Recently, Hal Jordan gave up his Green Lantern Ring for a gauntlet, trench coat and mullet combination look. Aside from echoing the 1990s in all the wrong ways, it highlighted how precarious the idea of a man floating through the air with magic jewelry could be and highlighted that accessories can be important. Jordan with his power ring is cool; Jordan with his power glove? Not so much, at least to me. Of course, there’s a lot of folks in a similar boat: Would The Doctor be as cool spinning through time and space in a Prius? Would Knight Rider have worked if, instead of a Trans-Am, KITT were a graphing calculator? Would Batman lose cachet if, instead of his utility belt, he had a backpack? These are important questions, leading us to today’s ancillary query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) still loves the idea of a man surfing through space, but wonders if it would still work with a moped, asking: Which beloved fictional character becomes ridiculous with a single change of accessories?
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The Doctor with a broom.