Who are some fictional TV characters who you think probably have AD/HD?

One that comes to mind for me is Edith Bunker from All in the Family.

Tim Allen from Home Repair has gotta be !

"So were going to take this race car, see, and re-wire it so it goes a whole heck of alot faster. Hoohoohoo Ooo ooo ooo, Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh......!"

Bugs Bunny

Some that comes to mind is:
Michael & Jr from My Wife and Kids.
George Lopez from the George Lopez show
Bart Simpson from Simpsons
Roger Rabbit

Tazmanian Devil

Robbin Williams, Jim Carey, most Rock n' Roll drummers, David Letterman, Tom Arnold, and I'm listening to a radio show on AD/HD & Ritalin...Sean Hannity 790 KABC AM Friday 1:50PM. Not a positive outlook. Good for all to hear because it is the popular, incorrect, ignorant opinion.

yes, but the questoin was Fictional TV characters not real people...lol

Maxwell Smart, Barney Fife, Gober Pyle, Herman Munster, Fred Sanford, Mork, Steve from Beverly Hills 90210, Ray Ramano, Homer Simpson...

Lucy Ricardo from I love Lucy

I think Wile E. Coyote would have been.

Eddie Haskell...from the old Leave it to Beaver....had to have SOMETHING...if not ADD.....

Clark Griswald, especially in Christmas vacation! Here's a few top reasons why I feel so strongly,lol........

His ability to hyper focus on putting up Christmas lights(and his inability to put them away in an organized way the year before)!

The ladder scene where he is hanging for dear life on the underside. He can't figure out whether to put his arm over or under the rung. That is my all time favorite movie scene, since I can relate with the confusion.

The part where he heads up in the attic to stash presents, and ends up finding some he stashed 40 years earlier. Then get side tracked and watches old 8 ml films he finds!

His empathy for cousin Eddie.

The part where he is looking out the window and has a hysterical daydream.

His genious creation of cereal that is not penatrated by milk.

I love that movie, and it is on TV enough that I think I can sneak him in as a TV character.:D If you haven't seen it, it provides a good laugh!

Half the people on "Blind Date"... oh wait, those are real people. :)

Fictional:
Fred Flintstone.
Robin, the boy wonder.
Dennis the Menace (definitely).
Elmo (early childhood ADD).
Oscar the Grouch (ADD with borderline personality disorder).
Snuffleupagus (ADD with bipolar disorder).
Ernie (AD/HD).
(Bert clearly has OCD, as is The Count.)
Cookie Monster (Autism, too).
The guy from the Jimmy John's sandwich commercials who talks so fast.
Homer & Bart
The kid with the helmet Mike Myers used to play on SNL.
Daffy Duck.
Porky Pig.

I watch Blind Date ALL the time...never thought of that!!! :) lol....perhaps they have to have ADD to qualify to be on the show...do you think that Roger Lodge MC guy has ADD too??

Homer J. Simpson, but he's an idiot too, with flashes of genius.
And Tom Green

Originally posted by Flyfisher
Clark Griswald, especially in Christmas vacation!

Maybe this is why that is my favorite Christmas movie ...lol...

I so agree with you
:cool:

Hehe deffinately Tom Green!

"Daddy would you like some sausage?Daddy would you like some sausages...."

Yes...but Tom Green is a real person

Errrr ummmm... Tom Green's character in
Freddy Got Fingered. :)

:D

How about Ed, Edd, and Eddy on Cartoon Network. Dexter and DeeDee show it runs in the family! :D

Pacey on Dawson's Creek, Meadow on the Soprano's

I would dare say that Mr. Bean has ADD. He's often impulsive.

