Coolest Team To Save the World

[chiasaur11]

Vetinari! Thank you! He's a good addition to the team.

So, so far I've got:

Adrian "Ozymandias" Veidt
Baron Klaus von Wulfenbach
Lord Tywin Lannister
Lord Havelock Vetinari

I still need two more.

You're going for morally ambiguous magnificent bastards, right?

Well, I think I got a couple of guys.

David Xanatos might work, I've heard, so that's one.

And, to finish off, the guy I've been recommending for various bits most of this thread, Durandal. An AI that made himself mad, finished being mad, and proceeded to make himself the most powerful being in the universe. On one hand, he sent out a signal to invite some very nasty alien slavers to take over a human colony just so no-one would be looking when he broke out of his assigned tasks and went mad. On the other, he soon freed one of their slave races (admittedly to use them to move towards godhood) and aided the good guys in their goal of stopping the Phor. And he clobbered (via some rather clever gambits) anyone, human, alien, or AI, dumb enough to stand in his way.

[alexeduardo]

Someone mentioned Hari Seldon a few pages back. Kudos.

Here's my team:

• Batman

For the brains.

• Han Solo

to look cool.

• Raz

For the brains also.

• Monsieur Hercule Poirot

uhh...brains, I guess

Come to think of it, this would be a rather boring team for captain Solo.
Or at least it would be if they didn't have their fearless leader...




This is gonna be a wonderful apocalypse...

[Eldan]

You're going for morally ambiguous magnificent bastards, right?

Well, that too. But with the exception of Ozymandias, who doesn't actually really fit, they are all absolutely ruthless but efficient leaders, who manage to somehow make their nations flourish while being tyrants.

[KIDS]

Shrike
Dr. Manhattan

Yeah... I'm a power-hungry maniac and I can't help it I'd pick another four but I've ran out of omnipotent beings that aren't hostile to the world (Yog-Soggoth?). Maybe Optimus Prime...

[Xondoure]

Shrike
Dr. Manhattan

Yeah... I'm a power-hungry maniac and I can't help it I'd pick another four but I've ran out of omnipotent beings that aren't hostile to the world (Yog-Soggoth?). Maybe Optimus Prime...

Phoenix, at least sometimes.

[chiasaur11]

Well, that too. But with the exception of Ozymandias, who doesn't actually really fit, they are all absolutely ruthless but efficient leaders, who manage to somehow make their nations flourish while being tyrants.

Well, old Durandal actual manages that one okay, only replace nation with species of alien cyborgs.

[arguskos]

Hmm... let's see...
1. Hari Seldon
2. Batman
3. Szass Tam
4. Q
5. Dr. Manhattan
6. Yahtzee.

This is the "We know everything or are all powerful" team. Hari, Bats, and Szass Tam are all classic Xanatos Roulette type of folks. Q and Dr. Manhattan are the muscle, being able to do anything is pretty helpful some days. Last, Yahtzee (of Zero Punctuation fame) is there for snarky commentary, because no super-team will last long without some hilariously cutting remarks.

[Thane of Fife]

Hmm. As a firm believer that reality is cooler than fiction:

1. Joan of Arc
2. Alexander the Great
3. J. J. Armes
4. Pavel Artemyevich Plotnikov
5. Muhammad Ali
6. William Shakespeare (because every team needs a Bard)

I think that that covers pretty much everything you could want in a team to save the world.

[chiasaur11]

Hmm. As a firm believer that reality is cooler than fiction:

1. Joan of Arc
2. Alexander the Great
3. J. J. Armes
4. Pavel Artemyevich Plotnikov
5. Muhammad Ali
6. William Shakespeare (because every team needs a Bard)

I think that that covers pretty much everything you could want in a team to save the world.

Why not Teddy Roosevelt or Simo Hayha?

[UltraDude]

Leader - Treize Khushrenada from Gundam Wing. A warrior, a gentleman, and charismatic as all get-out. Plus, bathes in rose petals.

Brains - Arnaud G. Vasquez from Wild ARMs 4. Confident in everything from the neck up with very good reason, and has the charisma to be a good lieutenant.

Muscle - Lukien the Bronze Knight from the Eyes of God. A true veteran who shrugs off wounds semi-realistically, and knows war better than anything else. Also looked up to by many.

Advanced Scouting - Admiral Ackbar. He always spots a trap. Also a leader of sorts.

Buckling of Swash - Captain Jack Sparrow. Provides the comedy relief and drunkeness, is good at improvising, and still manages to get people to follow him.

Science! - Bian Zoldark from Super Robot Wars. Studies aliens, their technology, and giant robots, while having the knowledge to run a highly effective military campaign and pilot his ultimate creation.

I give them three weeks before they've amassed legions of well-trained mech and fighter pilots, with badass infantry and humorously quirky scouting/espionage teams. Also, the clashes between Jack and half the team (for varying reasons, even!) would be priceless.

[Thane of Fife]

Primarily because I didn't think of either while writing the list. And because I'm only allowed to have 6 people.

