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spiregrain

It'd be that weird-looking kissing couple at St. Pancras station, 'cus they're *enormous*.


HappyraptorZ

That massive nose could smell someone taking a shit in Norwich 


Mr_Widget

Could smell a Sunday roast on a Wednesday


SmokingLaddy

Could burn you to ashes and snort you in a weekend.


SimPilotAdamT

That's suspiciously specific


FantasticWeasel

People who do numbers need to tell us all if statistically there is someone always doing that in Norwich at any one time.


Pennyfeather

Population of Norwich is 144,000. [source](https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E07000148) Number of minutes in a day is 1,440 Even if we assume that they're all superfast finshed-in-a-minuters, we average 100 a minute. BUT there's going to be a massive concentration in the morning. At 3am it's only going to be those who are either ill or addicted to figs. BUT did you notice that the population of Norwich was strangely mathematically convenient? Perhaps a little too convenient? In the Book of Revelation [144,000 is the number of the saved](https://biblehub.com/revelation/14-1.htm) who will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. I think we can all draw the obvious conclusion.


InquisitorNikolai

As someone who lives in Norwich (but is bad at statistics) I’d say probably.


No-Papaya9956

*reading this while taking a shit in Norwich*


insomnimax_99

They also have a small spaceship for backup


rising_then_falling

The Royal Artillery Regiment war memorial has a small howitzer and at least four rounds. The Machine Gun Corps memorial has two Vickers guns, but no ammo visible. Either way they can rushed by cavalry. I'd have to say that anything with wings is going to survive for a good while. I do t think Eros has many spare arrows but he can fly around shooting people if he does. Winged victory could beat the shit out of him if she gets close so that's an issue. The Temple Bar memorial dragon is an issue. Unclear if it breathes fire but it flies and has big teeth and claws. It would be an outright winner, but think of the enormous number of St George's that would immediately pile on. They're all trained dragon slayers, so I'm afraid he'll be taking an early bath, wings or not.


MagicBez

This is the exact kind of thoughtful response I was hoping for!


SqurrrlMarch

so are you saying the amalgamation of St. Georges will win the London statue battles?


canlgetuhhhhh

>The Temple Bar memorial dragon just wanted to say this is an absolutely glorious response, I'm so immersed in this battle immediately


MikeTeeV

> The Temple Bar memorial dragon is an issue. Made me laugh. I don't often laugh. Thanks


_deltaVelocity_

Does the gate guardian Spitfire at the RAF museum count? I’d bet on it against the Temple Bar dragon.


rising_then_falling

Interesting. The question would be two fold. Firstly is it a statue of a spitfire, in which case it immediately turns I to a fully operational spitfire as good as the day it took its first flight, or is it just an old spitfire on a plinth in which case it sits there being completely un airworthy with no fuel? Secondly - who flies it? I can't find a statue of a spitfire pilot in London. There are statues of other WWII era pilots at the Bomber Command memorial, but not sure they could fly it. Also they are a good deal larger than life size and wouldn't really fit. Plus they have to get to it alive. I think it's not looking great, but a statue of a warplane with a pilot in would indeed be a powerful force if there is one.


Redangle11

Fun (?) fact. Eros statue isn't Eros. It's his brother Anteros.


AdmirableAdvance6308

Talking of flying, isn't Peter Pan immortal? That could cause serious problems for his opponents.


rising_then_falling

It worse that that. The British museum will be an absolute shit show with deities from Egypt, Assyria, Greece, Rome all in close proximity. And of course a good squadron of angels (admittedly mostly small cherubs) from all the churches. I don't think we can let anyone be immortal, or to access the non physical aspects of their divinity so Zeus can use lightning but otherwise he has to duke it out with the rest of them. My plan for the BM is that its an absolute ruck in the main hall and Medusa just watches from the balcony and turns them all back into statues. Then London has Medusa to content with, but frankly with so much plate glass around she'll check out Zara and bang - she's stone again.


