House MD character types

[MoonPhantom]

I don`t think there is a threat like this (aside from "Fictional characters MBTI types"), so I wanted to create an accurate one.
As the title says, I always considered characters of a TV show "House MD" interesting. But what about their MBTI character types? Have any ideas?

Some thoughts on their types I managed to find:
Gregory House - ENTP
Dr. James Wilson - INFJ
Eric Forman - INTJ
Allison Cameron - ENFJ
Robert Chase - ISTP

 

[notrightnow]

I don`t think there is a threat like this (aside from "Fictional characters MBTI types"), so I wanted to create an accurate one.
As the title says, I always considered characters of a TV show "House MD" interesting. But what about their MBTI character types? Have any ideas?

Some thoughts on their types I managed to find:
Gregory House - ENTP
Dr. James Wilson - INFJ
Eric Forman - INTJ
Allison Cameron - ENFJ
Robert Chase - ISTP

Truly, this is the greatest threat of all.

 

[a detached retina]

I think House is an ESTP. He swims through a sea of seemingly random data and picks out relevant information which he sorts through with Ti to make a brilliant diagnosis.

It seems "sensor" is a dirty word around here, but I think diagnostics is something that an ENTP would be loathe to do, thinking "can't a computer do this?" ENTPs hate details and data and prefer to work from concept first down to details. STs build concepts slowly piece by piece out of details, so they make good diagnosticians.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Truly, this is the greatest threat of all.

lol

 

[Hadoblado]

I would argue against your diagnosis of a filthy sensor. House is almost always working with minimal data, but as the show progresses he often applies abstract reasoning to draw out more data to confirm or disprove his current theories. House lets all the other 'lesser' diagnosticians filter out all the work with abundant data, he only takes cases that require a much more creative understanding.

I'd also argue against him being an extrovert, as he is often trying to avoid people and situations within which he would be trapped with people. He doesn't like to meet his patients, and will often instead be off on his own deep in thought. Admittedly He does require other people, particularly his team, but I would say that's more for inspiration than any social need.

Of course, I am incredibly biased and desperately want to be the same personality type as House, as I seem, for some reason to not be able to stop thinking that 'to be closer to House, is to be closer to God'.

 

[Silent Fury]

I disagree with House being an ESTP or ENTP. I think he is an INTJ. Ni being dominant. Ni is the epiphanies he constantly has in very episode. But I haven't really looked at the other types so I may be wrong. Until I do see the others I think hats what he is.

I also don't think Wilson is an INFJ I think he's an ISFJ. I think Cuddy is an ESTJ.

And I'm choosing to support my contradiction of the ESTP.
if house was an ESTP he would be on Jersy Shore, at a club, drinking, partying, drugs, sex, etc.

 

[Jean Paul]

I think that guy above registered to post that, but ja I agree with him through.

 

[A22]

My guess for House: ISTJ

I don't think Wilson is a F. He just seems like a F becuase he's usually with House, who's extremely T.

Same to foreman, ISTJ
Allison Cameron - definitly ENFJ

My guess for Chase - ESTJ

 

[Hadoblado]

Okay so we have agreement on House not being F, good work guys. Could you people who think he has S over N please respond to my arguments for intuition?

 

[thoumyvision]

My guess for House: ISTJ

I don't think Wilson is a F. He just seems like a F becuase he's usually with House, who's extremely T.

Same to foreman, ISTJ
Allison Cameron - definitly ENFJ

My guess for Chase - ESTJ

There is no possible way House is an ISTJ. ISTJ's are the most traditionally responsible type. The whole concept of breaking rules is anathema to an ISTJ. An ISTJ firmly believes things are supposed to be done the right way and the right way is plainly spelled out by rules and authority. That new young med student is probably an ISTJ.

He's too serious and too confident to be an ENTP. That, plus his need for alone time points to him being an INTP. His need for people to be around him to figure stuff out strongly points to mature use of Ne. I'm thinking in particular of the episode where he enlists a janitor to be one of his "crew" because he needed someone to bounce ideas off of. In nearly every episode he notices something small and insignificant and makes a connection to the actual problem. This is a totally Ne thing, making a seemingly random connection in the external world which he uses his internal logic to analyze.

 

[Trebuchet]

I've always thought House was ISTP and evil. Love that character.

