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Most complimentary or insulting characters

As part of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,125 characters on a 100 point scale from "complimentary" to "insulting". 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 "complimentary" is the same as 100/100 for "insulting". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.

Most complimentary characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
195.436Janine Teagues (Abbott Elementary)
294.218Sam Obisanya (Ted Lasso)
394.225Chris Traeger (Parks and Recreation)
494.127Lucy MacLean (Fallout)
593.616Ted Lasso (Ted Lasso)
693.481Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
793.053Francis Mulcahy (M*A*S*H)
892.78Neelix (Star Trek: Voyager)
991.587Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds)
1091.414Joe (Ginny & Georgia)
1191.3134Kenneth Parcell (30 Rock)
1291.382Samwell Tarly (Game of Thrones)
1391.115Pop Tate (Riverdale)
1490.920Mayuri Shiina (Steins;Gate)
1590.954Hilda Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
1690.819Armin Arlert (Attack on Titan)
1790.570Jess Day (New Girl)
1890.433Charlie Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel)
1990.323Ducky (The Land Before Time)
2090.070Emmet Brickowski (The Lego Movie)
2189.528Mary Margaret Blanchard (Once Upon a Time)
2289.3121Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
2389.144Waymond Wang (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
2489.1178Olaf (Frozen)
2589.117Littlefoot (The Land Before Time)

Most insulting characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
198.459Eric Cartman (South Park)
295.144Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Dune)
394.797Joffrey Baratheon (Game of Thrones)
494.76Tony Johnson (After Life)
594.570Lucille Bluth (Arrested Development)
693.784Pierce Hawthorne (Community)
793.691Nelson Muntz (The Simpsons)
893.545Perry Cox (Scrubs)
993.4703Sid Phillips (Toy Story)
1093.185Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter)
1192.837Byron Hadley (The Shawshank Redemption)
1292.434Jonah Ryan (Veep)
1391.955Dennis Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
1491.913Roman Roy (Succession)
1591.633Megatron (Transformers)
1691.590Bertram Gilfoyle (Silicon Valley)
1791.4156Chef Skinner (Ratatouille)
1891.336Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBob SquarePants)
1991.255Count Olaf (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
2090.987Petunia Dursley (Harry Potter)
2190.916Logan Roy (Succession)
2290.8101Gavin Belson (Silicon Valley)
2390.8119Firelord Ozai (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
2490.8101Sue Sylvester (Glee)
2590.713Malory Archer (Archer)

Similar features

The survey has 525 different descriptive scales that the characters can be rated on. This list is the 10 other scales that that have the highest correlation with complimentary<--->insulting when aggregated at the character level.

  1. warm (not quarrelsome) (r=0.92)
  2. respectful (not rude) (r=0.9)
  3. sweet (not bitter) (r=0.88)
  4. generous (not stingy) (r=0.87)
  5. gentle (not harsh) (r=0.87)
  6. angelic (not demonic) (r=0.86)
  7. kind (not cruel) (r=0.86)
  8. supportive (not catty) (r=0.85)
  9. nurturing (not poisonous) (r=0.85)
  10. accepting (not judgemental) (r=0.85)

Notes

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