# Favorite "Added" Character **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488 "2005-02-23T05:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/41 "2005-02-24T01:33:19Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > I could have sworn the CSM was on the first X-files episode. He was. He struck a match on Skinner’s “No Smoking” sign. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/42 "2005-02-24T01:45:58Z")
Worf on ST: DS9. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/43 "2005-02-24T03:46:25Z")
Does Radical Edward on Cowboy Bebop count? ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/44 "2005-02-24T03:59:31Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > Does Radical Edward on Cowboy Bebop count? Nope. I think it would be hard for any anime character to meet the OP’s criteria, since either the length and story of an anime has been established prior to being created, or its based off of a manga and draw its characters from there. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/45 "2005-02-24T12:34:38Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > Lots of good examples on Buffy: Tara, Oz, Spike, Anya. (And I know I’m in the minority, but I’ll say Dawn and Riley, too.) Minority of two. Don’t forget Jenny Calendar, Principal Snyder, and Faith… ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/46 "2005-02-24T13:43:06Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > Whoa, whoa! **George Michael** is on _Arrested Development_?! “I Want Your Sex” George Michael? Dude! I knew I should’ve been watching that show. 😃 I assume you’re joking, but in case you’re not familiar with the show, George Michael Bluth is the teenage son of the main character, Michael. No relation to the singer/songwriter, though they have possibly been confused for one another down at the pier. And George Michael Bluth certainly doesn’t apply to this conversation, he was in the first 10 seconds of the premiere. So I’ll shut up now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/47 "2005-02-24T18:56:25Z")
Reverend Jim on **Taxi**. “Slow down” ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/48 "2005-02-24T19:19:10Z")
Wesly and Fred on Angel, were some pretty good additions. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/49 "2005-02-24T19:29:23Z")
> [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](#): > > Minority of two. Don’t forget Jenny Calendar, Principal Snyder, and Faith… \*Nitpick: those three were never cast members, so I don’t think they count as added characters. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/50 "2005-02-24T20:05:37Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > Steve Thomas on ‘This Old House’. Anyone was better than Bob ‘God, don’t give him a hammer!’ Vila. Reminds me of when my brother-in-law watched “This Old House” primarily to laugh at Bob Vila. BiL is a hobbyist carpenter whose workshop now rivals Norm’s. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/51 "2005-02-24T20:09:08Z")
Scruffy on _Futurama_. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/52 "2005-02-24T20:57:36Z")
Bronson Pinchot’s Jean-Luc Rieupeyroux on “Step by Step.” ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/53 "2005-02-24T21:08:34Z")
seven of nine 😛 ---
**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/54 "2005-02-24T22:22:34Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > 😃 > > I assume you’re joking, but in case you’re not familiar with the show, George Michael Bluth is the teenage son of the main character, Michael. No relation to the singer/songwriter, though they have possibly been confused for one another down at the pier. > > And George Michael Bluth certainly doesn’t apply to this conversation, he was in the first 10 seconds of the premiere. So I’ll shut up now. 😃 I think _ **Slacker** _ meant that George-Michael is giving Woody a run for his money as _ **Slacker’s** _ favorite character of **all time.** ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/55 "2005-02-25T01:39:47Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Scruffy on _Futurama_. Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/56 "2005-02-25T02:52:31Z")
Uncle Albert on _Only Fools And Horses_ (Do non-Brits know the show?) I also wanted to say Winchester and Woody, but someone beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/57 "2005-02-25T03:21:39Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Reverend Jim on **Taxi**. “Slow down” I’ll bite…Whaaaaaaat dooooooeeeeees a yeeeellloooowwwww light meeeaaaan? ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/58 "2005-02-25T06:25:53Z")
> [@monster](#): > > > [@Yookeroo](#): > > > > Reverend Jim on **Taxi**. “Slow down” > > I’ll bite…Whaaaaaaat dooooooeeeeees a yeeeellloooowwwww light meeeaaaan? Slow. Down. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/59 "2005-02-25T06:53:18Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > Practically the entire supporting “cast” of the Simpsons: while they only really provided background in the initial series, as they were developed as characters they shifted a lot of the immediate focus off the Simpsons themselves, and gave the principals any number of distinct characters to interact with - as the series developed further, the Simpsons often became peripheral to the antics of the “supporting” characters, with stalwarts such as Mr Burns and Krusty providing much of the comic meat, and relatively minor characters such as Troy McClure enjoying episodes of their own; this prevented {or delayed…} the antics of the Simpsons themselves becoming stale or repetitive. > > On preview, that reads incredibly pompously: blame Askia; I’ve just come out of his"superheroes" thread, and I’m still in mock serious mode. Don’t forget Poochie, and Roy. They are my favorite added characters on the Simpsons. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488/60 "2005-02-25T09:12:52Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > Don’t forget Poochie, and Roy. They are my favorite added characters on the Simpsons. 😉 Heh. Meta-added characters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-added-character/291488.md?page=4)