Redditor PigEgirl420afk asked:
"Who is a fictional character that is attractive in a weird way or you thought you would not be attracted to?"
Let's see which animation teams we have to blame for this not safe for work content.
James and the Giant Peach
"A while back I illustrated a James and the Giant Peach horror piece, and was very surprised to learn how many people wanted to f*ck a claymation spider."
"It was Susan Sarandon doing a French accent for a goth spider. It's not a mystery."
"It was definitely the scene where she wraps James up in a web for bed, tucks him in, and tell him no one can tell him what to do. Instantly sold."
"tell him no one can tell him what to do"
"She can..."
- Twillzy
Robin Hood vs. Zootopia
"When I was a kid I thought the animated fox that played Maid Marian in the Disney Robin Hood cartoon from the '70s was very very pretty."
- henazo
robin hood fox GIFGiphy"There's a certain community that I understand considers those characters the...ah...'gateway drug,' perhaps?"
"Haha, let's talk about the modern version."
"Nick Wilde."
"I didn't expect to feel those things when watching the movie the first time."
- Far414
nick wilde selfie GIFGiphyPenguins of Madagascar had a great cast of characters.
"Kowalski from Penguins of Madagascar."
"The intelligent hopeless romantic type just gets me."
"Why not all the penguins? Sure, Kowalski is the most stable, loyal, and dependable - very sexy, but the others would be crazy fun, too."
- StuntID
Roxanne from Goofy Movie
"10 year old me definitely had the hots for Roxanne from a Goofy Movie."
disney max GIFGiphy"It was not about her look. It was about the way she looked at Max. We all dreamt of having a cute girl looking at us like that."
"As a bisexual woman in my mid-20's who came across a screenshot of Roxanne on the internet long after watching the Goofy Movie last: they had no right to make a teenaged Disney character that attractive, it definitely was her looks for me haha."
"But yes you totally have a point lol. Everyone wants that."
- jelleem
But also Goofy.
"Goofy....100%"
"Dedicated father, selfless, caring, loyal friend...dude is grade A material."
"I'd sleep with him, I'd marry him, we'd grow old and die together....hyuck"
Not quite the character but close enough.
"So my friends still make fun of me for this, but like 10 years ago we went to Disney World and took pictures with a bunch of characters. We posed with Goofy, and I put my arm around him, and that guy was ripped. We walked away and all I said was 'Did you FEEL Goofy?!'"
"They still laugh at me. But I stand by it, that guy was hot."
Okay, this one was unexpected.
"The Pixar lamp."
"Have you seen the Pixar lamp? It hops onto screen with what I can only describe as the most graceful movements ever. It shakes its little booty at you, straight up squashes the letter I, and then gives you this stare as if to tell you that your next. It's intoxicating."
"Included a link so you can dissect this reply and you'll likely understand at least a little bit Pixar lamp."
animation luxo GIF by Disney PixarGiphy"I like how this thread is 90% people listing conventionally attractive characters and 10% 'yeah that lamp.'"
"My answer is the bear from Annihilation or the weird blood alien from Alien Covenant."
If you had a character in mind that wasn't on this list, don't worry. It's clear that you're most likely not alone given the fact that nearly 12 thousand people wanted to bang the Pixar lamp.
In 10 years, maybe we will see which fictional characters our kids have a crush on.
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The list is long for me. It all starts with the guy who shot Bambi's mom. Lord, to this day that is still traumatizing. But she had to go to give Bambi a story. And Michael Douglas's character in "Fatal Attraction," what a putz. He got what he deserved. But how else would we be able to sympathize with Glenn Close? Even though... well y'all get it.
Family Fail
Home Alone Christmas GIF by FreeformGiphy"Kevin McCallister's uncle… "look what you did you little JERK!"
- IcyVirto
"Watching Home Alone as an adult is so much harder because basically every adult in Kevin's life fails him."
HIM!
"Percy from the green mile, that freak can DIE IN THE MENTAL WARD!!"
"That was what was so good, there is a Percy in every large group and more that one in any team where failure isn't punished, like a government job working at a prison. He was a great comment on humanity."
Love Sharon Though
"Ginger from Casino."
"Major kudos to Sharon Stone, her performance made me utterly loathe that character. She was a manipulative junkie who tied her young daughter to a bed so she could go out to score. I wanted to reach through the screen and choke her."
"Loathe the character, but that performance is absolutely god-tier. Helluva an acting job. Her and Pesci just freaking nail it to the stratosphere, playing thoroughly unlikeable characters in the absolute most realistic way. Ginger is the holistic ideal of the gold-digging party girl. And Pesci is that moron Dunning-Kruger guy we all know."
Wimps...
"Manny from Diary of a Wimpy kid I think there's a while subreddit about that little monster."
"Honestly Greg is also pretty bad. He breaks his best friend's arm and is not only not sorry about it but also thinks he's the victim."
- ManMan36
Call a Doctor!
Giphy"Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. My favorite antagonist ever. Louise Fletcher was perfectly cast for the role, too."
Ohhhh... good choices thus far. Although, I found Sarah Paulson's Ratched more detestable. You know who else is a mess? Elmira Gulch. Love the Wicked Witch. Hate Elmira! Go figure...
True Evil
the sopranos hbo GIFGiphy"Livia Soprano made my blood pressure rise every time she was on screen. Great acting. Mission accomplished."
That Voice!
"Micah bell."
"I will say, I've seen Comic-Con panels with him and his smarta** sense of humor fit Micah perfectly. He may have hated the character, but boy oh boy was he a fantastic casting choice. As were all the main cast, for that matter."
"Currently replaying, and I so wish I could leave him to hang in Strawberry. Gotta give it to him though, he is a tremendous villain."
All the Drama
"When I tell you I stood up and cheered when I originally saw Heather from Total Drama Island finally get booted out of the competition. 'Twas a good day."
"Season 1 I HATED her and loved when she lost her hair. But then it was more of a love-hate relationship with her. She's a fun character. Owen, now that monster I hate. Loved him season 1, but then he just got reduced to fat guy who farts and contributes nothing."
Hit Him!
"Craig from Malcolm in the Middle. He's a selfish, annoying coward. Like the episode where he's injured and he makes Lois drive all over town to different restaurants for him. I love when the helper monkey turns on him, that's what he gets for treating it like crap. I especially hate the episode where Hal asks Craig to help him buy a comic book for Malcolm."
"And Craig also makes Hal drive him all over town for different meals and treats and gifts, then when Hal dares to ask when they're actually going to the comic book store Craig flips out and demands to be let out of the car and says he won't help Hal anymore. Like come the hell on, I just want to slap him."
harry potter book GIF"Do you need a cough drop, Dolores?!"
"I loved Umbridge for the simple fact that she brought out McGonagall's savagery like no one else, and it was glorious."
"Voldemort is just another generic, pointlessly evil type of character that only seems to exist in fiction. Umbridge is the type of tight @ssed bureaucrat that mimics the actual villain in many average people's real lives."
This thread could be endless. So many villains and loathesome characters so little time. But Lord the drama is good!
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I bawled with Elliott when he thought his best friend was dead. But when I recovered from that scene after learning E.T. was very much alive, I was hit with another emotional gut punch duing the goodbye scene.
Although none of the major characters perished in that masterpiece of a movie by Steven Spielberg, I couldn't believe how I was so emotionally attached to a fictional character, and to an alien at that.
Whether they are characters from books, film, or TV, the death of a major character can scar us for life.
Curious to hear from strangers on the internet, Redditor Strawberry_Bunnyyy asked:
"Which fictional character's death made you cry the most?"
Animation
"It's just a cartoon," you say. Until you find yourself reaching for that box of tissues while watching said cartoon.
Remember Me
"Mama Coco in Coco. I'm 31 and I tear up uncontrollably when her grandson runs up to her and starts singing 'Remember Me' just so she doesn't forget her father."
– S1ick_R34p3r
Wartime Tragedy
"The two siblings from Grave of the Fireflies."
– Prissy_Hobbit
"I watched a lot of the studio ghibli movies with my ex wife when we were together. We thought it was going to be another cute animated story like the rest. Oh how wrong we were. Cried so hard. The best movie ive ever seen that i will never watch again."
– Zymotic9172
isao takahata love GIF by MauditGiphyDamnit, Pixar!
"Ellie in 'Up.'"
"That moment made me cry way more."
"Her death was haunting at first for me. I thought it was unfair. So much sacrificed just to die before getting to live that one adventure. It made me question the whole idea of living & dying."
"Then the reveal...she lived so many adventures with Carl and that was all she really wanted from her life. She doesn't regret she didn't have that one adventure because her life with Carl was the greatest adventure of all. She didn't die without closure. She lived the life she always wanted and wouldn't change a second of it....now she wants Carl to move forward to his next adventure. That was beautiful."
– TimeX13
Literary Deaths
Reading about a major character's death in books is sometimes more of a visceral experience than watching any movie.
Lord Of The Rings
"Not really cry but Theoden's death in the Return of the King film gets me emotional. The dialogue between him and Eowyn is really powerful and the scene is acted out perfectly."
"I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company, I shall not now be ashamed."
"Nothing greater than complete redemption."
– jordaine6
Going Out With A Whimper
"Those f'king dogs from Where the Red Fern Grows."
"it's been over twenty years and i'm still scarred"
– elanhilation
A Steinbeck Classic
"And I can ten' the rabbits—"
– yyz2112yyz
"I've taught this book every year for almost 20 and I can still barely hold it together when we get to this bit."
– Antsinthecarpet
When Mom's Die
Enough said. Don't get me started.
Land Before Time
"Littlefoot's mom. I'm now at an age where I can imagine my mom dying. Back when I was a kid it didn't affect me because it was unimaginable."
– Rabidleopard
"I'm in my 30s and still can't watch it without crying like a baby. My daughter wanted to watch it recently and I was a total mess."
– zelda_slayer
the land before time dinosaur GIFGiphyTV Show Deaths
Even deaths happening on the small screen gets us every time.
Whatever Happened To Ben Sullivan?
"Brendan Fraser's Character in Scrubs."
"The whole episodes builds up like everything is fine and then J.D drops the 'where do you think we are?.'"
"Gets me everytime..
– IAmPont
Goodbye, Hank
"Hank in Breaking Bad. Was completely expecting something to pop up at the last minute that allowed him to gtfo."
– TheWarmLynx
When A Father Dies
"Marshall's dad in HIMYM. His passing brings memories of my dad passing, who was way too young as well, and missed out meeting grandchildren and great grandchildren. I miss him every day and the 10 year anniversary of his passing is coming soon."
– rubalki
The emotional connection we have with fictional characters is a testament to the writer's talent and imagination.
We follow these fictional heroes' journeys, ​forcing us to become invested in their hopes and dreams. And when their lives are inevitably taken from us, we feel the loss and grieve as if they were real people.
And then we curse the writer for having the audacity to rip our make-believe friends from us.
How very dare they.
Jesus, those two.
GiphyFox Mulder and Dana Scully. Late 90's X-files was so fun to watch.
Seeing them being flirty and touchy feely in more recent photos still make me giddy. I only recently threw away that cover of her licking him. Jesus, those two.
Total Drama
Probably Gwen from Total Drama.
Probably also why I (and a lot) like goth girls lol.
I used to watch that and play Halo 3. . . is this what it's like to get older?
The Gadget.Â
I now realize that as a child I had a crush on Gadget Hackwrench on Rescue Rangers (not a furry, but it may be the source of my attraction to handy women).
In terms of sexual feelings that I didn't understand? Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy.
The Lord....
GiphyAragorn, from Lord of the Rings. I'm still into bearded men. God, he's so sexy. I love him.
"Resistance is futile"Â
Seven of Nine, BigTime!
"Resistance is futile" - Proceeds to slam Ensign Kim into a bulkhead and throat kiss him lord that line in that context, did something lol.
GTAÂ 5 ALL THE TIME
GTA strippers when I was like 9.
I used to catch my oldest in the club in GTA 5 ALL THE TIME.
He doesn't know I've played a crap ton of GTA since the vice city days and i know it's not "part of the mission" Legit his excuse every time Last time it happened i asked hmmm thats weird why isn't there a yellow line on ur blip map? Oof.
Moody Girl.
Kim possible, totally spies (cmv that show was fetish show), may from Pokemon ruby and sapphire and those moody but somehow really cute scene girls in series.
The moody scene girls really got me. The age that I am now makes it so it is really hard to find a moody scene girl that is still single.
El for All...
GiphyElvira, mistress of the dark, probably.
Look. I'm a straight chick, but I wouldn't kick Elvira out of my bed.
Shang forever!
Li Shang from Mulan. For real do you even have to ask us girls it's always gonna be Shang.
I became a woman when he took off his shirt to teach these mofos how to shoot an arrow 🙈.
justice.Â
Honestly, Wonder Woman from Justice League Unlimited and Ariel from the Little Mermaid. Cheetodude625
Hawkgirl from JLU was everything I could have wanted. God that show was great. Hiatusapocalypse
magic.
GiphyDark Magician Girl.
That's right, growing up before internet I dreamed about being with a Yu Gi Oh card. GenerallySalty
the pink.Â
The pink ranger. SlammerEye
This. I remember still being daycare and having the absolute biggest crush on her.
I actually had a plan to become the new green ranger. I would always "train" myself in front of the tv to the theme song, which was just me flailing around. The plan was to "train" long enough till I felt I was fit and ready, pack a bag, go find Zordon, tell him and Alpha that they need a new green ranger and I'm their guy. Then get accepted into the Power Rangers, take my helmet off, plant a kiss on Kimberly while Jason, Billy, Trini, Zack, and Tommy clapped and cheered, Alpha would be doing his stammering/short circuit thing after I announced we were getting married.
I didn't know where Zordon was, I had no idea what I was gonna pack, I just knew I was gonna do it and all I had to look for was that desert mountain. I live the furthest you can get from a desert.
Nobody will ever understand nor feel the hurt and betrayal my 4 year old self felt when I found out they weren't real.
My little heart was shattered and I think that's why the memory stuck so vividly. Eternal-Arcann
kate.
GiphyKate Beckinsale playing Selene in Underworld. Damn, that full leather bodysuit. uneekname1
Latex bodysuit and leather corset. Definitely one of the reasons I'm into latex on women. Dyslexick
what she does.Â
Katara when she came out in the fire nation fit 🔥. webyaboi
Aang's reaction to that perfectly encapsulated my reaction to it. Wazardus
Or Aangs reaction to the necklace he made for her... or Aangs reaction to her bringing up that they maybe should kiss in the lovers cave episode... or Aangs reaction to absolutely anything Katara does that whole series lmao iced_water_with_lime
misty.Â
Misty from pokemon. Reddit
That episode on the beach. You know the one.
Edit: I am so glad I wasn't the only one. I always felt really weird about having the hots for Misty when I was a kid, but I'm glad to know that it was a fairly common thing. jean_nizzle
going rogue.Â
Rogue from the 90's X-Men cartoon.
Edit for reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/xmen/comments/6jcltu/didnt_realize_the_cartoon_was_so_wellanimated/ Rokurokubi83
When I was a kid I wanted to be Gambit for two reasons.
Rogue and throwing exploding playing cards. Solid_Freakin_Snake
ivy.
GiphyPoison Ivy... Oof. wimpyhunter
I literally saw a lewd pic of her in one of my superhero magazines when I was a kid. Loved boobs ever since. ShrekProphet69
meow.Â
Catwoman from Batman Returns. To this day reason why I have leather, latex and boots fetish. Also anything tight and shiny, but those 3 in particular. bravo_six
I clearly remember leaving the movie theater with my parents, trying to untangle the knot of feelings Catwoman elicited in me.
And Elvira. And Xena and Gabrielle. And Dana Scully. And Kaylee from Firefly. And a lot of other women, and some guys, in movies and TV. burke_no_sleeps
troi.
GiphyDeanna Troi.
Star Trek: TNG came out right after my 9th birthday. Season 2 I was 10, felt the start of those stirrings and there she was every week in that catsuit. GreatJanitor
I'm surprised this is down so far in the list, but looking at the other entries it's probably because we're old. DarthOtter
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u/NFDBTCREPo asked: Which fictional character did you fall for?
He is a cutie.
My 3 year old is absolutely in love with Kristoff. All I hear, "Who does Kristoff love?". Anna is never the correct answer.
Wowwww, my 4 year old is obsessed. Why does he kiss annnaaaaaa?! Hehehhe he's LOVES HURRR.
Double dates.
GiphyWhen I was in kindergarten I told everyone that Winnie the Pooh was my boyfriend.
My kindergarten boyfriend was Christoper Robin! We could've gone on double dates!
Something about the girl...
Megara from Hercules animated....it's just something about her.
Her voice definitely does it for me.
I'm sure a lot can relate.
When I was a kid I had a crush on Katara from avatar....
Funny way to spell Ty Lee.
Relatable.
GiphyKaylee from Firefly.
She hit me so hard I'm still falling for every character Jewel Staite plays. Also Jewel herself.
Shirtless Link.
Link. But Twilight princess Link.
I'm ashamed to say my grin was pretty big when he was shirtless for the sumo wrestling training.
Book version.
Finnick Odair. Book version was better, but movie version can get it too.
Where's Finnick? Odair he is!
All of the above.
Major Samantha Carter. Smart and bad*ss? Sign me up.
Captain, Major or Colonel? Or all of the above?