The single most badass woman ever. It was so hard when you had to kill her...
As for number 1, look at my avatar. Toast Pony is best female character.
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The single most badass woman ever. It was so hard when you had to kill her...
As for number 1, look at my avatar. Toast Pony is best female character.
I'm going to try to grab some from as many mediums as possible.
(The Longest Journey) April is an 18 year-old that is kicked head first into a life which is utterly alien, and quite frightening in many ways. She neither cowers nor simply charges into battle. She expresses fear, doubt and general unease, but still manages to be fairly resolute. She is also highly likable. She acts more like a real human being than most video game characters seem to manage.
(Alien(s), duh.) So, the little girl you've been trying to protect has been snatched up by vicious alien monstrosities? You could mourn your loss. Or, you could duct tape a flame thrower to an assault rifle, walk into their hive and kick some heads. Fuck yeah!
(The webcomic Dresden Codak) Has a dishonorary degree in science. Invented a "Quantum Detangler", overwrote her DNA to store data when her thumb drive was full and overclocked a cat. Got cut in half by time travelers; is now a self-made cyborg.
(Invader Zim) A misanthropic, video game addicted goth with a penchant for extreme retribution. A highlight of a far too short-lived series.
(It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) "Sweet Dee" has taken steroids to win a boxing match, robbed her mother's grave for jewelry, purposefully addicted herself to crack in order to receive welfare, took a baby to a tanning salon and believes Stockholm Syndrome is contagious. She is highly neurotic, despicably manipulative, destructive and utterly hilarious.
(Firefly) Out of the four women on Firefly, I've always appreciated Kaylee the most. Despite seeing some pretty shitty things during her tenure on Serenity, she still manages to have a default cheery disposition. She easily gets the best lines out of the girls in that group and is good with machinery; a trait I wish I had more of.
(The Longest Journey) April is an 18 year-old that is kicked head first into a life which is utterly alien, and quite frightening in many ways. She neither cowers nor simply charges into battle. She expresses fear, doubt and general unease, but still manages to be fairly resolute. She is also highly likable. She acts more like a real human being than most video game characters seem to manage.
(Alien(s), duh.) So, the little girl you've been trying to protect has been snatched up by vicious alien monstrosities? You could mourn your loss. Or, you could duct tape a flame thrower to an assault rifle, walk into their hive and kick some heads. Fuck yeah!
(The webcomic Dresden Codak) Has a dishonorary degree in science. Invented a "Quantum Detangler", overwrote her DNA to store data when her thumb drive was full and overclocked a cat. Got cut in half by time travelers; is now a self-made cyborg.
(Invader Zim) A misanthropic, video game addicted goth with a penchant for extreme retribution. A highlight of a far too short-lived series.
(It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) "Sweet Dee" has taken steroids to win a boxing match, robbed her mother's grave for jewelry, purposefully addicted herself to crack in order to receive welfare, took a baby to a tanning salon and believes Stockholm Syndrome is contagious. She is highly neurotic, despicably manipulative, destructive and utterly hilarious.
(Firefly) Out of the four women on Firefly, I've always appreciated Kaylee the most. Despite seeing some pretty shitty things during her tenure on Serenity, she still manages to have a default cheery disposition. She easily gets the best lines out of the girls in that group and is good with machinery; a trait I wish I had more of.
Well that was easy.
#1 <spoiler=GLaDOS>https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT1WF1NUJSzRUA_0QhLfnmuPBUPmBorPjMrDLRTjx1QznVHsOgK
How can any one not love GLaDOS she is just so incredibly lovable/creepy as hell.
#2 <spoiler=Kreia>http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/2271/293435-kreia_art_large.jpg
I don't know of any words that can describe how amazing Kreia is.
#3 <spoiler=Rin Tezuka>https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSHbmYsUiU4sI5KCaPQFiA9m1St38EGqGZLtPl5rT7KFMJIuJMagQ
She's really the only character I've ever been able to relate to.
