The Challenger
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The Competitor
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The Results
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Odds
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New Odds
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Xena |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
Obviously, Xena. She's older, has more muscle mass, and does not specialize
in merely vampires and ghouls, but can also fight the occasional god. She is also
half-god herself, whereas Buffy just now got her driver's liscense.
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70/1
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But what if Gabriel helped Xena, and what if Buffy's friends helped her?
This would even out the odds considerably, since Gabriel is an ignorant goof-ball
and Buffy has more friends. However, Gabriel has some skill with a staff, which even
outs the odds.
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50/50
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Captain Kirk
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Captain Picard
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Since nerdity is not a factor in determining fights, unfortunately, Captian
Kirk would win. He has all those weird fight-moves from the original TV show,
like the one where he flips people over his head using his feet. Sorry, Jean-Luc.
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30/1
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Now, let's say the crew of each Enterprise got to participate. The Next Generation
crowd would win for one reason: They have Worf.
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1/99
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the cast of 90210
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the cast of Melrose Place
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Melrose Place wins, because the cast is older, the guys are not as wimpy, and
they have Heather Locklier.
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90/1
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Now, what if the 90210 cast still had Brenda? That would even out the
bitch-factor, but there would still be more men for Melrose Place. Even if
it was just Heather versus Brenda, Heather would win because of the age/weight ratio.
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75/1
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Ginger,of Gilligan's Island. Duh.
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Mary Ann
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Mary Ann would win, obviously. Ginger is a movie star.
She would be too afraid of breaking her valuable face.
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1/99
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If the other members of the island took sides, almost everyone would
side with Ginger, probably, since most of the population of the island was male.
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75/1
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Celine Dion
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Mariah Carey
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Hopefully they'll kill each other. But seriously, it would depend on who
could sing a high enough note to make the other person's brain shatter, or head
explode (as seen on MTV). But they are really about eqally matched. Maybe so
equally matched that they would die simotaneously.
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50/50
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We should consider that Mariah Carey has had more irritating hit songs over
a larger range of years. Celine, however, is older, French-Canadian, and has had two
ultra-annoying mega-hits. Again, hopefully they both die.
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50/50
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Godzilla
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James Bond
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James Bond may be an excellent spy, but how does he match up against pure
brute, animal force? Does size really matter, or is it what's in your head that
counts? Each character also has over a dozen movies backing them.
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50/50
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James Bond has the command of the entire British Army behind him (yay) but
in more recent films, has also been backed by the U.N. So that would make it
the World vs. Godzilla. Plus Godzilla movies tend to suck. James Bond wins for
coolness.
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1/80
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Craig Kilborn
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Dan Rather (or any other news anchor on television)
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Craig Kilborn wins, obviously. He's cooler, taller, and funnier than every
other anchor on TV. He's also younger than Dan Rather, speicifically, so he
most likely has speed and flexibility on his side.
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200/1
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How about Connie Chung? I'm thinking Craigers would still win.
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99/1
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Parker Lewis
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Ferris Bueler
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This is a simple logic game. Sure, the movie Ferris Bueler's Day Off was
much cooler than the TV show Parker Lewis Can't Lose, but then, by his very
definition... Parker Lewis Can't Lose.
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1/0
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Now let's disregard the language of the title of the show. After all, if
Parker Lewis really couldn't lose, there would be no conflict to base a show on,
for one thing. And then there's the fact that the show was cancelled. And after
a relatively short run. The movie, on the other hand, is replayed ad nauseum
on Comedy Central and HBO. And it is still good every time.
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1/25
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Ben Stien
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Alex Trebeck
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This is hardly even a contest. If they are engaging in hand to hand combat,
Ben Stien wins because of his weight. He's not fat or anything, but he does
have an advantage over Trebeck.
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50/1
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Now, that scenario is highly unlikely. These are intellectual men. They
would probably play trivial pursuit or some similar game. The results of this
would still end in Ben Stein's triumph, because Alex only reads those little
cards, whereas Ben actually competes on his show.
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300/1
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Superman
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Batman
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Well, I'm no comic book expert, but a co-worker recently advised me that
Superman would clearly win, because what does Batman have other than some Ninja
skills? However, since Batman is cooler, I have lowered the odds considerably.
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20/1
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Now let's say Batman had some kryoptonite. ZAP! Take that "Super"man.
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1/50
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Spiderman
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Batman
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This is a tough match. Batman went through years of training, but Spiderman
used to be scientist. They are most likely intellectually matched, with Spiderman
gaining a slight edge with his "Spidey senses." However, when it comes to
weaponry and other equipent, Batman has a clear advantage. It all boils down
to three words: Bat Utility Belt.
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1/25
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If it was a fight with no weaponry, that is to say no utility belt,
and no Bat mobile, and say for some reason Spiderman couldn't use his webs,
the match is really even.
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50/50
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the cast of Party of Five
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the cast of Dawson's Creek
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Whoa! Trick question! These two casts wouldn't fight, they would whine.
And then they would have torrid love affairs with each other, which would end
badly, and they would whine about that too.
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n/a
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OK, OK, all that aside, say they really did engage in combat. The Party of
5 cast is older, and I think there are more of them. I'm not a big fan of either
show, but I would have to guess that Party of 5 would win.
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20/1
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the Kids in the Hall
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Monty Python
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The Kids in the Hall would get their Canadian butts kicked. Just think of John Cleese going crazy.
Even if it was just John Cleese fighting, they'd still lose.
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1/99
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Now let's say their fighting against the present day members of Python,
and not Python in its prime. John Cleese is really old. Some of the other
members are particularily fat, but I think that might be a disadvantage when against
the verile young Candadians.
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5/1
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challenger
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competator
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Results
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odds
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New scenario
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New odds
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