 

[A22]

Yeah those insights of his are a "N" characteristic. I just think House sees life and relations in a very objective way. He is too realistic. I can't see him as a dreamer neither - those are sensing type characteristics. He also notices the details - noticing details and surroundings is also a sensing type characteristic. Therefore I think House is an "S". (pun intended)

About needing people around him so he can think: IDK if that has any relation with the N/S types. Also, he likes to play with his ball to think and when he does so he doesn't like anyone bothering him.

 

[LPolaright]

I think everyone missed the point:
This thread is supposed to be HERE.

You can't really type fictional characters as they always change - unlike people who stay the same all their lives (until they are hit with a tragedy of some sort).

There are 2 kinds of House -
A) the one whose on vicodin who is brilliant but cares about no one, prefers his own company over anyone elses but he knows his limits because he hires a team to shake ideas from them. Ergo we get the letter T.
B) The one whose trying to get off vicodin, the pure soul behind the monster. and then we get an F - which confuses loads of us in seasons 4 and 5 and beyond.

It's probably safe to say his I and P - because he is pretty reckless, never has a real plan and doesn't think too much ahead. He likes his own company although he does connect to some people like wilson and he internelizes a lot of his decisions, doesn't explain too much and bases his reckless behavior a lot on the fact that people trust him to never be wrong which fuels him and his snobbish act even more.

as to N or S?
I would tie him to an S because his reckless and likes basing his ideas on previous encounteres with patients and facts. But we can also tie this behavior to Sherlock (who is actually the inspiration of the House character) and say he is actually basing on the invisible connections between facts and theorizes more, and his physical attraction to dangers is just to try new things.

so it is unclear whether he is an ISTP or an INTP.

I'd say an INTP just because I'd like to be as genious as he is one day (;

 

[C_Signalman]

I don`t think there is a threat like this (aside from "Fictional characters MBTI types"), so I wanted to create an accurate one.
As the title says, I always considered characters of a TV show "House MD" interesting. But what about their MBTI character types? Have any ideas?

Some thoughts on their types I managed to find:
Gregory House - ENTP
Dr. James Wilson - INFJ
Eric Forman - INTJ
Allison Cameron - ENFJ
Robert Chase - ISTP

My thinking is that House is most likely an INTJ/ISTJ with a low level of preference between the Sensor/Intuition type which can create conflicting decisions. He cannot always come up with the big ideas, but when he is led down the road he can expand upon the previous information given to him. Also, his need of requiring that things get done because he wants them to be done makes me think he's more of a judger than perceiver.

They can always write characters to situations, and using the broad scope view, a lot of written characters will be be on he lower strength of preferences so the character has more range.

 

[TimeAsylums]

Ah...Gregory House...This was one of the first people I inquired about when I discovered MBTI, and it's still unclear, so many threads on typology central and PerC...

I believe it really boils down to ENTP/INTJ > INTP

-Recklessly impulsive and major disdain for order of anything (ENTP, Ne---Si)
-Logic seems to be Ne enough but could easily be Ni... (INTP/INTJ/ENTP)
-The major problem is really: He gets "gut feelings" You know his "eureka" moments? I'm unsure if that's Ne finally piecing everything together, or Ni realizing. It could be either, but generally Ni is more associated with gut feelings (INTJ)
-(quick)Clever/Wit (Ne)
-He enjoys toying with people, I realize all of you do one way or another or at some point in time but generally (ENTP)
-can be caustic (Inferior Fe>tert Fe, INTP)
-His "inferior" grips (either caused by drug use or, leg pain -> drug [over/abuse]use): He goes on what looks like Se rampages rather than Si rampages or Fe rampages (INTJ)
-I'm not talking about being only "social" but he seems to be very outgoing, when it suits him, I know any type can do this but: (ENTP)
-He is extremely obsessive about what his patients diseases are/were, he can not handle being wrong, if he is wrong or he doesn't have it figured out, he goes and dissects the body in the morgue...Which type...? Likely: (INTJ>ENTP>INTP; Ni being wrong, Si inferior grip obsessive, Ti being wrong)
-So his inferior grips likely resemble Se>Fe>Si
-However, in his down time, he more resembles an ENTP with a multitude of hobbies rather than an INTJ that exudes Te.
-When he gets bored, he just does shit to antagonize people (usually with reasons: (ENTP)

-INTP is ruled out because he uses way too much N>T; and reasons above
He sits in his office/does random things: And the answers just come to him, he can look at the whiteboard, and the answers just come. This speaks for Ni/Ne > Ti. (In addition: I'm unaware of how many INTPs claim to "always be right/never wrong." so I can't speak for them, but this seemingly speaks to INTJ/ENTP)

Also: Before his leg pain, he was still the same arrogant bastard.

