Playtime Wonder

LAST POLL’S DROPOUT(S)
Marty Goldblatt and Harvey Lathrop drop to 13.

NEWEST POLL’S MEMBER(S)
Cobrathon Criminal, Surfer and Wolfgang.

DROP ZONE

NEW REVISED RULES
1) VOTES: Vote for one character in the poll. In case of a tie, winners will be listed alphabetically.

2) NOMINATIONS: Post 3 nominations per poll, only one per character. Characters with the most nominations will replace those who win or drop from the poll.

3) ELIGIBILTY: To be eligible, characters must meet the following criteria below:

a. With notable exceptions, characters must have originated in officially licensed G.I. Joe media, including domestic or international toy lines, animation, comic books, file cards, films, novels, short stories, or digital books from Kindle Worlds.

b. Characters that are not human or humanoid are ineligible. Some ineligible examples include protoplasmic blobs, synthoids in non-human form, man-eating flytraps and other plants, Timber, Junkyard, Polly and other animals.

c. Multiple versions of an original character are ineligible, such as Tiger Force Duke, ROC Rip Cord, Renegades Tunnel Rat, Viper (v4), etc. However, some versions of troopers, though similar, will be considered as separate characters, such as officers or leaders (Crimson Guard Squad Leader), troopers from different units (Python Patrol), improved or enhanced troopers (BAT II-V), and troopers with particular distinctions (Viper Guard).

d. Characters that have appeared in G.I. Joe media but originated in Transformers, MASK, Street Fighter, Indiana Jones and other brands—regardless of any affiliation with G.I. Joe characters within their respective universes—are ineligible with a few notable exceptions:

Sgt. Slaughter left the WWF to become a G.I. Joe and became virtually synonymous with the brand. Roddy Piper followed a similar path in becoming an Iron Grenadier and is thus eligible. Characters—such as Advanced Stealth B.A.T.—that did not originate outside of G.I. Joe but were created within a G.I. Joe crossover series are also eligible.

e. Characters based on unproduced prototypes, unlicensed customs, unpublished sketches or narratives, and published retractions are ineligible. Some examples are Chef, Timbit and other pre-2009 Canadian Convention figures, Dorman’s Dreadnok, Scar Head, and Rocky Balboa.

f. Characters from parallel or alternate universes resembling original characters are ineligible, such as the Baroness from “World’s Without End” and Xamot from “Shattered Glass.”

g. Characters with the same given names as original characters will be assumed to be one and the same and are ineligible unless there is substantial evidence to indicate that the given names are coincidental. Some examples are Air Raid (F. Talltree), Rampage (S. Guderian), Benchpress (C. McConnel), and Speed Metal (S. Guderian).

h. Characters that share the same code name as original characters will also be assumed to be one and the same and are ineligible unless there is substantial evidence to indicate that the code names are coincidental. Some examples are Breaker (A. Shaz), Heavy Duty (H. Dalton), Rollbar (R. Williston), and Ice Storm (N. Ligotke).
4) DROPOUTS: The Drop Zone is a warning that indicates a character’s 10th poll and every 10th poll thereafter. Any character in the poll that averages less than 5% of all votes over his or her past ten polls will drop back into the nomination list within a given percentage of the highest nominee’s nominations. See table below.
If < 5% but > 4%, then 90%.
If < 4% but > 3%, then 80%.
If < 3% but > 2%, then 70%.
If < 2% but > 1%, then 60%.
If < 1% but > 0%, then 50%.

5) THREAD ETIQUETTE: To prevent thread derailment, please refrain from lengthy debates or inflammatory remarks. Posting a question or brief remark about eligibility is acceptable and even encouraged, but repeated arguments and complaints are unproductive and may be posted here: "The Greatest G.I. Joe Character of all Time" Survey.