I could kick out Shakespeare, I guess, but the other 5 are pretty solid choices. We've got possibly the greatest commander of all time, a woman who was known to all but shrug off fairly nasty wounds, an excellent bomber pilot, a brilliant PI, and a man considered such a good boxer that he could beat Superman in a fight.

How could you kick out any of them?

[Platinum_Mongoose]

I can't believe Chuck Norris hasn't been brought up on this thread yet.

[UltraDude]

I can't believe Chuck Norris hasn't been brought up on this thread yet.

Dang it, we were going for the record!

[Finn Solomon]

The all Joss Whedon team!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Team leader, strategist, public face, main merchandise mover. If the Armageddon comes, beep her.

Dr. Horrible - Technological go-to-guy, wielder of various rays of many interesting effects. Can probably invent anything you'd ask him to. Has a PhD in Horribleness.

River Tam - Psychic ninja, able to kill whole armies with the help of a little subliminal messaging, very very cute.

Angel - Tough guy, access to the supernatural, fills the handsome brooding loner role. Possible big brother to team members.

Molly Hayes - She's just too awesome not to be in this team.

Five man band, suited up and good to go!

[KjeldorMage]

Good lord, these teams would get their asses kicked by the obvious super team that I have right here.

I am going to do something that, in all honesty should end exsistance as we know it due to too much awesome being in one place.

but here we go.


Team Leader:
Leonidas (300)

Lieutenant (Also team psychic):
The Emporer (WH40K: During the Horus Heresy)

Pure Brawn:
The Juggernaught

Super Spy team(aka forward scout team):
James Bond
Brock Sampson
Col. Hunter Gathers

Super (Need to kick the crap out of a large amount of goons)Team:
Chuck Norris (from Delta Force)
B.A. Barackus (Mr. T.)

(Yes, I know, putting Mr. T. and Chuck Norris in the same sub unit would end the world as we know it but damn it this is about the coolest team and you can't get more awesome than Mr. T and Chuck Norris, fighting side by side.)

The Brains: Professor Charles Xavier

The Girl: Molotov Cocktease.


There, try and stop this group. I don't think so...

[Finn Solomon]

That's not a team at all. That's just a list of awesome people. A team needs to work together. In what universe would the God-Emperor of Mankind take orders from a little Greek in a leather thong?

[paddyfool]

Going to try for an all-Brit, mostly unmentioned team

Leader, tactician, arcane support: John Constantine (the comic book version, not the movie crap)
Factotum/immortal: Hob Gadling (from Sandman).
Tech: Q (of James Bond, not Star Trek fame)
Godlike power: Adam Young (from Good Omens)
Hitting stuff/being a "nice guy" team face: Capt. Britain! (So naff, he almost comes around to cool again. Not quite, but y'know.)
Shooting stuff: Oh crap. Already used someone from Bond, so I'm pretty much stuck with Lara Croft here.

Dr Who would have made the team, probably as leader, but for the fact that he's been highly over-used already in this thread. Probably this would end with all the team except for Constantine, Adam, and Hob being dead, but Adam would just bring them back again if he felt like it.

[GAThraawn]

Grand Admiral Thrawn
David Xanatos
Sherlock Holmes
Adrian Veidt
Danny Ocean
Batman

Whatever your plan for armageddon, this team will have already figured it out, stopped it, tricked you into betraying your own hideout and everyone on your side, had you lock yourself in jail and had time for a cup of tea before you even think to get started.

[Vorpal Soda]

Team Leader: Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the shell)
A good all round character, able to manage a team.

Big guy: Doom Marine (As portrayed in the comic)
For when you just need something to stop moving, there's no better choice.

Stylish guy: John Preston (Equilibrium)
For when lots of quick and accurate shots are needed.

Really obscure guy: Nick Vrenna (Abuse)
Quick, with plenty of heavy weaponry, and often uses flight, super speed or invisiblity, he provides an extra edge in any gunfight.

Sneaky guy: Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
Because sometimes, the best option is someone who is very good at not being seen.

Cute team mascot: Madotsuki (Yume Nikki)
Because a seemingly harmless little girl who likes to play with knives is a handy addition to any team. (Although she might not actually be little, since her age is ambiguous)

Okay, the last one is a weird choice, I admit.

[KjeldorMage]

That's not a team at all. That's just a list of awesome people. A team needs to work together. In what universe would the God-Emperor of Mankind take orders from a little Greek in a leather thong?

You're Just jealous that my team is way better than your team.



The God Emperor of Mankind will happily be the lieutenant to someone who has better leadership capabilities than himself. If the world was truly in danger, the Emperor knows that being second in command to a more capable and bat-sh-- crazy than himself. Hence why he is the lieutenant.

Face it, there is no way to stop a team of this caliber. They would work perfectly together.

[Terraoblivion]

So shouting a lot and making a plan that hinges on your own death as an example is good leadership now?

[UltraDude]

You're Just jealous that my team is way better than your team.



The God Emperor of Mankind will happily be the lieutenant to someone who has better leadership capabilities than himself. If the world was truly in danger, the Emperor knows that being second in command to a more capable and bat-sh-- crazy than himself. Hence why he is the lieutenant.

