# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [February 1, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/61 "2016-02-01T00:07:01Z")
Another Dragon Age one: [Fiddler](http://malazan.wikia.com/wiki/Fiddler) and “Warden Blackwall” ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/62 "2016-02-01T01:20:55Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Sheriff Andy Taylor and Dr. Leonard McCoy. Good > [@PatriotGrrrl](#): > > Lara Croft and Daniel Jackson Oh, yes, very good > [@Colibri](#): > > James T. Kirk and Horatio Hornblower I don’t know - snobbery was about the only vice Kirk did NOT have. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/63 "2016-02-01T01:35:30Z")
> [@j666](#): > > I don’t know - snobbery was about the only vice Kirk did NOT have. Kirk was in fact based partially on Hornblower. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/64 "2016-02-01T02:41:52Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Impossible Man](http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_Man) would absolutely love to team up with [Mr. Mxyzptlk](http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Mxyzptlk). That’s happened. There was a [Marvel/DC crossover in 1996](http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Silver_Surfer/Superman_Vol_1_1) that had the two manipulating Superman and the Silver Surfer. But, er, the two did not become friends. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/65 "2016-02-01T03:02:17Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Kirk was in fact based partially on Hornblower. Hornblower was not a captain or a letch. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/66 "2016-02-01T03:07:11Z")
Donald Duck and Daffy Duck ---
**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:** [February 1, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/67 "2016-02-01T03:21:37Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Hornblower was not a captain or a letch. Are you disputing that Kirk was based on Hornblower? That’s very well established. Roddenberry’s original pitch described Kirk as “a space-age Horatio Hornblower.” That doesn’t mean that every aspect of their personalities match. In any case, of course [Hornblower was a captain.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Horatio_Hornblower) He rose through the ranks from midshipman to admiral. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/68 "2016-02-02T06:21:33Z")
I think Buffy Summers would make an excellent companion on _Doctor Who_. She’d call the Doctor “Giles”, and he’d gently admonish her for stabbing all the aliens. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586/69 "2016-02-02T12:36:59Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Are you disputing that Kirk was based on Hornblower? That’s very well established. Roddenberry’s original pitch described Kirk as “a space-age Horatio Hornblower.” That doesn’t mean that every aspect of their personalities match. > > In any case, of course [Hornblower was a captain.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Horatio_Hornblower) He rose through the ranks from midshipman to admiral. You’re right, I misspoke; Hornblower did not begin a captain in his series. Another significant difference between Hormblower and Kirk. Just because one character was based on another does not mean they would have been best friends. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-from-different-fictional-universes-who-would-be-instant-best-buddies/744586.md?page=3)