Are you REALLY similar to any fictional characters?

[Zhen]

I think -for better or worse- I'm very similar to Meredith on Grey's Anatomy.

And Dora the Explorer is the spitting image of me as a child...

Okay, it's trivia, but I'd be entertained to know...which characters we have resident on the forum...anyone?

[Shauru]

Daria from Daria. I'm not a girl who wears combat boots and a skirt, but I do have her take on life.

[SelfMadeBum]

I've mentioned this before somewhere, but the first time House M.D aired here, my sister's boyfriend called me on the phone and shouted, "You're on TV!" :laugh:

[Kisai]

I'm not really too similar to most fictional characters, but I'll nominate Jernau Morat Gurgeh from Ian Banks' The Player of Games.

[Merle]

Movie likeness: I think I'm really a lot like the wife in The Life Aquatic... (is she called Eleanor?). Sort of distant but not scarily so... just content in my own separateness, warm underneath but a little intimidatingly self-contained.

I don't feel I'm really much like any main characters in fiction.... even those I identify with a great deal like Smilla in Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow... there are aspects of her that are like me but she's so much more forceful and harsh - aspects I admire in her character but don't possess.

The heroines of most classic novels are nothing like me (maybe Dorothea in Middlemarch is closest), the heros are often more like me... but I'd be stretching it if I said I really saw myself in any of them...

[Night Runner]

My high improbability factor is a lot like that of Rincewind from Terry Pratchett's novels.

[Samoan Corleone]

I got called "Mike Teavee" after seeing the Tim Burton version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with some friends. Don Corleone greatly influenced the way I live and think, also.

[Zhen]

Daria from Daria. I'm not a girl who wears combat boots and a skirt, but I do have her take on life.


how fun- I love Daria. When I was a teenager I remember thinking I was quite like Jane...

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I got called "Mike Teavee" after seeing the Tim Burton version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with some friends. Don Corleone greatly influenced the way I live and think, also.

I think if I was male, some people would probably nominate me as similar to Willy Wonka...(especially when I get in an excitable/enthused state)...

p.s I still prefer the original with Gene Wilder...

[larkin]

I think I said this before, but after I saw the movie I thought that I'm basically a less clever, less pregnant version of Juno. Right down to the same freudian bullshit issues. But also just the actress Ellen Page, I get that I look like her a lot. Which is only mildly creepy, since she's seventeenish.

Another one I get a fair amount is Janeane Garofalo. If you're short with dark hair, and may or may not be sarcastic, the comparison has been made.

[NoStoneUnturned]

I'm very similar to Sherlock Holmes, though only partly and I’m not as interested in chemistry. Along the lines of his deductive reasoning.

[Metaphor]

I laugh at the thought that I sometimes act like the spawn of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. On the outside, I'm moody and quiet but on the inside... my God do I love a joke.

[dead]

In personality, I have a lot in common with Susanna from Girl Interrupted. So I've always liked her quite a lot.

Susanna
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In appearance, I get Milla Jovovich a lot. These 2 pics of her might as well be of me. At least, you could convince me they were me.
From certain angles Ingrid Bergman can quite sharply resemble me too.

Milla Jovovich
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Ingrid Bergman
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[SpaceCadet]

The first time I watched There Will Be Blood, Daniel Plainview gave me chills; I watched the whole thing with a "twilight zone" feeling. It was like seeing my self as a man at the turn of the last century. Even down to the way he walks.

[vampyroteuthis]

According to people who know me:

As a kid I got compared to Wednesday Addams a lot. That was pretty cool.

More recently I got compared to Oogway, the turtle from Kung-fu Panda. Not bad-ass in quite the same way, but I can live with that too.

From my perspective: I really identify with the Wizard Howl from Diana Wynne Jones' 'Howl's Moving Castle'.

[liquidzilla]

(From my sister, I couldn't think of any. Posted pictures to illustrate their personalities with images).
Kyon - Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
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Seifer - Final Fantasy VIII
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Elijah Baley - Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

Oddly all men!

[XMark]

Data from Star Trek TNG. Especially when he tries to figure out how common social interactions work through logical means.

[RLGODking]

Maybe Lex Luther here ??

