As part of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,000 characters on a 100 point scale from "sad" to "happy". 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 "sad" is the same as 100/100 for "happy". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.
| Rank | Average rating | Number of raters | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 95.3 | 15 | Prince Hamlet (Hamlet) |
| 2 | 94.1 | 19 | Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion) |
| 3 | 93.4 | 27 | Fantine (Les Misérables) |
| 4 | 93.2 | 25 | Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBob SquarePants) |
| 5 | 93.1 | 13 | Winston Smith (Nineteen Eighty-Four) |
| 6 | 93.0 | 18 | Ophelia (Hamlet) |
| 7 | 92.8 | 84 | Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) |
| 8 | 91.7 | 31 | Michael Groff (Sex Education) |
| 9 | 91.4 | 1060 | Darth Vader (Star Wars) |
| 10 | 91.2 | 19 | Scar (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) |
| 11 | 91.1 | 361 | Moaning Myrtle (Harry Potter) |
| 12 | 90.5 | 335 | Severus Snape (Harry Potter) |
| 13 | 90.5 | 50 | Elliot Alderson (Mr. Robot) |
| 14 | 90.1 | 17 | Levi Ackermann (Attack on Titan) |
| 15 | 90.0 | 20 | Kylo Ren (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) |
| 16 | 89.5 | 12 | Linda Montag (Fahrenheit 451) |
| 17 | 89.5 | 19 | Cho Sang-woo (Squid Game) |
| 18 | 89.4 | 262 | Sandor Clegane (Game of Thrones) |
| 19 | 89.3 | 252 | Man in Black (Westworld) |
| 20 | 89.2 | 328 | Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter) |
| 21 | 89.1 | 21 | Reiner Braun (Attack on Titan) |
| 22 | 88.9 | 17 | Viktor (Arcane) |
| 23 | 88.8 | 279 | Rust Cohle (True Detective) |
| 24 | 88.5 | 8 | Hunter Aloysius Percy (The OA) |
| 25 | 88.5 | 309 | Theon Greyjoy (Game of Thrones) |
| Rank | Average rating | Number of raters | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 97.3 | 22 | SpongeBob SquarePants (SpongeBob SquarePants) |
| 2 | 95.2 | 83 | Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) |
| 3 | 93.3 | 14 | Sam Obisanya (Ted Lasso) |
| 4 | 92.8 | 189 | Olaf (Frozen) |
| 5 | 92.6 | 404 | Goh Peik Lin (Crazy Rich Asians) |
| 6 | 92.1 | 918 | Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation) |
| 7 | 91.7 | 75 | Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds) |
| 8 | 91.3 | 13 | Dashiell Parr (The Incredibles) |
| 9 | 90.7 | 1372 | Pumbaa (The Lion King) |
| 10 | 90.7 | 11 | Lisa Johnson (After Life) |
| 11 | 90.5 | 64 | Kenneth Parcell (30 Rock) |
| 12 | 89.5 | 22 | Ducky (The Land Before Time) |
| 13 | 89.5 | 37 | Sookie St. James (Gilmore Girls) |
| 14 | 89.5 | 36 | Kimmy Schmidt (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) |
| 15 | 89.3 | 25 | Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes) |
| 16 | 89.3 | 58 | Ash Ketchum (Pokémon) |
| 17 | 89.1 | 1198 | Joey Tribbiani (Friends) |
| 18 | 88.8 | 55 | Linda Belcher (Bob's Burgers) |
| 19 | 88.6 | 31 | Chris Traeger (Parks and Recreation) |
| 20 | 88.6 | 27 | Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants) |
| 21 | 88.3 | 308 | Kaylee Frye (Firefly + Serenity) |
| 22 | 88.2 | 23 | Pepper (Mamma Mia!) |
| 23 | 87.9 | 238 | Ed (Cowboy Bebop) |
| 24 | 87.8 | 524 | Kelly Erin Hannon (The Office) |
| 25 | 87.6 | 466 | Michael Kelso (That 70's Show) |
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 sad<--->happy when aggregated at the character level.