For me, I always felt like Luna Lovegood seemed kind of autistic. She is incredibly observant, has a passion for magical creatures, doesn't care about social norms, she is blunt and doesn't mince her words and she doesn't care what other people think about her. She has a sing song style of speaking and makes too much eye contact. It all makes too much sense.
She's my favourite character! Ok I just googled it, and apparently a lot of autistic people send Evanna Lynch (actor who plays Luna) fan mail. Clearly she resonates a lot with autistic people... so in my mind she's now autistic.
I think most of us can identify themselves better with autism coded characters than with „autistic characters“. I feel like when a non autistic writer has an autistic character in mind they always fall under a one dimensional stereotype that doesn`t really exist in the autism world. While characters that are not written to be autistic are allowed to be complex and multi faceted and beautiful. But that is just what we are too.
Exactlyyyy. When people try to write autistic people, they want to emphasize the autism by pouring every single trait know to man into one, rather by taking into account that they are people too. They never make them autistic and people; they just want to make it “as autistic as they can” which is always a very gigantic, unrelatable stereotype. They do this with a lot of minorities; other disabled people, women, BIPOC, fat people, LGBTQIA+ people. They never want to see them as actual people.
@@bebebebeebeb6094 I think rick and morty are both supposed to be autistic. I know Abed from community definitely is which is good cause I'm autistic and Abed is my favourite charecter
I agree, they are so clinical with designated characters, when in reality, everyone experiences neurodivergence differently. I think that is the hardest truth to accept (at least, for me personally), all these stereotypes (however we’re neurodivergent) were written by judging people who are different, not by their individual souls/beings. We are like an iceberg, with the surface being so small compared to what’s underneath, not a statement of a single social interaction. Stereotypes have broken my heart sometimes and it certainly is a challenge I have to confront even when I’m at home.
@@bennichol1510 Amen, that movie was horrible for any community mentioned. The fact that Sia had her cameo be illegally buying opioids for people in a different country makes me breathe “flames each time I talk”. Sia has EDS, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, (which both my mom&I have). Everyone with chronic pain (like those with EDS) gets constantly criticised by pain clinics (no matter our pristine track record, nor how many pee tests we take and pass) and if we don’t follow everything they say, even if the fault is their’s, they will refuse to fill meds we need to have for any quality of life and even a med that is dangerous to abruptly stop taking. Sia fed into that and did harm to the reputation of anyone in chronic pain by flamboyantly breaking the rules in her own appearance and in HER own movie. I completely agree with you, that film is the worst! ✨Thank you for letting me pour my heart out! I really appreciate that our community exists so we can share what gets under each other’s skin and what can help us best cope🖤✨
One of my favourite autism-coded characters is New Scamander from the Fantastic Beasts series. He shown to be uncomfortable with physical contact, is very empathetic (something autistic people are stereotyped as not being), is socially awkward and has animals as a special interests like I did as a kid. There’s a interview Eddie Redmayne did where he said he suspected New was autistic as well
The thing I find great about Newt is that not only is he knowledgeable about magical creatures, it also feels like a subtle implication that he's smart but not *because* of his other traits, he knows a lot due to what I call the brute force method, aka absorbing so much information and context on a subject that you look like a savant to regular people, I really liked his character even if I'm not particularly jazzed about the writer herself, same goes for Lovegood, she's got a good vibe
I came to the comments to say this exact thing. I absolutely love Newt and the more I learn about myself as a late diagnosed autistic person, the more I see it and the more I love him.
I've said it before and I'll say it again! Paris Geller from Gilmore Girls! No one talks about this but she is 100% autistic coded- she is super intelligent, driven (very all or nothing thinking), thrives off routines, checklists and planning, prepares and scripts for various social interactions and has so many hyper fixations throughout the series but also struggles and learns a lot with friendships and dating. She is one of my favourite characters because in an idealistic world she tells it like it is and I felt I could relate to her a lot.
I think Rory is too. She’s also pretty clueless when it comes to social things, hyperfixates, and is always trying to just be whoever she’s supposed to be instead of who she is.
Chloé promising the day is coming soon where we'll see an actual neurodivergent character done right and played by a neurodivergent actor and then being that actress- she knew exactly what she was saying- thank you thank you thank you so much for Quinni
Yes yes yes! It was so fun seeing her excitement in this video about the future of autistic media representation, knowing that now in 2022, she is that representation ❤️
I’m obsessed with Elsa from frozen. I’ve never met a character I could relate to more. Her lack of control over her powers at the beginning remind me of my seizures and how they separate me from society. But the beautiful part of her powers reminds me of my autism. In the second movie the song show yourself is an autism anthem if I ever did see one. I cried of joy when I saw it the first time. To see a character that has such a tough time just because of the way she is bloom is the most beautiful Disney movie I’ve ever seen. She’s always made me feel less alone. Your videos also make me feel less alone. Autism is truly beautiful.🤍❄️
OMG SAME!!! I didn't get to experience this feeling when I first saw the first movie, due to not being told about my Autism until 2 years later. But when I saw Frozen the Musical a few months ago, I got to experience that feeling of "Oh my gosh, it's me" and at the end, I was close to tears.
I came here to say this, Show Yourself is everything!! ❤️ I know it's paltry but I genuinely don't think I've ever felt as seen as when Elsa is trying to play charades (struggling to jump in with a guess, comes out with something way too long/specific when she does guess, holding the cushion for Safety and Input, does her best to participate but actually just stares off to the side and waves and shrugs a lot, wants to hang out with her fam but Can't Quite with the group activity... yep!!!!). That scene would have been a lifesaver as a kid as a point of reference when trying to justify it to other kids and even adults who though I just needed to 'just go for it' and 'give it a try' when that was me trying 🙄 Loving that 4/5 characters in this video were women too!
Thank you so much for adding Anne! I’m an autistic and ADHD girl and I think it would be an understatement to say I relate to her, Anne is basically me but in fictional form, I even have inside jokes with my friends and family that someone has written me on paper (even before I was diagnosed), Anne is definitely a 100% autistic and ADHD, especially in the new Netflix show Anne with an E (which is one of my favourite shows of all time). Also, when I watched Amelie with my cousin, we were about 13 and I wasn’t diagnosed yet but after the film ended, he asked me “how did you feel watching a film about one of your people?” and for the longest time I wondered what he meant by that, but now I know lol. Representation is so important, I can never stress that enough!! (Sorry if my comment is too long). Also, The Umbrella Academy is currently one of my biggest special interests and Vanya Hargreeves is definitely autistic as well (and Klaus has ADHD)
BRUH NO CAUSE SAME when i first watched the show (Netflix) i was so giddy and excited (around the time I just got diagnosed with adhd) and went to my mom like OMG MOM SHE’S ME SHES FLIPIN ME this girl like obviously has adhd probably inattentive type!
And Five! I think the 3 of them are for sure. I also recognized the autistic kid right away as an adult. Having to drown out noise with tapes 😅. I can relate. I was so angry when they killed him like he’s not even human. That’s how neurotypicals think of us as subhuman. Only the autistic ones (Vanya now Victor) seemed to care.
i love how literally almost every one of my favourite characters has turned out to be autism coded, maybe i should have taken it as a sign way earlier lmao
Lol right??? When I read “A Wrinkle in Time” in grade school, I was like, “I literally AM Meg Murry.” Watched the movie and then reread the book after my diagnosis and… yeah, Meg is DEFINITELY autistic. It kinda fits. 😄
My special interest for a while was reading, and when I came across Anne, she was the only one I could ever relate to. I was so excited to see she did some stuff I do and I even started trying to copy some of her characteristics She also got in trouble for some of her quirks which I could relate to very much!
Michael Scott (The Office). He misses social cues, mimics movies, strong emotions, couldn't speak until he was 5. Bob Belcher (Bob's Burgers) fixates on his burger of the day. Socially awkward, especially when it comes to chatting with customers. Hyper fixates on building models of 90s movies. Talks to his food and gives them voices.
