Bender Region: #3 Kif Kroker vs #19 Seymour

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Kif shutout the Chain Smoker last round, and this round he has to worry about the upstart Seymour, who just got past the PE Ship. Who'll prove toughest? Discuss now and the poll will open tonight at midnight!

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Without Kif, Zapp's character would only be half as entertaining as he is.  Plus it's fun to see the contrast between Kif and Amy when they interact.  I hope he's not named after the horrible species in that one universe of C. J. Cherryh, though.

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Tachyon makes a good point about Kif and Amy's relationship.

I think that since Kif and Amy became a couple, Kif has become a better character (even though others would say the opposite), because now we get funny sighing and frustated with Zapp Kif and funny girly and emotional Kif.

It's win-win! Or something...

So anyway, yeah, I'll be voting for Kif.

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Seymour is a great one time character in his episode, but the sadness of the ending got kinda destroyed with the movies.
On the other hand Kif is still a great character, whether it is him, trying to oppose Zapp, trying to mix it with Amy, or trying to be the "bad boy", he has never disappointed so much that I'd vote against him in favour for Seymour.

Sorry, Mr. Asses, but it's time for you to go to rest.

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Kif, hands (and fluid-filled bladders) down, for the same reasons everyone else has cited: his relationships with Amy and Zapp, and how fun it is to watch him squirm in both. I enjoy "Jurassic Bark" quite a bit, and Seymour's demise is heartbreaking--but I agree with booze that seeing it kind of reversed in BBS takes away some of that emotional punch. (Plus, like I said in one of the other threads, a one-off character is usually inferior to a more developed and nuanced recurring character.)

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Green kissy man against brown yappy dog? Hmm. Well, as much as I enjoy kissing green men (not that much as it turns out), I nearly voted for the dog.

Then I remembered I'm a cat person, and Kif is a frog. Cats love to chase frogs, so that's my reason for giving him my vote.

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I don't really care about Seymour judging him purely on his character. I'm really not fond of his character-design. I do however love the episodes he's in and his roles in them. Plus last time, he was up against someone that I cared about even less, hence why I voted for him.

This time I voted for Kif because Kif is a great character.

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Kif is basically what makes Zapp.

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It would be unfair giving my vote to Seymore. Let's face it: He just sat there, doing nothing for 12 years, listening to a sad soundtrack, while Kif went through all the trouble with Zapp just to entertain us...

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If Seymour had done more with his lines the I might have considered him, but as it is…
 

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Seymour's story is nice, but the character itself isn't noteworthy. Kif is excellent and has brought about a number of very interesting plots.

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Kif wins 20-3. Continue discussion in the General thread.