ASSUMED MOVIE, TV AND CARTOON CHARACTERS W/ ASPERGERS

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lol yeah, it's like each member of that family has a trait of Aspergers. My favorite is Gaz though. She's the only character on that show who seems sane to me.

I think Zim appeas to have traits as well. It's very obvious that the Irkin leaders, "Red" and "Purple" sent him to earth to get rid of him, hoping he would die on the way, but to Zim the mission is real.

Perhaps Kim Basingers character in Blind Date.

I sometimes watch an australian soap opera called Home and Away. It has a character (teenage boy) who I think has AS. He is always doing weird stuff with people.

I came to realize this when I caught a rerun episode where he asks Lorelai out and Luke later tells her in the diner, "Seeing that guy's face when he was talking about you, he almost had an expression."

Although not many would be familiar with with it, but th recent anime Shinryaku! Ika Musume episode released a character called Ayumi Tokita who was noted at being especially quite and not makeing eye contact, don't much else about the character though, but she rathered wear an embarasing mask to not have to make eye contact.

I also feel like mentioning Ikaros from the anime Sora no Otoshimono, although it more explained that she was designed to be strong in combat, high intelligence and low in emotional control. She does not make talk, she is inteligent yet often poor common sense, takes things litterely, sometimes keeps on doing repetitive things (I rmember one trailer that has her repeatedly take off and returning the removable head of a doll) and also has a big obsession, that being Watermellons aswell as a fondness of round things. One of the key commponents though is her not understanding emotions, going so far as to glue her face so she could smile.

The new doctor on House (Martha something) seems to display a few Aspie traits. Not sure if this is something they'll develop or not - I think her character might be a temporary replacement for Thirteen, which is a shame because I like her more.

I hope they do confirm that Bones is an Aspie. In fact, it would be interesting to see her go through the diagnosis process if she's not already aware of it.

I just recently watched the show for the first time. Within 10 minutes I could figure out she was an Aspie, without even the show needing to explicitly saying so. I know a bunch of people who quickly came to the same conclusion.

I don't see it as important that they do out her as being an aspie. Cause well, if they don't - people who are unaware of Aspies might be more accepting of quirky types like her because of it.

I was thinking maybe George from Seinfeld? He struggles socially, is brutally honest, talks to women about weird stuff (When he's on a date with a girl, he debates that manure is a positive word, because it's newer and has a ma at the beginning lol.)

Or Niles from Frasier...or Frasier for that matter...how they only identify with one another basically...they even have trouble getting along with fellow yuppie snobs...have limited interests (academia, wine, the fine arts) and don't relate to regular guys whatsoever. And Niles with his quirks and obsessions and phobias and routines.

I'm glad somebody mentioned both of these already...

1) New Dr. on "House". I forget her name but she is totally aspie. She is college-aged and has two masters degrees and is in medical school now as a challenge. She is able to tell them the 20th digit of some mathematical constant off the top of the her when House asks.

2) Sheldon from "The Big Bang Theory"! !! I discovered it last year and watching it made me happy because I could relate to Sheldon so much. I introduced my boyfriend to it (he has a lot of tendencies and his twin brother has an aspergers diagnosis) and he thinks it is hilarious. My parents now both watch the show as well and think it's the funniest show. My dad is aspie (undiagnosed since it didn't exist as a diagnosis) and he is also a physicist and so it is like watching him and his friends, except that it is funny. My boyfriend and I like to list all of Sheldon's aspie traits. I don't know if I agree though about the other guys being Aspie. I generally explain it as (an over-dramatized representation of) the difference between aspie and super nerdy, with Sheldon being aspie and the rest just being super nerdy.

According to the creators of TBBT, Sheldon doesn't have Asperger's.

Yes, I am aware of that. According to the creators, he was not intended to be a character with aspergers. However, just because it wasn't their intention doesn't mean it isn't true. Considering this entire topic thread is based on speculation of behaviors and not on which writers have intended their characters to be aspies, the creators statement is somewhat irrelevant. They did however say he was based on many of the people he was friends with in a certain environment which happens to also be statistically one that has a very very high likelihood of being populated with an above average number of aspies in it. Therefore, the very people upon which he was based, very likely, at least a number of them are 'actual' aspies which would mean that Sheldon was in fact written with aspie traits.

Additionally, Sheldon exhibits multiple displays of all 6 of the DSM's diagnostic criteria for "299.80 Asperger's Disorder". Of those 6, there are two that contain 4 subgroups each. Within those 8 total subgroups, he exhibits very clearly and repeatedly 7 of those 8. The one that is not seen constantly is something that might, upon closer examination, actually be present. Regardless, he fits significantly more of the characteristics in much more obvious and severe forms than most people I have met who have been diagnosed with Aspergers.

Trying to think of anime characters who may have AS.

Alucard(Hellsing) might be somewhere on the spectrum as he seems obsessed with death and how 'only a man can kill a monster' but it could just be eccentricities brought on by being 543 years old.

L Lawliet is definitely a prime candidate for AS as he's super intelligent, socially inept to a degree and overall odd, but there was a brief scene where he pulled off capoeira moves to take out Light. No autistic I know can pull that off(then again, most of us are built like Snorlax so...yeah)

Now that I think about it, Vegeta from DBZ may just be on the spectrum, possibly an Aspie. He's obsessed with being better than Goku(not to mention all that 'Prince of all Saiyans' thing), socially inept(in a funny clip, he basically said 'Why don't I just blow up the paparazzi?' at one point. Also, he's rather coarse toward Bulma) but I don't know about his intelligence as DBZ is just guys ripping off their shirts and beating each other senseless.

Here's one that hasn't been brought up...Kimmy Gibler from Full House?

LOL, you're putting way too much thought into diagnosing a fictional character with Asperger's.

He doesn't have Asperger's, he's just a socially stunted nerd. Deal with it.

Sorry if someone already said these, I didn't have the determination to read 38 pages...

1. Mac from Veronica Mars
She doesn't have many friends, very into computers, feels disconnected from her family (although that is said to be for other reasons), she seems very uncomfortable at parties, and she has issues in romantic relationships.

2. Joon from Bennie & Joon
I don't know if we're counting characters with known mental disorders, but since they never say what it is, I think it counts, although it feels like cheating since that's such an easy one to pick. She displays every known symptom that I can think of.

3. John Nash from A Beautiful Mind (I know he's a real person too)
They diagnose him with schizophrenia, but I think he has aspergers too. He avoids eye contact a lot. I think the scene in the bar with the girl is a perfect example of awareness but disregard and lack of understanding of social rules.

A lot of the symptoms of schizophrenia overlap with ASD.