My favorite coded characters are Pearl and Peridot from Steven Universe. I love how you can see both of them as autistic but they show different traits and express things differently, I love it and it’s beautiful
One of my favourite autism coded characters is Lilith Clawthorne from the owl house. She has an obvious special interest in history, she stims quite frequently, she often doenst understand social cues and sometimes says and does things without thinking about how they affect others. Also she dyes and straightens her hair to fit in which is literally masking. She’s pretty much masking the entire of season 1 and only starts unmasking around her sister and around people she trusts. Omg I just love her so much.
@@FutureAuth0r since he was a kid he’s always had an issue making friends but never knew why; he never had friends of his own and had to hang out with Azula’s friends and got bullied by them (a very common thing for ASD kids). He was outcasted by his dad for a reason that his dad never specified cause he was “different” and didn’t think the way he (the dad) and Azula did. He has a very strong sense of justice which is what cause the issue with his dad in the first place. He has obsessive tendencies which can be seen in his desire to capture the avatar and later his desire to help the avatar. During a lot of light hearted scenes, it’s seen he’s very socially awkward and also has issues with social cues and how to read situations/respond to them. His voice is also a bit monotone (but that one’s just a stretch).
You should have seen me when you said Anne! I literally jumped up and said “AHHHH” but happy. Anne is my favourite character EVER and now I’m so happy. I had a solid 2 years of loving the first Anne book so much. I remember emanating her. I guess it makes since that she is autistic, she always wants friends, but has so much trouble. She is very loyal to Dianna and is a great friend. When someone gets mad at her or annoys her she seems to over react, however her tolerance is already so high it’s almost impossible to stop bubbling up; like with Gilbert and the slate.
Great video my friend. Another charecter whose Autistic is the Blue Power Ranger Billy Cranston. As a Man of color on the spectrum, we are unrepresented in the autism community, and it was very cool to see a black autistic male in the movie. In the beginning of the film, some guy bullied him and called him a weird freak, and i can relate 100% to that scene, because I was bullied too and called weird, odd, strange, and a freak, and couldn't stand up for myself, but someone stood up for him. He also had autistic quirks such as stuttering, trying to be sociable with Jason, and going off tangents.
This makes me want to check it out. Just a PR movie or a series? Also I am sorry you have to deal with double marginalization of being autistic and a person of color. It's messed up.
Seeing your excitement about Sherlock reminds me of how much I used to love it, it was one of my biggest special interests for many years, I didn't love series 4 but your excitement is making me wanna go back and watch at least the first three again :))
Ahh I get so excited when I find characters who represent neurodivergency so well even if it’s not canonically confirmed. I 100% see Kageyama, Kenma, and Ushijima from Haikyuu!! as autistic. They’re all their own unique characters but have a lot of traits I relate to. I’m sure Hinata and maybe Kenma have ADHD as well. I think Will Byers from Stranger Things also seems autistic coded and he was one of the first characters from a show that I obsessed over and deeply related with.
I read the Geek Girl books as a child, before I was diagnosed. The author, Holly Smale, is autistic, and wrote them before she was diagnosed. She has confirmed that the main character, Harriet Manners, is on the spectrum.
I love it so much that you talk about sherlock in this video. It's actually the biggest hyperfixtation I have (I actually watched the show like 30 times, I wish this was a joke, but it isn't). I always thought he was autistic coded, they even mention it in season two, even though they used the term 'Asperger's, but it is something. I'm very happy that you included him on the list!
Tony Stark as well! He hyper fixates on things he loves/enjoys like science and coding, is extremely protective of JARVIS, and has difficulty with social cues!
A BIG one for me personally is Data from Star Trek Next Generation. I used to watch reruns of that show with my family as a kid, and I barely remembered anything from the show other than how much I INSTANTLY imprinted on Data and loved his character more than any of the other characters, and I was never really sure why that was until I just recently sat down to watch the series as an adult, and within the span of the first episode I was like "OOOHHH, oh okay yeah I get it now," because of just how HEAVILY autistic-coded he was. I literally cannot imagine a neurotypical reading of his character. One of the biggest things to me is how throughout the series it's repeatedly stated by both other characters and himself that he "doesn't experience human emotions," yet not only is it shown time and time again that Data definitely *does* experience emotions, just not in the same way as the average neurotypical human, but also the very fact that Data desperately *wants* to understand and "correctly" express human emotions shows at least some level of emotion inherent, and it's also an incredibly relatable experience as an autistic person who wishes they could understand how to navigate a neurotypical world.
Some characters that I personally see as Autistic coded are: Klaus Hargreeves from "The Umbrella Academy" Michael Scofield from "Prison Break" (his actor is Autistic) And Tech from "The Bad Batch". They're all characters that I see so much of myself in, and they all bring me so much joy whenever I see them on screen.
I love videos like this. I don’t know a lot of these characters, but I’ve been thinking of making my own list of some I do know (mostly from anime since I’m a giant weeb, and I feel like a lot of anime tend to have pretty out there characters that are seen as weird in universe but would come across as autistic in real life)
I think a pt 2 of this that includes like several of the characters from the Harry Potter universe would be great, for example Luna Lovegood, Newt Scamander, Hermione Granger (some may disagree but I identify with her a lot), basically any of the Weasley family and also perhaps an anime character, like one of the characters from Carole and Tuesday or Violet Evergarden :D
I'm not very deep into the lore and have never gotten past the first book, but I think there's a fairly good argument to be made that the entire population of Hogwarts is autistic by the very structure of the story. "I finally figured out why I don't fit in anywhere, it's because I'm auti^H^H^H^H a wizard, and my owl just arrived with my letter".
I definitely think that the whole Pines family from gravity falls are autistic. Also L from death note and Newt Scamander from fantastic beasts. ✨💕 But I think my favorites would be Sherlock, Mabel Pines and Beth Harmon 😄
One of my favourite characters that I am almost certain is autistic is Kate Weatherall from The Mysterious Benedict Society! She is “quirky” and loud in her opinions, and goes about things differently to everyone else. The other characters even say that she views the world differently. She carries around a bucket which she never parts with unless it is absolutely necessary and is super protective of, and even gets upset when people criticise it - perhaps she personifies it (a common autistic trait!). She also has very little facial expression change when she is speaking, which I’m not sure could be intentional, or even the actor Emmy DeOliviera could be autistic too! Kate is one of my favourite characters, and this show is soooo good!
Honestly I think all of the kids are autistic in very different ways. And quite possibly there are more characters who are autistic than aren't. Sticky has his incredible memory, Rainie thinks about things in very uncommon ways, and Constance is also very blunt and says things that others think is rude all the time and she also has super sensitive hearing. I feel like I would also consider Number 2 to be autistic as well, it just not as obvious because she's not the main focus of the story.
@@awsomazingllama very true! Agreed! Also in the books Constance is meant to be literally two years old HAHA - something is off there if she can have that level of knowledge and sarcasm lol
Omg when I was younger I loved venelopy. I always related to her and it makes sense now! Same with Anne! This makes so much sense. 8 year old me turned to fiction because fictional characters related to her
Honestly, I think you may be at a slight advantage getting involved with the BBC Sherlock series after the show has ended. I was part of the fandom when it was trending (I joined it after season 2 was over), and that meant having to wait 2 (sometimes 3) years before a new series/season premiered and you had to satisfy your imagination with fan fiction in the mean time.
I feel like this needs to be a series, and I'd like to nominate Lilo (Lilo and Stitch), Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls), Webby Vanderquack (Duck Tales), and Dr. Temperance Brennan (Bones) for the next episode
🕸Peter! Parker!🕸 My number 1 comfort character and a huge part of my marvel special interest 💕 (specifically the mcu version but a lot of versions of him have bits that I cling to) (And Tony Stark as well) And Lilo from Lilo and Stitch. I love her so much
I'm not sure of the degree to which the characters themselves come across as autistic (too long since I've seen the movie), but the general character arcs and plot for Shrek and Fiona really fit well for a parable about male and female masking patterns in an autistic romance. (Self isolation vs. trying desperately to become human/normal).
Not a fan of Cumberbatch. But Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes is definitely my favorite neurodivergent character. I knew long before I learned about Brett's diagnosis and the tragedy of him becoming trapped in his Sherlock character.
