Political affiliations of TV show characters

[ButterflyBlood]

what would you say for:

- The Friends gang
- The Seinfeld gang
- Spike and Faye on Cowboy Bebop
- Aqua Team Hunger Force
- Spaceghost
- Paula and the kids on Home Movies (and the coach)
- Johnny Bravo

[JHB]

1. Spike & Faye don't vote

Spaceghost is Republican down to his starched white tights.

The Seinfeld buch talk Democrat but vote Republican

[ButterflyBlood]

2. remember that episode where Elaine dated a communist?

that was great.

I really wonder about Aqua Team Hunger Force though...

I should've included Big O. I think Roger would be a Democrat, he's wealthy but not sleazy. Maybe more of a DLC Democrat though. He loved Clinton and is supporting Kerry for the nomination. Thinks Dean is unelectable.

[ant]

9. I dunno

4 socially liberal, secular Jews in Manhattan do not strike me as likely to vote Republican.

Besides, I remember Elaine freaked once when she learned her boyfriend was pro-life. They're definitely socially liberal types, and I can't imagine that any of the characters (except Jerry) made enough money to be swayed by Republican fiscal policy.

Edited because it occurs to me that on the show, Jerry wasn't the big comedian he is in real life; he just seemed to play a "regular" comedian. Given that, his character didn't seem to have a motive to vote Rep either.

[Don_G]

13. What About Seinfeld's "Soup Nazi?"

A Rabid "Rush" Rethuglican.

[ant]

14. ah, yes

He's definitley a Rep.

And speaking of Nazis, I was laughing to myself a bit earlier because I realized Jerry's parents were probably among those who accidently voted for Buchanan in 2000.

[LuLu550]

18. Jerry is really a liberal New York

Jew...gave money to the Kerry campaign, I think. Can't imagine that his political views weren't part of his writing for the show.

[George_Bonanza]

34. Seinfeld

Elaine is too sexually loose to be a conservative Republican. George is chronically unemployed and would kill for a more generous welfare system to abuse, and would vote for anybody as long as he reaped some kind of short term advantage. Kramer is a hipster doofus who'd probably accidently vote for the Communist party or something.

[zekeson]

19. Good analysis

but I would have to say that they couldn't have cared enough to go vote. Any of htem would've, if it mattered enough to the latest sexual conquest though.

[LuLu550]

21. yeah

the only way George would have gone into a voting booth would have been to boff somebody

[underpants]

3. Okay what is the "Aqua Team Hunger Force"?

Neeeeeeeeeeever heard of it.

[ButterflyBlood]

4. a show on Sunday Adult Swim

about a talking shake, bag of fries and meatball.

[underpants]

5. Is that on A&E? Bravo?

Some highbrow network like that?

[ButterflyBlood]

6. Cartoon Network

n/t

[JHB]

7. Brow placement varies...

...but for Aqua team Hunger Force it wasn't very high, if I remember correctly from the one time I saw it.

[Caution]

8. Friends

Monica - Republican (she's so uptight it's frightening)
Ross - Democrat (he believes in evolution, is the most intelligent, and generally tries to do the right thing by other people)
Joey - Doesn't vote
Chandler - Democrat (his mom writes racy novels, his father is gay, he's funny and intelligent)
Phoebe - Green
Rachel - Republican (she was only concerned about nabbing a rich husband, her wealthy parents took care of everything, but she is starting to come around).

[BigMcLargehuge]

10. Oooooo good one!!!!

- The Friends gang
All Rethugs, (man I hate that show...)

- The Seinfeld gang
Apolitical, except Newman, he's a Rethug, possibly a freeper.

- Spike and Faye on Cowboy Bebop
Spike, apolitical. Faye, Rethug, but she possesses the rare trait of regret, so maybe she's a libertarian.

- Aqua Team Hunger Force
Meatwad: Green
Master Shake: Republican (I should walk so that a child may live?.. Because that's what they do!!)
Frylock: Democrat.
Carl: Freeper
The Mooninites: Moon Freepers
The other aliens: Really, really dumb, freepers (one man's waste is.. uh... another man's soap!)

- Spaceghost
Spaceghost: Green
Zorak: Independent
Moltar: Democrat
Brak: Green
Tansit: Freeper
Metallo: Republican
Tad (Space Ghost's evil twin brother) Republican.

- Paula and the kids on Home Movies (and the coach)
Paula: Democrat
Brendan: Democrat
Bendan's Dad: Republican (though without his fiance in the picture he's more of a Democrat.)
Brendan's Dad's fiance: Republican
Jason: Republican
Melissa: Green (she switched sides at the medieval faire)
Coach McGuirk: Whatever gets him close enough to a woman to be slapped.
Lynch: Democrat
Paula's mom: Republican
Melissa's dad: Democrat
Fenton Mewly: Republican
Fenton's mom (Trudy Mewly): Republican (because her son is)


- Johnny Bravo
Don't watch Johnny B.

