# What fictional character reminds you of yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617 "2003-10-26T04:20:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Never\_to\_be\_Queen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Never\_to\_be\_Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_to_be_Queen)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/1 "2003-10-26T04:20:41Z")
What fictional character/s do you think you most resemble in appearance and traits? As for myself, I think of Tonks in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” No, I cannot make my hair pink. ---
**Author:** ![Bernard\_Marx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bernard\_Marx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernard_Marx)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/2 "2003-10-26T04:32:28Z")
J. Alfred Prufrock ---
**Author:** ![Never\_to\_be\_Queen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Never\_to\_be\_Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_to_be_Queen)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/3 "2003-10-26T04:59:19Z")
Do you dare to eat a peach? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/4 "2003-10-26T05:16:00Z")
This is good for my 700th post… I’m Zathras, from _Babylon 5._ ---
**Author:** ![Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patricinus_Scriblerus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/5 "2003-10-26T06:59:24Z")
Strong bad !! I like to check my ([http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html](http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html)) Long live TROGDOR!!! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/6 "2003-10-26T07:10:07Z")
I’ve been told by girls I remind them of Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack’s character in Say Anything) and Clarence Worley (Christian Slater’s character in True Romance). ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/7 "2003-10-26T08:46:36Z")
The Overfiend, from the anime Urotsukidoj. 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/8 "2003-10-26T16:23:37Z")
Torg from Sluggy. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/9 "2003-10-26T16:28:45Z")
Any character that Smiley Burnette played. ---
**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/10 "2003-10-26T16:55:07Z")
Squirrel Nutkin from the Beatrix Potter books. OK, he lost his tail, but he challenged the tyrannical authority of the Owl, refused to conform, and SURVIVED… What a brilliant moral for children. It’s been the inspiration of a lifetime for me. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/11 "2003-10-26T17:53:09Z")
The similarities between me and Peregrin Took are just downright scary. It’s as though I was shrunk down and made male. ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/12 "2003-10-26T18:11:47Z")
Valentine Michael Smith ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/13 "2003-10-26T18:35:45Z")
What, no Stripperellas? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/14 "2003-10-26T19:24:24Z")
A cross between Pippi Longstocking and Punky Brewster. With some Kinsey Milhone thrown in for good measure. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/15 "2003-10-26T19:27:55Z")
Lisa Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/16 "2003-10-26T19:36:32Z")
A slightly more upbeat Davan [http://www.somethingpositive.net/index.html](http://www.somethingpositive.net/index.html) esp in this comic [http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04242002.html](http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04242002.html) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/17 "2003-10-26T19:52:34Z")
wwDilbert, hands down! **hopefool** , Kinsey ROCKS. :\> ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/18 "2003-10-26T19:56:31Z")
Thanks **dan**! I knew there were many reasons I liked you!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/19 "2003-10-26T22:32:59Z")
Professor Challenger, of course! (Okay, Walter Mitty.) ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617/20 "2003-10-26T23:26:25Z")
I’m currently on a Terry Pratchett kick, and it’s alarming how much I find myself identifying with Rincewind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-reminds-you-of-yourself/209617.md?page=2)