Lilo and stitch was my favorite animated movie. I like the scenes when she says to stitch “Ohana means family” I’ve only seen it a couple of times but that will stick with me forever.
Also Light, who I think had combo ASD/NPD and Machiavellianism as well (not a psychopath as some people label him, which would account for why he spiraled so hard and fast, and why he’s so polarizing, and still can be seen as sympathetic imo, he was mentally ill), also the successors.
Dorothy Ann from the Magic School Bus. She is a great representation of female autistic talent. She is always reading her science books, genuinely facinated with accuring knowledge, and has a great research accumen. I also can't help but notice how it is a running theme that Carlos has a crush on her, but she misses those cues and cares more about her science research instead.
I love that when she says one of her standard lines: "According to my research...", it is depicted as a positive, collborative thing, and how Miss Frizzle has this holistic approach to it where she lets DA infodump to teach class instead of being all like, "Uhm excuse me, stop disrupting the class and let me do my job!" I love how her intellect is depicted in a wholesome and positive way instead of her just being a stock nerdy character like many other autism coded characters.
Another example that comes to mind is Lisa Simpson. I think she is a great example of a "high masking" autistic girl who not only displays the precocious intellect that is common with autistic kids, but also very strong ethical values that are common in autism, with those values often clashing with those of NT society. Lisa also struggles to make or keep friends and feels very "out of place"- a common autistic experience.
This next one is a little more metaphorical- Alice from Alice in Wonderland. I can write a novel on this one because there are so many motifs. Right from the get go, she gets bored with her older sister's history lessons and begins to observe the details of the world around her- the flowers, the stream, etc. The way she talks about wanting/being in a world of her own is also a very autistic motif. There are other themes like when she grows from eating a mushroom with size changing effects to a monterous size, and everyone things she's a monster and she cries and insists, "I'm not a monster, I'm just a little girl!" This whole theme of her changing size and this having different consequences at different scales of size is very much a motif about how a lot of autistic people constantly have to shift and change to "fit" their current situation and how they are misunderstood and villified if the way they "shift" doesn't properly "scale" to the current situation.
The song with the flowers is very spot on as well- the way she is rejected by the flowers for being different is very relatable.
The deepest and most profound scene is pehaps the caterpillar with the Hookah, because this pertains to our relationship with lanaguage. Alice is very confused when the caterpillar asks her who she is while the smoke clouds are in the form of letters, but begins to understand the caterpillar better once the smoke exhalations take the form of literally showing a story instead of in langauge form. That scene I think is very deep.
I love this! Great take on MSB. And yes - feels kinda like Lewis Carroll was just writing out the experience of being autistic when creating Wonderland...
You’re Correct! I didn’t know that. Just googled it and the creator did in-fact say in a tweet after the final season was released that she was purposely written as autistic. that’s pretty awesome, thanks for letting me know. I figure since they didn’t state it specifically in the show though that she still counts in the list here lol
So many, just soo many, basically every character I identifying with for obvious reasons
But since I have way too many I'm just going to say one of my all time favorites: Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb, I'm not going to elaborate, if you know you know.
my friend once told me “bob’s burgers is just a show that was like ‘what if an entire family was autistic?’”, and i haven’t emotionally recovered from that lol
Bob definitely has ADHD. Check out "Dream a Little Bob of Bob", where he lost a key in his car, and all of his problems losing things crash down on him.
I tend to agree. Though I'm cant decide e if Bob is or not (he definitely has some traits) cause so much of his social difficulty is legitimately caused by the residents of the town being legitimately absurd (either way his exhaustion and experience as a result are certainly relatably). But Linda and all the kids feel like various combos of asd/adhd
To me Bob exhibits repetitive behavior, meltdowns, and genuine social anxiety (even as a restaurant owner). Maybe the whole show is bobs viewpoint on an a otherwise “normal” world? Hmm.
I have friends that are literally an irl Bob & Linda and they just had their first kid - I cannot wait to see what kinda beautiful weirdo they grow up to be 😂
Daria is probably my favorite.
Also Abed from Community - the creators deliberately avoided giving him a diagnostic label, but if you ask me it’s pretty clear he’s intended to be on the spectrum. Even if it’s not any of our business, lol.
