Fictional INTP's

[Chronomar]

I've seen arguments for Sherlock Holmes being INTP... He is a "messy" genius after all. However people think hes an ISTP or an INTJ too... So the case is up for debate.

I think it really matters which rendition of Sherlock Holmes we're talking about. As a character he has been re-interpreted so many different times everyone has a different picture.

Don't even get started on Mycroft...I mean, he has only passing reference in the books (okay, maybe more, but not much). Also, in some of those places where he is described, it is seemingly purposefully vague (so you cannot even trust the account's accuracy).

At the end of the day I just see INTPs and INTJs everywhere and no one can stop me.

 

[Ostriker]

I just re-watched my favorite movie and it dawned at me that the main character is the perfect INTP:

Andy Dufresne from The Shawshank Redemption.

 

[emRec]

It seems like many people I thought may be INTP turned out more INFP when I looked closer. I think it might have something to do with writers and actors shifting obviously T people to the F side. I've yet to meet all these INFP banking programmers Hollywood has created.

I think the two types form many of the best-known sympathetic protagonists (Charlie Brown, Doug Funny, Homer Simpson, Peter Gibbons, John Nash, George-Michael Bluth, Peter Parker.)

Leaning INFP:
Pierre Bezhukov from War and Peace
Doug Funny from Doug
Tom Hansen from (500) Days of Summer

Not Sure:
Benjamin Braddock from The Graduate

Leaning INTP:
Peter Gibbons from Office Space
Neo from The Matrix
Yossarian from Catch-22
John Nash from A Beautiful Mind

 

[MichiganJFrog]

Creed from The Office.

Yeah. I saw the one episode where the Cornell guy was trying to sell something that told people how to start a business. He couldn't get anybody else to talk to the potential customers, so he got Creed. Creed got up there and started spouting apparent non-sequiturs, making those intuitive leaps that no one else could follow. It was brilliant.

My friend's kid said I looked like Creed, so that makes two INTP characters I've been compared to. The other time was when I was explaining to some really annoying instructor why color blindness occurs more often in men than women. I said it was because the gene for color perception is carried on the X chromosome, and since women have two X chromosomes and men only have one, they're more likely to be color blind. In front of the whole class, the instructor said, "Well, now we've heard from Mr. Spock. Thank you very much for that."

 

[Anna Moss]

hmm.. The old man from 'The count of monte cristo', who helps Edmund Dantes escape, might also be worth considering. (In fact that seems like a very decent guess, after giving it a few more seconds of thought)

That's what I thought too.

Dr. Frankenstein, in the original classic, seems likely to be an INTP. The monster is also a Rational. My best guess for his type was ENTP (his excellent debate skills and impulsive decisions) or ENTJ (his more dominant streak)...not sure. It struck me as ironic that the monster would be an ENTP Inventor.

Aramis, one of the Three Musketeers, is an INTP (in the books, anyway). Incidentally, the types of the Musketeers are INTJ (Athos - leader), ESFP (Porthos), INTP (Aramis), and ESTP (D'Artagnan). I am amused that half of the team consisted of introverted Rationals.

Don't agree with Spider-Man or Sherlock Holmes as INTPs--in the comics and books, anyway.

Spider-Man--

• The first thing he decided to do when he got his powers was to fight in a public ring in front of hundreds of people. (Extraversion)
• The supervillains were always screaming at him to shut up. But Spider-man just never stopped cracking jokes. Snappy remarks are more an ENTP thing than an INTP thing. INTPs are just as witty, but slower about it.
• Despite his early misanthropic period, Peter eventually ended up becoming more popular than Flash, the school jock, and getting his pick between Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, Betty Brant, Felicia Harding, and Flash's old girlfriend.

The movie version was introverted, though.

Sherlock Holmes--

• Went to great trouble to prove his conclusions (not INTP)
• Able to impersonate people flawlessly, an expert actor (argues for E)
• Liked to talk out the problem with Watson; this often led to him solving the case (Extraverts like to think aloud)
• Runs his own business (ENTP entrepreneur)
• Solved cases in leaps of intuition, deduction (NT)
• Had untidy flat (P)
• Strong background in chemistry and certain fields of applied science (NT)

Mycroft, who sat in the background reading and thinking in a club where nobody was allowed to talk, is a more probable INTP.

 

[introverted_thinker]

Yeah. I saw the one episode where the Cornell guy was trying to sell something that told people how to start a business. He couldn't get anybody else to talk to the potential customers, so he got Creed. Creed got up there and started spouting apparent non-sequiturs, making those intuitive leaps that no one else could follow. It was brilliant.

