Good action heroes rise to the occasion, but bad ones falter. Overshadowed by their better counterparts, these heroes are notorious for blundering and sucking the fun out of movies and shows. They can be purposely bad, like Sam Larson in True Memoirs of an Assassin, or accidentally bad, like Goku in the live-action Dragonball Evolution. Actors like Vin Diesel and Tom Cruise have survived bad choices, but others haven't been as lucky. Chris O'Donnell's portrayal as Robin and Shia Labeouf's role as Mutt Williams in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull damaged their action careers. Who do you think did the worst job? Vote up the worst fictional action heroes and add your own picks if they're missing.
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Robin is a fictional character in DC Comics comic books. Bob Kane, Bill Finger, and Jerry Robinson created him as Batman's junior partner. The Batman and Robin team is called the Dynamic Duo or the Caped Crusaders. Dick Grayson, the first Robin, appeared in Detective Comics #38. This character attracted young readers and increased sales of Batman comics. Robin's early adventures included St
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Derek Thompson appears in the 2010 comedy film Tooth Fairy.
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Shane Wolfe is a character from the 2005 film The Pacifier.
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Catwoman appears in DC Comics American comic books and is linked to the Batman franchise. Bob Kane and Bill Finger created her, partly inspired by Kane's cousin, Ruth Steel, and actress Jean Harlow. Selina Kyle, the main Catwoman, first appeared in Batman #1 as The Cat. She usually opposes Batman, sharing a complicated love-hate bond with him. In her first appearance, she used a whip.
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Sgt. Joe Bomowski appears in the 1992 film Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.
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Agent 47 is a character and the lead in the Hitman franchise. IO Interactive made the franchise. Six Hitman video games and two novels exist: Hitman: Damnation and Hitman: Enemy Within. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation produced a 2007 film version starring Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47. Fox International Productions plans a remake in 2013, changing the title to Hitman: Agent 47. Rupert Friend will play Agent 47 in that remake.
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Barb Wire is a superhero from Comics Greatest World, a Dark Horse Comics imprint. A regular series ran for nine issues from 1994 to 1995. A mini-series followed in 1996. Dark Horse announced plans for a new series starring the heroine in March 2015.
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Rayne, Agent BloodRayne, exists in the BloodRayne video game series. Majesco Entertainment made her. She is the series' main character, showing up in games, comic books, and films. Laura Bailey voices her in English video games. Jessie Seely voices her in BloodRayne: Betrayal. Romi Park voices her in Japanese. Kristanna Loken played her in the first live-action film. Natassia Malthe played her in the sequels.
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Chun-Li is a character in Capcom's Street Fighter video game series. Akira "Nin-Nin" Nishitani created her. She is the first female character playable in a fighting game. She first appeared in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior in 1991. Chun-Li acts as a skilled martial artist and an Interpol officer. She seeks revenge for her father's death by the evil M. Bison, leader of the Shadaloo crime syndicate. Chun-Li remains a main figure in the franchise. She appears in almost every later game.
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