What fictional character do you wish was real? (lemmy.world)

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Leslie Knope for me!

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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 17 points 1 month ago

Oh that's not fair, Leslie Knope is the public servant we all deserve.

I'll throw in a few.

I want Dr. Cox and JD to be my medical team, the two of them would do everything they could.

I want my local burger shop to be Bob's.

And I wish Captain Holt was a real police commissioner.

[-] phonics@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I would not wish reality on bob.

[-] JoeTheSane@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

We are actually watching Brooklyn 99 right now!

[-] RaoulDuke85@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

99!

[-] confusedwiseman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

I don’t know who you are, but I feel like we should be friends.

[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Holt is a treasure!

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

"Wunch time is OVER! Bam, got it both ways."

[-] CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

The president from the West Wing. You know a politician who cared and did the right things despite optics

[-] __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

It's too depressing watching that show

[-] JoeTheSane@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, that’s a good one!

[-] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho

[-] cobysev@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Say what you will about Idiocracy, but President Camacho knew his country was suffering a problem and he found the smartest man in the world, hired him, and put him to work to resolve it. If only we could get Trump to care this much.

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

Superman.

Yeah, that’s an obvious choice, but I like his character more than his superpowers. He’s civil and polite to various world governments, but ultimately, there’s no stopping him from doing the right thing.

If he’s too powerful and that’s a negative to you, substitute Captain America. The same reasoning applies.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

World could use a good guy right now.

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[-] Sergio@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Everett True - !truecomics@midwest.social

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The Doctor from Doctor Who. It'd be nice to think we were all being simultaneously respected, cared for, and defended by someone smarter and kinder than most of us.

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

While a good choice, I don't feel warm and fuzzy about the prospect of being turned into some horror creature goop because I happened to walk down the wrong alley.

[-] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The person I know I could be.

[-] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Newman from Seinfeld. For no other reason than I think Wayne Knight is a really great character actor

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

My Canadian girlfriend.

[-] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

trogdor, but instead of burninating the pesants, he burninates the aristocracy.

[-] Banana@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Dale Cooper

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 3 points 1 month ago

Would agent Cooper be taking orders from Kash Patel and hunting Antifa for the FBI or would he resign and do his own thing?

[-] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

When Coop was suspended Truman deputized him into the Twin Peaks Sheriff's department so he could continue the case. Cooper's allegiance is to decency and not any particular office.

[-] Banana@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Depends whether he's been in the black lodge yet or not

[-] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Best I can do is Dale Gribble

[-] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Victor von Doom.

If we're going for authoritarianism, at least let's have someone competent in charge.

[-] Vytle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Vaporeon.

[-] muxika@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Roland Deschain, the Gunslinger from The Dark Tower. I'd like to see what he'd do in a present-day USA.

[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Optimus Prime. I wish giant robot dad was around to fix mine and the world's problems.

[-] HollowV@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Samwise Gamgee, Gandalf, and Aragorn from LOTR. Or just basically every sage/wise archetype character in stories. Need their wisdom to help me get thru life into prevent me from falling to another depressive episode.

R2D2. Would like a robot friend that makes funny beeps and boops sounds so I won't be sad 24/7.

[-] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Sonic the Hedgehog. He goes really fast like this-PSSHHWWWWW!

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

Kim Wexler

[-] artifex@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

I'll take the hyper-intelligent, godlike alien from Rejoice, A Knife to the Heart who makes violence impossible and gives everyone free food.

[-] KRAW@linux.community 1 points 1 month ago

Sam Raimi's version of Spider-Man. He's an agent of the common man, and obviously someone with super powers would be amazing. However he isn't so powerful that he couldn't be subdued if he were to become evil. The only problem is I don't live in NYC...

[-] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I’ll go with Knope as well.

[-] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Does R18 stuff count or no?

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Doctor Who could whisk me away for a few adventures.

[-] mediOchre@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Man I wish Jerma was real

[-] D_C@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Is there a fictional character that kills billionaires? If so then that one.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Motoko Kusanagi.

How, is she when she doesn't surf?

I wonder what she does when she wakes up.

...

How, does she so perfectly surf?

...

She's incredible math.

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