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i seen this on another board, so i figure i would start one in here, should be interesting on what everyone's top ten characters of all time is, please no actor Bashing.

whats your Top 10 and Why

here's mine:

1. Jason Morgan(GH)

2. EJ Wells(Days)

3. Steve Johnson(Days)

4. LuLu Spencer(GH)

5. Chelsea Brady(Days)

6. Sonny Corinthos(GH)

7. Sami Brady(Days)

8. Elizabeth Spencer(GH)

9. Hope Williams(Days)

10. Stephanie Johnson(Days)

11. Jerry Jacks(GH)

12. Emily Quartermaine (GH)

13. Shawn Douglas Brady(Days)

14. MiMi Lockhart(Days)

15. Vivian Alamain(Days)

I will get u my whys i choose them to u later

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Here is mine-

Based on significance, cultural impact, length of character, and overall personal like of portrayer and character.

1. Erica Kane, AMC

2. Luke Spencer, GH

3. Jack Abott, Y&R

4. Jill Foster Abbott, Y&R

5. Laura Spencer, GH

6. Viki Lord, OLTL

7. Reva Shayne Lewis, GL

8. Victor Newman, Y&R

9. Adam Chandler, AMC

10. Stepanie Forrester, B&B

11. Katherine Chancellor, Y&R

12. Roger Thorpe, GL

13. Dorian Cramer, OLTL

14. Jo Gardner, Search For Tommorrow

15. Tom Horton, Days

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My list is heavily biased towards AMC and GH, the shows I grew up with, and I couldn't come up with 15, but here are my top eleven. Some are here because of cultural relevence, others from my own attachment to them.

1. Adam Chandler

2. Luke Spencer

3. Erica Kane

4. Lucy Coe

5. Laura Spencer

6. Dorian Cramer

7. Lucky Spencer version 1.0

8. Alexis Davis

9. Jack Abbott

10. Alan Quartermaine

11. Liza Colby

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Top 30

1. Erica Kane

2. Victor Newman

3. Katherine Chancellor

4. Jill Foster Abbott

5. Drucilla Barber Winters

6. Jesse Hubbard

7. Stephanie Forrestor

8. Angie Baxter Hubbard

9. Dorian Cramer

10. Asa Buchanan

11. Lucinda Walsh

12. Alan Quartermaine

13. Jack Abbott

14. Nikki Newman

15. Ed Hall

16. Roger Thorpe

17. Ashley Abbott

18. James Stenbeck

19. Carla Grey

20. Diane Jenkins

21. Adam Chandler

22. Monica Quartermaine

23. Bert Bauer

24. Lisa Grimaldi

25. Victoria Newman

26. Sally Spectra

27. Barbara Ryan

28. Paul Williams

29. Olivia Barber Winters

30. Palmer Cortlandt

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Don't make a thread asking people to list their Top greatest soap characters, and then ask why Jason & EJ aren't on their list. Not everyone has worship for those characters. In the great scale of things, reaching completely back into soap history to now, those two couldn't even type the list.

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Hahaha...love your kiddo reference! :D

Can you give it a rest already!??? :rolleyes:

Well I love Luke but he is fairly newbie. He hasnt been on the show that long. When I think of greatest it's the vets of the show.

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1) Samantha Brady (Alison Sweeney, Days)

2) Amanda Corey (Sandra Ferguson, AW)

3) Maggie Horton (Suzanne Rogers, Days)

4) Jason Morgan (Steve Burton, GH)

5) Lauren Fenmore (Tracy Bregman, YR/BB)

6) Marlena Evans (Dee Hall, Days)

7) Reva Shayne (Kim Zimmer, GL)

8) Katherne C (Jenie Cooper, YR)

9) Brenda Barrett (Vanessa Marcil, GH)

10) Victoria Newman (Heather Tom, YR)

11) Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery, BB)

12) Luke Spencer (Tony Geary, GH)

13) Adam Chandler (David Canary, AMC)

14) Elizabeth Webber (Becky Herbst, GH)

15) Josh Lewis (Robert Newman, GL)

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My 15 are so biased and will look like StephanieLovers in terms of fangurlness, but whatevz....

(no particular order)

Tracy Q, GH/CITY

Sheila Carter, Y&R/B&B

Lucy Coe, GH/PC

Felicia Gallant, AW(p.s. loved it when she broke up John/Sharlene's marriage!)

Stephanie Forrester, B&B

Victor Newman, Y&R

Erica Kane, AMC

Rachel Cory, AW

Annie Douglas, BEACH

Blythe Hunterl, WICHED WICKED GAMES

Natalia Carlisle, SPYDER GAMES

Maeve Ryan, RH

Timmy, PASSIONS

Victoria Hudson, AW

Carly Corinthos, GH

And Jason Morgan and EJ Wells should be off everyone's lists as far as I'm concerned. Although my pics aren't much better and I admit that. LOL.

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1-Erica Kane (Susan Lucci), AMC

2-Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper), Y&R

3-Felicia Gallant (Linda Dano), AW

4-Luke Spencer (Tony Geary), GH

5-Victor Newman (Eric Braeden), Y&R

6-Jill Foster Abbott (Jess Walton), Y&R

7-Dorian Lord (Robin Strasser), OLTL

8-Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery), B&B

9-Sally Spectra (Darlene Conley), B&B

10-Donna Love (Anna Stuart), AW

11-Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), Y&R

12-Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel), DAYS

13-Adam Chandler (David Canary), AMC

14-Stefano Dimera (Joe Mascolo), DAYS

15-Marian Colby Chandler (Jennifer Bassey), AMC

And two honorable mentions to Alexis Carrington Colby (Joan Collins), DYNASTY and JR Ewing (Larry Hagman), DALLAS who, although prime time soap characters, left an indelible impact on the genre as a whole.

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