[ButterflyBlood]

11. what makes you think Faye's a Republican?

she'd have to be at least socially liberal (after all the fundies think gambling is evil, and she certainly wouldn't vote Republican and run the risk of it being outlawed.) Maybe Libertarian though, that'd make sense. She's pretty greedy.

[BigMcLargehuge]

12. I applied the Bill Bennet filter

All that time in casinos don't you know.

[PittPoliSci]

28. i think space ghost is a rethug.

but an amusing one. his "kick ass ask questions later policy" seems to point me in that direction. plus he is a military man, most people in the military are generally repubs.

tansit i find to be more of a democrat. on the basis that he is very soft spoken, and often misunderstood. but i don't know a whole lot about him other than that. i know he works a shitty job as space ghosts' intro man, so he's probably a teamster too, and a union boy.

meatwad is not a green, if he was a green, he'd clean up the slime trail he leaves everywhere he goes. he's a democrat.

carl is a democrat too, cause he's poor, and lives in the suburbs of a big city, and kinda has a new york accent. not too many poor conservatives in nyc.

[ButterflyBlood]

30. yep

he's a blue collar Democrat. I think Coach McGuirk would be one too, since I don't see any reason for him to vote Repuke, but he doesn't strike me as particularly liberal.

[noonwitch]

15. On General Hospital:

Scott, Edward, AJ, Alan, Skye and Monica-republicans, although Monica probably voted for Clinton. Scott's the DA, and he's on the take. He must be a republican.
Luke-doesn't vote
Alexis-Democrat
Carly-swing voter/soccer mom
Courtney and Elizabeth-green
Jason-"What's voting?"
Sonny-whichever party he can pay off, which is mostly the GOP, these days. Or was he convicted of a felony? Then he doesn't vote.
Stefan, Helena and Nikolas-not citizens
Lucky-independent
Jax-not a citizen, but would be a democrat
Cameron, Zander, Emily-democrats.

[Whitacre D_WI]

17. Come on...

Not everybody in Port Charles, NY is white.

Lt. Taggert strikes me as a "law and order Democrat." Gia's Green through-and-through.

Otherwise, Felicia's a Dem, Tony's probably a Dem, Audrey -- yep, another Dem. Mac is a family-values Repuke, but I bet he's sick of Bush. Laura's not on anymore, but she's a Democrat through-and-through.

Oh, and Sonny has never been convicted.

[newyawker99]

23. Hi Whitacre D_WI!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[goobergunch]

25. a.k.a. the next representative from WI-05 (n/t)

[newyawker99]

22. Congrats noonwitch!! 800 posts

:toast:

[Lady President]

16. Seinfeld

The Seinfeld characters are arguably all Dems.

Elaine: Most obviously a Dem. of the group. She is pro-choice. She enlisted the help of a women's group when she though Monk's was only hiring large chested women. She also organized a homeless fundraiser (the puffy shirt incident) and a singles auction for charity.

Kramer: He was on strike for around six years supporting his bagel union. He also adopted a highway to "help" the community.

George: Anyone with a history of unemployment like his must sympathetic to workers. Of course, he met Castro, so maybe he became a Communist.

Jerry: Willing to help with Elaine's fundraisers. Indicated that a former girlfriend may have had an abortion (Have you every slipped one past the goalie? Those records are permanently sealed.)

Puddy: Clearly the Rep., who's anti-choice and has a Jesus fish on his car.

I watch way too much Seinfeld. I think I could write a book about the character/minor characters affliations.

[Kamika]

27. I seriously thinks George is a republican

Now bear with me, alot of ppl that have a hard time finding jobs etc still votes republican.. why? we dont know most likely ignorance.. i think George is one of those ppl.


Also his mood suggests he doesnt have much tolerance for anything

[Sean Reynolds]

20. Now the Simpsons!

-Marge: Voted Carter in 76. Voted and supported Governor Bailey (D) against Mr. Burns (R).

-Homer: Apolitical, supported Larouche as well as Mr. Burns who was running against Governor Bailey (D).

-Bart: Doesn't care about politics. Seems to be the type that is swayed by how popular a person is. Thus, would support Krusty for Kongress! ;)

-Lisa: Green/Dem, everyone knows that.

-Abe Simpson: Head of the Springfield Communist Party.

-Mr. Burns: Heh, Republican to the core.

-Mr. Smithers: Log Cabin Republican.

Any more?

