# Characters from different fictional universes who would be instant best buddies. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586 "2016-01-29T17:06:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/41 "2016-01-30T23:36:55Z")
Miles Vorkosigen and Tyrion Lannister. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/42 "2016-01-31T03:38:41Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > Patrick Bateman and Gordon Gekko. Or would they instinctively loathe each other? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/43 "2016-01-31T03:44:41Z")
Sam Malone and Barney Stinson. They’re both babe hounds but they’re working different cities. I was thinking of Barney and Joey Tribbiani, but with both located in NYC they’d actually be rivals. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/44 "2016-01-31T05:18:56Z")
C-3PO and Marvin the Paranoid Android. Robbie the Robot from _Forbidden Planet_ and The Robot from _Lost in Space_. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/45 "2016-01-31T05:22:32Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Sam Malone and Barney Stinson. They’re both babe hounds but they’re working different cities. I was thinking of Barney and Joey Tribbiani, but with both located in NYC they’d actually be rivals. Add Bob “Bulldog” Briscoe in, and you’ve got a fun babe hound quartet. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/46 "2016-01-31T07:46:50Z")
Sheriff Andy Taylor and Dr. Leonard McCoy. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/47 "2016-01-31T08:05:55Z")
Xena and Red Sonja ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/48 "2016-01-31T10:31:39Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Superman and Goku. I think Goku and Thor would be even better friends, and would get a huge kick out of sparring to improve themselves. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/49 "2016-01-31T10:49:53Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Or would they instinctively loathe each other? I suppose it depends on what Gecko was wearing, what his business card looked like and if he had any videotapes to return. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/50 "2016-01-31T13:27:41Z")
Doc Savage and the Gray Lensman. The Shadow and Rorschach. And **Colibri** , I remember the crossover Robbie did on _Lost in Space_. Not the character, he had a different persona, but the same robot. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/51 "2016-01-31T16:02:28Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I think Goku and Thor would be even better friends, and would get a huge kick out of sparring to improve themselves. True, but there is a never ending online nerd debate about who would win in a fight between Goku and Superman but in reality they would never fight because they are both really nice dudes who want to help mankind. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/52 "2016-01-31T16:41:37Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Miles Vorkosigen and Tyrion Lannister. This. Tyrion = Miles - (Vorkosigan Family) + (Lannister Family) ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/53 "2016-01-31T17:27:48Z")
Lara Croft and Daniel Jackson ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/54 "2016-01-31T17:35:36Z")
Han Solo and Mal Reynolds. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/55 "2016-01-31T17:46:15Z")
James T. Kirk and Horatio Hornblower Jean Valjean and Richard Trimble. Inspector Javert and Lieutenant Gerard. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/56 "2016-01-31T18:02:44Z")
[Jane Cobb](http://firefly.wikia.com/wiki/Jayne_Cobb) and [Canderous Ordo](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Canderous_Ordo). Tyrion Lanister and Varric Tethras > [@Colibri](#): > > C-3PO and Marvin the Paranoid Android. The irresistible depression meets the unmovable chipperness. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/57 "2016-01-31T18:25:49Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > The irresistible depression meets the unmovable chipperness. C-3PO can be pretty paranoid himself. R2-D2 would probably be a BFF with Robbie and The Robot. Gort and the Iron Giant. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/58 "2016-01-31T20:23:26Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > C-3PO can be pretty paranoid himself. > > R2-D2 would probably be a BFF with Robbie and The Robot. > > Gort and the Iron Giant. OK on R2-D2, Robbie and The Robot as a threesome, but Gort and the Iron Giant? Gort seemed completely sanguine about being a gun, in fact, it seemed to be his _raison d’etre_. The Iron Giant would make a total pain in the ass of himself with pacifist speeches and pamphlets. Gort would vaporize The Robot out of sheer annoyance. Superman, indeed. Superhot cloud of glowing plasma is more like it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/59 "2016-01-31T20:28:55Z")
Spock and Dr. Lazarus. Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. Ellen Ripley and Tasha Yar. Peter Quincy Taggart, Zapp Brannigan and James T. Kirk. Gandalf and Dumbledore. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/60 "2016-01-31T20:51:26Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > OK on R2-D2, Robbie and The Robot as a threesome, but Gort and the Iron Giant? Gort seemed completely sanguine about being a gun, in fact, it seemed to be his _raison d’etre_. The Iron Giant would make a total pain in the ass of himself with pacifist speeches and pamphlets. Gort would vaporize The Robot out of sheer annoyance. Superman, indeed. Superhot cloud of glowing plasma is more like it. Too late to edit, but of course I meant Gort would vaporize the Iron Giant, not The Robot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586.md?page=4)