I think that autism coded characters are more relatable to me because I don't go out into the world announcing I am autistic. I just am and these characters find acceptance just being who they are. That's what we need. I shouldn't have to defend my stimming or explain that everyone stimms it's just not called stimming when they do it.
Speaking of autistic characters, I recently finished watching 'Young Royals' on Netflix and there's an autistic and adhd character called Sara in the show. Would love to hear your thoughts on her character
Everytime I watch one of your videos I get confused and start thinking I might be autistic again. I relate with all of the characters you mentioned, and have always sought peaceful environments where I can stimulate my senses within my control. Growing up was extremely difficult, as I am trans and moved from a different country, and had much difficulty with my peers. I get by nowadays, but I have had to adjust much in my life to fit my needs. Getting a diagnosis, however, has always been too far out of reach for me. Heh, it's frustrating but intriguing at the same time. So many identity crises.
I'm tired so this isn't going to come out right....It took me years to get my autistic diagnosis, it sucks that sometimes you have to prioritize mission critical aspects of yourself just to get by. When people aren't compartmentalized like that. It's a society problem.
I think the characters Detective William Murdoch and Detective Llewelyn Watts from the show Murdoch Mysteries are two different examples of Autistic men. Murdoch is very structured with his appearance, the way things should be arranged and has issues with social cues, can’t ignore or let go of pursuit of the truth and obsessive interests (inventing). Watts is quite opposite in his clothes don’t match, extremely disorganized, has issues with social cues, doesn’t understand personal space and sees the word differently. And they are both really good detectives because of those things!
And speaking of Anne of Green Gables in this video at 8:34, the actress who played Anne Shirley in that adaptation, Megan Follows, later portrayed an autistic woman in the 1995 made-for-TV movie Under The Piano, which was also produced by Sullivan Entertainment.
I recommend the movie Unicorn Store on Netflix! I just watched it for the first time a few days ago, and I am very confident that Kit is an autism coded character.
I started thinking that Hiro Hamada from Big Hero 6 is autistic. His special interests were botfighting and science Stims could be when he runs his hand through his hair (which he does in the movie alot) And his awkwardness around people. Idk. I just saw myself in Hiro.
Love this :3 I don't even know all of thise movies :o unfortunately, I can't piece together from what movies/series some of the characters come. Could you add that to the description or something? Would love to watch more beautiful movies, you got me really excited :3
Beth Harmon is from The Queen’s Gambit, Vanallope Von Sweets is from Wreak-It Ralph (she’s also in the sequel, Ralph Breaks the Internet), Sherlock Holmes (the version in this video) is from BBS’s Sherlock, I don’t know what Amalie is from, I don’t know what Anne is from either but based on another comment I think it’s Anne of Green Gables. I hope this helps! I also want to know what film Amalie is from, it sounds interesting from Chloe’s description so if anyone knows please tell me!
@@MemyselfandIliketobealone Anne Shirley is from Anne of Green Gables, which is a book series that’s turned into movies, and she’s also in Road to Avonlea, which is a show series. Anne of Green Gables was written in 1907, if that gives u an idea of when it’s set. The books, movies and show series are all rlly good :)
Dr. Doofenschmirtz from Phineas and Ferb. Almost every character on that show reads as autistic, but with Doof it feels almost intentional. He has a very strict routine. He intentionally sets up his schemes to fail because him losing to Perry is part of his routine. Building gadgets is his primary special interest, and he uses it to work thru his childhood trauma.
6:58 I literally shouted out loud “FINALLY someone says Amélie!!!” I first watched Amélie a few years ago just before I got my autism diagnosis and even though I’m not a woman I’ve never felt more seen by a neurodivergent character until I saw you on Heartbreak High!
I remember, I watched Anne Of Green Gables with my mother when I was twelve, and I remember the scene where she found the dead mouse in what I think was custard powder and she felt sad about it. And I remember when her teacher, Miss Stacey, was going to put a teaspoon full of the dessert into her mouth and Anne, unable to stay silent, called out, "Don't eat it, Miss Stacey!" I agree with you about Sherlock Holmes, too. Looking back on my school years, when we had to do creative writing, I found it easier to start with facts and make a story, than to be completely imaginative. I remember once, when I was in a writers' group, we had to write on the topic, "The Headline/Banner Shouted," and I wrote about a socially awkward teenage boy, who went to his school formal and one of the popular girls wanted to dance with her. He thought she just wanted to laugh at him, but what was happening was, the girl had been out with some other guys, and they were superficial and wanted just one thing. She felt safe with the awkward guy. Then, after a year, the socially awkward guy was doing his Christmas shopping and he found the girl was working in a record store (I set it in 1975) and she slipped him her phone number. He happened to meet her some months later, and she'd broken up with a guy but had two tickets to the ABBA Concert, and he went with her. It was based around the newspaper saying, "They're Here!" I found it easier to create characters of autistic people like myself.
I recently started watching season 3 of Glow Up on netflix, and was really surprised to find in it the best autistic representation I've ever seen on a television show. It's really nice seeing two of the contestants talk about their autism in their own ways, and it also not being made a big deal of or treated as their defining quality. I didn't know how much this kind of representation meant until I saw it.
I just started the video but i watching criminal minds a bunch today and i feel spencer reid is definitely autistic the special interests, he's very very smart, knows a bunch of statistics and trivia even in childhood, idk if i'm making sense, just when i see that man i see similarities in myself with his mannerisms and everything😭
I know it can be touchy to label a villain with nerodivergency or a disorder, but especially in Falcon and the Winter Soldier, I kept seeing Baron Zemo as being on the autistic spectrum. He fixated on an idea (superhumans) and spent as much time as he could researching and acting on said fixation. Sure the fixation was born from hate and not a positive interest, it’s still a fixation. What really stood out to me about him, though, was when I realized he’s good at reading people, bad at reading the room. He can see patterns in the behaviors of others, and use them to his advantage. But actually socializing? Completely awkward. Before my autism was diagnosed, I turned to studying psychology to try to understand other people more, and maybe figure out why I always felt like there was something I was missing socially. It was easy to see Zemo as the result of an undiagnosed autistic leaning into psychology to try to fill in the gaps in social skill.
I used to love the show Twin Peaks from the early 90s. My favorite character was Dale Cooper. All these years later, I have seen speculation that he was autistic, and it all kind of makes sense now that he was autism coded.
My list is a little obscure for the most part but these are mine. Freddi from the mid-2000s cartoon Time Warp Trio Cristina Yang from Grey’s Anatomy Amelia Bedelia from the children’s books Ryan Kilpatrick from the computer game Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device. Bones, from the television show with the same name.
I only super recently found out I’m autistic and ADHD but finding that out has been the best & biggest epiphany i’ve ever had, and seeing you in Heartbreak High was truly eyeopening and inspiring! It’s the most I ever saw myself in a character on screen, I bawled my eyes out because I felt so seen! Thank you so much for being unapologetically you! ❤ I’m your new biggest fan, I look up to you in so many ways! 🌿🌟
agree with the ones i've seen, i would add Elsa from Frozen, Lisa Simpson, Kyle from All the small things, a British Tv series from 2009 which was called Heart and Soul in Australia according to Wikipedia
I really loved the charaters in everythings gonna be okay and the Mitchell's vs the machines My ABSOLUTE favortie movie is a wrinkle in time- I haven't watched it since I discovered my ND myself, but i wonder if she could possibly be nd too?
I watched the long TV movie a few months ago and then reread the book, and Meg and Charles Wallace are both ABSOLUTELY autistic. I identified with Meg so hard in grade school, and it’s only now that I understand why.
Over the years various comic writers used several recurring characteristics when writing Poison Ivy of all villains wich lead a bunch of fans to believe that she's autism coded. When given the chance she prefers to stay by herself, her special interest since childhood are plants and botany, she can't stand it when someone is invading her space but has no issue invading others (that's usually a characteristic found in many autistic children) and she frequently starts rambling about chemistry and plants. It's clearly unintentional but it's there.
