# Fictional Dopers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 3, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237 "2008-07-03T22:14:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 6

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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/101 "2008-07-10T20:59:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher]

Dave Lister  
[/QUOTE]

**YoureASmeghead**

Zaphod Beeblebrox

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/102 "2008-07-10T21:11:00Z")

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[QUOTE=want2know]  
Zaphod Beeblebrox  
[/QUOTE]  
**BiggestBang**

Buster Broadnax

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/103 "2008-07-10T21:18:15Z")

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[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting]  
**BiggestBang**

Buster Broadnax  
[/QUOTE]

**Prize Pugilist**

```auto

Kinsey Millhone
```

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/104 "2008-07-10T21:20:18Z")

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:aside:  
The names in this thread would make for a great crossword puzzle.  
:aside:

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/105 "2008-07-10T21:21:12Z")

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[QUOTE=faithfool]  
Kinsey Millhone  
[/QUOTE]

**DIsForDoper**

Gladys Kravitz of _Bewitched_

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/106 "2008-07-10T22:14:45Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
**DIsForDoper**

Gladys Kravitz of _Bewitched_  
[/QUOTE]

Abner!!!  
Lana Lang

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/107 "2008-07-10T23:14:58Z")

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[QUOTE=photopat]  
Abner!!!  
Lana Lang  
[/QUOTE]

**SecondPrize**

Rally Vincent (of Gunsmith Cats)

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**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/108 "2008-07-10T23:29:40Z")

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**CZ75Babe**

Hermione Granger

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/109 "2008-07-10T23:42:58Z")

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[QUOTE=OtakuLoki]  
**CZ75Babe**

Hermione Granger  
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**OOO-OO! Witchy Woman!**

Bond, James Bond (do not say 007)

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/110 "2008-07-10T23:41:59Z")

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[QUOTE=OtakuLoki]  
**CZ75Babe**

Hermione Granger  
[/QUOTE]  
**OOO-OO! Witchy Woman!**

Bond, James Bond (do not say 007)

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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/111 "2008-07-11T00:00:14Z")

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[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor]  
**OOO-OO! Witchy Woman!**

Bond, James Bond (do not say 007)  
[/QUOTE]

**LicenseToKill**

Archie Andrews

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**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/112 "2008-07-11T04:32:13Z")

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[QUOTE=want2know]  
Archie Andrews  
[/QUOTE]

FrankenBetty

And I’ll do the Druss one from post 11: OldAxxMan  
Yeah, the synopsis sounds like crap, but Gemmell’s storytelling is first rate. There were a few scenes with understated emotion and sympathy that the characters express that actually had me tearing up a time or two in Legend. Druss is probably one of the best and most memorable characters he came up with too.

**Frodo**

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/113 "2008-07-11T05:18:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Sleel]  
**Frodo**  
[/QUOTE]  
**Ring Bearer**

[Corwin of Amber](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corwin_%28The_Chronicles_of_Amber%29)

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/114 "2008-07-11T17:17:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Der Trihs]

[Corwin of Amber](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corwin_%28The_Chronicles_of_Amber%29)  
[/QUOTE]

**How Many Roads?**

Link (Legend of Zelda)

My answer would be The Silent One.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/115 "2008-07-11T17:18:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Der Trihs]  
**Ring Bearer**

[Corwin of Amber](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corwin_%28The_Chronicles_of_Amber%29)  
[/QUOTE]

**WayOutOfTowner**

**Lum Invader** (from _Urusei Yatsura_)

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**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/116 "2008-07-11T18:12:58Z")

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Not Your Ordinary Oni

Al Calavicci (from Quantum Leap). I could also see Ziggy being a doper in her free time.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/117 "2008-07-11T18:42:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl]  
Al Calavicci (from Quantum Leap). I could also see Ziggy being a doper in her free time.  
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Looking for Lucky 7 (IIRC Al was married 6 times)  
Al Swearengen

ETA:A note to would-be nitpickers: I know technically Swearengen was real, but any connection between the real A.S. and the DEADWOOD A.S. other than both lived in Deadwood is purely coincidental.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/118 "2008-07-11T21:34:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl]  
Not Your Ordinary Oni

Al Calavicci (from Quantum Leap). **I could also see Ziggy being a doper in her free time**.  
[/QUOTE]

(emphasis mine)

**I Say**

Agent Fox Muldar (but \*not \* “The Truth is Out There”)

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/119 "2008-07-11T21:35:48Z")

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[QUOTE=anyrose]  
(emphasis mine)

**I Say**

Agent Fox Muldar (but \*not \* “The Truth is Out There”)  
[/QUOTE]

**TheFoXonFoX**

Kinky Friedman

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-dopers/455237/120 "2008-07-11T21:39:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]  
**TheFoXonFoX**

Kinky Friedman  
[/QUOTE]  
Isn’t Kinky Friedman a real person?

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