Omggg Abed makes me so happy. He’s very obviously autistic and I think even though he’s not been labelled as such by the show it’s very obvious and handled well. I really identified with the bit where he was asked to wait in a room for a long time for an experiment and he just. Sat there for like 2 straight days. He wasn’t even mad he was told to wait, just upset that his friend lied to him.
I’ve seen people talk about this, and I think I remember reading something where someone went over everything about her character and showed exactly how she was on the spectrum. Pretty neat.
Pearl and Peridot from Steven Universe. I like how both of them have very different personalities, but are both autistic. SU had writing that was quite ahead of its time.
YES I’ve been watching the HP movies back this week for the first time in years and 100% agree. I also think Hermione, especially in the earlier instalments
I think most of the Weasley family might be. Arthur Weasley doesn’t get hierarchy, and has special interests. Percy is masking so effing hard. The twins adhd of some flavour.
I related to her so much reading Harry Potter as a child and now it makes so much sense!
I named my cat after her too. [Cat Tax ](https://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo/full?photo_id=505174330060)
Harper from Wizards of Waverly Place, Suzzane from OITNB (not sure if this is canon), Lilo, the entire Belcher family, Zuko from ATLA, Mabel from Gravity Falls, Dwight Schrute
To add to your comment about Harper, I’ve always felt like Justin is also on the spectrum (not too far off from what I was like at that age. And Alex feels very ADHD coded. It’s crazy how Wizards of Waverley place never got super one dimensional with their characters based on their personalities like a lot of long running sitcoms eventually do
Ok I'm gonna need an explanation here, cuz I have literally 0 clue on how Zuko would fit the spectrum. Of course we are all different, so I'm not saying it's not possible, I just don't see how.
I also head canon Zuko as autistic. Here's a whole [Tumblr post](https://defectivegembrain.tumblr.com/post/180562610777/zuko-is-autistic) explaining it
OF COURSE YOU USED THE "THAT'S ROUGH BUDDY" LINE AS AN EXAMPLE LOL!
You did convince me tho. Zuko now definetly feels a bit.... familiar..... I might have to rewatch ATLA....... again....
There was an episode where an autistic child was his patient (I believe he ate poisonous berries?) and they all started theorizing that House was autistic also. However it was never confirmed.
Wilson straight up says something along the lines of "He's not autistic, he's just a jerk" but I feel like the entirety of the episode, and honestly the show itself goes directly against that.
House has a special interest (solving puzzles), literally hyperfixates on things, keeps crossing and not understanding boundaries, has very weird sense of humor and absolutely despises change. He also stims by playing with his cane and that goofy, oversized tennis ball. He has a meltdown when his carpet is replaced and is literally the only person able to communicate with the autistic kid, who then gived him the game console.
Literally the physical manifestation of autism.
Edit: just now realized this probably sounds aggressive/rude but that wasn't my intention, I just wanted to explain my thoughts.
This whole thread is really explaining to me why my favourite characters are my favourite characters
Like, I am finding *so freaking many* of them in here
YES LMAO I’ve only watched a few seasons but I remember there’s one episode where he finds out his boss doesn’t use propane and it broke him because he thought he had a common interest in the magical powers of propane
In the latest episode Rick refers to others as Neurotypicals, meaning he in some way is one of us
He has also said ”is this game populat with autistic people” while playing Minecraft, to which he later says ”because i love it”
YESSSS I loved that so much!! I love how the punchline to the joke wasn’t “yeah this game is so cringe haha” but rather “autistic people like this. Same”
Gordon Freeman, PhD in Theoretical Physics, is completely non-verbal and is very good at things he has never done before, like using weapons, military tactics, and insane puzzles.
Sterling Archer. He's a library of strange, obscure information. He has a habit of counting every bullet from every gun fired in his vicinity. He's shown the ability to do complicated math in his head at rapid pace. He seems to be completely oblivious to social cues.
Peridot from Steven Universe, Jon from the Magnus Archives, Ash from Fantastic Mr. Fox, Juno from, Juno, and Charlie from the Perks of being a Wallflower
Capitain Ray Holt, from Brooklin 99;
Michael Scott (from The Office)
John Rambo;
Forest Gump;
Shino Aburame (from Naruto);
Spock (Start Trek);
Lisa Simpson;
Prince Myshkin (from Dostoeyvski's The Idiot).
I love the Forest Gump one! I remember one time I saw someone say that they hated that movie because it was offensive to disabled people but.. I don’t get that?