WINNERS’ HALL OF FAME

• T#750 Pythias
• #752 Dr. Hundtkinder
• #753 Hostile Environment Specialist
• #754 Polar Heavy Weapons Specialist
• #755 Dark Ninja Master
• #756 Metalhead (Hurley)
• #757 Trotskyite
• #758 Chopper
• #759 Forasteiro
• #760 Águia Comando
• #761 Albatroz
• #762 Quick Stryke
• #763 Grill
• #764 Cobra Squad Leader
• T#765 Agent Delta
• T#765 Scanner
• T#767 Hawkwind
• T#767 Intruder Commander
• #769 Inferno (Sigma 6)
• T#770 Phones
• T#770 Sky Diver
• #772 Intruder Warrior
• T#773 Colonel Ratnikov
• T#773 Shary Wingfield
• #775 Dr. Nancy Winters
• #776 Python Patrol Para-Viper Officer
• #777 Python Patrol Para-Viper
• #778 Lamprey Officer
• #779 Dr. Jeremy Penser
• T#780 Chip Goodfellow
• T#780 Kiwi
• T#780 Mongoose
• #783 POTUS
• #784 Alice
• T#785 Inferno (Pyre)
• T#785 Red Banshee
• #787 Kitchen Viper
• #788 Barracuda
• T#789 Hot Jets
• T#789 Inspector Saxon
• #791 BN-001
• #792 Mr. Clancy
• #793 Wreckage
• #794 B.A. LaCarre
• #795 Rampage (Extreme)
• #796 Tall Sally
• #797 Coils O’Doom
• #798 Air Viper Commando

NOMINATIONS
Professor Gamal 25
Tommy Talltree 25
Ghostblade-Oni 25
Molyenkiy 24
General Leiderkranz 24
General Villavaca 24
Theron Portland 24
Madame Umbra 24
Delbert Swinson 24
President Metz 24
Colonel Sharif 24
Colonel Faroud 24
Nitro Dude 23
Scott Abernathy 23
Flag Burner 23
Professor Braxton 21
Patrick O’Hara, Scarlett’s father 21
Colonel Viktor Chikatilo 20
Mrs. Kessler 20
Prince Ngoto 20
Tiff 19
Retrofit 18
Charles Fairmont 18
Takedown 18
Beast Ninja Soldier 18
Ambassador Winthrop 17
Jarhead 17
Roxy 16
Robert Harper 16
Georgi Potempkin 15
Captain Bulkagov 15
Madeline (Joe’s Night Out) 14
Dr. Emil Mettier 14
Tātē Musashi 13
The Quad 13
Baron Eugen Cisarovna 13
Harvey Lathrop 13
Marty Goldblatt 13
Blister 12
Cyclon 11
Ice Pick 11
Bad News 11
Desperado 11
No-Show 11
Jodie 11
Synthoid Mara 11
The Silencer 11
Traceroute 10
Colonel Habib 10
Deke 10
Peaches 10
Low-Ball 9
Short-Fuze (Extreme) 9
Major Pierre LaFonte 7
Akane 6
Laszlo 6
Greenshirt Diver 6
Jonesy 6
Primorts 6
Daemon 6
Reverend Steen 5
Traction 5
Timbit 5
Valkarie 5
Leila (comic #233) 5
Agent Beuke 5
Donna Dasher 5
Five 4
Una MacBride 4
Greenshirt Paratrooper 4
Greenshirt Coast Guard 4
Greenshirt Medic 4
Greenshirt Mechanic 4
Greenshirt Sailor 4
Beast Ninja Commander 4
Cadet Mike Randall (Rotten Egg) 4
Tank (Screaming Eagles) 4
Roadblock’s Twin #1 3
Junko Akita 3
Sgt. Slaughter’s Sister 3
H.A.G.A.R. 3
Moose Jaw 3
Greenshirt Marine 3
Greenshirt Commando 3
Ghost Ninja Henchman 3
Gold Ninja Assassin 3
Snake Master 3
Synthoid Althea 3
Greenshirt Ranger 3
Greenshirt Communications 3
Greenshirt Rifleman 3
Middle Master 2
Ted, Flint’s cousin 2
Funky 2
Dr. Blackstone 2
Dr. Shakur 2
Arashikage Samurai 2
Synthoid Roadblock 2
Coyote Trooper 2
Synthoid Doc 2
Siren (Fall of GI Joe) 2
Abbot of Hidden Monastery of Chomo Lungma 2
Tenzing 2
Sgt. Wu 2
Headbanger (Screaming Eagles) 2
Primort Chieftain 1
Damien 1
Ophelia Gabriel 1
Princess Illiya 1
Mongolian Warrior 1
Sting 1
Spencer Murphy 1
General Stack 1
Jackie Love 1
Purple Likeable (Wrong Stuff) 1
Ellen Bogen 1
Green female Likeable 1
Synthoid Deep Six 1
Synthoid Destro 1
Actor Duke 1
Actor Cobra Commander 1
Bottom Line 1
School Girl 1
Teacher’s Pet 1
Spreadsheet 1
Mr. Queeg (Rocket’s Red Glare) 1
Old Lou (gas station owner) 1
Issac, Siren’s son 1
Senator Hegel 1
Spitfire 1
Tracker (Extreme) 1
SGT Smasher (ineligible) -30
*Red = former poll occupier