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ooh. and Vegeta . lol

(had to get 2 comments)

[daydreamer]

my dad says i'm like dharma from dharma and greg. and any charlize theron movie he sees he says he swears he is watching me pretending to be someone. so i dunno if that last one really counts. lol

whenever i read a connie willis book, i tend to identify with her protagonists. so in spirit, thought, and sense of humor, i'm like a connie willis character. i just re-read bellwether and so was reminded. lol

[Vic]

Mine are sorta long and have pretty pictures so I threw some spoilers in.

Leon from Resident Evil series.
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He enters every situation with the confidence he can handle it. He does the right thing, to the point of being a boy scout. Even under intense pressure he always maintains his cool and can think on his feet to overcome any obstacle. And he never quits.

Mills and Somerset from Se7en.
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I feel like watching this movie is watching two parts of my personality go at in. Somerset is disillusioned by society's apathy. He doesn't understand why people concern themselves with trivial things and why they can't be as disciplined as he is. For the most part he's given up on people and their capacity for change. He has no respect for people who are lazy and can sometimes be confrontational about this. As such, very often he finds himself alone.

Mills is still young and cocky. While Somerset feels that in everyday life people are only out for themselves, Mills believes that deep down most people are good. Mills still gives it his all every day because he feels that he can make a difference.

I'm probably more like Somerset though. With maybe just a little of Mills' optimism thrown in.

Ender from Ender's Game

Probably many on this forum relate to this character. Not to claim I'm a super-genius like Ender is. But I have a similar personality. He demands excellence from those around him and even more from himself. He's content to be left alone and doesn't want to fight. However, if you push him to fight, he'll rip you in two.

I can think of a few more but I'll leave it at that. If the thread is still going strong I may add some more later.

[Kisai]

Re: Ender.

Ender: Hey, I'm an ENFP with some prejudice problems, but I'm sure they'll go away once I get out of school.
Military: We need you to be more INTJ and exterminate all of the aliens.
Ender: No, never.
Military: Heh, heh, heh...

[XMark]

Oh wait, I have one major difference from Data. I can't do math well in my head.

[Kisai]

Data is an INTP, unless you're using Socionics...

[Firebrand9]

My cousin and my ex both said I'm Nathan Explosion on Metalocalypse.

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[Takeru]

Personality wise... or at least that is really all I can find. But he isn't perfect. I am quite sure there are MANY characters similar to this personality that would fit better. I'm just too lazy and found the one that just popped out of my mind.

Quatre Raberba Winner
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You can kind of tell how he acts just by that picture alone.

[Freedom Geek]

I'm not really similar to any characters I can think of. The closest would probably be Kimiko Ross from Dresden Codak, mostly due to her transhumanism and love for science, only I am not shy, not suffering from abandonment, a man and not quite capable of her feats of mad science.

[rara avis]

I've had two or three people over the course of my life tell me I remind them of Jennifer Jason Leigh. Not so much in looks, but in demeanor. I think that, as a celebrity, she can count as a fictional character.

Also have been compared once or twice to Seven of Nine.

[Severus]

Greg House.

[larkin]

Greg House.

That's funny, I would have thought you would have gone in a different direction.

[Brittle]

Tragically.... probably Lisa Simpson :blush:

[HereticForLife]

M.C. Escher, apparently. I don't think I am, but others have told me so.

[gabbya]

I laugh at the thought that I sometimes act like the spawn of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. On the outside, I'm moody and quiet but on the inside... my God do I love a joke.

Haha, agreed. No surprise really since Elizabeth has been typed as INFJ and Darcy INTJ (somewhere on the internet). We studied it in high school and friends have taken to calling me Lizzy ever since. Ah dear...

[Daimai]

My friends usually refer to me as Yagami Light from Death Note, though my ISTJ "friend" refers to me as Dexter.

I really do not see myself like Dexter, though I am alike Yagami Light.

[azelismia]

Tragically.... probably Lisa Simpson :blush:


I get that from my husband too, as well as Sheldon from big bang theory. there are bits of lots of characters that fit, but I can't think of a rounded character that is someone I could say, that could be me that they wrote about. I think I'll sue. Emma Wodehouse is another that I see some similarity too.

