# The Dope List of Top 100 fictional literary characters

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-list-of-top-100-fictional-literary-characters/124841>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 21, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-list-of-top-100-fictional-literary-characters/124841 "2002-08-21T02:11:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-list-of-top-100-fictional-literary-characters/124841/101 "2011-10-26T14:23:02Z")

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> [@streetgang](#):
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> bluto in animal house.

Zero point zero.

Sorry for the mess, folks.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-list-of-top-100-fictional-literary-characters/124841/102 "2011-10-26T14:39:33Z")

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Woodrow Wilson Smith(Lazarus Long)  
Hari Seldon  
Valentine Michael Smith  
Ellery Queen  
Nero Wolfe  
Aloysius Xingu L. Pendergast  
Miss Marple  
Kent Allard(The Shadow)  
Travis McGee  
Parker  
Superman  
The Batman  
Spider-Man  
Modesty Blaise  
Wonder Woman

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-list-of-top-100-fictional-literary-characters/124841/103 "2011-10-26T14:46:01Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> Sorry for the mess, folks.

Eh, he drew first. Take him to Wu’s hogs. (Or is that racist?)

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**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-list-of-top-100-fictional-literary-characters/124841/104 "2011-10-26T15:23:20Z")

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Raskolnikov  
Philip Marlowe  
Sherlock Holmes  
Fafhrd  
the Gray Mouser  
Hari Seldon  
Puck  
Willy Wonka  
The Continental Op

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**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dope-list-of-top-100-fictional-literary-characters/124841/105 "2011-10-26T15:29:05Z")

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Ignoring the zombie nature of the thread - this is fun!

Can I add

Stephen Maturin  
Jack Audrey  
Brother Cadfael

(I’m amazed they weren’t on the original list!)

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