What characters do you imitate?

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Alan Shore (Boston Legal)
Dr. House (House MD)
Dr. Temperance Brennan (Bones)
Wednesday Addams (Addams Family)
Dexter Morgan (Dexter)
John Gustafson (Grumpy Old Men)
Lt. Tuvok (Voyager)

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery topic

Too numerous to mention, and I have forgotten many over the years. If I remember a scene from childhood I will hear the voice in my mind and try to imitate it as I did years ago.

I can imitate the vocal inflections and accents of people I hear on TV and stuff consciously. What I also tend to do is pick up mannerisms and sayings from people on TV without really realizing it.

The character I've done this the most with is Jack from Will and Grace. I find his character hilarious and I've taken on a ton of his sayings and the way he moves his head and stuff. I'm not sure if people realize where it's from, but I've certainly noticed it when I watch the episodes.

When I'm at work (I usually work retail at krispy kreme) I like to talk to the customers as if I was John Cleese. He's a sarcastic british wiseass who is hilarious. I'll make subtle humerous remarks to the customers like Basil Fawltey. The customers think I'm funny (usually). I also do a fairly good impression of Gilbert Gottfried. I actually got the privilage once of my family and i having dinner with him. In real life he actually talks normally and not the screatching voice he normally has.

I tend to imitate the voice mannerisms of the following characters1. Apu- The quickie mart store clerk-- Please come again.

2.Yoda-from Star Wars= "Away with your weapons, I mean you no harm."
3.Hideyoshi Toyotomi-- ""Behold the castle that was built in one day. What genius could have done this? you say. It's Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi we praise. He built the castle in just one day. wheeee!"-Samurai Warriors 2 ps2
4. The Tall Man-Careful what you look for. You just might find it.-Phantasm:Oblivion
5. Man with no name-Man With No Name: "You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig. "- The Good,The Bad, And The Ugly.

And there is many more character impersonations which I often do sometimes for fun sometimes, to get rid of pesky telephone advertisement marketeers..

I wouldn't try to imitate my friends but it still came out that way sometimes. Sometimes I find myself sayins things that they would say in certain situations.

I have been told to "Stop talking like Butters"..(from Southpark)....but I really do sorta talk like him.
Deliberately? maybe just a teensy bit Gelsomina from La Strada...who is one of my heros.

do Aspies imatate someone to make socializing easier?

Wow... If you got a customer who didn't realise who you were imitating, you could lose them - is your boss ok with this ? - "Don't mention the War!"



No, not exactly... It's part stimming because we like the feel/sound of imitation but it's also a way of saying something while saying nothing - the aspie equivalent of small talk. We find it more fun to do a comedy skit than talk about the weather.

In a way, it makes socializing seem easier to us but I don't think it makes us any better at it - worse, if anything - especially when others don't follow our quotes and imitations.

I think it makes socialization a bit easier, actually. I don't have to think about what I would say. I throw in something I've heard on a TV show or a movie as my response. It's usually something funny so I'll get a laugh.

There is only two that I can think of, they are both from M*A*S*H:

Captain "Hawkeye" Pierce
Major Charles Emerson Winchester III

Well, I acted as a combination of the two years before I started watching the show so it may not be that I imitate them. I've always made witty one liners like Hawkeye and I come off as pompous to people I don't like but not nearly to the extent of Major Winchester.

mostly one of the characters of the last film i have seen

also in almost any conversation the person i'm talking with
especially when it comes to accent (i can do many different accents in the 3 languages i speak,
but only if i heard it recently)