[HereticForLife]

M.C. Escher, apparently. I don't think I am, but others have told me so.

Ugh, wasn't paying much attention when I wrote that. Ignore that, I know Escher isn't fictional. I don't think I look like any fictional characters, except maybe Sydney Carton from A Tale of Two Cities...

[Valiyn]

Supposedly I bear a good resemblance to Thrawn with the art to strategy ratio reversed.

[Cryptid]

God!

[shaunmikex]

My one friend describes me as a mixture between Dexter and Katt Williams....it always gets people that know me to chuckle.

[burwin]

Somebody once said that I'm like Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons. And Dostoevsky's White Nights' protagonist seems to be pretty much my clone. Lonely nobody who walks around watching peoples lives. That's me.

[rad]

The character that I'm always compared to by others is Fitzwilliam Darcy, although I identify more with Sherlock Holmes personally. I was horrified when three of my female coworkers said that I remind them of Edward Cullen ("the way that you walk around all cool and confident, like you know everything"). :knife:

[a world apart]

The ones I get the most/repeatedly are:
Wednesday Adams
Daria from Daria (MTV cartoon, the only good thing MTV ever did ever)
Seven of Nine
Neo from The Matrix (though I believe that was partially an apparel resemblance)

[Liason]

Nikolaj Lie Kaas (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.@@._ V1._SX411_SY400_.jpg) from Angels and Demons.

[Anhedonic Lake]

Shinji Ikari and,paradoxically, Asuka langley to a lesser extent,from Evangelion remind me of myself. Even Rei does a bit too,but mainly the aforementioned members of the most broken cast in cinematic history.

[therealdrag0]

Ender from Ender's Game

Probably many on this forum relate to this character. Not to claim I'm a super-genius like Ender is. But I have a similar personality. He demands excellence from those around him and even more from himself. He's content to be left alone and doesn't want to fight. However, if you push him to fight, he'll rip you in two.


Word up. Though I identified more with Bean from the Ender's Shadow series. But both are great.
Also. Um I can't think of the name, but the anim


My friends usually refer to me as Yagami Light from Death Note, though my ISTJ "friend" refers to me as Dexter.

I really do not see myself like Dexter, though I am alike Yagami Light.

Word. Though I find myself more like "L". I'm deviant, and I've don't wear shoes very often. I take my shoes off in class, etc. (Been doing it for years before I saw the show.)

[Mandolin]

Oddly enough, my personality is a lot like Patrick Jane from the Mentalist. Any else out there feel similar to him?

[dontmesswithme]

David Bruce Banner (as played by Bill Bixby) on "The Incredible Hulk" t.v. series. That's a great INFP character. Except that I'm a woman and I don't look like Lou Ferrigno with green skin when I'm angry. I just get a bit flushed.
"Mr. Magee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." I love that line! He's a catalyst for change in a very subversive way (doesn't seem to know any other way to be). He wants things to be ideal and is usually very sweet, calm and thoughtful. But you really don't want to make him angry. He reminds me of me.

[kaikirske]

My mom told me once that I was just like Temperance Brennan(Bones) from the tv series Bones.

[Koshkot]

I hate to say it but in terms of personality I'm a lot like Raskolnikov from Crime and Punishment (minus the murdering part).

[visitor]

My friends usually refer to me as Yagami Light from Death Note, though my ISTJ "friend" refers to me as Dexter.

I really do not see myself like Dexter, though I am alike Yagami Light.

Mmm, Dexter. I compare my ENTJ ex to Dexter. What type is he anyway?

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I got a lot of comparisons to Daria in high school because of the way I dressed and being a cynic. I was an outcast and made fun of cheerleaders.

I also relate to Liz Lemon except not so much obsessed with food. A guy said to me today that we should date. I asked him if he has a PS3...no. That's a deal breaker, ladies!

[Samoan Corleone]

Anticleon from the Ancient Greek play, The Wasps.

