I am just like WHO now??

It’s still Getting To Know You Week, so I thought it might be fun to do the ‘fictional character personality test’ Endalia and Bhagpuss have already done with interesting results. Man, I so hope I’ll get a high match with Dale Cooper like Bhag did!

I’ll just do the complete version of the test – should take long enough to answer 121 questions – and except for the top match I’ll only refer to characters from shows and movies that I know well, with a match of at least 60%.

Let’s gooo!

Top match at 76%: Samantha Carter (Stargate SG-1)

I like the movie but never watched the show, so…yeah, no idea. How’s she like, folks? She’s great, isn’t she? Please tell me she’s great!

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

• • 26. Odo: 71%
  • 27. Julian Bashir: 71%
  • 41. Benjamin Sisko: 70%
  • 42. Miles O’Brien: 70%
  • 53. Jadzia Dax: 69%
  • 54. Worf: 69%
  • 115. Kira Nerys: 65%
  • 138. Nog: 64%
  • 139. Kasidy Yates: 64%
  • 202. Elim Garak: 61%

So, Odo, eh? The funny thing is, we’ve just started to watch DS9 from the beginning, so the first half of season one is fresh in my mind. I remembered Odo as a very likeable and respectable character from watching the show many years ago, though at the beginning he’s mainly grumpy and sometimes downright hostile (not just towards Quark either). I really hope the personality this test refers to is based upon that which I remember, not that first impression we get of him.

Other than that my only complaint is that Garak’s so low on the list. Not that I really identify with him, but hey, it’s Garak. One of the coolest characters in any show ever in my opinion.

Game of Thrones

• • 16. Brienne of Tarth: 72%
  • 156. Arya Stark: 63%
  • 157. Davos Seaworth: 63%
  • 158. Asha Greyjoy: 63%
  • 179. Jorah Mormont: 62%
  • 180. Eddard Stark: 62%
  • 181. Olenna Tyrell: 62%
  • 198. Jon Snow: 61%
  • 199. Sansa Stark: 61%
  • 200. Robb Stark: 61%
  • 212: Tywin Lannister: 60%

Brienne of Tarth as the highest match and no one else comes even close? I can very much live with that. As with Garak I would have liked to see Tyrion higher on that list of course (he’s at 233 with 59%), but at least there are no blonde Lannisters to be seen anywhere. Phew, dodged that bullet.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

• • 19. Captain Marvel: 72%
  • 20. Peggy Carter: 72%
  • 28. Nick Fury: 71%
  • 55. Black Widow: 69%
  • 56. Dr. Strange: 69%
  • 71. Captain America: 68%
  • 72. Bruce Banner: 68%
  • 162. Tony Stark: 63%

I omitted a few this time – there’s just too many of ’em – and I’m also starting to see a trend here. The characters I tend to like the most all appear only around the 60% mark, in this instance Tony Stark. Like the others I mentioned he’s smart and funny, but also kind of a dickhead. I guess I should probably be glad that I don’t match higher with my favourites… Anyway, Carol Danvers is very cool, so I’m not complaining.

The Big Bang Theory

• • 8. Amy Farrah Fowler: 73%
  • 30. Sheldon Cooper: 71%
  • 31. Bernadette Rostenkowski: 71%
  • 143. Leslie Winkle: 64%
  • 205. Leonard Hofstadter: 61%

I’m fine with Shamy up there, obviously. What I don’t quite get is Bernadette’s appearance this high on the list. That woman frightens me! Seriously, I hope I’m nothing like her.

Star Wars

• • 73. Princess Leia: 68%
  • 140. C-3PO: 64%
  • 204. Obi-Wan Kenobi: 61%

Not bad. Who wouldn’t want a high match with our favourite snarky princess? I hope this is Sir Alec Guiness’ Obi-Wan though, not Ewan McGregor’s.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

• • 64. Rupert Giles: 69%
  • 150. Buffy Summers: 64%
  • 175. Willow Rosenberg: 63%
  • 228. Angel: 60%

Yes! Unlike Bhagpuss I wanted to see Giles on top here, and I got him. Buffy and Willow are fine too of course. Angel’s matched just low enough for comfort.

Dexter

• • 47. Dexter Morgan: 70%
  • 121. James Doakes: 65%
  • 122. Maria LaGuerta: 65%
  • 168. Debra Morgan: 63%
  • 169. Thomas Matthews: 63%
  • 190. Harry Morgan: 62%
  • 222. Vince Masuka: 60%

Uh…70% match with a mass-murderer, and again a likeable dickhead at 60%. I think I should stop now.

Yes. No! Maybe…I don’t know. Can you repeat the question?

Well, this was quite fun. I got to say though that the survey isn’t easy to answer for non-native speakers, and I’m pretty sure the outcome would have been at least a bit different had I been able to do it in German. Seriously, even with a dictionary’s help I have no idea what ‘debased’ and ‘pure’ are supposed to mean in this context. I just let the slider sit at 50% in these cases (about eight or so). There were others where I knew which direction to pull the slider in, but since I still wasn’t completely sure about the choices’ exact meanings I didn’t go all the way to the left or right. I assume that’s why I don’t have any matches above 76%.

Oh, and now I almost forgot to resolve this: I’ve got a 68% match with Dale Cooper, neat! Aside from him I remember so little about Twin Peaks that it would have been pointless to list more characters though.

Anyway, if you’re a movie- and TV series-fan I highly recommend doing the survey for yourself. There’s many more franchises in there, like Friends, Harry Potter, The Office, LOST, Sherlock (got a 67% match with the high-functioning sociopath, huh), etc. Should be something there for everyone.

Blapril 2020 post count: 8