlike her teammates, Sakura's childhood was devoid of any actual tragedy, only being marred by her early years in the Academy, where her sensitivity about her large forehead caused her classmates to pick on her. Ino Yamanaka befriended her and gave her a ribbon that could accent her face and show others that her forehead didn't bother her. With Ino's friendship, Sakura came to develop her own identity and self-worth. As Sakura's confidence in herself grew, she developed a crush on Sasuke, who Ino also had a crush on. When Sakura found out about this, she ended their friendship so that the two could properly compete for Sasuke's affection, beginning a bitter rivalry between the two. The two maintain this rivalry until the end of their match in the Chunin Exams, after which they begin to rekindle their friendship. Nevertheless, the two maintain a competitive relationship and constantly attempt to outdo the other. Although Sakura is present for many of her teammates' actions during Part I, she does not begin to play a key role in the plot until Part II. Her newfound place in the story is first seen during her battle with Akatsuki member Sasori who, with the help of Chiyo, she is able to defeat. As congratulations, Sasori tells her of a spy within Orochimaru's ranks, which gives her and the rest of Team 7 a chance to find Sasuke. Despite their efforts and the help of new team member Sai, they are unsuccessful in bringing Sasuke back. Once learning of Sasuke's defeat of Orochimaru, however, Naruto and Sakura decide to try again, and after assembling an 8-man team they set out to find Sasuke or, Sasuke's target, Itachi Uchiha. Sakura has since picked up on Sasuke's trail, though in actuality seems to be following Sasuke's new teammate, Karin.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jun 21, 2007 13:51:17 GMT -5
13. Ryoko (Tenchi Muyo) this series, Ryoko is known as Ryoko Hakubi, a space pirate who was defeated by Yosho nearly 700 years before her release by Tenchi. Before that, she was a slave to Kagato. Her age is at least 5,000 - although she claims to be only 2,000. She was created by Washu, using one of her egg cells as a base, so she is indirectly Washu's daughter. Washu's DNA was combined with that of amorphous creatures called the Masu to create Ryoko. She has three red gems that are the source of her full energy, which also came from Washu. True to the meaning of her nomenclature, the gem on the inside of Ryoko's left wrist allows her to summon powerful, ferocious 'demon' spirits, which let physical attacks pass right through them, while the gem on the inside of her right wrist allows her to control the summoned spirits, and the last gem, which goes on her throat, gives her full power. She also has the ability to create false gems, one that she keeps hidden in plain sight on her left ear as an earring. This false gem is not as powerful as the originals, but allow her to balance her power and abilities. False gems also last for only a limited time, while the originals have an inexhaustible supply of energy. In OAV 3, it was revealed that the true gems contain the powers and godhead of Washu-kami-sama (who is one of the three Chousin Goddesses). It is debatable just how much of her mother's power she is borrowing and how much she is capable of using on her own, but her relatively young age (she appears about twenty years old) prevents her from drawing upon their full power. Other powers Ryoko possesses include flight, teleporting, intangibility, creating energy swords and energy blasts (All regularly used), instantly regenerating missing limbs (Episode 1), creating doppelgängers (Episode 7), telekinesis, creating forcefields, matter formation (manipulating matter and merging with it, as with a stone pillar in Episode 6), complex molecular restructuring (repairing Mihoshi's GXP scanner in Episode 4), hair needles she can fire from her head (Episode 11), and telepathy with Washu and Ryo-Ohki. In addition she can access an advanced internal database, as a group-mind shared with Ryo-Ohki (Episode 14) to constantly overview her exact universal coordinates (and presumably other advanced functions/information in addition). Some of these abilities are known to have been inherited from Washu, while others are likely the result of her Masu genes, or intended design. It is possible that she gained shapeshifting abilities from merging with Zero (Episode 12), in combination with her amorphous masu heritage. As a character, Ryoko is very emotional. She easily gets upset, and is short tempered, especially around Ayeka. But she's deeply in love with Tenchi, though not fully admitting how deeply until Episodes 5 & 6, When she tells Ayeka how she first met Tenchi, and later when she offers up her own life in place of his. While she was trapped in