List of Crap 61: Top 50 Fictional Species/Races Countdown

[Russell]

25. The Ferengi
24. Trandoshans
23. The Marklars (South park)
22. The Bajorans
21. Omnicronians(Futurama)
20. Jem’Hadar
19.  Kilrathi (Wing Commander)
18. Space pirates (Metroid)
17. Daleks
16. Quintessons (Transformers)
15. The Nazgul
14. Romulans
13. Chiss (Star Wars)
12. Kryptonians
11. The Founders(Star Trek: DS9)
10. Predators
9. The Borg
8. The Ainur
7. Sanghelli (Halo)
6. Cardassians
5. Transformers
4. Mandalorians
3. Vulcans
2. Klingons
1. The Q

[lassieface]

1. Time Lords (Doctor Who)
2. Asari (Mass Effect)
3. Wizards (Harry Potter)
4. Quarians (Mass Effect)
5. Unicorns
6. Combine (Half Life)
7. Silfen (The Commonwealth Saga) - I think James Cameron stole the idea of the Navi from this
8. Salarians (Mass Effect)
9. Wookies (Star Wars)
10. Babel Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
11. The Weeping Angels (Doctor Who)
12. The Colossi (Shadow of the Colossus)
13. Cylons (Battlestar Galactica)
14. Geth (Mass Effect)
15. Silurians (Doctor Who)
16. The Great Old Ones
17. Krakens (D&D)
18. Xenomorphs (Alien)
19. Fuzzies (Fuzzy Nation)
20. Hobbits (The Hobbit)
21. The Sith (Star Wars)
22. Daleks (Doctor Who)
23. Turians (Mass Effect)
24. Vulcans (Star Trek)
25. Vogons (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

One of my first choices was invalid due to it being a single being (not a species) - The Midnight Entity from Doctor Who.

[Darth Geek]

Woooo! The Muppets made it! I was concerned people had forgotten them, but you all impressed me.

Here is my list:

1. Dragons
2. Muppets
3. Werewolves
4. Xenomorphs (Alien movie series)
5. Gremlins (not Mogwai, movie Gremlins)
6. Skekses (Dark Crystal)
7. Mutants (X-Men)
8. Transformers (Transformers)
9. Kaiju (giant monsters from Godzilla type monster movies)
10. Minataurs (D&D)
11. Terminators
12. Mermaids
13. Skeletons (Jason and the Argonauts)
14. The Old Ones (Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft)
15. The Thing (The Thing)
16. Klowns (Killer Klowns From Outer Space)
17. Predators (Predator 1&2)
18. Vampires (of the non-sparkly variety)
19. Vulcans (Star Trek)
20. Creature from the Black Lagoon
21. Zombies
22. String pupets (Strings)
23. Harpies
24. Feast creatures (Feast 1-3)
25. Bigfoot



Honorable Mentions:

Wookalars (The Private Eyes)
Whatever the hell Tommy Wiseau is

[therul]

21. Smurf
(69 points, on 4 of 23 lists - Top Vote #1 by Mrs Dick Courier & Therul)

   

Genus: Smurf


 Notable representatives:
Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Brainy Smurf, No'-As-Big-As-Medium-Sized-Smurf-But-Bigger-than-Wee-Smurf Smurf

this was number on on my list, by my wife's request.  I think she has a stuffed No'-As-Big-As-Medium-Sized-Smurf-But-Bigger-than-Wee-Smurf Smurf doll.

[Coragale]

I'm annoyed that the Formics didn't make it, but otherwise, I'm ok with this.

1. Formics
2. Pequeninos
3. Elves
4. Dragons
5. Ents
6. Dwarves
7. My Little Ponies
8. Centaurs
9. Halflings
10. Beastmen (Gurren Lagann)
11. Orcs/Goblins
12. Wookies
13. Minotaur
14. Merfolk
15. Dryads
16. Gnomes
17. Homunculus
18. Trolls
19. Griffon
20. Sphinx
21. Faeries
22. Sylphs
23. Jotunn
24. Vulcan
25. Space Marines

[therul]

my list

1 Smurfs
2 Fraggles
3 Dwarfs
4 Ents
5 Elves
6 Satyers
7 Luxan (Farscape)
8 Vulcan
9 Nac Mac Feegle
10 Ton Ton (Starwars)
11 Wookies
12 Troll
13 Gingerbread Men
14 Angels
15 Demons
16 Banshee
17 Siren
18 Delvian
19 Gremlin
20 Transformers
21 Skitters
22 Centars
23 Minotar
24 Wizards
25 nice humans or hynerians.  your pick...

[Russell]

14 Angels

You DO realize some people are going to be offended by your assumption that they're fictional, right? I'm one of them.

[D.B. Barnes]

14 Angels

You DO realize some people are going to be offended by your assumption that they're fictional, right? I'm one of them.

And I hope to god he's not implying that Gingerbread Men aren't real. Because if they're not, then who the fuck did I take a bite out of under that freeway overpass Friday night?!?

[Russell]

And I hope to god he's not implying that Gingerbread Men aren't real. Because if they're not, then who the fuck did I take a bite out of under that freeway overpass Friday night?!?

Maybe it was Mcgruff?

[Asbestos Bill]

I'm seeing a fair amount of consensus on some entries that didn't make it, such as Babel Fish. They must have been close... I'm also mildly disappointed at the lack of Zelda and Mario enemies. Great list, though, and great writeups from Darwin.

