The 99 Hottest Fictional Women Of 2012

The incredible longevity of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series is something to behold - who would have ever thought that Disney could squeeze four movies out of an amusement park ride? We weren't too sold on On Stranger Tides last year - it was a little too over the top and incoherent - but there was one very pleasant surprise. We're talking about the mermaid Syrena, as played by Spanish actress Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey. While we never thought we'd crush on a girl without legs, things improved halfway through the flick when she assumed human form and we felt a little less perverted.

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You can accomplish just about anything for the love of a woman. Joseph Capelli, the protagonist of Resistance 3, needs to survive his mission to end the Chimera's threat to Earth so he can get back to his wife. Susan Farley is one of the most well-rounded supporting characters in recent video game history - she seems totally real, giving you even more incentive to get the job done. It's not common that a game gets you that emotionally invested in non-player characters.

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Breaking Bad ended its fourth season explosively (no pun intended there), continuing to be one of the very best shows on TV. One of the major contributors is the character of Skyler White, Walt's long-suffering spouse. When the financial aspects of Walt's drug manufacturing business become too much to handle, she buys the car wash he formerly worked at and joins him in his life of crime. Now that's the kind of lady you want backing you up. Of course, things don't work out so well (they never do), but whatever.

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There may still be some Pam stalwarts out there, but let's face it: girl's had a kid and has another on the way, she's preciptously dropping from the hot lists. The new scorcher in the Office office is Erin Hannon, played by the lovely Ellie Kemper. Since being brought in as a temporary receptionist, Erin has won all of our hearts with her relentlessly bubbly attitude. As a part of "Subtle Sexuality," the girl group with Kelly Kapoor, she dressed in ridiculous costumes and crooned insane lyrics. She's the one Dunder Mifflin - oops, I mean "Sabre" - employee we wouldn't mind taking a coffee break with.

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I don't think things are going to work out very well for Olivia Dunham, one of the leads on Fringe. The most mind-bending show on Fox has run her through the wringer over the last four seasons, from the revelation that she was experimented on as a child with the drug Cortexiphan to her alternate-dimension doppleganger taking her place. Buzz from the show's press machine indicates that things are going to get worse, not better, for Olivia in 2012. That's a shame. Why don't you leave all this creepy science behind and come over to the UGO offices for a drink.

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Hooking up with Nucky Thompson is a good way to improve your position in life, but don't call Margaret Schroeder a gold-digger. The young Irish immigrant played by Kelly MacDonald on Boardwalk Empire originally met with the Atlantic City mover and shaker to help her baker husband find work, but things quickly went the way they do when a man and a woman want to do some business. She proves to be an intelligent and astute foil for Thompson, and we can't wait to see how her story plays out.

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The alien princess Koriand'r, typically referred to by her crime-fighting nom de guerre Starfire, had a bit of an interesting 2011. With the New 52 reboot sweeping across the DC line, the former Teen Titan underwent some pretty drastic changes. Previously she was a total hottie befuddled by human relationships, but now she's a predatory sexpot who bangs dudes for simple physical gratification because that's just the way she's wired. Sure, some people are upset, but it's important for girls to be open about that stuff. You can see her every month in Red Hood And The Outlaws. Usually wearing less clothes than this.

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If you've made it this far in the list, you've probably figured out that we like a girl who can kick some ass. In last year's Battle: Los Angeles, we met one of our biggest military heartthrobs in the form of Technical Sergeant Elena Santos. Played by Michelle Rodriguez, the TSgt. is one of a ragtag team of fighting men and women defending the City of Angels against an alien invasion spread by meteorites. This girl knows how to handle heavy weaponry, and she blitzes alien scum with the best of them. There's rumors that a sequel might be in the offing, so we maybe haven't seen the last of Santos.

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Sure, many of the hot ladies on this list are from the hottest properties in the nerdiverse, but we've always got respect for the classics. Carrie Fisher's role as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy is one of the paragons of the foxy UGO chick. From her buttoned-down heroism in the first movie (with her boobs flattened by gaffer's tape) to her notorious appearance as a slave in Jabba the Hutt's pleasure palace, Leia has always burned in our hearts with an eternal flame. Sorry, Padme, you just don't measure up.

