# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/21 "2026-08-14T21:06:48Z")
Tia from _Escape to Witch Mountain_, I suppose. I was maybe seven, she was – what – nine? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/22 "2026-08-14T21:08:27Z")
Emma Peel from **The Avengers** (the real Avengers, not those comic book characters!) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/23 "2026-08-14T21:17:58Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Definitely Batgirl in the 60’s TV series I don’t remember, but I’m gonna go with Julie Newmar as Catwoman. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/24 "2026-08-14T21:21:50Z")
Willy Wonka (the Gene Wilder version). Nothing has changed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/25 "2026-08-14T21:38:53Z")
Crystal Mace from Space Angel. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/26 "2026-08-14T21:43:27Z")
Batman ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/27 "2026-08-14T21:47:31Z")
[Marina, Aqua Marina!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD96RQ1-wnY) Rumors are that she was based on Brigitte Bardot. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/28 "2026-08-14T21:51:20Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Willy Wonka (the Gene Wilder version). > > Nothing has changed. 🙂 I can well understand that; access to unlimited amounts of candy. Plus one can get up to all sorts of erotic games involving that river of chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/29 "2026-08-14T21:52:59Z")
Mr. Spock. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/30 "2026-08-14T22:00:25Z")
Billie Jo on Petticoat Junction (as played by Meridith McRae), ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/31 "2026-08-14T22:03:37Z")
Leslie Ann Warren as Cinderella. I must have been four. I always liked older women. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/32 "2026-08-14T22:07:32Z")
Julie on Electric Company. She was one of the Short Circus kids. Also Penny from Lost in Space. ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/33 "2026-08-14T22:21:42Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Barbara (Valerie Bertinelli) on One Day at a Time. I was torn between Valerie and Bonnie Franklin (the Mom). ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/34 "2026-08-14T22:29:53Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Judy Robinson Penny Robinson. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/35 "2026-08-14T22:46:54Z")
Kathy or Patty from the Patty Duke show. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/36 "2026-08-14T22:58:20Z")
Barbara Eden on _ **I Dream Of Jeannie** _ ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/37 "2026-08-14T22:59:41Z")
When I was a kid one of the books I read was about a couple of boys visiting a dude ranch, and there were girls there. I no longer remember the fictional girls’ names but there was something about that whole scene that made me really want to be there! > [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Emma Peel from **The Avengers** (the real Avengers, not those comic book characters!) I think it’s generally acknowledged among all boys that Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) was hot! ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/38 "2026-08-14T23:05:05Z")
Also [Carol Demas](https://www.caroledemas.com/page21/) from “The Magic Garden” ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/39 "2026-08-14T23:05:13Z")
Same here, Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/40 "2026-08-14T23:28:05Z")
Robin, of Batman and Robin fame. I was eight, so long before puberty. First in comic book form, then on the TV show played by Burt Ward. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342.md?page=3)