Is The Character "Mr Bean" autistic?

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He shares some noticable traits.

I can't say that he's autistic, but I wouldn't feel comfortable insisting he's not autistic.

I was thinking of other characters played by actors for the humour of the things the charactors did, and were filmed in the days before people in the UK (Or USA) knew much about the term "Autism", but did display lots of autistic traits in an amusing way.

Frank Spencer comes to mind as I write!

My cousins eldest is just like Frank Spencer, and when I was given Frank Spencer DVD's one Christmas I put them on with him around and he wanted me to turn them off as (In his words) "It reminds me too much of home!"

We love him as he is, and don't want him to change as the things he does brightens up the day. (We miss him as he has married since and moved abroad to where his wife lives.

Here he is acting... He was supposed to pretend he had been shot, and my brother did many takes of this and this was the best!




We had lots of fun in those days between us... Here we are playing a quick game of football!

Mountain Goat...do you have a time machine?!

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He doesn't seem to have much empathy for others, so maybe?

He isn't exactly the most socially graceful either.

And the way he cheats on tests suggests he might not be blessed when it comes to ToM.

Theory of Mind" is the ability to get the heads of others and anticipate their motives and reactions etc.

Well, I don't know if he's autistic or allistic.

But he ain't neurotypical and undoubtedly neurodivergent.

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Like Sheldon from Big Bang theory, Mr Bean was designed to be socially awkward without any connotation of having a specific disorder.

I'm sick of the stereotyping. It's because I'm not anything like Spock or Sheldon or Mr. Bean that I occasionally suffer from Autism Imposter Syndome.

I was just reading an article where the author who was on the spectrum said they related more to Deanna Troi from Star Trek:TNG, who had high empathy and the ability to sense emotions. It was her job to report to the captain how others were feeling or thinking. But she is possibly the last character most people would see as on the autism spectrum.

I wouldn't know personally, however, as I am not a fan of Star Trek. I relate to Ariel from the Mermaid the most because she wasn't interested in her own society and culture, collected objects based on her intense interests, hung out with animals, didn't relate well to her own kind, and was often scolded or punished for not being a proper mermaid. But the movie was made in the late 80s when people were and usually still are very clueless and ignorant about autism in female adolescents and adults. I also relate to Belle and Princess Jasmine. But most other people think Disney Princesses are terrible and a bad influence on young girls. Yeah, they might get ideas, and thinking...