The most powerful fictional character?

[TJ]

As the title says, who is the most powerful character to ever be created in any fictional series?

I know people are thinking Goku (probably), but what about other characters such as the Beyonder, The One Above All? etc.

What do you think?

[OrcsRLame]

TOAA isn't a fictional character, it's Jack Kirby, and Beyonder has been retconned into a simple cosmic cube.

My philosophy on, "who is the most powerful character" is that the question is nearly impossible to answer in a satisfactory way, because it depends a lot on the terms that you set. Even something seemingly simple like, "who would win in an all out fight" can be incredibly difficult to answer, because some powers are almost impossible to quantify or pit against each other in a meaningful way.

I think both Goku and Superman could fit a lot of definitions of "most powerful". Greatest power while still having limits shown, probably Goku. Highest verifiable output of kinetic energy or lifting strength by a character, (meaning shit that actually happened, not potential) probably Superman.

If you want to talk about infinite power god beings, I could name no less than a dozen of those without much difficulty. The problem I have with god beings of infinite power though is that some fictional characters have defeated or defied beings like that, and those character could very likely be outclassed by numerous other characters concerning their shown and/or stated relevant combat attributes. Then you have the problem of trying to compare different infinite power beings to each other, who is stronger The-One-Above-All, (taking him at face value as a character for a moment) or The Being of Pure Light from D&D. Both beings of supposedly infinite power, and we have absolutely no way to determine what would happen if they were to somehow clash, and no bullshit fan explanation like, "they can't both exist at the same time in the same universe" is good enough to be anything more than a shitty cop out.

Also, what counts as "fictional" what's to stop me from dreaming up a character that I say has the power to be more powerful than anything else that has ever, is and will ever be conceived, and can output Graham's number times more energy than Superman and Goku put together without even trying and can increase his power as much as he needs retroactively in the past? The question's fucking impossible to answer correctly.

tl;dr There is no right answer, but Goku is probably the best answer.

[ItachiZaku]

I have no idea what a Goku is.

I loved having the Blade vs Batman debates at work. I miss those days.

Most powerful fictional character ... I vote for the character of God in the Christian fable called Holy Bible.

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[Deleted]

God, created by the series Earth. Also Goku, Dr. Manhattan

[willtron]

Mankriks wife.

[expectwar]

Goku, saiyans have no limit!

[OrcsRLame]

God, created by the series Earth. Also Goku, Dr. Manhattan

As far as DC characters go, Manhattan isn't that powerful. I mean, Darkseid has every power Dr. Manhattan does, just amped up on super crack, especially if we're talking about one of the really strong versions of Darkseid like COIE or SFF. As someone whose only power is crappy matter manipulation, (I say crappy because he clearly can't rewrite someone's brain or Watchmen would have been way more simple) he would die against someone that isn't entirely physical based like Darkseid, Larfleeze or Parallax, or people that are immune to his powers and would have a good way to boot stomp his ass like the Flash or Superman.

[Deathpath]

Go'el'ku

/ten chars

[OrcsRLame]

I have no idea what a Goku is.

I loved having the Blade vs Batman debates at work. I miss those days.

Most powerful fictional character ... I vote for the character of God in the Christian fable called Holy Bible.

Seriously?

[Lefeng]

Most powerful fictional character ... I vote for the character of God in the Christian fable called Holy Bible.

I was just going to say that!

[Diabloss]

God

>.>

<.<

*flees*

Infracted. Don't bring up or bash religion

[OrcsRLame]

Can we stop it with the real world religion crap? It's not funny and it's just gonna get you a free 5 point infraction...

Also, if anyone really doesn't know, Goku is the main character of Dragon Ball Z. The following video is from a mid-late point in the series and follows Goku's son. By the end, Goku is much more powerful. See my sig for a rough idea of what full power Goku is capable of.

[derpkitteh]

the chaos gods have to be somewhere here. but somehow, some way, superman will probably wind up being the strongest. so there's no point in even asking really, since superman is always the winner.

[Deleted]

Jean Grey. She can pull atoms apart.

[Powerogue]

Obviously Coyote.

[weaponxlogan]

I have no idea what a Goku is.

I loved having the Blade vs Batman debates at work. I miss those days.

Most powerful fictional character ... I vote for the character of God in the Christian fable called Holy Bible.

Its over 9000!!!! doesnt ring a bell?

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[Wildmoon]

Goku will faceroll all of them.

[Fus Ro Yay]

Enter, the doctor.
Cirno is the strongest!

[Pyromelter]

It's either Goku or Kal-El aka Superman. If you consider their "final form" then it would be hard to argue against Goku, but Superman was born with all his powers, so if you take the sum totals of their lives, Superman would be the winner.

Question is most powerful though, so since Goku probably does surpass Superman, you'd probably have to give it to him.