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Most forward or repressed characters

As part of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,000 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
198.56Zapp Brannigan (Futurama)
297.73Ginny Miller (Ginny & Georgia)
395.98Donna Meagle (Parks and Recreation)
495.320Samantha Jones (Sex and the City)
594.814Ilana Wexler (Broad City)
694.716Robin Hood (Robin Hood)
794.58Miranda Bailey (Grey's Anatomy)
894.213Ed (Cowboy Bebop)
993.97Jules Winnfield (Pulp Fiction)
1093.912Goh Peik Lin (Crazy Rich Asians)
1193.511Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld)
1293.26Joey Tribbiani (Friends)
1393.07Melissa Schemmenti (Abbott Elementary)
1493.04Catherine Martell (Twin Peaks)
1592.79Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation)
1692.613Tanya Chesham-Leigh (Mamma Mia!)
1791.97Tracy Jordan (30 Rock)
1891.822Princess Leia (Star Wars)
1991.711Dina Fox (Superstore)
2091.69Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace (Battlestar Galactica)
2191.511Rosie Mulligan (Mamma Mia!)
2291.36Jadzia Dax (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
2391.39Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)
2491.29Jackie Burkhart (That 70's Show)
2591.28Keeley Jones (Ted Lasso)

Most repressed characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
194.47Huck (Scandal)
293.76George Michael Bluth (Arrested Development)
393.712Petunia Dursley (Harry Potter)
492.325Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
592.09Buster Bluth (Arrested Development)
690.56Cyril Figgis (Archer)
789.711Michael Groff (Sex Education)
888.86Vanya Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy)
988.714Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
1088.417Ennis Del Mar (Brokeback Mountain)
1188.18The Operative (Firefly + Serenity)
1288.18Jamie Dutton (Yellowstone)
1388.09Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
1486.410Pete Hornberger (30 Rock)
1586.315Gary Walsh (Veep)
1685.98Jim Burns (The Fall)
1785.710Reiner Braun (Attack on Titan)
1885.411Raj Koothrappali (The Big Bang Theory)
1984.712Waylon Smithers (The Simpsons)
2084.67Ophelia (Hamlet)
2184.58Emma Pillsbury (Glee)
2284.413Elliot Alderson (Mr. Robot)
2384.316Simon Tam (Firefly + Serenity)
2484.09Tom Wambsgans (Succession)
2583.411Norman Bates (Psycho)

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

  1. playful (not shy) (r=0.65)
  2. bold (not shy) (r=0.64)
  3. confident (not insecure) (r=0.64)
  4. emancipated (not enslaved) (r=0.62)
  5. self-assured (not self-conscious) (r=0.6)
  6. exuberant (not subdued) (r=0.59)
  7. extrovert (not introvert) (r=0.58)
  8. spelunker (not claustrophobic) (r=0.56)
  9. outgoing (not withdrawn) (r=0.55)
  10. charismatic (not uninspiring) (r=0.54)

Notes

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