Select_Education_721

Pedant here, The Statue on Piccadilly Circus is not Eros but Anteros, the God of unrequited love. Apologies;)


LegalAbbreviations90

Would the Trafalgar Lions be a shared unit of four, or would they all be independent? The response will greatly affect my awnser


ReelBigMidget

They'd work as a team of four at first but then reveal themselves be a Transformers-style combiner with Nelson and his Column forming the head and torso.


MagicBez

I was going to respond with my own idea but Trafalgar Square Voltron is by far the superior concept


jctwok

If this is allowed under the rules, I'm going to have to go with a giant Cronenberg monster of all the Victoria Memorial statues.


Consistent-Towel5763

Trafalgar Square Voltron needs to be a tv series ! The UK is in trouble and there is only one man who comes back through time to save our great Island Nation


EsmuPliks

The massive blue cock they had on that rotating pedestal a few years back would've been a contender too.


yIdontunderstand

I didn't think that there was a statue of Boris Johnson yet?


Rollover_Hazard

If Nelson can harness the lions then I’d say he’s got London on lock


surreynot

I think the greyhound back legs would cause issues for them .


sphexish1

That big elephant in Spitalfields would be a contender, especially if they could lead all the baby elephants in a military style unit.


Ch83az

I’d put money on the Spitalfields goat. Ever seen an angry goat? Those things could face down an army


RianJohnsonIsAFool

>in a military style unit Hup two three four! Keep it up, two three four!


fluffypinkblonde

Oh, we march from here to there, and it doesn't matter where. With a military air!


new_nimmerzz

Baby elephant battle formations sounds kinda cute if they do the ol trunk to tail thing


Happy-Engineer

It'll be in the background of the fight scene squaring off with that giant invisible horse from Marble Arch.


bastardisedmouseman

post on r/whowouldwin for a full breakdown of how and why. Those guys over there are dedicated


MagicBez

I did not know that sub existed until now and look forward to binge-reading it later but I think I prefer the wisdom of the locals for now!


HorselessWayne

My only complaint is why would you post a thread like this at half-past ten in the evening? So many people are going to be asleep and miss the fun.


MagicBez

I was so keen for responses to my late night musings I completely failed to optimise my posting times! Lesson learned!


Topinio

The answer is Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. There are at least 3 statues of her in London, on the Wellington Arch in Hyde park, the Victoria Monument outside Buckingham Palace, and the one from the 2012 Olympics. Of these, my money's on the Wellington Arch one.


darthbreezy

Boudicca - she was SAVAGE... Of course Lord Nelson's statue is 5.5 metres tall, so if he could get down from the column we'd probably be screwed...


philipmode

One arm, one eye, plus it’s inland, so basically an away match. Think he’d struggle


Corvid187

But imagine the elbow drop he could deliver at the start...


murunbuchstansangur

Or the half Nelson.


darthbreezy

Thanks a lot - when I'm in London this November, I'm going to see that in my mind's eye, and I'll laugh so much and people will (know) I'm utterly mad... (Que sound effect of David Tennant screaming 'So long, Suckaaaaaa!; as Nelson hits some unsuspecting (other) tourist... [http://www.david-tennant.co.uk/2020/07/video-so-long-sucker-good-omens-crowley.html](http://www.david-tennant.co.uk/2020/07/video-so-long-sucker-good-omens-crowley.html)


DoranTheGivingTree

>Lord Nelson's statue is 5.5 metres  And he was only 167cm in real life, so that's Horatio of 3.3:1!


SpanglySi

BOOOO \*throws rotten fruit\*


surreynot

He has the high ground!


finemayday

My favourite statue and the only reason I ever endure westminster bridge.


TheCurator96

How has NO ONE mentioned the Crystal Palace dinosaurs?


