# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/61 "2011-01-07T06:20:02Z")
[According to Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Simpson), Homer Simpson had 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes of the series. Here is another page with a list of his jobs, including: Acrobat Actor Army private (2 times) Agent (3 times) Ambulance driver Amateur-Division Professional Arm Wrestler Asking man at products demonstration Astronaut for NASA Assassin Attack-dog trainer for the Pitiless Pup Attack Dog School Baby Proofer for his own baby proofing company “Wee Care” . . . Sailor in the Naval Reserve Sanitation Commissioner Security Officer of SpringShield Sideshow freak Silhouette Model Singer Smuggler of beer of prescription drugs of fruits and vegetables of Sugar Snowplow proprietor and driver Soccer referee Soldier Softball Player Street musician Superhero Spokesperson/Walking Billboard Sprawl-Mart greeter Talk Show Host Teacher Television Producer Telemarketer Tomacco Creator/Farmer/Salesman Tow Truck Driver Town crier Traveling salesman of Simpson & Son, Revitalizing Tonic Trucker Union leader Used Car salesman Voice actor Webmaster (“The Computer Wore Menace Shoes”) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/62 "2011-01-07T07:43:07Z")
> [@Encinitas](#): > > 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. …and more importantly, as a theoretical physicist he understands the Universe and thereby everything in it…except Radiohead. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/63 "2011-01-08T04:23:19Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > …and more importantly, as a theoretical physicist he understands the Universe and thereby everything in it…except Radiohead. He nowhere near understands everything in the Universe. His whole shtick is that he understands the big stuff, but not the smaller everyday stuff. And I honestly think we should limit this to humans. Otherwise, the Doctor, Q, or God are clear winners. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Amazing\_Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@The\_Amazing\_Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Amazing_Hanna)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/64 "2011-01-08T05:31:07Z")
Lex Luthor, from one of his cartoon incarnations? President of the United States, the smartest man on Earth, self-made billionaire, married eight times, regularly spars against the most powerful superhumans in the universe, has broken out of the highest security prisons countless times - basically, he can do anything except grow hair. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406/65 "2011-01-08T12:22:51Z")
> [@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. …man, reading this thread reminds me of why the Doctor is one of my favourite characters!!! Here’s another one… https://www.youtube.com/embed/73xZAk7oKcM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-character-has-the-most-impressive-resume/566406.md?page=3)