# Hot characters who are nonetheless too odd (or outright nuts) to date. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248 "2010-11-02T20:28:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/61 "2010-11-03T13:18:35Z")
Dr. Gregory House is the alpha and the omega of this concept! His name need not even be mentioned, it’s a given that he’s hot, but undateable. I was going to say Kelly Bundy, too! If I was a teenage anime cartoon girl, I would lust after James of Team Rocket. But there are problems - what IS his relationship with Jessie? Is he perhaps…gay? And he spends all that time and money (with Jessie) running after that yellow football, Pikachu, like it’s the holy grail…no, better forget it, even though he’s cute as blue haired anime boy could possibly be. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/62 "2010-11-03T13:36:51Z")
Bones. Hot as hell, but I can’t even watch the show she annoys me so much. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/63 "2010-11-03T13:45:49Z")
Theodore Bagwell of _Prison Breask_. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/64 "2010-11-03T13:55:46Z")
> [@Stauderhorse](#): > > would he become a warm and overtly caring boyfriend Yes. > [@](#): > > or just grab my ass and say sarcastic things? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/65 "2010-11-03T14:02:39Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > Jaime Pressley’s character on **My Name is Earl** Joy Turner. This is the first person I thought of when I read the title. You win the thread! ---
**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:** [November 3, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/66 "2010-11-03T14:10:17Z")
Anyone fro Friends, Ursula from Mad About You, and Seinfeld. In real life they would be unbearable. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/67 "2010-11-03T15:09:52Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > If there’s a universe where that woman is considered hot, I don’t ever want to go there. This is the first time in a long time we’ve hada major difference of opinion. Lilith was way hot when she chose to be. She simply didn’t choose to be most of the time. And yes, I know that hotness is as much about attitude as about looks. She could turn the attitude on and off like a faucet. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/68 "2010-11-03T15:13:25Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Bones. Hot as hell, but I can’t even watch the show she annoys me so much. Depending on what you want from a dating relationship, she might be ideal. She’s capable of compartmentalizing to an amazing degree, so if she enjoyed sex with you she’d be happy to restrict it to that if you were. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/69 "2010-11-03T15:19:03Z")
> [@Ronald\_C.Semone](#): > > Miss Piggy > [@Wolverine](#): > > Hot? 😕 Sure. She’s one of those fat girls who takes a lot of pride in her appearance and has a lot of confidence, so she’s not just a “typical pig.” Unfortunately, her confidence goes up to 11 and ends up spilling in to crazy territory. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/70 "2010-11-03T15:25:30Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Anyone fro Friends, Ursula from Mad About You, and Seinfeld. > > In real life they would be unbearable. i would actually get along pretty well with elaine’s character i feel like… her dbag friends would be the only real thing that turns me off. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/71 "2010-11-03T15:32:21Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Sure. She’s one of those fat girls who takes a lot of pride in her appearance and has a lot of confidence, so she’s not just a “typical pig.” She is, however, a _pig_. More precisely, she is a _pig made of velour_. If _hot_ has an opposite, it is that. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/72 "2010-11-03T15:32:52Z")
Another one: “Elle” from the first MiB movie. She’s got that whole Queen of the Dead thing going on… ---
**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:** [November 3, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/73 "2010-11-03T17:13:34Z")
> [@](#): > > And yes, I know that hotness is as much about attitude as about looks. Which is also why Miss Piggy is hot. But I’d still stay _well_ away from her. She’s the “What are hot people wearing this year?” kind of hot, not the “I’d hit that” kind of hot. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/74 "2010-11-03T21:24:52Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > In any case, unlike other, I never really disliked Diane. For one thing, despite her WASPy background, she was too insecure to be convincingly arrogant. Also, there always seemed to be something a little sad about her–like she was a short step away from turning into a heroine in a Tennessee Williams play. Now imagine using that description to try and set up her with your best friend. “What’s she like?” “WASPy, but too insecure to be convincingly arrogant. Something a little sad about her - like she’s one short step away from turning into a heroine in a Tennessee Williams play.” Yup, the men are just breaking down her door. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/75 "2010-11-03T21:44:39Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Lilith from Cheers But only with her hair down and mouth shut. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/76 "2010-11-03T21:55:49Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > But only with her hair down and mouth shut. Mouth shut? Not necessarily. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/77 "2010-11-03T22:00:59Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Jane on **Coupling** > Sally on **Coupling** > Susan on **Coupling** Jane and Sally, certainly, but _Susan_? Susan always seemed pretty squared away to me and easily the most normal, hangup-free character on the show (relatively speaking, at least). I don’t doubt we would drive each other insane, but that’s because she has that whole “neat freak” thing going, and I’m a slob, but I can’t blame her for that. If anyone on that show is considered marriage material, it’s Susan. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/78 "2010-11-03T22:11:19Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > If there’s a universe where that woman is considered hot, I don’t ever want to go there. Bebe Neuwirth is a GORGEOUS woman, and even the most severe stylings as Lilith couldn’t completely hide that - not that ‘severe’ is inherently anti-hot, either. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/79 "2010-11-03T22:15:28Z")
OK, datable/undatable for the women of Whedon. Buffy: Totally undateable. Mopey, angsty, died a couple times. Unless you’re, you know, an undead corpse that has clawed its way out of the grave to feast on the blood of the living. Then go nuts. Faith: Need I mention the Xander-choking incident? Undateable. Dawn: Dude, she’s like, 15! What’s wrong with you? Anya: Vengeance Demons are by definition undateable. A female who spends 1000 years punishing men for their mistreatment of women, and you’re going to date her. Tara: Datable. Unless you’ve got a penis. Cordelia: She’s either a teenage harpy, or being driven insane by visions, or impregnated with various demonspawns. Undateable. Fred: Mmmmm. Oh, yeah. Datable. Lilah: Evil may taste good, but don’t date the evil. Do I really have to add that all the female vampires, from Drusilla to Darla to Harmony are totally undatable? Willow: She just needs the right man. Oh, my sweet Willow, I forgive you for turning evil and trying to destroy the world, 'cause you’re just that cute. I’ll be…well, you know. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/80 "2010-11-03T22:39:13Z")
> [@Linty\_Fresh](#): > > Jane and Sally, certainly, but _Susan_? Susan always seemed pretty squared away to me and easily the most normal, hangup-free character on the show (relatively speaking, at least). Susan’s the sanest of the bunch, but that’s not saying much. I don’t remember the exact details, but wasn’t there an episode where Steve had some minor lie that started spinning out of control, and Susan seemed to take a lot of joy in finally catching him out. Jealous, too, if I remember correctly. On the American remake, all three of them were hot enough it might almost be worth it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248.md?page=5)