Who are your favorite fictional detectives OTHER than Sherlock Holmes?

[StarStruckStrumpets]

I have two:

Detective Carson Ryder and Detective Harry Nautilus.

They are epic.

 

[uncle-ellis]

Batman

this, just so this.

 

[isao]

Batman, Rorschach and House

 

[ThreeWords]

Batman

Baaatmaaaan

Rorschach. I want that mask.

And yeah, Rorschach kicks seven flavours of ass as well

 

[Mray3460]

For me it's a three way tie between Batman, L, and Adrien Monk.

Edit: Though, if I had to pick: L
Why?
Batman=Awesome
Adrien Monk=Hilarious
L=Awesome AND Hilarious

 

[Cid Silverwing]

John Blacksad.

Look it up.

 

[dfcrackhead]

I vote the kid from Case Closed.

 

[bcponpcp27]

Batman. Just because he's pretty much modern Sherlock Holmes.

 

[Carboncrown]

Hercule Poirot, obviously.

 

[GundamSentinel]

That dude from Boondock Saints, what his name again... Played by Willem Dafoe. The guy cracks me up.

 

[Skeleon]

Columbo, Thursday Next and (from cartoons) Inspector Gadget and Bob Morane.

 

[TheBarefootBandit]

Columbo kicks all kinds of ass.

Damn Ninja... Spy.

 

[Noone From Nowhere]

L,BatMan(it's tough to decide who is the more interesting obsessive,mad yet brilliant detective. It says something about L that a guy in a latex Bat-Suit isn't clearly more Bat-Guano crazy than he is), Rorschach, Gillian Seed, Yuusuke Urameshi (not that he was much of a detective),Sam Spade,Phillip Lovecraft and Blacksad, Sam and Max and Professor Layton are my favorite fictional detectives or the moment.
Why arent there more videogames featuring detectives and investigative reporters, anyway?

 

[DrDeath3191]

L,BatMan(it's tough to decide who is the more interesting obsessive,mad yet brilliant detective. It says something about L that a guy in a latex Bat-Suit isn't clearly more Bat-Guano crazy than he is), Rorschach, Gillian Seed, Yuusuke Urameshi (not that he was much of a detective),Sam Spade,Phillip Lovecraft and Blacksad, Sam and Max and Professor Layton are my favorite fictional detectives or the moment.
Why arent there more videogames featuring detectives and investigative reporters, anyway?

If you're looking for that kind of thing, might I recommend the Phoenix Wright series? Sure, you technically are a defense attorney, but you act more like a detective.

 

[badgersprite]

Charlie's Angels. ^ ^ Watching it right now. Rounding up bad '70s fashion trends one at a time.

 

[Seanchaidh]

Hercule Poirot.

edit: obviously.

 

[iwinatlife]

Eisenhorn

him and Ravenor

 

[DrDeath3191]

We've gone this far without mention of either the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew. I think that's kind of interesting. I was under the impression that they were very popular characters (not that I ever read either of their books).

 

[Grayjack]

Raidou Kuzunoha the 14[sup]th[/sup] and Naoto Shirogane.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Rorsarch, Batman, Barnaby, Rebus, Taggart, Gene Hunt, Tim Drake, The Question, most of the noir detectives I see.

In fact, I'm going to give this award to the entire noir detective genre.

Oh, and Kim Possible, because I know it's going to annoy people.