Friday, March 6, 2009

Our own March Madness Round 2 - The Whedonverse Character Tournament

Who is the best character of the entire Whedonverse? Once again, for those just joining us, we are running our own "March Madness" to that find out. Over the next 4 weeks we will give out the computer-generated randomized pairings of characters from Joss Whedon shows: Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Dr. Horrible.

Round 1 was interesting, to say the least. Poor Jonathan got clobbered by Oz, although the largest landslide was Darla vs. Jasmine. On the flip side, Ethan vs. Fray was a tie until the very end with Ethan taking it. Check out the full list of winners so far:

Final totals: 47 Oz 6 Jonathan, 46 River 7 Anne, 14 Willy 37 Jenny , 36 Mal 15 Zoe,
44 Faith 9 Penny,
39 Spike 12 Lorne, 48 Darla 5 Jasmine, 27 Ethan 26 Fray

Next up is part 2 of round 1. It will end in 4 days - Monday March 9th at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time. See the pairings below and if you want to play, leave your choices in the comments section of this post.

The Serenity Region - Location: Serenity Valley, Planet Hera

Lilah Morgan vs. Xander Harris






Charles Gunn vs. Harmony Kendall






Winifred "Fred" Burkle vs. Kaylee






"Electric" Gwen Raiden vs. The Master






Clem vs. Willow Rosenberg






Shepard Book vs. Tara Mclay






Principal Robin Wood vs. Principal Flutie (Weird! Principals against one another...there goes the Hellmouth).




Captain Hammer vs. Principal Snyder






If your curious to see the entire bracket of Round 1, click here to enlarge:

64 comments:

  1. ok, here I go!

    *Lilah Morgan - bitch lawyer extraordinaire

    *Charles Gunn

    *I think I'm going to go with Kaylee. Fred used to annoy me so much. Illyria, well that's a story for the other side of the bracket.

    *Hmm, this is kinda tough. I'm going with the Master since he's a classic.

    *Willow

    *Tara

    *Flutie!!

    *Hammer

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  2. Woo! Round 2! Okay, here's my picks. ^^

    -Lilah Morgan
    -Harmony Kendall
    -Winifred "Fred" Burkle
    -Gwen Raiden
    -WILLOW ROSENBERG! <3
    -TARA MCLAY!!! <333
    -Robin Wood
    -Captain Hammer

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  3. wowie iceeh, half of ours were the same and half were not! I was a little shaky on some of the ones I cared less about. I think Tara will take this whole region easily....perhaps Willow.

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  4. - Lilah Morgan because she just f#@$ing rules.

    - Gunn based almost completely on After the Fall so I'm basically voting for Brian Lynch.

    - Kaylee because I wouldn't be happy if she died unlike some Fred Burkles I can think of...

    - Electro Gwen because she's electric boogie ooogie oogie oogie. Did I just say that out loud? Seriously? That's a little... sad, huh?

    - Willow Rosenberg because she's Willow, basically and not even a world's worth of extra skin could save Clem from this defeat, you know?

    - Tara Maclay because I don't need to justify this one and because she's awesome and great and the end goodbye.

    - Flutie, man. Gotta be Flutie. Why? Because his name is Flutie and his students ATE HIM. That's just... I don't even know what it is. Also, Robin is a girl's name, you wuss.

    - Snyder is the man I love to hate. Plus, he was Quark on DS9. Penis Hammer be damned, I'm voting for the bald midget!

    -

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  5. Xander, Harmony, Kaylee, Master, Willow, Tara, Wood, Snyder.

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  6. -Lilah (best Angel character)
    -Harmony
    -Kaylee...ugh that was hard!
    -Gwen
    -Willow
    -Tara
    -Flutie
    -Snyder, as amazing as Captain Hammer is, Snyder is just too awesome.

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  7. Xander
    Gunn
    Kaylee
    The Master
    Willow
    Book
    Wood
    Captain Hammer

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  8. Lilah
    Harmony
    Fred
    Gwen
    Willow
    Tara
    Wood
    Captain Hammer

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  9. Lilah
    Harmony
    Fred
    Gwen
    Willow
    Tara
    Wood
    Captain Hammer

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  10. Xander.
    Gunn
    Fred!!!
    Electric
    Willow
    Tara
    Wood
    Snyder- never been happier to see someone eaten by a snake. Still. Everyone loved to hate him.

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  11. Lilah
    Harmony
    Fred
    Gwen
    Willow Rosenberg
    Tara
    Principal Flutie
    Captain Hammer

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  12. Xander (Xander was the s**t)

    Gunn (so was Gunn)

    Fred (I miss fred)

    Electro

    Willow (duh, like there is a choice!)

    Tara (I wasn’t a big fan of Tara but I want to see what happens when she goes against Willow.)

    Robin Wood

    Snyder (can't help it, he was hilarious in Band Candy "Summers you drive like a spas" too funny!)

