who are your top 5 protagonists in anything? (Movies, TV, Books, Games, etc)

[jackpackage200]

For me it has to be

5. Peter Parker/Spiderman (Spiderman 2)
4. Caesar (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
3. Bruce Wayne/Batman (Batman Mask of Phantasm)
2. Dexter Morgan (Dexter)
1. The Tenth Doctor (Doctor Who)

who are your top 5 protagonists?

 

[AdeptaSororitas]

1. Any
2. Character
3. Nathan
4. Fillion
5. Plays

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[Anarchemitis]

Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)
William Wilberforce (Amazing Grace)
Mario (Super Mario World, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
Moses (The Prince of Egypt)
The Patient (The Screwtape Letters)

 

[bigredlyms]

5. harley quinn (batman: TAM)
4. billy/ "fancypants" (school of rock)
3. gary oak/ blue (pokemon red/blue)
2. gary motherfuckin oak (nuzlocke)
1. julian "bean" delphiki (ender's shadow)

gosh what a great top five list!

edit: awww crap, i completely messed up this post... i didnt realize it was protagonist and just put my favorite characters of all time.... shit. new list! same number one!

5. dewey finn in school of rock
4. evey in v for vendetta
3. altair ibn la aha
2. jack sparrow
1 julian delphiki

 

[Death God]

Captain Jack Sparrow(Pirates of the Caribbean)
Bobby Pendragon (Pendragon Series)
Colton White (Gun)
The Hero (Red Steel 2)
Riddick (Chronicles of Riddick)

 

[Azrael the Cat]

1. Marlow (Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad);
2. MacBeth (MacBeth, by William Shakespeare);
3. Hamlet (Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, though this depends much more heavily on production than MacBeth - in a great production he can be number one, a crappier version of him can drop him off the list);
4. Renton (Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh; book/theatre version, not the film version (he's a significantly nastier, and at times more pathetic, character in the book and the play, which makes him a lot more interesting);
5. Victor Ward (Glamorama, by Brett Eastern Ellis).

 

[JaceArveduin]

Let's see, in no particular order:
Halt O'Carrick (Ranger's Apprentice)
Artemis Fowl
Bartimaeus (not sure if count's, but from the Bartimaeus Trilogy)
The Bard (Bard's Tale)
Gimli, son of Gloin

 

[BanicRhys]

5. Seiji Sawamura
4. Zeke from inFamous
3. Illidan Stormrage
2. Dexter Morgan
1. Jim Raynor

 

[chaosyoshimage]

1. Me (In RPG's that let me be myself)
2. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones)
3. Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)
4. Brock Samson (The Venture Bros.)
5. Batman (The DC Universe)

 

[Broken Dreamer]

Groo (Humor Comic By Sergio Aragonez)
Philip J. Fry (Futurama)
Captain America (circa 1993-2000)
Winston Smith (1984 - George Orwel)
Jesse Ventura (Wrestler, Governor, Author, Navy Demolitions and the last True American Alive)

 

[infohippie]

In no particular order:

Commander Shepard
The Doctor
Captain Mal Reynolds
Captain Han Solo
Twilight Sparkle

 

[MrJKapowey]

5. Gil Grissom (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
4. Samuel Vimes ('AM Night Watch series - Discworld)
3. Leroy Jethro Gibbs (NCIS)
2. Moist Von Lipwig (Making Money/Going Postal - Discworld)
1. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones)

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

Biff Loman of Death of a Salesman
Heather Mason of Silent Hill 3
Captain Nemo of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Hidetora Ichimonji of Ran
Sydney Carton of A Tale of Two Cities

 

[Corax_1990]

In no particular order;
1. Commander Shepard (ME1&2)
2. The Doctor (Doctor Who)
3. Bigby Wolf (The Fables)
4. Deadpool (Marvel)
5. Buffy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

 

[infohippie]

5. Gil Grissom (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
4. Samuel Vimes ('AM Night Watch series - Discworld)
3. Leroy Jethro Gibbs (NCIS)
2. Moist Von Lipwig (Making Money/Going Postal - Discworld)
1. Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones)

Ooh, I'd forgotten about Vimes! Which has also reminded me of Crowley from Good Omens. Ok, my revised list:

Sam Vimes (Discworld)
A J Crowley (Good Omens)
Captain Mal Reynolds (Firefly)
Captain Han Solo (Star Wars)
Twilight Sparkle (MLP:FiM)

 

[Tazzy da Devil]

1. Artemis Fowl
2. Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
3. Jak (Jak and Daxter)
4. Cho Hakkai (Saiyuki)
5. Donatello (Ninja Turtles)

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

1. The Doctor
2. Batman
3. Dexter
4. Tyrion Lannister (shut up, totally counts)
5. Commander Sheppard

That should about do it.


OH, and, uh...

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Don't do that. Seriously, just...don't.

 

[LongAndShort]

Shit, difficult one. Alright, let's give this a try.

1. George Smiley (John Le Carre's George Smiley series)
2. ... ...
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You know what, I really can't think of anyone else I'd put in my top list. There's a lot of characters I like, but there's not really a 'top' list for. At least because after reading through the thread, it's become a top 40. I just wanna throw in George Smiley because I haven't seen him and don't expect anyone else to mention him.