100 Awesome Chicks.

[ceebee_eebee]

Snagged this from lizbee because it looked like fun and I've been sick all day so it's not like I had anything better to do. And you know what? She was SO RIGHT. This is CRAZY hard. Not because there aren't a billion badass chick characters, but because I've forgotten half the crap I've seen/read.

I know I've left off some REALLY obvious ones, but what the hell. I stuck to mainly tv series/movies because if I started on books too I'd have been at this all night.



In no particular order:

1) Bernice Summerfield (Doctor Who)

2) Bev Tarrant (Doctor Who)

3) Ace (Doctor Who)

4) Charlotte Pollard (Doctor Who)

5) Dr. Evelyn Smythe (Doctor Who)

6) Nyssa of Trakken (Doctor Who)

7) Sarah Jane Smith (Doctor Who)

8) Barbra Wright (Doctor Who)

9) Dinah Lance/Black Canary (DC Comics)

10) Barbara Gordon/Oracle (DC Comics)

11) Helena Bertinelli/Huntress (DC Comics)

12) Zinda Blake/Lady Blackhawke (DC Comics)

13) Big Barda (DC Comics)

14) Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre (Watchmen)

15) Chiana (Farscape)

16) Zhaan (Farscape)

17) Xena

18) Lao Ma (Xena)

19) Callisto (Xena)

20) Zoe Washburn (Firefly)

21) Kara Thrace (BSG)

22) Laura Roslyn (BSG)

23) Dana Scully (X-Files)

24) Laura Palmer (Twin Peaks)

25) Audrey Horne (Twin Peaks)

26) Theora Jones (Max Headroom)

27) Catherine Willows (CSI)

28) CJ Cregg (West Wing)

29) DeeDee McCall (Hunter)

30) Uhura (ST:TOS)

31) Dr. Beverly Crusher (ST:TNG)

32) Kira Nerys (ST:DS9)

33) Princess Leia Organa (Star Wars)

34) Aayla Secura (Star Wars)

35) Mon Mothma (Star Wars)

36) Ellen Ripley (Aliens)

37) Sarah Conner (Terminator)

38) Gracie Law (Big Trouble in Little China)

39) Alice (Resident Evil)

40) Diane Freeling (Poltergeist)

41) Buffy Summers (B:tVS)

42) Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

43) Marie Helena Kreutz (Bourne Identity)

44) Rachel Morgan (Kim Harrison books)

45) Ivy Tamwood (Kim Harrison books)

46) Evey Hammond (V for Vendetta)

47) Anita Blake

48) Alex Drake (Ashes to Ashes)

49) Tricia Hamilton (Recovery)

50) Carol Jordan (Wire in the Blood)

51) Colleen McMurphy (China Beach)

52) K.C. Koloski (China Beach)

53) Xev Bellringer of B3k (Lexx)

54) Lula Pace (Wild at Heart)

55) Dorothy Vallens (Blue Velvet)

56) Marion Ravenwood (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

57) Vesper Lynde (Casino Royale)

58) M (James Bond)

59) Sapphire (Sapphire and Steel)

60) Ruby (Sapphire and Steel)

61) Sarah Carter (The Descent)

62) Selena (28 Days Later)

63) Holly Gennaro (Die Hard)

64) Melina (Total Recall)

65) Helen Tasker (True Lies)

66) Dr. Dakota Block (Planet Terror)

67) Laurie Strode (Halloween)

68) Natalya Fyordorovna Simonova (Goldeneye)

69) Geum-ja Lee (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance)

70) Dr. Grace Foley (Waking the Dead)

71) Dr. Eve Lockhart (Waking the Dead)

72) Ellen Harvelle (Supernatural)

73) Angela Chase (My So-Called Life)

74) Rayanne Graff (My So-Called Life)

75) Maxine Lund (Being John Malkovich)

76) Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs)

77) Sam Carter (Stargate)

78) Toshiko Sato (Torchwood)

79) Harriet Jones (Doctor Who)

80) Veronica Mars

81) Etheline Tenenbaum (The Royal Tenenbaums)

82) Angela Petrelli (Heroes)

83) Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill)

84) Miss Parker (Pretender)

85) Marge Olmstead-Gunderson (Fargo)

86) Corky (Bound)

87) Violet (Bound)

88) Vicki Nelson (Blood Series)

89) Dory (Finding Nemo)

90) Selene (Underworld)

91) Ana Clarke (Dawn of the Dead)

92) Carolyn Fry (Pitch Black)

93) Ensign Ro Laren (ST:DS9)

94) Mystique (X-Men)

95) Mathilda Lando (The Professional)

96) Lucille (Sin City)

97) Beka Valentine (Andromeda)

98) Faith (BtVS)

99) Desdemona (Vurt)

100) Dr. Angela March (Ultraviolet)

Wow. This is one HELL of a crazy random list.

Comments

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

You have inspired me to go through my entire bookcase for names.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Oh, lord. If I'd started going through my bookcases we would have been here till next week. I wish you luck!!!

[tilly-stratford.livejournal.com]

Oh awesome! I'm going to sit down and have a go at this. And when I finally finish it and post I'll go "OH SHI I FORGOT HER AND HER AND HER."

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Of course! I've been reading other people's lists and smacking myself for not thinking of a bunch of their picks. But damn, was it fun. ;-)

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

Man, now I'm seeing a whole bunch of names I left off - as well as some shows and series I keep meaning to watch whose absence from my knowledge is depriving me of a whole slew of awesome ladies. Must watch more TV scifi, yes.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Which shows do you mean? I haven't watched any new tv series in a long time, but older series? I'm all over that. ;-)

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

The other Trek series, mostly - TNG, DS9, and Voyager seem to have quite a few female characters I should know. Same with Farscape and Andromeda, neither of which I've seen because I was pretty young when Farscape came on TV and my dad wouldn't let me watch it yet. :(

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize how young you are! Yes. Definitely get the dvds. Farscape in particular is very much worth watching.

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

You know, up until you said that, I hadn't even realized that I was ten when the series started. Yikes.

[pontisbright.livejournal.com]

I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT ANGELA CHASE. And Rayanne. And Clarice Starling. Gah, this thing is lethal. There should be a second round reverse-amnesty, where you get to mention all the people that you forgot but fellow awesome women reminded you of with their own lists.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Yes! I totally need like 25 more spaces now. This meme was fun as hell but also very frustrating.