Most Over Represented MBTI Type in Fiction

Which type do you think is seen the most often in fiction?

I would say ENFPs, they seem to come up the most. Though sometimes replaced by ENTPs and ESFPs.

In fiction... probably ENFP.

INTJs... who are usually the bad guys.

ISTPs, too. Prominent in Sci-Fi, Action and Westerns.
We're not all stoic, cold-blooded killers...

Oops! Double post!

Originally Posted by Duck_of_Death

ISTPs, too. Prominent in Sci-Fi, Action and Westerns.
We're not all stoic, cold-blooded killers...

Yeah...and I sure get tired of "billy badass" protagonists in video games and movies. Kind of want to see some variety in those types of movies and games where there would typically always be some squinty-eyed, one-liner spewing, one-dimensional fuck unloading bullets on unskilled and equally boring villains.

xNTJ villains for sure. Interestingly enough, I've never met a malicious NTJ in real life.

So how are ENPs over represented? I can't seem to find enough of 'em.

Originally Posted by DeductiveReasoner

xNTJ villains for sure. Interestingly enough, I've never met a malicious NTJ in real life.

That's probably a good thing, if there was a large amount of NTJs in real life, we would all be in trouble because one of them would probably take over the world.

Originally Posted by DeductiveReasoner

So how are ENPs over represented? I can't seem to find enough of 'em.

The lovable main character who is imaginative and fun is usually an ENP. They don't necessarily have to be the main character, but they're often important.

Originally Posted by CorgiGirl

That's probably a good thing, if there was a large amount of NTJs in real life, we would all be in trouble because one of them would probably take over the world.



The lovable main character who is imaginative and fun is usually an ENP. They don't necessarily have to be the main character, but they're often important.

meh... I've met quite a few NTJs. At least I don't think any of them were out to get me. But then again, they're probably good at disguising their true motives.

as far as ENPs were concerned, I was looking more for specifics. It seems to me like most main characters are SPs.

Nice avatar by the way.

Originally Posted by DeductiveReasoner

as far as ENPs were concerned, I was looking more for specifics. It seems to me like most main characters are SPs.

Specific examples? I can list the ones that are off the top of my head, though I'm afraid that you won't have heard of some of them.

Tamaki-Ouran High School Host Club
Kathleen Kelly-You've Got Mail
Mulberry-Mulberry
Tim Taylor-Home Improvement
Barney Stinson-How I Met Your Mother
The Doctor-Doctor Who (he's got a handful of NFs among his companions too)
Lloyd Irving-Tales of Symphonia (it's a video game)

That's all I can think of for now. I don't watch a lot of action movies, which may be where the SP characters are used. When SPs are used, they seem to be ESFPs, which is only one letter away from ENFPs.