Oh, and she paints without arms. That makes her awesome.
#4 <spoiler=Twilight Sparkle>https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS5Dgyb3erAgOE-nflYy4IFm9ldHJuzKbDUyIcUfNzK3l7A-NPyzQ
Hooray for purple unicorns!
#5 <spoiler=Rose of Sharon Cassidy>https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ_2D9VW5XVOnV1ismeevqdZyOuFNalbL5lVdhLs37SkPWscI5m
Cass is THE funniest follower in F:NV. She is also one of the most badass.
Add Garrus in there and this would be a list of all my favorite characters.
#1 <spoiler=GLaDOS>https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT1WF1NUJSzRUA_0QhLfnmuPBUPmBorPjMrDLRTjx1QznVHsOgK
How can any one not love GLaDOS she is just so incredibly lovable/creepy as hell.
#2 <spoiler=Kreia>http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/2271/293435-kreia_art_large.jpg
I don't know of any words that can describe how amazing Kreia is.
#3 <spoiler=Rin Tezuka>https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSHbmYsUiU4sI5KCaPQFiA9m1St38EGqGZLtPl5rT7KFMJIuJMagQ
She's really the only character I've ever been able to relate to.
Oh, and she paints without arms. That makes her awesome.
#4 <spoiler=Twilight Sparkle>https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS5Dgyb3erAgOE-nflYy4IFm9ldHJuzKbDUyIcUfNzK3l7A-NPyzQ
Hooray for purple unicorns!
#5 <spoiler=Rose of Sharon Cassidy>https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ_2D9VW5XVOnV1ismeevqdZyOuFNalbL5lVdhLs37SkPWscI5m
Cass is THE funniest follower in F:NV. She is also one of the most badass.
Add Garrus in there and this would be a list of all my favorite characters.
Most of my favorites have already been mentioned (The FMA ones in particular), so I'll throw out a couple new ones.
Tomboy in a karate gi. My kind of girl.
Her fighting style is also one of the most relentless in the entire SF series, as she's lightning fast, hits incredibly hard and won't hesitate a second with choking her opponents or punching them in the groin. She's also a high-top-tier character in 3rd Strike, so... yeah. We've got a badass over here.
Queen Catherine Ironfist from Heroes of Might and Magic 3
She commands a huge-ass army of mythological creatures and angels, saves her father's kingdom, rescues her kidnapped husband from demons and beats up devils and minotaurs on daily basis, as well as being a master strategist and tactician.
Her fighting style is also one of the most relentless in the entire SF series, as she's lightning fast, hits incredibly hard and won't hesitate a second with choking her opponents or punching them in the groin. She's also a high-top-tier character in 3rd Strike, so... yeah. We've got a badass over here.
Queen Catherine Ironfist from Heroes of Might and Magic 3
She commands a huge-ass army of mythological creatures and angels, saves her father's kingdom, rescues her kidnapped husband from demons and beats up devils and minotaurs on daily basis, as well as being a master strategist and tactician.
Hmm...Tough one.
Because something about a small girl with a large gun gives me the urge to hug absolutely everything
Because something about a small girl with a large gun gives me the urge to hug absolutely everything
Let see-
Nico Robin from One Piece.
Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell series.
Bayonetta from Bayonetta.
Juri Han from Super Street Fighter 4.
Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Maya Jingu from Burn Up Excess.
Juvia Lockser from Fairy Tail.
Ryoko from the Techi series.
Saeko Busujima from Highschool of the Dead.
Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck from Bleach.
Fluttershy from MLP:FiM.
Cleophee from Wakfu. (I bet I'm the only one to mention a character from Wakfu.)
Before you asked, I'm too lazy to find and embed the images.
Nico Robin from One Piece.
Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell series.
Bayonetta from Bayonetta.
Juri Han from Super Street Fighter 4.
Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Maya Jingu from Burn Up Excess.
Juvia Lockser from Fairy Tail.