I strongly believe Raven Baxter from That’s So Raven and Raven’s Home is autistic. She takes things very literal (such as in Vision Impossible when she freaks out when Dr. Sleevemore jokes with her twice), she sees a pediatric dentist as a high schooler and still is very afraid to the point where she freaks out when the dentist tells her she has a cavity and she locks the dentist out of his office and poses as a dentist to try to escape, she’s very clumsy, and her special interest is fashion design. It is also the focus of the episode Juicier Consequences where her friends and family consider her self-centered. She has a savant like gift of being psychic and having visions, and she has a severe comorbid allergy to mushrooms.
Regarding Sherlock, definitely give "Elementary" a try. I found Jonny Lee Miller's performance and show writing a much better example of autistic coded Sherlock that the one with Benedict Cumberbatch.
I love at the end of the first wreck it ralph movie venelope just straight up tells the other racers that they are gonna be exicutedXD. Then wait's for a few seconds and says na im joking you guys are alright:p. Also yes we need more of this:D.
my favorite coded characters are the core six from miraculous ladybug! leaving aside the fact the show is a BIG spin of mine literally anyone in the core six can be autistic if you think enough about it like marinette canonically misses cues (a lot lmao), could be read as dyspraxic too, and her spins would be fashion and Adrien! the way she behaves towards the boys she likes is something I've seen happens in multiple autistic women including myself for some reason too; theres also the hyperfocus on anything she starts especially if it relates to her spins. theres also the fact that she canonically scripts conversations and often relies on alya for that. plus, I also see her as having ADHD so there is even more stuff that overlaps. for adrien I mean, feather boy canonically has little to no knowledge of social cues, has the extreme sense of justice, and the way his father repeats at least once a season the whole "you're not like other kids" argument well, it speaks for itself. plus it's canon he experiences hypersensitivity when having the suit on. then, we have alya, there isnt a lot to say about traits she displays? but she tends to miss cues too, doesnt know when pushing can be too much and her spin is very blatantly superheroes to the point of risking her wellbeing for the sake of getting material for her blog same thing as with alya, the lack of screen time limits what can be said about nino?? but if you reach a bit the fact he always has headphones on him and the way he can get carried away by an idea and doesnt stop until finding stuff to back it up with could also say something. theres luka too, canonically semi verbal although not explicitly stated (well they say he prefers music to words as he believes words to not be able to express what he feels to a full extent) and has a deeeep spin in music; he's also shown to be hypempathetic thenn, last but certainly not least, we move on to the most BLATANTLY coded one: my girl kagami I mean, the entirety of her interaction with mari in Ikari Gozen was autistic af. used an app with tips to make friends, scripted the entire thing and even is shown to struggle with facial expressions. that, summed up to he bluntness, missing cues and having a hard time while reading feelings, low tolerance to frustration, setting on an objective and even getting akumatized when the way didnt go as she planned, idk, that seems pretty coded. oh, and I'd say she has spins on fencing/kendo and drawing!
Chloe from Don’t trust the b… in apartment 23, got to episode 6 and I was like giving me autistic vibes (her random knowledge or remembering something later than she needed to). She’s meant to be really cool and a party animal but she only only has 1 friend and a roommate that she’s getting used to. Also Daria (the mtv cartoon)
It gets really frustrating when people can’t differentiate autism traits and trauma. Cause I have a bunch of characters that are very heavily autistic coded that people undermine cause they went through unrelated trauma. People can’t even differentiate asocial behavior and a social deficit. Like a character from MHA; Todoroki, is very clearly autistic coded, his trauma aside, there’s just way too many indicators.
Yes, Luz has ADHD and Eda’s curse is meant to represent mental disorder/illness (or other forms of illness) and her struggles with the curse remind me of my struggles with the autism/adhd mix. There’s also more characters who could be neurodiverse :)
OMG YES. Luz has adhd (and I kin her so makes sense), amity I feel like could be autistic- but her traits could be because she was brought up to think that love and support was conditional and earned. I also think Willow could be autistic.
I find it both frustrating and hilarious how allistic Sherlock Holmes fans of any kind (I personally am a fan of the original novels & Granada TV adaptation) will stomp their feet and insist Sherlock CANNOT be autistic, but ive never met a single autistic Sherlock fan who didnt see a billion signs of autism in Sherlock. 😂 To me, it's blatantly obvious to the point that i cannot help but wonder if ACD got inspiration for Sherlock by an undiagnosed autistic gentleman in his life. It's accurate down to precise details that medical professionals didn't recognize or understand at the time. He's my *favorite* autustic character even though he's a savant.
I also feel like the guy with scarification patterns on his skin from guardians of the galaxy and the mantis lady are coded as neurodivergent but I might just be reaching.
Luz from The Owl House isn't exactly autistic, but more leaning towards ADHD. Dana Terrace (the creator) said something like this in an interview, "Luz is definitely neurodivergent." And it shows in the show as well
For me, I always felt like Luna Lovegood seemed kind of autistic. She is incredibly observant, has a passion for magical creatures, doesn't care about social norms, she is blunt and doesn't mince her words and she doesn't care what other people think about her. She has a sing song style of speaking and makes too much eye contact.
It all makes too much sense.
100%
(and also my favorite Harry Potter character)
@@littlebigme2669 she’s my favorite Harry Potter character too!
She's my favourite character! Ok I just googled it, and apparently a lot of autistic people send Evanna Lynch (actor who plays Luna) fan mail. Clearly she resonates a lot with autistic people... so in my mind she's now autistic.
I think most of us can identify themselves better with autism coded characters than with „autistic characters“. I feel like when a non autistic writer has an autistic character in mind they always fall under a one dimensional stereotype that doesn`t really exist in the autism world. While characters that are not written to be autistic are allowed to be complex and multi faceted and beautiful. But that is just what we are too.
Exactlyyyy. When people try to write autistic people, they want to emphasize the autism by pouring every single trait know to man into one, rather by taking into account that they are people too. They never make them autistic and people; they just want to make it “as autistic as they can” which is always a very gigantic, unrelatable stereotype. They do this with a lot of minorities; other disabled people, women, BIPOC, fat people, LGBTQIA+ people. They never want to see them as actual people.
@@bebebebeebeb6094 I think rick and morty are both supposed to be autistic. I know Abed from community definitely is which is good cause I'm autistic and Abed is my favourite charecter
I agree, they are so clinical with designated characters, when in reality, everyone experiences neurodivergence differently. I think that is the hardest truth to accept (at least, for me personally), all these stereotypes (however we’re neurodivergent) were written by judging people who are different, not by their individual souls/beings. We are like an iceberg, with the surface being so small compared to what’s underneath, not a statement of a single social interaction. Stereotypes have broken my heart sometimes and it certainly is a challenge I have to confront even when I’m at home.
@@emmalinejett3620 Music that sia movie is a nightmare to behold on that front
@@bennichol1510 Amen, that movie was horrible for any community mentioned. The fact that Sia had her cameo be illegally buying opioids for people in a different country makes me breathe “flames each time I talk”. Sia has EDS, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, (which both my mom&I have). Everyone with chronic pain (like those with EDS) gets constantly criticised by pain clinics (no matter our pristine track record, nor how many pee tests we take and pass) and if we don’t follow everything they say, even if the fault is their’s, they will refuse to fill meds we need to have for any quality of life and even a med that is dangerous to abruptly stop taking. Sia fed into that and did harm to the reputation of anyone in chronic pain by flamboyantly breaking the rules in her own appearance and in HER own movie. I completely agree with you, that film is the worst! ✨Thank you for letting me pour my heart out! I really appreciate that our community exists so we can share what gets under each other’s skin and what can help us best cope🖤✨
One of my favourite autism-coded characters is New Scamander from the Fantastic Beasts series. He shown to be uncomfortable with physical contact, is very empathetic (something autistic people are stereotyped as not being), is socially awkward and has animals as a special interests like I did as a kid. There’s a interview Eddie Redmayne did where he said he suspected New was autistic as well
YES and the way Newt canonically stims is SO dear to me-
The thing I find great about Newt is that not only is he knowledgeable about magical creatures, it also feels like a subtle implication that he's smart but not *because* of his other traits, he knows a lot due to what I call the brute force method, aka absorbing so much information and context on a subject that you look like a savant to regular people, I really liked his character even if I'm not particularly jazzed about the writer herself, same goes for Lovegood, she's got a good vibe
I came to the comments to say this exact thing. I absolutely love Newt and the more I learn about myself as a late diagnosed autistic person, the more I see it and the more I love him.
