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The Funniest TV Characters of All Time

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These are the funniest television characters ever created, as determined by the votes and selections of Ranker users. Lots of things make up a truly iconic, timelessly funny character... the actor, the writing, the supporting cast... but in the end, it's just the character that makes you laugh yourself weak. These are the characters that still make you roll on the floor no matter if they are on TV right or if you are watching reruns from 20 years ago. Vote for your funniest picks and add any characters you see missing. If you want to really impact this list's order, make your own ranking and add it!
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  1. 1
    Up 1673
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    Stewie Griffin

    Family Guy
  2. 2
    Up 1635
    Down 721

    Homer Simpson

    The Simpsons
  3. 3
    Up 1720
    Down 813

    Eric Cartman

    South Park
  4. 4
    Up 1321
    Down 755

    Peter Griffin

    Family Guy
  5. 5
    Up 1233
    Down 577

    Bender Bending Rodríguez

    Futurama
  6. 6
    Up 1029
    Down 513

    Bugs' Bunny

  7. 7
    Up 984
    Down 644

    Sheldon Cooper

    The Big Bang Theory
  8. 8
    Up 981
    Down 820

    Cosmo Kramer

    Seinfeld
  9. 9
    Up 860
    Down 596

    Glenn Quagmire

    Family Guy
  10. 10
    Up 1093
    Down 573

    Barney Stinson

    How I Met Your Mother
  11. 11
    Up 825
    Down 507

    Bart Simpson

    The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons
  12. 12
    Up 941
    Down 620

    Al Bundy

    Married... with Children
  13. 13
    Up 929
    Down 569

    Michael Scott

    The Office
  14. 14
    Up 884
    Down 563

    Dwight Schrute

    The Office
  15. 15
    Up 907
    Down 667

    George Costanza

    Seinfeld
  16. 16
    Up 1008
    Down 458

    Butters Stotch

  17. 17
    Up 768
    Down 685

    Tobias Fünke

    Arrested Development
  18. 18
    Up 532
    Down 236

    Philip J. Fry

    Futurama
  19. 19
    Up 527
    Down 253

    Brian Griffin

    Family Guy
  20. 20
    Up 515
    Down 242

    Wile E. Coyote

    Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner
  21. 21
    Up 697
    Down 612

    Gob Bluth

    Arrested Development
  22. 22
    Up 627
    Down 419

    Ralph Wiggum

    The Simpsons
  23. 23
    Up 554
    Down 274

    Mr. Bean

    Mr. Bean, Mr. Bean
    added by: Demon_Boy
  24. 24
    Up 666
    Down 614

    Jerry Seinfeld

    Seinfeld
  25. 25
    Up 535
    Down 292

    Randy Marsh

  26. 26
    Up 658
    Down 469

    Ron Swanson

    Parks and Recreation
  27. 27
    Up 570
    Down 399

    Moe Szyslak

  28. 28
    Up 594
    Down 498

    Chandler Muriel Bing

    Friends
  29. 29
    Up 339
    Down 170

    Red Forman

    That '70s Show
  30. 30
    Up 575
    Down 468

    Will Smith

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
  31. 31
    Up 554
    Down 523

    Joey Tribbiani

    Joey, Friends
  32. 32
    Up 523
    Down 312

    Frank Drebin

  33. 33
    Up 234
    Down 141

    Howard Wolowitz

    The Big Bang Theory
  34. 34
    Up 325
    Down 202

    Doctor John Zoidberg

    Futurama
  35. 35
    Up 483
    Down 384

    Charlie Kelly

    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  36. 36
    Up 201
    Down 122

    Kenny McCormick

    South Park
  37. 37
    Up 406
    Down 483

    Archie Bunker

    Archie Bunker's Place, All in the Family
  38. 38
    Up 254
    Down 150

    Montgomery Burns

    The Simpsons
  39. 39
    Up 490
    Down 475

    Jack Donaghy

    30 Rock
  40. 40
    Up 195
    Down 132

    Dr. Cox

    Scrubs
  41. 41
    Up 479
    Down 547

    Larry David

    Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Paul Reiser Show
  42. 42
    Up 198
    Down 129

    Stan Marsh

    South Park
  43. 43
    Up 275
    Down 215

    Mr. Garrison

  44. 44
    Up 189
    Down 103

    Groundskeeper Willie

    The Simpsons
  45. 45
    Up 347
    Down 401

    Lucy Ricardo nee McGillicuddy

    The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, I Love Lucy
  46. 46
    Up 337
    Down 330

    Barney Fife

    The New Andy Griffith Show, The Andy Griffith Show, The Joey Bishop Show More
  47. 47
    Up 197
    Down 129

    Fez

    That '70s Show
    added by: steinergoldfarb
    “ That 70s Show „
  48. 48
    Up 297
    Down 315

    Hawkeye Pierce

    M*A*S*H
  49. 49
    Up 216
    Down 159

    Stephen Colbert

  50. 50
    Up 163
    Down 105

    Kyle Broflovski

    South Park

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    1. Ewa Ciufo
      The Funniest TV Characters of All Time at 11/10/2012 7:30 PM
      Excellent Funniest TV Characters, eh?
    2. Dane Castellow
      The Funniest TV Characters of All Time at 7/23/2012 12:30 AM
      Excellent funny characters, mandude.
    3. KirkSaw
      The Funniest TV Characters of All Time at 4/10/2012 3:59 AM
      I always found Arthur Carlson to be the funniest character on WKRP. You have Johnny Fever, Herb and Les but no big guy. I'd have also included Schultz, Klink and others from Hogan's Heroes. Chico (Freddie Prinze) from Chico and the Man, Sgt Bilko (Phil Silvers), Fred Flintstone, everyone from The Honeymooners, Krusty the Clown, Zigfried from Get Smart, J.J from Good Times, almost every character from Soap, Mr. Roper, Mr. Furley and Jack Tripper, Flo from Alice, Felix and Oscar from The Odd Couple, Gilligan and Mr. Howell from Gilligan's Island, Sally and Buddy from The Dick Van Dyke Show-- all worth LOTS of consideration!
    4. Pallknowing1
      The Funniest TV Characters of All Time at 12/07/2011 6:18 PM
      That 70's show Steven Hyde Red Forman?
    5. Hellion
      The Funniest TV Characters of All Time at 10/25/2011 9:24 AM
      No Roseanne, no Tim Allen and no Bill Cosby??? Is everyone that voted on this subject 12 years old? Come on, a guy from friggin Parks and Recreation in the top ten all time??? Come on.
    6. CatrionaRollo
      Michael Scott at 10/25/2011 1:18 AM
      How is he not higher!
    7. kkkn3
      Eric Cartman at 10/22/2011 7:13 PM
      the best!
    8. Anonymous
      Eric Cartman at 10/19/2011 2:24 AM
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