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Most important or irrelevant 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 "important" to "irrelevant". 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 "important" is the same as 100/100 for "irrelevant". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.

Most important characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
198.116Neal Caffrey (White Collar)
297.339Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal)
397.139Optimus Prime (Transformers)
497.027Ender Wiggin (Ender's Game)
596.822L (Death Note)
696.752Michael Scofield (Prison Break)
796.618Ciri (The Witcher)
896.471Vito Corleone (The Godfather)
996.359Paul Atreides (Dune)
1096.332Omar Little (The Wire)
1196.257Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (House of the Dragon)
1296.227Ragnar Lothbrok (Vikings)
1396.114William Adama (Battlestar Galactica)
1496.0215Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)
1595.949Villanelle (Killing Eve)
1695.820Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
1795.621Georgia Miller (Ginny & Georgia)
1895.631Olivia Pope (Scandal)
1995.531Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
2095.516Yennefer (The Witcher)
2195.223Richard D. Winters (Band of Brothers)
2295.1281Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
2395.121Beowulf (Beowulf)
2494.984Jack Pearson (This Is Us)
2594.939T-800 (Terminator 2: Judgement Day)

Most irrelevant characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
184.531Michelle (The Room)
282.825Connor Roy (Succession)
381.675The Deep (The Boys)
480.6353Mark Brendanawicz (Parks and Recreation)
580.016Matt Press (Ginny & Georgia)
679.625India Wilkes (Gone With the Wind)
779.597Matt Donovan (The Vampire Diaries)
878.411Hideki Ide (Death Note)
977.486Ian Duncan (Community)
1077.315Norah (Ginny & Georgia)
1177.278Niko Polastri (Killing Eve)
1276.751Karen Wheeler (Stranger Things)
1376.415Gino (Baby Reindeer)
1476.433Zapp Brannigan (Futurama)
1576.232Pepper (Mamma Mia!)
1676.056Tommy (Shameless)
1775.824Greggsy (Baby Reindeer)
1875.753Kermit (Shameless)
1975.789Mr. William Collins (Pride and Prejudice)
2075.622Ali (Mamma Mia!)
2175.138Jonah Ryan (Veep)
2275.0175Rita Skeeter (Harry Potter)
2374.742Shannon Rutherford (LOST)
2474.7207Stuart Bloom (The Big Bang Theory)
2574.5482Betsy Heron (Mean Girls)

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 important<--->irrelevant when aggregated at the character level.

  1. interesting (not tiresome) (r=0.74)
  2. main character (not side character) (r=0.74)
  3. meaningful (not pointless) (r=0.71)
  4. inspiring (not cringeworthy) (r=0.71)
  5. extraordinary (not mundane) (r=0.7)
  6. chosen one (not everyman) (r=0.68)
  7. charismatic (not uninspiring) (r=0.68)
  8. insightful (not generic) (r=0.67)
  9. badass (not weakass) (r=0.67)
  10. sharp (not dull) (r=0.66)

Notes

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