User blog comment:Geekboy27/A-OWMT Obama vs Scudders p. Keratosis/@comment-422690-20140228204518

In this duel between joke entries, I have to give this to Scudders. He's far more prepared for an actual fight than "Obama," who only passed the last round because his opponent had worse equipment than he did. Actual combat viability will beat out idiocy any day.

Aside: Scudders is an example of how to create a joke character. He's got interesting quirks, and enough of a personality to give a competent writer a vehicle for comedy. Above all that, he's actually combat-capable. "Obama" is an example of how not to create a joke character. Rather than being interesting, he has a randomly generated, almost schizophrenic arsenal and personality; there is absolutely no way for an author to make this guy interesting sans killing him. If you want to make a joke character, do it right.