# Zooey or Emily Redux? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607 "2009-10-13T01:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/21 "2009-10-13T06:19:51Z")
The correct answer is Zooey. By far\* \*For heterosexual guys. Opinions of hetero women and gay men on the issue of relative hotness of two women shouldn’t count 🙂 It’s like hetero men and lesbians ranking Brad Pitt vs George Clooney in terms of hotness. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/22 "2009-10-13T06:22:57Z")
Zooey a million times over. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/23 "2009-10-13T12:49:53Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Emily. I hate Zooey’s acting with a passion and that taints any other reactions to her. Heh heh… taint. I have seen exactly one episode of _Bones_ and had to look up the name of the actress because she was in some costume and her magnificent boobies were on display. So, Emily. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/24 "2009-10-13T13:05:41Z")
Zooey. They aren’t even close in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/25 "2009-10-13T13:34:34Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I had never heard of Emily Deshanel before. I just knew her as “the chick from Bones.” The same for me, had no idea the girl from bones and th older sister from Almost Famous were sisters. But now that I do, Zooey easily… ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/26 "2009-10-13T13:41:56Z")
Zooey, Zooey, Zooey, Zooey. I can’t really define it, but there’s something… prickly… about Emily. She grates on me a bit. Zooey, though, is soft and inviting. She will make me happy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/27 "2009-10-13T13:42:41Z")
I’m a straight married woman, but I totally have a girl crush on Zooey. Mr. Snicks likes her too. Never watched _Bones_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/28 "2009-10-13T15:19:15Z")
How can anyone hate Zooey? Now Ben Gibbard - him we can hate. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/29 "2009-10-13T15:57:09Z")
Zooey. I even liked her as Trillian, which should be telling. Currently, Zooey, Lilly Allen and Katy Perry are blurring into one (very attractive, slightly quirky) person for me, though. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/30 "2009-10-13T16:20:33Z")
Zooey, she was so cute in Elf. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/31 "2009-10-13T17:23:31Z")
Emily does have sharper facial features, and seems to be “harder” than Zooey. Zooey seems softer. But I endorse the Deschanel Sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/32 "2009-10-13T17:52:57Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Zooey. I even liked her as Trillian, which should be telling. I’ll go you one better; I liked her in _The Happening_, which really took some effort. Zooey all the way. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/33 "2009-10-13T18:00:29Z")
Zooey. Though my daughter would be totally creeped out by the fact that her father lusts after Lady Larkin. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/34 "2009-10-13T18:05:08Z")
> [@JohnM](#): > > I liked her in _The Happening_, which really took some effort. _Superhuman_ effort. I applaud your fortitude or at least your hormones’ fortitude :p. Zooey is as cute as a kitten snuggling a golden retriever. But she was as bad as anything in that film. And that movie had acres of badness. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/35 "2009-10-13T18:27:05Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Zooey, always Zooey. That’s my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/36 "2009-10-13T18:29:17Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I had never heard of Emily Deshanel before. I just knew her as “the chick from Bones.” That’s how I felt. Finally someone did the “hey you know who her sister is right?” thing to me. Although…Zooey by a mile. ---
**Author:** ![Bernard\_Marx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bernard\_Marx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernard_Marx)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/37 "2009-10-13T22:58:20Z")
Zooey. Emily Deschanel is handicapped by the fact that Temperance Brennan is the most irritating character ever created. ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/38 "2009-10-14T00:05:41Z")
Emily by far. Difference between girl and woman. Zooey is cute, but that’s all she’ll ever be. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/39 "2009-10-14T00:25:30Z")
I forget that Emily even exists, so Zooey. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607/40 "2009-10-14T01:10:03Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > _Superhuman_ effort. I applaud your fortitude or at least your hormones’ fortitude :p. > > Zooey is as cute as a kitten snuggling a golden retriever. But she was as bad as anything in that film. And that movie had acres of badness. Oddly that was her only role that made sense to me. Emotionally unavailable was in the character description and from what I can tell she has all the range of a cardboard box so it just seemed to work. (Sorry Zooey fans) To be fair, Emily might not have much more range since I don’t know of anything beyond Bones that I’ve seen her in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zooey-or-emily-redux/513607.md?page=3)