As part of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,000 characters on a 100 point scale from "stereotypical" to "boundary breaking". 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 "stereotypical" is the same as 100/100 for "boundary breaking". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.
| Rank | Average rating | Number of raters | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 94.5 | 16 | Matt Donovan (The Vampire Diaries) |
| 2 | 93.8 | 9 | Mark Brendanawicz (Parks and Recreation) |
| 3 | 93.7 | 19 | Principal Vernon (The Breakfast Club) |
| 4 | 93.1 | 8 | Linda Montag (Fahrenheit 451) |
| 5 | 92.4 | 16 | Marnie Michaels (Girls) |
| 6 | 92.0 | 21 | Ashley Wilkes (Gone With the Wind) |
| 7 | 91.6 | 12 | Cal Hockley (Titanic) |
| 8 | 91.0 | 5 | James Norrington (Pirates of the Caribbean) |
| 9 | 90.9 | 8 | Mary Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) |
| 10 | 90.6 | 8 | Alan Harper (Two and Half Men) |
| 11 | 90.0 | 10 | Prince John (Robin Hood) |
| 12 | 89.2 | 6 | Hunter Chen (Ginny & Georgia) |
| 13 | 89.0 | 23 | Lieutenant Schrank (West Side Story) |
| 14 | 88.6 | 5 | Matt Braden (After Life) |
| 15 | 88.6 | 9 | Teddy Flood (Westworld) |
| 16 | 88.2 | 14 | Ned Flanders (The Simpsons) |
| 17 | 88.2 | 5 | Billy Keikeya (Battlestar Galactica) |
| 18 | 88.0 | 11 | Petunia Dursley (Harry Potter) |
| 19 | 88.0 | 10 | Choi Yeon-gyo (Parasite) |
| 20 | 87.9 | 7 | Drew Torres (Degrassi: The Next Generation) |
| 21 | 87.6 | 8 | Emily Gilmore (Gilmore Girls) |
| 22 | 87.3 | 7 | Red Forman (That 70's Show) |
| 23 | 87.1 | 13 | Frank Burns (M*A*S*H) |
| 24 | 86.6 | 16 | Prince Humperdinck (The Princess Bride) |
| 25 | 86.3 | 21 | Joey Donner (10 Things I Hate About You) |
| Rank | Average rating | Number of raters | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99.0 | 8 | Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm) |
| 2 | 98.3 | 8 | Wynonna Earp (Wynonna Earp) |
| 3 | 97.9 | 15 | Toph Beifong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) |
| 4 | 97.7 | 6 | Raymond 'Red' Reddington (The Blacklist) |
| 5 | 97.4 | 8 | Ava (Ex Machina) |
| 6 | 96.4 | 14 | Lady Sybil Crawley (Downton Abbey) |
| 7 | 96.3 | 8 | Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (House of the Dragon) |
| 8 | 95.8 | 6 | Chiana (Farscape) |
| 9 | 95.8 | 15 | Dr. Gregory House (House, M.D.) |
| 10 | 95.6 | 5 | Rintarou Okabe (Steins;Gate) |
| 11 | 95.5 | 15 | Maeve Wiley (Sex Education) |
| 12 | 95.4 | 11 | Sherlock Holmes (Elementary) |
| 13 | 94.9 | 9 | Ender Wiggin (Ender's Game) |
| 14 | 94.8 | 12 | Ellen Ripley (Alien) |
| 15 | 94.4 | 17 | Mulan (Mulan) |
| 16 | 94.0 | 5 | John Galt (Atlas Shrugged) |
| 17 | 93.9 | 10 | Patrick Jane (The Mentalist) |
| 18 | 93.8 | 12 | Abby Sciuto (NCIS) |
| 19 | 93.7 | 20 | Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith) |
| 20 | 93.7 | 7 | Ekko (Arcane) |
| 21 | 93.6 | 7 | Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean) |
| 22 | 93.4 | 10 | Olivia Pope (Scandal) |
| 23 | 93.3 | 8 | Villanelle (Killing Eve) |
| 24 | 92.9 | 21 | Jimmy McGill (Better Call Saul) |
| 25 | 92.8 | 6 | Miriam Maisel (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) |
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 stereotypical<--->boundary breaking when aggregated at the character level.