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Fictional Characters whom you think have Asperger/autism

Cyclops/Scott Summers, reluctant leader of the X-men.

Possibly sub-clinical, as in wouldn't qualify for a diagnosis, but what do you need a diagnosis for when you know martial arts and can punch people with your eyes. He is super-awkward socially and when it comes to emotions; he obsesses over things to the point of OCD except that he actually focuses those tendencies on something meaningful, like saving planet Earth; he is a control-freak, and a self-aware one at that.
 
Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot was definitely an aspie, as was Tommy Beresford, and Parker Pyne, two of her lesser known detectives.
 
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Has anyone watched the BBC series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet? There's a character in this series called Barry who shows a couple of AS traits.
 
I think Godzilla has Aspergers. He has such a predictable routine. Wake up, trash Tokyo Harbor, go back to the sea to sleep. It's obvious he has trouble socializing.
 
Buller from the movie Superbror is on the spectrum.

Fred Tate from Little Man Tate seems to display several autistic traits, as well as being a genius.

The main character, Gus, from the book "The Stone-Faced Boy" by Paula Fox.

The main character Michael from the book "Contact With Maldonia" by Jasper & Christopher Hood.

Max from the book "Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend" by Matthew Green.

Adam from the book "Eye Contact" by Cammie McGovern.

Joshua from the movie "Joshua," although admittedly he may also be psychopathic.
 
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How could I forget Oskar, the central character in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"? Not only is he clearly on the spectrum but the boy who played the role, Thomas Horn, appears to be on the spectrum too. Here's a clip from the movie, which I combined with a song called School by Jaroslav Korochenko, it's a song that I really like and which wasn't previously on YouTube.

 
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As this is a fictional educational short film about autism the central character "James" is definitely intended to be a portrayal of someone who is on the spectrum. It's not a bad effort, although the end of the film is a little too unrealistically optimistic in my opinion.

 
Read a biography of Walt Disney's today, some of the descriptions seemed familiar.

Walt had a very early interest in drawing, and art. When he was seven years old, he sold small sketches, and drawings to nearby neighbors. Instead of doing his school work Walt doodled pictures of animals, and nature.

Instead of socializing with the "who's who" of the Hollywood entertainment industry, he would stay home and have dinner with his wife, Lillian, and his daughters, Diane and Sharon. In fact, socializing was a bit boring to Walt Disney. Usually he would dominate a conversation, and hold listeners spellbound as he described his latest dreams or ventures.

Walt rarely showed emotion, though he did have a temper that would blow over as it blew up. At home, he was affectionate and understanding. He gave love by being interested, involved, and always there for his family and friends.

Walt Disney's dream of a clean, and organized amusement park, came true, as Disneyland Park opened in 1955.
 
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Mia said:
Read a biography of Walk Disney's today, some of the descriptions seemed familiar.

Walt had a very early interest in drawing, and art. When he was seven years old, he sold small sketches, and drawings to nearby neighbors. Instead of doing his school work Walt doodled pictures of animals, and nature.

Instead of socializing with the "who's who" of the Hollywood entertainment industry, he would stay home and have dinner with his wife, Lillian, and his daughters, Diane and Sharon. In fact, socializing was a bit boring to Walt Disney. Usually he would dominate a conversation, and hold listeners spellbound as he described his latest dreams or ventures.

Walt rarely showed emotion, though he did have a temper that would blow over as it blew up. At home, he was affectionate and understanding. He gave love by being interested, involved, and always there for his family and friends.

Walt Disney's dream of a clean, and organized amusement park, came true, as Disneyland Park opened in 1955.
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I think I read somewhere as well that some experts think he was dyslexic as well.
 
But as tempting as it is to think of him as one, he is not a fictional character.
 
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But as tempting as it is to think of him as one, he is not a fictional character.
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True Ylva, although he created many fictional characters. When I consider the seven dwarfs and several other characters they have aspects of 'aspieness'. So perhaps the characteristics of fictional characters have much to do with their creators, who may have been aspies.
 
Milo Thatch is the only Disney character I can think of who might have had aspergers. Well, him and Belle. Maybe the guy who owned Pogo, can't remember his name.