[seraphicharm]

My growing up was a lot like Chuck's from Pushing Daisies, and I end up having a lot of similarities with her personality. I remember the first time I saw the show, I was excited cause she was like me, and then I thought, "oh...this is odd?" LOL

[ArtistTyrant]

Lucy from Elfen Lied

[visitor]

My growing up was a lot like Chuck's from Pushing Daisies, and I end up having a lot of similarities with her personality. I remember the first time I saw the show, I was excited cause she was like me, and then I thought, "oh...this is odd?" LOL

Did you ever watch Wonderfalls? I identify with Jaye.

[seraphicharm]

Did you ever watch Wonderfalls? I identify with Jaye.

No, I haven't; I just looked it up, it looks like an interesting show. I'll have to find it sometime.

[Rohsiph]

Meredy from Tales of Eternia.

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Charles Dexter Ward from his Case of by Lovecraft.

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Charizard.

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[Takeru]

So I came up with two more fictional characters.

Ok, in order to get a better picture of fictional characters.

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He describes me a fair bit. Tend to act this way when I am more contemplative though.

And in response to Rohsiph

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When I am on one of those moods

[anumericalevil]

I believe I'm similar to Bones a.k.a Dr. Temperance Brennan, except that I don't quite possess her extraordinarily-hyperboled powers of observation, since I tend to be rather spacey and daydreamy. :(

My friends say that I'm more like Sheldon Cooper, though. This is apparently due to my inability to recognise when people start to get annoyed with me, being somewhat naive and having that classic sheldon-ramble when I explain (mostly scientific) things to them. I find it slightly insulting that I'm likened to an emotionally retarded genius with possible Aspergers, yet I am somewhat comforted by the notion that I actually share an eccentricity in personality that's comparable to my favourite TBBT character <33

Unfortunately for me, though, I far from possess an eidetic memory- in fact quite the opposite! :P


Anime wise, I'd have to say Urahara from Bleach, Lucy from Elfen Lied (well, at least when I'm mad) and quite possibly some Tsundere with a quasi-yanderu undercurrent character.

Heh heh.

[newday]

Sherlock Holmes, on the second thought not as good as him.

[LogicLady]

Combination of Lisa Simpson and Temperance "Bones" Brennan.

I care a lot about stuff, about doing what's right and finding the truth, but I don't think people see that unless they know me very well.

I also care about animals and life in general. Like both of them, I am vegetarian (vegan actually).

I dabbled in Buddhism a bit, like Lisa, but ended up pretty much atheist like Brennan, though strongly influenced by Buddhist philosophy.

I like anthropology, though I find forensic anthropology a bit too tear-jerking a field to do as a career. I was almost a professional saxophonist.

[Syntax]

Dr. Becker. If I ever "broke out of my shell", I would be just as arrogant.


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[El Cas]

I'm have a mixutre between Ulquiorra, Urahara, and Uryuu from Bleach (Ulquiorra's method of explaining of thing will occur, Urahara's mentality towards determining and creating things, and Uryuu abilitie to sense what is going on around him courtesy of having to develop me S growing up.) with a Himura Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin abilitiy for deception of his real self to everyone around him.

[Karmichaun]

Sam from the movie "Benny and Joon"

[Celeborn]

My friends have compared me to Lelouch, (in personality, not appearance) and really appreciate that there is no such thing as Geass. Just good old manipulation!
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I sure hope that anyone comparing themselves to Lucy has managed to tame the inner beast, so to speak.

[Amphorian]

-points to her avatar- Alita

[seeyouatx]

I've been told that I look like a cross between Eva Green from Casino Royale, and Liv Tyler from The Lord of the Rings, but in character, I'm more like Yang from Grey's Anatomy.
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[blackbelt]

House, M.D. and Dr. Temperance Brennan are the most prevalent...

[HoldingPattern]

I relate a lot to the way the narrator from Camus' The Stranger thinks. I'm not saying I'm identical to him or anything, but he's one of the only main characters in any work that I really understand and identify with. I have a few friends who read The Catcher in the Rye and said, "It was like I was reading my own thoughts!" I had something of a similar reaction to The Stranger.