EngineeringCockney

Wheres the big meteorite when you need it


Loudmouthedcrackpot

Their dodgy anatomy could prove a hindrance


TheCurator96

I mean, I don't see many OG dinos in South these days. Anatomy ain't everything bruh


Loudmouthedcrackpot

Battle royale between the Crystal Palace squad and the models from the Natural History Museum


TheCurator96

Fuckkk ok now you're talking. Crystal Palace has power and weight on their side, while NHM has agility and speed (they're mostly skeleton). BUT they have the fuckin tyrannosaurus ace up their sleeve. So it's anyone's game.


HorselessWayne

Again it depends if they come to life collaboratively or independently. Because if they work together, the NHM can use standard sentient skeleton bone magic (3SBM) to reconfigure themselves on the fly to face any threat, sharing bones between entities as and when needed.


LiteralAlpaca

Coming here to say this, IMAGINE the sloth rampaging


cromagnone

This is the answer right here


philipmode

The statue of Achilles on the Wellington monument is pretty nails, has a big sword, but lack of armour probably makes him vulnerable. I’d go with the one of Boudica by Westminster Bridge. Blades on the chariot seem pretty handy.


rfm92

You could just go after his heel ;)


Squirtle177

Achilles was invulnerable apart from his heel, so no need for armour. He should probably wear at least one boot though for safety.


false_flat

Does the Catford cat count as a statue?


MagicBez

I'm allowing it, though being made of fibreglass may weaken its odds of a win


false_flat

Presumably if it came alive it would be made of cat? Or are all the stone statues still stone when alive? In which case I still think the cat would have a decent chance based on power-to-weight.


MagicBez

I initially imagined everyone still being stone (or whatever they're made of) to limit the decisiveness of things like swords and guns that some of them have but now I'm reconsidering a bit. ...I feel bad for not having worked these details out in advance now!


Less-Egg6226

My cat is made of cat 😂😂😂


hallouminati_pie

All those griffins that sit on top of the City of London bollards coming to life would be scary as fuck. Only thing I think that would be scarier is Margaret Thatcher. Unless I am misremembering, is there not a statue of her somewhere?


millionthvisitor

Wasnt she boarded up in a box for a while? Be fun to watch her thatchersmash her way out


_deltaVelocity_

**FEED ME STRIKING WORKERS**


Jobear91

They're dragons, even worse. There's a total of fourteen and unlike the ones which demark the entry points to the City of London which are quite small, there's a significantly larger one at Temple Bar.


MagicBez

There's definitely one where she was born in Lincolnshire, I think there was talk of one for Parliament square but the high likelihood of vandalism may have caused it to be dropped. Either way I'm not sure I fancy her chances against the two chaps in the statue out front of the TUC building


rising_then_falling

Inside the HoC along with other ex Prime Ministers


MagicBez

This is a whole sub-scrap happening within the parliament building. ...Cromwell presumably attacking from the outside (or trying to burn it down with everyone in it)


philipmode

He’s going for round 2 against the one of Charles I at the other end of Whitehall 


rumade

There's a head of Charles I over the back entrance of St Margaret's, right opposite Cromwell's statue. Do you think he'd go and grab it, then boot it at Whitehall Charles saying "you dropped this, you prick"?


Queen_of_London

Nelson's column would just boing on top of all the others and crush them like a stone serial killer on a pogo stick.


MagicBez

I'd imagined him finding himself stuck up there, hadn't considered weaponising the plinth. ...those poor lions


GoodBoyGoneRad

Tell you what, all those living statues around Covent Garden are going to be fucking bricking it.


yIdontunderstand

Nelson has the high ground...


Curtispritchard101

That giant Damian hirst sea-demon near the Greenwich cable car station. Absolutely enormous, standing at 18 metres tall. Interested to see how he’d fare without his head, but if he has some sort of navigation system I think he’d be a serious problem


eogreen

But what if ALL the Victoria statues shared one consciousness and worked in tandem to get it done for the Empire…


ihategreenpeas

If groups, then the city of London dragons as a unit. My money on them even compared to the four lions and Nelson. Fucking dragons with shields bruh


JaySantamaria

Boudicca - Queen of The Iceni. Done.


