As part of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,125 characters on a 100 point scale from "parental" to "childlike". 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 "parental" is the same as 100/100 for "childlike". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.
| Rank | Average rating | Number of raters | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99.5 | 18 | Mufasa (The Lion King) |
| 2 | 98.2 | 23 | Barbara Howard (Abbott Elementary) |
| 3 | 97.5 | 15 | Helen Parr (The Incredibles) |
| 4 | 97.1 | 14 | Erwin Smith (Attack on Titan) |
| 5 | 96.8 | 12 | William Adama (Battlestar Galactica) |
| 6 | 96.7 | 10 | Chrisjen Avasarala (The Expanse) |
| 7 | 96.3 | 23 | Aaron Hotchner (Criminal Minds) |
| 8 | 96.2 | 24 | Red Reznikov (Orange is the New Black) |
| 9 | 96.1 | 10 | Maeve Millay (Westworld) |
| 10 | 96.0 | 26 | Esme Cullen (Twilight) |
| 11 | 95.8 | 28 | Alfred Pennyworth (The Dark Knight) |
| 12 | 95.8 | 10 | Joe West (The Flash) |
| 13 | 95.6 | 16 | Imperator Furiosa (Mad Max: Fury Road) |
| 14 | 95.6 | 14 | Alba Villanueva (Jane the Virgin) |
| 15 | 95.4 | 15 | Karen Vick (Psych) |
| 16 | 95.1 | 21 | Dr. Lisa Cuddy (House, M.D.) |
| 17 | 95.0 | 13 | George S. Hammond (Stargate SG-1) |
| 18 | 94.8 | 13 | Carol Peletier (The Walking Dead) |
| 19 | 94.8 | 9 | Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) |
| 20 | 94.7 | 18 | Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter) |
| 21 | 94.7 | 12 | Amy Sosa (Superstore) |
| 22 | 94.5 | 33 | Mamá Imelda (Coco) |
| 23 | 94.5 | 70 | Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) |
| 24 | 94.3 | 12 | Frank Reagan (Blue Bloods) |
| 25 | 94.3 | 10 | Nick Fury (Marvel Cinematic Universe) |
| Rank | Average rating | Number of raters | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99.1 | 13 | Shawn Spencer (Psych) |
| 2 | 98.8 | 16 | Ed (Cowboy Bebop) |
| 3 | 97.5 | 116 | Buster Bluth (Arrested Development) |
| 4 | 97.5 | 13 | Michael Kelso (That 70's Show) |
| 5 | 96.8 | 162 | Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants) |
| 6 | 96.7 | 18 | Bart Simpson (The Simpsons) |
| 7 | 96.6 | 12 | Ben Chang (Community) |
| 8 | 96.5 | 8 | Cheryl Tunt (Archer) |
| 9 | 96.1 | 9 | Zapp Brannigan (Futurama) |
| 10 | 96.1 | 18 | Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes) |
| 11 | 95.8 | 20 | SpongeBob SquarePants (SpongeBob SquarePants) |
| 12 | 95.3 | 13 | Gollum (Lord of the Rings) |
| 13 | 95.1 | 21 | Joffrey Baratheon (Game of Thrones) |
| 14 | 94.8 | 26 | Tracy Jordan (30 Rock) |
| 15 | 94.7 | 15 | Jonah Ryan (Veep) |
| 16 | 94.7 | 15 | Lydia Bennet (Pride and Prejudice) |
| 17 | 94.6 | 14 | Ilana Wexler (Broad City) |
| 18 | 94.6 | 12 | Sterling Archer (Archer) |
| 19 | 94.5 | 6 | Mayuri Shiina (Steins;Gate) |
| 20 | 94.3 | 18 | Kevin Malone (The Office) |
| 21 | 94.3 | 18 | Dashiell Parr (The Incredibles) |
| 22 | 94.3 | 19 | Misa Amane (Death Note) |
| 23 | 94.3 | 10 | Kimmy Schmidt (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) |
| 24 | 94.2 | 32 | Alan (The Hangover) |
| 25 | 94.1 | 18 | Barney Gumble (The Simpsons) |
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 parental<--->childlike when aggregated at the character level.