My friend's kid said I looked like Creed, so that makes two INTP characters I've been compared to. The other time was when I was explaining to some really annoying instructor why color blindness occurs more often in men than women. I said it was because the gene for color perception is carried on the X chromosome, and since women have two X chromosomes and men only have one, they're more likely to be color blind. In front of the whole class, the instructor said, "Well, now we've heard from Mr. Spock. Thank you very much for that."

Awesome. I discuss something (philosophy,science, whatever) with a friend or teacher, then say:

"I have been analysing your responses, and it has become apparent to me that you are an XXXX. Does this correlate with your actual MBTI type?"

The looks I get. Absolutely priceless. Even my ENTP teacher was freaked out. XD

I can relate to Creed because he makes the most random, yet accurate comments. Like when I'm ridiculously blunt- I say stuff for a laugh, yet others are appalled.

What type is Jim, in your opinion?

 

[Cheeseumpuffs]

What type is Jim, in your opinion?

ENTP or ENFP

 

[kurt_cagle]

I think Lawrence Waterhouse in Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon is INTP, and his grandson Randy Waterhouse is INTJ.

Would concur. Lawrence Waterhouse was pretty quintessentially INTP - the sequence of him logging and tracking his degree of sexual lust was almost embarassingly funny, it was so typical of the type.

 

[kurt_cagle]

Dorrin from L.E. Modessitt's The Magic Engineer (in fact a fair number of his male characters are arguably at least NTs).

 

[MichiganJFrog]

I say stuff for a laugh, yet others are appalled.

I know, right?

What type is Jim, in your opinion?

SMUG.

Seriously, I'm not sure. ISTJ, maybe? "I" because he's low-key, "S" because he knows how to get stuff done, "T" because he doesn't get emotional, and "J" because he doesn't waffle much.

I say smug because his confidence borders on arrogance, because he acts like he thinks his poo doesn't stink. The handful of episodes where Dwight gives it back to him are among my favorites.

 

[emRec]

I know, right?

SMUG.

Seriously, I'm not sure. ISTJ, maybe? "I" because he's low-key, "S" because he knows how to get stuff done, "T" because he doesn't get emotional, and "J" because he doesn't waffle much.

I say smug because his confidence borders on arrogance, because he acts like he thinks his poo doesn't stink. The handful of episodes where Dwight gives it back to him are among my favorites.

I don't think Jim can be defined, either because he is an idealized character, an unrealistic character, or an unusually well-rounded character. He's adept both rationally and emotionally. He's an introvert's extrovert. He's both creative and dutiful.

If I had to pin it down, I would say he has to be an extrovert because of his job in sales and communication skills. He's probably Ne because of his pranks and wit. He's probably Si because he is habitual and calm. He cares way too little about rules and his career to be a J. In the end, he is more abstract and rational than concrete and moralistic.

ENTP, though an unusually dutiful, empathetic one.

 

[cghhmnrtt]

It would interest me to know what the opinion is of Kelly, a character in the book Metaplanetary. Although I have not yet read the entire book, it seems to me that he might have some INTP-typical characteristics.

 

[introverted_thinker]

I don't think Jim can be defined, either because he is an idealized character, an unrealistic character, or an unusually well-rounded character. He's adept both rationally and emotionally. He's an introvert's extrovert. He's both creative and dutiful.

If I had to pin it down, I would say he has to be an extrovert because of his job in sales and communication skills. He's probably Ne because of his pranks and wit. He's probably Si because he is habitual and calm. He cares way too little about rules and his career to be a J. In the end, he is more abstract and rational than concrete and moralistic.

ENTP, though an unusually dutiful, empathetic one.

Yeah, he procrastinates far too much to be a J. ENTP, sometimes ENFP, I think.

 

[GYX_Kid]

From South Park: Kyle, Tweek, or Dr. Mephisto?

Tweek and Craig, it seems

There was one episode where everyone set them up to fight each other, and they both had the same "why? well... at this point, eh why not" attitudes.

Kyle might be an INFJ. Dr Mephisto, not sure, maybe ENTP?

I've heard INTx for Stan before

 

[TriflinThomas]

Gollum?

 

[Cheeseumpuffs]

Gollum?

By Gollum would you, in fact, mean Smeagol?