the cave, she was able to create an astral body (sort of like a ghostly consciousness) and venture to the entrance of the cave. She watched Tenchi grow up over the years, and she wished more than anything to be with him. However, the way she introduced herself to him was terribly frightening to Tenchi, so he distanced himself from her for a long time. Also, when Washu is first introduced she tells Ryoko that she knows how she (Ryoko) feels about Tenchi and says that Ryoko wants to do "this and that" with Tenchi. Ryoko also has a bit of an ambiguous relation with Washu, her mother. When Washu first appears, she critiques her daughter's sex appeal and asks Ryoko to refer to her as "mommy." As the series progresses, she starts to fear Washu, especially when Washu starts doing some of her experiments on an unwilling Ryoko. In fact, Ryoko becomes slightly cautious whenever Washu is looking at her with a mischievous smile and intimidating eyes. Physically, Ryoko has no tastebuds, and has no need to eat; all the energy she gets comes from the gem created by Washu on her wrist. Ryoko eats to be social, but has a taste for sake. Although she can get drunk like normal humans, Ryoko has the ability to nullify the effects of alcohol, which comes in handy if she has to go into battle. She can also instantly nullify any other toxic chemicals within her body. In addition, Ryoko does not need to breathe, and can survive unaided in the vacuum of space. Ryoko, when kidnapped and electricuted by Ayeka, seemed to enjoy it. Ayeka called her a masochist, and Ryoko quiped that she was more of a sadist. Judging by the fact that her ship Ryo-Ohki destroyed 28 planets and 69 colonies when in Kagato's service, and by some of her taunts in the fight with Tenchi, she might not have been joking. Ryoko is also sometimes rather childlike, and can be a bit gullible. Since most of her life was spent either working under Kagato, or sealed inside a cave, she does not have much of a range of experiences. She is also extremely sensitive about her age, being brought to tears when Ayeka called her a mummy. In the Tenchi Universe series, Ryoko is once again a space pirate, but she isn't a slave to anybody. She was introduced to Tenchi by crashlanding on Earth during a dogfight with Mihoshi. Tenchi found her and it was almost love at first sight (for her, of course). We have no idea who her parents are or what her origins are. Those are never revealed to us. She can still summon an energy sword and shoot ki blasts, but she doesn't have any gems which would be the source of her power. She can also fly around and teleport, make copies of herself, but she can no longer summon demons. Again, she's very emotional and brash, but not as much as in the OVA, and enjoys doing things to make Ayeka mad, which includes flirting with Tenchi. By the end of the series, her love for Tenchi has become very powerful — to the point that she nearly dies for him. In this series, Ryoko still has Ryo-Ohki, her pet (or partner-in-crime) cabbit (cat/rabbit animal), which can transform into a well-armed spaceship. She also has an arch-rival, Nagi, who has her own cabbit, a male named Ken-Ohki. Ryo-Ohki and Ken-Ohki love each other, which complicates the lives of their mistresses. Ryoko has tastebuds in this series as well as a need to eat or feed herself. Once again, Ryoko is a space pirate in the Tenchi in Tokyo series. She and Washu were in the process of running away with the Jurai Lightstone, which consequently brings everybody to Tenchi's planet all at once. She pilots a pink Sôja, which looks identical to OVA Kagato's ship, except for its color. Her physical appearance is considerably different in comparison with the other series due to the artwork, which made her look more tomboyish than she used to be. Her attitude is also very different: she's more violent and screams a lot more, so many things get blown up around her. Ryoko's obsession over Tenchi is still there, but that's basically the only characteristic that remains consistent throughout every series. However, it develops to a greater extent in this series after she goes on a date with Tenchi, and later sees him with Sakuya. Her hurt feelings for Tenchi made her even abandon the group after she sees him and Sakuya kiss, something that according to some fans, Ryoko would've never done in the other series. She still retains the ability to summon an energy sword and fire energy blasts, but Ryo-Ohki doesn't belong to her. Also she cannot survive without oxygen unlike the previous series. Ryoko falls in love with Tenchi after a major battle between her and everybody else. Unfortunately, she was severely injured, but Tenchi remained by her bedside, taking care of her, and because nobody had done that for her before, it sparked her love for him there.