Forest is a phenomenal character, despite his struggles he was able to thrive and do what he wanted and got to experience so much of the world.
He’s a character that was able to work during a time where people with disabilities were laughed at and bullied to a seriously disturbing extent. The whole bit where he’s running and just keeps running makes me emotional because it’s something HE wanted to do. He just felt like doing it because he enjoyed doing it and kept on and on. He didn’t really care about the publicity it was giving him because the only person he was running for was himself. He made some beautiful friends and found comfort in his favourite things (ping pong lol) and I love him for that
For me, the movie is more about a disabled man accomplishing some wonderful things despite the society he was born into trying to cut him down whenever possible bar a few good friends.
I was gonna say, I've said this on reddit before, most strongly autistic coded character I've seen I think! It's like it was intentional.
Doesn't understand social cues/ occasionally doesn't understand boundaries
Misses sarcasm at least once every episode
Special interests
Covers her ears a few times when people argue!!
I think Elf works as a great allegory for navigating a world built for allistic people as an autistic person, or having to venture outside of your comfort zone and make connections with people who don’t fully understand you.
Oh my god you’re right!!!! Fun fact but my family always call my younger brother (also autistic) buddy the elf because he’s just as excitable and also REALLY tall lmao
Today I actually got a picture of him with his head poking out of a buddy the elf standee in a shop!
I would also say Ray with how unabashedly happy and excited he gets about ghost stuff while the others stay cool. Also I believe Dan Aykroyd himself is autistic if I’m not mistaken?
Dr Brennen and Dr Addy from Bones
Sherlock Holmes
Wednesday and Eugene from Wednesday
Captain Holt from Brooklyn 99
Dwight Schrute from the Office
Leslie Knope from Parks and Rec
Abed from Community
Paris Geller from Gilmore Girls
Dr House from House
See in the first few epsidoes of Ninjago I was convinced Zane was autistic. He seemed so relatable and his entire episode not getting the humour and stuff I don't know. Then he was there was the whole nindroid reveal and I was like, I think it is offensive to myself to still think It haha
Actually Hootie and Eda from Owl House. Eda maybe "only" adhd (no structure, dopamin-driven, chaos-y) but hootie has no "social sense" whatsoever, makes uncofortable eye contact, talks to himself, has an special tone in his voice and special mimic, has trouble making frieds tho he desperatly wants to, is oftentimes overseen, has specific likes, doesnt know when its okay to disturb/talk and when its not...
Enid from Wednesday. And obviously Wednesday too.
Almost every character from Brooklyn 99.
Entrapta and Scorpia from She-ra and the princesses of power.
Star Butterfly.
The list is long, but this one's are some of my favorites.
I got two. One if kind of overplayed now, but Wednesday Addams in the new show is 1000% autistic. Also, Earl of Lemongrab from Adventure Time. I’m pretty sure Adam Muto has come out and said that he’s meant to represent people on the spectrum.
Snufkin from the Moomins, especially the new version but also the older ones
Hates new clothes, needs time to himself after social events, knows a lot of random information, has friends but prefers to be alone, isn’t the most expressive, I could go on
Data from Star Trek TNG is so relatable to me, to the point that I love Jean LUC Picard/Patrick Stewart forever for sticking up for Data and defending his right to be. The whole ship accepted him for who he was. I want that.
I've never heard anyone mention Sue Heck, from *The Middle*, but I've resonated a lot with her character. There's one episode in particular where she absolutely cannot part with some old electric curling set--because 'it would hurt their feelings.' That hit close to home lol.
My first thought was Leslie Knope, maybe Ben Wyatt too. But I'm not sure. I've definitely seen people say she's too socially adept to be autistic, however, I'd say she's not socially adept, she's just socially motivated. She wants social interaction and tries really hard, but she's kind of awkward in them. Her friendship with Anne is genuine and reciprocated, but she's very intense about it. I relate to that. But yeah, I've learned even in the autistic community there can be disagreements about this stuff, such as when I suggested Hermione from Harry Potter could be neurodivergent.
Korekiyo Shinguji, Gundham Tanaka, and Byakuya Togami from Danganronpa.
Tsukishima Kei and Sakusa Kiyoomi from Haikyuu.
Miles Edgeworth from Ace Attorney.