Ariel is a hoarder. Never could tell if Cinderella was psychotic. Mulan was non-conformist, but not necessairily aspie.

I suppose any character who grew up in isolation in a tower or a cottage in the woods or a bell tower would qualify. Even if they have a reason that is not how they were born, you know, being fictional and all.

Elsa doesn't necessarily have any symptoms, but she comes off as cold when she really is a warm person inside.
 
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Milo Thatch is the only Disney character I can think of who might have had aspergers. Well, him and Belle. Maybe the guy who owned Pogo, can't remember his name.

Ariel is a hoarder. Never could tell if Cinderella was psychotic. Mulan was non-conformist, but not necessairily aspie.

I suppose any character who grew up in isolation in a tower or a cottage in the woods or a bell tower would qualify. Even if they have a reason that is not how they were born, you know, being fictional and all.
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I think the girl in Tangled seemed Aspie-ish- but a very specific type of Aspie. Have you ever met an Aspie woman who was just happy all the time? I think that is a specific type of female Aspie, a type of which she is a good example.
She had a very specific (and odd) obsession, with seeing those lights up close. Even though they only appeared once a year, she was able to spend the rest of the year obsessing about them.
 
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Peter Pan always struck me as being autistic. A boy so determined to avoid change and adult responsibilities that he succeeded in inventing an alternative reality in which he need never grow up. Lucky Peter.

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Uh oh, this is going to date me a great deal:p Saw all the original disney films as a child at the movie theatre. The last disney film I watched was my old copy of fantasia. I remember steam-boat willie. Have not liked the 'newer' films and although I've seen some of them, I liked the old animation better and refused to become interested in the more recent movies. So when you mention the newer characters, I don't consider them at all. When I think of disney, its the older original animations I think of only. Sorry about living in a vacumn, don't know ariel, mulan, or the frozen ones.
 
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Maybe Gyro Gearloose from DuckTales (if I haven't mentioned him already). Not only does he spend all his time tinkering and building things (and talking to a light bulb, lol), but he takes things very literally. Once Scrooge asked him to build a set for a TV show and "make it as real as possible." By "real" he meant "realistic," but Gyro built a real rocket that actually took them to space.
Another episode - Scrooge: Gyro! I thought I told you to never build another robot!
Gyro: You told me never to build another robot for you, Mr. McDuck. So I built these for Mr. Glomgold!
 
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Uh oh, this is going to date me a great deal:p Saw all the original disney films as a child at the movie theatre. The last disney film I watched was my old copy of fantasia. I remember steam-boat willie. Have not liked the 'newer' films and although I've seen some of them, I liked the old animation better and refused to become interested in the more recent movies. So when you mention the newer characters, I don't consider them at all. When I think of disney, its the older original animations I think of only. Sorry about living in a vacumn, don't know ariel, mulan, or the frozen ones.
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Frozen was too hyped up. An enjoyable movie, but how the heck did it merit the hyped up comericalism that came in its wake? Frozen dolls, t shirts, cakes, Frozen stuff all over the clothes and possessions of the kids at the preschools I worked at...
It's loosely, very loosely, inspired by Hans Christian Anderson's story of the Ice Queen.

Ariel, is a character and movie that I never cared for as a child, and haven't bothered to revisit. It's based on another of Hans Christian Anderson's stories. The original story is dark and horrible, and as a child I found the movie somewhat dark and horrible, even though Disney gave it a happy ending.

I think the message is that anyone who fails to see anything based on anything by Hans Christian Anderson, isn't missing out on much. (Though, Frozen was visually extremely beautiful. So it's worth seeing in the literal sense). No one needs to read his stories either. They are like subtly horrible without the fun and enjoyment of actual horror stories. Man, I almost traumatized myself by reading them as a kid.

Mulan takes place in ancient China. It's about a girl who disguises herself as a boy so that she can go to war instead of her father. War, actual war, is certainly an unusual theme in Disney movies, and the movie is notable simply for the fact that it touches on such a theme. It's based on a story found in a 1500 year old Chinese ballad.

Tangled is a re-telling of the story of Rapunzel. It's charming and sweet.
 
Ralph AKA Captain Helmet from the Niklas and Friends online comics...

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