As part of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,000 characters on a 100 point scale from "optimistic" to "pessimistic". This page lists the 25 characters whose average ratings were the farthest to either side. Because the scale is bipolar, it is reversable. For example, a rating of 1/100 for "optimistic" is the same as 100/100 for "pessimistic". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.
| Rank | Average rating | Number of raters | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99.4 | 17 | Ted Lasso (Ted Lasso) |
| 2 | 97.3 | 38 | SpongeBob SquarePants (SpongeBob SquarePants) |
| 3 | 96.6 | 13 | Don Quijote (Don Quixote) |
| 4 | 96.4 | 995 | Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation) |
| 5 | 96.2 | 36 | Charlie Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel) |
| 6 | 96.1 | 69 | Kenneth Parcell (30 Rock) |
| 7 | 95.7 | 93 | Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) |
| 8 | 95.6 | 41 | Kimmy Schmidt (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) |
| 9 | 95.4 | 11 | Janine Teagues (Abbott Elementary) |
| 10 | 95.0 | 173 | Olaf (Frozen) |
| 11 | 95.0 | 32 | Chris Traeger (Parks and Recreation) |
| 12 | 94.3 | 25 | Mumen Rider (One Punch Man) |
| 13 | 94.2 | 86 | Jess Day (New Girl) |
| 14 | 94.0 | 66 | Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto) |
| 15 | 93.6 | 58 | Ash Ketchum (Pokémon) |
| 16 | 93.6 | 32 | Penny (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) |
| 17 | 93.6 | 31 | Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) |
| 18 | 93.5 | 538 | Kelly Erin Hannon (The Office) |
| 19 | 93.5 | 10 | Keeley Jones (Ted Lasso) |
| 20 | 93.4 | 22 | Sam Obisanya (Ted Lasso) |
| 21 | 93.4 | 48 | Phil Dunphy (Modern Family) |
| 22 | 93.2 | 19 | Lucy MacLean (Fallout) |
| 23 | 93.1 | 322 | Kaylee Frye (Firefly + Serenity) |
| 24 | 93.1 | 26 | Christian (Moulin Rouge!) |
| 25 | 92.9 | 35 | Rapunzel (Tangled) |
| Rank | Average rating | Number of raters | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 98.6 | 33 | Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBob SquarePants) |
| 2 | 94.5 | 11 | Marcus Baker (Ginny & Georgia) |
| 3 | 92.2 | 476 | Red Forman (That 70's Show) |
| 4 | 91.9 | 35 | Michel Gerard (Gilmore Girls) |
| 5 | 91.8 | 207 | Bertram Gilfoyle (Silicon Valley) |
| 6 | 91.7 | 271 | Sandor Clegane (Game of Thrones) |
| 7 | 91.2 | 22 | Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith) |
| 8 | 90.8 | 25 | Prince Hamlet (Hamlet) |
| 9 | 90.4 | 87 | Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) |
| 10 | 90.4 | 36 | Nurse Mildred Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) |
| 11 | 90.1 | 948 | April Ludgate (Parks and Recreation) |
| 12 | 89.8 | 282 | Sarah O'Brien (Downton Abbey) |
| 13 | 89.5 | 334 | Moaning Myrtle (Harry Potter) |
| 14 | 89.4 | 18 | Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion) |
| 15 | 89.1 | 577 | Stanley Hudson (The Office) |
| 16 | 89.0 | 16 | Mat Cauthon (Wheel of Time) |
| 17 | 89.0 | 549 | Angela Martin (The Office) |
| 18 | 88.7 | 32 | Violet Harmon (American Horror Story: Season 1) |
| 19 | 88.4 | 337 | Moe Szyslak (The Simpsons) |
| 20 | 88.3 | 7 | Gina Baxter (Your Honor) |
| 21 | 88.1 | 417 | George Costanza (Seinfeld) |
| 22 | 88.1 | 279 | Petunia Dursley (Harry Potter) |
| 23 | 88.1 | 21 | Scar (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) |
| 24 | 87.9 | 43 | Ray Ploshansky (Girls) |
| 25 | 87.8 | 12 | Dominar Rygel XVI (Farscape) |
The survey has 400 different descriptive scales that the characters can be rated on. This list is the 10 other scales that that have the highest correlation with optimistic<--->pessimistic when aggregated at the character level.