We have a winner of The March Madness Whedonverse Character Tournament!

Sorry for the delay! We wanted to be extra careful to double and even triple check the votes.

Most importantly, we want to thank everyone who participated in March Madness, especially to those who played from the beginning and dealt with the agony of picking between some beloved characters early on. This was a lot of fun! We're trying to figure out the best tournament to do next time. Let us know if you have a suggestion.

And without further ado, we give you the favorite character of the Whedonverse as voted by the fandom (and by the slim margin of 6 votes out of nearly 500)!:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Protagonist, Chosen One, (ex)Cheerleader

Final Score - Buffy 241 to Spike 235
Crazy! Spike sure put up a great fight!

And if you'd like to see the bracket of the entire tournament history, click below to enlarge:

March Madness - The Whedonverse Character Tournament FINALE!

Well after a whole month of doing this we're finally coming to the end of the "March Madness" tournament. We started with 64 beloved Whedonverse characters and now we're down to the Final 2, as voted by you. Thanks so much to everyone who participated and made this so enjoyable. Maybe next time we'll do a "Worst of the lot" tourney. FYI, even if you never voted before, please feel free to still vote in this championship round.

The Final Four was intense, but then again we are a passionate bunch, right? Spike pretty much clobbered Willow, not a surprise...but Red had more than a few fans with 69 votes. The real surprise was Giles beating Buffy by a huge landslide at one point early on! But the slayer came back in the end to beat Giles by an even 20 points. I always thought Buffy would make it to the end, but she sure got a run for her money a few times. See below for battle for the championship:

Location: The Hellmouth, Hell
Spike vs. Buffy
Ack!
Choose and Perish...

Winner of the East: Spike 132 to Willow 69 ,

Winner of the West: Giles 90 to Buffy 110

And that is your final showdown of the Whedonverse. It's ending in 2 days - Friday, April 3rd at 11:59 pm EST (shortly after Dollhouse!) Like always, if you want to play along, please leave your choices in the comments section of this post!

If your curious to see the bracket showing how the tourney went, click here to enlarge:

March Madness! The Final Four of the Whedonverse Character Tourney

Welcome back to the "March Madness" tourney - best of the Whedonverse! We're down to the Final and Fabulous Four characters of the entire 'verse (Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Dr. Horrible) as voted by the people. Even if you never voted before, please feel free to still vote for your faves now.

Something weird happened in the Elite Eight, the balance shifted after a couple of days. Spike was neck-in-neck with Mal the entire time, but Spike fans must've rallied at the last minute because he won in the end - big time. The Browncoats lost this war! In other news, Willow and Buffy are still standing and Angel and Giles were at a tie with Giles winning at the last second! I never expected that and really can't believe all the Giles votes...but he is a sexy Brit, so there you go. For the record, all of the characters left standing are from Buffy. See below for the full list of winners:

Winner of the Sunnydale Region: Spike 112 to Mal 49 ,

Winner of the Serenity Region: Willow 117 to Xander 44,
Winner of the LA Region: Giles 82 to Angel 79 ,
Winner of the UK Region: Buffy 116 to Wes 45

And here is your Final Four showdown of the Whedonverse! This is ending in 2 days (a bit shorter this time) - Wednesday, April 1st at 11:59 pm EST. Like always, if you want to play along, please leave your choices in the comments section of this post!

The East:
Witch vs. Vamp (Willow vs. Spike)






The West:

Watcher vs. Slayer (Giles vs. Buffy)

If your curious to see the bracket showing all past winners so far, click here to enlarge:

March Madness! The Elite Eight of the Whedonverse Character Tournament.

Welcome back to the "March Madness" tourney - best of the Whedonverse! We're down to the "Elite Eight" characters of the entire 'verse (Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Dr. Horrible) as voted by the people. Even if you never voted before, please feel free to still vote for your faves now (if they're still in the mix that is...chances are, they are!)

Holy Moly, in Sweet's Sixteen: Wes beat Anya by a fricken hair! I'm not even kidding, he won 58 to Anya's 56 . That's crazy! Willow took the most overall votes 103 to Captain Hammer's 11 (the tool.) Illyria managed to receive 24 votes against the Buffster herself...lots of Illy fans there! Most of all, I'm personally pretty surprised to see Mal beat Oz. Oz is truly a beloved character but Dannit if you can't beat those Browncoats! See below for the full list of winners:

Mal: 65 to Oz: 48, Spike: 92 to Darla: 22,
Fred: 46 to Xander: 68, Willow: 103 to Captain Hammer: 11,
Dr. Horrible: 28 to Giles: 86, Angel: 75 to Cordelia: 39,
Anya: 56 to Wes: 58, Buffy: 90 to Illyria: 24

And here is your Elite Eight! Wow, the 8 favorite characters of the Whedonverse...It's full of Watchers and Scoobies, Vamps with Souls and a Firefly Captain. They should be proud! This is ending in 3 days - Monday, March 30th at 11:59 pm EST. Like always, if you want to play along, please leave your choices in the comments section of this post!

