Boardsies Decide: Greatest Sitcom Character (US & Canada)

Ficheall · 01-05-2020 1:14pm

I take thee Rachel. Hot and makes a good trifle.

BigBlackDog · 01-05-2020 1:16pm

Niles. Just for his descriptions of Maris.

Trigger · 01-05-2020 1:16pm

Rachel, she was the only character who didnt grow stale throughout the series, Niles could be a bit repetitive

PsychoPete · 01-05-2020 1:19pm

Rachel mainly cause I'd let Jennifer Aniston do unspeakable things to me

eldamo · 01-05-2020 1:20pm

PsychoPete wrote: »

Rachel mainly cause I'd let Jennifer Aniston do unspeakable things to me

let her comfort you and tell you not to worry, it happens to a lot of guys...

yeah, me too

Irish Aris · 01-05-2020 1:20pm

Rachel Green.

From the first moment she walked in Central Perk all dressed in her wedding gown, you could tell that her character would be pivotal in the events coming up.
I always thought Ross a bit of a twat (excuse my language) so in the whole saga I always found Rachel the more important part of the equation. . . even when they were on a break!!!!
To quote Ross himself "It's always been you Rach"

Bandana boy · 01-05-2020 1:20pm

Rachael for me icon of the 90s , and needs some reward for all those years in frozen studios !!

Yester · 01-05-2020 1:23pm

Niles. His life was a constant competition with Fraiser, he deserves a win.

Also this 5 min clip of Nile accidentally causing a fire is genius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpImet3Xwgw&list=RDEpImet3Xwgw&start_radio=1&t=56

(Quality is a bit ****e though)

Omackeral · 01-05-2020 1:25pm

I'm gonna have to vote Niles here despite being more familiar with Friends. Rachel Green should not be in the final of a competition for Best Sitcom Character Ever. She'd hardly crack the Top 5 for me in Friends to be honest.

01-05-2020 1:34pm

As much as I love Niles (and resent the vocal anti-Frasier sentiments by some people here >_< ) I have to go with Rachel here, for the same reason Trigger gave (though not the bit about Niles being repetitive):

Trigger wrote: »

Rachel, she was the only character who didnt grow stale throughout the series

Rachel evolves throughout Friends, whereas the rest of the characters....unevolve? (devolve?)

Monica - becomes unbearably loud, shrill and neurotic
Phoebe - becomes bitchy, self-absorbed, not someone anyone would want to be friends with
Joey - literal man child whose selfishness was overindulged, also kind of a creep with women
Ross - petty jealousy and borderline psychopath, although somewhat redeemed by the end of the show
Chandler - more consistent than the other four but he was at his best playing off the rest and mocking them, so when they went downhill he also suffered as a result.

Rachel would actually be a worthy winner of the whole competition, imo.

Sawduck · 01-05-2020 1:36pm

Rachel, from the very first episode as a runaway bride, you know Rachel Green was special. I loved her journey throughout the series (well apart from her fling with joey) she grew so much and became a 90s iconic, I mean who doesn't know Rachel from friends?

Necro · 01-05-2020 1:42pm

Sawduck wrote: »

Rachel, from the very first episode as a runaway bride, you know Rachel Green was special. I loved her journey throughout the series (well apart from her fling with joey) she grew so much and became a 90s iconic, I mean who doesn't know Rachel from friends?

Aye, her fling with Joey was 'Fonz jumps a shark' style writing. And they knew it too, given how quickly they tossed it in the fire in the final season.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 01-05-2020 2:30pm

With an 11-7 victory, our first Finalist is Rachel Green as Niles Crane's journey finally comes to a close... Good Night, Sweet Prince!

Semi Final 2

Most votes after 90 Minutes is the winner! Don't forget to give a reason or your vote won't count! Stronger the reason the better!

Will it be an all Friends Final, or does a more recent contender have a shot here...

Chandler Bing (Friends)

vs

Ron Swanson (Parks & Recreation)

Remember to give a Reason for your vote. Reasons to be taken in to consideration in the event of a tie-break.
Most Votes after 90 Minutes wins

TheValeyard · 01-05-2020 2:32pm

I'm going to pick Chandler to give us a Friend's finale.

Ficheall · 01-05-2020 2:34pm

Gotta be Chandler. Everyone's favourite transponster.

Trigger · 01-05-2020 2:36pm

Ron, the man the legend and the tache.. a brilliant character who makes the series what it is, a head of govt who is against government, and he hates those pesky Vegans. Endlessly quotable

"I think I'll have that third steak afterall"

Legand

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Barney92 · 01-05-2020 2:37pm

I'm quite late to the party here but I'm going to go for Ron Swanson. Whilst I think Chandler has his ups and downs (and also annoys me at times), Ron Swanson is consistent gold. I don't think I'd tire of seeing that man's face on screen. One of my favourite episodes is probably when he has to do all those meetings on one day.

