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

Most forward characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
198.98Zapp Brannigan (Futurama)
295.822Samantha Jones (Sex and the City)
394.910Donna Meagle (Parks and Recreation)
494.216Ed (Cowboy Bebop)
593.97Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction)
693.913Goh Peik Lin (Crazy Rich Asians)
793.721Robin Hood (Robin Hood)
893.616Ilana Wexler (Broad City)
993.511Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld)
1093.412Hange Zoe (Attack on Titan)
1193.19Tracy Jordan (30 Rock)
1293.115Ava Coleman (Abbott Elementary)
1392.914Dina Fox (Superstore)
1492.710Miranda Bailey (Grey's Anatomy)
1591.89Miss Patty (Gilmore Girls)
1691.69Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace (Battlestar Galactica)
1791.511Rosie Mulligan (Mamma Mia!)
1891.39Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)
1991.28Joey Tribbiani (Friends)
2091.024Amanita Caplan (Sense8)
2190.825Princess Leia (Star Wars)
2290.68Rogelio De La Vega (Jane the Virgin)
2390.65Catherine Martell (Twin Peaks)
2490.410Kurt Hummel (Glee)
2590.325Ash Ketchum (Pokémon)

Most repressed characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
194.47Huck (Scandal)
294.48George Michael Bluth (Arrested Development)
393.712Petunia Dursley (Harry Potter)
493.128Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
591.620Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
691.412Buster Bluth (Arrested Development)
790.210Jamie Dutton (Yellowstone)
889.711Michael Groff (Sex Education)
988.18The Operative (Firefly + Serenity)
1087.49Jim Burns (The Fall)
1186.812Reiner Braun (Attack on Titan)
1286.827Ennis Del Mar (Brokeback Mountain)
1386.68Cyril Figgis (Archer)
1486.417Waylon Smithers (The Simpsons)
1586.315Gary Walsh (Veep)
1686.110Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
1785.913Norman Bates (Psycho)
1885.514Elliot Alderson (Mr. Robot)
1984.812Nathan Shelley (Ted Lasso)
2084.711Pete Hornberger (30 Rock)
2184.58Emma Pillsbury (Glee)
2284.48Ophelia (Hamlet)
2384.36Sydney Carton (A Tale of Two Cities)
2484.314Betty Draper (Mad Men)
2584.212Kenneth Parcell (30 Rock)

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 forward<--->repressed when aggregated at the character level.

  1. playful (not shy) (r=0.66)
  2. bold (not shy) (r=0.65)
  3. confident (not insecure) (r=0.65)
  4. emancipated (not enslaved) (r=0.63)
  5. self-assured (not self-conscious) (r=0.62)
  6. exuberant (not subdued) (r=0.6)
  7. extrovert (not introvert) (r=0.6)
  8. spelunker (not claustrophobic) (r=0.58)
  9. outgoing (not withdrawn) (r=0.56)
  10. exhibitionist (not bashful) (r=0.56)

Notes

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