Fictional Characters With Undiagnosed Aspergers or Autism

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I recently read a short story titled 'Si loin du monde...' by a French sci-fi writer. It makes quite a depressing reading, to be honest, but anyway, the main character of the story is an alien who has been sent to Earth in order to gather information about the environment and the people which could serve as a basis for subsequent infiltration of Earth by the alien race.
What this nameless alien(we only get to know the name of his home planet, Fylchride) describes looks to me like a perfect description of how a mildly autistic person with severe sensory problems feels in the ordinary world.
The alien has been specifically trained to stay calm and logical in every situation and has some superior survival mechanisms, but, as it turns out, it is the sensory overload that is killing him (it, actually - I don't think that the alien has a gender per se). He can't stand the noise, the smells and the colours of the city he lives in; can't understand why Earth people would talk all the time without exchanging information; their pointless inquisitiveness (asking you about your name, when were you born, etc.) and the expectation that, in turn, you would ask them personal questions; the variety of shapes, styles and sizes in which everything comes (as if only one, utilitarian style is not enough); the nature of things that amuse other people; the apparent lack of purpose in their everyday action, etc. He is grossed out at the very idea of being touched and the only Earth thing that seems to appeal to him are cats. He is forced to use earplugs and tinted glasses to alleviate the sensory overstimulation.
The story has no ending but apparently the alien gets depressed, then physically sick and eventually dies. Turns out that he was actually the second agent (002) sent by their race on Earth and a third is due in some time but not before the Agent 002 has the opportunity to warn him not to stay but go back to Fylchride. The very first agent had died the same way, so they don't learn how to counter the ill effects of Earth environment and they don't have the chance to tell each other that Earth is no place for them.
Why, anytime a TV commercial booms in my ears and I feel like dying, I'd better think about poor Agents 001 and 002 and how they died simply because of too much TV.

Then again, why?
I know a lot of simple and good-natured NTs.

Ami Mizuno and Usagi Tsukino from "Sailor Moon"?

Usagi:
For a fourteen year old, she's childish. She cries a lot (especially in the first and second season), she loses interest in very important tasks (such as homework and studying) and she often has her head in the clouds (lack of reality), not to mention she has problems in the relationship department and is vulnerable (shown in Seasons 1 and 5)

Ami:
Very smart.
Her only friends are the "Inner" Sailor Scouts.
Has bad eyesight and needs glasses (even as Sailor Mercury she wears a visor in early seasons)
Usually associates with other intellectual types (Taiki Kou from Season 5 is an example of this)
When opening credits are shown, Ami is displayed as reading a book

Could it be possible for one or both of these characters to have AS?

It suddenly struck me that Joe Friday of the old Dragnet TV and radio series is a textbook Aspie: monotone voice, expressionless face, rigid mindset, not very social, limited sense of humor. I wonder if Jack Webb who created and played him was an Aspie. He was well known to have an obsession with the police force. We will never know, of course.

Frank Bryce, the elderly muggle Voldermort killed in the beginning of The Goblet Of Fire. I mean the book, not the movie.

We are told that he came back from the war with strong dislike for noise and for gatherings of people but as it turns out he is among the oldest people in the village. So those who said the war made him like that were, in fact, too young when he went to the front and they can't really say if the war triggered a change in him or that he was unsociable way all his life. Does not care for connecting with people - no friends, not even a casual drinking buddy, never married. We are given to understand that in his youth he was prone to bouts of anger. Also, the man definitely is more attached to places than to people.

Guchko from Potemayo: Dislikes touch, bad at social gestures (she gave a snake as a thank you)...

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I would not be surprised if Death the Kid from Soul Eater had it. In this series, he is the son of the Grim reaper. Or maybe it's just manic OCD. He is totally obsessed over symmetry and goes completely nuts if something is not symmetrical. He kicks the ass of anyone who breaks something and makes it asymmetrical. Also seems he doesn't make friends or trust people easily. he never smiles or laughsa dn always seems irritated.
When he first shows up in the series, he asks Soul what time school started as he was 3 hours late. Soul told him 7 and Kid freaked about because 7 is not symmetrical any way you cut it. he begged Soul to say 8 because it is symmetrical in 4 ways. Haha, he is so obsessed with symmetry that it sometimes makes what he says completely absurd! He also shoots his guns holding them compleetely upside down!
Death the Kid is also upset that the white stripes in his hair are not symmetrical, but there is nothing he can do about it. I feel bad for him because he never seems happy but his symmetry obsession and the things he will do for it are hilarious!
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Garth Algar from Wayne's World? - Shy, introverted, very good with mechanics / electronics, fears change, hyperactive, takes things very literally.

Also all the Stigs from Top Gear.

Ben Hanscom from Stephen King's It. The book, not the movie.
A shy, friendless boy who seems not to get the concept of having friends as natural and does not suffer from being alone. Seems to take much greater pleasure in reading books and building with Legos as a child than in socialising. Would prefer the company of adults any time.
A visual thinker, tends to be absorbed in activities that are too mature for his age. Tends to take things literally, albeit to a degree.
As a grownup he continues with the same pattern of quiet, reclusive existence, maintaining social contacts only in formal settings and with a considerable amount of distance.

Also, I think that Victor Krum from HP series has more clustered autistic traits that one gets by pure chance. He seems to have poor motorics (with the exception of broomstcik flying). His emotions and his mimic seems to be oddly disconnected (mostly sulking throughout Goblet Of Fire) and he is definitely not enjoying being the center of public attention. Shies away from the crowds of female fans and I am sure he is a bit scared of them.
Goes for intellect instead of looks (because, whatever Hollywood might have to say, I think that Hermione is ordinary-looking enough) and chooses a girl outside his age group (girl aged 15 and boy aged 18, in teenage years this is a huge hiatus). His wooing style for Hermione in GoF is much closer to stalking than to anything else.

He seems to get better with socialising as he gets older though.