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Kolido · 01-05-2020 2:38pm

Chandler for his comical timing. We all want a friendly final.

JP Liz V1 · 01-05-2020 2:39pm

For an epic Friends final, Chandler, I mean could he be anymore funnier

Sawduck · 01-05-2020 2:42pm

Ron, I love chandler too but I'd rather two different shows in the final, plus Ron is a fantastic character and I am pleased he's getting a lot of love on here

Irish Aris · 01-05-2020 2:47pm

I am a huge Friends fine, so I will predictably vote for Ms Chanandler Bong!!

His comic timing is great, and although his character didn't change much through the seasons, he had the best one liners of all the characters!

Plus he could have been part of Chandler and Janice!!! I'm probably in the minority here but I like Janice, she's so funny!!

Necro · 01-05-2020 2:47pm

Chandler.

Friends is just an iconic show, and the quintessential sitcom.

A fitting finale would be two of the beloved 6 facing off, though my personal fave Ross got dumped out in round 1

Bandana boy · 01-05-2020 2:48pm

I really like miss Chanandler Bong but Gotta go For Ron .

his motto of only rich woman on diets drink clear alcohol are words to live by.

Omackeral · 01-05-2020 2:49pm

Chandler for his clearly superior mustache

PsychoPete · 01-05-2020 2:52pm

Ron! Ron and Nick Offerman are pretty similar. Nick does a fantastic job as the stone faced meat loving Ron

abff · 01-05-2020 2:53pm

Niles, because he was such a perfect foil to his brother and father and his romance with Daphne was the most mismatched couple ever

quickbeam · 01-05-2020 2:58pm

Ron, because he's iconic, and he never went downhill the way Muriel did.

Yester · 01-05-2020 3:09pm

Tough one but I'm going to go Ron. In these uncertain times I have started to look at my survival skills and I think there is a lot more to be learned from Ron than Chandler.

Trigger · 01-05-2020 3:34pm

eldamo · 01-05-2020 3:39pm

I don't see no Bing Pyramid of Greatness,

Ron for the win

Barney92 · 01-05-2020 3:41pm

That has been my desktop in work for the last couple of years eldamo

eldamo · 01-05-2020 3:41pm

abff wrote: »

Niles, because he was such a perfect foil to his brother and father and his romance with Daphne was the most mismatched couple ever

2 things,

1: What?
2: Have you ever seen Christina Hendricks now ex husband?

CandyBar? Seriously?

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 01-05-2020 4:00pm

Your second finalist by a very close 8-7 vote is Ron Swanson, and we must say one last farewell to Chandler Muriel Bing

Don't. Go. Anywhere.
The Grand Final is coming up literally any second now!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 01-05-2020 4:00pm

The One With The Finale

Most votes by 8pm is the overall winner and will be crowned by the good people of Boards as The Greatest Sitcom Character (of North America anyway)
Don't forget to give a reason or your vote won't count! Stronger the reason the better!

Defeated Previously
Round 1: Captain Raymond Holt (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Round 2: Claire Dunphy (Modern Family)
Round 3: Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)
Round 4: Daphne Moon (Frasier)
Quarter Final: Dr Perry Cox (Scrubs)
Semi-Final: Niles Crane (Frasier)

Rachel Karen Green (Friends)

vs

Ron Ulysses Swanson (Parks & Recreation)

Defeated Previously
Round 1: The Janitor (Scrubs)
Round 2: Rosa Diaz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Round 3: Michael Scott (The Office)
Round 4: Dwight Schrute (The Office)
Quarter Final: Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce (M*A*S*H)
Semi Final: Chandler Bing (Friends)

Remember to give a Reason for your vote. Reasons to be taken in to consideration in the event of a tie-break.
Most Votes by 8pm wins

BigBlackDog · 01-05-2020 4:02pm

Ron.
Lowes Clerk: “Hi there, is there a project your workin' on?” Ron Swanson: “I know more than you."
Gets me everytime.

quickbeam · 01-05-2020 4:05pm

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Defeated Previously
Round 1: Captain Raymond Holt (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Round 2: Clair Dunphy (Modern Family)
Round 3: Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)
Round 4: Daphne Moon (Frasier)
Quarter Final: Dr Perry Cox (Scrubs)
Semi-Final: Niles Crane (Frasier)

Rachel Karen Green (Friends)

vs

Ron Ulysses Swanson (Parks & Recreation)

Defeated Previously
Round 1: The Janitor (Scrubs)
Round 2: Rosa Diaz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Round 3: Michael Scott (The Office)
Round 4: Dwight Schrute (The Office)
Quarter Final: Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce (M*A*S*H)
Semi Final: Chandler Bing (Friends)

Whoever wins, it'll be a very worthy winner. They both defeated some serious heavyweights on the way here.

Kolido · 01-05-2020 4:08pm

Rachel, she is cute, caring and can sail.

Yermander · 01-05-2020 4:13pm

Ron, one of my favourite characters of all time, embodiment of a man’s man!