People (including me) always have trouble deciphering ENTP/INTJ characters, although the "evil scientist" stereotype seems to be leaning more towards INTJ a lot. And the best clarification I can give is that...The Ni already has a vision, to the Ni user, everything is foreseen and planned out, Te is merely a tool to be used to advance that vision. The Ne...knows that there are a somewhat unlimited amount of paths there and Ti will decipher which is "most likely"

meh.

If anyone has anything to add/criticize, I'd be glad to get this somewhere.


I can not without a doubt claim him to be of either INTJ/ENTP...he exudes so many characteristics from both. If I say INTJ > ENTP I'm wondering where the Fi is, as Fe seems more likely, if I say ENTP > INTJ I'm wondering why his inferior grip experiences are more Se>Si and his "eureka" Ni moments.

 

[TimeAsylums]

Because I am unable to determine this with finality, I am going to re-watch all 8 seasons (177 eps)

Additional point: House uses his team when diagnosing, he bounces his ideas off of them (he usually has the best idea), "bouncing ideas off of people" definitely seems Ne. However his "insights/eureka moments" still maintain Ni.
And almost undoubtedly, his inferior grips are Se.

I know it's futile, because (he's fictional), but more importantly, he's "broken." But apparently, even before his leg, he's always been that way.

Rawr.


After 14:26 minutes into the first season first episode of House M.D:


I feel like INTJs would be embarrassed of having House as theirs.
Also, Foreman is far more J than House P.

Season 1 Episode 3: Further notes:
I haven't seen it said about the INTJs on any profiles, but it wouldn't surprise me, but ENTP's love and usually have a "flair for the dramatic."

 

[Hadoblado]

I can see a good argument for him being ENTP after having watched seasons 3+ again, despite my previous reservations.

 

[Absurdity]

Early House was an INTJ. As the character developed he became more ENTP. The show also got really weird in the later seasons which could explain this shift.

Other characters from the later seasons:

Lisa Cuddy: ESFJ
Edward Vogler: ENTJ
Remy "Thirteen" Hadley: ISFP
Lawrence Kutner: ESTP
Michael Tritter: ISTJ
Chris Taub: ISTP (not sure about this one)
Amber Volakis: ESTJ
Chi Park: INTP
Martha Masters: INFP
Jessica Adams: INFJ
Stacy Warner: ENTJ

 

[scorpiomover]

And I'm choosing to support my contradiction of the ESTP.
if house was an ESTP he would be on Jersy Shore, at a club, drinking, partying, drugs, sex, etc.

Well, he's done way more than his share of drinking in bars, having sex with lots of women, especially the women he shouldn't, and is a poster boy for why Vicodin should never be self-prescribed. About the only thing missing is an appearance on Jersey Shore. But then, he is on a major TV show, every single week, and is way more famous than anyone on Jersey Shore.

 

[Lucifer van Satan]

House is an introvert.
He values his work above everything.
How does he do his work?
Ti generalizations.
Ne making connections.
Si loosly relying on past experience.
This is the source of everything he does, including his jokes and everything, not an underdeveloped Fe.

Getting outside the realm of functions, have you EVER seen an INTJ or an ISTP doing all the crazy things he does? Nope, this is our realm.

 

[Cherry Cola]

Early House was an INTJ. As the character developed he became more ENTP. The show also got really weird in the later seasons which could explain this shift.

Other characters from the later seasons:

Lisa Cuddy: ESFJ
Edward Vogler: ENTJ
Remy "Thirteen" Hadley: ISFP
Lawrence Kutner: ESTP
Michael Tritter: ISTJ
Chris Taub: ISTP (not sure about this one)
Amber Volakis: ESTJ
Chi Park: INTP
Martha Masters: INFP
Jessica Adams: INFJ
Stacy Warner: ENTJ

Ah, was about to write "def INTJ" but I've only seen some of the early shit really.

Seemed to be way too singular in his focus to be an Ne type.

 

[DrGregoryHouse]

No comment. Don't want to taint any objectivity in this thread.
I will say, though, that I do agree with one poster a few posts up.