I think Meadow, Tony and AJ are all ADDers.
Actually I think has anti-social personality disorder too...

dont know if anyone has seen this show or even heard of it, but the british sci-fi comedy "RED DWARF" has a character lister who is, in my opinion a great example of someone with ADD...the first two seasons are available on DVD right now and I constantly have them on my computer and watch them when I get a bit down. I also have a friend who got me hooked on the show "Scrubs" this year...while none of the people there have a lot of the symptoms, the one character, JD, seems to be pretty close...he's always daydreaming and staring off into space when people ask him a question (So me to a T) and then Dr. Cox is my other favourite character, who often says things just off the cuff and at the same time is probably the one who cares for people the most on the show....he has that short, blunt attitude that I have, but they write his character a little more harshly than I act normally, still, he makes me laugh....Other than that, I really dont watch much TV.

Watching reruns....Betty White's character on the Golden Girls...(Rose Nyland)....(her St. Olaf stories???).....and on Three's Company....Chrissy's character, the blond...

On the TV Show FRIENDS the character Lisa Kudrow plays PHOEBE

Originally posted by Spirit
Some that comes to mind is:
Michael & Jr from My Wife and Kids.
George Lopez from the George Lopez show
Bart Simpson from Simpsons
Roger Rabbit
'Bart Simpson' actually does have ADD.:D
I saw the episode a couple of weeks ago on TV(not sure how old it was),the character was shown being diagnosed with it and it showed him concentrating and then later-getting addicted to medication.

That is so funny! That is one show I miss (since not waching tv).

I'd say Red Green is. No linear thinker could come up with that many uses for duct tape. :D

Jan Brady? Rhoda? Hawkeye Pierce? Blossom? I'll think of some more.

I do take issue with whomever suggested Eddie Haskell earlier. I submit that Eddie Haskell, while he may have had AD/HD, deserves the primary diagnosis of sociopath. That guy was just not right.

As for the Friends, Phoebe is the obvious one, but I think Joey deserves a look also. I am thinking of the natural charisma empathy aspect of his character.

Dory from Finding Nemo---she is so much like me it's scarry lol

Alf. Gilligan. The Professor. MacGeyver (that one's been done to death, I know) Mork. Jo Pollicek on Facts of Life. Did anyone mention Lisa Simpson? Harlan (?) the labcoated mechanic on CHiPs, Grace of Will and Grace. OOps. Pocketplayer already listed Mork as well as "Gober" Pyle. I wonder if that is Gomer or Goober, his cousin. Both would probably be correct. Shaggy. I'm sure there are a bunch more. I'll keep thinking.

Speedy Gonzalez comes to mind.

Anya from Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Jeff Hardy from the WWE.

Bull Shannon from Night Court.

The Flash from the new Justice League.

Foghorn Leghorn is another one. Sylvestor would be on the list as well. IF noone mentioned Yogi bear..he's gotta be ADDed.... and the list goes on.

Mr. Magoo

I know its cartoon
but you can't leave
Mr. Mag:sick: :sick: out

Larry David's character on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" .... though I'm not entirely sure how fictional he is... :rolleyes:

I think Tim Allen from Home Improvement might be as well.

Originally posted by joanrdtobe
Eddie Haskell...from the old Leave it to Beaver....had to have SOMETHING...if not ADD.....

I'm thinking ASPD...the boy was a con in the making

Originally posted by FlakeyGirl
I do take issue with whomever suggested Eddie Haskell earlier. I submit that Eddie Haskell, while he may have had AD/HD, deserves the primary diagnosis of sociopath. That guy was just not right.

Lafnalot, is that the same thing as sociopath?

Did anybody say Kramer from Seinfeld? He's a sure bet. Elaine, too.

Hmm, well, I'm not sure I want to claim George Costanza as one of US, but surely he had some issues too ... ;)

MY FAVORITE CHARACTER of all time....Anne Shirley of "Anne of Green Gables".......She's my hero, and the poster child for inattentive ADD!!!

If you've never seen the Anne trilogy....I highly recommend it! Especially for young girls! Anne is imaginitive, supersmart, and mischevious! Her imagination is always getting her in trouble because she's often paying more attention to her thoughts than what she should be! But she does grow up to be a well admired woman.....:D

Originally posted by FlakeyGirl


Lafnalot, is that the same thing as sociopath?

Did anybody say Kramer from Seinfeld? He's a sure bet. Elaine, too.