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1. Mushi
2. Pikmin
3. Catbusses
4. Sky Bison (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
5. Pequeninos / "Piggies"
6. Wookies
7. Ents
8. Susuwatari (the soot sprites from various Studio Ghibli films)
9. Grue (Zork)
10. Oni
11. The simple Hyperchicken
12. Babelfish
13. Irken
14. Time Lords
15. Lumpy Space People ("Oh, my, Glob. I cahn't believe you fohrgot LSP and like all her best friends! I'm never speaking to you again, like, evar.")
16. Totoro
17. Yoshi
18. The Cuties (The fierce little guys that just fall apart in Adventure Time)
19. Kodama

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There really needs to be an endless chorus of soft Kodama clattering you can pull up like Rainy Mood. Someone get on that.

20. Lizalfos ("Aah-AHK!")
21. Nibblonians
22. Moblins (The Legend of Zelda: Windwaker)
23. Shadows (Babylon 5)
24. Piranha Plants (Super Mario)
25. Shinigami


On my list of about 70, I did have Candy People, as well as the Rump People and the Pagelings. I'm pretty surprised that (my) Little Ponies made it on, since they were bumped down to 34 on my list. I also had Trandoshan and Djinn down there; kudos to those who included them.

[Asbestos Bill]

LOTS of great things didn't make it.  I actually have a confession.  I haven't seen much Invader Zim, but while I like what I've seen (just 3 or 4 eps a few years ago) I didn't think much of the Irkens.  They seemed like pretty generic invaders.  When they got up high, I was a little dissappointed, thinking "oh, it was chosen probably because the show was funny, not because the race is anything special."  So it made me happy that when it placed, you guys where in fact talking about what made the race and their culture cool, rather than just what a funny show it is.  This made me happy, and restored my faith in what makes fandom great... focusing on the details.

That's also why I (almost) included My Little Ponies, actually. They have an interesting society, in which, for example, they have to do a lot of labor to change the seasons (at least it's a lot of labor when you don't use magic) as seen in Winter Wrap-Up.

[Coragale]

I just noticed something. Johnny, you DID count my vote for halflings toward hobbits, them being interchangeable names in the books, didn't you?

[Pak-Man]

Well it looks like I'm the only one who considered Toons...

1. Toons (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Tiny Toons, Etc..)
2. Yoshis (Super Mario Brothers)
3. Cybertronians (Transformers)
4. Asari (Mass Effect)
5. Rancor (Star Wars)
6. Keronian (Sgt. Frog)
7. Muppet
8. Gremlin
9. Dragon
10. Hutt (Star Wars)
11. Cyclops
12. Irken (Invader Zim)
13. Centaur
14. Gnome
15. Imp
16. Dwarf
17. Hobbit
18. Tribble
19. Metroid
20. Eternian (He-Man)
21. Succubus
22. Zombie
23. Dryad
24. Golem
25. Fairy

[ColeStratton]

Pretty good list -- I love the Muppets and would have included them IF I thought they counted. I mean, the Muppets are Henson creations, but they are people, rats, pigs, frogs, etc. Not really a "fictional species." But whatever--I'll never object to them being included!

But man o man o man...

How could I be the only one who voted for fucking ALF?!?!?!?!? He wears Hawaiian shirts, eats cats and plays Boullibaseball back on Melmac. In fact, none of my top 5 made it. Luck Dragons! Critters! C'MON!

Here's my list:

1.   ALFs  (Alf)
2.   Crites (Critters)
3.   Luckdragons (The Never Ending Story)
4.   Thermians (Galaxy Quest)
5.   Triffids (Day of the Triffids)
6.   Mogwai (Gremlins)
7.   Skeksis (The Dark Crystal)
8.   Snorks (Snorks)
9.   Land Shark (Saturday Night Live)
10.   Oompa-Loompas (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
11.   Sleestaks (Land of the Lost)
12.   Morlocks (The Time Machine)
13.   Green Martians (John Carter series)
14.   Jaguar Shark (The Life Aquatic)
15.   ROUS (Rodents of Unusual Size) (The Princess Bride)
16.   Sasquatches
17.   House Elves (Harry Potter)
18.   The Borg (Star Trek the Next Generation)
19.   Wookies (Star Wars)
20.   Vulcans (Star Trek)
21.   Alien Xenomorphs (Aliens)
22.   Ewoks (Star Wars)
23.   Direwolves (Game of Thrones)
24.   Klingons (Star Trek)
25.   Mak’Tar (Galaxy Quest)

[goflyblind]

01. Nac Mac Feegle (Discworld)
02. Q (Star Trek)
03. Tauren (Warcraft)
04. Vulcan (Star Trek)
05. Aesir (Norse mythology)
06. Muppet
07. Adipose (Doctor Who)
08. Hermit Elephant (Discworld)
09. Draco vulgaris (Discworld swamp dragon)
10. Nibblonian (Futurama)
11. Ewok (Star Wars)
12. Tralfamadorian (Vonnegut novels)
13. Dalek (Doctor Who)
14. Neutral (Futurama)
15. Auditors (Discworld)
16. Fraggle
17. Elder Thing (At the Mountains of Madness)
18. Endless (Sandman comics)
19. Flying mounts of the Nazgul (LotR)
20. Prawn (District 9)
21. Koala People (Ugly Americans)
22. Judoon (Doctor Who)
23. Maltese tiger
24. Spice Worm (Dune)
25. Murloc (Warcraft)