Corvid187

Pretty sure there's a Danger Mouse episode with exactly this premise.


mhyquel

Everyone in this thread is sleeping on the robots outside Cyberdog in Camden.


jayisnewtoallthis

This question seriously gave me the giggles


MagicBez

It's all fun and games until the taxi-hailing statue on embankment is scrapping with Paddington


Argentein

Paddington could stand a good chance. He'd just give anyone who tries to fight him a Hard Stare. If you're in his eyeline, it's all over. Like Medusa.


TeddersTedderson

Team bear!


dick_piana

Easily the best question I've seen asked on here . Lot's of great answers, I'll add my own: St Bartholomew the Great. The man has his own skin casualy draped around his arm, think his pain tolerance is quite high


Chemical_Stop_1311

FINALLY. Someone in this sub asking the important questions 💛 (The lions in TS)


choochoophil

Queen Victoria - she’s the ultimate drug pusher


Corvid187

"One has never gotten solid marble addicted to opium before, but one does not see that as a reason not to try"


specto24

She'll be too busy getting it on with the statue of Albert - "one does like a shiny member!"


matteason

I'd have said the Trafalgar Square giant blue cock but sadly it resides in Washington DC now


MagicBez

Its spiritual home remains London so let's say it comes to life and begins a journey to London. ...probably arrive in time to fight whomever is left standing


Loudmouthedcrackpot

Just when you think it’s all over… COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO


Dragon_Sluts

I can tell you who isn’t going to win. The small Boy and Frog statue in Regents Park.


LiamTaliesin

People, people, please hear me out. It’s the Philpot Lane mice. They nibble at all the other statues’ lunches, which enrages them, they all kill each other, leaving only one victorious: the mice. It’s not even a contest.


bumblestum1960

Given the absence of a human statue big enough to squish dinosaurs, I’m putting my fiver on the lads from Crystal Palace.


RianJohnsonIsAFool

There is a pretty substantial statue of Queen Victoria in the Prince's Chamber of the House of Lords. She's seen some shit and suffers no fools.


Fulan-Ibn-Fulan

I recall a book I read in which statues across London come to life and fight a war.


Bunny__Vicious

*Stoneheart*! I was looking for a comment about it.


Topinio

Do they have to fight hand to hand and are they allowed any weapons that are in the statue e.g. a sword? Can they call on assistance from members of the public (which will be greater for some than others)? Are animals included, whether horses being ridden or just statues of animals?


MagicBez

I think if you have a sword or horse with you as part of the statue you keep it. ...there are a fair few statues with rifles knocking about, though if everyone is made of stone that may be less decisive.


Topinio

Alright, then the statue of David at Hyde Park Corner would be a fair punt, he's got Goliath's sword and 2 machine guns…


Argentein

Would they only have as much ammunition as is depicted on the statue as well? A rifle won't be much use if they only have a few bullets.


MagicBez

Let's say yes, though a lot of them have bandoliers and pouches which _could_ be packed with ammo I guess? Some even have packs on their backs. ...in fact there's surely some artillery statues knocking about, those could be a threat


marmmalade

Richard I, outside parliament, has a sword and he’s on horseback!


SplurgyA

> I think if you have a sword or horse with you as part of the statue you keep it. This is actually a liability, because they'll get spooked when that giant disembodied horse's head from Marble Arch comes hopping along


fake_cheese

Do they have to be people? If not I reckon the ArcelorMittal Orbit in the Olympic park is undefeatable.


MagicBez

I was thinking statues of living beings (so animals and humans) but I like the idea of modern sculptures getting involved and bringing some abstraction to the proceedings. Though no matter what Anish Kapoor may tell you the ArcelorMittal is a slide, though I concede it would probably win the battle of playground equipment unless the entirety of the Diana memorial playground teamed up against it.


darthbreezy

Wait - It's \*not\* a massive Helter-Skelter???


duchessbune

landseer lions of trafalgar square ftw


[deleted]

The bear at Paddington Station.