LITERALLY DYING Chloé is wearing the flower crown I made her again 🥺🌻 day made 💛
Do you have a shop or anything for them? I love it and would die for one! 🌻💛🧡
its so pretty! you should make an online shop (if you dont have one already)
@@sketchs_art_corner thank you 🥺🥺🥺 I don’t have a shop specifically for flower crowns but maybe I’ll add some to my other shop!
It's pretty. Nice job!
It’s so gorgeous! I want one! Tell me how to find 😂
I LOVE SHERLOCK ITS MY FAVORITE SPECIAL INTEREST AHHHH AND THE QUEENS GAMBIT WAS A MAJOR HYPERFIXATION OMGGG
AND WRECK IT RALPH OH MY GOD I WASNT READY
i have read every book twice
YES YES YES TO BOTH
I've said it before and I'll say it again! Paris Geller from Gilmore Girls! No one talks about this but she is 100% autistic coded- she is super intelligent, driven (very all or nothing thinking), thrives off routines, checklists and planning, prepares and scripts for various social interactions and has so many hyper fixations throughout the series but also struggles and learns a lot with friendships and dating. She is one of my favourite characters because in an idealistic world she tells it like it is and I felt I could relate to her a lot.
Yessssss
I think Rory is too. She’s also pretty clueless when it comes to social things, hyperfixates, and is always trying to just be whoever she’s supposed to be instead of who she is.
Chloé promising the day is coming soon where we'll see an actual neurodivergent character done right and played by a neurodivergent actor and then being that actress- she knew exactly what she was saying- thank you thank you thank you so much for Quinni
Yes yes yes! It was so fun seeing her excitement in this video about the future of autistic media representation, knowing that now in 2022, she is that representation ❤️
I’m obsessed with Elsa from frozen. I’ve never met a character I could relate to more. Her lack of control over her powers at the beginning remind me of my seizures and how they separate me from society. But the beautiful part of her powers reminds me of my autism. In the second movie the song show yourself is an autism anthem if I ever did see one. I cried of joy when I saw it the first time. To see a character that has such a tough time just because of the way she is bloom is the most beautiful Disney movie I’ve ever seen. She’s always made me feel less alone. Your videos also make me feel less alone. Autism is truly beautiful.🤍❄️
I was also thinking about Elsa. Like literally first thought
OMG SAME!!! I didn't get to experience this feeling when I first saw the first movie, due to not being told about my Autism until 2 years later. But when I saw Frozen the Musical a few months ago, I got to experience that feeling of "Oh my gosh, it's me" and at the end, I was close to tears.
I came here to say this, Show Yourself is everything!! ❤️
I know it's paltry but I genuinely don't think I've ever felt as seen as when Elsa is trying to play charades (struggling to jump in with a guess, comes out with something way too long/specific when she does guess, holding the cushion for Safety and Input, does her best to participate but actually just stares off to the side and waves and shrugs a lot, wants to hang out with her fam but Can't Quite with the group activity... yep!!!!).
That scene would have been a lifesaver as a kid as a point of reference when trying to justify it to other kids and even adults who though I just needed to 'just go for it' and 'give it a try' when that was me trying 🙄
Loving that 4/5 characters in this video were women too!
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know.
Thank you so much for adding Anne! I’m an autistic and ADHD girl and I think it would be an understatement to say I relate to her, Anne is basically me but in fictional form, I even have inside jokes with my friends and family that someone has written me on paper (even before I was diagnosed), Anne is definitely a 100% autistic and ADHD, especially in the new Netflix show Anne with an E (which is one of my favourite shows of all time). Also, when I watched Amelie with my cousin, we were about 13 and I wasn’t diagnosed yet but after the film ended, he asked me “how did you feel watching a film about one of your people?” and for the longest time I wondered what he meant by that, but now I know lol. Representation is so important, I can never stress that enough!! (Sorry if my comment is too long). Also, The Umbrella Academy is currently one of my biggest special interests and Vanya Hargreeves is definitely autistic as well (and Klaus has ADHD)
BRUH NO CAUSE SAME
when i first watched the show (Netflix) i was so giddy and excited (around the time I just got diagnosed with adhd) and went to my mom like OMG MOM SHE’S ME SHES FLIPIN ME this girl like obviously has adhd probably inattentive type!
And Five! I think the 3 of them are for sure. I also recognized the autistic kid right away as an adult. Having to drown out noise with tapes 😅. I can relate. I was so angry when they killed him like he’s not even human. That’s how neurotypicals think of us as subhuman. Only the autistic ones (Vanya now Victor) seemed to care.
I love that show
i love how literally almost every one of my favourite characters has turned out to be autism coded, maybe i should have taken it as a sign way earlier lmao
for me elon musk was always a person i really adored and than he outed himself lol
Lol right??? When I read “A Wrinkle in Time” in grade school, I was like, “I literally AM Meg Murry.” Watched the movie and then reread the book after my diagnosis and… yeah, Meg is DEFINITELY autistic. It kinda fits. 😄
Same... I'm starting to wonder if I should take it as a sign lol.
My special interest for a while was reading, and when I came across Anne, she was the only one I could ever relate to. I was so excited to see she did some stuff I do and I even started trying to copy some of her characteristics
She also got in trouble for some of her quirks which I could relate to very much!
Anne is a blessing
There should be a cleaning brand Neuro-Detergent
i like that OMG IT HAS FABRIC SOFTENER IN THE DETERGENT that is THE selling point plus pun yee yee
@@Bella-wz9xw OMG YESSS
YOU'RE A GENIUS
@@alex.adamski 😂😂
Michael Scott (The Office). He misses social cues, mimics movies, strong emotions, couldn't speak until he was 5.
Bob Belcher (Bob's Burgers) fixates on his burger of the day. Socially awkward, especially when it comes to chatting with customers. Hyper fixates on building models of 90s movies. Talks to his food and gives them voices.
Tina and her younger sister from Bob's burgers are definitely autism coded!
Wow, does that character build models of just a scene in the 90s movies?
@@powderandpaint14 I can really see that and I absolutely love that show
@@powderandpaint14 u forget jeen. I wonder if Linda is as well. That would be cool. This comming from an autistic boy
I kind of see where you're going with Michael, but he strikes me as annoyingly neurotypical.
My favorite coded characters are Pearl and Peridot from Steven Universe. I love how you can see both of them as autistic but they show different traits and express things differently, I love it and it’s beautiful
One of my favourite autism coded characters is Lilith Clawthorne from the owl house. She has an obvious special interest in history, she stims quite frequently, she often doenst understand social cues and sometimes says and does things without thinking about how they affect others. Also she dyes and straightens her hair to fit in which is literally masking. She’s pretty much masking the entire of season 1 and only starts unmasking around her sister and around people she trusts. Omg I just love her so much.
My autistic-coded icon is Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender. ALL HAIL THE MELON LORD!!!!!!
I think Zuko too.
🤣🤣🤣
@@bebebebeebeb6094 🤔 care to explain? I legit want to hear more.
@@FutureAuth0r since he was a kid he’s always had an issue making friends but never knew why; he never had friends of his own and had to hang out with Azula’s friends and got bullied by them (a very common thing for ASD kids). He was outcasted by his dad for a reason that his dad never specified cause he was “different” and didn’t think the way he (the dad) and Azula did. He has a very strong sense of justice which is what cause the issue with his dad in the first place. He has obsessive tendencies which can be seen in his desire to capture the avatar and later his desire to help the avatar. During a lot of light hearted scenes, it’s seen he’s very socially awkward and also has issues with social cues and how to read situations/respond to them. His voice is also a bit monotone (but that one’s just a stretch).
@@bebebebeebeb6094 Seriously? That’s so cool! I didn’t pick that up. Awesome.
You should have seen me when you said Anne! I literally jumped up and said “AHHHH” but happy. Anne is my favourite character EVER and now I’m so happy. I had a solid 2 years of loving the first Anne book so much. I remember emanating her. I guess it makes since that she is autistic, she always wants friends, but has so much trouble. She is very loyal to Dianna and is a great friend. When someone gets mad at her or annoys her she seems to over react, however her tolerance is already so high it’s almost impossible to stop bubbling up; like with Gilbert and the slate.