Yes ma'am sure is, somehow missed your post...see great minds think alike.

Bing Bing Bing! Ricochet Rabbit:) Anyone remember him?

Beavis, and to a lesser degree, Butthead.

The inimitable Dr. Peter Venkmam from Ghostbusters - as we said in school, ADHD with a big-a** "H".

As I think about it, his colleague (Dan Aykroyd's character, whose name I forget) - I'm intuiting "overfocused" subtype for him also.

And my beloved River Phoenix's "Carl" from "Sneakers".

The Joker (both Jack Nicholson's and Caesar Romero's).

The Riddler (both Frank Gorshin's and Jim Carrey's).

I think I've watched too many movies.

how about the majors friend on i dream of jeannie? and the neighbor woman marcie from married with children....hmmm who else....sylvester the cat....had to have something besides a speech impediment....lol

Dennis the Menace, definitely. :D And Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes.

Doh! I just posted a post to celebrities about a TV character, COMPLETELY not seeing this thread. *hits forehead*

Anyway...ADD characters:

Tigger from Winnie-the-Pooh
Josh Lyman from The West Wing

what about benny from benny and joon (johnny depp) didnt he have add or something?

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Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers—a.k.a. Tom and Ray Magliozzi

:D :p :D

I don't know about those two--one of them, I forget which, has a Ph.D and was a college professor?? Although the career changes they both have made may be indicative of something....ADD maybe!

I've known a lot of PhDs who were classic ADD, so it's entirely possible! ;)

Has anyone said Gilligan?

not sure clam....and the skipper too....he was always running around like a chicken with his head cut off..

quizno's mutant hamsters

LOL mct....definately the quiznos spongerats i think they are called....ask sweet81corvette in chat room she will know....LOL

True from True Calling, Any of the Gilmore Girls as well as some of their friends, Ash from Pokemon, face it most heros from Anime are hyper :D, Kathleen from Taming of the Screw... ok I'm done for now...

hmmm maybe Lilo has it.....
Stitch is ODD with hyperactivity heheh

i think maybe baloo from jungle book and thumper off of bambi and of course all 7 dwarfs

Doug on the "King of Queens" is sooooo ADD. My husband points it out to me almost every time we watch it.

Lucy Ricardo from I love Lucy

Absolutely she does! Her mishaps have reminded me of her since I was a young teen. I always say that I am Lucille Ball-Ricardo!

Another character is Daffy Duck..woooo hoo wooo hoo!

Got this from a website about a week ago:
AD(H)D - Attention Deficit Disorder - some have Hyperactivity as well
Beaver Cleaver (Leave it to Beaver)
Kramer (Seinfeld)
Dennis the Menace
Horschack (Welcome Back, Kotter)
Lucy Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
Woody (Cheers)
Tigger (Winnie the Pooh)
Lucy (E.R.)
Mike (Spin City)
Bart Simpson (The Simpsons)
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
Jimmie Walker (Good Times)
Elaine (Seinfeld)
Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)
Odi the dog (Garfield)

Also listed on the site was:
Depression
Sue Ellen Ewing (Dallas)
Fred Mertz (I Love Lucy)
Charlie Brown (Peanuts)
George Costanza (Seinfeld)
Dr. McCoy (Star Trek)
Alex Rieger (Taxi)
Dr. Mark Craig (St. Elsewhere)
Eyore (Winnie the Pooh)
Al Bundy (Married With Children)
George Jefferson (The Jeffersons)
Rosie the Maid (Jetsons)
Lou Grant (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)

GAD - Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Lucy Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
Piglet (Winnie the Pooh)
Edith Bunker (All in the Family)
Marcie (Married With Children)
Barney Fife (Andy Griffith Show)
Mrs. Hathaway (Beverly Hillbillies)
Carl Winslow (Family Matters)
Mary Richards (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Daffy Duck (Warner Bros.)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
Felix Unger (The Odd Couple)

Source: http://www.biologicalunhappiness.com/Charactr.htm

Just the good ol' boys,
Never meanin' no harm,
Beats all you've ever saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was
born.

