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Poll Suggestion: Characters you don't want to be stuck in an elevator with

The elevator suddenly stops. No way out and no idea how long you'll be stuck there. Unfortunately, you're not alone.
Which of these 6 movie and TV characters would you LEAST want to be stuck in an elevator with?

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls4113077931/

(Hi, this is my first poll suggestion, let me know what you think).

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1 month ago

Do you really think Homelander would be stuck on an elevator?  If, by some mystery, he chose to ride an elevator, he'd just pull the doors open and leave or fly out through the roof. 

The superhero I'd least like to be on an elevator with would be Fartman (played by Howard Stern).

The character I'd least like to be on an elevator with would be The Nanny (From The Nanny, a tv series from the 90's).  Her nails on the chalkboard voice would drive me and everyone else to plunging our car keys into our ears.

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Thanks for the reply. You're right, i should replace Homelander for somebody who would be also stuck.
Maybe the Nanny. Her voice is torture on a whole new level. 

I think Fartman lives in my building. So i go through that nightmare at least once a month.

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1 month ago

Hi and welcome to the Poll Board.

Perhaps you should consider adding more options, since there are currently only 6. There are lots more popular movie and TV characters you could add.

Also, the capitalization IMDb prefers is this one: 

Characters You Don’t Want to Be Stuck in an Elevator With

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@Vandurath​  Thanks for the feedback. I changed the capitalization. I'll see if i can add more characters.

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1 month ago

That's funny. Before I saw the list, at first Anton Chighur came to my mind then Lecter, third Joker. But maybe it's better to take Arthur Fleck from 'Joker' His laughing attacks would kill my nerve.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7286456/mediaviewer/rm2859438849/

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@Breumaster​ 

Sebastian Caine:

https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt0164052/mediaviewer/rm21600512/

btw.: Good Suggestion. Interesting. :D

Just: There are many suggestions already made. That's a kind, which could have been made before. It's good to check the forum, if someone else has already made exact that suggestion or an suggestion that's too close to your own. Samee title would also be not allowed. Sometimes two different polls are titled the same accidently- The an admin or an attentiv user could contact you about that in the ideas tread. I've checked it by entering the word elevator. It found:

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/live-poll-elevator-scenes-part-2/5f4a79e18815453dba8e0a48

and 

https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/poll-suggestion-favorite-elevator-scene/5f4a7a1c8815453dba9871cb

The idea seems far from these other ideas. So it can be chosen.

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@Breumaster​ Thanks for the tip. I'll replace the current Joker with Arthur Fleck and have a look at your other suggestions.

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@ArturoW​ 

Thank you. :D
All I suggest is mostly for consideration. That means think about, but it's your decision at last.

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1 month ago

Steven Urkel from "Family Matters" would also qualify as someone I would not want to be stuck in an elevator with.  I'd possibly end up hitting him, though I have not been in any kind of fist fight in about fifty years.  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096579/mediaviewer/rm3411264512/?ref_=ttmi_mi_13_1

There's also the Ned Ryerson character (played by Stephen Tobolowsky) in "Groundhog Day."  He's the annoying insurance salesman who can't stop trying to get you to buy a policy.  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/mediaviewer/rm2568876289/?ref_=ttmi_mi_13_2

I already mentioned Fran Drescher as Fran Fine in "The Nanny."  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106080/mediaviewer/rm2826322432/?ref_=ttmi_mi_2_2

There is also Pigpen from all of the different Charlie Brown cartoons.  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059026/mediaviewer/rm3343581184/?ref_=ttmi_mi_25_3

You can't forget the famous PePe LePew from Looney Tunes!  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041380/mediaviewer/rm3783078912/?ref_=ttmi_mi_2_1

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Lol. You've really found some annoying characters. But i suggest to put these on the poll:
Characters Who Desperately Need a Punch in the Face. 

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1 month ago

"Characters You Don’t Want to Be Stuck in an Elevator With" - sounds a little odd for me.

Schouldn't it be: "Characters You Don’t Want to Be Stuck With in an Elevator" ?

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@Breumaster​ 

I'd say that "Characters You Don't Want to Be Stuck in an Elevator With" sounds more natural. "Characters You Don't Want to Be Stuck With in an Elevator" is also correct, but that sounds a little bit odd and "Characters You Don't Want to Be Stuck in an Elevator With" phrasing is used more often.

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@Vandurath​ 

I'm from Germany, so English isn't my first language. As I learned it in school, it sounds gramatically wrong. But that's not universal.

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@Breumaster​ 

Neither is mine! ;D

Interesting how in Serbia we learnt English from the first grade, and then we got, get this, German, in the fifth grade (in Serbia, the elementary school system is like this: you go to elementary school for 8 grades. In grades 1-4 (7-10 years old), you have a single teacher for all the subjects and a separate English teacher, in grades 5-8 (11-14 years old) you get a dedicated teacher for each subject, in sixth you get physics and chemistry in seventh)!

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@Vandurath​ 

That's way better in Serbia. 
I guess in Germany they set on pop culture and games. 

We also learn English in schooles, but no so dedicated.

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@Breumaster​ and Vandruth,

There tends to be a perception that Americans never learn any foreign languages.  I grew up within a dozen miles of the United States border with Mexico.  In grades 1 to 6, we studies thirty minutes of Spanish every day.  When I reached high school (grades 9 to 12), I was required to take two years of a foreign language.  I chose to study Latin for those two years.  In my university days, I was required to have one year of a foreign language and I chose to study Linguistics (which counted) as it gave me a base in learning other languages in the future.   Now, all of that studying is about 50 years in the past.  I can still speak enough Spanish to get by, but the Latin is mostly gone from lack of use.

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@TheOldJalapenoman​ 

Well ... please look at this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFGvqtTdScg

It's another time than 50 years ago ... undeniable.

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1 month ago

Hi Arturo, 

This is a great idea for a poll. :)

Just so you know, you can add up to 35 options, but perhaps 20-25 would be sufficient.

FYC:

Lurtz

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/mediaviewer/rm2426529024/

Pennywise

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396484/mediaviewer/rm2517719808/

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Thanks!
I know it allows more options, but I was thinking that 20 might make it harder to choose. 10 would keep the poll more focused. But I’m open to suggestions. I don’t know what works best in your experience with polls.

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@ArturoW​ 

That's right. The more options, the harder it gets. When there is not too much to consider for the voter, it's ok, but when you got 35 options, stuffed with text, it gets so hrd, many voters skip. I once asked chatGPT about that. The most pickaable would be a ten-option-poll with less content. That's easy for everyone.

I for myself didn't follow that marks in my own polls. So many of mine have up to 30, 35 options ...

But yes - them with lesser options often got more votes. A good middle would be less text per option and 15-25 options. A good compromise.

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@ArturoW​ 

(370+ polls, my best voted poll by counts is my first one, about eight and a half years ago, 2484 votes, 25 options - number of votes is not automatically fix equal to number of options)

https://imdbstats.com/user/ur36448190/?sort=votes%2Cdesc

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24 days ago

@ArturoW​ 

Are you satisified with 10 options or do you want to add some of the suggestions? I think 15 options would be perfectly fine for this poll.

Either way, since you don't have any TV characters in the list, please remove TV from the question:

Which of these 10 movie and TV characters would you LEAST want to be stuck in an elevator with?

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@ArturoW​ 

Thank you for updating the question.

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6 days ago

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Congratulations on your first live poll!
https://www.imdb.com/poll/0yBz1B0iulgjzn8MgXPtuA/

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5 days ago

Anthony Hopkins, I don't think there's much need to comment on it further.