1. If Ray’s momentary slip in thinking of the Stay-Puft marshmallow man was enough to lock in that form for “the destructor,” what about Pete’s comment a second earlier about J.Edgar Hoover? Once he said that, the image of Hoover should have been in everyone’s mind for at least an instant. Why didn’t a 20-story J. Edgar Hoover materialize?

2. Also… after the guys neutronize the female/humanoid version of Gozer, when its disembodied voice instructs them to “choose and perish,” how does Venkman instantly understand that there will be mind-reading involved? Wouldn’t it have made just as much sense for the “choosing” to depend upon an explicit, vocal decision?

3. Lastly… Once Gozer has assumed the form of the marshmallow man, does killing it require an interdimensional/quantum solution like crossing the streams? It’s a thousand tons of sugar and gelatin, and it was already on fire. Messy and dangerous, but vulnerable within the laws of our physical universe.

I’m just sayin’.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.LawfulStupidChaoticStupid

The key difference between Lawful Good (Obeys the laws of the rightful authority) and Chaotic Good (Does what they perceive as right, and damn the consequences) is whether or not one obeys the rightful authority or not. But as has been noted above, while he has chaotic elements, and appears to want to retain some lawful elements, some of his actions (See the whole ‘revenge’ aspect mentioned earlier) might generally be at odds with the generally accepted “good” as well.

Generally, vigilantes fall into Chaotic Good because of their willingness to work outside the law. However, Lawful Neutral generally functions like “As per Lawful Good ro Lawful Evil, except instead of the legitimate elected authorities, the code to which I am Lawful is my own internal code”

Chaotic Good is a Rebel, Lawful Neutral is a Judge. Both are the kind of thing you can see a vigilante falling under, but it all depends whether “Doing Good” is the primary motivator or whether “Doing what -I- think should be done” is the primary motivator.

1. Are rules (any rules at all) more important to this character than his or her own desires?

2. Are the actions the character takes morally defensible?

With Michael from Burn Notice, we come to the conclusion that he is chaotic good, because he doesn’t follow rules; he employs them. He has particular desires (revenge, saving lives, protecting his friends and family) which he will pursue despite conflicts with any sets of rules he encounters. When he does break rules (as in the season 3 opener, when he breaks into the hotel to make an illegal telephone call) his victims either don’t notice the crime or they deserve some karmic justice anyway.

Like a lot of vigilantes, Michael is a good person who decides for himself whether a rule is going to work for him. That reluctance to defer to a higher authority is what makes him chaotic, not any affiliation (or lack thereof) with a government agency.

Let’s leave the question of whether the BN characters are good or evil alignment for another day.

So let’s…figure this out: If Maryann is chaotic evil, then Bill is lawful neutral (highly honorable but prone to good or evil behaviors depending on the circumstances), Eric could be characterized as lawful evil (morally corrupt but at least beholden to higher laws), the Christians might be thought of as lawful good (although their rules of kindness and charity are often twisted to enact vengeance against sinners, made reprehensible by their habit of having way more fun), Sookie is chaotic good (confidently breaks the rules based on her own pure-hearted but sometimes misguided instincts), LaFayette, like any scrappy, self-serving survivor, is chaotic neutral, and Jason can only be summed up as highly suggestible.

The voice actor, Lorenzo Music, was also Tummi (the particularly corpulant one) on the _Gummi Bears_. I double-checked IMDB, but there really is no mistaking that guy’s voice. His record was pretty impressive, though. Bob Newhart, wow. May Lorenzo Music rest in peace.

Stokes, why did _Pushing Daisies_ have “CANCEL ME!” tattooed on it?

Gab, I’m with you on Pushing Daisies. Loved, loved, loved that show, and I’ll miss it… but I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did. It basically had “CANCEL ME!” tattooed across its forehead.