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 7 months 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 7 months ago

I would not wish reality on bob.

[-] JoeTheSane@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

We are actually watching Brooklyn 99 right now!

[-] RaoulDuke85@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

99!

[-] confusedwiseman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Holt is a treasure!

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months 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 7 months ago

It's too depressing watching that show

[-] JoeTheSane@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Oh, that’s a good one!

[-] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho

[-] cobysev@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago

World could use a good guy right now.

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[-] Sergio@piefed.social 4 points 7 months ago

Everett True - !truecomics@midwest.social

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago

The person I know I could be.

[-] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 7 months ago

My Canadian girlfriend.

[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] Banana@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Dale Cooper

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 3 points 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago

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

[-] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Best I can do is Dale Gribble

[-] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

Victor von Doom.

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

[-] Vytle@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Vaporeon.

[-] muxika@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] HollowV@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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.

[-] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Don juan

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 1 points 7 months ago

Kim Wexler

[-] artifex@piefed.social 1 points 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago

I’ll go with Knope as well.

[-] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Does R18 stuff count or no?

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Doctor Who could whisk me away for a few adventures.

[-] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

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

[-] mediOchre@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Man I wish Jerma was real

[-] D_C@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

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

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