# Is there a fictional character more popular than Sherlock Holmes?

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**Created:** [August 22, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fictional-character-more-popular-than-sherlock-holmes/696211 "2014-08-22T15:59:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fictional-character-more-popular-than-sherlock-holmes/696211/56 "2014-08-24T12:45:26Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> If you count amateur productions and fan fiction, I’d have to go with God.

> [@Darth\_Panda](#):
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> Jesus. …

As we’ve ruled in other similar threads, calling God or Jesus is effectively trolling – it’s an effort to start a religious debate that’s not appropriate for Cafe Society. If you want to have that conversation, start a new thread in GD.

No warnings issued.

**twickster** , Cafe Society moderator

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