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The 100 Greatest TV Characters of the 21st Century
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<blockquote data-quote="Ome" data-source="post: 259867" data-attributes="member: 2"><p><h2>85. Santana Lopez (<em>Glee</em>)</h2><p>[ATTACH=full]25492[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Played by Naya Rivera</strong></p><p>Santana wasn't meant to be a leading character on <em>Glee</em>. At the start of the series, she was nothing more than smart-mouthed comic relief and the mean sidekick to mainstay Quinn Fabray (Diana Agron). But because the late Naya Rivera, who had too much talent to be bound to the role of a stereotypical, nasty high school cheerleader, Santana became so much more than the girl with flawless disses. She carved Santana into a brazen young woman, who was proud of her Latinx identity and sexuality, no matter how difficult it was to come out. As a relatable, perfectly imperfect example of LGBTQ representation, she's one of the reasons that a series about show choir became the phenomenon that it did in the 2010s. Many teenagers saw themselves in Santana, and anyone can recognize that she was always the real showstopper of New Directions. <em>-- SB</em></p><p></p><p></p><h2>84. Fiona Gallagher (<em>Shameless</em>)</h2><p><img src="https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/2880555/381x254/crop;jpeg_quality=65.jpg" alt="fiona gallagher" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>Played by Emmy Rossum</strong></p><p>Fiona Gallagher doesn't raise her five siblings living in poverty just because she's the first born; she does it because she's resilient as hell. Over the course of the long-running series, the 20-something reaches grave breaking points that are essentially inevitable when so much of her life is built on caring for others. Despite her poor choices, Fiona's strength is in her journey as a giver. Still, what's even stronger is how she grows into someone who learns how to put herself first when there is nothing left to give. <em>-- SB</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><h2>83. Marceline the Vampire Queen (<em>Adventure Time</em>)</h2><p><img src="https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/2880556/381x254/crop;jpeg_quality=65.jpg" alt="marceline adventure time" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>Voiced by Olivia Olson</strong></p><p>In the vast world(s) of <em>Adventure Time</em>'s Land of Ooo, even the relatively inconsequential characters can make you giggle (any of the Candy People) or sob (Snow Golem and Fire Wolf pup). Truthfully, there's practically no wrong answer to "best character" here, but at Thrillist, we stand behind the thousand-year-old goth rock star Marceline the Vampire Queen as the real standout. Introduced early on with a smooth jazzy bass-strummed tune about her soul-sucking dad eating her fries, Marceline is a pariah in this mysterious post-apocalyptic world, and both as the series' 10 seasons wore on and in the first of the <em>Adventure Time</em> "miniseries" <em>Stakes</em>, we saw more and more of the devastating things that happened to her in the before-times that led to her vampirism, her entwined past with the Ice King, and her romantic entanglement with Princess Bubblegum. There are only a handful of characters here that can hold their own in a Finn and Jake adventure but Marceline's presence floods the proverbial room. <em>-- LB</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><h2>82. Titus Andromedon (<em>Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt</em>)</h2><p><img src="https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/2880524/381x254/crop;jpeg_quality=65.jpg" alt="titus unbreakable kimmy schmidt" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>Played by Tituss Burgess</strong></p><p>In Season 3 of <em>Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt</em>, Titus says he's "<em>Lemonade</em>-ing," and goes about recreating one of the iconic videos from Beyoncé's visual album in an absolutely absurd way. He wields a baseball bat and wears a yellow gown to shame his ex with a parody of "Hold Up" that's just a tad askew. Titus' over-the-top fabulousness is the reason he outshines his roommate, the titular former mole woman, to earn a spot on this list. At the start of the series, he's a struggling actor/Times Square superhero living in New York, almost always nearly one (or a few) steps away from his big Broadway break. (He did audition for <em>The Lion King</em> upwards of 20 times.) Tina Fey and Robert Carlock wrote the role specifically to showcase Tituss Burgess' talents, allowing him to exercise his incredible singing voice, all while embodying the kooky can-do optimism of the series. "peeno Noir" remains a banger. Even when the writing didn't serve the character -- the less said about the Geisha episode the better -- Burgess' wildly theatrical, always on performance was undeniably hilarious.<em> -- SB</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><h2>81. Fiona Goode (<em>American Horror Story: Coven</em>)</h2><p><img src="https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/2880522/381x254/crop;jpeg_quality=65.jpg" alt="fiona goode" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>Played by Jessica Lange</strong></p><p>"Who's the baddest witch in town?" is a rhetorical question Fiona Goode poses on <em>AHS: Coven</em>. But all the other supernaturally gifted women on that installment of FX's franchise know the answer: There's no one as bad as Fiona. From its inception, Oscar-winning Jessica Lange gave Ryan Murphy's anthology both prestige and some of its most terrifying moments, but her performance in its campiest season as an all-powerful witch facing her own mortality was simply hexing. When we meet Fiona, her reign as her coven's Supreme is coming to an end, but Fiona is more than just a beautiful older woman scared of aging. She is a malicious villain who goes further than expected for the sake of