I've been making myself a list of fictional characters according to type. Many of them are my own typing so, I'm not sure if the consensus disagrees. A few of them I'm a bit iffy about (eg. the ESFJs could be ESTJ or ISFJ) because I'm still pondering them. I'd be interested to see what the SJs say anyway.
ESFJ
Ned Flanders (The Simpsons)
Molly Weasley (Harry Potter)
Lord and Lady Grantham (Downton Abbey)
Peeta (The Hunger Games)
Marge Gunderson (Fargo)
Kitty (That 70s Show)
Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins)
Clarissa Vaughn (The Hours)
Bilbo Baggins (The Hobbit)
Rabbit (Winnie the Pooh)
Dorothy (The Wizard of Oz)
Rose (Lost)
Debra and Marie (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Inigo Montoya (The Princess Bride)
Carla (Scrubs)
Woody (Toy Story)
Theoden (LOTR)
Wickus van de Merwe (District 9)
ESTJ
Sergeant Hartman (Full Metal Jacket)
Captain Barbosa (Pirates of the Caribbean)
Gale (The Hunger Games Series)
Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter Series)
Princess Leia (Star Wars)
Tony Soprano (The Sopranos)
Scarlett O’Hara (Gone With the Wind)
Margo (All About Eve)
Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)
Mr. Knightley (Emma)
Boromir (LOTR)
Angelica (Rugrats)
Lois (Malcolm in the Middle)
Clair Huxtable (The Cosby Show)
Mrs. Rachel Lynde (Anne of Green Gables)
Dr. Kelso (Scrubs)
Catelyn and Robb Stark (Game of Thrones)
Miranda Bailey (Grey’s Anatomy)
Ana Lucia (Lost)
Regina (Mean Girls)
Mattie Ross (True Grit)
Lady Catherine de Bourgh (Pride and Prejudice)
Sister Aloysius (Doubt)
Monica (Friends)
Hillary Faye (Saved!)
I haven't watched enough of Arrested Development to know if you're right about Michael
There's no way he's introverted and I see no Ni whatsoever. I put that down to N typing bias.
... and complex, interesting and valuable contributors to a story too.
... and complex, interesting and valuable contributors to a story too.
Should've gotten here sooner.
I'd enjoy a list of some ESJ main characters (Cady from Mean Girls has been typed as ESFJ, although I think she's ISFJ).
Yeah, this is likely. They do always seem annoyed when people invade their space
I think he's definitely a Te dom. He's very absolutist in his views, as young Te-doms often are. He also has the drive and forceful presence of a EXTJ. But I can't say I get much of a Ni vibe. And I thought him more Si because he's got that whole traditional, protective family man thing going on (but perhaps this is not totally incongruent with ENTJ behaviour
). I always saw Captain America and Superman as quintessential ISFJs. They have that 'quiet, chivalrous hero' quality, that is common in fictional ISFJs.
Yeah, this is likely. They do always seem annoyed when people invade their space
Poor guys.I could see ENTJ. Not much about him strikes me as traditionalist -- but I see what you mean about Te-dom absolutism. Most of my hesitance about ESTJ, for him, is that I never related to him when I read the books. But that may have been because the reader isn't really supposed to?I think he's definitely a Te dom. He's very absolutist in his views, as young Te-doms often are. He also has the drive and forceful presence of a EXTJ. But I can't say I get much of a Ni vibe. And I thought him more Si because he's got that whole traditional, protective family man thing going on (but perhaps this is not totally incongruent with ENTJ behaviour
Good point. I could see that.
Not sure. Seems IxFx to me, but she's hard to type, because of being such a blank character. I actually had a hard time typing Riker -- who still seems more Te to me, btw -- because 90% of the time he's the straight man to a bunch of weirdos, instead of developing his own character.
I don't think he's traditional in that he's anti-progress. There is a temptation, with his involvement in the rebellion, to type him ENTJ, as they are much more future-oriented and more comfortable with change. But to me he seemed like a guy trying to protect what he has and that he feels like, under the immediate conditions, that this is a losing battle. For him it's like a house built on sand: he's spent years trying to sure up the foundations, but the only way to fix things long term is to start over and rebuilt a new house on stronger foundations. He's also so focussed by the injustice of his situation. Where other characters can put up with it, he's unable to let it go and is driven by righteous anger to remediate the situation (BTW he's probably a 1w2 as well).
She's not really that blank. She's quite stroppy, impatient and demanding. She's very conscious and abiding of social decorum, and becomes very upset if people do things outside the norm. She doesn't care much for nonsense and is always correcting other characters when they don't make sense. She's not terribly warm or friendly (beyond being polite) and is very practical in her thinking. She doesn't seem especially reticent either, but then at other times seems uneasy with other people.
Hm. Makes sense!
I probably didn't identify with him because I didn't like him all that much.However, I can understand that you don't identify much. Part of typing is if a person/character feels like they fit (well, this is certainly part of my approach anyway) - so I respect that. Maybe he's just young and ignorant; he hasn't learned the complexities of the world yet, and has let his anger run too wild and it clouds his judgement, and this is why you don't identify with him. Maybe it's because we're seeing him through the eyes of a Ti dom. Or maybe I'm just plain wrong.
Happens to me with almost every unsympathetic ESTJ character. But then again, I tend not to identify with villains.* (I wonder if that's typical of ESTJs? I know INTJs tend to identify with characters regardless of where they stand morally.)Damn, I really haven't read those books in a long time.
I have a vague memory of the Alice of the films -- cartoon and Tim Burton live-action -- being a bit more of a dreamer (maybe INFP), but she could easily be some kind of SJ if what you're saying is accurate.
But right now I guess I'll cling to Bailey as my favorite ESTJ. Rachel from Friends could be ESFJ. I find her and Ross hard to type, especially when the rest of the cast is pretty obvious.
!!!! So true that it's fucking hilarious. [MENTION=12223]Viridian[/MENTION] introduced me to him; I relate to him a lot, esp. in the scene when he has to be convinced that hobbies don't require a practical purpose. Ain't that the truth!It's so much easier to find ISTJs in fiction.
I tend to relate to ISTJs more than ESTJs, because they're usually portrayed as being more complex, more intelligent, and more sympathetic. The characters I relate to most in the media, at the moment -- including Hermione Granger (Harry Potter series) and Mitsuru Kirijo (Persona 3) -- are either on the I/E border or the N/S border or both.
