# What fictional characters would make great Dopers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045 "2010-07-26T14:29:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/21 "2010-07-26T17:01:33Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Jubal Harshaw, Lazarus Long, Maureen, Hazel Stone from Heinlein. > > Doc Webster, Jake, Mike Callahan, and most of the gang from Spider Robinson’s _Callahan_ Series. DANGNABBIT! **Oakminster** you beat me to it with the first four. And I totally agree with you on the others. If you ever make it down to the ATL I will stand you a beer or three. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/22 "2010-07-26T17:02:39Z")
Frasier and Niles Crane would provide some enlightening Cafe Society and GQ/GD discussions. Of course the real fun would come when they leave the computer on in Martin’s vicinity and he ends up winning us over with his appreciation of the simpler things. Daphne’s psychic stuff could also rise to the same entertainment level of cattle mutes. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/23 "2010-07-26T17:24:59Z")
John Doe from the TV Series John Doe. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320038/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320038/) All the episodes are available on Hulu. Of course he would kill any thread where there was an actual factual answer. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/24 "2010-07-26T17:25:38Z")
Dr. Gregory House ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/25 "2010-07-26T17:40:40Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > Sheldon and Leonard, of course. > > Because…? > > You realize not everyone on the board knows what series you’re referring to, no? _The Big Bang Theory_, right? (I don’t watch TV. I just hear about it). ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/26 "2010-07-26T17:42:25Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I could totally see Cliff Clavin hanging around General Questions. I think he’d be “great” as in he’d fit right in. On that note I’d nominate **Adrian Monk**. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/27 "2010-07-26T17:43:04Z")
> [@Dr.Rieux](#): > > Dr. Gregory House Certainly would have the patronizing thing down. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/28 "2010-07-26T18:20:35Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > [@zamboniracer](#): > > > > Willow Rosenberg from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” would be a good doper. She liked to surf the net for info back in high school, and as she matured and blossomed sexually she would take an interest on the gay-rights debates. > > > > As she became evil Dark Willow though, maybe we’d have to ban her. > > Banning Dark Willow does not end well. Boring Dark Willow ends far worse. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/29 "2010-07-26T18:26:50Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Frasier and Niles Crane would provide some enlightening Cafe Society and GQ/GD discussions. The inevitable pit thread and flame out that would happen after one of them took issue with the other’s post would be entertaining, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/30 "2010-07-26T18:31:33Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > > [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > > > Frasier and Niles Crane would provide some enlightening Cafe Society and GQ/GD discussions. > > The inevitable pit thread and flame out that would happen after one of them took issue with the other’s post would be entertaining, as well. **Shrinkman’s** comments regarding the rendition of _O Mimì, tu più non torni_ in last nights production of _ **La Bohème** _ are simply deluded. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/31 "2010-07-26T18:40:31Z")
[QUOTE=Galen of Athens] **Shrinkman’s** comments regarding the rendition of _O Mimì, tu più non torni_ in last nights production of _ **La Bohème** _ are simply deluded. [/QUOTE] Ahem, Delusional. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/32 "2010-07-26T18:41:41Z")
> [@Dr.Rieux](#): > > Dr. Gregory House **badchad** was banned years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/33 "2010-07-26T18:43:27Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > > > [@zamboniracer](#): > > > > > > Willow Rosenberg from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” would be a good doper. She liked to surf the net for info back in high school, and as she matured and blossomed sexually she would take an interest on the gay-rights debates. > > > > > > As she became evil Dark Willow though, maybe we’d have to ban her. > > > > Banning Dark Willow does not end well. > > Boring Dark Willow ends far worse. At least when she’s bored, she stops torturing you. Admittedly she goes straight to the murder part of the evening’s exercise, but it’s not like you were going to escape or overpower her in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/34 "2010-07-26T21:03:37Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > The inevitable pit thread and flame out that would happen after one of them took issue with the other’s post would be entertaining, as well. Oh, that would be golden. I’d love to see Maris Crane post on beauty standards, relationship threads, and social issues. A good flame war can be cathartic, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/35 "2010-07-26T21:20:06Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > > > > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > > > > > [@zamboniracer](#): > > > > > > > > Willow Rosenberg from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” would be a good doper. She liked to surf the net for info back in high school, and as she matured and blossomed sexually she would take an interest on the gay-rights debates. > > > > > > > > As she became evil Dark Willow though, maybe we’d have to ban her. > > > > > > Banning Dark Willow does not end well. > > > > Boring Dark Willow ends far worse. > > At least when she’s bored, she stops torturing you. Admittedly she goes straight to the murder part of the evening’s exercise, but it’s not like you were going to escape or overpower her in the first place. Fair point. There’s always the chance that someone else might come by and rescue you while you’re being tortured, though - I’d rather endure a few more minutes of agony, if there’s a chance that might let me survive the day. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/36 "2010-07-26T22:14:03Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I could totally see Cliff Clavin hanging around General Questions. Some of our members do a pretty good impersonation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/37 "2010-07-26T22:40:06Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Fair point. There’s always the chance that someone else might come by and rescue you while you’re being tortured, though - I’d rather endure a few more minutes of agony, if there’s a chance that might let me survive the day. Willow has many faults, but she’s no fool. If she’s torturing you for yuks, she’s clearly gone dark, and if she’s gone dark she’s probably murdered Giles, Buffy, Faith, all the junior Slayers, and maybe Angel to be safe. You ain’t getting rescued. ETA: Probably all those _if_s should really be _when_s. It’s just a matter of time. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 26, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/38 "2010-07-26T22:40:18Z")
Sherlock Holmes. We’d keep him off the needle, between cases. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/39 "2010-07-27T00:03:12Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > The trick is finding interesting characters from fiction who would be willing to spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer. Mycroft Holmes ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-characters-would-make-great-dopers/548045/40 "2010-07-27T00:29:34Z")
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