Fictional Characters With Undiagnosed Aspergers or Autism

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I have just finishe "Big Girl , Small Town", and while a wee cover note informs the reader the main character is autistic, it is interesting how many other members of our tribe seem to live in the small town near the Border

Chihiro Fujisaki from Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (game came first, then the anime) seems quite autistic-ish to me.

Thick, from the "Tawny Man" trilogy by Robin Hobb. Interesting one, as he's not remotely "high-functioning" in most respects. Thick, a servant, is seen by most people in the castle as a useless idiot, hence the insulting name. He has had a brutally hard life and can barely talk. But he is also prodigiously strong at the Skill, a form of magic that resembles telepathy. Fitz, another Skill-user, spends a lot of time figuring out how to communicate with him, and describes Thick as "not stupid, just different." Fitz is briefly shown how things look from Thick's point of view. It's a constant flood of sensory input: he makes little distinction between important things going on right in front of him and the slightest details in the background. At the same time, his mind seems to be constantly organising everything according to some grand abstract scheme. It's implied that his mental differences are actually an advantage in the Skill, though partly offset by his language problems.

Agatha Christie's most well-known characters, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple certainly have AS traits to their personalities. As a matter of fact, many have said that Christie herself may have been on the spectrum.

In the kids show Wild Kratts, Jimmy (the pilot of the Tortuga) also has AS traits to his personality. He panics too easily, his favorite food is pizza, and only uses his gaming skills to fight off weapons used by villains.

I don't know if anyone mentioned the more obvious one - Earl of Lemongrab from Adventure Time, considering the character was (allegedly) designed with the intention to portray people with autism...

Whether or not you consider the portrayal accurate, it was one of two items that made me bump into the definition of autism and discover exactly what I am at the age of 29. I found a lot of similarities between Lemongrab and myself, which led me to read about him, and then...

Possibly Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony. Most people tend to say she has OCD rather than autism, and I see where they're coming from.

Topher Brink in "Dollhouse." He's practically a stereotype of the aspie genius, though the "A"-word is never mentioned. He can understand personalities in the abstract, when programming the "dolls" in his lab, but he has very poor people skills and really doesn't get how other people view what he does. His only "friend" is the copy of his own personality he's allowed to play with on his birthday in one episode- I found that sequence kind of endearing.

The 2 train engineers who run the train cannonball express on Petticoat Junction.

Snoopy, Charlie, Linus, Schroeder.

Anyone said Sherlock Holmes yet?

I keep seeing people make a lot of references to John Sheppard from Stargate Atlantis as being on the spectrum.
I am 100% on board with Daniel Jackson and Rodney McKay being on the spectrum, but I must be missing something when it comes to Sheppard.
Can anyone provide me with some examples?

Reagan Ridley - Netflix’s adult cartoon show ‘Inside Job’