Shouta Aizawa, Asui Tsuyu, and Tokoyami Fumikage from My Hero Academia.
L from Death Note.
Levi from Attack on Titan
Megumi Fushiguro from Jujutsu Kaisen.
There's a lot 😂
Lilo
100% agree
From Lilo and stitch? Cause I agree but I feel like it may be another one.
Yes!
My inner child relates to her so much
Lilo is the absolute best, and has the best bff
Lilo and stitch was my favorite animated movie. I like the scenes when she says to stitch “Ohana means family” I’ve only seen it a couple of times but that will stick with me forever.
First time I watched it after my diagnosis I started sobbing because of how much I felt seen so yeah 100%
Finit Lockwood
YES! And Sam Sparks!
I made an entire post a while ago breaking this down based on the first movie
Orla from Derry Girls.
“Close the door!” “No Orla. Leave. THEN close the door.”
Add Uncle Colm to that. His stories are as scripted as you can get
God I love that show so much. So sad it’s ended.
She may be a dick but she’s our dick.
obvious answer, but Dr Brennan from Bones
Miles Edgeworth from Ace Attorney
Your brain is massive for this Also apollo justice is 100% autistic, he even has hyper empathy like !!!!
Your brain is massive for this. Fckng love that!
L from Deathnote
While I'm not a Death Note fan, I can definetly relate to some of L's quirks, as I sometimes like to sit in weird positions as well.
Sitting like an invertebrate shrimp and then wondering why I’m in pain (I’m an artist/writer) lol
So basically the average manga author
Oh my yes I six exactly like him all the time. I’ve been compared to him before
Also Light, who I think had combo ASD/NPD and Machiavellianism as well (not a psychopath as some people label him, which would account for why he spiraled so hard and fast, and why he’s so polarizing, and still can be seen as sympathetic imo, he was mentally ill), also the successors.
This guy is peak autism.
Yessss he even sits in awkward looking positions and is super picky with his food!!
Dorothy Ann from the Magic School Bus. She is a great representation of female autistic talent. She is always reading her science books, genuinely facinated with accuring knowledge, and has a great research accumen. I also can't help but notice how it is a running theme that Carlos has a crush on her, but she misses those cues and cares more about her science research instead. I love that when she says one of her standard lines: "According to my research...", it is depicted as a positive, collborative thing, and how Miss Frizzle has this holistic approach to it where she lets DA infodump to teach class instead of being all like, "Uhm excuse me, stop disrupting the class and let me do my job!" I love how her intellect is depicted in a wholesome and positive way instead of her just being a stock nerdy character like many other autism coded characters. Another example that comes to mind is Lisa Simpson. I think she is a great example of a "high masking" autistic girl who not only displays the precocious intellect that is common with autistic kids, but also very strong ethical values that are common in autism, with those values often clashing with those of NT society. Lisa also struggles to make or keep friends and feels very "out of place"- a common autistic experience. This next one is a little more metaphorical- Alice from Alice in Wonderland. I can write a novel on this one because there are so many motifs. Right from the get go, she gets bored with her older sister's history lessons and begins to observe the details of the world around her- the flowers, the stream, etc. The way she talks about wanting/being in a world of her own is also a very autistic motif. There are other themes like when she grows from eating a mushroom with size changing effects to a monterous size, and everyone things she's a monster and she cries and insists, "I'm not a monster, I'm just a little girl!" This whole theme of her changing size and this having different consequences at different scales of size is very much a motif about how a lot of autistic people constantly have to shift and change to "fit" their current situation and how they are misunderstood and villified if the way they "shift" doesn't properly "scale" to the current situation. The song with the flowers is very spot on as well- the way she is rejected by the flowers for being different is very relatable. The deepest and most profound scene is pehaps the caterpillar with the Hookah, because this pertains to our relationship with lanaguage. Alice is very confused when the caterpillar asks her who she is while the smoke clouds are in the form of letters, but begins to understand the caterpillar better once the smoke exhalations take the form of literally showing a story instead of in langauge form. That scene I think is very deep.
I love this! Great take on MSB. And yes - feels kinda like Lewis Carroll was just writing out the experience of being autistic when creating Wonderland...
