# Do you see yourself as resembling any fictional character in literature or film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427 "2023-07-23T20:41:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/21 "2023-07-24T13:48:32Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > It didn’t help that I have a history of mental health problems, which often were caused by jobs that stressed me out. I retired three years ago and still have regular nightmares where I find myself in Kafkaesque professional situations of having to fulfill impossible, meaningless tasks that lead to nothing. Slight hijack: this is the most haunting thing I’ve read on here in a while. Do you wish you had quit earlier, if that were possible? Anyway: I am Boxer, from Animal Farm. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/22 "2023-07-24T14:07:40Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > Slight hijack: this is the most haunting thing I’ve read on here in a while. Do you wish you had quit earlier, if that were possible? Yes, I should have quit 10 years earlier, but then I was only in my early forties and it wasn’t an option. I feel so much better since I’ve retired and the permanent pressure is gone, though I have financial stress because my pension is small due to my early retirement age. But that’s nothing compared to the time before my retirement. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/23 "2023-07-24T14:09:46Z")
The Napoleon Dynamite character resonated with me a lot. Just being very awkward in school but at the same time being oblivious to to it. He didn’t care what other people thought and was into stuff like making bike jumping ramps, drawings of monsters, plastic swords, etc. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/24 "2023-07-24T14:19:01Z")
My first thought, before reading the thread: I was trying to be the Fonz, turned out to be Mr. Cunningham. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/25 "2023-07-24T18:39:42Z")
Some have compared me physically to Christopher Lloyd (as Doc Brown), others in tone and style to Arthur Deitrich (from Barney Miller). I see the latter, but not the former. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/26 "2023-07-24T19:07:44Z")
On a good day, I’m a little Harris K, Telemacher. > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > John Galt. Who? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/27 "2023-07-24T19:17:14Z")
I kind of vibed with Ado Annie. 😚 ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/28 "2023-07-24T19:18:00Z")
There was a meme template going around a few years ago in which one was promted to cite three different fictional characters with whom you identified. My three were Abed from _Community_, Rhys from _Torchwood_, and Basil Fawlty saying “Please try to understand this before one of us dies.” to Manuel. When I posted that, a friend of mine commented that it was the most acurate one she’d seen yet. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/29 "2023-07-24T19:18:19Z")
I see what you did there. 😉 The book’s opening line is actually, “Who is John Galt?” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/30 "2023-07-24T19:27:28Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > A lot of people say Jeff Bridges looks like me, and they’ll usually cite The Dude as an example. My wife just mentioned this again after seeing a copy of the AARP magazine with a picture of Jeff Bridges on the cover. She emphasized the point by expanding on a recent incident at the grocery store when I noticed a very young man wearing a T-shirt with the phrase “The Dude Will Abide” and a picture of the character. I like interesting T-shirts like that so said to the boy “Cool shirt!”. His mother then looked at me oddly for a moment or two then hurried the boy away. I thought nothing more about it at the time but my wife thinks that boy’s mother is telling people she saw Jeff Bridges at the grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/31 "2023-07-24T19:56:53Z")
So many people tell me I look like George Costanza that I must accept it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/32 "2023-07-24T20:32:57Z")
Seven of Nine. ( in my wildest dreams) More likely a female version of S’mike from Nicholas Nickleby. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/33 "2023-07-24T20:42:25Z")
I thought of a couple more. Rose Nylund from the Golden Girls and Chidi from The Good Place. I can relate to Rose’s naivete and Chidi’s neurotic moral despair. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427/34 "2023-07-24T20:48:05Z")
People like to compare me to Leslie Knope from _Parks & Recreation_ as soon as they know I’m on city council. I do NOT mind the comparison (although I love municipal government like her, she wasn’t on council like me!) Personally, I feel more like Liz Lemon from _30 Rock_. I am forever workin’ on my night cheese. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-as-resembling-any-fictional-character-in-literature-or-film/987427.md?page=1)