# What fictional characters would fit in best (or worst) with the culture of the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610 "2008-03-17T02:46:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/21 "2008-03-17T17:32:47Z")
[QUOTE=Ranchoth] That son of a bitch [**Nick Van Owen**](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0002029/) would probably fit in distressingly well, at times. [/QUOTE] But didn’t [Roland](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhRRWwH3Fro) take care of that Son-of-a-Bitch Van Owen, back in Mombasa? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/22 "2008-03-17T17:32:51Z")
[QUOTE=Ranchoth] That son of a bitch [**Nick Van Owen**](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0002029/) would probably fit in distressingly well, at times. [/QUOTE] It’d sure make for a hell of a Pit thread with **Roland Orzabal** , wouldn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/23 "2008-03-17T17:41:57Z")
I think Lisa Simpson would last longer here than CBG. Fred from _Angel_. Heinlein’s Mycroft Holmes could end up a moderator–though he might get into trouble for his “Adam Selene” sock puppet. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/24 "2008-03-18T04:37:46Z")
I came in to say Greg House, but someone beat me to it! I think Methos (from Highlander) would get a big kick out of the place. He, of course, would refuse to provide cites for anything. (His post is his cite.) And maybe Daniel Jackson from Stargate. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/25 "2008-03-18T09:24:00Z")
[QUOTE=Kat] I came in to say Greg House, but someone beat me to it! I think Methos (from Highlander) would get a big kick out of the place. He, of course, would refuse to provide cites for anything. (His post is his cite.) And maybe Daniel Jackson from Stargate. [/QUOTE] Commander John Crichton, of FarScape, would get a big kick out of the place, assuming he could access it. I also see lots of posts to General Questions asking for advice on the best way to open a wormhole back to Earth, and maybe some GD threads asking about the repercussions of doing so. Oh, and a Cafe Society thread on recipes for preparing food cubes in a way to make them palatable. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/26 "2008-03-18T11:20:45Z")
[QUOTE=Made in Macau] I thought of Ignatious J Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces as the worst. He would love opining to the world all at once and might get very sniffy indeed at being challenged over anything. [/QUOTE] _Best_ worst. Ignatius was a netkook before his time. Read [Boethius](http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/boethius/boetrans.html). (Not relevant to the topic at hand, just what Ig would have told us to do every so often.) ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/27 "2008-03-18T11:32:18Z")
I’d love to see the Doctor posting here, if only so I could cyber stalk him. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/28 "2008-03-18T16:34:01Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I do think Wilson would be a fine addition. [/QUOTE] The one from _Cast Away_? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/29 "2008-03-18T16:42:33Z")
Mr. Spock would be great poster. Linus would be another but Lucy would probably be more popular. Most of the people from Boston Legal would be fun to have here. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/30 "2008-03-18T16:43:46Z")
Cecil Adams ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/31 "2008-03-18T17:23:54Z")
[QUOTE=Raguleader] Would Mark Twain post to the SDMB? [/QUOTE] If he were fictional, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/32 "2008-03-18T17:39:26Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] Cecil Adams [/QUOTE] If he were fictional, yes. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/33 "2008-03-18T17:59:16Z")
The urbane aristocratic polymath [Doctor Eszterhazy](http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Doctor-Eszterhazy-Avram-Davidson/dp/0913896284) would make a fine Doper (except in GD, argument not being much to his taste). But the Emperor, the Crown Prince, the Crown Princeling – not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/34 "2008-03-18T18:17:29Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Sherlock Holmes would also have fun, I suspect. [/QUOTE] If we could convince Hercule Poirot to unlurk, him and Holmes would probably merge into the most powerful detective force the internet has ever seen. But I don’t think he is the message board type. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/35 "2008-03-18T18:41:23Z")
Sandra Bullock’s character from _The Net_. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/36 "2008-03-18T18:47:49Z")
Santa Claus would fit in nicely. Not the Easter Bunny. Dionysus would fit in well. Probably not Thor. Dracula would love it here, but not Frankenstein’s monster. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/37 "2008-03-18T19:18:12Z")
lisa simpson ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/38 "2008-03-18T19:30:01Z")
Oh, come on, people! The easy #1 choice: **Batman**. He’d always be prepared. Lex Luthor and any of your other superintellects would probably do fine, too. And while Homer Simpson wouldn’t last a week, I think we can all admit that he’d get off one amazing, 35-page Pit thread that people would talk about for months. [QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Peter Parker would be an interesting poster, too. But stay out of the crossfire when he and Bruce Banner start to debate rad health physics. [/QUOTE] “ **PParker** , **NottheHulk** , you’ve both been warned about giving medical advice of this type. Please do not do it again.” > [@Raguleader](#): > > Would Mark Twain post to the SDMB? Reports of his banning have been greatly exaggerated. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/39 "2008-03-18T21:57:08Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Oh, come on, people! The easy #1 choice: **Batman**. He’d always be prepared. . [/QUOTE] Actually, Batman would be **un** -prepared: he is too certain that he is Right to enjoy debate or dissent. Superman, being a journalist & author, would be a fine choice. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610/40 "2008-03-18T22:01:45Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Superman, being a journalist & author, would be a fine choice. [/QUOTE] Journalist? Author? Say what? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-fit-in-best-or-worst-with-the-culture-of-the-sdmb/441610.md?page=3)