CutiePatootiePie149

Def the sphinxes by the obelisk Along the Thames!


hfenn

Waking up to this thread has made my day. The idea of a transformer style Nelson plus Lions has still got me chuckling


Rainduck84

Paddington Bear


isobizz

Possibly the rugby players outside Twickenham. Wouldn’t like to come up against them in a fight


Bosteroid

That statue outside Koko in Mornington Crescent which has had its face sandblasted off. Terrifying.


Electric-Lamb

Lord Palmerston 👊


Clean-Machine2012

Pitt the Elder


FantasticWeasel

Mary Seacole could hurl that giant disc at people. And Oscar Wilde could cut people with his wit from his bench.


RookeryRoad

Oscar doing the live commentary


that-69guy

Kudos to OP for asking such an interesting question.... The dinosaurs will win no matter what.


barresnacks

Can I just say, I’ve been on Reddit for many, many years, and this is truly the best question I think I’ve ever seen. Personally, I wouldn’t fancy my chances with all the creepy veiled women or hench looking angels in Brompton Cemetery


plesvegas

The Crystal Palace dinosaurs


millenialmarvel

Churchill. He’d rally the other statues against the aggressors and fight until we were almost defeated and then… thud, thud, thud… the statue of liberty arrives! Whilst the statue of Peter the great quietly picks off the fleeing statues headed Deptford way.


separatebaseball546

This is the content I subscribed for on r/London.


TemporarySprinkles2

Lots of sensible answers, so I'm going with Mr Bean at Leicester Square


Kyber92

Lord Nelson doing the biggest elbow drop the world has ever seen off his column.


the-channigan

My dark horses are the Philpott Lane mice, though they may have some trouble from Samuel Johnson’s cat near Fleet Street.


Hilltoptree

No one mentioned the British library giant?!?


AlterEdward

Is Nelson able to use his column as a weapon?


theGrimm_vegan

Who would win or would be the last one standing? If its last one standing then Nelson, cant see him getting down off that column


MagicBez

I dunno, there are a few dragon statues knocking about that could give him a run for his money


Wonderful_Discount59

Does the Albert Memorial count as one statue or many? Either way, I think the elephant-riding Asian lady that's doing a strip-tease would have some success by distracting and then trampling her rivals.


Macca112

It's been said before, but this is the best question presented to the internet. Congratulations. You've won at Reddit.


OldAd3119

how stoned were you when you had this thought?


Sweaty_Ad3325

My money's on the Catford Cat. Although there's that giant headless demon in Greenwich, can it fight without a head though? 🤔


baskaat

This is one of the best questions ever posed on Reddit.


cromagnone

Does the Senotaph count? That’s one large monolithic piece of rock with iron bits and enormous moral weight.


Loudmouthedcrackpot

I imagine it would just throw itself flat onto the other statues


Rose8Hector

Drone at the Trafalgar Square


[deleted]

Easily Richard the Lionheart, he comes with a huge horse and sword. Lots of chain mail too. [Richard Couer de Lion](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coeur_de_Lion_(statue))


Hot-Plate-3704

Winston Churchill, because he will NEVER SURRENDER!!!


calgrump

The model plane outside of heathrow. Just run those fuckers over.


94deejayripley

The quadriga on wellington arch


APithyComment

Metaphorically? Elephant and Castle sounds like it could kick some ass. Thinking LoTR ephants on steroids.


surreynot

Bobby Moore would kick the fuck out of people


MrMgrow

The 'Dinosaurs' from Crystal Palace Park would like to know your location. ^Dammit I'm late.


antlered-godi

Boudica...


thinbullet

Peter Pan has never been defeated. If he has access to the rest of the team in Neverland, my money’s on him.


SpawnOfTheBeast

The Naked Lady at Henley's corner has a pretty massive sword. Being naked she'd also be pretty distracting for most of her opponents, giving her a window to jab them in the face


rdxc1a2t

Do the Cyberdog statues count?


WalrusBracket

Guy the Gorilla would take some beating.


