Autistic Characters In Film & TV (Headcanons)
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2024
- Autistic characters in film and TV (headcanons). I love thinking about which characters could be identified as autistic, just for fun so I made a video exploring some of my favourites.
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Hi I'm Purple Ella and my family is an autism family with three out of five of us on the autistic spectrum. I also have ADHD and connective tissue disorder (hypermobile Ehlers-danlos syndrome). So life can be a challenge but also a lot of fun.
A lot of people headcanon Elsa from Disney's Frozen as autistic. I also think Anna from Frozen could be as well. Anna infodumps, is awkward, tries to avoid eye contact, and even stims by clapping, arm movements, and playing with her hands.
I just heard Yo Samdy Sam mention Elsa before watching this video, and I thought “what about Anna?”Heck, maybe Olaf is too.
Elsa is OCD and Anna is ADHD
Vanellope from Wreck it Ralph! She feels like an outsider and doesn’t fit in with the other characters in her game. She gets along with Ralph because they are both different. She dresses in her own style and speaks her mind and doesn’t follow the same social expectations as everyone else. Her ‘glitch’ makes her life even harder, but she learns to accept and love it as a part of herself. And her special interest is racing.
I saw her glitches as tics, which still happens in autism
In my mind Hermione from the Harry Potter series was always on the spectrum.
Her strong sense of justice, the way she is so good at keeping and how focused she is on academic knowledge, but also that she sometimes doesn't read people right (like for example when she knits the house elves hats to "free" them but has difficulties understanding that they don't want to be freed). She also is really good at seeing the details (the trapdoor under fluffy).
She also sometimes seems to infodump on her friends too and, before befriending Harry and Ron, has a hard time fitting in and making friends.
Ron, I am not sure. While someone said he has the emotional intelligence of a teaspoon, he seems more practised when it comes to social interaction.
He has however very specific interests (collecting choco frog cards,quidditch, action dolls)...however he is also able to get through school without learning for it, while working with faulty or broken equipment. ND or not he must be pretty smart and skilled... pretty impressive in that regard....probably very frustrating for teachers or Hermione though, because he's not interested in school work enough to perform to his fullest potential. 😅
I kinda like the thought of them being a ND power couple. 😆
Mainly Hermione though.
And there is the "sensetive hearing" thing. Renember the "no wonder she doesn't have any friends" shene? Ron wisperered it but Hermione could hear it clearly and cried for a long time afterwarts. Harry also stated that she didn't want to come out from the toilet.
And i do agree that Hermione foccuses on detail. She is the first to notace that Harry's glases got broken and that there was dirt on Rons nose.
And there is of course "it's leviOsa not leviosA"
L from death note is probly my fav, also Peridot from Steven Universe, and zuko from avatar: the last airbender!
I like Luigi
Omg I love L
I totally agree about Newt. Ariel from the little mermaid is one of mine. She has no mermaid friends, doesn't seem to understand or care about mermaid society and of course the human world is her special interest. Plus she reminds me of Princess Aspien.
Yes! Perhaps I should analyse all the Disney princesses and do an Disney autistic headcanons!
Her and Alice were my spirit animals growing up
I feel like many of the disney princesses fit the criteria. Talking to animals and loose flowy dresses.
Beth Harmon at The Queen's Gambit and Lisa Simpson fall under the umbrella too!
Lisa Simpson, interesting.
Eleven from Stranger Things. Speaks around 25-30 unique words in S1 and has a SI in the form of watching TV. Autistic people often have specific foods they will always eat and Eggos are definitely that. Also the psychic powers can be compared to meltdowns.
She's more DID because she was put through MK Ultra
I think Robyn is all but labeled autistic.
I always felt like tinkerbell from the 2008 disney movie was autistic, and the whole plot of the film is about how she tries to change herself to fit in which already resonated with me so much when I was about 6 or 7 years old
Dwayne, the son in Little Miss Sunshine. Special interest - training to be a pilot. His meltdown really broke my heart, so well portrayed.
Newt Scamander is my headcanon aswell.
Hermoine Grainger (As Dr Tony suggest)
Yesssss
Matt Smith's Doctor in Doctor Who. Came along as I was starting to realise I may be on the spectrum, and I saw a lot of common traits in him. Not quite understanding things around him, misinterpretations of requests, attention being either all over the place or hyper focused on something, oblivious at times. I know the Doctor is an alien, but sometimes he feelsa little too human, and Eleven felt "alien".
11 is my favorite doctor! He felt the most human to me.
I think the Doctor in general can be interpreted as on the spectrum. We got Tennant's Doctor accidentally being rude, Capaldi's Doctor needing help from Clara in social situations, Tom Baker's Doctor sometimes acted childish because "there's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes!" The Doctor’s just inherently an odd, socially awkward person, even by his own race's standards. He may not be human, but he's definitely autism coded.
11/10 agree entirely
So you guys are trying to tell me that all my favourite characters are presenting autistic traits and they might be my favourite because I'm relating to them?
Because that would actually make a lot of sense... thank you.
Luna Lovegood, Pippy Longstocking, Harriet the Spy, Anne of Green Gables. All are my heros :)
Leslie Knope from Parks and Rec, Max Fischer from Wes Anderson's Rushmore, Luna Lovegood from HP, and Kevin McCallister from Home Alone are my fave headcanons
I personally see April Ludgate as being the more autistic-coded character
The part on grief hitting a person differently really resounds with me. On more than one occasion, when I've been told (or realize) that the end is close, I'm actually more sad than after I hear they died. Even with ones very close to me.
I don't know why that is. It's bothered me in the past, because I knew it wasn't normal. I wondered why, if I just didn't feel as strongly as I thought I did.
Holy shit- yeah the same way here
There's a book called "An Assembly Such As This" about how some Jane Austen characters might be autistic. Included are Mr. Darcy, Mr. Collins and Mary Bennet.
I related to many Disney princesses actually. Many of them have female autistic traits.
I loved Pocahontas because she always used every opportunity to run away from her village and spend time with the animals in the woods.
And as your daughter said, Belle. There's also Ariel, Elsa, Mulan and Alice.
I loved all of these characters because I felt like I wasn't alone.
Sherlock! I just discovered the show and can't get enough.
I think Medix from transformers: rescue bots academy is autistic. He has trouble not speaking in a monotone voice, often takes everything literally, has an extreme amount of information about his special interest, and once he starts talking about it it's hard to get him to stop, he has a plan for exactly what he should do in every possible situation, and has trouble understanding his class mates. I found him to be extremely relatable even before I knew I had autism I knew there was something different about me and I loved Medix because I felt like what every made me different also made him different, and watching what he did to overcome those differences, and seeing how his class mates saw him helped me better understand myself other people and how to better communicate with others.
Oh, I'm sure I'm much older than you, but I'm delighted to play with head canon. Just as long as nobody takes any of it seriously.
I've often been intrigued with the character of Dr. Gregory House portrayed by Hugh Laurie on the American hospital diagnosis mystery series "House." He often comes off as extremely abrupt and casually cruel with other people's emotions, but he's undoubtedly the smartest person in the room which is how he keeps his job despite his general inability to get along with anybody.
I think Matilda from.the movie. Matilda. Is autistic or at least has traits of it she reads lots of books and is. Shunned not many friends and her family is mean to her. I can relate. Cause im.autostic to purple ella.
The Black Widow, in the Marvel movies only (not the comics) She is very good at masking, pattern recognition, languages, etc. She’s even very flexible!
I don't think she's autistic
@@RandomSkyeRoses fair enough. Many people don't think real autistic people are actually autistic; it seems logical that fictional characters get the same treatment! :)
@@zoem9703 how is she autistic?
Lilo and Belle really stood out to me too! Lovely video!
Mulan and Elsa (specially in Frozen2, "show yourself")
I always get excited to see someone else have Mulan as one of their autistic headcanons. "Reflection" and "Show Yourself" are awesome songs.😁
Mind is Sophie Hatter from Howl’s Moving Castle, I’m not sure how to elaborate on it but I just get the vibe
My personal ones are Mr Darcy from P&P and Matilda (roald dahl)! Hermione from HP too!
Harriet the spy and Hermione in Harry Potter.
In Beauty and the Beast I was traumatized that a girl had to marry a beast. I hated lots of Disney movies from when I was a kid in the 80's.
I would say commander Data from Star Trek Next Generation. Very logical, direct, does not show and cannot read emotions and is very literal. For example an engineer is given a complex task and responds "We will have to burn the midnight oil" Data replies "it would be inadvisable to ignite a flammable liquid late at night" They then have a discussion about the phrase not the engineering problem.
I was diagnosed with aspergers autism and pervasive developmental disorder too at the age of only 2. Yrs old I'm now 40 yrs old my bday is. 1. 11. 81
Hey, I have a question. Dancing it out to some music when stressed seems pretty common. When does something you do becomes considered as a stim? (I'm questioning if i'm autistic and i dance when i'm stressed. What if it's one of my stims?)
Everyone stims! It might be more obvious with neurodiverse folx because the stims are less "acceptable" (like me swaying my head and waving my hands in the shops) but NTs do as well, whether the stamp their feet when they're peeved or stroke their pets when they need calm.
Turanga Leela, Entrapta, Twilight Sparkle, and possibly Gadget of the rescue rangers
Sheldon from Big Bang Theory, for sure. He's a genius but is socially awkward, never seeming to realize how annoying he is to Penny, and he struggles with a basic skill--learning to drive. He also tends to take things literally.
At first, I thought that Randall from This Is Us could've been on the spectrum, but then they were diagnosed with anxiety disorder
Love this it made me understand a lot of what I didn’t understand in my head 😊
The most obscure character I headcannon as Autistic is Hanna Heller from Hanna (specifically the Amazon Prime series). She talks a lot in ecolalia in the show and randomly says a lot of facts and figures. He character is affected a lot from her background and the way she's raised much like Eleven from Stranger Things but without the background information on the character someone might think she's autistic. Hanna is one of my favorite shows.
How about. Matilda from.the movie. Matilda
I have a super niche headcanon. "Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles" is a super short anime series about an introverted high school girl who avoids company and has a special interest in ramen.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Koizumi_Loves_Ramen_Noodles
100% thought the same when I watched the anime. 🍜
Peridot from Stephen Universe. (And possibly Pearl)
Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Dirk Gently from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Moss from The IT Crowd
The Janitor from Willy's Wonderland
Dib from Invader Zim
Leslie Knope from Parks and Rec
The whole Belcher family from Bob's Burgers
Ed from Cowboy Bebop
Prairie from The OA
I'll stop now...
Odo from DS9!? Personally, I wouldn't classify non-human characters as autistic, but it's your idea
@@kajetan9906 It's not really about the character being diagnosably Autistic as much as the character shares many traits of ASD and they are a character that we can relate to more so that most fictional characters.
I've just read original bella story for my 6 year old, and I'm recently diagnosed... I was reading to her and thinking "OMG Bella loves bookssss me toooo, she is so nice and naive and doesnt fit it, me tooo hehehe
Charlie from perks !
1.CRISTINA YANG!!! Yes!!!!
2. Lilo!!! Yes.
3. I knew about Newt!!!
4. Belle!!! I never thought of it!
Headcannons (my ideas): April Kepner from grey's anatomy (I think she leans more ADHD though), and Elena from One day at a time.
1. April is very socially awkward, is impulsive and doesn't think twice about her actions or their impact on loved ones.
2. Elena is socially awkward, has a strong special interest in social justice and environmental issues. She tends to push people into what she's interested in and doesn't tend to focus on what other people want
also castiel from supernatural
my autistic headcanon-- both of the titular characters of Oscar and Lucinda! i'm mainly thinking of the novel by Peter Carey, but i think their traits are pretty apparent in the film adaptation (starring Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett) as well
i read the book for the first time when i was 17 and immediately connected with the characters in a way i'd never done with anyone i'd met in real life up to that point :)
Someone asked which fictional character would you marry (slightly old fashioned question but anyway) and Belle the Disney Princess and Cordelia from King Lear was my answer. Both headcanon autistics, especially Cordelia. I'd definitely play Buttons to a straightforwardly kind and idealistic Princess.
Anne Shirley from Anne of green gables in my head canon unquestionably autistic
i have to think about that one for a minute but I could see it. Also, I have to categorically place Megan Follows' Anne Shirley & LM Montgomery's book Anne Shirley in two separate places because those are equally wonderful but not connected enough.
@@meriahtigner I have head canon her as autistic. she is considered socially awkward , has trouble with emotional regulation , special interest in academia and literature not to mention her impressive imagination, has one super close friend who she is passionate about, has a strong sense of right and wrong, has trouble recognizing emotions and social cues. However I think book Anne and Anne from Anne with an E are the ones I head canon the most. Megan fallows Anne could be too ! But those are the ones I think of. Also she has lots ADHD traits. BUT this is just my two cents we all think differently!
Ps I love Megan Fallows Anne Shirley!!!
Based on the books, her adoptive parents seem autistic to me.
@@KlappeOmDeOren yes agreed especially Mathew
@@mabelfancymarie5418 absolutely
Kevin from Time Bandits - Detatchment from parents, special interests, honest, strong sense of justice, not content with wooly explanations and wants to know why to fully understand things, seemingly cold to his parents' death but probably overwhelmed and frozen.
Roy Cropper from Coronation Street - Awkward, social outcast who gains love and respect as people get to know him, special interests, pragmatic, honest, doesn't conform to popular beliefs and traditions.
Keith Barrett from Marion and Geoff - Honest, easily manipulated by others, always sees the best in people and situations, dark sense of humour, gets the wrong idea when people aren't clear about things, rehearsal of lines for upcoming and stressful interactions, oblivious to how his intended harmless comments may come across to others, great memory for details and events that he's probably gone over in his mind countless times.
my favorite is abed nadir from community!
Amity Blight from The Owl House
What do you call head cannon character who is shot out of a cannon.
Dead or severely injured.
Aw man I'm not that far through Buffy and I wish I could unknow some of the things you said while describing Anja (who I also headcanon as autistic). Can you include spoiler warnings next time you're about to talk about major plot points in a tv show?
So sorry! Because it came out so long ago (and I watched it as a teen) I forget that some people are yet to enjoy it. Will defo warn next time.
@@PurpleElla it's ok! It is a pretty old TV show!
Captain Holt from Brooklyn 99.
I headcanon all the main characters in B99 being on the spectrum
@@littlelambinparadise Jake strikes me more as having ADHD than autism but I could see it with Amy.
@@littlelambinparadiseI'm on the fence as to whether Amy is ASD, but she's definitely OCD
Donatello from rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (this version specifically)
So delighted you mentioned Anya
Saga from "The Bridge". I love her character!
Yessss i love Harriet the spy! And Also harold in harold and maude... who knows... maybe maude as well
I have no idea, if they talked about it or made it canon or anything, but Matthew from The Chosen
I love that show! I am pretty sure that they wrote him as autistic (even my allistic mother picked up on it), and he is my favorite character in the show!
I’ve picked up a lot of headcanons in my first year since my diagnosis! Some favorites are Meg and Charles Wallace Murry (A Wrinkle in Time), Mal (Disney’s Descendants), Bella Swan (Twilight), and Lt. Columbo (Columbo).
Violet Evergarden
Milo (Atlantis)
Prof. Archimedes (Tarzan)
Bell is America character living in France but how did she get there? Disney missed out her back story in both films.
Beauty and the Beasts many origins was in FRANCE. Belle is not American. Her name alone is French for beauty
elsa from frozen and twilight sparkle from my little pony.two of my favourite thing to watch.
Amelie, max from where the wild things are, edward scissorhands
My favorite Autism headcanon is Marinette but however Marinette would be having Asperger's Syndrome because of her clumsiness (which is common) awhile with her hyperfixation on Adrien which others would see it as her strange special interest. I also believe Marinette has a routine that she followed (given in the Origins special where Chloè takes her favorite seat) & that she doesn't understand Cat Noir's jokes but even as Ladybug, she's more hyperfocusing on something that she can't pay attention on the other things at the same time.
temperance brennan in bones, kate littlejohn in for the people, forest gump, marla in league of their own ... i agree with many already mentioned - anya, oa, anne of green gables, belle ...
All of these are from Pokémon (it's my main special interest so...yeah...). I'll list where each of them comes from too.
Goh (Journeys anime (THIS CHILD IS SO RELATABLE FOR ME I CAN'T EVEN START DESCRIBING HIM BECAUSE I'D BE HERE ALL DAY!!!))
N (Gen 5 games)
Diamond (Pokémon Adventures manga)
Pearl (Pokémon Adventures manga (THE OTHER MOST RELATABLE CHARACTER FOR ME!!!))
Platinum (Pokémon Adventures manga)
Black (Pokémon Adventures manga)
Bonus ADHD headcanon: Barry (Gen 4 rival character, appears in both the DP anime and the Sinnoh games)
Drax and mantis from guardians of the galaxy
a bit more niche but anne from anne with an e / anne of green gables
Oh my goodness I just thought a gun that shoots heads!
Another character that could possibly autistic is Silver the Hedgehog.
He already has those personality traits such as taking stuff too litterly, being socially aquard, struggeling with informal conforsations (Sonic Rivals), notaced in Sonic 06 he doesn't always look peaple straight in the eye and his personality profile also stated that he takes anger loudly and can't tell a single lie. He also has a higher sense of justice. (It is litterly stated that it goes deeper hen just saving the future)
Also in the IDW comics there are also parts where Silver panics as soon things go differendly as expected.
Another typical trait is a extreme opsession/intrest which is in Silver's case with nature. He litterly gets a "WOW" reaction as soon he sees a field with flowers like a 18 year old girl at a BTS concert.
And he is of course known for repeating the same stuff all over. At least it. Explainains why he says randomly "IT'S NO USE!" all over in the most annoying boss battle ever.
Also wouldn't be suprised if his psysic/telepathic powers would somethimes could cause meltdowns.
I am on the spectrum by myself and after i saw his personality profile i did recognise some things from myself in him. So i kinda thought why not?
As for Silver i might want to add some things i struggle with in daily life so it will be realistic and not the steriotypial Sheldon Autism.
Omg! I thought the SAME thing about Newt!!!
Nico di Angelo from Percy Jackson!
Can you explain it please?
Oh yes, Newt for sure. He also has ADHD, do you think? And Hermione Grainger. Look at all those extra classes she took.
Mr Data in Star Trek. And Seven of Nine (the Borg person).
Sherlock Holmes.
I hadn’t thought of Hermione as autistic before, that’s interesting. But Luna has always been one of my favourite autistic headcanons
I 100% agree with Anya. She was my favorite character in the series and I could easily relate to her mannerisms.
Phoebe from friends
Monk from Monk tv show
London Tipton from Suite Life. This is going to be a controversial take, so bear with me:
- Yes. autistic people can be loud. We can often be unaware of how obnoxious we can appear to others
- London's special interest is fashion. She likes to wear designer clothes, but her fashion sense is very much her own.
- London can be very literal minded. When she was staying with Maddie and was told to "strip and make the bed", having no experience doing her own housekeeping, she defaulted to the only sense of the word "strip" she knew, and started removing her clothes (fortunately Maddie stopped her before she embarrassed herself
- There have been many hints that shes not actually unintelligent and her sideways thinking has often proven invaluable.
- She doesn't really relate to her pee group, and her real friends are those who don't care that she's rich or that she can be obnoxious and appreciate her for who she is
- She struggles in school not because she's unintelligent, but because it simply holds no interest for her
House from
House m.d
He doesn't read the room very well so to speak
He doesn't seem to know when he's hurt a person's feelings
doesn't think before speaking
a lot of people who see the show see his
behavior as inappropriate or unprofessional
But he has moments when
He shows his soft side
Just not very often
When he does open up it's very profound and moving he's not very good at expressing himself in the typical since
But has a lot to say
Honestly, I 100% felt the same way about Anya in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.' 🙂 I was sad when she died protecting Andrew.
Another character i think that is autistic might be Tecna from winx. Why?
She struggles with expressing emothions and talks in a montone voice and if she shows emothions then they are quite intense.
She only thinks in logic almost in a Vulcan like way.
She struggles with basic things as shown with season 1 when she had to clean the school.
She is opsessed with technology (even for a fairy of technology)
She is highly inteligent.
She is good at details.
She also tend to have struggles with loud noise which was shown in season 6.
Link from Legend of Zelda.
I think Goku from dragon ball and dragon ball z is he spends more time training then time with his family
Just want to point out that it's pronounced Lee-lo not Lie-lo. Great video tho
British pronunciation
Oh my gos. I love Lilo!!!!!!!!
hunter for the owl house
im looking forward to the stream
It is not a live is a preme
ELSA!
Check out JR from Blackish!
Belle totally is
Unrelated but I love your shirt
Sheldon Cooper 🙂
Does anybody think Zoey from Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist might be autistic?
Turn Simcoe
Mine is Beast from the newer X-Men movies.
I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer so much! I always hated Anya though.
I think Sheldon from Big Bang/young Sheldon has aspergers.
Big bang theory has a few
I raised myself with my parasocial relationships