Gollum is a fairly one dimensional personality seeing as it isn't truly his personality. Gollum isn't even a corruption of Smeagol's personality as it is a creation of the ring. The one and only thing that occupies Gollum is the ring and how to get it.

Smeagol, I'd probably say is ISFP? I dunno, he definitely seems like an I and a P and the Smeagol side of the overarching character seems very sensitive so I'd guess he's an F. The N/S could go either way, I guess.

 

[Manic]

Several people mentioned Sherlock Holmes. I don't think so, but the fictional character he is primarily based on probably is: C. Auguste Dupin, the protypical intellectual sleuth from what is credited as the first detective story, Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue. Dupin also appeared in two more stories, The Purloined Letter and The Mystery of Marie Roget. These stories established virtually every convention that detective stories have followed since, including solving crimes through deductive reasoning and observation, the relationship between the detective and sidekick, "locked room" mysteries.

 

[Dapper Dan]

Peter Gibbons from Office Space

I dunno. He seems like too much of a planner/doer. Also, what kind of INTP would quit programming for construction? :P

Neo from The Matrix

Sorry, but there's no way Neo has Fe. Keanu is the very definition of Fi, and it shows in all of his characters.

John Nash from A Beautiful Mind

...isn't fictional. :P

 

[Dapper Dan]

Spider-Man--

• The first thing he decided to do when he got his powers was to fight in a public ring in front of hundreds of people. (Extraversion)
• The supervillains were always screaming at him to shut up. But Spider-man just never stopped cracking jokes. Snappy remarks are more an ENTP thing than an INTP thing. INTPs are just as witty, but slower about it.
• Despite his early misanthropic period, Peter eventually ended up becoming more popular than Flash, the school jock, and getting his pick between Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, Betty Brant, Felicia Harding, and Flash's old girlfriend.

• Not sure how that makes him an E. He was in it for the money, not the thrill or exhibition.
• INTPs and ENTPs act similarly in these situations. In both cases, Ne is running wild, and a barrage of one-liners is the result.
• This has nothing to do with typology...

I'm probably clouded by the movies, but I still think he's an INTP. His actions before he becomes Spider-man paint him as an Introvert.

Sherlock Holmes--

• Went to great trouble to prove his conclusions (not INTP)

I don't disagree with the rest of your points, but this one bugged me. This is far and away the most INTP-like trait Sherlock has, in my opinion. If I've come to a conclusion and you ask me why, I'm going to give you the whole run-down.

Sorry for the double-post, btw. Armchair typology is fun.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Fictional INTPs

Neo from The Matrix

Sorry, but there's no way Neo has Fe. Keanu is the very definition of Fi, and it shows in all of his characters.

Wouldn't it be inaccurate to type based on presence/strength of inferior functions? I mean if the question is whether he's INTP, the focus should be on the TiNe ego not Fe.

 

[ElvenVeil]

Certainly Raskolnikov..

 

[Cheeseumpuffs]

Certainly Raskolnikov..

I agree. I'm actually reading that again and I can't help but notice how much I identify with him in terms of thought process and whatnot.

 

[Dapper Dan]

Fictional INTPs

Wouldn't it be inaccurate to type based on presence/strength of inferior functions? I mean if the question is whether he's INTP, the focus should be on the TiNe ego not Fe.

You forget that the functions are all connected. I was just pointing out the inconsistency I found most obvious. We INTPs (or at least I) don't have much trouble emoting. We have trouble *not* emoting when we're angry or whatever. Neo, on the other hand, doesn't seem to emote much at all, even when he's happy.

If Neo has Fi, then he can't have Ti. So he has Te, but I'm guessing it's in the bottom two. Fi seems more apparent than Te, and is likely his dominant function, since he's a pretty clear Introvert. For the middle two, I'm guessing Se and Ni (I don't think he has Ne, so that's what fits). So my expert back-of-the-napkin typological assessment is FiSeNiTe, or ISFP.

Edit: 400th post. I'd like to thank the academy.

 

[Thurlor]

After reading everyone elses ideas I'm not so sure mine are even remotely right. Anyway, here they are (some have already been mentioned by others);

• Rodney McKay - Stargate Atlantis
• Gregory House - House
• Temperance Brennan - Bones
• Spencer Reid - Criminal Minds
• Sheldon Cooper - Big Bang Theory
• The Doctor - Doctor Who
• Toshiko Sato - Torchwood
• Spock - Star Trek (During his 'human' moments)
• Data - Star Trek TNG (If an android can be considered)