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March 29, 2009


FFF Results Post #157—I’ll Show You, I’ll Show You ALL

On Friday, CR asked its readers to "Name five characters fired, kicked out of school, or otherwise asked to leave the premises." This is how they responded.

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Ben Schwartz

* Victor Von Doom, kicked out of his college dorm
* Jor-El, laughed out of the science council
* The Legion of Substitute Heroes, refusing to take "no" for an answer, and never bitter that Matter Eater Lad got in
* The Mole Man, laughed out of a dept store and now look!
* Baron Mordo, expelled from magic school and so what?

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David King

* Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad: Kicked out of the Legion of Super-Heroes for marrying each other
* Star Boy: Kicked out of the Legion of Super-Heroes for killing a guy
* Nemesis Kid: Kicked out of the Legion of Super-Heroes for being a traitor
* Unnamed Legionnaire aka "False-Pretenses Lad": Kicked out of the Legion of Super-Heroes for joining under false pretenses
* Superboy: Kicked out of the Legion of Super-Heroes so they could change the name of his comic book from Superboy to The Legion of Super-Heroes

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Michael Dooley

* "Asked to leave the premises" -- Joe Friday, kicked out of a dime-a-dance hall with Ed Saturday. Mad #3.
* "Kicked out of school" -- Starchie, after being framed by Bottleneck. Mad #12.
* "Asked to leave the premises" -- Howland Owl, told by Li'L Melvin to go back to his own strip. Panic #3.
* "Fired" -- Smiddy Smidd, when Melvin Bully decides to replace him with Hoiby. Panic #4
* "Asked to leave the premises" -- Charlie Chinless, evicted from a circus tent with his number one son when he rips a hunk of hair off the head of Mona, the snake charmer. Panic #12.

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Chris Duffy

1. Tubby -- kicked out of that NO GIRLS ALLOWED club so many times.
2. Loki -- kicked out of Asgard for being evil and half-giant or something.
3. Deadman -- kicked out the afterlife.
4. Hank Pym -- kicked out of the Avengers for beating Janet Van Dyne.
5. Wimpy -- kicked out (or at least refused service) at Rough House's restaurant.

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Buzz Dixon

1 - Fat Freddy Freak, kicked out of the 6th grade while trying to pose as a hyperactive twelve year old in order to score some Ritalin
2 - Fat Freddy Freak, thrown out of a library where he was attempting to liberate the pornography
3 - Fat Freddy Freak, thrown out of a rock concert after electrocuting himself on a barb wire fence
4 - Fat Freddy Freak, thrown off a jury because he looked too straight
5 - Dread Dormammu, asked to leave the Universe

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Andrew Mansell

1. Duke the Ambassador to China is replaced by Leonard Woodcock
2. Yellowjacket kicked out of the Avengers for "Sal-1" fiasco
3. Jane Foster washes out of Divinity School- fortunately she has her nursing degree to fall back on.
4. Peppermint Patty suspended for dress-code violations!!!!
5. Dick Tracy demoted to walk a beat in uniform, then re-instated, then retired repeatedly due to repeated blindness

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Tom Bondurant

1. Sinestro, banished from the Green Lantern Corps only to found his own franchise
2. Ted Forth, whose firing led to a rewarding career at the local big-box toy store
3. Diana of Themyscira, who lost her "Wonder Woman" title and was reduced to wearing that weird biker-shorts outfit
4. Steve Rogers, fired as Captain America but who continued as The Captain
5. Rick Redfern, retired by the Washington Post and now living the fulfilling life of a blogger

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Russell Lissau

1 Stephanie Brown as Robin, fired by Batman
2 Kitty Pryde, by the X-Men
3 President Lex Luthor
4 Tony Stark, from SHIELD
5 Dr. Leslie Thompkins, by Batman

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Grant Goggans

1. Johnny "Red" Reburn, kicked out of RAF Granton flight training school.
2. Indigo Prime agents Fervent and Lobe, fired from the agency for unspecified offenses against Major Arcana.
3. Hamed Ali, was kicked out of DC continuity by the two yellow aliens in Animal Man.
4. Slaine, exiled from his tribe as a teenager.
5. The Huntress, fired from the Justice League after Batman caught her about to murder Prometheus.

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Don MacPherson

* Freddie Femur -- ejected from the boudoirs of both Francine and Casey (Strangers in Paradise)
* Star Boy, drummed out of the Legion of Super-Heroes for killing an enemy (even though it was in self-defence)
* Phoney Bone, exiled from Boneville for one of his many scams (and he dragged his cousins down with him)
* All men, who weren’t welcome on Paradise Island for centuries
* Hank Pym -- how many times has he left the Avengers in disgrace?

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Mark Coale

1. Barry Allen, kicked out of the JLA for killing Professor Zoom
2. Peter Parker, fired numerous times by J. Jonah Jameson
3. Star Boy, kicked out of the Legion for killing someone
4. Phantom Stranger, kicked out of Heaven AND Hell
5. Loki, expelled on countless occasions from Asgard

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