Which Iconic Film Characters Should Fight Zombies?

Cracked.com has posted some smart and interesting analyses of important issues related to your survival during the zombie apocalypse – like the scientific reasons why a zombie outbreak could occur, how a viral-based zombie outbreak would not spread too rapidly, and which zombie combat maneuvers will probably just get you killed. One recent article looked at how seven well known film characters like Harry Potter, Kevin from Home Alone, and our man John McClane (Die Hard) would fare against the walking dead.

Action Flick Chick: Which iconic movie figure would you like to see fight zombies? I know my picks. Yours?

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tenindenmark: Iconic – dead or alive?
amihama: Samuel Jacksons character from Pulp Fiction.
evildorina: Jules Winnfield. #badmotherf*****
WndrWmn: Don’t normally gravitate toward his movies, but I sure would if Bond, James Bond was kicking undead tail. 😀
Ballardgirl1: John McLane from die hard.
keithprime: John McLain
OSOSANTOS: edward scissorhands or mclane def.
RWordsworth: Ash J. Williams, Darth Vader, Finnegan from Deep Rising, El Mariachi, John McClane and of course Han Solo
NapiersNews: Ash, Any John Wayne hero character, Bruce Lee or William Wallace would all be awesome zombie killers.
maialideth: Ash fought zombies in Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness comic 🙂
KeithAllGamer: Ash to zombies: “Swallow my brain? Come get some!”
Dedlok: iconic characters I’d like to see fight zombies: Neo from Matrix, Luke Skywalker, The Bride
jade_kadir: I’d love to see The Bride from Kill Bill battle hoards of the undead. 🙂
callouscomics: I’d like to see The Bride from Kill Bill take on the Zombies! >:D
einaphets: Ms. Daisy. Fierce bitch.
APlusSwagga: jake sully from Avatar or clint eastwood from Gran Torino
MiniKayteaCoop: Archie Bunker and…..nope thats it, Archie Bunker
bmoviechick: The Golden Girls. BEST MOVIE EVER.
UberFanGirl: Sophia Petrillo would surely kick some zombie ass.
cheetoh_eater: Jeff Spicoli from “Fast Times”. Bagels, weed and the undead. It’s a recipe for success.
MightyGeek: Clint Eastwood\’s character from \”The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.\”
theZLA: Napoleon and Pedro
APlusSwagga: ohh! Napolean Dynamite fighting zombies! Awesome!
3rdVentureBro: I don’t think it’s for him to fight; I think it’s for him to be devoured. That’s *my* vote, anyway.
daydawg: Yeah, Napoleon could team up with Nessie, our under water ally…..
mackmm: Napoleon Dynamite would be awesome fighting Zombies
TrevorDikes: flash jordon v zombies. Punisher v zombies.
swiv: Bruce Lee – he can find different ways to kill zombies 100o different ways
OnyxSparrow: How about Rocky Balboa versus the zombie horde? I think he could speak their language!
cheetoh_eater: Drew Barrymore from 50 First Dates. Every morning she’d wake up, and not remember the world was plagued by the voracious undead
actionchick: @cheetoh_eater Pretty amusing to imagine, although her odds of survival seem low.
cheetoh_eater: Peter Billingsley from “A Christmas Story” picking off the undead with his beloved red rider BB gun. #youllshootyoureyeout
cupcake79: baby from dirty dancing 🙂
KeithAllGamer: Indiana Jones has some history being turned into a zombie. He’d probably just crave monkey brains anyway. #longasitisnotsnakes
GestaltMash: Jack Burton or Axel Foley
BumpFire2012: Jack Burton from Big Trouble In Little China. Or Conan!
loopinthe1st: My fighters of zombies: Indiana Jones, Wong Fei Hung (Jackie Chan), Jack Burton, Harry Callahan, Jason Bourne, Frank Martin.
KeithAllGamer: It’s be silly for Harry Callahan to ask a zombie if they feel lucky. They obviously weren’t.
tenindenmark:  what about Rooster Cogburn? He could fight zombies riding his horse!
KeithAllGamer: For Neo, after taking on all those Agent Smiths, a horde of zombies should be child’s play.
EWILLIAM08: Terminator would be cool v.s. Undead
livingdedguy: the T-1000 or T-101
KeithAllGamer: Terminator vs zombies: “Your brains, give them to me, NOW!”
theZLA: might also be fun to see Carl from Sling Blade
aproclivity: Hey, Sling Blade’s Karl would actually kick some ass.
BookWyrm69: LOL @ Sling Blade’s Carl… Yeah, he moves as slowly as most undead, but he is persistent!
USS_Stalwart: Data from Star Trek (@actionchick) fight zombies
sockmonkeyluv: L7! That band could kick some serious ass, zombie or not!
KeithAllGamer: Ellen Ripley vs zombies: “Get away from her you zombie bitches!” Of course Ripley’s response to a zombie outbreak would be to take off and nuke the entire site from orbit..only way to be sure.
chazvoltaire: MACHETE or the cast of Danger Girl
wyldride: Etienne Navarre vs. Zombies.
KeithAllGamer: @actionchick Dr Hannible Lecter would teach the zombies how to enjoy eating brains with fava beans and a nice chianti.
nel1jack: I would like to see Justin Bieber fight zombies, I’m sure the zombies would win. 😉
KeithAllGamer: Capt. Kirk vs zombies: General Order 24, ‘nough said.
EnnisDL: Now that @actionchick has compiled zombie killers, how about zombie Trekkies to send them against: sfx.co.uk/2010/09/01/boo…
TheOnlyWarman: rambo
derekcoward: Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple. It might be a quick movie, but I would laugh.
DaleLPower: Shouldn’t the question really be “Are YOU ready to fight Zombies?” 🙂 Well, are you? Then we get Richard Simmons for the job!
BookWyrm69: I’m with @BumpFire2012, I say Conan.
WorkSuxAlot: Goonies vs. Zombies
csdaley: Popeye
mackmm: Derek Zoolander, Rudy
stoner_munkee: I’d like to see Micheal Douglas’ character from Falling Down take on the zombie hordes
RamaLlamaMama: Mary Poppins. She has magic.
LordVader4: ME!! Oh, I’m already on the list
DocVanHelsing: I should be on that list. I come from a long line of monster hunters.
Kevinpsb00: Can we have Predator land on a zombie infested world? Does he hunt the remaining few humans?

