Iconic Characters Additions

The_Smashor · Jan 27, 2019

There should be a few more characters in the "Iconic Characters" catagory. Obviously it's very exclusive, but I feel like the characters listed below probably should be there.

Jotaro Kujo: Mascot of a manga almost as influental, if not more so, then Dragon Ball in Japan. While it's worldwide influence is much less then it's influence in Japan, it's still very much there (I mean really, there's an American Comic book ripoff of it for pete's sake).

Slenderma (No clue what version it would be): Basically put creepypastas, as well as indie horror games, into the mainstream. If multiple were to be added, only the "official" ones would, of course.

DMB_1 · Jan 27, 2019

You could actually argue that Dio is a more well-known character than Jotaro.

If anything, I'd add him instead of any of the Jojos.

Dargoo_Faust · Jan 27, 2019

The Smashor said:
Slenderma (No clue what version it would be)

Just use the diambig page

SCP-173 is also another iconic character for creepypasta/internet horror.

Bobsican · Jan 27, 2019

Casper was also readded to such tag quite a bunch of times, only to be undone by Ant with no input as to why exactly.

Dargoo_Faust · Jan 27, 2019

The Smashor said:
I mean really, there's an American Comic book ripoff of it for pete's sake

~~JoJo is just a ripoff of Diesel, no clue what you're talking about~~

TriforcePower1 · Jan 27, 2019

DMB 1 said:
You could actually argue that Dio is a more well-known character than Jotaro.

KONO DIO DA!

ZA WARUDO!

ROAD ROLLER DA!

MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!

You thought this was a serious comment, butt it was me, DIO!

Yeah, he surpasses Jotaro by a good margin.

DMB_1 · Jan 27, 2019

Basically, try to ask someone who hasn't read the manga/watched the show this:

"Who are the characters that you know in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure?"

"Dio and Jojo"

"Which Jojo?"

"There is more than one Jojo?"

TriforcePower1 · Jan 27, 2019

There is only one JoJo, and that's Speedwagon.

Keeweed · Jan 27, 2019

What about Hol Horse, he's the entire stallion.

DMB_1 · Jan 27, 2019

No, he's a full equine.

Anyways, let's not derail.

Amelia_Lonelyheart · Jan 27, 2019

I don't think Jotaro is notable enough to be considered Iconic.

Casper on the other hand, defiantly is.

I think Finn the Human might count as an iconic character. One of the most popular cartoons of the last decade, which lasted for nearly a decade, with street art depictions of him being pretty common all over the world apparently.

Ogbunabali · Jan 27, 2019

You are all forgetting that Polnareff is the real main character of Jojo.

Amelia_Lonelyheart · Jan 27, 2019

If we count anyone from Jojo, I'd go with DIO instead since he was an internet meme long before Jojo ever got popular, and became one again after it did.

Ogbunabali · Jan 27, 2019

I was joking, but Dio should 100% be added as an Iconic Character.

The_Smashor · Jan 27, 2019

Alright then. Dio probably should be an iconic instead of Jotaro. And Casper probably should be there too (I mean, The Flying Dutchma is there. I'd bet a lot that more people have heard of Casper then the flying dutchman.) What about Slender?

GyroNutz · Jan 27, 2019

How about Charizard? Along with Pikachu, he's the one Pokemon everyone and their uncle knows.

Insecurity97 · Jan 27, 2019

I dunno if I can see Jojo characters as iconic characters... Maybe it's just me

I'm more uncertain about Slenderman

Bobsican · Jan 27, 2019

GyroNutz said:
How about Charizard? Along with Pikachu, he's the one Pokemon everyone and their uncle knows.

If Charizard gets in, so does Luigi

Iapitus_The_Impaler · Jan 27, 2019

Shrek should be added as well

Bobsican · Jan 27, 2019

Just added Casper the the Iconic Characters tag.

Man, that page is more popular than Mickey Mouse´s page for some reason.

Insecurity97 · Jan 27, 2019

Shrek seems fine

Amelia_Lonelyheart · Jan 28, 2019

I also agree with Shrek.

Iapitus_The_Impaler · Jan 28, 2019

I'll add him then

Dargoo_Faust · Jan 28, 2019

I feel like we should make a maximum number of pages that can have this tag at any one given time, otherwise more and more characters will be added and ultimatly make it meaningless.

Amelia_Lonelyheart · Jan 28, 2019

That makes no sense. There aren't a given number of iconic characters at any given time. If we rotate them out, then extremely iconic characters will leave the category for no reason.

The_Impress · Jan 28, 2019

Honestly it should also have a one per franchise rule because right now it is overwhelmed with comic characters and multiple versions of the same character, making it quite cluttered

Jinsye · Jan 28, 2019

Darkanine said:
I think Finn the Human might count as an iconic character. One of the most popular cartoons of the last decade, which lasted for nearly a decade, with street art depictions of him being pretty common all over the world apparently.

If this counts then Steve also counts for it.

Matthew_Schroeder · Jan 28, 2019

I think we should be extremely careful before tagging any half famous character as "iconic". If they are a pop culture or general culture or nerd culture icon, sure. But not if they're just "Main Character from a really popular anime from last year".

Bobsican · Jan 28, 2019

Zark2099 said:
Honestly it should also have a one per franchise rule because right now it is overwhelmed with comic characters and multiple versions of the same character, making it quite cluttered

What about series like Tom & Jerry? In that place both of the main characters are as popular as the other.

The_Impress · Jan 28, 2019

Let's be honest, who tf cared anything about Jerry

Ogbunabali · Jan 28, 2019

I think he was talking about the 20 Gokus and 15 Supermans.

Insecurity97 · Jan 28, 2019

Is Conan Edogawa really that iconic? I didn't even know about him until I went through the Iconic Characters category, AKA now

The_Impress · Jan 28, 2019

Conan is huge in SE Asia and Japan, just not in the West

TriforcePower1 · Jan 28, 2019

~~What are you talking about, Conan was huge during my late childhood here. Very late childhood.~~

Insecurity97 · Jan 28, 2019

Eh, fair enough. Same can be said about Doraemo since it's HUGE in Japan

Bobsican · Jan 28, 2019

Zark2099 said:
Let's be honest, who tf cared anything about Jerry

I did, a lot.

Amelia_Lonelyheart · Jan 28, 2019

Ogbunabali said:
I think he was talking about the 20 Gokus and 15 Supermans.

In that case, I do agree. I think 1 incarnation per character is a good limit (though some exceptions may apply).

Edit: And yeah, I think Conan Edogawa is iconic enough. His fandom in Asia is pretty huge.

Insecurity97 · Jan 28, 2019

Also, wouldn't Peter Griffin be an Iconic Character as well, or is that going a bit too far?

Amelia_Lonelyheart · Jan 28, 2019

Peter should be fine.

The_Impress · Jan 28, 2019

Tbh, as non-native speaker, I didn't know who Luke Skywalker was until two or three years back

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