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Most important or irrelevant characters

As part of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,000 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
197.915Neal Caffrey (White Collar)
297.238Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal)
397.027Ender Wiggin (Ender's Game)
496.836Optimus Prime (Transformers)
596.752Michael Scofield (Prison Break)
696.621L (Death Note)
796.417Ciri (The Witcher)
896.369Vito Corleone (The Godfather)
996.332Omar Little (The Wire)
1096.258Paul Atreides (Dune)
1196.155J. Robert Oppenheimer (Oppenheimer)
1296.114William Adama (Battlestar Galactica)
1396.0214Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)
1495.925Ragnar Lothbrok (Vikings)
1595.833Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (House of the Dragon)
1695.848Villanelle (Killing Eve)
1795.730Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
1895.631Olivia Pope (Scandal)
1995.615Beowulf (Beowulf)
2095.516Yennefer (The Witcher)
2195.418Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
2295.327Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
2395.219Georgia Miller (Ginny & Georgia)
2495.236T-800 (Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
2595.0276Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Most irrelevant characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
184.531Michelle (The Room)
281.774The Deep (The Boys)
381.322Connor Roy (Succession)
480.8352Mark Brendanawicz (Parks and Recreation)
579.625India Wilkes (Gone With the Wind)
679.192Matt Donovan (The Vampire Diaries)
778.014Matt Press (Ginny & Georgia)
877.910Hideki Ide (Death Note)
977.277Niko Polastri (Killing Eve)
1077.185Ian Duncan (Community)
1177.023Greggsy (Baby Reindeer)
1276.751Karen Wheeler (Stranger Things)
1376.415Gino (Baby Reindeer)
1476.431Pepper (Mamma Mia!)
1576.227Arturo Roman (Money Heist)
1675.789Mr. William Collins (Pride and Prejudice)
1775.622Ali (Mamma Mia!)
1875.531Zapp Brannigan (Futurama)
1975.352Kermit (Shameless)
2075.138Jonah Ryan (Veep)
2175.1205Stuart Bloom (The Big Bang Theory)
2275.012Norah (Ginny & Georgia)
2375.0175Rita Skeeter (Harry Potter)
2474.953Tommy (Shameless)
2574.611Hunter Chen (Ginny & Georgia)

Similar traits

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 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. inspiring (not cringeworthy) (r=0.71)
  4. meaningful (not pointless) (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. badass (not weakass) (r=0.67)
  9. insightful (not generic) (r=0.66)
  10. pro (not noob) (r=0.66)

Notes

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