#nice jewish character showdown 2024

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It's that time of the year again!

NJCS returns this February for the 2024 season! Many will enter, but only one will win the championship and be named the Nicest Jewish Character and join the ranks of previous winners (Ms Frizzle, Spock, and Clark Kent/Superman). The nominations are OPEN for both new and returning contestants.

Wondering what defines a NJC? Check out this post!

Side note: It's really hard to find a positive, joy filled Jewish space on the internet right now. In order to preserve that peace, anyone engaging in this tournament in bad faith or with malicious intent will be blocked.

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REMINDER -- NICE in Nice Jewish Character Showdown is not an evaluation of personality, but in quality of representation! Who do you see yourself in more?

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REMINDER -- NICE in Nice Jewish Character Showdown is not an evaluation of personality, but in quality of representation! Who do you see yourself in more?

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REMINDER -- NICE in Nice Jewish Character Showdown is not an evaluation of personality, but in quality of representation! Who do you see yourself in more?

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REMINDER -- NICE in Nice Jewish Character Showdown is not an evaluation of personality, but in quality of representation! Who do you see yourself in more?

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round one starts on monday at 10am EST -- let's get ready to rumbleeeee!

matchups under the cut :) good luuuuuuuuck!

links will be added to this when the polls are up!

Match One: James Wilson VS Toby Ziegler

Match Two: Han Solo VS Otacon

Match Three: Richie Lipschitz VS Libby Stein-Torres

Match Four: Ella of Frell VS Sid

Match Five: Columbo VS Professor Hershel Layton

Match Six: Fox Mulder VS Barney Guttman

Match Seven: Grace Adler VS Nadia Vulvokov

Match Eight: Lexi Howard VS Sidney Prescott

Match Nine: Grover VS Lamb Chop

Match Ten: Betty Boop VS Bugs Bunny

Match Eleven: Percy Jackson VS Dina

Match Twelve: Coraline Jones VS The Baudelaires

Match Thirteen: Philip J. Fry VS Seymour Krelborn

Match Fourteen: Alec Hardison VS Davey Jacobs

Match Fifteen: Yasmin VS Sharpay Evans

Match Sixteen: Paris Geller VS Willow Rosenberg

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Nice Jewish Character Showdown -- Round Two Analysis

We're so back. Happy Jewish-American Heritage Month! Here are the characters that got eliminated in Round Two -- and since it's been a minute, I'm linking the polls to the contestant names.

James Wilson Status: Canon Jew Mazel tov to Wilson for making it to round two, a definite improvement from last year. In the past year I’ve actually started watching ‘House’ cause of y’all, so I think this counts as a win. And his initials literally being J.E.W. is fucking iconic.

Libby Stein-Torres Status: Canon Jew I’m so glad that the legacy of iconic Disney Channel Jewish Rep continues into the modern era. What a bop.

Fox Mulder Status: Pretty Much Canon Jew “Scully, you’re gonna wanna see this.”

Sidney Prescott Status: Transitive Jew There’s something so inherently Jewish already about the final girl narrative, especially when it’s one portrayed by a Jewish actor. Especially in the ‘Scream’ franchise, where so much of the narrative revolves around not knowing who you can trust, who’s your friend and who’s your enemy. Might be a bit melodramatic, eh. At least the transitive property can apply here, thank you Neve for this absolutely iconic line — “I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes”

Bugs Bunny Status: Transitive Jew Remember how Bugs once literally saved Mel Blanc’s life when he was in a coma? What a wonderful relationship between creation and creator. We could technically expand the Transitive Property out to the rest of Blanc’s character catalogue, but there’s something so right about identifying Bugs Bunny as the representative for the Mel Blanc set.

Percy Jackson Status: Interpretive Jew This one’s a bit of a brainchild, so stick with me. Is it transitive from the (underappreciated) performance of the ICONIC Logan Lerman? Yes. Is it because of all the world-saving trauma he went through at such a young age? Yes. Is it because of the iconic motif of water in Judaism? YES. Is it the way Percy always gets blamed for trouble, even stuff he had nothing to do with? Yes. But most importantly, the chutzpah. The way he, and his friends, talk back to the Greek Pantheon. The way they question authority, and the way he in particular paves his way against the fate chosen for him. Constantly fighting for a better world, even if it’s gonna put him in more danger by pissing off some powerful people. I could talk about this for hours, so pull up a chair and start listening to the Lightning Thief musical, there WILL be an essay portion to this quiz.

Seymour Krelborn Status: Canon Jew Have you EVER seen a more nebbish horror musical male lead than Seymour?

Sharpay Evans Status: Transitive Jew Once you find out Ashley Tisdale’s Jewish, the Jewish American Princess vibes radiating off of Sharpay Evans become impossible to ignore. You just KNOW she grew up in the same Hebrew School class as Troy (another Transitive Property Jew thanks to the ICONIC Zac Efron!)

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and your contestants for NJCS 2024 are...

Pick your favorites and start your campaigning, because the showdown starts in two weeks!

Check below the 'read more' for a competitor list, and remember: the 'Nice' in Nice Jewish Character is about the quality of the representation, not their personality!

Disclaimer: It's really hard to find a positive, joy filled Jewish space on the internet right now. In order to preserve that peace, anyone engaging in this tournament in bad faith or with malicious intent will be blocked.

Nice Jewish Character Showdown 2024 Round One Contestants, in alphabetical order, are:

Alec Hardison

Barney Guttman

Betty Boop

Bugs Bunny

Columbo

Coraline Jones

Davey Jacobs

Dina

Ella of Frell

Fox Mulder

Grace Adler

Grover

Han Solo

James Wilson

Lambchop

Lexi Howard

Libby Stein-Torres

Natasha Vulvokov

Otacon

Paris Geller

Percy Jackson

Philip J. Fry

Professor Hershel Layton

Richie Lipschitz

Seymour Krelborn

Sharpay Evans

Sid

Sidney Prescott

The Baudelaires

Toby Ziegler

Willow Rosenberg

Yasmin

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REMINDER -- NICE in Nice Jewish Character Showdown is not an evaluation of personality, but in quality of representation! Who do you see yourself in more?

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REMINDER -- NICE in Nice Jewish Character Showdown is not an evaluation of personality, but in quality of representation! Who do you see yourself in more?

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REMINDER -- NICE in Nice Jewish Character Showdown is not an evaluation of personality, but in quality of representation! Who do you see yourself in more?

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REMINDER -- NICE in Nice Jewish Character Showdown is not an evaluation of personality, but in quality of representation! Who do you see yourself in more?

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REMINDER -- NICE in Nice Jewish Character Showdown is not an evaluation of personality, but in quality of representation! Who do you see yourself in more?

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REMINDER -- NICE in Nice Jewish Character Showdown is not an evaluation of personality, but in quality of representation! Who do you see yourself in more?

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REMINDER -- NICE in Nice Jewish Character Showdown is not an evaluation of personality, but in quality of representation! Who do you see yourself in more?

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y'all are gonna enjoy this year's lineup i am sooooo srs