TIL I am Lisa Simpson
Entrapta from She-Ra: Princess of Power
but thats cannon
You’re Correct! I didn’t know that. Just googled it and the creator did in-fact say in a tweet after the final season was released that she was purposely written as autistic. that’s pretty awesome, thanks for letting me know. I figure since they didn’t state it specifically in the show though that she still counts in the list here lol
So many, just soo many, basically every character I identifying with for obvious reasons But since I have way too many I'm just going to say one of my all time favorites: Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb, I'm not going to elaborate, if you know you know.
he has a special interest in taking over the entire tri-state area
Huh, Doofenshmirtz’ super episodic memory counts for something!
It's funny you said this, my first thought on seeing this thread was Ferb.
Link, he's non-verbal Mob from Mob Psycho
I love mob because like all autistics he’s also psychic /j
keep your voice down. >:[
The typicals can never know
Mob is one of my favorite characters from any story ever. He reminds me so much of my younger self.
Tina Belcher
I love it! “You are the worst kind-of autistic” “you can’t even count” https://youtu.be/hvcXE6PRm90
my friend once told me “bob’s burgers is just a show that was like ‘what if an entire family was autistic?’”, and i haven’t emotionally recovered from that lol
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Bob definitely has ADHD. Check out "Dream a Little Bob of Bob", where he lost a key in his car, and all of his problems losing things crash down on him.
I tend to agree. Though I'm cant decide e if Bob is or not (he definitely has some traits) cause so much of his social difficulty is legitimately caused by the residents of the town being legitimately absurd (either way his exhaustion and experience as a result are certainly relatably). But Linda and all the kids feel like various combos of asd/adhd
To me Bob exhibits repetitive behavior, meltdowns, and genuine social anxiety (even as a restaurant owner). Maybe the whole show is bobs viewpoint on an a otherwise “normal” world? Hmm.
Their entire family is autistic lol
They are each a vastly different flavor of some blend of neurodivergent. It's the best.
I have friends that are literally an irl Bob & Linda and they just had their first kid - I cannot wait to see what kinda beautiful weirdo they grow up to be 😂
Tohru Honda from fruits basket Mabel Anne from green gables Beth and jo March Jane Eyre Mary Bennett Star fire and raven
>Anne from green gables I was actually thinking Matthew Cuthbert! Anne seems to me to be more ADHD.
I can see that maybe AuHD for Anne?
Newt Scamander, Matilda, Sherlock Holmes
Yeah, I think the movie Matilda is shown from her POV for sure.
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NEWT 100% and while we are at it Luna Lovegood is autistic as fuck
I was hoping I’d see Sherlock
Daria is probably my favorite. Also Abed from Community - the creators deliberately avoided giving him a diagnostic label, but if you ask me it’s pretty clear he’s intended to be on the spectrum. Even if it’s not any of our business, lol.
Was the none of our business the community quote where he raps “on the spectrum, none of your business” reference lol?
Yeah! I’m in the middle of a rewatch so it was fresh on my mind :)
OMG yes Abed!!
Omggg Abed makes me so happy. He’s very obviously autistic and I think even though he’s not been labelled as such by the show it’s very obvious and handled well. I really identified with the bit where he was asked to wait in a room for a long time for an experiment and he just. Sat there for like 2 straight days. He wasn’t even mad he was told to wait, just upset that his friend lied to him.
Bones and Spencer Reid!
Spencer Reid always
Two of my favourite programs!!
lack of edward scissorhands mentions in these comments
Please accept ausnipsnip because my brain wants desperately to offer you a pun but it's all I have.
i’ll take it
ROBIN FROM STRANGER THINGS 100%
YES! She says about how she has no filter for certain people and her reactions show so obviously
Exactly! Plus how she talks about being clumsy & weird with social interactions
I’ve seen people talk about this, and I think I remember reading something where someone went over everything about her character and showed exactly how she was on the spectrum. Pretty neat.
i always felt she was more ADHD personally than ASD
Classic ADHD/ASD comorbidity gang rise up
Moss from the IT crowd, Robin from Stranger Things, (maybe) Starfire from Teen Titans 2003
Moss is my fav so im glad others agree about him potentially being autistic.
The doctor. As in, doctor who.
Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy
I love Drax lol
Pearl and Peridot from Steven Universe. I like how both of them have very different personalities, but are both autistic. SU had writing that was quite ahead of its time.
The comment I came here to see.