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Post by erisi236 on Jun 21, 2007 13:53:29 GMT -5
Ryoko: Number 13 here, but number 1 in my heart, and on my list.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jun 21, 2007 13:53:50 GMT -5
12. Raven (Teen Titans) In the Teen Titans animated series (2003-2006), Raven appears much younger than in the comic book variants (as do all the other characters), though her costume is relatively unchanged. Her skirt was, however, changed to a leotard (which revealed most of her legs) by the animators to avoid several animation complications; she wears a chain belt around her waist as well. Instead of having normal human coloration, Raven is depicted with light grey skin, violet eyes and shoulder-length violet hair. She also appears to be, at least partially, of Asian ancestry. In "Nevermore", episode 6 of the first season, Raven is angered by the villainous Dr. Light. She then transforms into a demonic version of herself with four red eyes, grabs the villain with tentacles apparently made of her cloak's shadows and drags him under her cloak; he is seen to be dramatically traumatized when he reemerges. Later, Beast Boy and Cyborg find a mirror in her room, which accidentally transports them into her subconscious. There, they encountered the personified aspects of Raven herself. Each aspect is represented as wearing a different colored robe: green (bravery), gray (timid), pink (happiness), red (hatred), orange (laziness), yellow (intelligence), purple (kindness), brown (fear), and white (love). When Raven went after them, she tells them that her dark side (the red-eyed tentacled transformation that traumatized Dr. Light) was let out by accident and had taken over her other sides. Red Raven (complete with four glowing red eyes) soon gathers herself and transforms into a huge hulking red beast, at which point Raven comments "Let's just say I have issues with my father", a hint in the animated series that the beast represents Trigon, her father. Raven was again angered into undergoing a demonic transformation (with her four glowing red eyes visible through her cloak's shadow's) during Raven's battle with Terra (season 2, "Aftershock Part 1"). However, since enraging Raven was apparently Slade's plan all along, it is probable that Raven's anger made her lose the control of her powers needed for a fight against her foe. This quandary aside, Raven lost the fight (although she fared much better the next time the Titans faced Terra). The white cloak, boots, and leotard from that episode are seen in at least one episode of the series' seasons. In "Nevermore", her cloak turns white after she absorbs her other aspects (except red) to defeat her mind's view of Trigon (Red Raven). The cloak was next seen in the first episode of season two, "How Long is Forever?", where Raven's future self dons the white cloak after losing control of her powers and sanity due to the loss of her friend, Starfire. In season three's episode "Spellbound", Raven dons her white attire as a result of her being attracted to the dragon Malchior, disguised as the handsome wizard Rorek that originally sealed him in his book. In season four's episode "Birthmark", it was revealed that Slade had made an alliance with Trigon, who spared him from being destroyed after being tossed into lava by Terra ("Aftershock Part 2"). The demon also empowered Slade in order to accomplish his task. In a scene of Raven's birthday "Birthmark", Slade comes to deliver her the "news" that she is going to bring her father to Earth and end the world and in "The Prophecy" that Raven was going to bring Trigon to the Earth. In "The End Part 2", she gets regressed back to her childhood form by her father, so that he may succeed in his plans of world domination. In her final confrontation with Trigon, Raven's robes changed to white. She overcame Trigon's spell and reverted back to her former teen self. She then continually attacked Trigon while renouncing him as her father. Then, by reclaiming the energies that she had left behind in her friends, Raven transformed into her soul self, which took on the form of a gigantic white raven, banishing Trigon from the world. Though her uniform and power were white when this happened and her hair long, by the end of the episode, Raven had once again donned her standard black and blue outfit and cut her hair to its usual length. In season 5, Raven baby-sits three heroes called Melvin, Timmy, and Teether so the Brotherhood of Evil will not get to them. Raven is not happy about this and soon discovers that the other Titans are on other missions. They end up being chased by Monsieur Mallah , a member of the Brotherhood of Evil. She delivers them to safety but soon discovers that they are being captured by Mallah. She goes back and tries to save them. Bobby, Melvin's imaginary friend, ends up saving all of them. After Monseuir Mallah leaves, Raven gives the four heroes a communicator so if they were in trouble, they can contact her. They later appear in the episode, "Titans Together", with her fighting the Brotherhood of Evil and their allies. The only romance Raven has been given in the animated series is the dragon Malchior (Spellbound), though she is seen once in "Sisters," episode 2 of season 1, and in several volumes of "Teen Titans Go!" with an unnamed "emo kid," though this appears to be entirely for comedic purposes. In the episode "The Beast Within", Beast Boy attacks Raven while in the Beast form. In this episode he is very distressed when he thinks he was the one who hurt her. In the episode "Spellbound", Beast Boy tells Raven "You think you're alone Raven, but you're not." A relationship between Raven and Beast Boy has not been pushed by the writers, as they wanted to stay true to the comics (where only Robin and Starfire have a definitive relationship) Her relationship is with Beast boy is occasionly animated by the writers. They constantly show complete opposite personality differences, but, even though Raven does not want to show it, they feel very secure around each other. Beast boy is constantly trying to amuse Raven. He said once "I won't give up until you smile, Raven!" showing he enjoys seeing Raven happy. Raven does, however, have a friendly relationship with all other titan members. She is often portrayed as the smartest member of the group, often giving sage advice to the others about various subjects. She is often easily annoyed with Starfire, as the other titans personality differs drastically from her own. In one episode, Raven and Starfire accidentally switch bodies and powers, and Starfire, not knowing how to control Raven's powers, momentarily leaves a trail of destruction wherever she walks. Raven explains that her powers are closely tied to her emotions, and that she has to keep them in control. Despite this, she seems to be more emotianlly fragile then is shown, as she seems to lose her sanity after the Titans disband in How Long is Forever?.
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