# What TV character has the most impressive resume? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406 "2011-01-04T20:02:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/41 "2011-01-05T17:25:12Z")
Q and The Doctor are definitely strong candidates, as is Buffy…but as far as I know, none of them had sex with an angel in the backseat of a '67 Impala. Dean Winchester did. Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but sex with an angel in is probably way better than the mile high club with any normal human, and in the back seat of a classic American musclecar?? Please. Plus the Metallicar has a theme song, AC/DC’s “Back in Black.” What’s the theme song for the Tardis? Riiiight. And for those with a dark side, Sam had sex with a demon, probably multiple times. Then he helped kill her. Plus I’m pretty sure that it was clearly stated that the Impala is pretty much the most important object in the entire universe. And it’s Dean’s baby. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/42 "2011-01-05T17:44:35Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Yeah the only TV character which I can think of with a more impressive resume than the Doctor would have to be Q. “He can stop death, create life, travel through time, stop time, multitask/create multiple versions of himself and create entire worlds effortlessly. He can change a person’s mind or make them take any action.” Bah. The Most Interesting Man in the World’s reputation is expanding faster than the universe. Although, for the purposes of this thread, this may mean that a resume for him is superfluous. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/43 "2011-01-05T18:07:50Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Q and The Doctor are definitely strong candidates, as is Buffy…but as far as I know, none of them had sex with an angel in the backseat of a '67 Impala. The Doctor made Queen Elizabeth I change her nickname. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/44 "2011-01-05T18:22:40Z")
Of course, Duncan McLeod of _Highlander_ racks up an impressive resume just by virtue of longevity. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/45 "2011-01-05T18:31:24Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > The Doctor made Queen Elizabeth I change her nickname. Sex. With a freakin’ ANGEL. In the backseat of a '67 Impala. Did I mention it was an ANGEL? Now if the Doctor made Queen Lizzy give him a Rusty Trombone and call him “daddy” I might be impressed, but otherwise…bah, pretty much ANYONE on the Leverage team could make someone change their nickname. Sophie could do it in under ten seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/46 "2011-01-05T18:36:59Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Sex. With a freakin’ ANGEL. In the backseat of a '67 Impala. Did I mention it was an ANGEL? Now if the Doctor made Queen Lizzy give him a Rusty Trombone and call him “daddy” I might be impressed, but otherwise…bah, pretty much ANYONE on the Leverage team could make someone change their nickname. Sophie could do it in under ten seconds. You realize that her nickname was “the Virgin Queen”, right"? Of course, the Doctor, being a gentleman, married her first (or at least after). And besides, she was a \*fallen \*angel. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/47 "2011-01-05T18:39:33Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > Bah. The Most Interesting Man in the World’s reputation is expanding faster than the universe. > > Although, for the purposes of this thread, this may mean that a resume for him is superfluous. When he applies for a job, the employer hands him a resume. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/48 "2011-01-05T18:39:48Z")
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**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/49 "2011-01-05T18:51:22Z")
John Doe, from the series of the same title. He knew everything. Yeah, everything. You want somebody who will program a new OS for your computer while fixing the AC and knowing how to iron and fold your clothes the perfect way? He’s your man. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/50 "2011-01-05T19:39:32Z")
James T. Kirk has saved the galaxy any number of times. He’s a highly skilled diplomat, martial artist, starship tactician, has wooed and won women on dozens of worlds, and can even beat Spock at Tri-D chess. Josiah Bartlet won the freakin’ Nobel Prize in Economics, is a former congressman and governor of New Hampshire, and won election to the Presidency twice. And another vote for Buckaroo Banzai: rock star, physicist, neurosurgeon, inventor, martial artist, Presidential advisor, etc. etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/51 "2011-01-05T19:50:07Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Sex. With a freakin’ ANGEL. In the backseat of a '67 Impala. Did I mention it was an ANGEL? Now if the Doctor made Queen Lizzy give him a Rusty Trombone and call him “daddy” I might be impressed, but otherwise…bah, pretty much ANYONE on the Leverage team could make someone change their nickname. Sophie could do it in under ten seconds. The Doctor [faced down Satan](http://www.eyeofhorus.org.uk/images/photo/10tennant/series-02/09-satan/the-satan-pit-doctor-beast2.jpg)…and came out on top. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/52 "2011-01-05T20:48:17Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Sex. With a freakin’ ANGEL. In the backseat of a '67 Impala. Did I mention it was an ANGEL? Now if the Doctor made Queen Lizzy give him a Rusty Trombone and call him “daddy” I might be impressed, but otherwise…bah, pretty much ANYONE on the Leverage team could make someone change their nickname. Sophie could do it in under ten seconds. Ah, but the Doctor was presumably married to a Time Lord at some point (he has a grandaughter), and a time lord beats an angel any time. Also, for those citing academic references - the Doctor beats everyone on those. He knows more about everything than anyone, combined with time lord knowledge. Beats any crappy earth-based PHD. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/53 "2011-01-06T07:53:40Z")
Here’s a way to resolve the issue: let’s see how other characters react to reading the hero’s resume. For instance, the Doctor once scared off an enemy - a race of sentient flesh-eating shadows that had taken over a planet - _by showing them his written credentials_. [Cite.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRTyF-tIZA) Your move. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/54 "2011-01-06T16:25:16Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Of course, Duncan McLeod of _Highlander_ racks up an impressive resume just by virtue of longevity. I dunno, it really just seemed like his job was selling his old shit as an antique dealer whilst dispatching the occasional dude with his katana. The historical flashbacks just seemed like costume changes. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/55 "2011-01-06T17:19:10Z")
Wait, wasn’t Death a character in one of the tv adaptations of a Terry Prachett novel? That guy’s been _everywhere_. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/56 "2011-01-06T19:21:37Z")
Sheldon Cooper is a theoretical physicist currently researching heterotic string theory. He has a Master’s degree and 2 Ph.D.s. He was 11 when he started college and his IQ is 187. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/57 "2011-01-06T19:31:40Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I guess it would depend on what job you’re looking to fill. The Winchesters don’t have a lot of formal education. Dean has a GED, and although Sam went to college, he didn’t graduate. And even if you need someone to kill some evil thing, with Sam and Dean there’s a high likelihood that they’ll fuck up terribly and get killed. (Although they’ll get brought back for some convoluted reason.) > > OTOH, if the job you’re looking to fill is “underwear model” or something along those lines, they’d be fine choices. 😉 All the more impressive when you consider they live out of a car and eat mostly crappy diner food. I also wonder how they keep such gorgeous smiles with no regular dental care (or insurance). ---
**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:** [January 7, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/58 "2011-01-07T04:04:32Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Here’s a way to resolve the issue: let’s see how other characters react to reading the hero’s resume. For instance, the Doctor once scared off an enemy - a race of sentient flesh-eating shadows that had taken over a planet - _by showing them his written credentials_. > > [Cite.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRTyF-tIZA) > > Your move. In the final episode, Sam Beckett interrupted a hypothetical from God to mention that he in fact had the background in question. _“So you have,”_ He replied. That said, the primary value of his credentials was usually to convince _ **himself** _ that he knew the stuff under discussion; he spent most of the series suffering from amnesia, and needed to be reminded of all the doctorates his 267 IQ had let him rack up. Since his strong suit was going incognito, he typically found himself in the opposite position: he _ **couldn’t** _ produce any documentation for, say, his medical degree, and so had to come up with an explanation on the fly as to why everyone should let the youth with Downs syndrome apply his expert knowledge to save a life, or why a perfectly competent obstetrician in the '50s should of course defer to the jokey pilot who’s secretly decades ahead of the guy in his chosen specialty, and so on. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/59 "2011-01-07T04:14:48Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Wait, wasn’t Death a character in one of the tv adaptations of a Terry Prachett novel? > > That guy’s been _everywhere_. But he’s never held more than one job. And, so far as we can tell, no educational credentials even for **that.** Native talent doesn’t count on a resume. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/60 "2011-01-07T06:03:37Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > But he’s never held more than one job. And, so far as we can tell, no educational credentials even for **that.** Native talent doesn’t count on a resume. He’s got a fabulous voice, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406.md?page=4)