The Sunnydale Region:
Captain Malcolm Reynolds vs. Spike a.k.a William the Bloody (You masochists.)




The Serenity Region:
Xander Harris vs. Willow Rosenberg (Scooby Showdown!)





The LA Region:
Rupert Giles vs. Angel a.k.a Liam a.k.a Angelus (Honestly, I'm not even going to lie, this is nearly impossible!)




The UK Region:
Wesley Wyndam Pryce vs. Buffy Summers

If your curious to see the bracket showing all past winners so far, click here to enlarge:

March Madness Whedonverse Character Tournament - Sweet's Sixteen!

Welcome to the "March Madness" tourney - Whedon style! If you have no clue what the hell this is about, you've certainly missed a lot. After 3 weeks, we're now down to the final 16 best characters of the entire Whedonverse (Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Dr. Horrible) as voted by the people. The "Sweet Sixteen" as they say, but since it's the Whedonverse let's dub it the demon "Sweet's Sixteen". Of course, it's never too late to chime in and vote for your faves. It's really going to get crazy now!

Round 2b was one of the more painless ones. It seemed as if the hardest battle for people was Illyria vs. Andrew - with Illy taking it 60 to 53. Jayne vs. Cordy was another stumper, but Queen C kept her crown. The rest were easy breezy...the Cheeseman and Phantom Dennis are finally out. See below for the full list of winners:

Dr. Horrible 94 to Phantom Dennis 17; Giles 107 to Cheeseman 6; Cordy 72 to Jayne 40; Angel 88 to Doyle 25;
Wes 86 to The Mayor 26; Lindsey 17 to Anya 95; Buffy 95 to Inara 18; Illyria 60 to Andrew 53

And now we give you....your Sweet Sixteen. This is ending in 3 days - Thursday March 26th at 11:59 pm EST. Like always, if you want to play along, please leave your choices in the comments section of this post!

The Sunnydale Region:
Oz vs. Mal - ooh it's a toughie!






Spike vs. Darla - 2 of the "Fanged Four" battle it out.





The Serenity Region:
Xander Harris vs. Winifred "Fred" Burkl...zzzzzzzzz.






Willow Rosenberg vs. Captain Hammer - The Hammer is his penis, but she plays for the other team....uh, so there's that. hee!




The LA Region:
Dr. Horrible vs. Rupert Giles






Cordelia Chase vs. Angel






The UK Region:
Wesley Wyndam Pryce vs. Anya - Did they only meet in Graduation day?






Buffy Summers vs. Illyria - Slayer vs. God King!

If your curious to see the bracket showing all past winners so far, click here to enlarge:

Our own March Madness end of Round 2 - The Whedonverse Character Tournament

Welcome to the "March Madness" tourney - Whedon style! Wowzers, that last part was really something else as the tourney had an influx of voters coming in from linking sites (Whedonesque and SlayAlive, among others). It certainly put the "Madness" in "March Madness"! So if you just joined us last round, thanks for participating! If you're here for the first time now, here's a bit of backstory: This been designed to find the best/fan-favorite character of the entire Whedonverse (Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Dr. Horrible). We mentioned this previously, but again Dollhouse has been omitted mostly due to newness and also, the Dollhouse Death Watch. Anyway, don't blame us if the choices below are crazy, they were random at first but now are the result of your picks. Now it's just the "best of the best".

Round 2 had a few surprises. For one, Xander had the most votes beating Gunn the worst of anyone! Most of the battles were clear winners. One exception to that was Oz vs. River which was flip-flopping for 3 days! River was the sure winner at one point, but Oz pulled ahead this evening beating her 95-81. Also, check it out...Fillion holding it down in 2 spots! See below for the full list of winners:

Oz 95 vs River 81; Mal 144 vs Jenny 32; Spike 111 vs Faith 64; Darla 144 vs Ethan 31;
Gunn 25 vs Xander 151; Fred 151 vs The Master 24; Tara 42 vs Willow 132; Hammer 138 vs Wood 38

Ok, here are the pairings for the final part of Round 2, ending in 3 days - Monday March 23rd at 11:59 pm EST. Like always, if you want to play leave your choices in the comments section of this post!

The LA Region:
Dr. Horrible vs. Phantom Dennis (How the hell did he squeak through?)






Rupert Giles vs. The Cheeseman (still shocked Kate got her ass kicked so badly)






Jayne Cobb vs. Cordelia Chase (Hot couple alert! Seriously, can some Hollywood matchmaker hook these 2 up?)