Straight'nin' the curve,
Flat'nin' the hills.
Someday the moutain might get 'em, but the law never will.

Makin' their way,
The only way they know how,
That's just a little bit more than the law will allow.

Just good ol' boys,
Wouldn't change if they could,
Fightin' the system like a true modern day Robin Hood.

It's my belief that Hazzard County had it's share of neuroses...you name it, they had it. I have to thank Gramps for having that stupid show on week after week...is this where I thank God for books?

btw...if I were to consider books, Stewart Little...Beverly Cleary's Ramona...Pippy Longstocking...I think the Berennstain Bear's were an ADHD family...I think that's all for now

Joey from friends

Oo!!! Anyone remember the brownies from the movie "Willow"??? :D :D :D

Barney from The Simpsons.
Monk from Monk ( I know it's OCD, but that man can hyper-focus)

John Bender and Brian Johnson from The Breakfast Club--movie, I know, but I just saw it on TBS

Oh man, dunno if anyone put this already...but

Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show! OMG the way she went through different phases of trying stuff and losing interest was unreal! LOL OH and the character of Theo Huxtable was "diagnosed" with dyslexia in later seasons.

Radar from MASH

steve urkel - poster child for add!!!
:D

George W. Bush

No, George W. Bush is just a slow guy who was in the right place at the right time

:p

:rolleyes:

blahhhhhh

The obvious "Kramer" from Seinfeld, Eddie from Grounded for life, The whole family on Malcolm in the middle & the hyper gay guy on Will & Grace to name a few.

Galactus

:D

I'm also thinking the Joker and Harley Quinn from assorted animated series...

The Joker doesnt have ADD nor ADHD, the Joker is just totally nuts about peanuts :)

Lucy, the medical student from ER has(had) ADD. She talked about it on one episode and started taking ritalin again.

Probably only those from the UK have heard of this show, but Sarah the under-house maid from Upstairs, Downstairs definitely has ALL the symptoms.I like watching her daydream in almost every episode she was in.:)

Ricochet Rabbit is definitely ADHD.

He's not fictional. Or was he? Did we see the "real" person or an actor"? If I was stuck in a house with twelve other people and nothing to hyperfocus on (take me away!), I think I would respond as he did. I hope not, but I think I would. Susan

Pippin from Lord of The Rings...

Who ever mentioned Red Dwarf, hats off!!!!

I love that Britcom. Would you be referring to Lister or the Cat?

BTW- I believe everyone in the 100 Acre Wood has a diagnosis.
Pooh- ADD
Tigger- ADHD
Rabbit- OCD
Eyore- Depression
Piglet- Anxiety
Owl- Control Issues
Kanga- I have'nt figured her out yet but she was unmarried with a child and cohabitating with Tigger, who is'nt very responsible. Would that make her co-dependant?
The mole has Tourettes

yes - Edith Bunker all the way! that's me, and my man is like Archie - he even mimick's Archie doing the loading of the gun to shoot himself in the head and keel over when i start yacky-yacking - funny!

oh, and Clark Griswold is SOOO on the money - another character i'm just like. all that daydreaming and uncoordination...always doing things the hard way because your brain's wiring is so much more complicated than the lucky sob's who didn't get their DNA blueprints smudged by alcohol while they were swimming in their mother's womb!!

ok, sorry, had to vent a bit...

and the "hyper gay guy on will and grace" is Jack. talk about poster child for adhd - he changes his interests and career's every episode!!

wish i could think of one no one else has mentioned....

oh - how about vera from Alice??

I forgot Lilo And Stitch.

How about Ernest P. Worrel? Aside from his movies, remember the commercials he did years back for Gainers suasages, bacon, etc. wher he used to bug the heck out of his "friend" Vern? Hilarious!!!

