# Which movie or TV child would you adopt? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542 "2004-12-18T18:07:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/21 "2004-12-20T19:35:13Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Don’t forget – you get Gleep the Monkey, too! No way - the monkey ain’t a kid! Oh, what the hell. I suppose I can train it to throw feces at my enemies. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/22 "2004-12-20T19:38:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Uvula Donor > Zan and Jayna, the Wonder Twins. Zan can transform into a bigass tub of ice to keep my beer cold while Jayna turns herself into a sheep… > [@D\_Odds](#): > > Do I want to read any further than that? :eek: I dunno. Got a pair of high boots? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/23 "2004-12-20T19:39:31Z")
Well, I’m only 21 so it’d be a bit odd having 20, 16, and 15 year old kids but I’ll take the Girardis from _Joan of Arcadia_. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/24 "2004-12-20T19:41:00Z")
…er, almost 23, not 21. I’m going senile already. Hope they’ll look after me. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/25 "2004-12-20T20:01:57Z")
The Bundy kids. Don’t have to feed them or take care of them, get to practice all my sarcastic verbal barbs, and the daughter will bring home a constant stream of low-lifes for me to pummel. Despite all this, we will still maintain an us versus the world attitude (and drive an old Dodge that when I call the automated help line will identify me specifically). ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/26 "2004-12-20T20:31:03Z")
> [@look!ninjas](#): > > I get the Baudelaires from A Series of Unfortunate Events, even though it means I’ll most likely be killed by Count Olaf in a week or two. Ooh, I get them after you. We’ll move to the hinterlands of Canada. That ought to keep Count Olaf away for at least a month. You’re funeral will be exquisite, I swear. ---
**Author:** ![MercyStreet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@MercyStreet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MercyStreet)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/27 "2004-12-20T20:48:44Z")
Apparently I’ll have to work out some kind of custody arrangement for **Boo** from Monsters Inc. _Teeeee heee heee … kitty!_ ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/28 "2004-12-20T21:39:12Z")
Nobody wants any of the kids from Christmas movies? I thought about the little girl from the original Miracle on 34th street. It would be weird that I could only take b&w photos of her but I would definitely get her swimming lessons. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/29 "2004-12-20T21:46:52Z")
Michael Bluth from _Arrested Development_. I _really_ wanna adopt _him_. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/30 "2004-12-20T21:49:35Z")
Dash. Chesney from Corrie. And on scrolling down before submitting… Boo from Monsters Ink Has the word ‘bucket’ ever sounded cuter! ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/31 "2004-12-20T21:51:18Z")
Bam-Bam Rubble. and it would be cool if Hoppy came along as part of the deal. ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/32 "2004-12-20T22:14:21Z")
The creepy little girl from “The 4400”, the one that can see into the future. Since there’s so much fear of them, she’d of course have to be homeschooled. “Today we’re going to learn about horses! Do you know what a trifecta is?” ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/33 "2004-12-20T22:18:37Z")
Stewie from _Family Guy_. I figure I would earn his eternal gratitude by getting him away from Lois, and I want to be on the little monster’s good side when he eventually conquers the world. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/34 "2004-12-20T22:20:38Z")
Little Girl Satan from Last Temptation of Christ. She even looks a bit like me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/35 "2004-12-20T22:21:42Z")
The Weasley Family. Even the mom & dad. They would be loads of fun. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/36 "2004-12-20T22:34:09Z")
Rory Gilmore. But only if I could marry Lorelai. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/37 "2004-12-20T23:15:51Z")
Wednesday and Pugsley Addams. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/38 "2004-12-21T00:36:48Z")
Did Jude Law make any movies as a child? That’s who I want. I want me some Jude. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/39 "2004-12-21T02:55:53Z")
> [@beckwall](#): > > Did Jude Law make any movies as a child? > > That’s who I want. I want me some Jude. His first movie was at 22, but he did TV at 17 ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542/40 "2004-12-21T03:26:11Z")
Forget Harry Potter, I want Neville Longbottom. Patient, kind, quiet – if I were ten years younger I’d have a mad crush on him. (Besides, he would probably be able to revive the houseplant that has been dying a slow death ever since I inherited it from my ex-roommate, and I think toads are cool.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-movie-or-tv-child-would-you-adopt/280542.md?page=3)