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Most focused on the present or focused on the future 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 "focused on the present" to "focused on the future". 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 "focused on the present" is the same as 100/100 for "focused on the future". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.

Most focused on the present characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
192.713Mayuri Shiina (Steins;Gate)
291.37Tony Johnson (After Life)
391.021Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants)
489.1404Barney Gumble (The Simpsons)
588.245Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
688.125Spike (The Land Before Time)
787.918Sterling Archer (Archer)
887.716Powder (Arcane)
987.544Jessa Johansson (Girls)
1087.3168Charlie Harper (Two and Half Men)
1187.117Tony Lip (Green Book)
1286.8444Bart Simpson (The Simpsons)
1386.422Ilana Wexler (Broad City)
1486.3433Nelson Muntz (The Simpsons)
1585.0479Michael Kelso (That 70's Show)
1685.0442Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
1784.8352Jayne Cobb (Firefly + Serenity)
1884.654Tim Riggins (Friday Night Lights)
1984.468John Wick (John Wick)
2083.91421Pumbaa (The Lion King)
2183.9192Nelson Bighetti (Silicon Valley)
2282.746Reese Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle)
2382.5801Sid Phillips (Toy Story)
2482.2542Meredith Palmer (The Office)
2582.112Amos Burton (The Expanse)

Most focused on the future characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
192.5140Rachel Berry (Glee)
287.7276Petyr Baelish (Game of Thrones)
387.431Alex Dunphy (Modern Family)
486.9290Melisandre (Game of Thrones)
586.867Alexander Hamilton (Hamilton)
686.4730Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
786.3258Robert Ford (Westworld)
885.918Palpatine (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith)
985.928Ser Otto Hightower (House of the Dragon)
1085.832Rory Gilmore (Gilmore Girls)
1184.841Paris Geller (Gilmore Girls)
1284.2270Varys (Game of Thrones)
1384.1134Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)
1484.0157Hans (Frozen)
1583.921Patrizia Reggiani (House of Gucci)
1683.9679Charlotte York (Sex and the City)
1783.659Andy Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption)
1883.537Thelonious Jaha (The 100)
1983.483Molly Davidson (Booksmart)
2083.319Ava (Ex Machina)
2183.113Rintarou Okabe (Steins;Gate)
2282.9286Brandon Stark (Game of Thrones)
2382.9423Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons)
2482.715Scorpius (Farscape)
2582.617Erwin Smith (Attack on Titan)

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 focused on the present<--->focused on the future when aggregated at the character level.

  1. experience-oriented (not goal-oriented) (r=0.56)
  2. good-enough (not perfectionist) (r=0.54)
  3. underthinker (not overthinker) (r=0.5)
  4. nonpolitical (not political) (r=0.5)
  5. drop out (not valedictorian) (r=0.5)
  6. goof-off (not studious) (r=0.49)
  7. underachiever (not overachiever) (r=0.49)
  8. physical (not intellectual) (r=0.49)
  9. unpolished (not eloquent) (r=0.48)
  10. folksy (not presidential) (r=0.48)

Notes

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