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Most boundary-respecting or boundary-crossing 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 "boundary-respecting" to "boundary-crossing". 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 "boundary-respecting" is the same as 100/100 for "boundary-crossing". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.

Most boundary-respecting characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
197.18Elinor Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility)
291.311Esme Cullen (Twilight)
389.851Gregory Eddie (Abbott Elementary)
489.213Edward Ferrars (Sense and Sensibility)
589.022Sam Obisanya (Ted Lasso)
687.89Jerry Gergich (Parks and Recreation)
787.58Penny (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog)
887.051Pop Tate (Riverdale)
986.56Dara (The Witcher)
1086.45Konstantin 'Kostya' Levin (Anna Karenina)
1186.259Joe (Ginny & Georgia)
1286.012Jared Dunn (Silicon Valley)
1385.822Donald Mallard (NCIS)
1485.598Percy Becker (No Hard Feelings)
1585.423Kenneth Parcell (30 Rock)
1685.032Charles Bingley (Pride and Prejudice)
1784.920Emma Pillsbury (Glee)
1884.711John Diggle (Arrow)
1984.68Denny Brosh (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
2084.65Lucie Manette (A Tale of Two Cities)
2184.513Black Panther (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
2284.310Francis Mulcahy (M*A*S*H)
2383.869Chidi Anagonye (The Good Place)
2483.716Charlie Carson (Downton Abbey)
2583.79William Mason (Downton Abbey)

Most boundary-crossing characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
199.811Jian-Yang (Silicon Valley)
299.69Ben Chang (Community)
399.254Martha Scott (Baby Reindeer)
498.147Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
598.015Sue Sylvester (Glee)
698.014Stormfront (The Boys)
797.919Joffrey Baratheon (Game of Thrones)
897.622Firelord Ozai (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
997.511Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
1097.319The Deep (The Boys)
1197.120Freddie Lounds (Hannibal)
1297.134Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
1396.717Rose Armitage (Get Out)
1496.721Homelander (The Boys)
1596.6249Count Olaf (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
1696.518Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
1796.512Pierce Hawthorne (Community)
1896.3103Eric Cartman (South Park)
1996.313Dee Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
2096.316Sid Phillips (Toy Story)
2196.230Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
2295.88Denny Crane (Boston Legal)
2395.58Tony Soprano (The Sopranos)
2495.515Rebecca Bunch (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
2595.362Alison DiLaurentis (Pretty Little Liars)

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 boundary-respecting<--->boundary-crossing when aggregated at the character level.

  1. well behaved (not mischievous) (r=0.8)
  2. moderate (not extreme) (r=0.8)
  3. nice (not naughty) (r=0.79)
  4. respectful (not rude) (r=0.78)
  5. reasonable (not deranged) (r=0.77)
  6. mild (not manic) (r=0.77)
  7. honorable (not cunning) (r=0.77)
  8. 😇 (not 😈) (r=0.76)
  9. proper (not scandalous) (r=0.76)
  10. sane (not crazy) (r=0.76)

Notes

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