ASSUMED MOVIE, TV AND CARTOON CHARACTERS W/ ASPERGERS

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I don't know if someone already mentioned the G.I.Joe, Deep Six. His figure came with the Sharc vehicle, and as Fensler Films' redubbed PSAs observed, he dresses like Buzz Lightyear.

He didn't seem aspie/autistic in the cartoon, but I just read his first appearance in the old Marvel comic, and he "creeps people out" by focusing entirely on his specialty and hardly ever speaking. In ish#25, Wild Bill gets pissed at him for not shaking hands after a mission, prompting 2 other Joes who know him to respond:

AIRBORNE: "Cool it, Wild Bill! Deep Six is in a world of his own! He don't mean nothing by it..."

CUTTER: "Airborne's right. Depend on Deep Six to do his job. He's the best there is. But don't expect him to be friendly, or even human!"

Methinks Larry Hamma based his profile on someone he knew who was on the spectrum. I'm no Joe expert, and I haven't checked to see if this is discussed on any fansites.

Just one more little reason I'm sorry I didn't start reading those comics years ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV3Fux35ils

Max Zorin

I'd rather have Zorin Industries than Microsoft though....lmao

mercury rising with the boy who solves puzzles with a simple glance and is found surrounded by assassins (his parents are killed, he is been chased etc, he used pancards to tell himself what to do, he has a special form of routine , so ya he has autism, dont know if he has as)

The Joker from Batman comics:

*Obsessed with clowns, jokes, comedic objects (guns that shoot tiny "BANG!" flags) and other circus related things.

*Lacks empathy.

*Is highly intelligent.

*Before losing his mind (as seen in The Killer Joke), he had a lifelong dream of being a comedian but his lack of social skills made him look bad when performing in public.

Rodney McKay from Stargate Atlantis:

*Is very literal

*Socially awkward

*Is a genius obsessed with physics and ancient technology

*Is clumsy

The Todd from Scrubs:

*Is obsessed with turning everything he hears into sexual innuendo.

*Needs to "High 5" with someone every time he makes a statement, and needs to label them. "Betrayal high 5" is an example.

*Despite being socially inept with women and most men, he is actually very smart and the second best surgeon in the hospital, even better than Turk.

What do you think?

Dr. Sayer, from the movie Awakenings, clearly is when he explains that he likes people and would spend more time with them if they were more predictable.

Mark Corrigan from "Peep Show"

Very low social skills
Only one close friend
Obsession with history (and Sophie)
Takes things very literally or uses strange metaphors

There's more but I can't remember it all right now

Marty Taylor (Home Improvement), Tim Taylor's brother was AS. The character on the show.

I think a better title for this would be characters with Asperger's traits, after all, correlation does not imply causation.

That being said, Gadget Hackwrench from Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers is a prime candidate for having Aspie traits or Asperger's.

Reasons

- Obsessed with her limited interests (mechanics, inventing)

- Oblivious to Chip and Dale's affections (she has a popular fanboy following on the Internet) She is very sweet-natured, though, just a bit on the naive side.

- Highly intelligent

- Lived by herself at the start of the series


On a side note, the fan community is not exactly what I would call "socially intelligent". They have a rule in place where they've banned homosexual discussion after someone left some extremely distasteful messages on their board. The guy was NOT banned and a couple of members who tried to talk about their own experiences were kicked off. Then again, their moderators hail from red states, and members frequently call for "prayer requests", so that raises a bunch of red flags right there.

I'm not sure if this has been said yet or if I have said them:


Oskar from Hey Arnold.


June from Accidental Activist.

Kel from Kenen & Kel. He is very clumsy and doesn't seem to understand other people and the fact his obsession with orange soda and can't live without it or he goes crazy.


And this one character in Cloak and Dagger. I don't remember his name but the way the boss described about him sounded real aspie when the little boy went to get a game from him to rescue his friend from the bad guys.

Dr. Sayer from the movie Awakenings is an apsie, you can tell pretty much by this quote alone (though there's tons of other evidence throughout the movie)
" SAYER
I'm not terribly good with people.
I like them. I wish I could say I
had more than a rudimentary
understanding of them.
(pause)
Maybe if they were less
unpredictable . . ." (from imsdb.com)

Marvin from Daddy Daycare. Just look at the guy. Is nerdy, they don't seem to like him at the workplace so his "job" is to sniff the mail, he is a natural with little kids and has an obsession with Star Treck and fictional characters.

Buster from Arthur. Obesesed with UFOs and aliens and just appears strange. I think "Brain" and D.W. could have some AS too.

Sheldon from My Life as a Teenage Robot.