# Who is the coolest character in Animation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701 "2004-01-04T21:39:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ronnie\_Woo\_Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@Ronnie\_Woo\_Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronnie_Woo_Woo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/21 "2004-01-05T03:15:53Z")
Batman. Otto the bus driver. Underdog. Commander McBrag. ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/22 "2004-01-05T03:57:28Z")
So many Cartoon Network references, and none that mention Frylock from _Aqua Teen Hunger Force_? Or Space Ghost? Just for the hell of it, I’ll mention “everyone’s favorite ‘handi-capable’ stand-up comic,” Jimmy from _South Park_. -Dirty ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Danno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Danno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Danno)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/23 "2004-01-05T04:15:18Z")
Marvin the Martian. “Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth shattering kaboom.” ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/24 "2004-01-05T04:25:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dirty Earthworm \* > \*\*So many Cartoon Network references, and none that mention Frylock from _Aqua Teen Hunger Force_? Or Space Ghost? > > Just for the hell of it, I’ll mention “everyone’s favorite ‘handi-capable’ stand-up comic,” Jimmy from _South Park_. > > -Dirty \*\* id go timmy then jimmy…but its very close TIMMAH!!! ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/25 "2004-01-05T04:35:34Z")
Robert Evans ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/26 "2004-01-05T04:48:08Z")
I totally forgot to mention **SAMURAI JACK** , the coolest character on a currently broadcast American show. And Green Lantern on the Justice League is pretty cool too… ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/27 "2004-01-05T04:57:08Z")
Gir ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/28 "2004-01-05T05:26:53Z")
1. Vash the Stampede 2. Spike Spiegel 3. Nicholas D. Wolfwood Those are the three that come to mind, I’m sure there are others. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/29 "2004-01-05T05:30:21Z")
Foghorn Leghorn Chief Wiggum ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/30 "2004-01-05T05:46:13Z")
Rocko ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/31 "2004-01-05T06:41:06Z")
Stewart Gilligan Griffin from Family Guy ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/32 "2004-01-05T07:06:05Z")
I say any and all Anime characters are out. It’s easy to be cool when your entire existence consists of the three same animation cels, repeated ad infinitum. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/33 "2004-01-05T07:09:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tremorviolet \* > \*\ ***SAMURAI JACK** , the coolest character on a currently broadcast American show. \*\* Word. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/34 "2004-01-05T07:47:10Z")
Courage the Cowardly Dog Speed Buggy Hong Kong Phooey Droopy Yogi Bear Snagglepuss Eddy Foghorn Leghorn Daffy Duck ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/35 "2004-01-05T07:48:15Z")
American: Adam West, _Family Guy_ Courage, the Cowardly Dog Red Guy, _Cow and Chicken et al_ Japanese: Nabeshin, _Excel Saga_ Kyoko, _The Ping-Pong Club_ Haruko, _FLCL_ SPOOFE: \Suck on it, Spoofe. Suck it long, and suck it hard.\ Anime can be sexist, racist, tasteless, disgusting, or violent, but (generally speaking)it’s no more badly animated than, say, anything on Cartoon Network. Granted, I wouldn’t put _Speed Racer_ up against _Cow and Chicken_ animation-wise. But it’d probably beat the original _Space Ghost_ Stopping now, before this goes to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/36 "2004-01-05T08:14:50Z")
Hands down it’s Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/37 "2004-01-05T08:17:53Z")
Morbo, folowed closely by Poochie… ---
**Author:** ![Tarrsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@Tarrsk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarrsk)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/38 "2004-01-05T09:19:02Z")
[hijack] I take it SPOOFE hasn’t seen **Millennium Actress**. Or, for that matter, any Miyazaki film. I’d put the animation from **Spirited Away** or **Princess Mononoke** against anything Cartoon Network has ever produced… and I don’t even like most anime. [/hijack] On topic: Samurai Jack Space Ghost (of **Coast to Coast** fame, not the terrible original show) Mojo Jojo Ashitaka Disco Stu 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/39 "2004-01-05T09:29:32Z")
From **Tenchi Muyo** , Space Pirate Ryoko. If you’ve seen it, you know why. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RahRahMah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@RahRahMah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RahRahMah)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701/40 "2004-01-05T10:50:18Z")
Smendrick the Magician from The Last Unicorn. Between the nose and the name? That guy is my hero. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-coolest-character-in-animation/222701.md?page=3)