Ryoko from the Techi series.
Saeko Busujima from Highschool of the Dead.
Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck from Bleach.
Fluttershy from MLP:FiM.
Cleophee from Wakfu. (I bet I'm the only one to mention a character from Wakfu.)
Before you asked, I'm too lazy to find and embed the images.
Well to keep this list under 2 pages I will try to do only 1 from a series.
And my current favorite from any series I am watching or game I am playing:
Talk about a character that holds a show together without her this show would hardly be what it is.
Fuko Ibuki...This clip might be a bit of a spoiler but I think it explains it a lot better then I could
Bestgirl.
Well while nothing to lose your HEAD over she was my favorite character in the series maybe it was just because of how elegant she looked while she fought it was just really impressive.spoiler alert
Probably for a lot of the reasons I like Fuko I just think this character is hilarious and her childlike behavior always gets me..
And my current favorite from any series I am watching or game I am playing:
Hmm, that's tricky... Well, I've got a soft spot for scheeming masterminds.
Magatha Grimtotem & Administrator from World of Warcraft and Team Fortress 2, respectively.
Those two will just have to share the throne, presumably locked in an eternal struggle to oust the other, like each other's respected and admired Nemesis.
Magatha Grimtotem & Administrator from World of Warcraft and Team Fortress 2, respectively.
Those two will just have to share the throne, presumably locked in an eternal struggle to oust the other, like each other's respected and admired Nemesis.
Books:
Sonea from the Black Magician Trilogy et al (Although not so much the latest book).
Lyanna Stark from a Song of Ice and Fire, although not much is known about her.
Lisbeth Salander from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, despite her faults.
Susan Sto Helit from Discworld.
Films:
I actually cannot think of any off the top of my head. Films don't tend to have many decent female characters really (although there are great actresses).
Games:
Liara T'Soni, despite Bioware trying to force the player to like her.
Tali Zorah, despite her obsession with her ungrateful people.
Alyx Vance from Half Life of course.
Leliana from Dragon Age: Origins despite her craziness.
Merrill from Dragon Age 2 despite her derpiness.
Anya Stroud from Gears of War.
Sarah Kerrigan/The Queen of Blades.
Veronica from Fallout New Vegas, although some of her phrases get tiresome.
Rayne from BloodRayne, if you ignore the cheesy lines.
Hanako from Katawa Shoujo.
TV Shows/Anime:
Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell, although her character portrayal is sometimes contradictory.
Kallen Statdfeld from Code Geass, despite her having that clichéd neediness of anime girls.
C.C from Code Geass.
Lucy from Elfen Lied. I despise her alter ego Nyuu, though.
Raven from Teen Titans.
I have not included A.I/synthetic characters such as Cortana, SHODAN, GlaDOS, and Nagato Yuki as they don't truly have a gender, as much as a personality and appearance based upon one.
Sonea from the Black Magician Trilogy et al (Although not so much the latest book).
Lyanna Stark from a Song of Ice and Fire, although not much is known about her.
Lisbeth Salander from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, despite her faults.
Susan Sto Helit from Discworld.
Films:
I actually cannot think of any off the top of my head. Films don't tend to have many decent female characters really (although there are great actresses).
Games:
Liara T'Soni, despite Bioware trying to force the player to like her.
Tali Zorah, despite her obsession with her ungrateful people.
Alyx Vance from Half Life of course.
Leliana from Dragon Age: Origins despite her craziness.
Merrill from Dragon Age 2 despite her derpiness.
Anya Stroud from Gears of War.
Sarah Kerrigan/The Queen of Blades.
Veronica from Fallout New Vegas, although some of her phrases get tiresome.
Rayne from BloodRayne, if you ignore the cheesy lines.
Hanako from Katawa Shoujo.
TV Shows/Anime:
Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell, although her character portrayal is sometimes contradictory.
Kallen Statdfeld from Code Geass, despite her having that clichéd neediness of anime girls.
C.C from Code Geass.