Face it, there is no way to stop a team of this caliber. They would work perfectly together.

Let's see you try and make the Juggernaut listen to any of them.

Xavier's gonna need to be on the team just to keep him from trying to smash them all.

I'll give you that Ciaphas might make a good Lt. to Leonidas, but the rest of the team was just you going through all the 'cool' characters and slapping them together.

...dropping Chuck, Juggernaut, and Xavier might reduce your 'kick ass' quotient, but it'd make the team feel a lot more coherent, and you wouldn't have X getting pissed off at Leonidas for being so violent.

[Jack_Banzai]

Team Leader: Nick Fury (Ultimate Universe) - he's rough, he's tough, he's brilliant, he's ruthless, and the ultimate field commander.

Battered Veteran: John Gaunt (Grimjack) - he's been there, done that, and then some. Killed everything from alien thugs to undead demons and still manages to pull off a beret and own a bar.

Arcane Firepower: Harry Dresden (Dresden Files) - for every reason you'd imagine.

Super-Hot Powerhouse: Power Girl (DC Universe) - because a girl with Kryptonian-level power who looks amazing in a one-piece is a terrible thing to waste.

Science Babe: The Engineer (The Authority) - having nine pints of liquid machinery instead of blood doesn't hurt her sex appeal. Neither does her ability to morph her body into any conceivable appliance.

last, but not least

Anti-hero Nexus Wildcard: Iori Yagami (King of Fighters) - because nothing says "scram" like two handfuls of blue fire getting shot into your face followed up by a no-nonsense boot to the sternum.

[Finn Solomon]

Face it, there is no way to stop a team of this caliber. They would work perfectly together.

The God Emperor won't care about one world. He already rules untold billions. He loses a few thousand each day due to clerical errors and doesn't bat an eyelid.

Prof X and Juggernaught will be fighting each other, James Bond would refuse to take orders from a filthy unhygienic Spartan who can't even speak the Queen's English. Chuck Norris is Chuck Norris, but BA Barackus has worse aim than a GI Joe. A Stormtrooper'd make a better shot.

Your team's got double the numbers of the traditional five man band. It's really more of a league.

[Xondoure]

The God Emperor won't care about one world. He already rules untold billions. He loses a few thousand each day due to clerical errors and doesn't bat an eyelid.

Prof X and Juggernaught will be fighting each other, James Bond would refuse to take orders from a filthy unhygienic Spartan who can't even speak the Queen's English. Chuck Norris is Chuck Norris, but BA Barackus has worse aim than a GI Joe. A Stormtrooper'd make a better shot.

Your team's got double the numbers of the traditional five man band. It's really more of a league.

I thought we were using six?
Oh, and the team works perfectly by default, because there isn't any fun in it otherwise.

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Best team:
Leader: Fox McCloud (Star Fox)

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While Fox may not be the most powerful hero of all time, he is determined, smart, and the only leader character that could probably keep the rest of the team in check. Still, out of all my choices, he is probably my least favorite.

Brains: Lelouch Vi Britannia (Code Geass)

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Name one person smarter than him in or out of the real world... that's what I thought. That, and he has a Geass which allows him to mind rape his enemies.

Muscle: Hector (Fire Emblem)

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Hector is my all time favorite character, and gets special bonus points from originating from Fire Emblem. For those of you who don't know him, this is the guy who regularly takes out dragons in two hits.

God Killer: Phoenix (X-Men)

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The most overpowered character of all time, and I love her for it.

Villain turned good guy: Xykon (OotS)

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Honestly, if you could have one villain on the team, who would you pick? It really wasn't much of a competition.

Healer: Dr. Faust (Shaman King)

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Currently in Shaman King, Faust can bring back the dead with no permanent consequences, as well as being the most amazingly creepy mad scientist/doctor ever to come out of manga, and that is saying something.

[Zaphrasz]

Why use some manga hack when you could use the actual Doctor Faustus? The guy who bargained with the devil, and, depending on the version and the interpretation, gets away with it.

[Berserk Monk]

The Blandest Team to save the world is complete:

Dr. Manhattan
Mr. Spock
Vaarsuvius
Superman
Al Gore
Mr. Fantastic

Their first mission: take down Man-Bear-Pig.

[Zaphrasz]

Dr. Manhattan? He said some of the most interesting things in the entire book. Spock? The eternal conflict between logic and emotion is boring? Vaarsuvius is a well developed, conflicted character. Superman, representative of selflessness, and all that is right with the world. Al Gore...is too political a figure, won't touch that one. And Mr. Fantastic? Richards? You have a strange definition of bland.

[SMEE]

Hm... let me try this

Rocky Balboa
Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti
John Rambo
Dutch from Predator
John Matrix
T-800

I think this would be enough.

[Terraoblivion]

I think he mean that they are bland people, not bland characters, Zaphrasz. Imagine having to hang out with any of those people for an evening, except Al Gore i believe i've heard he is actually a funny person in private and just has no charisma on a large scale.