[PittPoliSci]

26. Krusty a republican

they had a show at the "springfield republican party headquarters" it had Nader, Krusty, Burns, Dr. Hibbert too i think.

[Kamika]

31. some

major quimby - Dem
Lisas teacher - Rep
kent brockman - Rep
lenny and carl - Dem
the actor that plays wolfcastle - Rep
Dr Hibbert - Rep
Flanders - Rep

[George_Bonanza]

32. Smithers is gay, how can he be a Republican?!

Remember, he went behind the Sideshow Bob campaign to help Quimby because of Sideshow Bob's ultra-conservative views that conflicted with his "choice of lifestyle".

[Sean Reynolds]

33. I said a Log Cabin Republican.

A more liberal Republican if you will. Of course Log Cabin Republicans are gay.

[Catshrink]

35. Flanders

Head of Springfield's Christian Coalition? Repug.

Moe -- Libertarian

Skinner -- closet dem.

[ButterflyBlood]

41. Moe's a libertarian?

I don't know, he strikes me as fiscally liberal. I'd say he's a Democrat.

[ButterflyBlood]

24. How about Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

my analysis:

Buffy: Democrat. She's a strong, independent woman. Her mom probably was too, too intelligent and single as well.
Xander: A little more moderate, but I'd say he's a Democrat too.
Willow: A Democrat for obvious reasons.
Anya: Well apparentely Emma Caulfield is a huge Republican, but Anya strikes me as more of a swing voter.
Cordelia: Republican on Buffy, but she'd be a Democrat on Angel
Oz: Green
Spike: Tough to say, but I don't see anything that would point to him being a Republican aside from being a jerk. He definately wouldn't be in the final episodes though.

[PittPoliSci]

29. i agree for most.

I think Xander is a little more liberal than you think. He's a hard worker, probably a union member, remember he works construction.

Willow is a green, because of the fascination she has with nature, and for other obvious reasons.

Spike I see as apolitical. He's a vampire, what the fuck does he care? He'd just eat you and think nothing of it. Politics of humans are probably trite to him.

[electricmonk]

36. What about Giles?

Labour or Tory.

I don't know enough about British politics to hazard a guess.

[ButterflyBlood]

37. Labor

he strikes me as more liberal.

How about Faith? Libertarian maybe, she reminds me of Faye on Cowboy Bebop.

[eyesroll]

38. I know Harmony would be a Republican,

Riley Finn, too (unless W. cut his funding).

Joyce would have been a Democrat (she ran an art/antiquities gallery).

[Whitacre D_WI]

39. Anya's a Repuke...

Emma Caulfield's personal politics aside, Anya simply loves money. All of her decisions are clouded with greed. Obviously, her relationship with Xander was some sort of Carville/Matalin thing.

Giles: Labour, but that third-way/Tony Blair kind of Labour. I'm not sure if Spike could be considered an American citizen, since he ceased being, well, alive in England. That "you're beneath me" line he received just before being sired would definitely have put him in the Labour camp, though, if only he'd had the time...

Mayor Wilkins would have had to run as a Republican to have been elected in a San Diego suburb (what I've always assumed Sunnydale to be).

Wesley Windam-Pryce? Lifelong Tory, no doubt, but I bet he'd vote Labour now after those 4 years with Angel &c. in Los Angeles.

Buffy's Dad is a Repuke. That's why he's such an uncaring deadbeat bastard.

Principal Wood is an educator, and he has a sense of right and wrong. Democrat. Principal Snyder was an educator, but he had no sense of right and wrong. Republican.

Tara was Green, Greener than Willow. Willow would have been raised as a Democrat (remember her mom, then realize that when Mrs. Rosenberg was young, there was no Green Party). I bet Will still considered herself a Dem.

The Big Bads, not that they could vote:
The Master - very old school, set in his ways, evil. Repub.
Angelus - young Liam was apolitical, but the beast who took over probably switched teams often between Sinn Fein and the Brits.
Mayor Wilkins - already established to be in the GOP, but he'd been around for a while. Probably a Dem. in the first half of the century.
Adam - intelligent, inquisitive, yet amoral. Whig.
Glory - gods have no use for political parties, despite what the Repukes would have you believe.
Veiny Willow - wanted to destroy the world. Neocon Republican.
The First - Republican (duh).

[ButterflyBlood]

40. Since the Mayor was so evil

he'd have to be a Repuke no matter what town he rain in.

What about Buffy's professor who created Adam? Repuke would make the most sense, but she was still a college professor.

[Whitacre D_WI]

42. Professor Walsh

was involved in a highly secretive government project. She may have had a political affiliation, but she sure as hell would not have been allowed to voice her opinions.

That said, as a scientist, she was probably a Dem.