Great video my friend. Another charecter whose Autistic is the Blue Power Ranger Billy Cranston. As a Man of color on the spectrum, we are unrepresented in the autism community, and it was very cool to see a black autistic male in the movie. In the beginning of the film, some guy bullied him and called him a weird freak, and i can relate 100% to that scene, because I was bullied too and called weird, odd, strange, and a freak, and couldn't stand up for myself, but someone stood up for him. He also had autistic quirks such as stuttering, trying to be sociable with Jason, and going off tangents.
This makes me want to check it out. Just a PR movie or a series? Also I am sorry you have to deal with double marginalization of being autistic and a person of color. It's messed up.
@@grayrachelle Power Rangers movie, the 2017 remake. Thank you!
@@NFSMAN50 thanks for the speedy reply
Seeing your excitement about Sherlock reminds me of how much I used to love it, it was one of my biggest special interests for many years, I didn't love series 4 but your excitement is making me wanna go back and watch at least the first three again :))
Oh watching this video after Heartbreak Hight is really something 🎉
YES! Sherlock Holmes is one of my lifelong special interests I love the character and universe so much! It’s my comfort universe!
Ahh I get so excited when I find characters who represent neurodivergency so well even if it’s not canonically confirmed. I 100% see Kageyama, Kenma, and Ushijima from Haikyuu!! as autistic. They’re all their own unique characters but have a lot of traits I relate to. I’m sure Hinata and maybe Kenma have ADHD as well. I think Will Byers from Stranger Things also seems autistic coded and he was one of the first characters from a show that I obsessed over and deeply related with.
I read the Geek Girl books as a child, before I was diagnosed. The author, Holly Smale, is autistic, and wrote them before she was diagnosed. She has confirmed that the main character, Harriet Manners, is on the spectrum.
I love it so much that you talk about sherlock in this video. It's actually the biggest hyperfixtation I have (I actually watched the show like 30 times, I wish this was a joke, but it isn't). I always thought he was autistic coded, they even mention it in season two, even though they used the term 'Asperger's, but it is something. I'm very happy that you included him on the list!
I love Beth Harmon and Anne Shirley, particularly the Anne with an E portrayal warms my heart and feels like home
Another of my favorites from books is Lizbeth Salander.
Tony Stark as well! He hyper fixates on things he loves/enjoys like science and coding, is extremely protective of JARVIS, and has difficulty with social cues!
I personally head cannon him as adhd. Partly due to his struggle with substance.
"Does not play well with others"
A BIG one for me personally is Data from Star Trek Next Generation. I used to watch reruns of that show with my family as a kid, and I barely remembered anything from the show other than how much I INSTANTLY imprinted on Data and loved his character more than any of the other characters, and I was never really sure why that was until I just recently sat down to watch the series as an adult, and within the span of the first episode I was like "OOOHHH, oh okay yeah I get it now," because of just how HEAVILY autistic-coded he was. I literally cannot imagine a neurotypical reading of his character. One of the biggest things to me is how throughout the series it's repeatedly stated by both other characters and himself that he "doesn't experience human emotions," yet not only is it shown time and time again that Data definitely *does* experience emotions, just not in the same way as the average neurotypical human, but also the very fact that Data desperately *wants* to understand and "correctly" express human emotions shows at least some level of emotion inherent, and it's also an incredibly relatable experience as an autistic person who wishes they could understand how to navigate a neurotypical world.
I had the exact same experience!! Data has always been such a relatable character especially in the way he deals with new situation!
Hi Chloe’! Could you make a video about how Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter is so much like us? It would mean the world to me!! Luv ya. 😊♥️
Autistic characters
Entrapta (She-Ra)
Peridot (Steven Universe)!
Abed (Community)
My favorite of all the Characters are Anne of Green Gables:)!!
Some characters that I personally see as Autistic coded are:
Klaus Hargreeves from "The Umbrella Academy"
Michael Scofield from "Prison Break" (his actor is Autistic)
And Tech from "The Bad Batch".
They're all characters that I see so much of myself in, and they all bring me so much joy whenever I see them on screen.
Also Five from “The Umbrella Academy”
My two favorite autistic coded characters are Spencer Reid from Criminal minds and Abed from the community!!!
I love videos like this. I don’t know a lot of these characters, but I’ve been thinking of making my own list of some I do know (mostly from anime since I’m a giant weeb, and I feel like a lot of anime tend to have pretty out there characters that are seen as weird in universe but would come across as autistic in real life)
I think a pt 2 of this that includes like several of the characters from the Harry Potter universe would be great, for example Luna Lovegood, Newt Scamander, Hermione Granger (some may disagree but I identify with her a lot), basically any of the Weasley family and also perhaps an anime character, like one of the characters from Carole and Tuesday or Violet Evergarden :D
I'm not very deep into the lore and have never gotten past the first book, but I think there's a fairly good argument to be made that the entire population of Hogwarts is autistic by the very structure of the story.
"I finally figured out why I don't fit in anywhere, it's because I'm auti^H^H^H^H a wizard, and my owl just arrived with my letter".
I love Sherlock too!
I definitely think that the whole Pines family from gravity falls are autistic. Also L from death note and Newt Scamander from fantastic beasts. ✨💕 But I think my favorites would be Sherlock, Mabel Pines and Beth Harmon 😄
Also, one of my favourites: Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds) 🤍 I love him so much.
Misty Day from AHS Coven and Luz Noceda from TOH are my favorite examples of autistic coded girls.
One of my favourite characters that I am almost certain is autistic is Kate Weatherall from The Mysterious Benedict Society! She is “quirky” and loud in her opinions, and goes about things differently to everyone else. The other characters even say that she views the world differently. She carries around a bucket which she never parts with unless it is absolutely necessary and is super protective of, and even gets upset when people criticise it - perhaps she personifies it (a common autistic trait!). She also has very little facial expression change when she is speaking, which I’m not sure could be intentional, or even the actor Emmy DeOliviera could be autistic too! Kate is one of my favourite characters, and this show is soooo good!
Yes! I read the books when I was like 8, and I related to get a lot. I feel like all the main kids are ND/gifted. But I agree With this.
Honestly I think all of the kids are autistic in very different ways. And quite possibly there are more characters who are autistic than aren't. Sticky has his incredible memory, Rainie thinks about things in very uncommon ways, and Constance is also very blunt and says things that others think is rude all the time and she also has super sensitive hearing. I feel like I would also consider Number 2 to be autistic as well, it just not as obvious because she's not the main focus of the story.
@@awsomazingllama very true! Agreed! Also in the books Constance is meant to be literally two years old HAHA - something is off there if she can have that level of knowledge and sarcasm lol
I recently thought back to that book and how much I loved it and how in hindsight it was obvious that they were neurodivergent
Yes! I found Kate very relatable and me and my dad are addicted to the show and I read the books.
Omg when I was younger I loved venelopy. I always related to her and it makes sense now! Same with Anne! This makes so much sense. 8 year old me turned to fiction because fictional characters related to her
Honestly, I think you may be at a slight advantage getting involved with the BBC Sherlock series after the show has ended. I was part of the fandom when it was trending (I joined it after season 2 was over), and that meant having to wait 2 (sometimes 3) years before a new series/season premiered and you had to satisfy your imagination with fan fiction in the mean time.
I feel like this needs to be a series, and I'd like to nominate Lilo (Lilo and Stitch), Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls), Webby Vanderquack (Duck Tales), and Dr. Temperance Brennan (Bones) for the next episode
🕸Peter! Parker!🕸 My number 1 comfort character and a huge part of my marvel special interest 💕 (specifically the mcu version but a lot of versions of him have bits that I cling to)
(And Tony Stark as well)
And Lilo from Lilo and Stitch. I love her so much
Bella Swan
Newt Scamander
Luna Lovegood
Lilo
Flint Lockwood
Barley (From Onward)
Matilda (from Matilda
Sandman (From Rise of the Guardians)
Edward Scissorhands
Willy Wonka
Neville Longbottom
Rapunzel
Ferb (from Phineas and Ferb)
Riley (From Inside Out)
Deta / Data? (From Star Trek)
Vanelope
Hiro Humada
Maud Pie (MLP)
I love Sherlock tooo!!!!! He is definitely one of my hyper fixations
Please Please Please do a series on autistically coded characters!