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We've completely eradicated all memory of the horrible 90s Judge Dredd movie from our brains in preparation for the awesome-looking Dredd, which hits theaters this year. Accompanying the greatest lawman that Mega-City One has ever seen on his rounds will be a new trainee, Judge Anderson. Played by Olivia Thirlby, Anderson is a psychic police officer who uses her mental abilities to bust crooks, and she often comes into conflict with the Dark Judges, a group of psychos from another dimension who want to eradicate all life on Earth.

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Probably the hottest animated MILF on the boob tube today, Family Guy's Lois Griffin wins a place on this list and in our hearts. The flame-haired mother of three has managed to keep quite a nice figure despite the myriad slings and arrows life (and Stewie) throws her way. But she's not all sweetness and light - in some episodes she's struggled with a gambling addiction, and who can forget the one where she got a modeling job and battled with bulimia? But the real reason she's on this list is her enduring marriage to awful fat schlub Peter - if he can get a girl like this, there's hope for us too.

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Who ever thought we'd fall for an artificial intelligence, an unreal melange of bits and pixels? And yet, here we are with Cortana. One of the pillars of the Halo series, Cortana's personality was spawned from the neural recordings of Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, the mastermind behind the SPARTAN project. Her programming allows her to learn and grow naturally, and she's always expanding her field of knowledge. Of course, since she's just a holographic projection making out is less than satisfying, but you can't have everything.

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Yes, we know that Mary Todd Lincoln was a real person. But the version of the First Lady portrayed in the upcoming Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter diverges pretty wildly from our reality, so she counts. Played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mary Todd is Abe's right-hand woman in his lifelong quest to rind the Earth of the bloodsuckers. Abe not only took the fight to the vamps during the Civil War, much of his best legislation was designed with his battle in mind. And behind every good man - and every good President - is a good woman, after all. Let's see Michelle Obama stake somebody.

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The best thing about Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is that it brought Darkstalkers favorite Morrigan into full 3D. We love our dudes at Capcom, but they've been recycling her original sprite for something like fifty games. Her new model perfectly captures all of the succubus sluttiness we've come to love, and with the recent improvements in Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3, fighting game aficionados are proclaiming her one of the game's most improved characters. Oh, and she can split herself into two girls, which means extra dirty funtimes.

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Will the saga of the Snakes never end? Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid quadrilogy (plus associated spin-offs) shows no sign of slowing down, which is good, because we love it. The series has introduced many femmes fatale into the mix, but for our money the most alluring is Tatyana, the Russian spy who operated under the code-name EVA. Her life was eventful and bizarre, going from a small town in Ohio to the heart of the Kremlin, but her biggest part in the story came during Operation Snake Eater, where she helped the original Snake against the Russians. In an ironic twist, she then became the surrogate mother for both Solid and Liquid Snake.

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We are psyched that 2012 is bringing us a new SSX game. This is the one extreme sports franchise that has always delivered, and the developers behind the latest installment seem to really understand the combination of breakneck speed and outrageous tricks that fuel the fun. And, of course, they're bringing back fan favorite character Elise Riggs, the blonde Canadian snowboarder with the can-do attitude. Her newest obsession is base jumping with a wingsuit, and we're betting that'll make its way into the game as well.

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One of the most powerful and respected of the X-Men, Storm is looking pretty great in 2012. Ororo Munroe has gone through a lot of crap in her superheroic career, including dying and being stripped of her powers, but that's just what you get when you sign on with Charles Xavier and his merry crew of mutants. Last year, she joined the Avengers along with Wolverine and started a temporary separation from her husband Prince T'Challa - aka the Black Panther. Can she juggle being both an Avenger and an X-Man, especially when the two groups are starting a massive crossover fight?

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Known as the "first lady of fighting games," Chun-Li has been one of Capcom's most notable characters for decades. After making her debut in Street Fighter II, the thunder-thighed Chinese warrior woman has been doling out the punishing kicks to all comers. Her most recent appearance was in Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, where she was unfortunately low tier, but her upcoming return in Street Fighter X Tekken might return her to the top of the fighting pyramid. There are plenty of other hotties in that game that she needs to put in their places.

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Who would have ever thought that USA would start making awesome shows? The network previously known for Silk Stalkings has reinvented itself as a home for witty, fast-moving shows. One of the first wave was Burn Notice, the tale of a spy left out in the cold - but in Miami, so not too cold. The show's best supporting character is Fiona Glennane, played by the lissome Gabrielle Anwar. A former IRA agent turned spook, Fiona recently moved in with protagonist Michael Westen, but their relationship is still up in the air.

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