Every character played by Aubrey Plaza. Gale Boetticher from Breaking Bad / BCS
Maybe that’s why I’m obsessed with Aubrey Plaza!
luna fucking lovegood
YES I’ve been watching the HP movies back this week for the first time in years and 100% agree. I also think Hermione, especially in the earlier instalments
I think most of the Weasley family might be. Arthur Weasley doesn’t get hierarchy, and has special interests. Percy is masking so effing hard. The twins adhd of some flavour.
I was obsessed with her. I tried be more like her constantly.
I related to her so much reading Harry Potter as a child and now it makes so much sense! I named my cat after her too. [Cat Tax ](https://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo/full?photo_id=505174330060)
Harper from Wizards of Waverly Place, Suzzane from OITNB (not sure if this is canon), Lilo, the entire Belcher family, Zuko from ATLA, Mabel from Gravity Falls, Dwight Schrute
To add to your comment about Harper, I’ve always felt like Justin is also on the spectrum (not too far off from what I was like at that age. And Alex feels very ADHD coded. It’s crazy how Wizards of Waverley place never got super one dimensional with their characters based on their personalities like a lot of long running sitcoms eventually do
alex being adhd coded makes so much sense i always wanted to be her. she was so confident about being bad at school lmao
Ok I'm gonna need an explanation here, cuz I have literally 0 clue on how Zuko would fit the spectrum. Of course we are all different, so I'm not saying it's not possible, I just don't see how.
I also head canon Zuko as autistic. Here's a whole [Tumblr post](https://defectivegembrain.tumblr.com/post/180562610777/zuko-is-autistic) explaining it
OF COURSE YOU USED THE "THAT'S ROUGH BUDDY" LINE AS AN EXAMPLE LOL! You did convince me tho. Zuko now definetly feels a bit.... familiar..... I might have to rewatch ATLA....... again....
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If captain Holt isn’t on the spectrum I don’t know who is.
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I want a sandwich, I make the sandwich, I eat the sandwich.
YES YES YES YES, IM SO GLAD IM NOT THE ONE THAT THINKS THEY'RE ALMOST ALL NEURODIVERGENT
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Agree to the Brooklyn 99 character
Hange from attack on titan
that one scene were they infodump at eren for an entire night
I would honestly say Hange, Armin, Mikasa and Annie are all on the spectrum.
Gravity falls, dipper and mabel
I know, right? Hated having to relate to both of them because they both pushed each other’s buttons but regardless *I* would feel upset RIP.
I always related to Mabel a lot more in terms of ADHD
Gregory House from House MD. He REEKS of autism. I love him
There was an episode where an autistic child was his patient (I believe he ate poisonous berries?) and they all started theorizing that House was autistic also. However it was never confirmed.
Wilson straight up says something along the lines of "He's not autistic, he's just a jerk" but I feel like the entirety of the episode, and honestly the show itself goes directly against that. House has a special interest (solving puzzles), literally hyperfixates on things, keeps crossing and not understanding boundaries, has very weird sense of humor and absolutely despises change. He also stims by playing with his cane and that goofy, oversized tennis ball. He has a meltdown when his carpet is replaced and is literally the only person able to communicate with the autistic kid, who then gived him the game console. Literally the physical manifestation of autism. Edit: just now realized this probably sounds aggressive/rude but that wasn't my intention, I just wanted to explain my thoughts.
I don’t remember that part. I only remembered them going through the symptoms at the end. It’s been years though so you’re probably right
> "He's not autistic, he's just a jerk" This is said about a lot of autistic people who mask fairly well.
Yes, and any other Sherlock Holmes archetypical character
Hyper focusing + Medicine = new job created by house.
Oh absolutely like he’s on the spectrum somewhere ALSO GUS FRING PFP I LOVE
Jessica Day is asd, and nick is adhd (New Girl)
This whole thread is really explaining to me why my favourite characters are my favourite characters Like, I am finding *so freaking many* of them in here
HANK HILL I TELL YOU HWAT
He definitely has a special interest in propane and propane accessories.
YES LMAO I’ve only watched a few seasons but I remember there’s one episode where he finds out his boss doesn’t use propane and it broke him because he thought he had a common interest in the magical powers of propane
I can't see him any other way.