Lucy from Elfen Lied. I despise her alter ego Nyuu, though.
Raven from Teen Titans.
I have not included A.I/synthetic characters such as Cortana, SHODAN, GlaDOS, and Nagato Yuki as they don't truly have a gender, as much as a personality and appearance based upon one.
This is supposed to be a challenge?
You will probably notice a pattern. I like my female characters to be confident in themselves.
She's strong and yet feminine.
This lady always gets a mention from me on these lists.
She's Death's granddaughter. How awesome is that?
Not only is she the first woman in the City Watch, she's the first werewolf too.
You will probably notice a pattern. I like my female characters to be confident in themselves.
She's strong and yet feminine.
This lady always gets a mention from me on these lists.
She's Death's granddaughter. How awesome is that?
Not only is she the first woman in the City Watch, she's the first werewolf too.
In no particular order:
Tali from Mass Effect. She's always so chipper and I always liked having her in my party. Some of that probably has to do with being the "geek girl" archetype (at least in my mind) for the series.
Morrigan from Dragon Age: Origins. Even though she's borderline bitchy to everyone and she's a lot less compassionate than I am, I can't help but like her. Damn useful in a fight and I loved her banter with the rest of the party, particularly with Alistair.
Bastila from KotOR. Although she can be a bit preachy at times, I still like her. She always felt more like a real person, especially when she struggled with the real world outside of her sheltered Jedi training. Plus, voiced by Jennifer Hale.
Herald Talia from the Heralds of Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey.
I like her because she's good at reading people (part of her Empathy Gift) and seems like someone who would always have your back.
And that's about all I can think of off the top of my head that stand out.
EDIT: Saw someone another post and it reminded me of Kaylee from Firefly. I don't know how I could forget about her! I love that she's almost always cheerful and upbeat, something that I've always tried to be.
Tali from Mass Effect. She's always so chipper and I always liked having her in my party. Some of that probably has to do with being the "geek girl" archetype (at least in my mind) for the series.
Morrigan from Dragon Age: Origins. Even though she's borderline bitchy to everyone and she's a lot less compassionate than I am, I can't help but like her. Damn useful in a fight and I loved her banter with the rest of the party, particularly with Alistair.
Bastila from KotOR. Although she can be a bit preachy at times, I still like her. She always felt more like a real person, especially when she struggled with the real world outside of her sheltered Jedi training. Plus, voiced by Jennifer Hale.
Herald Talia from the Heralds of Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey.
And that's about all I can think of off the top of my head that stand out.
EDIT: Saw someone another post and it reminded me of Kaylee from Firefly. I don't know how I could forget about her! I love that she's almost always cheerful and upbeat, something that I've always tried to be.
She could kick your ass from here to next Tuesday without breaking a sweat.
And about 50 more like you. And that's without Atium.
Oh, AND she's a well developed character with flaws, personality, and fears? Well damn.
And obviously Tali, Femshep, and the others, but Vin takes the cake.
Oh, boy... err... "girl". So many choices, aren't there?
Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie)
http://images.wikia.com/banjokazooie/images/4/48/KazooieTooie1.png
Kazooie is capable of working as a team or literally "flying solo". She can manipulate the strangest objects into tools for her own use, or even strangely become various types of tools for Banjo's use. She tells it like it is, be in positive or negative (though, she would prefer that it be negative).
GLaDOS (Portal)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/Glados.png
I think she counts. Robots count, right? Frankly, I could totally see her getting along well with Kazooie. She's also very manipulative, yet wants to give you exactly what you want, while it's something you don't want, somehow. I dunno. She might plant the desire for something (notably, cake) in one's mind, and along the way, they really want and really don't want what she has to offer. She's also got multiple personalities in her subconscious, has so much fun with life, yet finds killing to be a most useful tool, she's very professional, yet unprofessional, at the same time and... Gee. GLaDOS is just a paradoxial genius, isn't she?
