Fictional Characters With Undiagnosed Aspergers or Autism

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My post in page 8 forgot to quote this so this is to correct it.


Unfortunately I don't know many of the characters mentioned here either. Bahh. I'm not surprised if many ppl don't know Mamiya Brothers or Densha-otoko (Train Man). 'Napoleon Dynamite' was titled 'Bus Man' where I live because of similarity between the main characters and Train Man's vast popularity here. Here's a clip, but the picture's not good so skip to 1:45 for the very good review by the poster, who could be one of us.

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And Amelie reminded me of the girl in '7gatsu24kka-dohri no Kurisumas (Christmas in Avenida 24 de Julho, or July the 24th Avenue). Lives in the world of fantasy and is painfully shy.

Did any one else mention:

The Princess and the Pea? That Princess that couldn't sleep because there was a pea in her bed, would most likely be Aspie, ha. imo... I just thought of that just now... Every now and then, a fairly small bread crumb will bother me and feel like a "little boulder" in the bed.. Just like I hated elastic clothing as a kid, like tight underwear, it could be a sensitivity issue...

I think that Steve Urkel from Family Matters fits the bill.

Mhm... I dunno. Most characters seem normal to me.

--What about Matilda, from Roald Dahl's book of the same name?

--girl named Polly on an episode of the x-files I just saw (Chinga)... very lame episode, but the phrase 'toys in the attic' was used to describe autism, which was kind of interesting

I don't see it in any of the Malcom in the Middle characters tho.

Incredible Hulk

Hates water, loves beans, just wants to be left alone, taken advantage of for his naivte, trouble making friends, meltdowns, childlike wonder, hates loud noises


Flaming Carrot

Ahhh I can't even explain him. Maybe hes just crazy

I see it mostly in Hal because of his enormous focus on his strange obsessions. Like the domino episode or when he became insanely obsessed with power walking. Then there was this one episode where Dewey brought home an Autistic friend from school to sleep over, and no one could control him. He was getting into things, trying to reorganize everything and having meltdowns. Then Hal took him aside and pulled out an Encyclopedia and told him he had something important for him to do that helped calm him when he was young. He told him the Encyclopedia had missing letters that needed to be filled in with apen. " Like the Ps and Bs and the Qs??" "Exactly." And after the kid took the book to diligently do his work, Hal and Dewey had this exchange "Wow dad, I didn't know you were that crazy." And Hal told him he went through like a dozen sets of Encyclopedias. Mabe it's supposed to be OCD though, I don't know. Malcolm just seems to be a normal genius, with the usual quirks and problems that go along with being gifted.

Hmm, I never thought about the father--though most of his quirks are just intended for comic effect, I think. It's like a large portion of the show's laughs come from quirkiness. Maybe he is OCD, but I don't see how an Aspie could be married to someone like Lois, I think it would be too much!
He is a perfectionist, though... remember that roller-skating routine he had in the shiny blue suit? Priceless!

Dewey was a savant... music. Who knows what else... that bit about the baby talking to him from the womb was hysterical. "DEWEY! The baby did NOT tell you to drive the van!!" "Well he said the big go machine, but I knew what he meant...."

Yeah Hal is very OCD, Lois is.... just is.... very zen LOL

Malcolm was the supergenius, but still very astute at judging motivations in others.

I disagree with the poster that said any Dostoyevski character - though they're all oddballs, they all seem perfectly able to socialise, including with the opposite sex, when they want to. None of them have any obvious sensory issues, and they don't stim. One exception might be Prince Mishkin, who was pretty socially clueless. maybe Kirilov too (the one who commits suicide to prove that he has free will), he is obsessive and logical.
Charles Wallace and Meg are definitely aspieish (especially him), likewise Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes.
Doc Martin would seem to exhibit at least some of the traits.
A minor character in one Miss Marple episode, Dr. Calgary, is definitely AS - intelligent, no social intuition whatsoever, obsessive, intellectual.

I agree! What do you think of the new Marple adaptions? I find Geraldine McEwen is so irritating, and she doesn't even belong in the story! But of course, she's the reason the adaptations were made. What an odd world we live in.

I don't watch them much, unfortunately - i work weird hours and also forget what time it's on.

[quote="poopylungstuffing"]Amelia Bedilia...from the old children's books....very akward..takes things very literally....unusually tall....(for those who subscribe to the notion that tallness and aspieness are co-related...)

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I so related to Amelia..

Frederick Treves from the "Elephant man" movie.

He originally treats the elephant man as his personal specimen.
He is often trying to work out his own motivations, and those around him.
He tries to do the right thing, but doesn't always get there.

I see. I just bought all the DVD's myself. Towards Zero is a good story, and not too much of Marple, and I would also recommend The Sittaford Mystery. Of course, they are a bit silly and overdone, but that's the whole style of these new adaptations. But a lot of the other ones are just remakes of Joan Hickson versions, and not worth watching.

Chloe O'Brien from 24 is definitely AS - abrupt speech, obsessively digging away, very little sociability if any, very intelligent.