# 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:** 6
**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, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/101 "2026-08-17T03:41:00Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Who here said they were six years old? A number of other posters did, in fact, say things like that. > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Venkman in _Ghostbusters._ > > I was all of six years old. > [@RitterSport](#): > > 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. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Leslie Ann Warren as Cinderella. I must have been four. I always liked older women. > [@Disinfectus](#): > > Robin, of Batman and Robin fame. I was eight, so long before puberty. > [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Billy Jack ( [played by Tom Laughlin](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e0cc8f089a04fab1&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS691US691&sxsrf=APpeQnt11Rl0q86GLt3NXfXdVPXnQCs3AQ:1786773016110&udm=2&fbs=ABfTbFVyMZGZf1hfvX9uKjN_-G8cqCQj_06QnZs315LoFmPf5XwGupRbMA_EXpw_ID0OLGA2F2lF3YKlTcom8PzYuF_sGHTcVP-t6TjB8kSLBhA4oMYFVi0wkv9qtlOn-wVIOMhc1f_j5i3XHDtYfPm_oxTYii6eQt1QWTif0R858DySnSIn5XgnPitD0IyiH2ZYq5qCIcV-sd_EvmcOqD-JptUoLKC6LQ&q=billy+jack&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLma2X-KGWAxXWB7wBHUNfCSwQtKgLegQIEhAB&cshid=1786773080273001&biw=1311&bih=609&dpr=1.56#sv=CAMSURoyKhBlLTBSdWtZajF0Y1BJNTVNMg4wUnVrWWoxdGNQSTU1TToOZzd2SWpJbUlSa1dGLU0gBCoXCgFzEhBlLTBSdWtZajF0Y1BJNTVNGAEwARgHIIyS7fYKSggQARgBIAEoAQ) ). I was five > [@terentii](#): > > Sugar Kane in _ **Some Like It Hot.** _ Yes, I had the hots for Marilyn Monroe when I was four years old. ---
**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, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/102 "2026-08-17T03:43:49Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I know it’s a long thread, but a number of other posters did say things like that. > > Spice\_Weasel: It _is_ long, and I vaguely remember some of those, but I did not know so many- thanks. My memories when I was six are pretty hazy, a trip to Disneyland, that’s about it. ---
**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, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/103 "2026-08-17T03:48:30Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > My memories when I was six are pretty hazy, a trip to Disneyland, that’s about it. I have some distinct (though very brief, and entirely visual) memories going back to before my third birthday, which my parents have verified based on my descriptions of the house we were living in then – we moved to a new house just before I turned 3. By the time of kindergarten (age 5), I have quite a few memories. But, in talking with others, and doing reading on the subject, it seems like I’m probably somewhat of an outlier in how far back my memories go. ---
**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, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/104 "2026-08-17T03:51:38Z")
I only chose six for my comment as a random low age, but for me the earliest crushes I can recall I would’ve been 8yrs old I think. Aside from Kristy McNichol who I mentioned earlier there were also half the girls on the 1970s Mickey Mouse Club that piqued my interest, all age-appropriate I think. I didn’t pay much attention to adult actors like Daisy Duke or Leela on Doctor Who until much later. ---
**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, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/105 "2026-08-17T03:52:51Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > By the time of kindergarten (age 5), I have quite a few memories. But, in talking with others, and doing reading on the subject, it seems like I’m probably somewhat of an outlier in how far back my memories go. I mean, yeah I remember going to kindergarten and early grades- but other than teachers amazed at how well I could read- and how bad my handwriting was- I remember nothing other than short flashes. I watched TV, sure, but what shows? ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/106 "2026-08-17T03:55:38Z")
As I think about it, I know that I “liked” Betty Aberlin (Lady Aberlin on _Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood_) when I was 5 or 6, but I’m not sure it was a crush, per se. Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner), on the other hand, was absolutely a crush, when I was 10. I remember being infatuated with her when she was on _The Six Million Dollar Man_, and being devastated when the character was killed off – little did I know, at that time, that they were going to resurrect her! ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/107 "2026-08-17T03:59:51Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Leslie Ann Warren as Cinderella. 80 years old today. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/108 "2026-08-17T04:58:44Z")
Barbara Gordon (Yvonne Craig), in the '60s _Batman_ show. Laurie Partridge (Susan Dey), in _The Partridge Family_. One of them, anyway. ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/109 "2026-08-17T06:13:13Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > 80 years old today. Married. Alas, ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/110 "2026-08-17T06:15:19Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Wonder what that’s about. So I’m a raging heterosexual all my life and liked older women. She’s only 15 years older. Not 24 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/111 "2026-08-17T07:52:53Z")
I also don’t know for sure. I just am thinking back to the earliest crushes I remember. I think either Irma from _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_ or the Chipette with glasses from the cartoons, apparently named Jeanette Miller. I also remember having a thing for Gadget from _Chip 'n Dale’s Rescue Rangers_ and Kimberly, the pink Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. ---
**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 17, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/112 "2026-08-17T10:55:18Z")
I am shocked, _ **shocked** _ to find no one has mentioned Mary Ann yet! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/113 "2026-08-17T12:20:15Z")
I was pretty surprised about that when I mentioned her in [post 45](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/45). And apparently @BigT and I are the only ones who’ve named Gadget Hackwrench. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/114 "2026-08-17T12:20:49Z")
Kathy Coleman (Holly on Land of the Lost) Kristy McNichol (Buddy on Family) Judy Strangis (Dyna Girl on Electra Woman and Dyna Girl) Valerie Bertinelli (Barbara on One Day at a Time) Jan Smithers (Bailey on WKRP) Lara Jill Miller (Sam on Gimme a Break) Then I guess I aged out of the TV crush thing. Until 1990 and Sherilyn Fenn (Audrey on Twin Peaks). ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/115 "2026-08-17T13:12:01Z")
Princess Leia from Return. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/116 "2026-08-17T13:33:12Z")
I had a lot of TV crushes as a kid. Not sure what the first one would have been. Since this thread has gone on awhile I can just quote the ones that match: > [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Barbara (Valerie Bertinelli) on One Day at a Time. > [@Labdad](#): > > Sally Field as Gidget! > [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Marcia Brady > [@GuanoLad](#): > > Kristy McNichol as Buddy in _Family_. > [@BlankSlate](#): > > Susan Dey aka Laurie Partridge. > [@terentii](#): > > I am shocked, _ **shocked** _ to find no one has mentioned Mary Ann yet! > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Jan Smithers (Bailey on WKRP) One who hasn’t been mentioned yet who I had a big crush on was Dana Plato on Diff’rent Strokes. So sad how her life spiraled and ended too young. Reading through this thread, I’m seeing that, as a kid, I sort of had a pattern of crushing on ‘nice, girl next door’ types. Later on, as I got older and my tastes changed, watching reruns I began to crush on more strong, confident types of female characters like Lynda Carter’s or Diana Rigg’s characters. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/117 "2026-08-17T13:58:16Z")
Keith Partridge & Johnny Gage ---
**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 17, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/118 "2026-08-17T14:02:42Z")
You hyphenated her, so she didn’t show up in my search. Sorry about that! ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/119 "2026-08-17T15:22:15Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > I’m fairly promiscuous with television character crushes anyway. I have a thing for Kitty Forman on _That 70s Show_ If you had crushes on both Emma Peel and Kitty Forman, at least you’re being age approptiate. ---
**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 17, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342/120 "2026-08-17T18:15:23Z")
I came across an instagram post by David Lee Roth where he addressed this question. His first fictional crush (he used a slightly more colorful term) was Wilma Flinstone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-fictional-crush/1032342.md?page=7)