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<div class="IPBDescription">to one of the most important questions</div> How Superhero teams decide who gets to be the leader and who gets to be the sidekick.
The answer my friends is a simple one; thumb wars.
For example, The Fantastic Four.
As there are four of them in the group, the only fair way to decide leadership would be through <s>a series of increasingly difficult riddles, each more fiendish than the last</s> a round robin thumb war tournament.
Firstly, some ground rules<ol type='1'><li> No body contact excluding that which occurs between the warring thumbs and respective hands</li><li> Competitors may not cause their opponents any harm through any means.</li><li> Competitors may 'psych' out their opponents by any means necessary unless in doing so they violate the first or second rules</li></ol>Now, lets have a look at how they would all go
The Thing vs The Human Torch - While The Human Torch does certainly have the whole combustable thing going for him, he is unable to use it to any great effect without breaking the second rule. Additionally, The Thing has a significantly larger hand, giving him the match.
The Human Torch vs The Invisible Woman - This is a tough one, The Invisible Woman does have a smaller hand, but she can go invisible. Eventually, The Human Torch would win.
The Thing vs The Invisible Woman - Same deal for this match, as The Thing's hand is significantly larger than that of The Invisible Woman, he wins this match.
The Thing vs Mr. Fantastic - As stated above, The Thing has the size advantage; not that it helps him in this match. Mr. Fantastic, as fans are probably aware, is damn stretchy. As such, he thumb is quite hard to pin, making him the favourite for this match. Admittedly, The Thing has the strength advantage, which would prevent Mr. Fantastic from pushing his thumb down. however, this is largely a moot point as when it is taken to the judges, they would rule in Mr. Fantastic's favour as he dominated the match.
Mr. Fantastic vs The Invisible Woman - Mr. Fantastic wins, no contest
Mr. Fantastic vs The Human Torch - Mr. Fantastic wins, no contest
After the round robin, we have The Invisible Woman with no wins, The Human Torch with one win, The Thing with 2 wins and our winner and team leader, Mr. Fantastic with 3 wins.
Now, myself and my team of researchers have been unable to disprove this theory. Which is why I pose this question to the public; are there any super heros who cannot beat their sidekick/team in a thumb war?
The answer my friends is a simple one; thumb wars.
For example, The Fantastic Four.
As there are four of them in the group, the only fair way to decide leadership would be through <s>a series of increasingly difficult riddles, each more fiendish than the last</s> a round robin thumb war tournament.
Firstly, some ground rules<ol type='1'><li> No body contact excluding that which occurs between the warring thumbs and respective hands</li><li> Competitors may not cause their opponents any harm through any means.</li><li> Competitors may 'psych' out their opponents by any means necessary unless in doing so they violate the first or second rules</li></ol>Now, lets have a look at how they would all go
The Thing vs The Human Torch - While The Human Torch does certainly have the whole combustable thing going for him, he is unable to use it to any great effect without breaking the second rule. Additionally, The Thing has a significantly larger hand, giving him the match.
The Human Torch vs The Invisible Woman - This is a tough one, The Invisible Woman does have a smaller hand, but she can go invisible. Eventually, The Human Torch would win.
The Thing vs The Invisible Woman - Same deal for this match, as The Thing's hand is significantly larger than that of The Invisible Woman, he wins this match.
The Thing vs Mr. Fantastic - As stated above, The Thing has the size advantage; not that it helps him in this match. Mr. Fantastic, as fans are probably aware, is damn stretchy. As such, he thumb is quite hard to pin, making him the favourite for this match. Admittedly, The Thing has the strength advantage, which would prevent Mr. Fantastic from pushing his thumb down. however, this is largely a moot point as when it is taken to the judges, they would rule in Mr. Fantastic's favour as he dominated the match.
Mr. Fantastic vs The Invisible Woman - Mr. Fantastic wins, no contest
Mr. Fantastic vs The Human Torch - Mr. Fantastic wins, no contest
After the round robin, we have The Invisible Woman with no wins, The Human Torch with one win, The Thing with 2 wins and our winner and team leader, Mr. Fantastic with 3 wins.
Now, myself and my team of researchers have been unable to disprove this theory. Which is why I pose this question to the public; are there any super heros who cannot beat their sidekick/team in a thumb war?
Comments
Silly heteros
although being a paraplegic I'm sure he has fantastic upper body strength.
In fact, this seems to work in every case, including the Xmen. Also, I feel that in the case of the Fantastic four, perhaps the Invisible woman would have triumphed over the human torch with ease. Her invisibility would make her impossible to pin down, and then out of nowhere, she would attack. yes... quite.
Proffesor X is the clear champion of the X-men, all he has to do is dominate their minds and make them bow at his feet.
by the way, this is hillarious.
although being a paraplegic I'm sure he has fantastic upper body strength. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
One is allowed to sych out the other. Imagine how well someone could freak you out if they can read your mind...
edit: Or he can just make you lose..
Yus indeed.
Clearly Batman wins, as he is dressed in rubber <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
That, and Robin just sucks.
Nobody likes Robin.
I thought that to...however this is even more strange. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Besides Robin died... Bats wins by default ^~
Besides Robin died... Bats wins by default ^~ <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
There's two left. The original Robin (who went solo and took on a new identity, Nightwing) and the latest one. He can't even thumb war against the corpse, because it was stolen...
Batman has to have a wide variety of skills to survive - sharp wits, extensive knowledge of nutters, fighting skills and most important of all, the ability to win any thumb war ever ever ever ever ever.
Rock paper scissors. Oh yeah. The reason the sidekick is never as good as the superhero is because of the media hyping up the superhero with action figures and such. The sidekick, in fact, is just as good as the superhero in a lot of cases.
"Alright Batman. On the count of 3, throw out your fist."
"Right, Robin. On the count of 3... 1... 2... 3..."
*Both throw out hands*
"Rock again!? You always pick rock!!!"
Thinking about the JSA and The JLA wouldn`t the Flash family be the winner every time? As soon as someone said go they would have responded microseconds before the opponent and therefore caught them off guard and win?
Against the rules.
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I didn't mean that he would do it <i>deliberately</i>. The guy can benchpress over a hundred tons, and can hold his own in a fight against a god. Thumb-warring against him would be risky, to say the least, unless you're someone like Martian Manhunter or Wonder Woman.
Bruce Lee forevAr!1!!1!!