Also Newt Scamander
I'm not sure of the degree to which the characters themselves come across as autistic (too long since I've seen the movie), but the general character arcs and plot for Shrek and Fiona really fit well for a parable about male and female masking patterns in an autistic romance. (Self isolation vs. trying desperately to become human/normal).
Heyy, loving the video so far but it would be awesome if you could please put captions on your videos x
Noticed there are captions now! I must’ve just come in too early or something haha - thank you Chloe ❤️
Benedict Cumberbatch has said some iffy things about autism but I love Sherlock so so much.
gasp I've been autistic coding characters as well some I think is dipper from gravity falls and Simon from a country practice
Yes Dipper! Lol I forgot about him.
Definitely Dipper
@@jordangraybill1374 yep
Not a fan of Cumberbatch. But Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes is definitely my favorite neurodivergent character. I knew long before I learned about Brett's diagnosis and the tragedy of him becoming trapped in his Sherlock character.
I think that autism coded characters are more relatable to me because I don't go out into the world announcing I am autistic. I just am and these characters find acceptance just being who they are. That's what we need. I shouldn't have to defend my stimming or explain that everyone stimms it's just not called stimming when they do it.
Speaking of autistic characters, I recently finished watching 'Young Royals' on Netflix and there's an autistic and adhd character called Sara in the show. Would love to hear your thoughts on her character
Everytime I watch one of your videos I get confused and start thinking I might be autistic again. I relate with all of the characters you mentioned, and have always sought peaceful environments where I can stimulate my senses within my control. Growing up was extremely difficult, as I am trans and moved from a different country, and had much difficulty with my peers. I get by nowadays, but I have had to adjust much in my life to fit my needs. Getting a diagnosis, however, has always been too far out of reach for me. Heh, it's frustrating but intriguing at the same time. So many identity crises.
I'm tired so this isn't going to come out right....It took me years to get my autistic diagnosis, it sucks that sometimes you have to prioritize mission critical aspects of yourself just to get by. When people aren't compartmentalized like that. It's a society problem.
I think the characters Detective William Murdoch and Detective Llewelyn Watts from the show Murdoch Mysteries are two different examples of Autistic men. Murdoch is very structured with his appearance, the way things should be arranged and has issues with social cues, can’t ignore or let go of pursuit of the truth and obsessive interests (inventing). Watts is quite opposite in his clothes don’t match, extremely disorganized, has issues with social cues, doesn’t understand personal space and sees the word differently. And they are both really good detectives because of those things!
And speaking of Anne of Green Gables in this video at 8:34, the actress who played Anne Shirley in that adaptation, Megan Follows, later portrayed an autistic woman in the 1995 made-for-TV movie Under The Piano, which was also produced by Sullivan Entertainment.
I recommend the movie Unicorn Store on Netflix! I just watched it for the first time a few days ago, and I am very confident that Kit is an autism coded character.
I think Hiccup and Fishlegs from the "How To Train Your Dragon" film franchise are autism coded characters.
I started thinking that Hiro Hamada from Big Hero 6 is autistic.
His special interests were botfighting and science
Stims could be when he runs his hand through his hair (which he does in the movie alot)
And his awkwardness around people.
Idk. I just saw myself in Hiro.
Dr House, Mérida (Brave) and Carrie Mathison( Homeland) and maybe Saul Berenson
Love this :3 I don't even know all of thise movies :o unfortunately, I can't piece together from what movies/series some of the characters come. Could you add that to the description or something? Would love to watch more beautiful movies, you got me really excited :3
Beth Harmon is from The Queen’s Gambit, Vanallope Von Sweets is from Wreak-It Ralph (she’s also in the sequel, Ralph Breaks the Internet), Sherlock Holmes (the version in this video) is from BBS’s Sherlock, I don’t know what Amalie is from, I don’t know what Anne is from either but based on another comment I think it’s Anne of Green Gables. I hope this helps! I also want to know what film Amalie is from, it sounds interesting from Chloe’s description so if anyone knows please tell me!
@@MemyselfandIliketobealone Amelie is the name of the movie :D
@@toxicsugarart2103 Thank you!!
@@MemyselfandIliketobealone Anne Shirley is from Anne of Green Gables, which is a book series that’s turned into movies, and she’s also in Road to Avonlea, which is a show series. Anne of Green Gables was written in 1907, if that gives u an idea of when it’s set. The books, movies and show series are all rlly good :)
Hey youtube actually notified me in time. I doubt i was the first to like but it said i was. Very excited for this video!!! I love the flower crown
Dr. Doofenschmirtz from Phineas and Ferb. Almost every character on that show reads as autistic, but with Doof it feels almost intentional. He has a very strict routine. He intentionally sets up his schemes to fail because him losing to Perry is part of his routine. Building gadgets is his primary special interest, and he uses it to work thru his childhood trauma.
6:58 I literally shouted out loud “FINALLY someone says Amélie!!!” I first watched Amélie a few years ago just before I got my autism diagnosis and even though I’m not a woman I’ve never felt more seen by a neurodivergent character until I saw you on Heartbreak High!
Spencer Reid (Criminal minds)
Spencer (ICarly)
Can’t see any comments yet but what crack me up was you using a idiom ‘saying’ / Metaphor’’ I used some lately 😂 love your video TY
I remember, I watched Anne Of Green Gables with my mother when I was twelve, and I remember the scene where she found the dead mouse in what I think was custard powder and she felt sad about it. And I remember when her teacher, Miss Stacey, was going to put a teaspoon full of the dessert into her mouth and Anne, unable to stay silent, called out, "Don't eat it, Miss Stacey!"
I agree with you about Sherlock Holmes, too. Looking back on my school years, when we had to do creative writing, I found it easier to start with facts and make a story, than to be completely imaginative. I remember once, when I was in a writers' group, we had to write on the topic, "The Headline/Banner Shouted," and I wrote about a socially awkward teenage boy, who went to his school formal and one of the popular girls wanted to dance with her. He thought she just wanted to laugh at him, but what was happening was, the girl had been out with some other guys, and they were superficial and wanted just one thing. She felt safe with the awkward guy. Then, after a year, the socially awkward guy was doing his Christmas shopping and he found the girl was working in a record store (I set it in 1975) and she slipped him her phone number. He happened to meet her some months later, and she'd broken up with a guy but had two tickets to the ABBA Concert, and he went with her. It was based around the newspaper saying, "They're Here!" I found it easier to create characters of autistic people like myself.
I recently started watching season 3 of Glow Up on netflix, and was really surprised to find in it the best autistic representation I've ever seen on a television show. It's really nice seeing two of the contestants talk about their autism in their own ways, and it also not being made a big deal of or treated as their defining quality. I didn't know how much this kind of representation meant until I saw it.
I like these coded characters. Also-to me-Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead and J in The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl code as autistic.
Mulan from the animated Disney movie.
I just started the video but i watching criminal minds a bunch today and i feel spencer reid is definitely autistic the special interests, he's very very smart, knows a bunch of statistics and trivia even in childhood, idk if i'm making sense, just when i see that man i see similarities in myself with his mannerisms and everything😭
I know it can be touchy to label a villain with nerodivergency or a disorder, but especially in Falcon and the Winter Soldier, I kept seeing Baron Zemo as being on the autistic spectrum.
He fixated on an idea (superhumans) and spent as much time as he could researching and acting on said fixation. Sure the fixation was born from hate and not a positive interest, it’s still a fixation.
What really stood out to me about him, though, was when I realized he’s good at reading people, bad at reading the room. He can see patterns in the behaviors of others, and use them to his advantage. But actually socializing? Completely awkward. Before my autism was diagnosed, I turned to studying psychology to try to understand other people more, and maybe figure out why I always felt like there was something I was missing socially. It was easy to see Zemo as the result of an undiagnosed autistic leaning into psychology to try to fill in the gaps in social skill.