vanity, all while being impossibly glamorous and spitting out pitch-black humor. She is wicked, but it is impossible not to fall under her spell watching her carry out her own selfish bidding as she murders her teenage followers. <em>-- SB</em></p><p></p><p></p><h2></h2></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ome, post: 259867, member: 2"] [HEADING=1]85. Santana Lopez ([I]Glee[/I])[/HEADING] [ATTACH type="full"]25492[/ATTACH] [B]Played by Naya Rivera[/B] Santana wasn't meant to be a leading character on [I]Glee[/I]. At the start of the series, she was nothing more than smart-mouthed comic relief and the mean sidekick to mainstay Quinn Fabray (Diana Agron). But because the late Naya Rivera, who had too much talent to be bound to the role of a stereotypical, nasty high school cheerleader, Santana became so much more than the girl with flawless disses. She carved Santana into a brazen young woman, who was proud of her Latinx identity and sexuality, no matter how difficult it was to come out. As a relatable, perfectly imperfect example of LGBTQ representation, she's one of the reasons that a series about show choir became the phenomenon that it did in the 2010s. Many teenagers saw themselves in Santana, and anyone can recognize that she was always the real showstopper of New Directions. [I]-- SB[/I] [HEADING=1]84. Fiona Gallagher ([I]Shameless[/I])[/HEADING] [IMG alt="fiona gallagher"]https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/2880555/381x254/crop;jpeg_quality=65.jpg[/IMG] [B]Played by Emmy Rossum[/B] Fiona Gallagher doesn't raise her five siblings living in poverty just because she's the first born; she does it because she's resilient as hell. Over the course of the long-running series, the 20-something reaches grave breaking points that are essentially inevitable when so much of her life is built on caring for others. Despite her poor choices, Fiona's strength is in her journey as a giver. Still, what's even stronger is how she grows into someone who learns how to put herself first when there is nothing left to give. [I]-- SB[/I] [HEADING=1]83. Marceline the Vampire Queen ([I]Adventure Time[/I])[/HEADING] [IMG alt="marceline adventure time"]https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/2880556/381x254/crop;jpeg_quality=65.jpg[/IMG] [B]Voiced by Olivia Olson[/B] In the vast world(s) of [I]Adventure Time[/I]'s Land of Ooo, even the relatively inconsequential characters can make you giggle (any of the Candy People) or sob (Snow Golem and Fire Wolf pup). Truthfully, there's practically no wrong answer to "best character" here, but at Thrillist, we stand behind the thousand-year-old goth rock star Marceline the Vampire Queen as the real standout. Introduced early on with a smooth jazzy bass-strummed tune about her soul-sucking dad eating her fries, Marceline is a pariah in this mysterious post-apocalyptic world, and both as the series' 10 seasons wore on and in the first of the [I]Adventure Time[/I] "miniseries" [I]Stakes[/I], we saw more and more of the devastating things that happened to her in the before-times that led to her vampirism, her entwined past with the Ice King, and her romantic entanglement with Princess Bubblegum. There are only a handful of characters here that can hold their own in a Finn and Jake adventure but Marceline's presence floods the proverbial room. [I]-- LB[/I] [HEADING=1]82. Titus Andromedon ([I]Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt[/I])[/HEADING] [IMG alt="titus unbreakable kimmy schmidt"]https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/2880524/381x254/crop;jpeg_quality=65.jpg[/IMG] [B]Played by Tituss Burgess[/B] In Season 3 of [I]Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt[/I], Titus says he's "[I]Lemonade[/I]-ing," and goes about recreating one of the iconic videos from Beyoncé's visual album in an absolutely absurd way. He wields a baseball bat and wears a yellow gown to shame his ex with a parody of "Hold Up" that's just a tad askew. Titus' over-the-top fabulousness is the reason he outshines his roommate, the titular former mole woman, to earn a spot on this list. At the start of the series, he's a struggling actor/Times Square superhero living in New York, almost always nearly one (or a few) steps away from his big Broadway break. (He did audition for [I]The Lion King[/I] upwards of 20 times.) Tina Fey and Robert Carlock wrote the role specifically to showcase Tituss Burgess' talents, allowing him to exercise his incredible singing voice, all while embodying the kooky can-do optimism of the series. "peeno Noir" remains a banger. Even when the writing didn't serve the character -- the less said about the Geisha episode the better -- Burgess' wildly theatrical, always on performance was undeniably hilarious.[I] -- SB[/I] [HEADING=1]81. Fiona Goode ([I]American Horror Story: Coven[/I])[/HEADING] [IMG alt="fiona goode"]https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/2880522/381x254/crop;jpeg_quality=65.jpg[/IMG] [B]Played by Jessica Lange[/B] "Who's the baddest witch in town?" is a rhetorical question Fiona Goode poses on [I]AHS: Coven[/I]. But all the other supernaturally gifted women on that installment of FX's franchise know the answer: There's no one as bad as Fiona. From its inception, Oscar-winning Jessica Lange gave Ryan Murphy's anthology both prestige and some of its most terrifying moments, but her performance in its campiest season as an all-powerful witch facing her own mortality was simply hexing. When we meet Fiona, her reign as her coven's Supreme is coming to an end, but Fiona is more than just a beautiful older woman scared of aging. She is a malicious villain who goes further than expected for the sake of vanity, all while being impossibly glamorous and spitting out pitch-black humor. She is wicked, but it is impossible not to fall under her spell watching her carry out her own selfish bidding as she murders her teenage followers. [I]-- SB[/I] [HEADING=1][/HEADING] [/QUOTE]
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