[Talita]

The character that I'm always compared to by others is Fitzwilliam Darcy, although I identify more with Sherlock Holmes personally. I was horrified when three of my female coworkers said that I remind them of Edward Cullen ("the way that you walk around all cool and confident, like you know everything"). :knife:

They're kinda flirting with you, and you know that, right?
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Well, Im definitely a female version of CSI Gil Grissom... who I see as a 20th century version of the ultimate misanthrope Fitzwilliam Darcy. And I wonder where the heaven will I find a witty spirit who'd find amusement and worthness in deciphering me...

[Nikita]

I've been compared to House and Catra (from She-Ra).

[TechnicolorWeasel]

People like to tell me I'm
-Spock when I'm irritated
-Benjamin Linus (Lost) when I'm excited (oxymoron?)
-Kramer (Seinfeld) when I'm stressed.

Otherwise, there is simply ME. :D

[Trevor Black]

I wish there was a famous character I resembled so it'd be easier to show people how I am. There isn't. However, I've always felt somewhat identified with Rick Deckard from Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, later played by Harrison Ford in Blade Runner.

Similarities with the character:

- He is introverted, rarely has any friends.
- He sucks at life. He does well not because he's a competent worker, but because he's lucky.
- He'll kill anyone without remorse as long as it's the right thing to do.
- He loves animals. He's relatively poor, but willing to spend big amounts of money on a house quadruped (in his world animals are nearly extinct).


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[Philanthropist]

Daria from Daria. I'm not a girl who wears combat boots and a skirt, but I do have her take on life.

"I don't like kids. I didn't even like kids when I was a kid". That is my favourite quote of Daria's and it's so me :cheesy:

[Distance]

Don't know if I agree with this but I've been compared to Dominique Francon.

[sms444]

Don't know if I agree with this but I've been compared to Dominique Francon.

I also don't know if I agree with this, but when we read The Fountainhead in high school, a female friend of mine said that I *was* Howard Roark...

[AliTree]

the child version of ellie, from up, is exactly how i was as a child. to the T.
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i also feel mr. darcy, from pride and prejudice, is very very similar to me.
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[saabninethree]

Although I'm nowhere near as genius, I particularly enjoy acting like Tony Stark. Although I think he is probably an ENTP or ENTJ, I share the same tendency to create impressive and intentionally eccentric... er, things. He loves working on his cars, but also applying engineering principles to improve his projects whatever they may be. I just realized though that just because he appears to be extroverted doesn't mean he is. I'm definitely introverted but, in a business situation, I can easily become outspoken and aggressive. Besides, give any INTJ as much power as Tony Stark and chances are they will take charge in an ENTJ-like fashion. Finally, designing every aspect of any machine, product or system does require a "mastermind."

[Operator]

I find that i relate to dexter morgan quite well from the showtime series dexter. He is always in his head, meticulous, and always looking for a better way to do something or thinking of any problem that may arise. I feel i am more emotionally evolved than him though i believe it is because i have met my own rita. Before i saw the show i never really could find anyone to relate to except conquerors.

[RedLeader]

For better or for worse, Dostoyevsky's Underground Man.

[Barry Allen]

probably sounds corny but Holden Caulfield

except if I had his parents and their money to put me in great private schools I'd probably a totally different person

[Mikk]

Morrigan in Dragon Age: Origins

Except that I'm a dude.. maybe.

[BingeArtist]

Robert Downey Jr's Sherlock Holmes (or just about any RD jr character).

[SShack]

Jack Skellington is pretty damned close.

[Megalomania]

probably sounds corny but Holden Caulfield

except if I had his parents and their money to put me in great private schools I'd probably a totally different person

Someone told me I reminded them of Holden Caulfield too. I was semi-offended. I don't think I am like him at all. I have been compared to House too though; while not exact, it's a much better comparison than Holden...

[Blse]

Well, I've been compared to Brian from Family Guy (although I'm not an alcoholic horndog), and Fraiser.

[BingeArtist]

Watched that movie about Dr. Jack Kervorkian last night on HBO. That's probably exactly what I'll be like when I'm old (minus making a living out of euthanising folks :D...maybe).

Whenever I'm in trouble, like Kervorkian, I try to defend myself. And to me, it always seems like my defense is entirely valid, but to spectators, it's always a train-wreck. And I'm always baffeled about how people don't see the situation like I do.

