# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/81 "2026-08-15T21:15:31Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > 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) Lara Jill Miller? Good choice. I always thought she was a doll. Mine was Denise Huxtable from _The Cosby Show._ It became an eye-opening experience when I saw Lisa Bonet later in _Angel Heart._ ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/82 "2026-08-15T21:43:51Z")
Susan Dey aka Laurie Partridge. Or maybe Jenny Agutter in _Walkabout_. Whichever came first. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/83 "2026-08-15T21:56:11Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > 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. Ditto, but I had a crush on her before she was married, even before she was in the beach movies. At a very young age I knew there was something different about her. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/84 "2026-08-15T22:31:06Z")
Sugar Kane in _ **Some Like It Hot.** _ Yes, I had the hots for Marilyn Monroe when I was four years old. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/85 "2026-08-16T00:49:39Z")
As a very 4 or 5 I really liked Linda Carter as wonder woman, but I wouldn’t call it a crush. So probably the first fictional girl I was old enough to have a thing for would be Kitty Pryde of X-men Comics. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/86 "2026-08-16T01:02:17Z")
Shadow Lass, from DC Comics Legion Of Superheroes. > **[Shadow Lass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Lass#/media/File:Shadow_Lass_(1970s).png)** > > Abilities: Equipment: Shadow Lass (Tasmia Mallor) is a superheroine appearing in books published by DC Comics. She first appeared as a statue in Adventure Comics #354 (March 1967), and was created by Jim Shooter and Curt Swan. She was called Shadow Woman and as having been killed in action defending the science asteroid, in an Adult Legion story. Her official first appearance is Adventure Comics #365 (February 1968). Tasmia Mallor originates from the planet Talok VIII, and possesses darkness-mani... ---
**Author:** ![theater\_in\_a\_crowded\_fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@theater\_in\_a\_crowded\_fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theater_in_a_crowded_fire)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/87 "2026-08-16T02:12:43Z")
The earliest I remember was Janice from the Muppets. Also April from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/88 "2026-08-16T02:17:53Z")
Star of my first celebrity erotic dream. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/89 "2026-08-16T17:21:00Z")
Sadly I can’t remember any particular one at all. I do remember my older sister and I watched Emergency! in syndication together in the late 70s, she because she liked either Gage or DeSoto (probably the recently deceased Randolph Mantooth, I’m guessing) and myself because I liked the trucks. ---
**Author:** ![We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/90 "2026-08-16T17:29:57Z")
Col. Wilma Deering (Erin Gray) and Princess Ardala (Pamela Hensley) from Buck Rogers gave me funny feelings when I was young. Which one I liked best tended to change from day to day depending on how I was feeling. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/91 "2026-08-16T20:00:45Z")
I’m rather surprised by the people who remember their first fictional crush. I couldn’t really say who was first for me, but there have been a lot of contenders mentioned in this thread so far. ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/92 "2026-08-16T20:32:53Z")
I had as much of a chance with fictional crushes as I did with real life crushes until I hit 30. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/93 "2026-08-17T00:15:55Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’m rather surprised by the people who remember their first fictional crush. I am not sure if Catwoman or Batwoman were my _very first_- but certainly I had a crush on them, and quite early. Reading Bill Bryson _The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through My Childhood_ it seems it was Gloria Winters as Penny King in Sky King for him. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/94 "2026-08-17T00:29:20Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’m rather surprised by the people who remember their first fictional crush. I couldn’t really say who was first for me, but there have been a lot of contenders mentioned in this thread so far. I’ll admit that my choice of Emma Peel is an educated guess. Judy Robinson might be another candidate, but although I liked looking at her, she was just kinda “there” without doing much. Marlo Thomas as Ann Marie in _That Girl_ caught my attention as well. But Mrs. Peel certainly had a more profound and lasting impact.than the other two. I’m fairly promiscuous with television character crushes anyway. I have a thing for Kitty Forman on _That 70s Show_. ---
**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 17, 2026, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/95 "2026-08-17T00:42:09Z")
My brother had a thing for Cissy of Family Affair. Besides Billie Jo Bradley, i also had liked Barbara Cooper from One Day at a Time and Andrea Nuvo from Arnie. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/96 "2026-08-17T00:51:10Z")
Early 80s, reruns of the Brady Bunch came on at 4pm every day. I had my first crush on Cindy Brady, but it quickly moved on to Jan. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/97 "2026-08-17T01:14:45Z")
A lot of 6yr old kids with crushes on 30yr old adults here. Wonder what that’s about. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/98 "2026-08-17T03:13:41Z")
Better than the other was around I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/99 "2026-08-17T03:24:28Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > A lot of 6yr old kids with crushes on 30yr old adults here. Wonder what that’s about. Many kids at that age can have a sort of romantic/emotional attraction or infatuation with others, including classmates and playmates as well as people who are older than them (teens and adults), both people they personally know, as well as celebrities on TV and movies. It’s not particularly unusual or strange. > [@](#): > > #### **Is it normal for a child to have a crush on an adult?** > > Completely normal. Contrary to the ideas promoted by society, love and lust frequently transcend age boundaries, and it’s quite common for children and teens to have romantic crushes on adults. In fact, I’d wager that the majority of childhood crushes are directed at an adult or older youth, and that it’s more common for children to get crushes on someone much older than it is for them to have crushes on same-age peers. > > Many of these crushes revolve around celebrities – actors, musicians, TV hosts, or YouTube personalities. Others feature people a child knows in real life. The object of a child’s crush might be a family friend, a neighbor, an older brother or sister of a friend, or the parent of one of their peers. And of course, children have been getting crushes on their teachers for as long as teachers have been around. > **[Childhood Crushes](https://keepyourchildsafe.org/children/sex-children/childhood-crushes/)** > > Help Us Help Others:The most widespread and visible manifestation of childhood sexuality comes in the form of what adults commonly refer to as “crushes”: An erotic fascination a child develops toward a particular person. What are crushes? Crushes are... > **[Your Child’s First Crush](https://www.healthychildren.org/English/healthy-living/emotional-wellness/Pages/Your-Childs-First-Crush.aspx)** > > ​Remember the first time you looked at a classmate and your heart pounded just a little bit harder? Many kids go through this in their teen years, but some children can feel romantic interest well before puberty. Talking with your child about... ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/100 "2026-08-17T03:34:25Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > A lot of 6yr old kids with crushes on 30yr old adults here. Wonder what that’s about. I was in my early teens. Who here said they were six years old? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342.md?page=6)