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Arturo R. Garcia: Why, the Action Chick, of course!
Don Cox: Jimmy Stewart.
Jeff Stoll: Micky Mouse
Thomasjoe Ashbaugh: red skelton ,milton bearle ,jack benny and rodchester , bob hope , george burns, bing crosby, buster keeton, the three stooges, buddy ebson as jed clampet and foster brooks tim conway harvey corman george gobel
Paul White: Kat, I would have to say Tyler Durden… There was even a scene where the Narrator and Tyler talked about who they would most like to fight, why not a Zombie or Zombies?!!?
Larry Yoshida: Mad Max (even though I hate Mel Gibson), the Man With No Name, Bruce Lee (Enter the Dragon). Also the kids from Battle Royale
Astrea Eble Ward: Duke Wayne 😀
Bone Jangler: Curly and Harpo!
Todd Smith: A team up between Jeff Lebowski ( the Dude ) & Ben Kenobi ( old Ben )
Brian Collier: Dirty Harry
Todd Smith: The predator
Jonathan Cruz Rodriguez: Captain Spaulding
John Ferrigno: Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver
Kelly Kel: Indiana Jones. And Doc Brown. Together. With the Tenth Doctor. And maybe Jack Sparrow.
Don Cox: Jack Sparrow pretty much was fighting zombies anyway.
David Bland: John McClane and Ellen Ripley – preferably as a duo.
Paul White: Tyler Durden! The First Rule of Zombie Fight Club is…..
Sean Collier: Terry crews
Thomas Oetker: Luke Skywalker
Ariel Alb: Carter. ’nuff said. (that’s Jack Carter, for the n00bs)
Jacob Reynoso: Aeryn Sun and John Crichton (what? Peacekeeper Wars is a ‘movie’, isn’t it? 😛 )
Chris Edwards: Totoro. The big one.
Jeremy Hyler: dutch.
Dan Christy: John Mclane=Die Harder;They’re all ready Dead,LOL
Dylan Fields: Dalton, of course.
John Knutson: stallone
Michael Potter: The Iron Giant. Or less ironic, a janitor that works at a public library.
Brian Knox: Since Ash already fought the Deadites, how ’bout Dah Terminator?
Alexander Wolfe: Batman, obviously.
Mitchell Ivey: Moses. What do you think his Turn Undead ability would be?
Nick Turk: Just recently rewatched “Escape From New York” so I’d have to say the mighty Snake Plisskin … then maybe throw in a Kurt Russell triple tagger with Jack Burton and RJ MacReady …
Robert J. Peterson: Hard to argue with Nick’s reasoning. I think MacReady would make a capable zombie fighter. And you’d need Jack for the transpo. You might have to inject something into Snake’s neck to keep him around, though. 😉

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