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« on: July 07, 2010, 06:36:07 PM »
Who is your favorite fictional detective (books, comics, manga, TV)?

There are so many out there.

Super detectives (ie Batman), child/teen detectives (ie Detective Conan, L and Near from Death Note), drug using detectives (ie Sherlock Holmes), gumshoe detectives (ie Dick Tracy), dumbass detectives (ie Sam and Max), Vampire Detectives (ie Angel), Secret Agent detectives (ie James Bond), Gentlemen Thief Detectives (ie Arsène Lupin)...and so on.


So who is your favorite? You do not have to be particular, you could just even specify a type.

To help, here is a list of detectives:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_fiction#Famous_fictional_detectives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_fictional_detectives
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« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2010, 06:43:19 PM »
I like Sherlock Holmes. His logical mind and shrewd observational skills always impressed me.
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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2010, 06:52:49 PM »
Encyclopedia Brown
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« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2010, 08:00:28 PM »
I have really taken a liking to Edogawa Conan. He is like a miniature Holmes
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« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2010, 08:53:48 PM »
Edgar Allen Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. He was doing the logical thinking before sherlock.
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« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2010, 09:05:00 PM »
do we really need to specify 'female detectives?' I wouldn't put Olivia Benson and Harriet the Spy in the same category if I didn't have to.
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« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2010, 09:06:18 PM »
Sherlock Holmes and Detective Frank Pembleton from Homocide Life on the Street.
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« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2010, 09:07:44 PM »
Columbo! Mainly because I see myself actually using his methods of deduction in life...
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« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2010, 11:09:05 PM »
I like Frank Cannon.  He charged his rich clients more so that he could give poor clients a break on his fees, and was played by the ever-awesome William Conrad, the narrator from Rocky & Bullwinkle.
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« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2010, 08:03:55 AM »
Does Detective Chimp count?
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« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2010, 08:56:51 AM »
Jim Rockford - 'nough said.
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« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2010, 08:59:47 AM »
After thirty years I still hear the theme to The Rockford Files clearly every time his name is mentioned.
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« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2010, 09:10:06 AM »
Kate Beckett. I’m totally addicted to Castle. It’s my extra cheesy guilty pleasure with a side of Nathan Fillion.
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« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2010, 09:16:04 AM »
Quote from: Navarre on July 08, 2010, 08:03:55 AM
Does Detective Chimp count?
Yes. Yes he does
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« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2010, 10:34:54 AM »
Quote from: schleicher12000 on July 08, 2010, 08:56:51 AM
Jim Rockford - 'nough said.

From where is Jim Rockford?  Books?  TV? Movies?  never heard of him.
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