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  13. Xander
    Harmony
    Fred
    The Master
    Willow
    Tara <3
    Wood
    Capt. Hammer

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  14. Xander (tricky... but I'll go for the good guy!)
    Gunn
    Fred
    The Master (Gwen was mega annoying!!)
    Willow (I do like Clem though...)
    Tara
    Flutie (was not keen on Wood!)
    Snyder

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  15. 1. Lilah Morgan
    2. Mr Gunn!
    3. Fredikins
    4. The Master
    5. Willow
    6. Tara
    7. Principal Wood
    8. Snyder

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  16. Xander (come on guys, show some love for the Xan Man!!)
    Gunn (I just wanna wrap him in cotton wool and mother him...which is strange considering how manly he is! lol)
    Fred!!!
    Gwen (she's electric baby!)
    Willow (awww Clem, you don't have a hope in hell(mouth) sweetie)
    Tara (easy)
    Robin Wood (he's just got something that I love :oP)
    Captain Hammer (haha, what a ponce, I love him!)

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  17. Fray lost to who!?? Just goes ta show ya kids, ya gotta vote!

    Here's my current votes:
    -Xander
    -Harmony
    -Fred
    -Gwen
    -Willow (as much as I always loved flappy Clem!)
    -Tara (being an old fart I can actually remember Book as that token black cop in Barney Miller, the one who cross-dressed that one time...and I could never see him as anything else)
    -Principal Wood
    -Penis, err.. I mean Hammer...

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  18. -Lilah
    -Harmony
    -Kaylee
    -Gwen
    -Willow
    -Tara
    -Robin Wood
    -Capt. Hammer

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  19. Xander
    Harmony
    Fred
    The Master
    Willow
    Tara
    Robin Wood
    Capt.Hammer

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  20. The Serenity Region:

    -Lilah (The thought process goes like this: I love to hate Lilah and I just plainly hate Xander)

    -Charles Gunn

    -Winifred "Fred" Burkle

    -The Master (This was a hard one, but I had to go with the original big bad)

    -Willow Rosenberg (I almost picked Clem, but then I thought back to the amazing Willow of Seasons 1-5)

    -Tara Mclay

    -Principal Flutie (He was nice to Buffy and then got eaten. Sad.)

    -Principal Snyder

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  21. -Xander
    -Harmony
    -Kaylee
    -The Master
    -Willow! I love Clem, but there's no contest here.
    -Tara. Tara tara tara tara
    -Principal Wood
    -Captain Hammer!

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  22. Xander
    Harmony
    Kaylee
    The Master
    Willow
    Tara
    Principal Flutie
    Captain Hammer

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  23. -Xander (He's the man!)
    -Gunn (Harm is just ANNOYING!)
    -Kaylee (Captain Tight Pants would help)
    -The Master (all the electricity in the world couldn't save her)
    -Willow (love the extra skin comment up top)
    -Book (DOG is on his side)
    -Wood (Wood would eat him for breakfast, wait he already was)
    -Captain Hammer (Everyone's a Hero, in their own way)

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  24. Lilah, since I really never liked Xander, he did not like Spike.
    Harmony, she was great in Angel
    Kaylee, will wait until Illyria shows up to vote for "Fred".
    The Master a really BIG BAD
    Clem, I LOVE CLEM even though I know this is not going to be a winning vote, I still love Clem.
    Tara
    Flutie, after all Robin tried to kill Spike and I won't vote for anyone mean to my favorite vampire.
    Capt Hammer

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  25. Lilah
    Gunn
    Kaylee
    The Master
    Willow
    Tara
    Principal Wood
    Captain Hammer

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  26. Xander
    Gunn
    Fred
    Gwen
    Willow
    Tara
    Wood
    Snyder

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  27. Xander

    Gunn

    Fred (this was a really hard choice... sorry, Kaylee, I love you too)

    Gwen

    Willow

    Tara

    Robin Wood

    Captain Hammer

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  28. OK, here goes. This time was a little easier:

    Xander
    Harmony
    Kaylee
    The Master
    Willow
    Book - (I thought about that one for a while, but I never got over Oz and Willow's breakup, and I realized that I always kinda resented Tara)
    Flutie
    Hammer

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  29. -Lilah (Hell yeah.)
    -Gunn
    -Fred (Sorry Kaylee! Tough choice)
    -Gwen
    -Willow
    -Tara (Book annoyed me at times)
    -Flutie
    -Hammer

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  30. Xander
    Harmony
    Fred
    The Master
    Willow
    Tara
    Robin Wood...I guess. Indifferent to both of them to be honest
    Snyder

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  31. Xander
    Harmony
    Fred
    The Master
    Willow
    TARA!!!!
    Wood
    Snyder

    [oppps, mods, please delete the earlier post. I copied from one post and changed my other choices but both got posted, sorry]

    -Lizzy

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  32. Got it, Lizzy! Thanks for clearing that up :)

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  33. Lessee...

