# ADD dopers: fictional characters whose personality ring a bell

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**Created:** [June 8, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-fictional-characters-whose-personality-ring-a-bell/584773 "2011-06-08T20:15:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-dopers-fictional-characters-whose-personality-ring-a-bell/584773/1 "2011-06-08T20:15:29Z")

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This was inspired by a question on another ADD group that I belong to. One of the women noted that she felt a lot like Anya from BtVS - specifically the phrase the “Oddly Literal Girl”.

I do find that I am sometimes “oddly literal”, although not so much now as I used to be. I think it happens when I’m in a new situation.

But another story that really affected me was a little story (is there something shorter than a short story?) in a book called “Sideways Stories from Wayside School”. One of the stories is about a boy who is always just a step off from the rest of the class, so always getting into trouble because of that. This whole story is on Google books, so you can read it here: [Todd](http://books.google.com/books?id=Sd8CBkKmQ1UC&lpg=PP1&dq=sideways%20stories%20from%20wayside%20school&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false)

Does that sound familiar? Are there any other fictional characters who have similar experiences to yours that you’ve noticed?