INTP main characters?

[intuitivet]

I've never seen the movie... But I get the feeling that character is more of an INFJ, just because the actor that plays as him is an INFJ. And type casting is actually extremely common. Not that they are deliberately MBTI typing the actors, but that they just see how the actor naturally acts and sees it fit with the character concept. Much like Jim Parsons, Playing an INTP on the Big bang theory, and being an INTP in real life.

He could be, I didn't watch the film in an analytical way (I was tired, I swear!)

 

[Kokoro]

I've always thought of juror #8(Henry Fonda) in "12 Angry Men"(1957) to be an INTP, and he was more or less the main character.

 

[alkeides]

Odysseus might be an INTx.

Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights.

Levin from Anna Karenina,

Sherlock Holmes.

Everyone except Sheldon and Penny from The Big Bang Theory.

Most of the characters from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (yes haruhi might seem extroverted but that's largely based on her behaviour to people she is close to, she behaves quite differently towards strangers).

Most tsundere characters.

In fact I think INTx main characters are rather common in Japanese media.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Yang Wenli from Legend of Galactic Heroes certainly has INTP tendencies.

The titular character from Nói albínói seems IXTP.

 

[shoeless]

iiiiii don't think tom from 500 days of summer was intp.
i wanna say infp. a lot.

(although i, too, watched the movie when i was tired... and it was a couple months ago, so, i could be wrong.)

edit: now that i think about it, infj makes even more sense. hmm.

 

[Adymus]

Odysseus might be an INTx.

Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights.

Levin from Anna Karenina,

Sherlock Holmes.

Everyone except Sheldon and Penny from The Big Bang Theory.

Most of the characters from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (yes haruhi might seem extroverted but that's largely based on her behaviour to people she is close to, she behaves quite differently towards strangers).

Most tsundere characters.

In fact I think INTx main characters are rather common in Japanese media.

Dude, what!?

Sheldon is the only true INTP on that show. Sure the other characters are supposed to be INTP, but sheldon is the only one that pulls it off right.

 

[alkeides]

Sheldon is more of an INTJ IMO.

 

[Adymus]

No, Sheldon is just a really Alpha INTP. Everything about him is just straight Ti dominant, and he might be rigid but he is not directive (and no, that is not a contradiction.) Also, notice the way he seems like a J is from his Si use... INTJs don't have Si homie.

Seriously, I think that character must have been modeled by a person who actually knew an INTP, because while he is kind of exaggerated, it's still right on the money.

 

[citrusbreath95]

I haven't read a book with an INTP (or so I think. Though, it would be awesome... (maybe just for INTP's reading it though.) I mean can you imagine, if the author included what the character was thinking? It would be the biggest book in the history of the world!!! Readers would be left clueless as they went from seeing the character wonder what time it is, to thinking how time is in another dimension, to the possible number of dimesions, to time traveling there, etc, etc... it would be interesting though, especially to see how other characters treated he/she in the book

 

[alkeides]

I haven't read a book with an INTP (or so I think. Though, it would be awesome... (maybe just for INTP's reading it though.) I mean can you imagine, if the author included what the character was thinking? It would be the biggest book in the history of the world!!! Readers would be left clueless as they went from seeing the character wonder what time it is, to thinking how time is in another dimension, to the possible number of dimesions, to time traveling there, etc, etc... it would be interesting though, especially to see how other characters treated he/she in the book

Leopold Bloom from Ulysses comes to mind.

 

[Polaris]

The only way I think INTPs provide a mildly entertaining character is if they are played against a total opposite, as with the character Miles, in the movie "Sideways".

Well....I think he is INTPish. Adymus may beg to differ.....

 

[Dr. Zombie]

As posted in one of the other threads, I think Paul Atreides in Dune as INTP. He showed a lot of the typical traits, highly introspective thinking at all times, an innate intuition about the universe around him (to the extreme, in the end) and procrastination of important decisions. He spent the whole second book trying to delay the inevitable that he knew, for certain, would come to pass anyway. He also had a stubborn resistance to any form of external control placed upon him, though one might consider it ironic that he ultimately placed the control of prescience upon himself in so doing.

Grand Admiral Thrawn had some INTP traits (and some INTJ traits). On one hand, he was incredibly intelligent, with plans constructed and thought out to the most minute detail, tempered with an innate understanding of his enemies (through intuitive leaps prompted by the observation of art, of all things). Although one might be tempted to label him INTJ due to his ruthless strategies, they were constructed in a very different manner than most. I'd label him as an extremely well-developed, mature INTP. He also had a patience for slow-moving plans, something INTJs typically lack.

 

[ckm]

I think there's a thread about it, but Hamlet could be INTP.

 

[RedLoki]

I feel the same about Paul Atreides. I think he's an exceptional example of an INTP who conquers everything but falls to the INTP self imposing weaknesses.

 

[citrusbreath95]

Leopold Bloom from Ulysses comes to mind.