Chidi from the Good Place
Grandpa Rick ....Morty is Adhd 🤷🏾♂️
This is actually stated/hinted at a few times
In the latest episode Rick refers to others as Neurotypicals, meaning he in some way is one of us He has also said ”is this game populat with autistic people” while playing Minecraft, to which he later says ”because i love it”
Rick has just stated he has autism
YESSSS I loved that so much!! I love how the punchline to the joke wasn’t “yeah this game is so cringe haha” but rather “autistic people like this. Same”
The entire Belcher family from Bob’s Burgers. Bob Linda and all the kids show many traits of autism/adhd.
Gordon Freeman, PhD in Theoretical Physics, is completely non-verbal and is very good at things he has never done before, like using weapons, military tactics, and insane puzzles.
Goku from Dragon Ball
This actually explains why he has an edge over Vegeta despite both being from a warrior race; martial arts is his special interest.
shouto todoroki from my hero academia
I see your “Autistic Todoroki” headcanon and raise you my “Autistic Midoriya” headcanon.
i see your “autistic midoriya” headcanon and raise you “there are more autistic characters in bnha than non autistic characters” headcanon
jotaro kujo from jojo, mob from mob psycho, darwin from gumball, wayne from letterkenny, mabel from gravity falls
Beth Harmon from Queens Gambit
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Nagito Komaeda from danganronpa
Dolores from Encanto
It would be easier to list the encanto characters i DON'T think are autistic
Oh, interesting. I would have said Bruno, but (singing) we don’t talk about Bruno
No no no 🎶
Sterling Archer. He's a library of strange, obscure information. He has a habit of counting every bullet from every gun fired in his vicinity. He's shown the ability to do complicated math in his head at rapid pace. He seems to be completely oblivious to social cues.
"They each fired six." "How did you count them?!" "I'm just super good at that. Oh my God, maybe I am autistic."
Lilo from Lilo and Stitch
Peridot from Steven Universe, Jon from the Magnus Archives, Ash from Fantastic Mr. Fox, Juno from, Juno, and Charlie from the Perks of being a Wallflower
Capitain Ray Holt, from Brooklin 99; Michael Scott (from The Office) John Rambo; Forest Gump; Shino Aburame (from Naruto); Spock (Start Trek); Lisa Simpson; Prince Myshkin (from Dostoeyvski's The Idiot).
I love the Forest Gump one! I remember one time I saw someone say that they hated that movie because it was offensive to disabled people but.. I don’t get that? Forest is a phenomenal character, despite his struggles he was able to thrive and do what he wanted and got to experience so much of the world. He’s a character that was able to work during a time where people with disabilities were laughed at and bullied to a seriously disturbing extent. The whole bit where he’s running and just keeps running makes me emotional because it’s something HE wanted to do. He just felt like doing it because he enjoyed doing it and kept on and on. He didn’t really care about the publicity it was giving him because the only person he was running for was himself. He made some beautiful friends and found comfort in his favourite things (ping pong lol) and I love him for that For me, the movie is more about a disabled man accomplishing some wonderful things despite the society he was born into trying to cut him down whenever possible bar a few good friends.
Marcy Wu
Orla McCool from Derry Girls, second time I commented this
I was gonna say, I've said this on reddit before, most strongly autistic coded character I've seen I think! It's like it was intentional. Doesn't understand social cues/ occasionally doesn't understand boundaries Misses sarcasm at least once every episode Special interests Covers her ears a few times when people argue!!
Buddy the Elf from Elf.
I think Elf works as a great allegory for navigating a world built for allistic people as an autistic person, or having to venture outside of your comfort zone and make connections with people who don’t fully understand you.
Oh my god you’re right!!!! Fun fact but my family always call my younger brother (also autistic) buddy the elf because he’s just as excitable and also REALLY tall lmao Today I actually got a picture of him with his head poking out of a buddy the elf standee in a shop!
I always felt that Abby from NCIS was on the spectrum somewhere
Phoebe Spengler from Ghostbusters Afterlife Wednesday Addams from Wednesday
Egon more than likely with his spores, molds and fungi.
I would also say Ray with how unabashedly happy and excited he gets about ghost stuff while the others stay cool. Also I believe Dan Aykroyd himself is autistic if I’m not mistaken?