[Railgun]

Haruhi Suzumiya....
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[FantomeCiel]

Generally, Ivan from the Brothers Karamazov. Or Raskalnakov at my worst, and Alyosha at my best.

[Supaslim]

I've been told I remind people of Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice) and Rorschach/Walter Kovacs (Watchmen), which is kind of scary and sad. The Rorschach part, not the Mr. Darcy part.

I have also been compared to real-life person, Enoch Powell (his personality and way of thinking and communicating, not beliefs).

All men, and yet I'm inherently female...

[Dasein]

Personality wise? Dagny Taggart, from Atlas Shrugged. Looks Wise? I dont think I resemble anyone, though I get Celine Dion, Jennifer Aniston and Paris Hilton.. Yeah this avatar is me, and I dont see any resemblance to any of those beautiful women.

[MsManagr]

The actor I manage says I'm Elizabeth Bennet from Pride & Prejudice. He said that after seeing the Keira Knightly version. His reasoning is that I'm optimistic, snarky, and don't let other people decide what's best for me.

[katrin]

My one friend teases me about being like Becky Bloomwood in Confessions of a Shopaholic (the book, not the movie).

I think I'm more like Bridget Jones in Bridget Jones's Diary (again book not movie)...a snarkier kind of flake, but whatever. I've also been told I resemble somewhat Renee Zellweger in the Bridget Jones movie, that is to say, chunky Renee rather than skinny Renee.

[thirtiesgirl]

Of the books I've read thus far in my life, I think the characters I've most identified with are the mother and daughter from Amy Tan's book The Bonesetter's Daughter. As is typical of Tan's narratives, there are deep mother-daughter issues and she goes back in time to revisit the mother's history in China and discover where some of these issues may have come from.

In The Bonesetter's Daughter, the mother is raised by a disfigured 'nursemaid,' whose face was burned in a fire and she's unable to speak. She's told that her biological mother is the emotionally distant matriarch of the family that employs her nursemaid. It's only much later in her life, during a time of emotional crisis, that the mother learns that her nursemaid, who cared for her better than her distant family, is her biological mother, and learns the nursemaid's own tragic tale and her real family name. Once in America, the mother marries a young Chinese doctor who is tragically killed in a car accident. Tragedy, anxiety and fear become the foundations of her parenting style with her own young daughter, leading to a volatile relationship between them.

I'm a child of adoption, adopted by a single woman with borderline personality disorder. Tragedy, anxiety and fear are typical traits that can accompany borderline personality disorder, so my mother and I definitely had a volatile relationship when I was growing up. But much like the mother in Amy Tan's story who knew only her nursemaid as a mother figure, I often feel the same way about my mother. Who else could have raised me? ...And yet, she's not my biological mother, so there's the question of identity, much as the mother in Tan's story came to question her own and go on a desperate search to try and find her family name, written in documents given to her by her nursemaid and lost long ago in time.

Another character I often identify with is the emotionally frozen Jennifer Wilson from Scottish writer A.L. Kennedy's book So I Am Glad. Jennifer tries her best not to feel, not to let her emotions upset her and make sure everything stays the same. Until the real Cyrano de Bergerac (not the guy in the play, but the actual French poet and mercenary soldier) somehow returns from the dead and shows up in her life, and they start to establish a tenuous connection. They slowly begin to fall in love, and Jennifer realizes that things can't always stay the same, that her emotions won't be denied.

I must admit to often trying to live my life in much the same way Jennifer lives, and sometimes I think it would take a near-mythical historical figure to suddenly pop into my life and shake things up again. And of course, since there isn't any guy on this cosmic plane good enough for me, I could easily see myself falling for someone out of the past.

Lastly, I find myself often identifying with Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Horrible childhood, a family who didn't appreciate her, hard worker, went into education, fell for the emotionally unavailable Mr. Rochester who barely even recognized her presence until major tragedy brought them together. And of course he had another woman. And of course he couldn't fall for the "spirited but plain" Jane until he was blind. It never would have happened if he could actually see her and didn't need Jane to help him get around. ...Ach. Story of my life.