Ok, I want to add:

Pinky and the Brain
Dr. Emmet "Doc" Brown from Back to the Future (1.21 Gigawatts!? Lol)
Ren and Stimpy
Rocky from Rocky & Bullwinkle
R2D2 (Hmm, robots count, don't they?)
Astro from the Jetsons
Johnny 5 from Short Circuit
Scrappy Doo
Gonzo, Animal, and Fozzee Bear off the Muppets
Sir Elton John ... oh wait, hmm, he's sort of fictional, isn't he? Or is that just me hoping so... lol.

There's a Belgian comic book caracter named "Gaston Lagaffe" (roughly translated "Gaston The Goof) who could be a poster child for ADD. He's an office boy who works in the offices of a kid's magazine called Spirou and he isn't very motivated in his job. One of his responsibilities is to answer reader's letters but he's always days, weeks, months, even years behind in this task. When he isn't sleeping at his desk, he's either inventing all kinds of gadgets and gizmos, trying various recipes (such as his famous "codfish with strawberries" or his "hotdogs with apricot jam"), or blowing up the entire 6th floor with his junior chemistry set. Some of his more original projects:

->Growing mushrooms in the magazine's darkroom.

->Installing a monorail system throughout the office.

->Building a ski ramp over the building's stairs

On two separate occasions he converted his old jalopy of a car to run on coal and then on natural gas! (The natural gas experiment was a disaster: when he started the engine, the gas tanks mounted on the roof of the car took off life missiles and hit the local police station.)

The worst of it is that his boss and co-workers often suffer physical injury as a result of his creativity. The entire comic book series ran from 1958 till the 80s. There used to be a gag a week in the REAL magazine called Spirou. The cartoonist that came up with the caracter of "Gaston Lagaffe" passed away in 1995. He was in his 70s, I think.

I bought the entire about 15 years ago when it was released in a special collector's edition. I must have read and re-read the entire series hundreds of times yet, I still get a kick out of it.

Quicksilver from the X-men Evolution cartoon.

Bill from the "Adventures with Bill" segment of the "Red Green Show". Also, Red's nephew Harold.

Calvin and Hobbes.
Not on tv, but definately.

LoL! This I got to say!

Daffy Duck =)

Daffy Duck quotes:
"WOO HOO! WOO HOO! It's not that I'm crazy, I just don't give a darn! WOO HOO!"
"I really pity this guy, he's just plain nuts!" "Oh yea?" "Yea!" "WOOHOO! WOOHOO!"
"Drrrrrrrrrrrrt! I think I would want some drrrrrrrrt...porky pie.....drrrrrrt!"

Daffy Duck acts of insanity:
Kisses anyone he sees ... yuck ...
Bounces on his head repetitively ad infinitum ...
Propragmatic acts of attention seeking ... (holds up a signboard stating: "Duck Season opens today" in front of Elmer ... lol )
Never stops talking ...

LoL ... reminds me of the good old days of watching the Looney Toon show :)

Coyote fox from looney toons.

He is always careless and forgetful so he never managed to catch the bird.
He is smart, imaginative and have many creative inventions.

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I don't think anyone has mentioned Sherlock Holmes in this thread yet. An absolutely classic fictitious example of ADHD. From his insatiable curiosity -- if I recall correctly, he's first mentioned to Watson (looking for a flatmate) as this odd character beating the corpses :eek: at St. Bart's because he wants to know how long after death a body can be bruised -- to essentially creating his profession, to his wildly varied interests and pursuits (boxing, music, etc. etc.) his social awkwardness outside of his work, his dependance on cocaine for stimulation when not occupied with a case ("Quick, Watson! The needle!"), shooting Queen Victoria's initials into one of the walls of 221B Baker Street with a pistol more or less for the sheer hell of it...

Incidentally, must recommend watching or reading the remarkable pastiche "The Seven Per Cent Solution" if you ever get the opportunity. Holmes meets Sigmund Freud, gets treated for his cocaine addiction, and the two work together on a mystery. Much fun if you don't take it too seriously.

One of my oldest friends recalls to this day that when he first met me in school I was walking down the hall reading a collection of Holmes stories held with one hand, with a biography of Einstein tucked under the other arm. So I gotta represent for the Consulting Detective. ;)