Talwyn Apogee (Ratchet & Clank)
http://en.ratchet-galaxy.com/images/racod/personnages/Talwyn.png
She's become very much like her father, yet isn't what you would call a "Daddy's girl". She tends to be somehow calm, yet fierce. She'll make sure everything about a situation is understood by everyone present. She also users her head in conflict, yet easily slicks right into combat. Oddly enough, for the longest time, I didn't even notice she had a tail. In fact, just typing this up and finding her picture, I happened to notice her tail has a bit of a spear shape, rather than resembling a rats' tail, like I'd previously thought. Totally weird.
Toph (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/319/2/2/toph_by_angel624626-d32xat3.png
She has been my favorite character in this series for quite some time. She's the smallest drill sargent I've ever seen. She tends to mess with your mind to get you to learn something important, and she she sees to it that she makes you stay "learned"! She tries to come off as simple, but when she really opens up, becomes a much deeper, more complicated person. She doesn't discriminate. She won't hate you for ethnicity, age, gender, or anything like that. If she hates you, it's because you did something stupid. Really stupid. As such, If someone does something stupid, she'll let them know it the most sudden, blunt, (and slightly violent) way possible, without warning, regardless on any such status of ethnicity, age, gender, or any of that stuff. She's totally smooth with change; constantly expanding her horizons on anything she understands. Ironically, she's blind.
Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/69/512625-void_0_.png
Now, how could I forget my most favorite female character of all? She's intelligent, modest, geeky, wise, and full of integrity. Twilight researches various topics almost constantly. She has a wide variety of friends who are little-to-nothing like her or each other. She tries to keep things positive, yet doesn't resort to fudging it up. So, in a sense, she's actually a lot like me... except for the parts about her being a quadrupedal, magical talking unicorn-pony-girl. She's gentle in most scenarios, but when serious times call for serious business, she'll jumps at the chance. She's a completionist, and keeps very organized. She makes an effort to meet deadlines, while leaving no detail undone. But she may freak out more over something being incomplete and on time than something complete and late. She strives to understand as much as she can, both terms of practical knowledge and social involvement. She thoroughly understands common sense, and would like for everything to make sense. She'd rather be in a group than to be alone, and spends her time trying to learn and understand anything and everything.
I have some honorable mentions; some of which I haven't explored all that much yet, such as Samas Aran from the Metroid series, Major Motoko from Ghost in the Shell, Alyx Vance from Half-Life 2, Laura Croft from either incarnation of Tomb Raider, and this relatively-new character out there, who is known as "Bayonetta".
Samas Aran
http://samus101.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/samus_aran_hires11.jpg
Major Motoko
http://www.ucandaire.org/imaj/mnc/kusanagi.jpg
Alyx Vance
http://borderhouseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/alyx_vance.jpg
Laura Croft
http://www.lyricis.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Tomb-Raider-Lara-Croft.jpg
Bayonetta
http://animestuff.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/bayonetta.jpg
Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie)
http://images.wikia.com/banjokazooie/images/4/48/KazooieTooie1.png
Kazooie is capable of working as a team or literally "flying solo". She can manipulate the strangest objects into tools for her own use, or even strangely become various types of tools for Banjo's use. She tells it like it is, be in positive or negative (though, she would prefer that it be negative).
GLaDOS (Portal)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/Glados.png
I think she counts. Robots count, right? Frankly, I could totally see her getting along well with Kazooie. She's also very manipulative, yet wants to give you exactly what you want, while it's something you don't want, somehow. I dunno. She might plant the desire for something (notably, cake) in one's mind, and along the way, they really want and really don't want what she has to offer. She's also got multiple personalities in her subconscious, has so much fun with life, yet finds killing to be a most useful tool, she's very professional, yet unprofessional, at the same time and... Gee. GLaDOS is just a paradoxial genius, isn't she?
