TV’s Biggest Bad Asses
I’ve been thinking about who the biggest bad asses on TV are. Now this can be difficult, because there are a lot of bad asses on TV, most of them are on cop/secret agent shows which I don’t watch a lot of. I’ve complied a list of who I think the 11 biggest bad asses currently on TV are. Why 11? Because 10 just wouldn’t be bad ass enough. Here they are in order of just how bad ass they are.
11. Eric Murphy (Entourage)- While he may be the smallest of the Entourage crew he can most definitely hold his own, after all, he’s wiped the floor with Seth Green twice so far.
10. John Casey and Sarah Walker (Chuck)- combined these are the two responsible for the protection of the Intersect, Chuck Bartowski. Besides, you would have to be pretty bad ass to fight evil dressed like this.
9. Mac (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)- if you can’t look at Mac’s sleeveless shirts and tell that he’s a bad ass then I don’t know what to tell you, besides, he’s the Nightman.
8. Sawyer (Lost)- Just look at that hair. How could Sawyer not be on any list of TV bad asses? He’s a con-man, he headbutted the Australian Minister of Agriculture in a bar fight, shot a polar bear, killed a man he thought was responsible for the death of his family, and he loves to read.
7. Gordon Ramsey (Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares)- Gordon Ramsey is the only non-fictional person on this list. If you’ve ever seen one of his shows you know that he has no issue calling you a donkey and telling you exactly what he thinks of you. On top of it all the man can cook and knows how to use a knife.
6. Perry Cox (Scrubs)- As any doctors, nurse, administrator, or janitor at Mercy General knows, Dr. Perry Cox is a bad ass. You do not want to upset him, he will make your life a living hell.
5. Don Draper (Mad Men)- Don Draper is a bad ass for so many reasons, but none more so that he will tell you to remove your hat in the elevator and when you don;t he will remove it for you.
4. Hiro (Heroes)- Hiro is a bad ass not so much for doing anyone thing, but for overcoming the giant loser he was before. Besides, TV needs more characters with pony-tails and swords.
3. Jax Teller (Sons of Anarchy)- Let’s face it, any member of the Sons of Anarchy could probably make this list, but Jax is the man. In a matter of days he will throw a federal agent that is stalking his girlfriend through a pain glass window only to follow it up by shooting him in the head and burning the body after he tries to rape her. The most bad ass character on the most bad ass show on TV.
2. Dwight Schrute (The Office)- So many reasons. Dwight was a twin, but he “resorbed” his twin while still in his mother’s womb giving him the strength of a grown man and a tiny baby. is a former volunteer sheriff; He has been trained in the art of surveillance. He enjoys Battlestar Galactica, the “Harry Potter” franchise, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Lost. He maintained a hidden arsenal of weapons at his desk, including pepper spray, nun-chucks, throwing stars, a stun gun, a boomerang, handcuffs, a nightstick, a pair of brass knuckles, and a samurai sword. He could easily be a candidate for the biggest bad ass on TV if it weren’t for Dwight’s personal role model.
1. Jack Bauer (24)- Let’s face it, not only is Jack Bauer the biggest bad ass on TV today, he is the biggest bad ass on TV EVER. No, you’re wrong, it’s not MacGyver, Tony Soprano, JR Ewing, Remington Steele, either of the Dukes of Hazzard, Mr. Ed, Maverick, Andy Griffith, Herman Munster, or even Walker Texas Ranger (that’s right move over Chuck Norris); it’s Jack Bauer. Jack has saved this country and millions of lives all over the world. To top it off he only does it in 24 hours stretches at a time. What it takes most people 48 or 72 hours to do, only takes Jack 24. Don’t question this, just know it to be true.
Did I leave someone off the list? Feel free to submit your own bad asses, let me know who I missed.
Up next, TV’s biggest wimps, losers and nerds.
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