I have autism and ADHD
I used to love the show Twin Peaks from the early 90s. My favorite character was Dale Cooper. All these years later, I have seen speculation that he was autistic, and it all kind of makes sense now that he was autism coded.
My list is a little obscure for the most part but these are mine.
Freddi from the mid-2000s cartoon Time Warp Trio
Cristina Yang from Grey’s Anatomy
Amelia Bedelia from the children’s books
Ryan Kilpatrick from the computer game Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device.
Bones, from the television show with the same name.
+1 for Cristina Yang from Grey's Anatomy
I never thought about Amelia Bedelia being autistic, but that actually makes a lot of sense!
I only super recently found out I’m autistic and ADHD but finding that out has been the best & biggest epiphany i’ve ever had, and seeing you in Heartbreak High was truly eyeopening and inspiring! It’s the most I ever saw myself in a character on screen, I bawled my eyes out because I felt so seen!
Thank you so much for being unapologetically you! ❤
I’m your new biggest fan, I look up to you in so many ways! 🌿🌟
agree with the ones i've seen, i would add Elsa from Frozen, Lisa Simpson, Kyle from All the small things, a British Tv series from 2009 which was called Heart and Soul in Australia according to Wikipedia
I think elsa is bipolar or has some sort of psychosis, not autism. definitely more of a mood disorder/typical mental illness thing.
Sherlock. I agree 10000000000000% (also. The BBC version was the best version)
Please make this a series
I really loved the charaters in everythings gonna be okay and the Mitchell's vs the machines
My ABSOLUTE favortie movie is a wrinkle in time- I haven't watched it since I discovered my ND myself, but i wonder if she could possibly be nd too?
I watched the long TV movie a few months ago and then reread the book, and Meg and Charles Wallace are both ABSOLUTELY autistic. I identified with Meg so hard in grade school, and it’s only now that I understand why.
the anne shirley of the 80s film series was a special interest of mine and i accidentally grew up to be her lmfao.
Over the years various comic writers used several recurring characteristics when writing Poison Ivy of all villains wich lead a bunch of fans to believe that she's autism coded.
When given the chance she prefers to stay by herself, her special interest since childhood are plants and botany, she can't stand it when someone is invading her space but has no issue invading others (that's usually a characteristic found in many autistic children) and she frequently starts rambling about chemistry and plants.
It's clearly unintentional but it's there.
I strongly believe Raven Baxter from That’s So Raven and Raven’s Home is autistic. She takes things very literal (such as in Vision Impossible when she freaks out when Dr. Sleevemore jokes with her twice), she sees a pediatric dentist as a high schooler and still is very afraid to the point where she freaks out when the dentist tells her she has a cavity and she locks the dentist out of his office and poses as a dentist to try to escape, she’s very clumsy, and her special interest is fashion design. It is also the focus of the episode Juicier Consequences where her friends and family consider her self-centered. She has a savant like gift of being psychic and having visions, and she has a severe comorbid allergy to mushrooms.
Regarding Sherlock, definitely give "Elementary" a try. I found Jonny Lee Miller's performance and show writing a much better example of autistic coded Sherlock that the one with Benedict Cumberbatch.
Don't worry about the lighting, totally love the characters you listed as well :3
Yaayyy. All my favorite characters... no wonder! Harold from harold and maude. Max from the movie where the wild things are
I love at the end of the first wreck it ralph movie venelope just straight up tells the other racers that they are gonna be exicutedXD. Then wait's for a few seconds and says na im joking you guys are alright:p.
Also yes we need more of this:D.
AMELIE!!!!! Omg yes!!! Now I understand why I've always loved Amelie so much! Thank you! :D
my favorite coded characters are the core six from miraculous ladybug! leaving aside the fact the show is a BIG spin of mine literally anyone in the core six can be autistic if you think enough about it like marinette canonically misses cues (a lot lmao), could be read as dyspraxic too, and her spins would be fashion and Adrien! the way she behaves towards the boys she likes is something I've seen happens in multiple autistic women including myself for some reason too; theres also the hyperfocus on anything she starts especially if it relates to her spins. theres also the fact that she canonically scripts conversations and often relies on alya for that. plus, I also see her as having ADHD so there is even more stuff that overlaps.
for adrien I mean, feather boy canonically has little to no knowledge of social cues, has the extreme sense of justice, and the way his father repeats at least once a season the whole "you're not like other kids" argument well, it speaks for itself. plus it's canon he experiences hypersensitivity when having the suit on.
then, we have alya, there isnt a lot to say about traits she displays? but she tends to miss cues too, doesnt know when pushing can be too much and her spin is very blatantly superheroes to the point of risking her wellbeing for the sake of getting material for her blog
same thing as with alya, the lack of screen time limits what can be said about nino?? but if you reach a bit the fact he always has headphones on him and the way he can get carried away by an idea and doesnt stop until finding stuff to back it up with could also say something.
theres luka too, canonically semi verbal although not explicitly stated (well they say he prefers music to words as he believes words to not be able to express what he feels to a full extent) and has a deeeep spin in music; he's also shown to be hypempathetic
thenn, last but certainly not least, we move on to the most BLATANTLY coded one: my girl kagami I mean, the entirety of her interaction with mari in Ikari Gozen was autistic af. used an app with tips to make friends, scripted the entire thing and even is shown to struggle with facial expressions. that, summed up to he bluntness, missing cues and having a hard time while reading feelings, low tolerance to frustration, setting on an objective and even getting akumatized when the way didnt go as she planned, idk, that seems pretty coded. oh, and I'd say she has spins on fencing/kendo and drawing!
Chloe from Don’t trust the b… in apartment 23, got to episode 6 and I was like giving me autistic vibes (her random knowledge or remembering something later than she needed to). She’s meant to be really cool and a party animal but she only only has 1 friend and a roommate that she’s getting used to.
Also Daria (the mtv cartoon)
It gets really frustrating when people can’t differentiate autism traits and trauma. Cause I have a bunch of characters that are very heavily autistic coded that people undermine cause they went through unrelated trauma. People can’t even differentiate asocial behavior and a social deficit. Like a character from MHA; Todoroki, is very clearly autistic coded, his trauma aside, there’s just way too many indicators.
New Chloé video let's goooo
Love your vids, you've helped me to accept and celebrate my autism
I love loved your tiktoks and I also loved your character in Heartbreak High I just right now connected the fact that both were you lol
Can you please review Marcy from Amphibia? She isn't confirmed autistic but I think she has a lot of qualities and traits that fit. (Plus I kin her)
I don't know why but I feel like Luz Noceda from The Owl House is neurodivergent, idk if I'm the only one who thinks so also maybe amity
Luz canonically has ADHD
@@alexandrite2007 yess
Yes, Luz has ADHD and Eda’s curse is meant to represent mental disorder/illness (or other forms of illness) and her struggles with the curse remind me of my struggles with the autism/adhd mix. There’s also more characters who could be neurodiverse :)
OMG YES. Luz has adhd (and I kin her so makes sense), amity I feel like could be autistic- but her traits could be because she was brought up to think that love and support was conditional and earned. I also think Willow could be autistic.
She has ADHD 100%
I find it both frustrating and hilarious how allistic Sherlock Holmes fans of any kind (I personally am a fan of the original novels & Granada TV adaptation) will stomp their feet and insist Sherlock CANNOT be autistic, but ive never met a single autistic Sherlock fan who didnt see a billion signs of autism in Sherlock. 😂 To me, it's blatantly obvious to the point that i cannot help but wonder if ACD got inspiration for Sherlock by an undiagnosed autistic gentleman in his life. It's accurate down to precise details that medical professionals didn't recognize or understand at the time. He's my *favorite* autustic character even though he's a savant.
I also feel like the guy with scarification patterns on his skin from guardians of the galaxy and the mantis lady are coded as neurodivergent but I might just be reaching.
Omg, I identify with Mantis so haaard
Yea I could see that
Luz from The Owl House isn't exactly autistic, but more leaning towards ADHD. Dana Terrace (the creator) said something like this in an interview, "Luz is definitely neurodivergent." And it shows in the show as well