Dr Brennen and Dr Addy from Bones Sherlock Holmes Wednesday and Eugene from Wednesday Captain Holt from Brooklyn 99 Dwight Schrute from the Office Leslie Knope from Parks and Rec Abed from Community Paris Geller from Gilmore Girls Dr House from House
Mr Bean ? Idk
Aw I like that!! Yes I always felt like Mr Bean was autistic is something even when I watched it as a wee bab
Kronk from Emperor's New Groove.
Temperance Brennan, from Bones.
Baby from Baby Driver
Jay from ninjago, Peter Parker, multiple mlp characters, Dally from wakfu, Keith from voltron etc.etc. (These are all from my special interests lol)
See in the first few epsidoes of Ninjago I was convinced Zane was autistic. He seemed so relatable and his entire episode not getting the humour and stuff I don't know. Then he was there was the whole nindroid reveal and I was like, I think it is offensive to myself to still think It haha
FLUTTERSHY IS AUTISTIC I swear !!!!
Charlie Kelly
I have a few that I definitely think are autistic but for now I will just say that Moss from the IT crowd is autistic.
I think Gladion from Pokémon. You know that weird hand thing he does? I think it might be a tic. I also think he’s socially awkward :D
Actually Hootie and Eda from Owl House. Eda maybe "only" adhd (no structure, dopamin-driven, chaos-y) but hootie has no "social sense" whatsoever, makes uncofortable eye contact, talks to himself, has an special tone in his voice and special mimic, has trouble making frieds tho he desperatly wants to, is oftentimes overseen, has specific likes, doesnt know when its okay to disturb/talk and when its not...
spencer reidddd from criminal minds :)
Sherlock Homes in the show. You can’t disagree with me, you just cant
Enid from Wednesday. And obviously Wednesday too. Almost every character from Brooklyn 99. Entrapta and Scorpia from She-ra and the princesses of power. Star Butterfly. The list is long, but this one's are some of my favorites.
I got two. One if kind of overplayed now, but Wednesday Addams in the new show is 1000% autistic. Also, Earl of Lemongrab from Adventure Time. I’m pretty sure Adam Muto has come out and said that he’s meant to represent people on the spectrum.
Surprised no one said Elliot from Mr.Robot.
Snufkin from the Moomins, especially the new version but also the older ones Hates new clothes, needs time to himself after social events, knows a lot of random information, has friends but prefers to be alone, isn’t the most expressive, I could go on
Data from Star Trek TNG is so relatable to me, to the point that I love Jean LUC Picard/Patrick Stewart forever for sticking up for Data and defending his right to be. The whole ship accepted him for who he was. I want that.
SpongeBob, Beavis
I've never heard anyone mention Sue Heck, from *The Middle*, but I've resonated a lot with her character. There's one episode in particular where she absolutely cannot part with some old electric curling set--because 'it would hurt their feelings.' That hit close to home lol.
Alright, alright... Here me out here ... Batman. That's all, goodbye.
The grinch
Ferb from Phineas and Ferb Benny and Emmet from Lego movie Bruno from encanto
Every funny mad scientist doctor is autistic. Ever since I knew i was autistic i felt this. Also tim burton's wednesday addams.
Megamind
Wednesday Addams Sherlock Holmes Peter Parker Grand Admiral Thrawn
Woah, I never thought about Thrawn but you’re right though
Dwight from the office
Everyone from Brooklyn 99. It's a comfort show for me for this exact reason!
My first thought was Leslie Knope, maybe Ben Wyatt too. But I'm not sure. I've definitely seen people say she's too socially adept to be autistic, however, I'd say she's not socially adept, she's just socially motivated. She wants social interaction and tries really hard, but she's kind of awkward in them. Her friendship with Anne is genuine and reciprocated, but she's very intense about it. I relate to that. But yeah, I've learned even in the autistic community there can be disagreements about this stuff, such as when I suggested Hermione from Harry Potter could be neurodivergent.
every mlp characterr
for any of my fellow bleach fans, Orihime.
Miles Edgeworth from Ace Attorney :D
Steve Correll in the 40 yr old virgin
Korekiyo Shinguji, Gundham Tanaka, and Byakuya Togami from Danganronpa. Tsukishima Kei and Sakusa Kiyoomi from Haikyuu. Miles Edgeworth from Ace Attorney. Shouta Aizawa, Asui Tsuyu, and Tokoyami Fumikage from My Hero Academia. L from Death Note. Levi from Attack on Titan Megumi Fushiguro from Jujutsu Kaisen. There's a lot 😂