    Xander
    Harmony
    Kaylee
    The Master
    Willow
    Tara
    Principal Flutie!
    Snyder

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  34. .Xander
    .Gunn
    .Kaylee
    .The Master
    .Willow
    .Tara
    .Wood
    .Captain Hammer

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  35. 1. Xander
    2. Harm
    3. Fred
    4. Gwen
    5. Willow
    6. Tara
    7. Robin
    8. Captain Hammer

    This is an amazing idea btw. Thank you for bringing this blog/game into my life!

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  36. Betta George could house all of these nogoodniks.

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  37. heh! Come on, Brian - take a stab at it! It's for favorite character (not who could take who in a fight) so you won't have to worry about betraying Betta George's honor :)

    And you're welcome, Anon. Glad you're enjoying it!

    Whole lotta Xander votes up in here.....

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  38. Xander
    Gunn
    Fred
    The Master
    Willow
    Tara
    Principal Flutie
    Captain Hammer
    Those are my picks. Until next time.

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  39. Xander
    Harmony
    Kaylee (This was painful)
    Gwen
    Willow
    Tara
    Robin Wood
    Principal Snyder

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  40. Xander
    Harmony
    Fred
    The Master
    Willow
    Tara
    Robin
    Hammer

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  41. Xander
    Gunn
    Fred, not as close as I would have thought..
    The Master
    Willow (really?)
    Tara
    Robin Wood
    Cap'n Hammer

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  42. Xander
    Charles Gunn
    Fred
    Electric
    Willow
    Tara
    Robin Wood
    Cap. Hammer

    I can't believe Willow and Tara will probably go against each other!

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  43. This one is a lot easier!

    -Lilah
    -Charles
    -Fred
    -Gwen (the Master is so lame)
    -Willow (goodbye Clem...)
    -Tara
    -Principal Wood
    -Captain Hammer

    Whew.

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  44. Xander.
    Harmony
    Fred
    The Master
    Willow
    Tara
    Wood
    Snyder

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  45. Xander
    Gunn
    Fred
    Gwen
    Willow
    Tara
    Wood
    Captain Hammer

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  46. Xander
    Gunn
    Kaylee
    Gwen
    Willow
    Tara
    Flutie
    Snyder

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  47. Lilah
    Harmony
    Fred
    Gwen
    Willow
    Book
    Wood
    Snyder

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  48. Xander Harris
    Charles Gunn
    Winifred "Fred" Burkle
    "Electric" Gwen Raiden
    Clem
    Shepard Book
    Principal Flutie
    Captain Hammer

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  49. Pretty easy for me this week:

    1) Xander Harris
    2) Charles Gunn
    3) Kaylee Frye
    4) The Master
    5) Willow Rosenberg
    6) Tara Maclay
    7) Principle Robin Wood
    8) Captain Hammer

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  50. Xander Harris

    Charles Gunn

    Winifred "Fred" Burkle

    The Master

    Clem

    Tara Mclay

    Principal Flutie

    Captain Hammer

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  51. Xander Harris
    Charles Gunn
    Winifred "Fred" Burkle
    "Electric" Gwen Raiden
    Willow Rosenberg
    Tara Mclay
    Principal Robin Wood
    Captain Hammer

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  52. Xander

    Harmony

    Fred

    The Master

    Willow

    Tara

    Wood

    Hammer

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  53. xander
    gunn
    fred
    the master
    willow
    tara tara tara tara tara tara
    wood
    hammer

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  54. Lilah
    Harmony
    Fred
    The Master
    Willow
    Tara
    Robin Wood
    Captain Hammer

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  55. Xander Harris
    Charles Gunn
    Kaylee
    "Electric" Gwen Raiden
    Willow Rosenberg
    Shepard Book
    Principal Robin Wood
    Captain Hammer

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  56. Xander Harris
    Harmony Kendall
    Winifred "Fred" Burke
    "Electric" Gwen Raiden
    Willow Rosenberg
    Shepard Book
    Principal Flutie
    Principal Snyder

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  57. Here are picks

    1. Xander
    2. Harmony
    3. Fred
    4. The Master
    5. Willow (That one was tough, i love both characters)
    6. Tara
    7. Flutie
    8. Snyder

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  58. Xander
    Harmony
    Fred
    The Master (this was the most difficult)
    Clem
    Tara (also difficult)
    Wood
    Captain Hammer

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  59. Xander Harris
    Charles Gunn
    Winifred "Fred" Burkle
    "Electric" Gwen Raiden
    Willow Rosenburg
    Tara Maclay
    Principal Robin Wood
    Principal Snyder

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  60. Xander
    Gunn
    Fred
    The Master
    Willow
    Tara
    Flutie
    Snyder

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  61. River
    Malcolm
    Spike
    Darla
    Charles
    Fred
    Willow
    Hammer

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  62. xander
    harm
    fred
    master
    willow
    tara
    wood
    synder

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  63. oz
    river
    jenny
    zoe
    faith
    spike
    darla
    fray

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