I don’t put much stock in the Myers-Briggs personality test—I rate them somewhere above palm readers, but below tarot cards. I do occasionally find it intriguing to see what anonymous researchers summarize about me. Someone has compiled a list of fictional characters based on their Myers-Briggs type, using a methodology they describe as “the best guesses of lots of fans” (h/t Michelle).
For those unfamiliar with the test, you can read about it
- Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars
- Marty McFly from Back to the Future
- Ned Flanders from The Simpsons
- Alfred from The Dark Knight Saga
- Dean Pelton from Community
- JD from Scrubs
- Tracy Jordan from 30 Rock
- Ariel from The Little Mermaid
- Maria von Trapp from The Sound of Music
- Daphne Moon from Frasier
- Christopher McCandless from Into The Wild
- Peregrin Took (“Pippin”) from The Lord of the Rings
- Don Quixote from Don Quixote
- Idi Amin from The Last King of Scotland
- Martin Prince from The Simpsons
- Peggy Hill from King of the Hill
- Adam West from Family Guy
- Genie from Aladdin
- Michael Scott from The Office (US)
- Penelope Garcia from Criminal Minds
- Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell from Top Gun
- Elliot Reid from Scrubs
- Hawkeye Pierce from MASH
- Cher Horowitz from Clueless
- Peeta Mellark from The Hunger Games
- James “Sulley” Sullivan from Monsters Inc and Monsters University
- Mercutio from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
- Cersei Lannister from A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones
- Chloe Beale from Pitch Perfect
I could delve into the similarities between these characters, or the common threads of their stories, but screw it.
Photo credit: Via simpsons.wikia.com.
Yeah, I’ve seen this list. They don’t help their case to be taken seriously when you have to point out that Maria von Trapp isn’t fictional. As a certified MBTI facilitator, I do find Myers-Briggs typing to be helpful when communicating with clients and as an approach to copywriting, particularly website copy. But I don’t adhere as strictly to its sets and subsets as others do. I refuse to dive too deeply into their murky alphabet soup.
and they typed Cersei an ENFP when she’s an ESFJ.
i dont want to be cersei 😮 im a champion!! :DDD
Cristopher McCandless was a real person, Into the Wild is a true story, aka, he is not a fictional character!
Touché. Maybe they meant his semi-fictionalized portrayal in the film?