Talwyn Apogee (Ratchet & Clank)
http://en.ratchet-galaxy.com/images/racod/personnages/Talwyn.png
She's become very much like her father, yet isn't what you would call a "Daddy's girl". She tends to be somehow calm, yet fierce. She'll make sure everything about a situation is understood by everyone present. She also users her head in conflict, yet easily slicks right into combat. Oddly enough, for the longest time, I didn't even notice she had a tail. In fact, just typing this up and finding her picture, I happened to notice her tail has a bit of a spear shape, rather than resembling a rats' tail, like I'd previously thought. Totally weird.
Toph (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/319/2/2/toph_by_angel624626-d32xat3.png
She has been my favorite character in this series for quite some time. She's the smallest drill sargent I've ever seen. She tends to mess with your mind to get you to learn something important, and she she sees to it that she makes you stay "learned"! She tries to come off as simple, but when she really opens up, becomes a much deeper, more complicated person. She doesn't discriminate. She won't hate you for ethnicity, age, gender, or anything like that. If she hates you, it's because you did something stupid. Really stupid. As such, If someone does something stupid, she'll let them know it the most sudden, blunt, (and slightly violent) way possible, without warning, regardless on any such status of ethnicity, age, gender, or any of that stuff. She's totally smooth with change; constantly expanding her horizons on anything she understands. Ironically, she's blind.
Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/69/512625-void_0_.png
Now, how could I forget my most favorite female character of all? She's intelligent, modest, geeky, wise, and full of integrity. Twilight researches various topics almost constantly. She has a wide variety of friends who are little-to-nothing like her or each other. She tries to keep things positive, yet doesn't resort to fudging it up. So, in a sense, she's actually a lot like me... except for the parts about her being a quadrupedal, magical talking unicorn-pony-girl. She's gentle in most scenarios, but when serious times call for serious business, she'll jumps at the chance. She's a completionist, and keeps very organized. She makes an effort to meet deadlines, while leaving no detail undone. But she may freak out more over something being incomplete and on time than something complete and late. She strives to understand as much as she can, both terms of practical knowledge and social involvement. She thoroughly understands common sense, and would like for everything to make sense. She'd rather be in a group than to be alone, and spends her time trying to learn and understand anything and everything.
I have some honorable mentions; some of which I haven't explored all that much yet, such as Samas Aran from the Metroid series, Major Motoko from Ghost in the Shell, Alyx Vance from Half-Life 2, Laura Croft from either incarnation of Tomb Raider, and this relatively-new character out there, who is known as "Bayonetta".
Samas Aran
http://samus101.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/samus_aran_hires11.jpg
Major Motoko
http://www.ucandaire.org/imaj/mnc/kusanagi.jpg
Alyx Vance
http://borderhouseblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/alyx_vance.jpg
Laura Croft
http://www.lyricis.fr/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Tomb-Raider-Lara-Croft.jpg
Bayonetta
http://animestuff.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/bayonetta.jpg
Yes, Starfire. I adore her because she's clumsy and awkward in social situations much like myself, and unbelievably adorable (unlike myself).BOOM headshot65 said:EDIT: *sees all the Teen Titans*
Badass warrior princess. Whats not to love about that.
Others favorites of mine inc.
- Videl Satan (DBZ):
- Colette Brunel: What can I say? I'm a sucker for the shy, kind-hearted type.
- Lucy (Fairy Tail): There's something inexplicably loveable about her, although I can't put my finger on it. Although there is one thing that bugs me, is it my imagination or do her breasts keep getting bigger with each episode?
...Augh my brain is failing me again. It always does that when it comes to threads like this.
Oh yeah!
- Winry Rockbell (FMA/FMA: Brotherhood): Another lovable if slightly psychotic woman. Ed you are one lucky bastard!
- Chihiro Fushim (Persona 3)i: Again, I love the cute and shy types.
- Velma Dinkly (Scooby Doo): I also love the brainy types, esp. in glasses.
EDIT: Shit! I forgot to mention Terra Branford from Final Fantasy VI. Same reason as Colette.