Ah, yes....

 

[Anthile]

Indecisive Man is most certainly INTP.

Spoiler

 

[Fleur]

I might have made a mistake, but - perhaps Winston Smith from 1984?

 

[Dogod]

I just read 1984, and I've been wondering what his type is also. He is defiantly introverted, and probably is a rational. He is probably P, having no plans at all as to how he is going to avoid the thought police, and only wanting to postpone it as long as possible. Don't think about what happened after the torture, though. Torture will have dramatic effects on anyone, so don't take his chess puzzles as an indicator.

 

[ashitaria]

I just read 1984, and I've been wondering what his type is also. He is defiantly introverted, and probably is a rational. He is probably P, having no plans at all as to how he is going to avoid the thought police, and only wanting to postpone it as long as possible. Don't think about what happened after the torture, though. Torture will have dramatic effects on anyone, so don't take his chess puzzles as an indicator.

I think he is an INTP, I just read 1984 and he seems to fit the criteria for an INTP.

 

[Alice?]

I think he is an INTP, I just read 1984 and he seems to fit the criteria for an INTP.

I was thinking about that when I was reading it as well, but I think he might actually be a jaded INFP.

 

[Words]

I saw alot of myself in Holden from The Catcher in the Rye. Whinch made me feel a little crappy since the whole class and the teacher discussed how screwd up he is. The thinking patterns and the way we handle forced commentary are similar,and we both think of our peers as superficial phonies.

I actually think he's an ENTP, granted I've only read the first 45 pages.

 

[Yossarian]

Howard Roark has got to be very close, as mentioned previously.


Yossarian? lol from Catch-22

 

[Trebuchet]

Howard Roark has got to be very close, as mentioned previously.


Yossarian? lol from Catch-22

Interesting idea about Yossarian. Since he seemed to be an analog of Joseph Heller, maybe that's what Heller is.

 

[Words]

Howard Roark has got to be very close, as mentioned previously.

No no, I vehemently disagree. Roark doesn't even have a single drop of the natural social clumsiness that is inferior Fe. He has strict beliefs that he envisions for his architecture life. He is not influenced by others but strives for the truth of what he himself values which is Fi.

He has a clear vision and his path is guided with internal emotional truth.

INTJ.

 

[The Frood]

Conor Broekhart from Airman by Eoin Colfer

 

[JoeJoe]

Conor Broekhart from Airman by Eoin Colfer

He is more of a machine maker, than a system creator, therefore I would type him as ENTP.

 

[Jah]

Anybody seen Kafka (the movie)?

 

[Puffy]

I havn't read the book but I thought Andy Dufresne from the Shawshank Redemption may have been an INTP. Anyone else agree?

 

[The Frood]

He is more of a machine maker, than a system creator, therefore I would type him as ENTP.

Good point.

 

[PapyrusAirplanes]

Sorry for jumping in here in the middle of your debate...

Really??? That would be awesome. I loved the Ender's Game series. I'm not knowledgeable about MBTI enough to know who's what type exactly, but I always thought I identified more with Bean (if you've read Ender's Shadow) than Ender.

I think Ender's an INTJ. He has some serious dedication.

 

[JoeJoe]

I think Ender's an INTJ. He has some serious dedication.

In the name of Adymus!! dedication =/= Judging!!

Amidoinitrite?

 

[Anthile]

Ender is INFJ.

lern2jung, guise

 

[Words]

Ender is INFJ.

Why?


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I say ENFJ.

Given:

Introverted Intuition

Problems:

1. Hierarchy
2. External Judging Function

Solution:

I. Fe > Ni

a. People > Ambitions. He is highly conscious of the emotional and moral results of his actions and prioritizes it over personal agenda. (F>N)

b. More natural leadership traits. (E>I)

And thus, Fe > Ni

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It doesn't seem to qualify as sufficient argument but I lack knowledge about the character and the book. I will share these points nonetheless.

 

[XXXX]

I havn't read the book but I thought Andy Dufresne from the Shawshank Redemption may have been an INTP. Anyone else agree?

Been a while since I watched it, but I don't see any Ne at all ... I would say INTJ (Ni-Te), with his focus on fulfilling his visions and goals with utmost efficiency.

 

[terraxceles]

Alvy Singer from Annie Hall - an INTP? I would think so.

 

[Auburn]

I have strong belief that Neo from The Matrix was an INTP. Not only did he share the behavior, but at the end he gained the ability to see through the system, he saw the raw code. As "The One", he was detached from everyone else in The Matrix, no one could ever be as of much importance as Neo was. He had to make the decision between logos and pathos and his only determining factor in submitting to pathos was that he loved Trinity.

The previous five Neos, according to the Architect's speech, had also chosen pathos. He even says that The One was specificity designed to have a sense of attachment to the human race. So I disagree that Neo chose pathos only because of Trinity, I think he would have chosen it anyhow.

