# Fictional Characters that would make good Dopers. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482 "2004-06-28T02:45:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/41 "2004-06-30T02:45:14Z")
Die Hard’s John McClane as Pit Mod Jack Ryan would rule in Great Debates Over in Cafe Society the critic of the arts would be Grand Admiral Thrawn MPSIMS…Forest Gump ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/42 "2004-06-30T03:01:58Z")
Man, I’d hate to try and argue against Sherlock Holmes in GD. Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Mulder would be a HUGE upgrade over **Lekatt** ;), and Scully- well, no explanation required, I think. I’d love to read a Pit thread by Walter Sobchak from _The Big Lebowski_. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/43 "2004-06-30T03:33:41Z")
Ignatius Reilly would fit perfectly in GD and the Pit. He would actually have an audience! (He would probably have been banned though, so maybe not a “good doper”.) ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/44 "2004-06-30T07:29:16Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > Mycroft Holmes And just who do you think **is** disguised as Cecil Adams anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/45 "2004-06-30T11:31:50Z")
**Buckaroo Bonzai** would be great in GQ. \*\* Lord John Worphin\*\* would be most entertaining in the Pit. _Laugh while you can, monkey boy._ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/46 "2004-06-30T19:02:32Z")
**Originally posted by The Dude** MPSIMS: Is it okay to like Nixon because he was a bowler? **Originally posted by CharlesFosterKane** GD: New FCC Ownership Rules are Great!!! **Originally posted by Marvin, the Paranoid Android** The Pit: Life? Don’t Talk to Me About Life… Here I Am, Brain the Size of a Planet… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/47 "2004-06-30T19:26:13Z")
Lenny Briscoe (Law & Order) Yoda would drive everyone insane Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple. Sophia from The Golden Girls would cause a lot of spittle-flecked monitors ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/48 "2004-06-30T21:19:05Z")
Holden Caulfield, in the Pit: \*_I really hate all you goddamn phonies. I really do._ Happy ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/49 "2004-06-30T21:45:00Z")
> [@AbbySthrnAccent](#): > > Lamb Chop and Charley Horse (sockpuppets, MPSIMS - This is the thread that never ends, it goes on and on my friend, some people started posting here not knowing what it was and they’ll continue posting here forever just because… This is the thread that never ends, it goes…) Fortunately, they’d quickly get banned. Sockpuppets aren’t allowed here. 😉 Jame from P.C. Hodgell’s Kencyrath books would be interesting to have around. Anyone who has killed and resurrected one god, and is apparently the unwilling avatar of another, should have some things to say in Great Debates. That’s even without introducing any Honor’s Paradox threads. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/50 "2004-07-01T01:06:58Z")
> [@](#): > > . > > I’d love to read a Pit thread by Walter Sobchak from _The Big Lebowski_. Shut the fuck up, Donnie! The only problem would be is that he wouldn’t pit on Shabat. **Martin Riggs** (before the Sequels) would be a blast in MPSIMS and IMHO, ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/51 "2004-07-01T03:11:45Z")
What, no one mentioned [Brian Griffen](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0182576/3043900_2_18.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/52 "2004-07-01T03:32:48Z")
Dr. Romano from _ER_ could really zing people in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/53 "2004-07-03T00:11:45Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > That’s just who I was thinking of! > She could always start a “Ask the Bail Bond Apprehension Agent” thread in MPSIMS. > For IMHO: “I need to buy _another_ new car - any suggestions?” or “Where’s the best place to hide a gun in a small apartment?” or “Help me decide between these two guys in my life!” Ha. This just tickles me, I can really imagine her with those thread titles. I bet Grandma Mazure would post something terrifically funny and sacastic in the threads too. How about Garfield (the cartoon cat) and Foghorn Leghorn? Garfield: IMHO “Post your Lasagna recipe”, “How do I get rid of dogs and humans in my house?” MPSIMS, “Guess what I did to my roommate Odie” Foghorn Leghorn: The pit: “I say, I say now, boy…” ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/54 "2004-07-03T01:14:24Z")
Lord Peter Wimsey would make an awesome Doper. So would Harriet Vane. Hobbes (as in “Calvin and”) would be excellent if tigers could type, as would Porkypine from “Pogo.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-that-would-make-good-dopers/252482/55 "2004-07-03T02:17:26Z")
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