# What fictional character did you aspire to be like as a child? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063 "2018-07-17T04:34:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/61 "2018-07-20T01:57:51Z")
No votes for Batman? I sooooo wanted to be Batman. ETA: Yes, Adam West’s Batman. So cool! ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/62 "2018-07-20T02:04:43Z")
Colonel Robert Hogan, US Army Air Corps ---
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/63 "2018-07-20T02:06:28Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > No votes for Batman? > > I sooooo wanted to be Batman. > > ETA: Yes, Adam West’s Batman. So cool! I was more the Robin sidekick-type. I thought it would be cool to ride in the Batmobile and get out by walking over the hood. (The studio hands must have been real happy to have to polish it after every take. :mad: ) ---
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/64 "2018-07-20T02:08:26Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > Colonel Robert Hogan, US Army Air Corps Toss-up between Newkirk the pickpocket and Carter the demolitions expert. :o ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/65 "2018-07-20T03:11:07Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > No votes for Batman? > > I sooooo wanted to be Batman. I wanted to be Zorro: he _could_ get the win in a straight fight, but he’s just as glad to solve the problem with cleverness and panache. Think of how Bugs Bunny acts like a playful prankster until This Means War — only, uh, in reverse. And, just to clarify: > [@](#): > > ETA: Yes, Adam West’s Batman. George Hamilton’s Zorro. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/66 "2018-07-20T03:36:38Z")
Princess Leia…who else? Granted, I did also want to be Laura Ingalls but I’m not sure that counts because I mostly wanted to be her because I was a horse-crazy kid and she got to see horses…every …single …day. Seemed like heaven to me. Now that I’m an adult, I appreciate modern life where I can just own my own horse for fun and not have to depend on her for survival (which would be a mistake in my horse’s case). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/67 "2018-07-20T03:48:31Z")
Scrooge McDuck. Or maybe Gyro Gearloose. I’d add Gadget Hackwrench too, but that gets a little weird. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/68 "2018-07-20T03:58:30Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > George Hamilton’s Zorro. The Gay Blade? :dubious: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/69 "2018-07-20T04:16:39Z")
Kwai Chang Caine of Kung Fu. Capable of violence, disinclined to use it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/70 "2018-07-20T05:03:15Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The Gay Blade? :dubious: 😕 Of course. When I was a kid, I was convinced that he was fantastic at stuff in general, and at playing trickster hero in particular, and at _enjoying_ that he’s succeeding like mad; I didn’t know what the word “élan” meant, but I knew he had it. I also didn’t know what the word “gay” meant, because, again, I was a little kid who thought it was just the equivalent of a live-action Bugs Bunny movie. So why the dubious confusion? What, like there’s _more_ to life than being incredibly good at doing what matters and having a great time while doing it? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/71 "2018-07-20T05:09:01Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > So why the dubious confusion? IIRC, there were \*two \*Zorros in that movie. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/72 "2018-07-21T14:35:21Z")
I wanted to be the Flash. Failing that, Superman. Failing that, whatever comic book I was reading at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063/73 "2018-07-21T21:25:47Z")
John Steed. Although being Peter Peel after his return could be a better deal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-did-you-aspire-to-be-like-as-a-child/818063.md?page=3)