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

Most lost characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
196.418Ziggy Sobotka (The Wire)
292.635Buster Bluth (Arrested Development)
389.831Martha Scott (Baby Reindeer)
488.811Nathan Shelley (Ted Lasso)
587.256Gollum (Lord of the Rings)
687.145A-Train (The Boys)
787.117Jamie Dutton (Yellowstone)
886.726Kylo Ren (Star Wars: The Last Jedi)
986.535Ser Criston Cole (House of the Dragon)
1086.468Michael Kelso (That 70's Show)
1186.442The Deep (The Boys)
1286.451Petunia Dursley (Harry Potter)
1386.125Powder (Arcane)
1486.033Rue Bennett (Euphoria)
1585.8122Topper (Outer Banks)
1685.830Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
1785.840Nate Jacobs (Euphoria)
1885.740Theon Greyjoy (Game of Thrones)
1985.641Tate Langdon (American Horror Story: Season 1)
2085.550Rebecca Bunch (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
2185.419Greg Hirsch (Succession)
2285.460Nelson Muntz (The Simpsons)
2385.2153Sid Phillips (Toy Story)
2485.237Mike McLintock (Veep)
2585.128Sutter Keely (The Spectacular Now)

Most enlightened characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
195.0101Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
291.5122Guinan (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
390.157Gandalf (Lord of the Rings)
489.833Optimus Prime (Transformers)
589.640The Oracle (The Matrix)
689.324Lester Freamon (The Wire)
788.8117Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
888.727Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
988.674Princess Celestia (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
1088.324Yoda (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith)
1187.555Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter)
1287.328Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes)
1387.174Derrial Book (Firefly + Serenity)
1487.035Jessica Pearson (Suits)
1586.938Olenna Tyrell (Game of Thrones)
1686.818Huyang (Ahsoka)
1786.744Donald Mallard (NCIS)
1886.652Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)
1986.421Richard D. Winters (Band of Brothers)
2086.221Dr. Bob Sweeney (American History X)
2186.161Miranda Bailey (Grey's Anatomy)
2286.08Prairie Johnson (The OA)
2385.848Alfred Pennyworth (The Dark Knight)
2485.629Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith)
2585.619Watari (Death Note)

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 lost<--->enlightened when aggregated at the character level.

  1. foolish (not wise) (r=0.79)
  2. ignorant (not knowledgeable) (r=0.73)
  3. self-destructive (not self-improving) (r=0.72)
  4. incompetent (not competent) (r=0.71)
  5. blind (not all-seeing) (r=0.7)
  6. desperate (not high standards) (r=0.69)
  7. scrub (not legit) (r=0.69)
  8. unfulfilled (not fulfilled) (r=0.69)
  9. helpless (not resourceful) (r=0.69)
  10. reactive (not proactive) (r=0.68)

Notes

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