# The Breakfast Club: Which character (or blend) were you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359 "2018-12-19T10:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/1 "2018-12-19T10:39:51Z")
In high school I was definitely a blend of John Bender (the burn out) and Brian Johnson (the nerd). How did the rest of you fair in high school, on a Breakfast Club scale? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/2 "2018-12-19T10:57:10Z")
60% Allison, 40% Brian ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/3 "2018-12-19T13:16:58Z")
Not a jock, not a flake, not a princess, not a criminal, not really a nerd, but closer to that than any of the others. So I’d have to say 50% Brian, 50% Other. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/4 "2018-12-19T13:23:57Z")
Basket case/burnout, in wildly fluctuating ratios depending on time of day. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/5 "2018-12-19T13:41:58Z")
Nerd/Jock though it was hockey, soccer and swimming and not wrestling. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/6 "2018-12-19T14:54:41Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > Nerd/Jock though it was hockey, soccer and swimming and not wrestling. Me too, and football/track instead of wrestling. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/7 "2018-12-19T15:02:01Z")
I was mostly an Allison with aspirations of being a Claire sometimes but usually ended up tapping into my John Bender tendencies. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/8 "2018-12-19T15:20:22Z")
80% Allison , 20% Claire - I had a major girl crush on Molly Ringwald and I was also red-headed so the 20% was mostly wishful thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/9 "2018-12-19T15:41:27Z")
Hmmm… I never thought of applying percentages, so let me revisit my OP and state: Brian (Nerd) - 55% Bender (Burn out) - 25% Andy (Jock) - 20% Close enough. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/10 "2018-12-19T15:45:24Z")
I was the guy who, instead of getting a new boy/girlfriend, got the “reward” of getting to do everyone else’s homework for them. It’s not too surprising that I hated that movie. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/11 "2018-12-19T20:29:27Z")
Andy = 60% Brian = 40% Basically I was a jock with excellent grades. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/12 "2018-12-19T21:00:57Z")
I wasn’t there. I am just that ‘unique’😉 ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/13 "2018-12-19T21:39:55Z")
Bender/Brian 50/50 I was bender with a better family and Brian with worse grades. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/14 "2018-12-20T15:35:18Z")
80% Brian, 27% Allison, 6% Andy, -13% Claire, 0% Bender, although a lot of my friends WERE 90%+ Bender. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/15 "2018-12-20T17:55:25Z")
55% Nerd - Brian 40% Weirdo - Allison 5% Rebel - Bender ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/16 "2018-12-20T23:24:32Z")
I’m half Bender and Half Brian. I am a nerd but I am not afraid to fight. In junior high I had plenty and I kept score. It’s pretty much even win/lose. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/17 "2018-12-21T08:08:20Z")
I was the Rob Lowe character. But he wasn’t in The Breakfast Club cause he was too busy being cool in Youngblood. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/18 "2018-12-21T08:17:49Z")
120% Brian, right down to would have been suicidal over an F. (TBH, I would have been suicidal over a C.) I was a barrel of premed laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/19 "2018-12-21T08:40:04Z")
Closest would have been Andy - I was a jock, but my parents weren’t psychotic and I never bullied anyone. I’ll cop to 5% Claire. I suppose I was popular - I had a circle of friends and I guess people I didn’t know knew who I was by virtue of being on all the teams, but I hope to fuck I wasn’t a snob; I don’t think I was. I had about a 33% Bender streak in me too, but I never got in any real trouble either. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359/20 "2018-12-21T19:34:22Z")
I was in HS when Breakfast Club was released! was about 70% Bender, I didn’t do a lot of drugs but I smoked cigarettes and drank a lot, wore a leather jacket, steel toe boots, had long hair, liked hard rock/metal, played guitar, etc… My Dad was (is) an abusive alcoholic, as well. 20% Andy - I was fairly athletic and played hockey, football, baseball, and was a swimmer, at least until girls, booze and partying took over. 10% - Brian - I had pretty good marks overall, especially math and science. I loved computers and video games. I read fantasy books and played D&D. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-which-character-or-blend-were-you/826359.md?page=2)