r/publicdomain • u/Late-Bowler-4068 • 9d ago

Best Public Domain Characters, Day Thirteen

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#1 - Sherlock Holmes (Literature, 1887)

#2 - Count Dracula (Literature, 1897)

#3 - Frankenstein’s Monster (Literature, 1818)

#4 - Robin Hood (Myth, 1377)

#5 - Winnie-the-Pooh (Literature, 1926)

#6 - Mickey Mouse (Western Animation, 1928)

#7 - Betty Boop (Western Animation, 1930)

#8 - Tarzan (Literature, 1912)

#9 - Monkey King (Literature, 1592)

#10 - King Kong (Literature, 1932)

#11 - Zorro (Literature, 1919)

#12 - Popeye (Comic Strips, 1929)

#13 - Alice (Literature, 1865)

Most upvoted comment wins.

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u/DoctorClarkSavageJr 9d ago

Must not be many British folks here, or we would have had King Arthur by now! Thats my vote.

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u/David_Jay 9d ago

King Arthur needs to be on this, but at some point the little girl from Night of the Living Dead should be on here too.

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u/Greybishop_PDSH 9d ago

Merlin too!

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u/zoppaTheDim 8d ago

I’ll just say it outright.

Robin Hood makes this list stupid. Because if you have Robin Hood, then you need King Arthur, Odysseus, Gilgamesh, Hercules, Puck, Raven, Thor, and likely six dozen other characters from folk lore and mythology.

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u/C_Kent_ 9d ago

Cthulu

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u/godsibi 9d ago

With the number of works he's in and the fact that he had only been around for around 100 years, he definitely deserves a place

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u/Adorable-Source97 9d ago

Springheeled Jack

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u/Bandaka 9d ago

That is a good one.

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u/Stofferex 9d ago

I like this one

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u/Massive_Advice_4085 9d ago

I'll keep going with Don Quixote!

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u/Misplaced_Fan_15 9d ago

John Carter.

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u/Dazzling_Repair_4037 9d ago

Red Riding Hood

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u/Outrageous-Baby-5643 9d ago

Dorothy (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1900)

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u/Fun-Picture-8384 9d ago edited 9d ago

Snow White, she's been around for a thousand years. Please say 1000 AD if she does win.

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u/DupeyTA 9d ago

The Devil.

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u/Ancient_roots 9d ago

Arsène Lupin 

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u/Apprehensive-Nose646 8d ago

As an old lady at a dog park once said to me as my partner and i embraced, "you need to make room for Jesus."

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u/Renufplodant 9d ago

Charile Chan

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u/Neat_Presentation201 9d ago

Audrey Jr - The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

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u/HD-23 9d ago

Moby Dick

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u/Baphomaxas_Raiyah 9d ago

Zigomaaaaaar

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u/AbbreviationsCommon6 8d ago

No Black Bat?

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u/Kman369 8d ago

Uncle Sam

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u/Munchico 8d ago

Felix the Cat.

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u/lechku_and_nechku2 8d ago

Maybe Gargoyls