Allen Doyle vs. Angel






The UK Region:
Wesley Wyndam Pryce vs. Richard "The Mayor" Wilkins






Lindsey McDonald vs. Anya







Buffy Summers vs. Inara Serra







Illyria vs. Andrew

If your curious to see the entire bracket so far, click here to enlarge:

March Madness Round 2! The Whedonverse Character Tournament

So if you're just stumbling on to this now, you're right on time for Round 2 of this "March Madness" tourney - Whedon style. It's been designed to find the best/fan-favorite character of the entire Whedonverse (Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Dr. Horrible). Don't blame us if the choices are crazy, they were random at first but now are the result of your picks. From now on it's the "best of the best" and I know I'm scared.

Most of the last part were blow-outs. With the exception of maybe Connor vs. Lindsey (Lindsey won) they were all pretty one-sided. In fact, We finally had the first all out sweep in which Anya was victorious over Adam 50-0. This enraged Michelle since Buffy's match wasn't the same (Kendra managed 2 votes against her.) I think it has more to do with Adam's lameness than anything else. Here is the full list of winners:

The Mayor 36 to Simon 14; Wesley 37 to Joyce 13; Connor 18 to Lindsey 32; Anya 50 to Adam 0;
Buffy 48 to Kendra 2; Inara 40 to Moist 8; Illyria 35 to Dawn 14; Andrew 39 to Whistler 11

A few stats if you're into number geekery: As far as shows go, BtVS is winning since it retained 52% of it's original characters. Dr. Horrible is in 2nd place there, holding on to 2 of the 4 that were placed in round 1. Angel held on to 46% and Firefly is last as they lost quite a bit of their team and only have 44% left. Come on Browncoats! Don't get a jelly-belly on us now.

Finally, and most importantly, here are the next pairings which are for the first part of Round 2 (ending in 3 days - Thurs March 19th at 11:59 pm EST.) Just like always, if you want to play leave your choices in the comments section of this post!

The Sunnydale Region:

Oz vs. River







Jenny Calendar vs. Malcolm Reynolds







Faith vs. Spike (another could've been hot couple..check them out!)






Darla vs. Ethan Rayne (Ethan's still hangin with the big guys, huh?)





The Serenity Region:

Xander Harris vs. Charles Gunn (who will take it??)







Winifred "Fred" Burkle vs. The Master







Willow Rosenberg vs. Tara MaClay (I know, I know.)






Principal Robin Wood vs. Captain Hammer (Wood meet Hammer! Oh, that sounded both innocent and dirty at the same time.)

If your curious to see the entire bracket so far, click here to enlarge:

Our own March Madness Part 4 (end of Round 1) - The Whedonverse Character Tournament

So if you're just getting to this now you're just a little late, but still totally in time to join the fun. We're hosting a "March Madness" tourney of our very own, to find the best/fan-favorite character of the entire Whedonverse. We've been giving out randomized pairings of characters from Joss Whedon shows: Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Dr. Horrible. This is the final part of Round 1. After this, it's the "best of the best" facing off for the rest of the month.

This last round, The LA Region, was insane. First of all, there were some very hard decisions to make such as: Dru vs. Dr. Horrible and Angel vs. Wash (of all things.) The biggest shocker of the entire tourney thus far, however, has got to be Detective Kate Lockley getting her ass handed to her on a platter by the character inserted into the tourney as a joke: The Cheeseman from Restless. He's not even a real character!! He doesn't even have a story! Wtf? Wow that's a lot of Kate hate. I'm personally saddened by Groo losing to Phantom Dennis, but what can you do? The people have spoken. Here is a full list of winners....and what a fine looking bunch they are (well except Cheese and Dennis because he doesn't even have a fricken face. Really. How those 2 advanced, I'll never know.)

Dr. Horrible 31 to Dru 22; Groo 21 to Phantom Dennis 32; Giles 51 to Riley 2; Kate 19 to Cheeseman 34;
The First Slayer 14 to Jayne 39; Cordelia 49 to D'Hoffryn 3; Doyle 35 to Glory 18; Angel 41 to Wash 11

So here are the pairings for the final part of Round 1, ending in 3 days - Mon March 16th at 11:59 pm EST. Just like always, if you want to play leave your choices in the comments section of this post!

The UK Region - Location: The Watcher's Council Offices, England

Mayor Wilkins vs. Simon Tam






Joyce Summers vs. Wesley Wyndam Pryce






Connor vs. Lindsey McDonald






Anya vs. Adam






Buffy Summers vs. Kendra the Vampire Slayer (Slayers!!)






Moist vs. Inara (This is a beauty and the best type situation here)






Illyria vs. Dawn Summers
(Illyria: "I am the god-king" Dawn: "Get out, get out get OUT!!!")






Andrew vs. Whistler

If your curious to see the entire bracket with winners so far, click here to enlarge: