Which fictional character is this Mefite? April 21, 2005 4:33 PM   Subscribe

Which fictional character is this Mefite?
posted by orthogonality to MetaFilter-Related at 4:33 PM (106 comments total)

jonmc wrote "I :heart: Family Guy. It's how reconcile myself to being a Peter Griffin on a site full of Brian The Dogs", and that got me thinking: do you associate any Mefites with fictional characters?
posted by orthogonality at 4:35 PM on April 21, 2005


Miguel would be the monotheistic God.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 4:41 PM on April 21, 2005


orthogonality is Martin Prince.

Totally a Martin.

(Haw-haw!)
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:43 PM on April 21, 2005


We all know the devil lives in Grand Rapids.
posted by JohnR at 4:44 PM on April 21, 2005


PP is Roger Ramjet.
posted by Jimbob at 4:58 PM on April 21, 2005


I kind of picture Divine Wino as Legs McNeil who is both a real person and a character.
posted by jonmc at 5:01 PM on April 21, 2005


And amberglow is Donny from Richard Price's Ladies Man. Once he reads it he'll understand.
posted by jonmc at 5:01 PM on April 21, 2005


quonsar is Doctor McCoy, but bald, and drunk.
posted by mwhybark at 6:02 PM on April 21, 2005


troutfishing is Mr. Smith... in Washington.
posted by Doohickie at 6:13 PM on April 21, 2005


I wanna claim Edna Krabappel before anyone else does.
posted by lilboo at 6:21 PM on April 21, 2005


quonsar is bald, drunk, and in the depraved depths of an ether binge.

Wait, amberglow is male? WTF?
posted by loquacious at 6:47 PM on April 21, 2005


well, i'm still bald.
posted by quonsar at 6:58 PM on April 21, 2005


for 40 years now, loquacious.

quonsar is Bob Newhart (but even funnier)
posted by amberglow at 7:04 PM on April 21, 2005


oh wait, that's a real person--he's Dr. Hartley? (was that the name?)
posted by amberglow at 7:05 PM on April 21, 2005


I wanna claim Edna Krabappel before anyone else does.

Actually pips is Edna Krabappel. She is a teacher after all.
posted by jonmc at 7:14 PM on April 21, 2005


and I claim Barney Gumble. Chicobangs and Vidiot are Lenny & Carl. Quonsar can be quagmire.
posted by jonmc at 7:17 PM on April 21, 2005


amberglow reminds me of Big Bird; quonsar is Cookie Monster; Witty is Fozzie Bear; P_G is Statler AND Waldorf; jonmc is Gonzo; thomcatspike is the Swedish Chef; matteo is The Count; troutfishing and y2karl are Dr. Bunsen and Beaker, I'll let you decide who is whom.

Who is Kermit and who is Miss Piggy?
posted by sciurus at 7:34 PM on April 21, 2005


taz is Miss Piggy. duh.
posted by sciurus at 7:35 PM on April 21, 2005


I am such a Lisa Simpson it ain't funny. Well, except that I'm shy and can't play the saxophone.

I think orthogonality and Ethereal Bligh will have to share the Martin Prince personality.
posted by deborah at 7:36 PM on April 21, 2005


amberglow is in no way Donny. Sorry. No. (But I've never met amberglow so take that with a grain of salt.)
posted by dobbs at 7:37 PM on April 21, 2005


Oh, and jonmc is Calvin and amberglow is Hobbes. And on second thought, maybe I'm Marcy.
posted by deborah at 7:38 PM on April 21, 2005


jonmc is Gonzo;


Minus the poultrophilia, of course.


Who is Kermit and who is Miss Piggy?


mathowie would have to be kermit. I nominate madamejujujive for miss piggy, and I mean that in the kindest way possible.

and chicobangs would be Rolf.
posted by jonmc at 7:38 PM on April 21, 2005


and of course stavros would be one of gonzo's (wonder)chickens.
posted by jonmc at 7:39 PM on April 21, 2005


quonsar might appear in catch-22, but i'm not quite sure who.

jonmc has got to be sean penn playing someone.

Wait, amberglow is male? WTF?
and the lights were dark and you were drunk, right? ;o)

posted by andrew cooke at 7:39 PM on April 21, 2005


*glares and andrew cooke balefully*
posted by jonmc at 7:40 PM on April 21, 2005


at, dammit, not and
posted by jonmc at 7:41 PM on April 21, 2005


ooo ooo got a good one. midas mulligan is (was?) patrick bateman.
posted by andrew cooke at 7:45 PM on April 21, 2005


clavdivus would be Animal, of course.
posted by jonmc at 7:46 PM on April 21, 2005


No, no, the lights were on. And I was only mildly inebriated.
posted by loquacious at 7:47 PM on April 21, 2005


mischief is Grover?

you were faboo, loquacious--we'll have to do it again, when your soreness fades. ; >
posted by amberglow at 8:02 PM on April 21, 2005


jessamyn could be athene. especially when she had the power to delete threads.
does that make matt zeus? somehow that doesn't ring true. he's more like a hector.
taz is penelope, except that she bakes cakes instead of sitting weaving.
ack. someone whose name begins with z is helen.
how about keyser soze as achilles's cousin, which would make quonsar achilles, kind-of (run with it: quonsar got banned; hector, matt, killed him, right? well, maybe).

bleagh. it's not really working. bedtime.

ah, but migs is homer. which is why he should come and rewrite this mess.
posted by andrew cooke at 8:11 PM on April 21, 2005


oops. got hector and paris mixed up, which makes the whole thing even worse! matt is still hector, but who is paris? who gets to kill quonsar?
posted by andrew cooke at 8:17 PM on April 21, 2005


And the [first Star Wars] movie’s true central character was a three-foot machine whose dialogue was all clicks and whistles: R2-D2 was there from the beginning, coaxing C-3PO into the escape pod, to the final assault on the Death Star as Luke's electronic co-pilot. (self-linky)
Yeah, I wanna be R2-D2.

mathowie is Anakin (he hasn't turned to Darth... yet)
quonsar is Chewbacca
Miguel is Obi-Wan
madamjjj is Princess Leah
ParisP is Jabba the Hut
the rest of you can fight over Luke, Han and Jar-Jar.
posted by wendell at 8:33 PM on April 21, 2005


moonbird is moonbird

AlexReynolds is Rocky, Migs is Boris, MadameJJ is Natasha, and ChrisTN is Bullwinkle.
posted by moonbird at 8:36 PM on April 21, 2005


I am Jo from Little Women.
posted by Lynsey at 8:39 PM on April 21, 2005


I dunno, I kinda picture mathowie as sort of the good side of Emperor Palpatine. No... mathowie is Yogourt.

Vanity: who am I?
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:41 PM on April 21, 2005


oh, that's what moonbird is

dirtynumb: you're River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho (or Penny Pingleton in Hairspray--your choice) : >

who would Alex R be?
posted by amberglow at 8:44 PM on April 21, 2005


I have been compared to Bjork, who might as well be a cartoon character.
posted by spinifex23 at 9:15 PM on April 21, 2005


I've got dibs on Velma.
posted by sugarfish at 9:29 PM on April 21, 2005


Hokey smoke!

When I think moonbird, I think Poe's raven. His name clouds my mind like the endless dark of night. Or something equally beatnik. It's a good name.

Amberglow makes me think of Keith from the first season of Six Feet Under. Courage of conviction. Chutzpah. Strength.

Jonmc reminds me of a mix of Bloom County's Steve Dallas, pre-curly hair days, sunglasses drooping off the nose and cig barely hanging, totally indifferent to the world, and post-curly hair days, all sensitivity and existential niceness.
posted by AlexReynolds at 9:54 PM on April 21, 2005


Bloom County's Steve Dallas

OK, I hate this thread, but that's perfect! *golf clap*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:57 PM on April 21, 2005


Quonsar.
posted by AlexReynolds at 9:59 PM on April 21, 2005


Anyone read "Tales of the City"? Madamejujujive would definitely be Mrs. Madrigal, except, you know — without the "secret". I'll keep thinking...
posted by taz at 1:41 AM on April 22, 2005


I AAAM NOOOOOT ZEEEE COUNT! I have better hair

anyway:
quonsar is Pig-Pen
thomcatspike is Snoopy
mathowie is Charlie Brown
madamjujujive is Peppermint Patty
taz is Marcie
y2karl is Linus and hyperlinks are his security blanket
Languagehat is Schroeder
ParisParamus in drag is Lucy
nofundy is Rerun Van Pelt
posted by matteo at 2:30 AM on April 22, 2005


Call me Ishmael.

u.n. owen was Beth from Little Women, gone now.

bugbread is the main character from Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, only because I was reading that when I first became aware of him, and he lives (lived?) in Japan.
Flem Snopes is, well, Flem Snopes.
I remind myself of Bartelby sometimes, but without the drive.
Quonsar is Benjy Compson.
CunningLinguist is a fictional character, but I'm not at liberty to say which one.
posted by OmieWise at 5:23 AM on April 22, 2005


Metafilter: I remind myself of Bartelby sometimes, but without the drive.

: >
posted by amberglow at 5:30 AM on April 22, 2005


If we're doing Star Wars, I get to be that guy in the Hoth sequence of The Empire Strikes Back who says:

"Two fighters against a star destroyer?"
posted by rocketman at 5:49 AM on April 22, 2005


If we're doing Star Wars, quonsar is Pizza the Hut.
posted by sciurus at 6:38 AM on April 22, 2005


If we're doing star wars, y2karl is definitely yoda, and iconomy is Leia in the slave girl bikini, mrbalihai is obiwan, vidiot & chicobangs are r2d2 and c-3po. I'll be chewbacca.
posted by jonmc at 6:52 AM on April 22, 2005


Can i be this fictional character?
posted by dfowler at 6:55 AM on April 22, 2005


I'm Batman.
posted by WolfDaddy at 6:56 AM on April 22, 2005


Actually, wolf, if we're still doing star wars, I'd nominate you for Lando Calrissian.
posted by jonmc at 6:59 AM on April 22, 2005


I kind of picture Divine Wino as Legs McNeil who is both a real person and a character.

Chillingly enough I physically resemble Philip Seymour Hoffman doing Lester Bangs in Almost Famous, and Ole Legs was a known tormenter of Lesters.

Emotionally and sartorially it's gonna have to be Vicki the Robot from Small Wonder for me, however.

Amberglow is rather clearly Richard Harris as Dumbledore, but much younger and with a hell of nice suit on.

Jonmc, Charlie Sheen in Platoon and/or almost any character played by John Cusack, but with a touch of Peter O' Toole as Henry II in The Lion in Winter.

Paris_P is Marvin the Martian, come the fuck on.

Quonsar is Bender from the Breakfast Club and Brando as Kurtz, but riding one of those lark scooters.
posted by Divine_Wino at 7:00 AM on April 22, 2005


I AM SPARCTACUS
posted by Stynxno at 7:03 AM on April 22, 2005


Fuck you! I'm Spartacus.
posted by nthdegx at 7:04 AM on April 22, 2005


I'M SPARCTACUS!
posted by moift at 7:05 AM on April 22, 2005


Oh and Orthogonality is the Master Control Program from Tron with the conscince of Lazlo (Oscar Zeta Acosta, HST's lawyer) from Where the Buffalo Roam.
posted by Divine_Wino at 7:06 AM on April 22, 2005


i am sparctacus
posted by greasy_skillet at 7:06 AM on April 22, 2005


I am the walrus.
posted by sciurus at 7:25 AM on April 22, 2005


Who wants to be rcade?
posted by nthdegx at 7:27 AM on April 22, 2005


I am, I am, I am...Superman. And I can do anything.
posted by Smart Dalek at 7:35 AM on April 22, 2005


I am that I am. Or maybe I yam what I yam. I always get those two mixed up.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 8:25 AM on April 22, 2005


Max Demian.
posted by exlotuseater at 8:39 AM on April 22, 2005


I'm Bruno Gerussi.
posted by debralee at 9:07 AM on April 22, 2005


I'm afraid I'm Arthur Dent. All this amazing stuff goes on around me and I never quite grasp it.
posted by Doohickie at 9:50 AM on April 22, 2005


Can I be Wedge Antilles? For the love of god, not Biggs Darklighter. Though Nien Nub would also be enjoyable for a herd of elephants IS standing on my feet.
posted by drezdn at 9:52 AM on April 22, 2005


I'm Gumby, damnit.
posted by theora55 at 9:53 AM on April 22, 2005


Gumby, Damnit was my second choice behind Arthur Dent. (Good choice!) I actually went to a Halloween Party as Gumby, Damnit many moons ago.
posted by Doohickie at 10:08 AM on April 22, 2005


What if I already am fictional?
posted by spaghetti at 10:15 AM on April 22, 2005


You snivelling bunch of retarded imbeciles.

Yup. Me is Stewie.


dhartung is Frylock. PP is Master Shake. (Aqua Teen Hunger Force).

The rest of you are Doozers ;-)
posted by i_cola at 10:23 AM on April 22, 2005


Mayor Curley is Roy Blount, Jr. (I know he's not fictional, but c'mon, the man is a parody of himself.)

I think I may be Fizzgig.
posted by Specklet at 10:40 AM on April 22, 2005


Can i be this fictional character?

You can, dfowler, but why would you want to? ; >

Emotionally and sartorially it's gonna have to be Vicki the Robot from Small Wonder for me, however.
*runs screaming from divine wino*

If we're going to be Adult Swim characters, then i wanna be that guy in the com chair from Sealab.
posted by amberglow at 11:05 AM on April 22, 2005


People often say I look like Austin Powers ...but with good teeth.
posted by me3dia at 11:48 AM on April 22, 2005


I'm Bruno Gerussi's medallion!
posted by dobbs at 12:14 PM on April 22, 2005


Some people think i'm Tyler Durden...they call me Schyler Durden...

I want to be Hagbard Celine...never whistle while your pissing.
posted by schyler523 at 12:27 PM on April 22, 2005


If you're Hagbard, then I'm Simon Moon.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 12:35 PM on April 22, 2005


I get to have sex with a giant apple.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 12:35 PM on April 22, 2005


Amberglow's thinking of Sparks.

I myself am more of the Lazlo Hollyfeld persuasion, but Lazlo after the Frito-Lay sweepstakes.

Ah, who am I kidding... I'm more along the lines of Mitch...

"Think before you ask these questions, Mitch. Twenty points higher than me? Thinks a big guy like that can wear his clothes?"
posted by Moondoggie at 12:45 PM on April 22, 2005


caitlinb is totally Susie Derkins.
posted by Stynxno at 12:47 PM on April 22, 2005


I think I'd rather do Jessica Rabbit or Lois Griffin than an apple...giant or not...
posted by i_cola at 12:51 PM on April 22, 2005


It's a giant golden apple. With a vagina.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 1:25 PM on April 22, 2005


This thread is just one step away from posting those annoying Quizzilla results.
posted by FunkyHelix at 2:37 PM on April 22, 2005


I feel like the caterpillar with hookah...

but i wouldn't mind being John Galt...

B_B: how about howard the dolphin? Does dios get to be a member of "God's Lightning?"
posted by schyler523 at 3:09 PM on April 22, 2005


The real question is...which MeFite is Ignatius J. Reilly?
posted by schyler523 at 3:58 PM on April 22, 2005


*raises hand*
posted by ColdChef at 4:23 PM on April 22, 2005


ColdChef is even properly located for the position (talk about your method acting!).

But he has competition from another magnificent fellow.
posted by taz at 5:56 PM on April 22, 2005


Oh, sure. If you want to be all LITERAL about it.

*sulks*
posted by ColdChef at 6:37 PM on April 22, 2005


Actually, I always saw coldchef as an even funnier Drew Carey. He even kinda looks like him.
posted by jonmc at 6:51 PM on April 22, 2005


If WolfDaddy is Batman, amberglow is Robin.

Ethereal Bligh used to be Foghorn Leghorn, but he isn't anymore.

Jonmc is Dr. Johnny Fever.

Mathowie is Fred MacMurray in "Yours, Mine and Ours".

Stavros is Gazoo from the Flintstones.
posted by orange swan at 7:22 PM on April 22, 2005


Aw. no no no, orange swan, amber would be Wonder Woman.

Oh, and jonmc, I'm flattered at your thinking I'd be a somewhat scurvy administrator of a gas mining facility--though I'm tempted to ask for that Imperial garrison (they all look like Jango, alas, and I need more variety)--but I'd never lose the Millenium Falcon. For the sci-fi genre, I'd much rather be Malcom Reynolds from Firefly. Coz he gets to yell "dirty dirty whore" whilst buck naked in the middle of nowhere.
posted by WolfDaddy at 7:53 PM on April 22, 2005


Oh, and jonmc, I'm flattered at your thinking I'd be a somewhat scurvy administrator of a gas mining facility--

But Lando eventually comes through for the rebellion, so beneath his suave, devil may care exterior, he's committed. Plus he spends his downtime pitching great malt liquor.
posted by jonmc at 8:09 PM on April 22, 2005


*throws magic lasso, strangles Wolf with it*

except for the Wolf as Batman thing, i think orange swan's picks are great : >
and a big thumbs-up to nippled superhero suits
posted by amberglow at 8:30 PM on April 22, 2005


all of you are wankers.
posted by crunchland at 10:10 PM on April 22, 2005


*thwap thwap thwap*
posted by deborah at 10:41 PM on April 22, 2005


Alas, as much as I'd like to think I could pull off a Lucy Butler, I'm probably more of a Catherine Black kind of gal.

/Millennium geekery


Personally, I've always figured Jonmc as looking like Fred "Sonic" Smith or perhaps a young Joey Ramone

PP? Sideshow Bob - c'mon people it's sooo obvious!
posted by echolalia67 at 10:47 PM on April 22, 2005


*thwap thwap thwap*
posted by deborah at 10:41 PM PST on April 22 [!]


how utterly... intriguing.
posted by quonsar at 10:50 PM on April 22, 2005


Well, since I'm ensnared in Amber's Lasso of Truth, I guess I have to fess up. The fictional character I most identify with is Belgarath. Ancient. Wise. Sorceror of immense power. Vagabond. It's why "wolf" is a part of every online identity I've ever created.

so beneath his suave, devil may care exterior, he's committed

I'd never give up the Falcon!!!!!
posted by WolfDaddy at 4:19 AM on April 23, 2005


then, deborah is the Crying Game guy?
posted by matteo at 5:58 AM on April 23, 2005


In another dimension Scarabic is the Criminologist/Narrator, Brad and Janet are of course Mathowie and Jessamyn. LittleMissCranky is Columbia while Madamjujujive is, without doubt, Magenta. quonsar, looks like Eddie on his Harley, riffraff is Riff Raff and timeistight is possibly Doctor Everett Scott.

All this amazing stuff goes on around me and I never quite grasp it.
This sentence plus the fact that he has a new body, suggest that Doohickie may in fact be Rocky.

I still haven't figured out who Frank-N-Furter is. Any volunteers?
posted by Tarrama at 7:06 AM on April 23, 2005


quonsar is Howard Stern.
posted by mlis at 9:28 AM on April 23, 2005


Aren't we all Frank-N-Furter? : >
posted by amberglow at 10:00 AM on April 23, 2005


I think quonsar is even more fictional than Howard Stern.
posted by liam at 12:36 PM on April 23, 2005


I am Jake Cutter from "Tales of the Golden Monkey" - who wants to be Jack the One-Eyed Dog?
posted by longbaugh at 1:53 PM on April 23, 2005


Orange Swan is the Sorceress from Masters of the Universe.
posted by Space Coyote at 2:50 PM on April 23, 2005


*blinks coquettishly*
posted by deborah at 8:39 PM on April 24, 2005


Ethereal Bligh used to be Foghorn Leghorn, but he isn't anymore.

Perfect.
posted by Doohickie at 7:48 AM on April 28, 2005


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