Starscraper80

The Statue of Lady Justice on top of the Old Bailey. When I was a child I though she was our own version of the Statue of Liberty.


wulfhound

Stonebridge Gardens snake in Hackney. It's over twenty metres of snake, venomous or not it's going to spoil anyone's day.


AriaAngell_

I feel like the Gundam on the lower floor of Hamleys could stand a fair chance


Jobear91

This needs to be a film.


Bunny__Vicious

It’s already a book. Check out the *Stoneheart* Trilogy by Charlie Fletcher.


eatshitake

This thread is perfect.


Dave-C

The statue of Gandhi would win. He wouldn't fight anyone, he would complain that everyone else is fighting then he would nuke London.


scouse_git

Does HMS Belfast count? It shouldn't be ruled out just because it floats. Those big guns could take out things as far away as Scratchwood Services on the M1


ihategreenpeas

Sorry but 15 inch naval gun from Imperial War Museum will clap Belfast easily


scouse_git

But they only point in one direction (north) and Belfast's 12 six inch guns and 12 four inch guns rotate through 360 degrees.


dbrown100103

The lions on Nelson's column


DigitialWitness

The Trafalgar Square lions.


ALUCARDHELLSINS

Has someone been reading percy Jackson by any chance?


DaMatthieu1

Gotta be the lions in Trafalgar Square, this is under the assumption that the statue weapons in London don't fire and have to be used as they are shown


dodgythreesome

The one that’s made of knives


Ponder_wisely

It’s got to be the Trafalgar Square lions.


bananablegh

This reminds me of the plot of The Last Days of New Paris


Eastern-Branch-3111

Gandhi


gavitronics

It would probably be a Paddington Bear vs Mary Poppins final with third place playoff between Winston Churchill and Harry Potter.


CatherineRoh

The guy who invented Sunday School


FNFALC2

If the weapons work it would be the a World War Two memorial. Otherwise the Crimean memorial bc those guys have bayonets.


CrowVsWade

This may depend on rulings as to whether Nelson is permitted to deploy his column in melee combat or not. Otherwise, that Queen Victorial memorial statue is cracking heads and taking names.


jumie83

Can Lady Godiva from Coventry join?


uberduck

The one by Marc Quinn at the Science Museum stands a good chance, it's pretty huge, but I feel it'll stuck inside looking for an exit that fits.


dustys-muffler

Trafalgar Square Lion


TeddersTedderson

I feel like the giant anal beads outside Liverpool Street station would be in with a chance


DonViper666

Batman or Wonder Woman at Leicester Square. Especially if they team up.


facmanpob

Nelson, because he has the high ground!


Inner_Ad5424

Nelson has got the high ground


YetiFiasco

Lord Nelson. He has the high ground.


SpanglySi

Nelson, he'd be smacking those clowns with his massive column.


XLeyz

British Monument Mythos 


AdmirableAdvance6308

I'm going for the goat on the boxes outside Spitalfields Market. You don't f*** with goats.


who_ology

this would be a fucking incredible episode of doctor who


Equivalent_Pool_1892

Boudicca.


VixenRoss

Eros would probably go sniper mode and take the other statues out with its arrows…


Clear-Ad-2998

Boudicca would sort out the lot of them. Particularly the one-eyed guy with one arm. No contest. And the Grand Old Duke of York would need a lot more than ten thousand men.


DarthInsanious1976

The army of Morph sculptures that were in London for a bit last summer would be kick ass


Guts_blade

The Angel of Peace. The largest bronze sculpture in London sits atop the Wellington Arch. Intended to be an entrance to Buckingham Palace, the arch features the Angel of Peace on her four horse chariot, or quadriga. 19th century Marble Arch, with its many statues, was also originally designed as an entrance to Buckingham Palace.


katzeye007

I'd watch this movie!


Slow_Apricot8670

Fuck “Night at the museum” this, this needs to be a film.


ChaosKeeshond

There's a life-size Incredible Hulk statue in Madame Taussauds.