Took down some big guns on the way to the final, Rachel picked up a lot of hotness votes along the way

Sawduck · 01-05-2020 4:15pm

Ron, tough choice both are worthy winners but Ron is a one of a kind character and i think we should all live our lives the way ron would, i didn't expect him to get to the final but i'm delighted he did. This has been really fun so thank to Also Starring LeVar Burton for doing it

eldamo · 01-05-2020 4:20pm

i produced the pyramid too soon

Ron Swanson, the peoples champion.

god I had some fun reading that pyramid

maybe not as much fun as watching the jennifer aniston in horrible bosses and we're the whatevers gifs, but damnit man, this is about the sitcoms

Ron Swanson.

TheValeyard · 01-05-2020 4:25pm

Voting Rachel, 90s icon.

Necro · 01-05-2020 4:26pm

Rachel.

Better character, plain and simple.

JP Liz V1 · 01-05-2020 4:26pm

I vote Rachel Karen Green

Friends was iconic and her and her hair contributed to that, she deserves to win also as Brad Pitt gave her a penis

Necro · 01-05-2020 4:31pm

Also just a thanks to LeVar for running this comp. Who knew sitcoms would bring out this level of divide... mainly situated around Frasier :P (Well and Vales utter contempt for The Office)

01-05-2020 4:51pm

Glad Ron made the final; I would have opted for him over Chandler to avoid an all Friends finale, though it would have been a close call.

Very tough final; both fantastic characters. But while Ron arguably has more laugh-out-loud lines, I'm gonna vote for Rachel for pretty much the same reasons I used in the semi-final:

Deleted User wrote: »

Rachel evolves throughout Friends, whereas the rest of the characters....unevolve? (devolve?)

Monica - becomes unbearably loud, shrill and neurotic
Phoebe - becomes bitchy, self-absorbed, not someone anyone would want to be friends with
Joey - literal man child whose selfishness was overindulged, also kind of a creep with women
Ross - petty jealousy and borderline psychopath, although somewhat redeemed by the end of the show
Chandler - more consistent than the other four but he was at his best playing off the rest and mocking them, so when they went downhill he also suffered as a result.

Rachel would actually be a worthy winner of the whole competition, imo.

Jennifer Aniston did a great job with this character for ten seasons. Not only was her comic timing impeccable but she also showed real emotional depth; both her and David Schwimmer were fantastic in the Season Three episodes where they break up.

Even when the show in general was going downhill Rachel was still funny, and crucially was believable as a character (unlike the others who descended into caricatures).

So yeah, voting Rachel Green.

Many thanks LeVar for running; a lot of work put in, hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have.

Omackeral · 01-05-2020 4:51pm

I love Friends but I can't in good conscience consider Rachel the best sitcom character ever. I can't. Ross, Chandler, Eddie the Housemate, Janice, Gunther I'd even put ahead of her! Jennifer Aniston's characters in her later feature films were a lot better actually I think.

I think I'll regretfully abstain here.

Irish Aris · 01-05-2020 4:57pm

A vote for Rachel for me.
Although her character could be annoying at times, there were lots and lots of great moments. And not just the funny ones, but also when things were getting more serious, like the first break up with Ross or when she was pregnant.
And Jennifer Aniston did so many things with this role. She could be funny, hysterical, dramatic, and gave her role a lot of depth

Trigger · 01-05-2020 4:59pm

Ron is the greatest sitcom character ever made, I've been told the writers must have known me as the likeness(bar the tache) is too similar to be a coincidence, so that's why he gets my vote!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 01-05-2020 5:11pm

Sawduck wrote: »

This has been really fun so thank to Also Starring LeVar Burton for doing it

Necro wrote: »

Also just a thanks to LeVar for running this comp. Who knew sitcoms would bring out this level of divide... mainly situated around Frasier :P (Well and Vales utter contempt for The Office)

Deleted User wrote: »

Many thanks LeVar for running; a lot of work put in, hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have.

Cheers gang.

Yes, I've enjoyed hosting this one a lot. It's fun being on the other side of things for a change, and its been nice to have something different to do while stuck in the house anyway.

A couple of people have asked me over the week who my favourite characters are, so shortly after I've announced the winner this evening, I'm going to give a run down of who my own favourite characters from this competition are, and more importantly why I rate them so highly, so if anyone is interested in hearing my own meandering and irrelevant thoughts, keep an eye out for that, once the tournament is over.

Yester · 01-05-2020 5:20pm

If it was Jennifer Aniston v Nick Offerman I would vote Jennifer as she is a fine actress and continues to do great work. However she was prob only my 4th favorite friend. Therefore my final vote goes to the man with the tashe Mr. Ronald Ulysses Swanson, I don't think we've ever had anything quiet like him.

Thanks a mill Also Starring LeVar Burton for organising all this. It's the most fun I've ever had on Boards.

Boardsies Decide: Greatest Sitcom Character (US & Canada)

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