Though, how many of those books were primarily, if not exclusively, about the character in her original comic-book milieu, rather than the TV show which began over thirty years after the character’s creation?
C’mon, who else but Special Agent Dana Scully?
Please…she even caused a sociological phenomenon to manifest itself.
How could we forget Roseanne Barr?
The first character that came to my mind when I saw the thread was, Lisa Simpson.
Vegetarian (but not vegan - she (well, the show’s writers) makes that clear in at least one episode)
Dismisses pretty much every “mainstream” religion, but has no problem praying to “my lord, Buddha”
Can’t make up her mind whether she’s eight years old or 28.
TIL that Buddhism, the fourth-largest world religion with over half a billion followers, is not a “mainstream” religion. 
REVEREND LOVEJOY: Homer, God didn’t burn your house down, but he was working in the hearts of your friends - be they Christian, Jew, or…miscellaneous.
APU: Hindu. There are seven hundred million of us.
REVEREND LOVEJOY: Aww, that’s super.
The TV character or the buffoon who portrayed her?
While we’re on the subject, Edith Bunker.
Possibly because “Roseanne Barr” isn’t a fictional character. You could go with Roseanne Conner, though.
Heh. I watched the entire run of Breaking Bad despite Skyler.
Miss Piggy!
Nah, it’s Buffy. Her post-show comic book series is still going strong.
100% it’s Skyler. Every resident of the Andrew Tate circle of hell has made a video demonizing Skyler.
And probably a good half of “nice guy” Youtube has also done a “Skyler’s the real villain if you think about it” videos.
If not Skyler… its Buffy. At this point I think multiple scholarly books have been written about her as a character.
Yup. If you were alive during this era there is no question this tv role made our nation question itself and our times and everyone projected what they believed on her character. Then politics commented and everyone lost their shit.
Rey is a good runner up. Buffy fans don’t celebrate a date every year like it’s a national holiday.
I’d think Captain Janeway of Star Trek: Voyager would have to be up there given the fanaticism of many Trekkies
If being shit on by internet man-babies counts as “analysis,” then nearly every female character in any relaunched IP has hordes of insecure incels screaming about how their childhoods have been ripped away from them by woke Mary Sue characters added to their beloved stories.
Well, yeah. The OP set that as a parameter.
Sorry, wasn’t trying to question your post just expressing my disgust with the phenomenon. It’s genuinely insane to me how outraged these types get over Rey Skywalker or Captain Marvel.
Yeah, I was going to say it was a toss-up between Lucy and Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore Show). I doubt 3rd place is even close.
Noodling around with Google Scholar:
Buffy vampire: about 19100 results
“I love Lucy” 12800 results
Uhura 3160 results
Wonder woman 24000 results
Scully X-files 2950
Murphy Brown 6340
Xena Warrior 4730
Oh I understand. Sorry if my response seemed cross.
I think we’re much more aligned in how we’re thinking about it.
Analyzation doesnt necessary have to be correct or good.