[Samoan Corleone]

My maternal grandmother likened me to Adrian Monk yesterday; she said it's because I always wash my hands before doing things, and because I have an aversion to others' germs (won't drink from the same bottle as someone else, won't eat food they've touched if they didn't wash their hands). I'm hoping it's because I can solve cases, too. :laugh:

I'm sure I'm meant to get tested for OCD somewhere down the line.

[lupinskitten]

Wow, several people have mentioned Elizabeth Bennet... I'm starting to wonder if she has an INTJ personality type! ;)

Not to repeat a character but... I'm sort of a cross between Elizabeth from Pride & Prejudice (I'm rather serious-minded, tend to form immediate prejudices against people, and have a wicked sense of humor) and Anne Shirley -- a writer who really, really does not like being criticized for her work. =P

[thirtiesgirl]

Oh, I forgot one. Allison ("the freak," Ally Sheedy) from the Breakfast Club, with maybe a few bits of Andie (Molly Ringwald) from Pretty In Pink. That was me in high school. Yeah, it was like a John Hughes movie.

[katrin]

My one friend teases me about being like Becky Bloomwood in Confessions of a Shopaholic (the book, not the movie).

I think I'm more like Bridget Jones in Bridget Jones's Diary (again book not movie)...a snarkier kind of flake, but whatever. I've also been told I resemble somewhat Renee Zellweger in the Bridget Jones movie, that is to say, chunky Renee rather than skinny Renee.

Hmm. These are who my friends think I resemble, but who do I think I resemble? That's a tougher question.

When I was younger, Marianne Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility probably. I'd like to be like Rosalind in As You Like It, but I don't know that I am. I like her spirit though.

[Jeika]

My dad told me I reminded him of Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory. Sometimes I can relate, but the main difference is that I have a clue in terms of social situations.

Also, I think I am Liz Lemon. Has anyone ever typed her?

[aeonzone]

Protagonist Yozo from Dazai Osamu's Human Disqualified.

[Epictetus]

Nick Carraway from The Great Gatsby. I've also been told that I'm a lot like Niko Bellic from Grand Theft Auto 4.

[BellaBianca]

The girl in "Harry Potter" who strays around on her own, says weird things and notice stuff nobody else knows about.
Minor character. Don't remember her name.
That one, paired with Jack Nicholson from "As Good as it Gets".

[Maayan]

Yes! Fuchsia Groan from Gormenghast.
"Less formidable, yet sullen as her mother and as incalculable, is Titus' sister. Sensitive as was her father without his intellect, Fuchsia tosses her black flag of hair, bites at her childish underlip, scowls, laughs, broods, is tender, is intemperate, suspicious, and credulous all in a day."

[antiant]

Two fictional characters that come to mind instantly:
1. Enid from the comic book/movie Ghost World
Thora Birch as Enid, an alienated teenage girl—intelligent, witty, artistic, cynical, sarcastic and a keen observer of the world around her.

2. Kat Strafford from the movie 10 Things I Hate About You
Julia Stiles as Katarina "Kat" Stratford: The female protagonist and the "shrew" in the movie. Kat is a proud, unsociable, nonconforming feminist who listens to riot grrrl music and reads books like The Bell Jar. She is against dating and often "sneers at the idiocy of teenage social life,". She turned bitter after a relationship with Joey, a boy whom Bianca now likes. The New York Times called this "a breath of fresh air in the stifling materialistic atmosphere of today's Hollywood teenage movies." She was accepted into Sarah Lawrence College.

[FTT11]

I've gotten a few Jay Gatsby comparisons before. Also, basically every Matt Damon character ever (Linus Caldwell, Jason Bourne, Will Hunting, Tom Ripley, Edward Wilson).

[Breadpazoid]

House from...well...House. Except I keep the rudeness to myself. Does that make me Foreman?

[Teaist]

Raskolnikov from Crime and Punishment. I share many of his characteristic behaviour and thought patterns, but on a less extreme level. If I was born into another set of circumstances I could easily have done what he did. Because his actions are morally appalling to me, this is somewhat unsettling. If you could possibly combine Alyosha and Ivan (Brothers Karamazov) into a single (albeit very contradictory) character, I think it'd be even closer to me. I'm suspect Dostoevsky himself had at least a similar personality to mine. His addiction to gambling fits with my tendency towards any and all addictions.