I don't think Neo is an INTP either, though I don't really have a strong opinion of what he is.

The Architect had the Chilliness of an INTP, but he just came off as a pretty classic example of the INTJ perfectionist of design.

Yesh, I thought INTP at first but I think you're right. INTPs are typically dispassionate creatures unless stimulated by the novelty of something - in which case they may become passionate to the point of obsession. But that's just it, INTPs rarely have much purpose aside from that..

They don't have a strong agenda to push, they don't have a firm enough vision to mastermind something like that. If anything they have more fun entertaining ideas of how to rule the world, but actually ruling it would likely be a pain for them. They might do it just to see if they can, and then go do something else. ;p

 

[dark]

The little boy in "The Giver" - main character basically.

Bean in "Ender's Shadow" [plus the others of course]

Ender in "Ender's Game" [plus every book except Ender's Exile, think he became ENTP here, then fell back to INTP]

 

[Anchorite]

Alvy Singer from Annie Hall - an INTP? I would think so.

^And I would completely agree. Honestly, I think most Woody Allen characters are. Or maybe I just relate to them due to a shared partial insanity

 

[ElderToadstool]

Originally Posted by alkeides
Leopold Bloom from Ulysses comes to mind.

Maybe, but I always thought of Bloom as more sensing than intuitive, and even as more feeling than thinking. Stephen Dedalus, on the other hand, is INTP to the core.

Also, pretty much everyone in H.P. Lovecraft. Both heroes (Walter Gillman, Randolph Carter) and villains (Wilbur Whately) display classic INTP traits, although perhaps some lean a bit towards INTJ.

Siddhartha from Herman Hesse's novel of the same name is definitely INTP. Endlessly inquisitive, introspective, free-spirited and brilliant, his quest for truth and meaning knows no bounds.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

The little boy in "The Giver" - main character basically.

+1

 

[Dormouse]

T.O.E. (The One Electronic) from : http://www.rice-boy.com/

He may or may not be INTP. Definetly an INT of some type, though. If he has been mentioned before, I apologize.

 

[Gather_Wanderer]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this one but the nobel prize-winning professor/theorist (played by John Cleese) in the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" seemed to be INTPish. The guy who lived out in the woods by himself that Jennifer Connelly and Keanu Reeves went to visit? I would like to think so. Wasn't a main character though.

 

[Thaklaar]

T.O.E. (The One Electronic) from : http://www.rice-boy.com/

He may or may not be INTP. Definetly an INT of some type, though. If he has been mentioned before, I apologize.

I don't know. I get more of an INFP vibe off of T-O-E. (Actually, I get more of a "This dude is f-ing badass" vibe offa him, but that's something else entirely.) It's hard to say when he tends to speak in terse, cryptic phrases and has no face to speak of.

 

[Dormouse]

Yeah, I suppose there isn't really a set type for total badass. Though I really can't see him as an F, he's far too composed most of the time and extremely logical throughout the series. Not that he doesn't have depth and values and such, they just seem to me to take a backseat to rationality.

Still, I can see either option making sense. And INTJ, theoretically, though that doesn't ring true at all from my perspective.

 

[DesertSmeagle]

What about brian from family guy. i was just watchin that. He seems pretty intp. maybe Intj. I dont know.

 

[Words]

What about brian from family guy. i was just watchin that. He seems pretty intp. maybe Intj. I dont know.

could be INFP with heightened Te.

 

[DarkGreen]

Holden Caulfield. I don't like the book mainly because he likes to dither, just like me.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Not a main character, but the main character's Math teacher in Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is likely to be an INTP.

could be INFP with heightened Te.

He went to college and dropped out...He had a book he worked on for years...He never shows evidence any deep emotional connections(except rarely with Peter, and a couple times with Stewie)..or smiles for that matter. Also whenever he decides to speak it's at critical times when there is a severe lack of logic. I say INTP.

 

[Anthile]

I just don't think INTPs make good main characters.

"Quick, INTP Man, the evil overlord Count Wicked wants to conquer the universe! We have to stop him!"
"Define: evil."

[hours later]

"So you see that banana split is just a label that we attach to things and that something can be a banana split even without a scoop of chocolate ice cream. Anyway, if you want to stop that Count guy, you have a gun and he can be killed with a gun - a solution obviously exists."

 

[Thaklaar]

Yeah, I suppose there isn't really a set type for total badass. Though I really can't see him as an F, he's far too composed most of the time and extremely logical throughout the series. Not that he doesn't have depth and values and such, they just seem to me to take a backseat to rationality.

Still, I can see either option making sense. And INTJ, theoretically, though that doesn't ring true at all from my perspective.

I don't know. Looking back at the series I don't see a lot of evidence of his being all that rational. Really, apart from choosing Rice Boy, he spends most of the time just reacting to events. Besides, can you really see one of us trudging through the millenia on that quest? I don't know about you, but it would only take me a century before I started nominating root vegetables "just to see what would happen".