# First fictional crush **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342 "2026-08-14T19:43:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/1 "2026-08-14T19:43:55Z")
Do you remember what your first crush on a fictional character was? I was obsessed with Dot from Animaniacs. Don’t laugh, I was like 4 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/2 "2026-08-14T19:53:17Z")
Joy on the _Bugaloos_ ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/3 "2026-08-14T19:59:31Z")
Jaime Sommers (the Bionic Woman.) ---
**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:** [August 14, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/4 "2026-08-14T20:00:53Z")
Kelly Kapowski maybe? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/5 "2026-08-14T20:01:48Z")
Venkman in _Ghostbusters._ I was all of six years old. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/6 "2026-08-14T20:03:46Z")
Ariel from _The Little Mermaid._ ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/7 "2026-08-14T20:09:09Z")
Both Betty and Veronica, I’ve been hard to commit to just one girl ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/8 "2026-08-14T20:16:20Z")
A young Janet Jackson as Penny on the show Good Times 🥰 ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/9 "2026-08-14T20:18:24Z")
Barbara (Valerie Bertinelli) on One Day at a Time. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/10 "2026-08-14T20:19:00Z")
On the principle that _The Mickey Mouse Club_ was a show, and the mouseketeers were performers playing roles, Annette Funicello. It was a dark day when I learned that she was married and had children older than me. My first completely fictional crush was probably Isis, played by Joanna Cameron in [The Secrets of Isis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secrets_of_Isis) on Saturday morning TV. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/11 "2026-08-14T20:20:16Z")
Lt. Saavik, Kirstie Alley incarnation. Don’t judge. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/12 "2026-08-14T20:22:02Z")
Lynda Carter’s Winder Woman. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/13 "2026-08-14T20:22:43Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Don’t judge. Judge? Based on Saavik’s portrayal in Vonda McIntire’s novelizations of the movies, I completely agree. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/14 "2026-08-14T20:26:07Z")
This is a probably a pretty obscure choice, but maybe the youngest daughter from _Gimmie a Break_ (bottom left). [![](https://images.static-bluray.com/products/20/48318_1_large.jpg) ](https://images.static-bluray.com/products/20/48318_1_large.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/15 "2026-08-14T20:31:10Z")
Definitely Batgirl in the 60’s TV series. I was always happy when that alternate intro cartoon was shown, but I didn’t really know why, since I was like 6 or 7 probably. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/16 "2026-08-14T20:36:45Z")
Judy Robinson ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/17 "2026-08-14T20:38:01Z")
NM… ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/18 "2026-08-14T20:52:37Z")
Barbara Feldon, Agent 99 on Get Smart. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/19 "2026-08-14T21:02:40Z")
The Phantom from the comics. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/20 "2026-08-14T21:03:58Z")
The first was Batgirl. But as I matured, it was Bailey on WKRP in Cincinnati. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342.md?page=2)