# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/81 "2010-11-03T23:10:40Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > 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. Buffy does nothing for me - she’s just too small - but otherwise she’s datable, IMO. She’s very funny, for a start. Marriageable? Probably not - you’d die first. > [@](#): > > 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. Well, I’m female; if she were gay or bi, I’d date her. She’s terribly needy but really upfront about it. > [@](#): > > Tara: Datable. Unless you’ve got a penis. Penis-less me finds her more needy and less datable than Anya. But I think this is mainly body language or something, because on paper she’s definitely datable. > [@](#): > > Cordelia: She’s either a teenage harpy, or being driven insane by visions, or impregnated with various demonspawns. Undateable. She was a lovely GF when she dated Xander - it was him who ruined that. then there were about three seasons where she wasn’t insane, possessed or impregnated (except for one episode early on, which was over and done with within that episode). > [@](#): > > Lilah: Evil may taste good, but don’t date the evil. Even though I think she’s one of the sexiest of all Joss Whedon’s women, I agree; she’d love you with all her heart and sell you anyway. > [@](#): > > 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. She’s not my type physically, but her personality is actually quite lovely. I agree with you on the ones I deleted. Inara is the most datable woman anywhere ever. The downside is that you’d have to turn into Mal Reynolds for it to be more than a paid date. Is that actually a downside? Hmm. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > 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. I don’t remember that one, but I bet that if it did happen it’d be a silly piss-taking joy, like playing a prank on someone who also enjoys playing a prank on you - not emotional game-playing. She can’t have been that jealous if she hung out so often with her BF’s ex-GF who was still hung up on him enough to have a full-size cut-out of him in her bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/82 "2010-11-03T23:11:56Z")
Helena Bonham Carter’s Marla Singer from _Fight Club_. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/83 "2010-11-03T23:14:07Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > 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. Well, I would add at the beginning that she’s blonde with a cute face and a killer set of gams (you gotta put the strongest selling points up first).😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/84 "2010-11-03T23:16:34Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > 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. Eliza Dushku’s character on _Dollhouse_. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/85 "2010-11-03T23:54:33Z")
Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes. He’s brilliant, can be very funny, sexy, great shape, wonderful survival skills and a good income when he chooses, but also has limited social skills, very little tact, clingy and possessive yet neither affectionate nor giving, a cocaine addiction, erratic hours and, on top of it all, enemies who would see him dead. Bring him home to mother and he’d like as not reveal to you that she used to be a prostitute, the man you know as your father isn’t, he’d tell you the food was terrible and then he’d somehow kill the cat on the way out. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/86 "2010-11-03T23:57:36Z")
Maggie O’Connell? Don’t wanna get hit by a de-orbiting satellite. George Lass? Don’t wanna get hit by a de-orbiting toilet seat. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/87 "2010-11-04T00:15:30Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes. He’s brilliant, can be very funny, sexy, great shape, wonderful survival skills and a good income when he chooses, but also has limited social skills, very little tact, clingy and possessive yet neither affectionate nor giving, a cocaine addiction, erratic hours and, on top of it all, enemies who would see him dead. Bring him home to mother and he’d like as not reveal to you that she used to be a prostitute, the man you know as your father isn’t, he’d tell you the food was terrible and then he’d somehow kill the cat on the way out. The same might be said for Robert Downey Jr. when he’s not playing Sherlock Holmes. – Did NOT like the new Rhodey. ---
**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 4, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/88 "2010-11-04T00:21:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Inara is the most datable woman anywhere ever. The downside is that you’d have to turn into Mal Reynolds for it to be more than a paid date. Is that actually a downside? Hmm. The whole prostitution thing, even in a legal and formalized context like that, leaves me cold. She’s basically a professional liar. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/89 "2010-11-04T00:54:49Z")
Greg House. I can’t imagine actually dating him . . . but given the opportunity I wouldn’t turn him down. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/90 "2010-11-04T00:56:25Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > If there’s a universe where that woman is considered hot, I don’t ever want to go there. Ahem . . . you are already in that universe. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/91 "2010-11-04T02:54:04Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Ahem . . . you are already in that universe. Yep - I’m not a man or a gay woman, but I think she’s pretty [hot](http://www.princetontourcompany.com/polBlogs.cfm?doctype_code=Blog&doc_id=403). My submission is [Hugh Jackman as Wolverine](http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/02/27/hugh-jackman-wolverine-full-fury/). Obviously super hot, but don’t be trying to wake the man up from a deep sleep unless you’re fast on your feet and need some bread sliced. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/92 "2010-11-04T03:39:45Z")
Kathleen Turner in _Body Heat_, _Prizzi’s Honor_, or _The War of the Roses_. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/93 "2010-11-04T05:06:45Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Aren’t they dating each other? (Re: the Winchester brothers on _Supernatural_.) I know you’re joking, but their codependence is just one symptom of their nuttiness. Their relationship is…very weird. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/94 "2010-11-04T05:49:45Z")
Adrian Monk ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/95 "2010-11-04T08:18:05Z")
Speaking of Inara, I’ll nominate Morena Baccarin’s character, Anna, on V. Very hot in her human guise, but in private she’ll turn into a lizard and eat you! Baccarin also played a crazy villain in Stargate: SG1. Angela from _The Office_. Can be quite hot when she wants to be (see: her nurse costume on the recent Halloween episode) and is apparently wild in the sack, but outwardly is a real bitch. Deb on _Dexter_. Tons of emotional issues, but apparently quite a good lay. I guess you could also include Lila (Jaime Murray) from season 2. Callisto (Hudson Leick) from _Xena: Warrior Princess_. Callisto was truly evil, but smokin’ hot! ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/96 "2010-11-04T08:38:29Z")
Tia Dalma from Pirates of the Caribbean. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/97 "2010-11-04T08:47:01Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > 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. You forgot Amy Madison! Before she was rat-i-fied, she was totally datable, so long as her mother was safely trapped in the cheerleader trophy case. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/98 "2010-11-04T12:21:00Z")
Sally from _Third Rock_. ---
**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 4, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/99 "2010-11-04T14:02:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The whole prostitution thing, even in a legal and formalized context like that, leaves me cold. She’s basically a professional liar. Wait, what? I don’t understand how you go from _prostitute_ to _liar._ Can you explain? ---
**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 4, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248/100 "2010-11-04T14:07:19Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Yep - I’m not a man or a gay woman, but I think she’s pretty [hot](http://www.princetontourcompany.com/polBlogs.cfm?doctype_code=Blog&doc_id=403). > > My submission is [Hugh Jackman as Wolverine](http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/02/27/hugh-jackman-wolverine-full-fury/). > > Obviously super hot, but don’t be trying to wake the man up from a deep sleep unless you’re fast on your feet and need some bread sliced. Well, there’s other reasons not to date Wolverine, but that’s hardly one. The wakes-up-with-claws-extended thing is easily manageable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-characters-who-are-nonetheless-too-odd-or-outright-nuts-to-date/559248.md?page=6)