# Which fictional character would you bring to life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889 "2014-04-24T20:34:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/21 "2014-04-25T00:10:34Z")
Zaphod Beeblebrox. Just because. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/22 "2014-04-25T00:12:19Z")
I’d probably go for someone like Data - benevolent, would find a productive way to help modern society, and has encyclopedic knowledge of all sorts of future tech. Downside is that Data might decide to preserve the Prime Directive and refuse to give any future tech. Can anyone think of a similar option without that drawback? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/23 "2014-04-25T00:22:33Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Downside is that Data might decide to preserve the Prime Directive and refuse to give any future tech. Can anyone think of a similar option without that drawback? Lore. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/24 "2014-04-25T00:29:23Z")
Durkon from _Order of the Stick_. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/25 "2014-04-25T00:44:06Z")
Hopefully NOT Durkula, **AF**. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/26 "2014-04-25T00:53:21Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Lore. Non-benevolent. He’d try to take over Earth and make himself Emperor. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/27 "2014-04-25T00:56:00Z")
Doctor Strange. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/28 "2014-04-25T00:58:01Z")
Daneel Olivaw. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/29 "2014-04-25T01:21:37Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Daneel Olivaw. If robots are included, then 1 vote for Marvin the Paranoid Android. I want him as a pet. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/30 "2014-04-25T01:39:12Z")
Tom Sawyer. Or, anybody from that group. Then, Alvin Fernald. [http://www.amazon.com/Marvelous-Inventions-Alvin-Fernald/dp/1930900724](http://www.amazon.com/Marvelous-Inventions-Alvin-Fernald/dp/1930900724) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/31 "2014-04-25T03:01:14Z")
The Tenth Doctor. Or the protagonist of my own series, just because I’d like to meet him in real life. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/32 "2014-04-25T03:04:42Z")
Data has shown that he is willing to break the prime directive when he befriends a little girl shouldn’t be too hard to get information out of him ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/33 "2014-04-25T04:34:11Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Daneel Olivaw. Too many people know the Three Laws. Some jackass would shout, “Destroy yourself! That’s an order!” You’d have to keep him in very strict isolation. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/34 "2014-04-25T07:56:14Z")
Definitely, Data. At least he could restore his name to its proper pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/35 "2014-04-25T11:22:48Z")
Ziggy Stardust. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/36 "2014-04-25T13:41:50Z")
My first thought was Hannibal Lechter. I’m really really warped. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/37 "2014-04-25T14:25:48Z")
The Interesting Times Gang from Ian Banks’ Culture novels. They would get shit handled. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/38 "2014-04-25T14:47:21Z")
A gluten-free samosa. It’d be kind of weird to eat this thing that I’d just brought to life, but I miss samosas, and you can’t find them gluten-free. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/39 "2014-04-25T14:51:33Z")
Superman is nothing. Pantywaist. [Jennifer Sparks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Sparks). 1. Superpowered. 2. Willful 3. Utterly committed to a better world and willing to do whatever it takes (obsolete governments that don’t represent the greater good, destroying oligarchies, killing evil leaders) to acheive that goal. The only comic book character I’ve actively been in love with. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889/40 "2014-04-25T15:21:10Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I’d pick brainiac from DC comics, if they could create a good version of him. I don’t know if he was ever a good person, but if so, him. Brainiac 5, from the Legion of Superheroes. Of course, you would have to persuade him not to build a time machine to get back to the 30th Century. I would go with one of the genius/inventors: Braniac 5, Mister Fantastic, Henry Pym, Iron Man. Preferably from the 1960s or 1970s, before Marvel decided to turn all of their major characters into psycho cases. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-character-would-you-bring-to-life/686889.md?page=3)