Without the supportive family I had as a teenager, I could easily have become a lot like House. I easily become addicted to nearly any form of physical indulgences, and I have to fight against my natural tendency to be sarcastic and cynical. My intellectual abilities work similarly to his but on a much smaller scale.

Mr Darcy reminded me of me as well, but it's been a while since I read the book, so I can't be too sure. (What little I saw of the film/tv adaptations didn't sync with me at all.)

There's another one or two that I know I felt ridiculously close to, but oddly I can't remember who they were at the moment. I think one was from a David Gemmell novel, and it's been ages since I read one of those.

[GouldFan]

Washu
Pipi Longstocking :stare:

[HAL 9000]

My family often watches House, and when I call them as they watch house they say "Hey, we're watching you." I don't know if I want to be like House, but I see what they're getting at. :P

Other than that, Dmitry Alexandrovich Sologdin from In the First Circle, Henry Tilney from Northranger Abbey (so I'm told), Nick Smith from Metropolitan, and Razumikhin from Crime and Punishment.

[K27]

The girl in "Harry Potter" who strays around on her own, says weird things and notice stuff nobody else knows about.
Minor character. Don't remember her name.

LUUUUUNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I lurve her!
I mean Luna.

I'd be her if I'm not that serious to life and up-tight in most moments. =D If I really have to pick one from Harry Potter I might be Ginny with a little bit of Hermione.

But I think Linus from Peanuts will be closer. Both of us can keep cool in most of the time, but when something which can make me mad happens, I'll go "I'M NOT HER SWEET BABBOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" like him.
And I do have a secure blanket as well.

[Elfrun]

Without the outward expressions of volatility or superior fighter pilot skills: Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).

[Elwood92]

I'm very similar to Tom Hagen from The Godfather (as he's portrayed in the film series). My way of speaking is similar to his, I have some of the same mannerisms, my reactions to certain types of situations are almost identical to his rational approach and when I wear a suit I look a bit like Robert Duvall in the first Godfather film.

[Serpent]

Characters that have reminded me of myself:

Dexter Morgan from Dexter - Spends a lot of time inside his head and a very INTJ way of looking at life. Feels like he sees things differently than everyone else. Biggest difference: I'm no killer.

Tom Riddle from Harry Potter - Scheming, calculating, charming when he has to, looking for power and glory. Biggest diffrence: I have empathy.

Ben from Lost - Always has a plan. Always has a plan b, c and d. Tells people the whole truth only on a need-to-know basis. Doesn't quite know his place in the universe. Biggest difference: not much.

[Ericds84]

I relate a ton to Johnny Wheelwright in John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, though I've managed to avoid the pitfall of being a lifelong virgin.

[GouldFan]

Forgot to mention Lelouche.

[think]

I've been told I'm similar to: Temperance Brennan (Bones), Christina (Grey's Anatomy), and more so Hermione (Harry Potter). *shrugs*

[shytiger]

The Doctor from Star Trek Voyager. If you've seen the show, despite his social awkwardness, the Doctor is brilliant and absolutely competent. He's also stiff and anal, just like me. (Yes, I was like that even as young as 7.) Besides this, the doctor has a silly, imaginative, creative side that shines through his stiffness at times. Also like me.

[blackbelt]

Dr. House, Dr. Temperance Brennan from Bones, and Aloysius Pendergast from the Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (which i highly recommend.)

[OrangeLeland]

Every single time I watch Dexter, I get a little nervous because--except for the wrapping people up in plastic and killing them part--he is describing me when he talks about himself. In fact, I almost had to give up reading the first book because I related to EVERY SINGLE THING he said.

[xanodel]

Well I've been told that I'm the female version of Darcy Fitzwilliam (Pride and Prejudice), and more recently Albus Dumbledore (my friends insist that I have a bit of a wise and "zen" feel when I lecture and explain stuff-*shrug*).

I haven't found a female fictional character with whom I identify with. The closest I can think of is maybe Elizabeth Bennet and Anne of Greengables.